This volume represents the findings of the six-year NATO CCMS pilot study on the use of remote sensing for the control of marine pollution, a joint study conducted by countries confronted by the problems that arise from the prevention of, and the fight against, deliberate and accidental oil spills. In 1976, when I submitted to the Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society the draft of this pilot study, the use of remote sensing in the area covered by the project was still at the experimental research stage. Two years later, the Amoco Cadiz disaster occurring on the Brittany Coast gave he opportunity to demonstrate the important role that remote sensing could play in the fight against major oil spills. At the same time, many countries engaged in the fight against the deliberate discharge of oil from ships became aware of the po tential of remote sensing to help combat this type of illegal activity. Compiling this volume has afforded me the opportunity to re-read the papers that were presented at the workshops in Washington, D.C. and Paris, which were held April 1979 and October 1982, respectively. Not only is the material still of current interest, but also some recommendations expressed by the experts have already received international recognition. This applies, in particular, to the Isowake experiments, which were originated by the United States (U.S. Coast Guard) and the United Kingdom (Warren Spring Laboratory)."

Massin (b. 1925) emerged as one of the key players instrumental in the evolution of graphic arts following World War II. His work in the field is a model of creativity infused with elegance and humour, and has covered editorial design, graphics, poster and logo design; art direction, typography and photography; and publishing, design education and writing. Throughout his career, Massin has developed a diverse and forward-thinking body of work with some of the most prestigious cultural institutions and the post-war literary world. During his 20 years working with the pre-eminent, French publisher, Gallimard, he established and developed their art direction department, launched the Folio series - a popular collection of pocket books - and redesigned the famous logo for the Nouvelle Revue Francaise (New French Review literary publication).Massin is a book sculptor, and has worked on a freelance basis with an extensive range of other renowned publishers, including Hoebeke, Le Club Francais du Livre, Albin Michel, Plon, Le Seuil and Larousse. Collaborating with famous playwrights and writers such as Eugene Ionesco and Raymond Queneau, Massin explored the realm of 'expressive typography', making the text more energetic and exciting with the interplay of words and images. His concepts for Cantatrice Chauve, by Eugene Ionesco (1964 - in English The Bald Soprano, 1965 for the US edition, and The Bald Prima Donna, 1966 for the UK edition) and Exercices de Style, by Raymond Queneau, stand as masterpieces in book design and are commonly used by professors in graphic design classes to illustrate a unique adventure in the history of typography.Before the broken type associated with the design group, Pentagram emerged in the field of graphic arts, Massin was experimenting with letters, fonts and images, producing creative three-dimensional limited-edition covers and a series of imaginative book bindings. He also educated the public with his own publications on the techniques of typography with projects such as L'ABC du Metier and la Mise en Pages. His famous book La lettre de l'image (in English Letter and Image) is a unique anthology of illustrated and expressive letter forms. It was first published in 1970 in five languages, and has been in print ever since.

Issue 1 of The Blend International. (www).theblendinternational.com.au for those interested in the publication. The journal publishes short story and poems from all over the work in an effort to show cultural as well as fictional differences. This is a reading journal published twice a year with approximately 5 to 10 stories and poems in each edition. This issue is the first tentative steps into a brave new world and while the best is often aimed for sometimes editorial sight may be different from what a reader expects. Issue #1 will always be the hardest to produce, but when you get to work with artists like Conny Valentina the struggles become worthwhile. Enjoy The Blend and look out for our next issue. This issue finds itself struggling with the loss of the artist's house to a catastrophic fire along with her cats Lucy and Mina, she lost her entire art collection and Victorian furniture. We dedicate this issue to Conny Valentina.

This is a new release of the original 1949 edition.

von Willebrand disease (VWD) is an inherited bleeding disorder that is caused by deficiency or dysfunction of von Willebrand factor (VWF), a plasma protein that mediates the initial adhesion of platelets at sites of vascular injury and also binds and stabilizes blood clotting factor VIII (FVIII) in the circulation. This book examines the need for more information on VWD prevalence and the relationship between low VWF levels of bleeding symptoms or risk and improving clinical and laboratory diagnostic tools.

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Les travaux de recherche presentes dans ce memoire ont trait a la modelisation et la simulation de fissures en 3D, avec possible re-fermeture, tout en assurant l'independance de la propagation par rapport au maillage. L'objectif affiche est donc la prediction de l'evolution de ce type de defaut a l'echelle macroscopique de la structure, sous chargements quasi-statiques non cycliques ou cycliques sous sollicitations repetees en fatigue. L'expose adresse principalement la thematique - methodes numeriques - au service de la modelisation mecanique, meme si on identifie clairement le besoin de validations experimentales, par rapport aux choix numeriques qui sont faits. Quatre grands themes sont proposes qui assurent la coherence de la demarche scientifique poursuivie: la representation des fissures et le calcul des grandeurs de mecanique de la rupture ou de la fatigue, leur propagation et la prise en compte des conditions d'interface. Enfin les developpements numeriques relatifs a ces travaux ont ete concus et capitalises au sein de Code_Aster libre pour une diffusion rapide vers l'ingenierie d'EDF et ses partenaires industriels ou academiques.

"Le petit livre des Esprits" reunit 114 questions et reponses selectionnees dans "le livre des Esprits" d'Allan Kardec. Elles sont en accord avec l'interet et la comprehension des enfants et des jeunes qui s'initient a la connaissance du Spiritisme.
Le langage a ete adapte a l'entendement de ce public mais en gardant en permanence la plus grand fidelite a tout ce que Kardec et les Esprits ont voulu transmetttre.
Ce livre doit etre considere comme une introduction et l'ouverture d'un chemin. Il ne suffira jamais a lui seul. Son objectif est d'introduire quelques concepts de base et de motiver le jeune lecteur pour qu'un jour, quand il sera plus mur, il puisse se plonger pleinement dans la lecture complete de ce merveilleux ouvrage qu'est "le livre des Esprits."
La premiere edition du "petit livre des Esprits" en portugais est parue en 2007, en hommage aux 150ans du "le livre des Esprits" codifie par Allan Kardec.