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Abstract Pierre Boulez was not only the composer of thirty-three works (and their revisions), but also the author of books of various kinds: compositional techniques, interviews, correspondence and three volumes containing one hundred and fifty articles …

Abstract In France, as long as the procedure is performed by a doctor or midwife, the law allows all women to have an abortion within the fourteen-week time limit   -   - that's voluntary interruption of pregnancy. Recourse to abortion is particularly …

Documents and media Download support Abstract Abortion is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in countries where it is prohibited or severely restricted. Although abortion no longer poses health problems in France, some women still have difficulty …

Abstract This lecture will explore the molecular basis of the dialogue between the nervous and immune systems, highlighting cytokines, stress mediators and shared receptors. It will also show how the major sensory systems (notably the vagal system, …

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Abstract Biological invasions are one of the main threats to biodiversity. Numerous studies have demonstrated the harmful effects of biological invasions in species extinctions, particularly among island species. However, biodiversity is not only limited …

Abstract This lecture, based on the work of our research group, will address some specific aspects of biological invasions worldwide, in particular how to predict what future invasive alien species will be, and in which regions of the world they will …

Abstract In an interview published in February 1966, Pierre Boulez famously declared himself a "300% Leninist"-at least in connection with the reform of musical life in the country. In ensuing years Boulez frequently returned to this self-description, and …

Abstract Abstract of cuneiform text discoveries at Tell Mardikh/Ebla and contrast with what was known before 1968. Main scientific debates on archival texts since the 1970s, with typological analysis. Subsequent discussion of post-Ebla archival texts and …

Abstract Divine and royal statuary is an integral part of the Egyptian temple. The temples we visit today may have kept their walls, and sometimes even their ceilings, but most of them are almost completely emptied of their rich furnishings, which …

Abstract Sharp structures can occur as minimizers of very regular problems. This means symmetry can lead us badly astray and the resultant symmetry breaking may lead to highly counter-intuitive structures. I will illustrate in a discrete example and then …

Abstract The control of irrigation by a bureaucratic apparatus linked to religious and/or state power is at the heart of social theories that have marked the history of ideas over the last one hundred and fifty years. Although largely discredited, they …

Monica Neagoy Monica Neagoy has a doctorate in mathematics didactics. A mathematics teacher, Monica Neagoy is also a specialist in the Singapore Method, a mathematics teaching method based on modeling, the "   concrete-imagined-abstract   " approach and …

Abstract I will discuss the canonical quantization of quantum cosmology on toroidal universes. The wavefunctions are automorphic forms, and the Wheeler-DeWitt equation reduces to a dynamical equation on moduli space, so quantum cosmology can be viewed as …