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Abstract Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin's etymological reflections on the Greek hieros and the Sanskrit iṣirá make it possible to circumscribe a semantic field where notions of power, vigor and sacredness intersect in the sense of a " certain relationship to …

Session organized in collaboration with the Integer department of the Institut Convergences Migrations. Do migration policies escape …

Equity is often used as a watchword for rectifying the imbalances inherent in society. However, equity is more closely associated with inequality than with equality. As a notion that is asked to restore an initial situation that has been altered, or to …

The ensemble described in the previous lecture seems too disparate, both in terms of literary genres and the quality of the works, to reveal the profile of a single reader. The presence of Coptic doesn't help us much : by the 6th century , this language …

Abstract The seminar focused on a special case of the invisible library: Galen's Epitome , produced by the physician Oribasius at the request of the emperor Julian, known as the Apostate, in the 4th century AD. There was also talk of a lost, then …

Abstract How do you classify a library? This seemingly trivial question doesn't just apply to the owners of large libraries; it also concerns anyone who already has a few dozen books. Roberto Calasso, in Come ordinare una biblioteca , has tried to give a …

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Introduction to biodiversity Terms and definitions How many species are there on Earth? Different measures of biodiversity and ecosystem structure Organism size, form and …

The lecture began by introducing a number of scholars who made their debut in the 1930s: Raymond Jestin, and, for the first time, women Marguerite Rutten and Elena Cassin. Emphasis was then placed on the work of Thureau-Dangin, in particular his …

Abstract How do you ensure that software does what it's supposed to do? Traditional methods of software verification and validation, based on testing, reviews and analyses, are not always sufficient. Deductive verification goes a step further, …

For the history of the Black Death, the epidemic that affected the entire Mediterranean basin, and beyond, from 541 to 749 is less a precedent than an obligatory comparison, placed opposite historiography. While it occupies a dead branch of the …

Abstract The lecture introduces the construction of orthogonal wavelet bases and the fast algorithm for calculating wavelet decomposition coefficients. A wavelet basis is obtained from a multiresolution by calculating the orthogonal complement Wj of Vj in …

Abstract Over the last twenty years or so, a large number of studies have highlighted the real contribution of the immune system to the construction and functioning of the brain, as well as to the development of neurological and psychiatric pathologies. …

Résumé De nombreux problèmes combinatoires se présentent sous la forme suivante : on donne un ensemble X et on demande quelle taille peut avoir un sous-ensemble A de X s’il vérifie certaines propriétés. Une technique surprenante pour résoudre de tels …

The single-molecule nanopore analysis technique, combining a nanohole and electrical measurement, enables the detection and identification of a single species in the nanopore. This technique responds to societal challenges in the healthcare field. One of …

Optical sensors such as FBGs enable rapid sieving for the production of optimized electrolytes, and also provide access to the battery's thermodynamic parameters, enabling us to monitor its ageing and, therefore, its state of health. However, they cannot …