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Evolutionary processes in the emergence and recent spread of the syphilis agent, Treponema pallidum
2022
Abstract The incidence of syphilis has risen worldwide in the last decade in spite of being an easily treated infection. The causative agent of this sexually transmitted disease is the bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum (TPA), very closely related to subsp. pertenue (TPE) and endemicum (TEN), responsible for the human treponematoses yaws and bejel, respectively. Although much focus has been placed on the question of the spatial and temporary origins of TPA, the processes driving the evolution and epidemiological spread of TPA since its divergence from TPE and TEN are not well understood. Here, we investigate the effects of recombination and selection as forces of genetic diver…
Encouraging ecological behaviour through induced hypocrisy and inconsistency.
2016
International audience; Remembering one’s past transgressions of a social norm is known as an effective paradigm for enhancing pro-social and ecological behaviours. Our study aimed to show that reminding one’s norm transgressions can arise cognitive dissonance and can lead to behavioural change as induced hypocrisy does. In particular, we tested whether inconsistency between the self-concept and the remembered past transgressions is or is not likely to encourage behavioural change. To reach this goal, we conducted an experiment comparing induced hypocrisy, injunctive inconsistency and descriptive inconsistency with five comparison conditions. The results showed that, as observed with the in…
“Out of Sight, Out of Mind?”: The Role of Physical Stressors, Cognitive Appraisal, and Positive Emotions in Employees’ Health
2017
This study analyzes the mediating role of the appraisal of environmental stressors in the relationship between physical characteristics in the offices and health symptoms. It also studies the moderating role of positive emotions in the relationship between physical characteristics and the appraisal of environmental stressors using a diary study on 59 office workers ( n = 432 time points) and sensor data. The results show that the appraisal of environmental stressors mediates the relationship between physical office characteristics and health symptoms, emphasizing the important link of stress appraisal in the stressors–strain relationship. The results also show that positive emotions modera…
Rights with limits: biocultural rights - between self-determination and conservation of the environment
2015
Kabir Bavikatte has recently argued that a new 'basket' of group rights is emerging from the interpretation of multilateral environmental agreements, domestic law and case law, and from shifts in the development discourse and the struggles of communities. He refers to this new set of rights as 'biocultural rights' and defines them as being all the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities required to secure their stewardship role over their lands and waters. Biocultural rights build on two foundations: the self-determination and cultural diversity of indigenous peoples and local communities, and the conservation of the environment. This article suggests that the second foundation i…
Estrategia medioambiental de la empresa y rendimiento. El rol intermedio del aprendizaje organizativo: Un aplicación a las industrias minerales.
2004
Uno de los temas más polémicos relacionados con la incorporación a la gestión empresarial del condicionante medioambiental es su impacto en el rendimiento. Mientras unos defienden la existencia de estrategias win-win gana la empresa, gana el medio ambiente , otros anuncian que no es fácil ser verdes. Para buscar una explicación a este pensamiento dispar, consideramos la posible existencia de una o más variables intermedias que pudieran moderar incluso modificar esta relación.Los trabajos relacionados con el aprendizaje organizativo hacen atribuciones casi milagrosas a las learning oganizations. Estas organizaciones son poseedoras de una ventaja competitiva sostenible en el tiempo: la capaci…
Bien mal sous-loué profite au propriétaire [Note sous : Cass. 3e civ., 12 sept. 2019, n° 18-20.727, ECLI:FR:CCASS:2019:C300745]
2019
Bail d'habitation- Sauf à ce que la sous-location ait été autorisée, les revenus illicites qu'elle génère pour le locataire sont analysés comme des fruits civils de la propriété pouvant être revendiqués par le bailleur dans leur intégralité.- Fondée sur le droit des biens, la solution est entièrement neuve.- Au plan pratique, elle offre aux propriétaires spectateurs de sous-locations un moyen de rétorsion redoutablement efficace : le reversement par le locataire de l'ensemble des sous-loyers perçus.
France: Forces Shaping Centralization and Decentralization in Environmental Policymaking
2007
This book examines how different countries define and address environmental issues, specifically in relation to intergovernmental relations: the creation of institutions, the assignment of powers, and the success of alternative solutions. It also investigates whether a systemic view of the environment has influenced the policy-making process. The broad perspective adopted includes a detailed analysis of seventeen countries in six continents by scholars from a range of disciplines – economics, political science, environmental science and law – thus producing novel material that moves away from the conventional treatment of decentralisation and the environment in economic literature.