A history of the French in London: liberty, equality, opportunity

This book examines, for the first time, the history of the social, cultural, political and economic presence of the French in London, and explores the multiple ways in which this presence has contributed to the life of the city. The capital has often provided a place of refuge, from the Huguenots in the 17th century, through the period of the French Revolution, to various exile communities during the 19th century, and on to the Free French in the Second World War. It also considers the generation of French citizens who settled in post-war London, and goes on to provide insights into the contemporary French presence by assessing the motives and lives of French people seeking new opportunities in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. It analyses the impact that the French have had historically, and continue to have, on London life in the arts, gastronomy, business, industry and education, manifest in diverse places and institutions from the religious to the political via the educational, to the commercial and creative industries

Understanding the circumgalactic medium is critical for understanding galaxy evolution

Galaxies evolve under the influence of gas flows between their interstellar medium and their surrounding gaseous halos known as the circumgalactic medium (CGM). The CGM is a major reservoir of galactic baryons and metals, and plays a key role in the long cycles of accretion, feedback, and recycling of gas that drive star formation. In order to fully understand the physical processes at work within galaxies, it is therefore essential to have a firm understanding of the composition, structure, kinematics, thermodynamics, and evolution of the CGM. In this white paper we outline connections between the CGM and galactic star formation histories, internal kinematics, chemical evolution, quenching, satellite evolution, dark matter halo occupation, and the reionization of the larger-scale intergalactic medium in light of the advances that will be made on these topics in the 2020s. We argue that, in the next decade, fundamental progress on all of these major issues depends critically on improved empirical characterization and theoretical understanding of the CGM. In particular, we discuss how future advances in spatially-resolved CGM observations at high spectral resolution, broader characterization of the CGM across galaxy mass and redshift, and expected breakthroughs in cosmological hydrodynamic simulations will help resolve these major problems in galaxy evolution.Comment: Astro2020 Decadal Science White Pape

Étude des associations entre le développement cognitif et la qualité de l'environnement familial dans la population Inuit du Nunavik.

Depuis plusieurs décennies, les recherches américaines traitant du développement de l'enfant se sont intéressées aux associations entre la qualité de l'environnement familial et le développement cognitif. Plus récemment, les travaux américains s'appliquent à mieux circonscrire ces associations en considérant l'appartenance ethnique des participants. Cet intérêt suscite une prolifération de travaux dans la population mondiale. La présente recherche s'inscrit dans ce courant. Elle vise à vérifier la présence & associations entre la qualité de l'environnement familial, mesuré au moyen du HOME, et le développement cognitif chez 48 enfants inuit vivant au Nunavik et âgés entre 44 et 57 semaines. Trois mesures de performance cognitive sont utilisées, le MDI, le degré de vigilance et la notion de permanence de l'objet. Les résultats révèlent une association entre le niveau d'acception maternel et la permanence de l'objet. Les résultats sont interprétés dans une optique psychoanthropologique