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Si l'Allemagne n'eut pas jusqu'au désastre final à connaître l'occupation étrangère, elle vit pourtant elle aussi naître dès les années 1930 une résistance intérieure, tout entière attachée à combattre le système totalitaire mis en place à partir de 1933 par le régime nazi. La seule résistance qui constitua pour le pouvoir hitlérien une menace réelle, jusqu'à assembler tous les éléments d'un coup d'État, fut militaire. Et l'attentat du 20 juillet 1944, souvent évoqué, fut en réalité le moment le plus fort, sinon l'aboutissement, d'une résistance longtemps mûrie au sein des forces armées. La « confession d'un officier antinazi », parue en Allemagne en 1976 et dont la traduction française a attendu trente-six ans, est l'occasion de revenir sur cette résistance allemande très particulière.

Is an imagined democracy more important than actual democracy for nation-building purposes? After 20 years of independence, Central Asian countries present a mixed bag of strong and weak states, consolidated and fragmented nations. The equation of nation and state and the construction of genuine nation states remains an elusive goal in all of post-Soviet Central Asia. This paper examines the role that electoral politics has played in nation-state formation. We argue that electoral processes have been central to attempted nation-state building processes as part of efforts to legitimize authoritarian regimes; paradoxically in those few countries where (for brief periods) partial democratization actually occurred, elections contributed, at least in the short term, to nation-state fragmentation.

Last years, the concept of resistant starch (RS) has evoked a new interest in researchersin the context of bioavailability of starch and its use as a source of dietary fiber. Based on clinicaland animal research, RS has been proposed to be the most potentially beneficial starch fraction forhuman health. In this study, the effects of amylose starch as a fraction of RS on development andlifespan of fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster were investigated. In both Canton S and w1118 strains, thediet with 20% amylose RS delayed fly development, increased triacylglyceride level in the body ofadult insects and reduced their lifespan compared to the diet with 4% amylose starch. Thus, ourdata clearly demonstrate that amylose starch at high concentrations may negatively affect fruit fly

AbstractAlthough some research has examined "friends with benefits" relationships (FWBRs), women's subjective accounts of FWBRs remains notably understudied. Utilizing attachment theory, scripting theory, and social constructionist theories of gender, this study drew upon qualitative interviews with a community sample of 20 women (mean age = 34, SD = 13.35) from diverse ages, races, and sexual identity backgrounds to illuminate five themes in women's FWBR narratives: (a) regulation and suppression of emotions, (b) performance and idealization of detachment and emotionlessness, (c) lack of clear communication combined with "other‐defined" experiences, (d) replication of racist and sexist scripts, and (e) transitional qualities of the relationship. Implications for the power differentials present in FWBRs, and tensions between subverting and further entrenching relationship scripts, are explored.

How does living in a battleground state during a presidential election affect an individual's political engagement? We utilize a unique collection of 113 million Facebook status updates to compare users' political discussion during the 2008 election. "Battleground" state users are significantly more likely to discuss politics in the campaign season than are users in uncompetitive "blackout" states. Posting a political status update—a form ofday-to-dayengagement with politics—mediates ∼20 percent of the relationship between exposure to political competition and self-reported voter turnout. This paper is among the first to use a massive quantity of social media data to explain the microfoundations of how people think, feel, and act on a daily basis in response to their political environment.

In recent years, personality variables, such as extraversion and sensation seeking, have been used to investigate tourist preferences and behaviors. For this study, we classified tourist roles into three types: the familiarized mass tourist, the organized mass tourist, and the independent
tourist. We investigated the impact of extraversion and sensation seeking on tourist roles in a large-scale survey of Taiwanese citizens (N = 1,249) aged 20 years and older. Using logistic regression analysis, the results indicated that sensation seeking was a significant predictor
of tourist role, but extraversion was not. Compared to familiarized mass tourists, people who are sensation-seeking are more likely to become independent tourists rather than organized mass tourists. We provide suggestions for tourism marketing.

El objetivo de este artículo, es analizar, a partir de mediados del siglo XX, los cambios en el nivel de la mortalidad infantil de Argentina observando las diferencias regionales. Una primera lectura indica que en Argentina, entre los años 1950 y 2010, el nivel de la mortalidad infantil descendió más del 80%, siendo su nivel de 11,1 por mil en 2012. Al tener en cuenta el comportamiento de las distintas jurisdicciones se advierte que sólo una tercera parte de ellas se mantuvieron durante el siglo XXI por debajo del promedio del país y otra tercera parte estuvo por encima, el resto presentó altibajos. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5377/pdac.v10i0.1734 Revista Población y Desarrollo: Argonautas y Caminantes, Vol. 10, 2014: 9-20

This article establishes heterosexual relationships as spaces out of control and, from Foucault's view of power, positions them as answer to the discourses generated by society to control sexuality. This qualitative study included 20 Puerto Rican couples (11 seroconcordant and 9 serodiscordant) with the objective of identifying variables related to relationship satisfaction with sexual intimacy among women living with HIV/AIDS. Results evidence how in many instances sexual relations are, in fact, moments where passion precedes reason. By involving in high risk behavior, they ignore the preventive enterprise, distance themselves from reason and imposing passion. We come to conclusions about social sciences, specially psychology, and the contribution it can bring to redefine sexuality, substituting the regulating role for a new constructive one.

