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Documents and media Download support Abstract Over the last twenty years or so, physicists have been learning to manipulate individual quantum objects : atoms, ions, molecules, quantum circuits.... They now know how to build " atom by atom  " a synthetic …

Abstract If we want to give flesh and blood to the history of places of power, and not just map their symbolic relationships in the abstract, we need to focus on describing, in situ, the behaviors they architect. First and foremost, the behavior of the …

Documents and media Download support Abstract Quantum processors based on atoms or ions have developed thanks to techniques enabling them to be trapped one by one and their internal quantum states to be optically manipulated. This lecture will present the …

Abstract Soil is our common heritage, which must be protected and conserved in view of the vital functions it performs. While we are all familiar with its nutritional functions, its dynamics and the biodiversity it harbors play a key role in regulating …

Abstract Soil is a living, dynamic entity whose functional integrity is being compromised by increasing anthropogenic pressures, whether arising from agricultural intensification or urban artificialization, for example. As a fundamental foundation for …

Abstract This lecture, based on a new book entitled Two Paths to Prosperity: Culture and Institutions in Europe and China, 1000-2000 will ask the question why Europe and China reversed positions in economic development and technological capabilities …

Abstract In a 9th century letter on papyrus from the Fayoum oasis, the sender wrote: "Ḥasan told me that you had mentioned that I had been rude to you in my letter. But my rudeness, coming from someone like me to someone like you, is actually a mark of …

Abstract This lecture will approach pain as a process emerging from interactions between the immune and nervous systems, from peripheral activation linked to tissue damage to the central mechanisms of chronic pain. It will present the basis of …

Documents and media Download support Download lecture notes References Beeg, J., Klumpp, S., Dimova, R., Gracià, R. S., Unger, E., & Lipowsky, R. (2008). Transport of Beads by Several Kinesin Motors. Biophysical Journal , 94 (2), 532‑541. Derrida, B., …

Abstract Over the last ten years, several mental health indicators, such as anxiety, depression and eating disorders, have deteriorated in the populations of several Western countries, including France. Adolescents and young adults are particularly …

Documents and media Download support Abstract Relational networks, as a source of practical and emotional social support, group membership, norms and references, play an important role in the onset and persistence of psychological difficulties and …

Abstract Nucleophilic substitution on an sp³ carbon center is one of the most fundamental and widely used transformations in organic chemistry. While the stereochemical outcome of a SN2 reaction is well known - it takes place with configuration …

Abstract This session explores the question of revolution, going beyond a strictly political reading to consider its cultural and intellectual dimensions. Revolution is seen here not just as an upheaval of legal or institutional structures, but as a more …

Abstract In the past few years the notion of “strong convergence” of multi-matrix models has found applications across pure mathematics including to random graphs, operator algebras (in several ways), spectral theory of hyperbolic manifolds, and the …