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Abstract Pijul is a version control system based on simple, intuitive modeling of cooperative work. This modeling makes it possible to adapt to the performance requirements of very large projects, while remaining accessible to as many people as possible, …

Abstract In the course of this lecture, we propose to examine the extent to which the sections of ancient lexicons concerning realia are likely to reflect the practical use of terminology as observed in papyrological documentation, and hence the extent to …

Abstract How efficient can a persistent data structure  be? Does it necessarily cost more than a transient structure ? The final lecture will attempt to answer these questions, first by reviewing the best known implementations of persistent arrays, purely …

Moderator and discussant : Henry Laurens, Collège de France Opening remarks by Henry Laurens, Collège de France Introductory speech by Salam Kawakibi Speeches Arab social sciences : actors, trends and paradigms (Sari Hanafi, American University of Beirut) …

After studying the two basic categories of domestic and wild animals, the lecture will focus on intermediate categories. In particular, we'll be looking at a strange group of animals that have a habit of coming and going, in a back-and-forth between …

Abstract Over the past two decades a growing body of scientific evidence has accumulated supporting the role in cancer aetiology of factors that for convenience can be labelled "metabolic", to differentiate them from chemical, physical and infectious …

Since the major epidemiological studies and population-based randomized controlled trials conducted in France in the years 1980-1990, we have come a long way, paved with methodological and technological innovations. This lecture explains how participatory …

Abstract The long period of war experienced by Việt Nam (Japanese occupation, colonial war, war between the two Việt Nam) over more than thirty years had a very heavy impact on the whole of society, on all women, in the north as well as in the south, at …

Circumcision is undoubtedly one of the oldest surgical procedures. In its most widespread form, it consists of the total or partial removal of the foreskin, leaving the glans penis uncovered. The practice, which dates back to antiquity if not prehistory, …

Abstract The Hall resistivity has long been used to identify the mobile charge carriers in metals. However, transport theory has failed to explain several intriguing ''Hall anomalies'' in strongly correlated metals, superconductors, and thermal Hall …