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GENERALIZED FACT [3 records]

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Record 1 2012-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology (General)
CONT

Mauss's aim was to show that exchange in primitive societies was a total social fact because, apart from the simple form of the transaction, generalized exchange touched on many social mechanisms including the religious, economic, judicial, and moral mechanism. A total social fact, according to Mauss, therefore always concerns the whole of society and its institutions : economic, political, religious, legal, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
DEF

[...] phénomène qui met en branle la totalité de la société et de ses institutions.

CONT

[...] dans la théorie du fait social total, la notion de totalité est moins importante que la manière très particulière dont Mauss la conçoit [...] instance privilégiée qu'on peut appréhender au niveau de l'observation, dans des occasions bien déterminées, quand se mettent en branle la totalité de la société et de ses institutions.

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
CONT

The fact that non-uniform fractals with a uniform distribution can also be described in terms of generalized dimensions has already been indicated....

CONT

... the global dimension, DG, determined for the structure in the limit of large t using boxes of size 1/b » 1 is equal to 1.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques

Spanish

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Record 3 1993-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
CONT

... for the injected allergens there is no clear evidence that the production of IgE reflects an inherited predisposition.... The fact that atopy does not increase the incidence of IgE antibody to venom or penicillin adds further evidence that the specific inherited factor(s) in atopy is related to the conditions of inhalant allergy and is not a generalized control enhancing IgE production.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
DEF

Prédisposition constitutionnelle à développer des maladies allergiques.

Spanish

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