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Le 14 décembre 1645, Louis XIV, tout juste âgé de sept ans, assiste à la représentation du premier opéra joué en France, La Finta Pazza (« la folle feinte ») de Francesco Sacrati. L'enfant se fascine pour les ballets de singes, d'autruches, d'ours, d'indiens et de perroquets qui rythment les intermèdes. On peut même supposer qu'il colorie, avec une maladroite application, la suite de gravures qu'en tire, pour commémorer ces chorégraphies, Valerio Spada. Une dizaine d'années plus tard, le jeune vainqueur de la Fronde danse devant sa cour les ballets d'un autre opéra, Les Noces de Thétis et Pélée. Il s'y grime en Apollon, en dryade, en élève de Chiron, en courtisan et en allégorie de la Guerre. Dans leur contingence apparente, ces deux événements se recoupent en plusieurs points : outre d'impliquer la figure du roi et sa passion du spectacle, d'appartenir l'un et l'autre aux premières décennies d'une nouvelle forme d'art, ils furent l'objet de scénographies stupéfiantes, dues au même « Grand Magicien », virtuose des nuées, des métamorphoses, des perspectives confondantes, des changements à vue : Giacomo Torelli. Ils représentent la Merveille Baroque à son apogée. L'album de La Finta Pazza est aujourd'hui l'un des joyaux du Fonds Jacques Doucet, conservés à l'Institut national d'histoire de l'art, et il est ici reproduit pour la première fois en fac-similé dans sa totalité. Il est complété d'un choix de planches représentant les décors de Torelli pour Les Noces de Thétis et Pélée.

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As the study of cooperative breeding systems expands, a number of key species form the examples that underpin our general understanding. The ostrich is increasingly becoming such a textbook species, on the basis of the results obtained in Brian Bertram's study of vigilance and egg discrimination in this extraordinary bird. Here Bertram presents new data on the ostrich communal nesting system, in which several females lay in one female's nest, with only one female and the male doing all the work. The Ostrich Communal Nesting System unravels the basis of the cooperation observed, and explains how a system involving apparent altruism is maintained by natural selection. It is now possible as never before to explain and quantify the effects of the different choices these birds make and to integrate ecological and morphological factors such as predation and size. Based on three seasons of study in Tsavo West National Park in Kenya, this book depended on recognizing individual birds, detecting and monitoring well-concealed nests, determining motherhood of eggs from their surface appearance, and time-lapse photography of nests. Key findings were that females could switch rapidly between reproductive strategies, that a nesting female could recognize her own eggs and when necessary discriminate against those of other females, and that the whiteness of ostrich eggs is an adaptation that protects them against overheating but at the cost of greater vulnerability to predation.Originally published in 1992.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Ostriches --- Sexual behavior in animals --- Social behavior in animals --- Zoology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Vertebrates --- Animal behavior --- Animal societies --- Struthio --- Struthio camelus --- Struthionidae --- Struthioniformes --- Birds --- Ratites --- Animals --- Breeding behavior --- Copulation behavior in animals --- Copulation in animals --- Copulatory behavior in animals --- Copulatory pattern (Animal behavior) --- Mating behavior --- Reproductive behavior --- Sex behavior in animals --- Behavior --- Nests --- Sexual behavior

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The Special issue "Biological and Pharmacological Activity of Plant Natural Compounds II" is continuing the intriguing research on the use of natural plant products. The second edition follows the aim of the first one.

