ROMPRE LE RAMADAN AU CENTRE-VILLE

Rompre le ramadan au centre-ville

This article presents, describes, and analyses an event for breaking the fast organized in the public sphere by a local association of young Muslims in the French-speaking part of Switzerland.The authors examine the signs and features by which the association presented itself and the Muslim population.After a description of Baby Tee the square, foc

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Physical exercise and liver “fitness”: Role of mitochondrial function and epigenetics-related mechanisms in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Background: Modern lifestyles, especially high-caloric intake and physical inactivity, contribute to the increased prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which becomes a significant health problem worldwide.Lifestyle changes, however, affect not only parental generation, but also their offspring, reinforcing the need for efficient

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Lessons learnt from recent citizen science initiatives to document floods in France, Argentina and New Zealand

New communication and digital image technologies have enabled the public to produce and share large quantities of flood observations.Valuable hydraulic data such as water levels, flow rates, inundated areas, water bottle etc., can be extracted from photos and movies taken by citizens and help improve the analysis and modelling of flood hazard.We in

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