Il saggio esamina i contenuti dell'art. 19, l.n. 124 del 2015, che delega il governo ad approvare la nuova disciplina dei servizi pubblici locali. L'autore mette in risalto l'estensione del campo di applicazione della norma che ripercorre le strade già battute dal legislatore nell'ultimo ventennio, manifestando così qualche perplessità sulla buona riuscita della delega. ; The essay surveys the contents of Article 19 of the Italian law n. 124/2015, which delegated legislative powers to Government with reference to local public utilities. The author sets out the extent of application field of the Article, by deeming the legislator being on the wrong track given that it has been undertaking the same course for 20 years.

On Friday, February 20 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Waldo Jaquith will be speaking on "Open Government Data in Virginia" followed by an introduction to Open Data Day and CodeAcross in Newman Library's Multipurpose Room (1st floor). Waldo Jaquith is the director of the U.S. Open Data Institute, an organization building the capacity of open data and supporting government in that mission. In 2011, in acknowledgement of his open data work, Jaquith was named a "Champion of Change" by the White House and, in 2012, an "OpenGov Champion" by the Sunlight Foundation. He went on to work in open data with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Jaquith, a 2005 Virginia Tech graduate, lives near Charlottesville, Virginia with his wife and son.

Kurz vor dem anstehenden Klimagipfel äußert sich Angela Merkel in der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Sonntagszeitung wie folgt: "Zu Recht wird von Regierungen und Politikern erwartet, daß sie nicht länger die Augen vor erdrückenden wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen verschließen, daß der Klimaschutz rasches und energisches Handeln erfordert." Frau Merkel stellt schließlich eine klare Forderung an die Ergebnisse des Klimagipfels: "Die Treibhausgasemissionen müssen nicht nur stabilisiert, sondern möglichst rasch vermindert werden." Diese Aussagen sind heute noch aktuell, wurden jedoch tatsächlich am 26. März 1995 veröffentlicht (FAS, 1995); zu der Zeit also als Frau Merkel selbst noch das Amt der Bundesumweltministerin bekleidete und kurz darauf den ersten Klimagipfel als Präsidentin eröffnete. Nach mehr als 20 Jahren der Klimadiplomatie im Rahmen der Vereinten Nationen liegt die Aufmerksamkeit nun auf dem 21. Klimagipfel (COP, Conference of the Parties), der vom 30. November bis zum 11. Dezember in Paris stattfinden wird. Diesem Gipfel wird allgemeinhin zugeschrieben, die letzte Chance für eine rechtzeitige globale Einigung zur Vermeidung eines gefährlichen Klimawandels zu sein. In diesem DIW Roundup beleuchten wir die anstehende COP21 und diskutieren sowohl den aktuellen Stand als auch kontroverse Punkte der anstehenden Verhandlungen. Zudem zeigen wir Meilensteine bisheriger Klimagipfel und erläutern die ökonomische Theorie hinter internationalen Umweltabkommen.

In December of 2013, the 68th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations declared 2015 to the International Year of Light and Light Based Technologies (IYL). This was the outcome of several years of effort and dedicated work by a number of optics related professional societies. The UN resolution stated "applications of light science and technology are vital for existing and future advances in medicine, energy, information and communications, astronomy, architecture, entertainment and culture". IYL was inaugurated on January 19-20, 2015 at a grand opening ceremony at the Paris headquarters of UNESCO (United Nations Educations, Science and Cultural Organization) with Nobelists, prominent scientists, policy makers, politicians, etc. and webcast live on UN-TV.

The high number of abstention in the implementation of national and local elections in Indonesia are already in an alarming stage . Indonesian young people are expected to break the deadlock that situation with no bandwagon becomes abstentions . It becomes important because the 2015 election , predicted more than 20-30 percent of young voters nationwide are among young voters . Future owners of this country is the youth . Therefore, the people's democratic party that is in sight should be exploited youth in playing its role to oversee the passage of the election , so that the election can run an honest , fair and transparent . As well as the need for support from the government to continue to encourage and empower youth in Indonesia to get involved directly in political participation

Actes du colloque international et pluridisciplinaire, organisé par l'EA 4424 (C.R.I.S.E.S.) à l'Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier (16, 17 et 18 octobre 2013). ; International audience ; Publié dans le prolongement du colloque international sur la Crète qui s'est tenu à Montpellier en novembre 2013, ce livre rassemble 20 communications inédites sur l'histoire de la plus grande des îles de la mer Égée de l'Antiquité jusqu'au XXe siècle. Trois thèmes structurent cet ouvrage collectif : les figures naturelles et culturelles, les symboles et les traits de l'identité crétoise et des identités minoritaires insulaires ; les regards savants occidentaux et grecs portés sur la Crète ; la place politique, religieuse et stratégique que cette marche frontière insulaire tient dans les luttes passées pour la domination de la Méditerranée orientale.