Academic literature on the topic 'Cheval – Asie centrale'

In 1933, Ezra Pound deplored modernism’s transition from “small honest magazines” to large-scale publishing houses. He described Tauchnitz and Albatross as “parasitic publishers,” eager to exploit James Joyce’s fame to make money. But this story leaves aside a central element: the fact that Joyce and Pound had eagerly courted publishers of cheap editions. Only when the interest of these publishers was no longer in doubt did Pound dismiss them as parasites eager to cash in on the growing popularity of modernism. This chapter is organised chronologically, starting with Joyce’s early relationship with Tauchnitz. It shows that the transnational nature of Tauchnitz, a German publisher of Anglophone literature, particularly appealed to expatriate modernists such as Joyce. The chapter then turns to the period from 1929 to 1932, at the time when Max Christian Wegner was manager-in-chief of Tauchnitz and attempted to modernise the company before co-founding Albatross. Wegner understood that titles by Joyce, Woolf and Lewis could appeal to a wide audience in Europe. The last section is on Albatross, a publisher that not only helped to popularise modernist texts, but was also shaped by the modernist movement. Its stylish covers and intrinsic cosmopolitanism exemplify modernism’s growing influence on mainstream culture in the 1930s.

Crayfish have been in demand as desirable food items around the globe for centuries, and entrepreneurs have capitalized on this demand by developing and applying aquaculture principals for the intentional culture of this freshwater crustacean. The current state of the art has advanced within the last half century and is centered on a handful of species, represented by three different families, with some level of commercial production occurring on all continents except Antarctica. Procambarus clarkii (family Cambaridae), a native of south central USA, is cultured in the USA and China and easily forms the bulk of farm-raised and wild-captured crayfish globally. One North American species (Pacifastacus leniusculus) and two European species (Astacus astacus and A. leptodactylus) constitute the main cultured species from the family Astacidae and are grown in small operations throughout Europe and parts of Asia. Four species (Parastacidae), all natives of Oceania, are cultured in their native ranges and were also introduced for aquaculture in several locations around the globe. Cherax destructor and C. albidus, both commonly referred to as yabby, are medium-size crayfish and share similar life histories, whereas C. quadricarinatus (redclaw crayfish) and C. cainii (smooth marron) are larger and more valuable but have very different geographical origins. While commercial crayfish aquaculture is typically based on an extensive or semi-extensive production approach in earthen ponds, more intensive approaches may involve selective breeding, improved strains, brood or nursery phases, and use of raceways or recirculation systems. Pond size can range from 0.05 to 80 ha, depending on the species cultured. Harvesting is accomplished mainly by baited trap, although other gear and techniques are sometimes employed. Global crayfish aquaculture production has expanded significantly in the last decade, due largely to the integration of Procambarus clarkii with that of rice production in the USA and China. This integrated system of production works well because rice farming has similar requirements as crayfish aquaculture, such as clay soils, irrigation systems, and suitable climates; furthermore, the rice crop residue provides the base of the food web for furnishing sustenance to growing crayfish.

Hydrogen is crucial for the solution of future energy economy, and the development of mass and cheap production technology of hydrogen has become the central sector in overall hydrogen energy chain. For the abundance and renewability of biomass, it is of great potential to develop economically competitive and efficient biomass thermal conversion technology for hydrogen. One secondary decomposition process, combined with steam reforming, is proposed to the gaseous pyrolysis intermediate to promote hydrogen production. The method implements the sufficient utilization of hydrogen-containing compo

The Pulse Detonation Engine (PDE) is now offering the Aviation Industry a new, efficient and cheap mode of propulsion. Outside of the valving of the fuel and the air, the basic design of the PDE contains no moving parts: it is merely a tube in which some fuel is detonated, and the resultant shock wave used for propulsion. It suffers, however, from the lack of an appropriate ignition system designed especially for this propulsion technique. This paper discusses the possibility of using microwave radiation to initiate detonation in the PDE. Background information regarding the PDE, the merits of

It is well recognized in the literature that thermal sensation and comfort are dependent on both core and skin temperatures. In particular, some regions of the human skin, such as the forehead, have a higher density of thermal receptors, giving a higher sensitivity to the skin temperature. Some studies suggest that the forehead skin temperature and its rate ofchange alone could potentially be a good indicator of one’s overall thermal comfort. To validate this claim, an idea for a smart sensor which would be able to read the occupants’ forehead temperature and other environmental parameters in

Unlike the past century that was blessed with ever-abundant cheap oil, this century energy has been rated as the single most important issue facing humanity. A global-scale energy crisis looms ahead. Nanotechnology will figure centrally in providing technological solutions. Nanofluid technology, one of the enabling technologies of the nanotech revolution, holds the promise of significantly enhancing the thermal properties of fluids and thus providing high quality heat-transfer fluids of the future that are vital for solving the terawatt challenge facing us. Nanofluids, fluid suspensions of nan

Thermal energy storage (TES) systems are of interest in solar thermal power applications as an effective means of retaining energy. One of the primary issues with this type system is the exchange of thermal energy coming off the power field. In a heat exchanger, the effective heat transfer coefficient between the exchange mediums plays a crucial factor in determining the sizing of the heat exchange unit. A concept utilizing sand as a cheap particulate thermal medium was recently proposed for an alternative thermal energy storage system. The overall system will be described in some detail; howe