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Abstract Readings in Greek paideia continued into the Christian period, in languages other than Latin and Greek. A whole network of Syriac schools is attested in the Roman Empire, as well as in the Sassanid Empire in the regions of northern and southern …

Abstract Accusations of biopiracy made by indigenous peoples against pharmaceutical companies have brought to the fore the more general question of the commercial appropriation of indigenous knowledge, whether in specialized fields such as biological …

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Abstract Gn   2 ,4-25 presents a new version of man's creation, quite different from Gn   1 . How does this new account differ, where does it come from, and why is it affixed to the first creation account  ? Documents and media Download …

Abstract Neurotechnology is an emerging interdisciplinary field that merges neuroscience and technology to explore, understand and manipulate the nervous system. This discipline offers vast possibilities for deciphering neural mechanisms, diagnosing and …

Abstract Does the current climate change enhance the risk of future pandemics? A way to search for an answer on this difficult question is using the past as a key to the present. Past episodes of climate change can provide a resource for understanding the …

Abstract The Roman Empire has fallen more than once. The role of climate change in various crisis episodes is a test case for exploring the nature of complex, compound and contagious …

Abstract In this talk, Olivier Danvy uses the dialogical method he has developed for his lectures to present four facets of continuations : an illustration of continuations in learning at the university ; a closer look at the classic example of Calder's …

Abstract The sixth lecture presented the theoretical foundations underlying the effect and effect management mechanisms introduced in the previous lecture. We started with monads, a concept derived from category theory and applied to denotational …

Lecture plan 2. In search of Egypt's monastic schools 2.1. Readings for young people ? 2.1.1. P.Mon. Epiph . 140 : a master's report on his lectures ? 2.1.2. The " children's cell " of the monasteries of Apa Jérémie and Bawît 2.2. Strange lecture rooms ! …

Abstract In this talk, we present the teleportation algorithm and the Markov chain importance sampling algorithm. These two algorithms share the common principle of obtaining a chain targeting a given distribution from a simple transformation of a Markov …

We now consider the generation of new data by sampling a probability distribution whose density is known. Sampling a probability distribution can be achieved with a deterministic but chaotic dynamical system, whose probability distribution is an invariant …

Abstract In this second   part of the lecture, the aim is to chronologically trace the history of power through the prism of the languages of love. In the 11th-12th   centuries, political friendship was reformulated in a more affective way. Occitan …

Abstract In "   Le Charmeur de serpents   ", written in 1954, Varlam Chalamov refers to a practice that took place in Siberian camps at the time of the Stalinist purges: that of an educated detainee telling thrilling stories to the camp leaders. This …

Documents and media Download support Abstract As Bachelard reminded us, the written word has a particular power that oral communication does not have  : it enables us to fix states. This is particularly true for children, who form and crystallize around …

Abstract Recent experiments and theory have shown that chromatin is organized as a polymer in a poor solvent in the nucleus, with a tendency to phase separate when the nucleus is hydrated. This downgrades the role of chromatin in nuclear volume …

Abstract At the dawn of the French Revolution, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen posed a fundamental and irreducible tension between the proclamation of the natural rights of mankind and the affirmation of the rights of the French …

Documents and media Download support Download lecture notes References Amanda A. Amodeo and Jan M. Skotheim, "Cell-Size Control," Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol, 8:a019083 (2016). Leigh K. Harris and Julie A. Theriot, "Relative Rates of Surface and Volume …

Abstract Natural species terms (" Tiger ", " Beech ", " Gold ", etc.) are the subject of debate : are they descriptive terms that express characteristics of the objects falling within their extension, or do they function rather as names that designate …

Abstract The element fluorine is omnipresent in both secondary and primary batteries, in salt or electrolyte additives, separators, electrode formulation binders or anode or cathode materials. By way of example, LiPF6 and NaPF6 are used as salt, …