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The article offers information on the 27th edition of the Oncology Nursing Meetings (RIO), scheduled for March 16, 2024, at the new venue, Palais des congrès, porte Maillot, in Paris. The program, curated by the scientific and organizational committee (CSO), will revolve around current themes conducive to learning, featuring diverse formats for exchanges and sharing, including round tables, calls for papers and posters, symposiums, etc.

This paper focuses on an unknown (and, unfortunedy, not commented) Emil Cioran's conference of 1931 about the federative european project and the principle of sovereingnty of the states. In this texte, thanks to which he obtained his first scholarship in the West (at Geneve), Cioran is an follower of the pacifism, federalism, and universalism; few years after, in Berlin, he became a supporter of the radical nationalism. But even in this case he remained a refocused thinker of the mesianic. Viewed from the perspective of this conference, his radical nationalisme appears as a disappointement, or, at least, a stratagem. Anyway, his diagnoses on the European project remains very actual. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses papers presented at a conference series titled "Emerging Trends in Book History and Print Culture," hosted by students from the Groupe de recherches et d'études sur le livre au Québec (GRÉLQ) at the University of Sherbrooke and from the collaborative program in Book History and Print Culture (BHPC) at the University of Toronto. Topics of papers included the Québec gay militant periodical press and the representation of literature in museums.

This paper focuses on an unknown (and, unfortunetly, not commented) Emil Cioran's conference of 1931 about the federative european project and the principle of sovereingnty of the states. In this texte, thanks to which he obtained his first scholarship in the West (at Geneve), Cioran is an follower of the pacifism, federalism, and universalism; few years after, in Berlin, he became a supporter of the radical nationalism. But even in this case he remained a refocused thinker of the mesianic. Viewed from the perspective of this conference, his radical nationalisme appears as a disappointement, or, at least, a stratagem. Anyway, his diagnoses on the European project remains very actual. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This section provides abstracts of papers presented at the 2010 Association Francophone pour les Soins Oncologiques de Support (AFSOS) Symposium in Vancouver, British Columbia, including papers on anemia induced by chemotherapy.

This article summarises the papers presented at the "Digital Libraries at the Crossroads of Disciplines and Institutions" symposium, held during the ACFAS conference, from May 8-10 2013. The organisers of the symposium summarize the concerns and issues raised by the speakers during their presentations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Objective: To estimate the morbidity and mortality conferences (MMC) impact in intensive care unit (ICU) setting on quality of care and patients’ safety. Data sources: A review of English and French articles in Medline database (1990–2011) related to MMC in the ICU. Keywords used: “morbidity (and) mortality conference(s)”, “intensive care unit”, “intensive/critical care medicine”. Additional studies identified by hand search in French national guidelines about MMCs and in the Annales Françaises d’Anesthésie Réanimation and Réanimation journals index. Identification and preliminary analysis performed using title and abstract, for every study related to MMC in the ICU. Study selection: Only original studies about MMC in the ICU setting that reported an assessment were included. Papers reporting guidelines and methods for MMC implementation were excluded. Data extraction: Extraction used predefined data fields, including study design, MMC characteristics, assessment methods and results. Data synthesis: Studies about MMC in the ICU are recent and scarce. Results comparison and synthesis are impaired by discrepancies in study designs. Although the effectiveness of MMC is not evidence-based, data are consistent for their positive impact on quality of care and patient safety in the ICU. Conclusion: Further studies are required to assess the impact of MMC in the ICU. Based on this literature review, a 4-level evaluation scheme can be suggested: 1) evaluation of MMC implementation in care units and facilities; 2) evaluation of MMC organization; 3) evaluation of MMC on quality of care; 4) evaluation of MMC impact on patients’ mortality and morbidity. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Does the future of science rest in the hands of "civil society"? An international con- ference on "Science in Society: Dialogues and scientific responsibility" was held in Paris on 24 and 25 November 2008. The event was part of the initiatives instigated by the French Presidency of the Euro- pean Union. Its interest lies in the fact that it was a culmination of a series of scientific events devoted to the issue of relationships between science and society. Even though, as originally planned, the conference focussed on the European context, it showed that this issue had assumed an international dimension and become a research topic in itself. That said, discussions have shown that because of its many facets, of the importance of the problems and issues at stake, including political ones, the wealth of reflections this topic generates raises more questions than are solved. The great merit of the conference, however, was in providing an overview. Thanks to the attention given during the planning stage to making room for a wide diversity of standpoints, the conference provided the material for a critical reflection on follow up action to be considered. Our paper takes up this objective in a spirit of continuity of the conference. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article provides information on the different activities during the Conference on Christianity and Literature which was participated by young scholars to develop their ideas on the proposed turn of religion into literary studies. It states that participants are asked to explore ways and activities where they could participate in strengthening a critical sensibility that weighs the delicate registers of belief and unbelief, and by developing more theoretical paradigms that take religion seriously. The scholars are encouraged to write full-length papers, and engaged in a discussion and debate regarding their assessment on the religious turn in literary studies. Further information about the topics discussed is presented.

The article reports on papers presented at two plenary sessions of the nineteenth Biennial Conference of the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association, Winnipeg, Canada, September 27-30, 2007. A number of academics presented reports including Vitaliy Makar on "National Minorities in Contemporary Ukraine," Faton Bislimi offered "Demographics and Migration: Kosovo's Private Sector Development at a Crossroads," and John Packer spoke on the subject of "Ethnic Inclusion and Governance," the main theme of the conference.

The work described in this article began as the result of a shared lack of knowledge and appreciation of the collections of rare Québec books. This conclusion was put forward by Yvan Lamonde, professor at McGill University, specializing in the history of ideas and of printing in Québec, and endorsed by a group of researchers and professionals working in libraries. This article is based on a paper presented by the author at a seminar titled Le livre ancien, de la Nouvelle-France a demain. Les collections de Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec that was part of the programme of the conference titled Rabelais ou « Les adventures des gens ». L'hybridité des récits rabelaisiens. The conference, organised jointly by the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec and professors Diane Desrosiers-Bonin, of McGill University, Claude La Charité, of the Université du Québec a Rimouski and Renée-Claude Breitenstein, of McGill University, was held from August 27 to 31, 2006. The work presented in this article is not to be confused with the bibliographic work carried out by the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec on its own collection of rare books. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents an introduction to this issue containing papers from the 29th Conference of the ISSR (International Society for the Sociology of Religion) that dealt with the tension between secularity and religion.

The article introduces this issue of the journal, which contains papers on the legend of Bluebeard, originally presented at a conference on the subject held in Zurich, Switzerland, from December 4-5, 2008.

The article discusses papers presented on psychoanalysis and culture hosted by the International Association of Relational Psychoanalysts and Psychotherapists that was held in Santiago, Chile on November 2014.