Medicine --- Pharmacology --- Bergenia species --- botanical description --- traditional uses --- phytochemistry --- pharmacology --- anti-urolithiatic activity --- bergenin --- Flaxseed oil --- linusorb B3 --- anti-cancer --- apoptosis --- actin polymerization --- Src --- glioblastoma --- chlorogenic acid --- coffee --- cyclooxygenase --- espresso --- instant coffee --- platelet aggregation --- Rubia tinctorum L. --- antioxidants --- polyphenols --- ethylene glycol --- urolithiasis --- histophatology --- Saccharomyces cerevisiae --- β-glucan --- antimicrobial and anticancer activities --- detoxification ability --- immunomodulatory effect --- Aquilaria sinensis --- pheophorbide A --- MMP-2 --- MMP-9 --- HT-1080 --- advanced glycation end product (AGE) --- oxidative stress --- epithelial to mesenchymal transition --- AGE-inhibitor --- swertiamarin --- diabetic nephropathy --- astragaloside IV --- Astragalus membranaceus --- huang qi --- Astragali Radix --- liver --- liver regeneration --- 70% partial hepatectomy --- proliferation --- rat --- memory --- object recognition --- Ginkgo biloba --- dorsal hippocampus formation --- brain-derived neurotrophic factor --- Diclofenac --- γ-lactone --- nano-emulsion --- methylcellulose --- Ostrich oil --- Struthio camelus --- Caenorhabditis elegans --- leaf extract --- neuroprotection --- antioxidant activity --- DAF-16 --- Clerodendrum infortunatum --- terpenoids --- phenylpropanoids --- antidiabetic --- breast cancer --- Combretum indicum L. --- antidiabetic activity --- histopathology --- UPLC-QTOF/ESI-MS --- network pharmacology --- Biebersteinia heterostemon --- galegine --- hypotensive --- toxicity --- Sage --- Salvia officinalis --- cytotoxicity --- hepatoprotection --- MDA --- TAOxC --- MCF-7 --- HeLA cells --- HepG-2 cells --- Peganum harmala --- anti-inflammatory activity --- antioxidant --- LC-ESI-MS/MS --- traditional medicine --- rheumatoid arthritis --- rosmanol --- carnosol --- Callicarpa longissima --- TLR4/NF-κB/MAPK --- synergistic effect --- diabetes mellitus --- anti-diabetic drugs --- monoterpenes

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The Special issue "Biological and Pharmacological Activity of Plant Natural Compounds II" is continuing the intriguing research on the use of natural plant products. The second edition follows the aim of the first one.

Bergenia species --- botanical description --- traditional uses --- phytochemistry --- pharmacology --- anti-urolithiatic activity --- bergenin --- Flaxseed oil --- linusorb B3 --- anti-cancer --- apoptosis --- actin polymerization --- Src --- glioblastoma --- chlorogenic acid --- coffee --- cyclooxygenase --- espresso --- instant coffee --- platelet aggregation --- Rubia tinctorum L. --- antioxidants --- polyphenols --- ethylene glycol --- urolithiasis --- histophatology --- Saccharomyces cerevisiae --- β-glucan --- antimicrobial and anticancer activities --- detoxification ability --- immunomodulatory effect --- Aquilaria sinensis --- pheophorbide A --- MMP-2 --- MMP-9 --- HT-1080 --- advanced glycation end product (AGE) --- oxidative stress --- epithelial to mesenchymal transition --- AGE-inhibitor --- swertiamarin --- diabetic nephropathy --- astragaloside IV --- Astragalus membranaceus --- huang qi --- Astragali Radix --- liver --- liver regeneration --- 70% partial hepatectomy --- proliferation --- rat --- memory --- object recognition --- Ginkgo biloba --- dorsal hippocampus formation --- brain-derived neurotrophic factor --- Diclofenac --- γ-lactone --- nano-emulsion --- methylcellulose --- Ostrich oil --- Struthio camelus --- Caenorhabditis elegans --- leaf extract --- neuroprotection --- antioxidant activity --- DAF-16 --- Clerodendrum infortunatum --- terpenoids --- phenylpropanoids --- antidiabetic --- breast cancer --- Combretum indicum L. --- antidiabetic activity --- histopathology --- UPLC-QTOF/ESI-MS --- network pharmacology --- Biebersteinia heterostemon --- galegine --- hypotensive --- toxicity --- Sage --- Salvia officinalis --- cytotoxicity --- hepatoprotection --- MDA --- TAOxC --- MCF-7 --- HeLA cells --- HepG-2 cells --- Peganum harmala --- anti-inflammatory activity --- antioxidant --- LC-ESI-MS/MS --- traditional medicine --- rheumatoid arthritis --- rosmanol --- carnosol --- Callicarpa longissima --- TLR4/NF-κB/MAPK --- synergistic effect --- diabetes mellitus --- anti-diabetic drugs --- monoterpenes