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Abstract The good health of living organisms, both human and non-human, is first and foremost a synthesis of the environmental conditions to which they are exposed. However, many health threats are looming on the horizon: accelerated transmission of …

Abstract This lecture will build on the theoretical framework linking ecosystem responses to environmental change and the effects on their functioning via the functional traits of organisms. These links have been widely demonstrated for plants, and are …

Abstract Active Magnetic Bearings (AMB) guide a rotating shaft without mechanical contact by means of magnetic levitation. They enable high speeds without friction, and meet the challenges of energy efficiency and decarbonization. Unlike radial bearings, …

Abstract Most scientific studies have independently explored the factors potentially responsible for infectious disease epidemics. But they have rarely considered their interdependencies. We first summarize the links between health, land use change, …

Abstract We conclude this series of talks with the relation of Pan's work with the theory of the analytic prismatization. This theory has the objective to create a set up for the geometrization of the locally analytic p-adic local Langlands …

Abstract Globalization, international trade, climate change, population growth and rapid urbanization are behind the growing number of invasive exotic species and new interactions between organisms, leading to the emergence of new pathogens. Because of …

Gilles Bransbourg has been invited by the Collège de France assembly at the suggestion of Prof. Frantz Grenet Abstract The so-called Justinian Plague, which originated in Central Asia, reached Roman Egypt in 541 CE. Literary evidence, combined with the …

Documents and media Download poster Abstract The family of a mentally ill patient was one of the most important agents in the general picture of insanity in society. Family members such as husband, wife, father, mother, and children played crucial roles …

Résumé En guise d’introduction à la problématique du colloque, nous nous proposons d’aborder la question des relations entre cour royale et cour divine au I er  millénaire av. J.-C. sous deux angles. En premier lieu, il s’agit de faire un état des lieux …

Abstract Climate change is not just a matter of degrees and carbon: it is also a factory of inequalities. The poorest populations, those who have contributed the least to global emissions, are also those who suffer the most from the consequences of global …