1 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland Research and Development Centre, Summerland, BC, Canada, 2 Department of Biology, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada, 3 INRA, UMR 1136 Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes INRA/Université de Lorraine, Centre INRA Nancy Lorraine, Champenoux, France, 4 Faculté des Sciences et Technologies, Université de Lorraine, UMR 1136 Interactions Arbres/M...

the alsace-lorraine region in france has been at the center of many fateful events, such as two world wars, due to its distinct geographical placement between two important european countries – that is, france and germany. the identity of the alsace-lorraine population has had many links with germany because of geographical, linguistic and historical features that the two share. moreover, throu...

1. Laboratoire d’Etude des Microstructures et de Mécanique des Matériaux, LEM3, CNRS ISGMP, Université de Lorraine, F-57045 Metz Cedex 01, France 2. Laboratory of Excellence on Design of Alloy Metals for low-mAss Structures ('LabEx DAMAS'), Université de Lorraine, France 3. Bruker Nano GmbH, Am Studio 2D, 12489 Berlin, Germany 4. Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH, Carl-Zeiss Str. 56, 73447 Oberkochen,...

Case-control studies are used to determine if there is an association between an exposure and a specific health outcome. These studies proceed from effect (e.g. health outcome, condition, disease) to cause (exposure). Case-control studies assess whether exposure is disproportionately distributed between the cases and controls, which may indicate that the exposure is a risk factor for the health...

a Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy (CRAN), Université de Lorraine, CNRS, Campus Sciences, B.P. 70239, F-54506 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France b Institut de Recherche en Communications et Cybernétique de Nantes (IRCCyN), l'UNAM, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, 1 rue de la Noë, 1, B.P. 92101, F-44321 Nantes, France c Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC), Universi...

In this issue of IEEE Control Systems , we speak with Sophie Tarbouriech, a senior researcher at the Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture Systems (LAAS), French National Center Scientific Research (CNRS), Toulouse, France; Azim Eskandarian, professor in head Department Mechanical Engineerin...

R. Kenna, O. Mryglod, B. Berche 1 Applied Mathematics Research Centre, Coventry University, CV1 5FB, England 2 Institute for Condensed Matter Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 1 Svientsitskii St., 79011 Lviv, Ukraine 3 Statistical Physics Group, Université de Lorraine, IJL, UMR CNRS 7198, Campus de Nancy, B.P. 70239, 54506 Vandœuvre lès Nancy Cedex, France 4 The Doctoral C...

and additional staffing for the Office of Crime Statistics for a period of eight months specifically for this project. Interviews were conducted by Lorraine Green. Lesley Giles typed a large proportion of the report and clerical work was undertaken by Scharlene Lament. Leigh Roeger researched the sections on sentencing and recidivism and also assisted Lorraine Green with the computer analysis o...