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Abstract Why did Yhwh decide to destroy his creation, and how did he go about it  ? The intertwining of two   different accounts of the flood in Gn   6-7 provides several answers to these questions. Documents and media Download …

Abstract This lecture will review two concepts that now feature prominently in environmental histories of the modern world and in global change science: The Great Acceleration and the Anthropocene. It will present evidence, drawn mainly from …

Abstract The physical climate is a complex system. Because of the feedbacks that can stabilize or destabilize the climate, change is not linear. Human societies are also complex systems, and history can help us describe the possible tipping points that …

Lecture plan 2.3. and the papyri  Exercises delivered by monasteries (continued) 2.3.2. The case of the Epiphanius monastery 2.3.2.1. A teacher in …

Abstract To tackle a legal problem, you first need concepts to make it manageable, then solve it in the light of value criteria deemed preferable. The jurist P. Alfenus Varus, consul in 39 BC and a leading figure on the Roman political and cultural scene, …

Abstract In the foreword to his Histoire de la Révolution française , Michelet evokes this "   singular trait of France   ", whose people would only have understood politics "   as devotion and love   ". As late as the end of the 20th   century, the …

Abstract The third and fourth lectures will focus on the role of activity in the construction of cortical circuits, from the maturation and migration of different populations of neurons, the roles of transient neurons and circuits, to the integration and …

This conference is only available in audio. Abstract In Roman times, ivory was a highly prized luxury material. Its uses ranged from small, everyday instruments to decorations and even furniture and votive objects. The same was true of bone, a material …

Abstract Examples of environmental impacts on the plant kingdom. Documents and media Download support …

Abstract The magic papyri of Late Antiquity preserve few traces of their social context. Yet careful study can reveal valuable information about the individuals who composed and copied them. In this seminar, we propose to discuss accounts of the education …

Abstract We study the existence of relaxed equilibria for finite-horizon deterministic mean-field games. These relaxed equilibria are probability measures on trajectories. Closed-graph properties play a major role in proving their existence. Two   cases …

Abstract A wave packet launched into a random potential, in the strong localization regime (Anderson localization), first moves away from its original position, then returns and stops there. This phenomenon, discovered by Dominique Delande and his …

Abstract Adaptation may be a key element in biological evolution, but it is only one component. We'll talk about everything else. On the one hand, there is drift, the random counterpart of natural selection, which should never be underestimated. Then …

Abstract This two-part lecture aims to provide a holistic understanding of neural recording and stimulation electrodes, from design to practical application, and to highlight the importance of engineering and materials science in advancing neuroscience …

Abstract Polygenic selection refers to the process of simultaneous selection of mutations in a large number of genes, each making a marginal contribution to adaptation. However, the fact that each mutation involved in polygenic selection has a weak effect …