103 research outputs found
An Impact Study of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) in the Six ACP Regions
No full textThis article intends to present a very detailed analysis of the trade-related aspects of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) negotiations. We use a dynamic partial equilibrium model – focusing on the demand side – at the HS6 level (covering 5,113 HS6 products). Two alternative lists of sensitive products are constructed, one giving priority to the agricultural sectors, the other focusing on tariff revenue preservation. In order to be WTO compatible, EPAs must translate into 90 percent of bilateral trade fully liberalised. We use this criterion to simulate EPAs for each negotiating regional block. ACP exports to the EU are forecast to be 10 percent higher with the EPAs than under the GSP/EBA option. On average ACP countries are forecast to lose 70 percent of tariff revenues on EU imports in the long run. Yet imports from other regions of the world will continue to provide tariff revenues. Thus when tariff revenue losses are computed on total ACP imports, losses are limited to 26 percent on average in the long run and even 19 percent when the product lists are optimised. The final impact on the economy depends on the importance of tariffs in government revenue and on potential compensatory effects. However this long term and less visible effect will mainly depend on the capacity of each ACP country to reorganise its fiscal base.Preferential Trade Agreements, Africa, EPAs, Partial Equilibrium Simulations, International Relations/Trade,
De la laïcité à la française à la théorie normative de la religion (et retour).: Un entretien de Luc Foisneau avec Cécile Laborde
No full textThis interview with Cécile Laborde was conducted by Luc Foisneau in Aubervilliers on 13th April 2023. This interview has been published on the website Politika.io in French and English versions. In addition to Critical Republicanism (Oxford 2008) and a collective volume with John Maynor, Republicanism and Political Theory (Blackwell 2008), Cécile Laborde is the author of Liberalism's Religion (Harvard 2017). She's a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Academy of Belgium.Cet entretien avec Cécile Laborde a été réalisé par Luc Foisneau à Aubervilliers le 13 avril 2023. Cet entretien a été publié sur le site Politika.io en versions française et anglaise. Outre Critical Republicanism (Oxford 2008) et un volume collectif avec John Maynor, Republicanism and Political Theory (Blackwell 2008), Cécile Laborde est l'auteur de Liberalism's Religion (Harvard 2017). Elle est membre de la British Academy et de l'Académie royale de Belgique
Le marronage sur les habitations Laborde à Saint-Domingue dans la seconde moitié du XVIIIe siècle
No full textA reaction against slavery on the big colonial plantations in the 18th century, marooning is still not well known.
The author who has worked at the French Institute in Haïti for six years studies its principal aspects in banker Laborde's sugar plantations in the plain of Cayes.
A careful analysis of the administration accounts enables him to judge the intensity of a phenomenon whose marginal character doesn't seem to have seriously shaken the stability of the plantations in question.Réactions à l'esclavage sur les grandes plantations coloniales du XVIIIe siècle, le marronage demeure encore assez mal connu.
L'auteur qui a travaillé six ans à l'Institut français d'Haïti en étudie les principaux aspects sur les habitations sucrières du banquier Laborde situées dans la plaine des Cayes.
Une analyse serrée des comptes de régie lui permet de mesurer l'intensité d'un phénomène dont le caractère marginal ne semble pas avoir ébranlé sérieusement la stabilité des ateliers en question.Foubert Bernard. Le marronage sur les habitations Laborde à Saint-Domingue dans la seconde moitié du XVIIIe siècle. In: Annales de Bretagne et des pays de l'Ouest. Tome 95, numéro 3, 1988. pp. 277-310
« Cinéphilie et patrimoine cinématographique en milieu scolaire : quels enjeux ? », co-écrit avec Tomas Legon, in Patrimoine et patrimonialisation du cinéma, études réunies par Christophe Gauthier, avec la collaboration de Marie Frappat, Natacha Laurent, Ophir Levy et Dimitri Vezyroglou, volume 60, édition de l’École nationale des Chartes.
No full textInternational audienc
Developing compact and innovative dual-band thermal imagers using multi-layer diffractive optical elements
No full textInfrared (IR) remote sensing offers a huge range of applications, mostly addressing make-or-break issues of our century (wildfires, irrigation monitoring, etc.). Multispectral spaceborne instruments require bulky optical systems designed for a specific scientific goal and have very low revisit time. Thereby, constellations of small satellites embarking compact dual-band IR imagers are very promising solutions. We study a dual-band IR diffractive element called multilayer diffractive optical elements (MLDOE). It replaces classical diffractive lenses (DOEs) that cannot operate simultaneously in two distinct wavebands. An MLDOE design is studied using the rigorous finite difference time domain (FDTD) method. Its performance at the ”best” focal plane is deduced using free-space Fourier optics wave propagation. The presented MLDOE design has over 80% Strehl ratio in both bands, outperforming classical DOEs. Its chromatic focal shift has a negative variation, in opposition to refractive lenses, allowing efficient and compact dual-band hybrid lenses.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Spaceborne Instrumentatio
May churches discriminate?
