Interprétation de la mécanique quantiqueUne interprétation de la mécanique quantique est une tentative d'explication de la façon dont la théorie mathématique de la mécanique quantique « correspond » à la réalité. Bien que la mécanique quantique ait fait l'objet de démonstrations rigoureuses dans une gamme extraordinairement large d'expériences (aucune prédiction de la mécanique quantique n'a été contredite par l'expérience), il existe un certain nombre d'écoles de pensée concurrentes sur son interprétation.
Interprétation des loisL'interprétation des lois est la branche du droit qui examine les règles d'interprétation textuelle des textes de loi. Règle du sens ordinaire Approche téléologique Stéphane Beaulac et Frédéric Bérard, Précis d'interprétation législative, 2e édition, Montréal: LexisNexis Canada, 2014. Pierre-André Côté, avec la collaboration de Stéphane Beaulac et Mathieu Devinat, 4e édition, Interprétation des lois. Montréal : Éditions Thémis, 2009. Ruth Sullivan, Sullivan on the Construction of Statutes, 6th Edition, Toronto : LexiNexis Canada, 2014 Elmer Driedger, The Construction of Statutes.
Judicial interpretationJudicial interpretation is the way in which the judiciary construes the law, particularly constitutional documents, legislation and frequently used vocabulary. This is an important issue in some common law jurisdictions such as the United States, Australia and Canada, because the supreme courts of those nations can overturn laws made by their legislatures via a process called judicial review.
Insular biogeographyInsular biogeography or island biogeography is a field within biogeography that examines the factors that affect the species richness and diversification of isolated natural communities. The theory was originally developed to explain the pattern of the species–area relationship occurring in oceanic islands. Under either name it is now used in reference to any ecosystem (present or past) that is isolated due to being surrounded by unlike ecosystems, and has been extended to mountain peaks, seamounts, oases, fragmented forests, and even natural habitats isolated by human land development.
Landscape connectivityIn landscape ecology, landscape connectivity is, broadly, "the degree to which the landscape facilitates or impedes movement among resource patches". Alternatively, connectivity may be a continuous property of the landscape and independent of patches and paths. Connectivity includes both structural connectivity (the physical arrangements of disturbance and/or patches) and functional connectivity (the movement of individuals across contours of disturbance and/or among patches).
Global biodiversityGlobal biodiversity is the measure of biodiversity on planet Earth and is defined as the total variability of life forms. More than 99 percent of all species that ever lived on Earth are estimated to be extinct. Estimates on the number of Earth's current species range from 2 million to 1 trillion, but most estimates are around 11 million species or fewer. About 1.74 million species were databased as of 2018, and over 80 percent have not yet been described.
