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Documents and media Download support Download lecture notes References E. B. Wilson MacMillan, The Cell in Development and Heredity , New York (1925). Amanda A. Amodeo and Jan M. Skotheim, "Cell-size control", Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol, 8:a019083 …

Abstract When experimentally confronted with discrimination or recall tasks, non-human primates and pre-language children are able to assess whether they are likely to give a correct answer before responding. They can also modulate their decision …

Abstract In the Aristotelian tradition, the content of a judgment involves two   terms: what is being talked about (the subject) and what is being said about it (the predicate). The act of attributing the predicate to the subject is what guarantees the …

Abstract All-solid-state batteries, touted for their enhanced safety and superior energy density, are emerging as the preferred solution for the future, attracting considerable interest in the electric vehicle sector. Currently, this technology is the …

Abstract The twenty-two administrative metropolises and the agglomerations surrounding major urban centers share a number of specific features in terms of both vulnerability and capacity for action. The density of their populations, facilities and …

Keynote conference. Abstract The evolution of cities in response to global warming, whether in terms of transport logistics, decarbonization of the economy or adaptation to new climatic conditions, will lead to an evolution of materials in the direction …

Abstract The purpose of this presentation is to analyze the current and future role of the hospital in the city, and more generally in the …

Abstract Cities of the future will need to monitor pathogen mutations in animal and human populations to anticipate species crossings causing pandemics. They will need to prepare these populations with sentinels to detect early warning signals, and with …

Keynote conference. Abstract Cities are home to a high proportion of the population ; temperature, air pollution and noise levels are generally higher there than elsewhere ; and they are more vulnerable to rising sea levels and flood risks. As a result, …

Abstract To meet future urban challenges, many cities have embarked on a process of " renaturation ", through revegetation programs and actions to increase biodiversity. These actions have many positive impacts on the health and well-being of residents. …

Abstract Philippe Clergeau will present the concept of regenerative urbanism, after recalling the definitions of biodiversity and ecosystems, which are essential to a liveable, sustainable city. Nature-based solutions already permeate architecture, but we …

Abstract Cities are particularly exposed to hydro-climatic hazards, now exacerbated by anthropogenic global warming. As both major sources of greenhouse gas emissions and vulnerable territories, cities are called upon to be drivers of mitigation and …

Abstract This paper examines the future of cities by shifting the focus to the African continent. The aim is to consider African cities as places for exploring new imaginaries and new ways of inhabiting the world. This reflection comes at a crucial time …

Abstract When it comes to building, as with energy, the new doesn't make the old disappear. The extraordinary rise of concrete between 1950 and 2000, far from eradicating other building materials, allowed them to grow : glass of course, steel, wood, but …

Abstract New York, the city of exile for the Surrealists and ethnologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, is the capital of the modern, but also the refuge of the archaic. " Ali Baba's cave ", it provides backdoor exits and an escape from the time of …