No full textCécile Laborde\u27s Liberalism\u27s Religion contains an original theory of collective religious exemptions, which emphasises two morally significant interests that religious and other groups have in free association. Here I argue that Laborde\u27s theory of collective exemptions is less frugal in its allocation of rights than its author claims. In particular, I suggest that the theory lacks the grounds to restrict special treatment to voluntary and identificatory associations, and that by its lights loose, diffuse communities and even ascriptive groups are also entitled to special treatment.ACCEPTEDpeer-reviewe
Hybrid ray-tracing/Fourier optics method to analyze multilayer diffractive optical elements
No full textThe performance (paraxial phase delay) of conventional diffractive optical elements is generally analyzed using the analytical scalar theory of diffraction, based on thin-element approximation (TEA). However, the high thickness of multilayer diffractive optical elements (MLDOEs) means that TEA yields inaccurate results. To address this, we tested a method based on ray-tracing simulations in mid-wave and long-wave infrared wave bands and for multiple f -numbers, together with the effect of MLDOE phase delay on a collimated on-axis beam with an angular spectrum method. Thus, we accurately generate optical figures of merit (point spread function along the optical axis, Strehl ratio at the "best"focal plane, and chromatic focal shift) and, by using a finite-difference timedomain method as a reference solution, demonstrate it as a valuable tool to describe and quantify the longitudinal chromatic aberration ofMLDOEs.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Spaceborne Instrumentatio
Os aspectos epistemológicos da sátira e da paródia na obra Pantaleón y las visitadoras, de Mario Vargas Llosa
No full textDissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Letras, Departamento de Teoria Literária e Literaturas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Literatura, 2017.O objetivo dessa pesquisa é analisar os desdobramentos epistemológicos da sátira e da paródia na literatura, utilizando como corpus o livro Pantaleón y las visitadoras (1973), do peruano Mario Vargas Llosa. Partiu-se da noção de que a atividade estética é um jogo amplo, correspondente às relações estabelecidas entre obra, autor, leitor e mundo, que permite a reflexão acerca dessas relações, apresentadas através de elementos estéticos que oferecem outras visões não abarcadas pela objetividade. Analisaram-se, então, as relações específicas entre a arte literária e a produção de saberes, discutindo a noção de conhecimento proporcionada pela literatura e sua diferenciação dos demais tipos de conhecimento. Posteriormente, consideraram-se as particularidades da sátira e da paródia realizadas no corpus desta pesquisa, concluindo que tais manifestações possibilitam a desautomatização e a desconstrução dos discursos hegemônicos, a partir de onde se pode construir novas visões sobre as realidades às quais os discursos parodiados satiricamente se referem.The objective of this research is to analyze the epistemological repercussions of satire and parody on literature considering the book Pantaleón y las visitadoras (1973) wrote by the Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa. From the idea of aesthetic activity as a wide game, which refers to the relations established between work, author and world, it is allowed a reflection on these relations presented through aesthetic elements that offer other visions not embraced by objectivity. So that, it was examined specific relations between literary art and the production of knowledge discussing the idea of awareness brought by literature and its distinction of other types of knowledge. Afterwards, it was regarded the characteristics of satire and parody analyzed on this research objects. It was concluded that these manifestations permit the desautomatization and the deconstruction of hegemonic speeches based on where is possible to build new visions over realities which parodied speeches satirically refers to.Instituto de Letras (IL)Departamento de Teoria Literária e Literaturas (IL TEL)Programa de Pós-Graduação em Literatur
The mediation of mathematical learning through the use of pedagogical tools: a sociocultural analysis
No full textA sociocultural analysis suggests that pedagogical artifacts employed in the teaching and learning of mathematics both enable and constrain learning. This paper summarises three classroom studies of mathematics learning that have utilised a sociocultural approach. Each of the studies indicates how insight can be gained into the ways in which students attempt to make sense of the mathematics they encounter
Cuarteto de Nos: transmedia strategies for Lámina Once
No full textEste trabajo aborda la estrategia de comunicación de la banda El Cuarteto de Nos para su disco Lámina Once en las plataformas Discord y Tik Tok. Se realiza un análisis interpretativo de los contenidos desarrollados, así como de los mecanismos de interacción con usuarios y fans.This paper covers the communication strategy of the band El Cuarteto de Nos for their Lamina Once album on Discord and Tik Tok platforms. The author provides an interpretative analysis of both content and user-interaction mechanisms.Facultad de Periodismo y Comunicación Socia
- …
