Vivre les changements climatiques

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Matthieu Simard

Alors qu'il reçoit Anouk en pleurs, qui lui avoue ne plus vouloir voir son père qui a manifestement abusé d'elle, Martin doit intervenir pour que Pavel puisse à nouveau s'autoguérir. Faisant libérer le père de l'adolescent russe, il permet aux deux immigrants d'organiser leur évasion, ce qui se termine par la prise en otage d'un employé du laboratoire. Mais Anouk, ayant accompagné Martin sur les lieux, est alors aussi prise dans le collimateur de Bourgeois ... Situant l'action dans un célèbre collège de Montréal du quartier Côte-des-Neiges, un onzième épisode provocateur et empreint d'émotions troubles, s'insérant dans un feuilleton de 13 épîtres aux accents fantastiques, évoquant les sentiments de solitude profonde puis d'amour naissant chez un garçon en proie au désespoir. La narration, très brève, à la première personne, entrecoupée de réflexions rédigées en italique au style direct, présage une série accessible, inspirée des romans graphiques de type manga dont la première illustration, en clair-obscur, établit l'atmosphère. Teintée d'une pointe de science-fiction qui lui procure tout son souffle, cette série hyperréaliste tiendra le lecteur en haleine, malgré le lourd poids qui pèse sur les épaules de son héros. [SDM].

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Miral Dizdaroglu and Ali Esat Karakaya

"Damage to DNA by both exogenous and endogenous sources is increasingly regarded as highly important in the initiation and progression of cancer and in the occurance of other pathological events. DNA damage caused by reactive oxygen-derived species, also called oxidative DNA damage, is most the frequent type encountered by aerobic cells. Mechanistic studies of carcinogenesis indicate an important role of this type of damage to DNA. There is also strong evidence to support the role of oxidative DNA damage in the aging process. DNA damage is opposed in vivo by repair systems. If not repaired, DNA damage may lead to detrimental biological consequences. Therefore, the repair of DNA damage is regarded as one of the essential events in all life forms. In recent years the field of DNA repair has flourished due to new findings on DNA repair mechanisms and the molecular basis of cancer. A detailed knowledge of mechanisms of DNA damage and repair, and how individual repair enzymes function may lead to manipulation of DNA repair in cells and ultimately to an increase of the resistence of human cells to DNA-damaging agents. This volume covers the most recent devlopments in this research field and contains contributions from scientists working in the fields of biochemistry, molecular biology, enzymology, biomedical science, and radiation biology."--Pub. desc.

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John Fardell

Ben, Zara, Sam, and Marcia begin their summer vacation by helping Professor Ampersand and a new friend build the Silver Turtle, a futuristic airplane, but on the day the first test flight is planned, a strange woman steals the airplane with the children inside.

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David A. Korn

"Based on Roberta Cohen and Francis M. Deng's work, Masses in Flight: The Global Crisis of Internal Displacement (Brookings, 1998), this book offers, in summary and less technical form, the essential findings of that in-depth study: who and where the internally displaced are and what is being done for them, and how the international community can better organize itself to deal with not only a humanitarian challenge but also a threat to the security, stability, and economic well-being of nations on all continents. And Exodus within Borders offers one other important dimension. Through powerful photographs, it shows just what it can mean to be driven from one's home with no clothes, no food, and no sure place of refuge."--BOOK JACKET.