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Abstract Driven by the challenge of anthropogenic climate change, the reconstruction of the Holocene climate has provided historians and archaeologists with new insights into the human past. We are learning that the instability of the Earth system has …

Abstract Poor countries raise relatively few taxes, and this limits their ability to take action to help their populations. How are tax revenues distributed ? How can these countries increase their fiscal …

Abstract The second lecture looked at control structures on a larger scale than the commands (statements ) of the first lecture : the scale of mechanisms for breaking programs down into subroutines, procedures, functions and methods. These linguistic …

Awards ceremony for the 2023 season's data challenges , with presentation of results by the winners. Access the videos of the 2023 challenges Season 2023 challenge winners Learning radiological anatomy with few shots learning (by Raidium) 1. Jude …

Abstract If love is the founding novel of the West, it expresses its political haunts far more than the assurance of its moral edification. This is the case not only in Albert Cohen's Belle du seigneur , but also, thirty   years earlier, in Denis de …

Markov fields make it possible to build data models with many variables and a reduced number of parameters, by imposing that the variables have only local interactions. These are defined on a non-directional graph, such as an image grid. A Markov field …

Abstract In the 17th   century, "   Andromaque   " was used to describe a widow. This meaning, fixed in later texts and in the collective imagination, prevents us from seeing how an author like Racine was able to turn the figure of Andromaque, against the …

Documents and media Download support Abstract In classical antiquity, depictions of children reading are rare, as children were not considered as people in their own right. Indeed, children's reading did not always exist as we know it today. The history …

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 Most massive stars live in pairs. Often, since their birth, they have lived close to another star. During their life as a couple, certain events in the life of a star will bring them so close together that they will exchange matter, a phenomenon …