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Abstract How do traditional and new media shape opinions and affect election results ? …
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Pierre Briant In the footsteps of the empire of the Great Kings. A historiographical survey (1931-2023) More extensive than the Roman Empire ever was, the Achaemenid Empire, born in the middle of the 6th century and overthrown by Alexander and his …
Published on 15 May 2025
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Lecture plan 1. Monasticism and lectures (continued) 1.1. The topos of the illiterate monk: monasteries as a place of unculture or a-culture (continued) 1.2. the monk's duty to know how to read and write 1.3 Monasteries and children: a difficult …
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Abstract The control flow graph is a classic intermediate representation of programs in optimizing compilers for imperative languages. This representation has made it possible to formulate and develop numerous program optimizations, from the simplest to …
11:15 to 12:15
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The precious art collection of the Byzantine Library of the Collège de France includes a vast array of remarkable works: ancient manuscripts and prints (Greek, Coptic, Ethiopian, Arabic, Russian and Armenian), Coptic fabrics and Greek and Russian icons, …
Published on 15 May 2025
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Abstract The fourth lecture introduced the notion of the continuation of a program point in an imperative program, or of a sub-expression in a functional program. This is the sequence of calculations remaining to be performed to reach the end of the …
09:30 to 11:00
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On Friday 23rd may 2025, starting at 19 hours, the Collège de France will be present at the Nuit des idées at the Quai d'Orsay. The Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs will open its doors for an exceptional edition of the Nuit des idées (Night of …
Published on 15 May 2025
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Category A position Secondment to the corps of Research Engineers: Head of audiovisual, educational and web productions, open to BOE (1 BAP F position). Position of research engineer offered by secondment to category A civil servants, beneficiaries of the …
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Abstract Valentine's Day love poetry is a literary tradition that first found expression at the end of the 14th century, in England during the reign of Richard II. Following its transformations right up to Shakespeare and Thomas Hardy, and the " …
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The global warming of the last century needs to be placed in a broader temporal context in order to determine its singularity and distinguish the underlying causes, both natural and anthropogenic. The climatic variations of the last deglaciation can be …
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Abstract A causal model describes the distribution of each variable X as a function of the variables causing X , and of independent noise (representing other unknown factors influencing X - the " known unknowns "). A causal model avoids the …
11:15 to 12:30
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The challenge now is to develop a more efficient algorithm for estimating model parameters. We begin by reviewing the properties of the Kullback-Leibler divergence and the Pinsker inequality that relates it to total variation. An exponential family has a …
09:30 to 11:00
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Exceptionally, this seminar takes place on a Tuesday. …
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Exceptionally, the lecture takes place on a Tuesday. …
10:00 to 11:00
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Abstract In 1789, the French revolutionaries, after declaring that " men are born and remain free and equal in rights ", did not abolish slavery. The Convention did so only in 1794, under pressure from slave revolts and, in particular, the Saint-Domingue …
14:30 to 15:30
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Abstract During their growth and division cycles, proliferating cells must couple their volume growth and macromolecule production to preserve their density, in particular their protein concentration. They must also couple the duration and speed of their …
16:15 to 17:15
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Documents and media Download support Download lecture notes References D. C. Tosteson and J. F. Hoffmann, "Regulation of Cell Volume by Active Cation Transport in High and Low Potassium Sheep Red Cells" The Journal of General Physiology , 44, 169-194 …
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Notes from an elementary school pupil (Roman period) and a lecture room in Alexandria (5th-6th centuries). What better observatory of a society's cultural options than its school ? It's the school that concentrates, schematizes and adapts them, while …
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Abstract Electrochemistry plays a central role in the storage and conversion of renewable energies. It is also at work in a variety of emerging sustainable technologies and devices that have a significant impact on society. Optimizing the performance of …
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Abstract This lecture discusses the dynamics of dust particles within a protoplanetary disk, focusing on sedimentation towards the disk midplane and radial drift. These two processes depend on particle size. This size, in turn, is determined by the speed …
16:45 to 18:45
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Abstract Single atom catalysts (SACs) can offer appealing catalytic activity and selectivity for heterogeneous catalysis in general, [1] and for electrocatalysis for energy conversion devices in particular. [ 2] This presentation will describe some …
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