Social media and political communication in the 2014 elections to the European Parliament

Social media play an increasingly important part in the communication strategies of political campaigns by reflecting information about the policy preferences and opinions of political actors and their public followers. In addition, the content of the messages provides rich information about the political issues and the framing of those issues during elections, such as whether contested issues concern Europe or rather extend pre-existing national debates. In this study, we survey the European landscape of social media using tweets originating from and referring to political actors during the 2014 European Parliament election campaign. We describe the language and national distribution of the messages, the relative volume of different types of communications, and the factors that determine the adoption and use of social media by the candidates. We also analyze the dynamics of the volume and content of the communications over the duration of the campaign with reference to both the EU integration dimension of the debate and the prominence of the most visible list-leading candidates. Our findings indicate that the lead candidates and their televised debate had a prominent influence on the volume and content of communications, and that the content and emotional tone of communications more reflects preferences along the EU dimension of political contestation rather than classic national issues relating to left-right differences

Postnatal Growth after Intrauterine Growth Restriction Alters Central Leptin Signal and Energy Homeostasis

Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is closely linked with metabolic diseases, appetite disorders and obesity at adulthood. Leptin, a major adipokine secreted by adipose tissue, circulates in direct proportion to body fat stores, enters the brain and regulates food intake and energy expenditure. Deficient leptin neuronal signalling favours weight gain by affecting central homeostatic circuitry. The aim of this study was to determine if leptin resistance was programmed by perinatal nutritional environment and to decipher potential cellular mechanisms underneath

A bad workman blames his tweets: the consequences of citizens' uncivil Twitter use when interacting with party candidates

Existing studies focusing on politicians' adoption of Twitter have found that they use it primarily as a broadcasting tool. We argue that citizens' impolite and/or uncivil behavior is one possible explanation for such decisions. Social media conversations are rife with harassment and politicians are a prime target. This alters the incentive structure of engaging in dialogue on social media. We use Spanish, Greek, German, and U.K. candidates' tweets sent during the run‐up to the recent European Parliament elections, and rely on automated text analysis and machine learning methods to measure their level of civility. Our contribution is an actor‐oriented theory of political dialogue that incorporates Twitter's specific affordances, clarifying how and why Twitter's democratic promise may be limited

Sulfoximines as potent RORγ inverse agonists

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Demandes Territoriales

National audiencePourquoi a-t-on (encore) besoin de territoires ? Comment s’expriment les demandes pour que soient créés, recréés, renouvelés des territoires ? Quels types de territoires sont attendus, souhaités ou réclamés ? Cet ouvrage propose de poursuivre la réflexion sur les enjeux contemporains du rapport des sociétés à l’espace, au pouvoir et à l’action en partant du constat que la demande territoriale est la fois sociale, culturelle, économique, politique, environnementale, matérielle et symbolique. Elle met au centre des préoccupations la dynamique de transformation sociale tendant vers une infinité de territoires bien au-delà des seuls territoires offerts par les États. Les textes, issus du 3e colloque du Collège international des sciences territoriales, sont organisés en 4 parties : politiques publiques environnementales, d’économie sociale et solidaire ou d’accès à la santé ; implantation universitaire dans la diversité des demandes exprimées et latentes ; demande de données territoriales pour mieux connaître les inégalités, la métropolisation ou la patrimonialisation ; diversité des refus et réticences à l’institutionnalisation ou tactiques utilisées par les territoires existants pour se relégitimer en prenant en compte de nouvelles demandes.Cet ouvrage constate qu’à chaque demande ne correspond pas une offre et réfute l’existence d’un marché territorial régulant les attentes sociales. Bien au contraire, la quête territoriale incomplète, imparfaite et infinie de nombreux collectifs tend à montrer une réinvention continuelle des cadres dans lesquels les sociétés contemporaines organisent les interactions entre les humains, les intérêts, les enjeux. La dimension territoriale de ces actions apparaît alors déterminante pour comprendre ce qui se joue avec la territorialisation des demandes sociale

Discovery and Characterization of CD12681, a Potent RORγ Inverse Agonist, Preclinical Candidate for the Topical Treatment of Psoriasis

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