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Abstract Alongside pollinators, plant communities are also changing, in response to a variety of human-induced pressures : changes in land use causing the local disappearance of species specializing in certain habitats, nitrate and biocide pollution …

Abstract The origins of our minds are an enduring puzzle-- what parts of what we know require learning, and what emerges in the absence of specific experience? Questions about how nature and nurture contribute to human knowledge have been productive in …

Perception of Quadrilaterals: A Human Singularity for Geometry Abstract How can we experimentally test the hypothesis of a language of geometry and its specificity to the human species ? A series of experiments, the subject of Mathias Sablé-Meyer's …

Abstract The Infancy Gospel according to Thomas is an early Christian apocryphal text that recounts the miracles of Jesus as a child, in the style of biblical fan fiction . A best-seller in late antiquity and the Middle Ages, the story was transmitted in …

Abstract Contrary to popular opinion, the norms, procedures and models of science and law have long maintained a close and intertwined, albeit changing, relationship. While the more juridico procedure imposed itself on all academic disciplines in the …

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Abstract In the first   creation story in Gn   1 ,1-2,3, heaven, sea and earth are perfectly ordered by Yhwh. Why is this story referred to as priestly  ? Documents and media Download …

Abstract Global warming has heightened concerns over links between climate change and conflict. This concern has encouraged current social science research on possible links as well as historical studies examining statistical associations or case studies …

Abstract Climate change and pandemics have always been linked. To better understand current and future risks, we need to take stock of what we know and don't know about the complex links between climate change, infectious diseases and social systems in …

Abstract There is a long history of implementing functional languages, particularly those with first-class control operators, using the CPS (Continuation Passing Style) transformation. In this talk I will show how continuations can be used to model …

Abstract The fifth   lecture began with an in-depth look at the notions of exceptions and exception handlers introduced in the second   lecture. We showed how to introduce exception handling into a functional language, in which cases it can be useful, and …

Lecture plan 1. Monasticism and lectures (continued) 1.3. monasteries and children : a difficult relationship (continued) 1.3.3. Pedophilia 1.4. yet children are everywhere ! 1.5. Primae cœnobii scolae (" the elementary school of the monastery ", Jean …

Yann Scioldo-Zurcher : "  Turning the French of Algeria into repatriated Frenchmen. How did the French state think about its migrant nationals ? " Paola Rebughini : "  Colonial references in the lived experience of immigrants and their …

Henry Laurens Henry Laurens is Professor at the Collège de France and holds the   Contemporary History of the Arab World chair. He was previously Senior Lecturer at Sorbonne University Paris-IV and University Professor at Inalco. He is the author of …

Abstract This seminar investigates the mechanisms guiding cell growth and cell cycle progression decisions, using insights from single-cell dynamics. By utilizing advanced modeling and data-analysis techniques, I will address the stochasticity, …

Documents and media Download support Download lecture notes References Qirun Wang and Jie Lin, "Heterogeneous Recruitment Abilities to RNA Polymerases Generate Nonlinear Scaling of Gene Expression with Cell Volume", Nature Communications, 12, 6852 (2021). …

Abstract Li-Ion or Na-Ion battery materials, positive electrodes and solid electrolytes in particular, are essentially inorganic compounds into which alkali metals ( Li+ or Na+ ) must diffuse, more or less rapidly or reversibly. As such, they exhibit very …

Abstract Planetesimals are the first macroscopic objects to form in a protoplanetary disk. Asteroids and trans-Neptunian objects are the remnants of the initial population of planetesimals in the circumstellar disk. The collective dynamics of dust …