The evolution of parasite virulence and host defences is affected by population structure. This effect has been confirmed in studies focusing on large spatial scales, whereas the importance of local structure is not well understood. Slavemaking ants are social parasites that exploit workers of another species to rear their offspring. Enslaved workers of the host species Temnothorax longispinosu...

Self-Organising Network (SON) functions have been introduced in the Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced standards by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) as an excellent solution that promises enormous improvements in the network performance. However, the most challenging issue in implementing SON functions in reality is the identification of the best possible interactions amo...

The effects on spontaneous ovulation associated with the unilateral or bilateral sectioning of the superior ovarian nerves (SON) were analyzed in guinea pigs at different time intervals of the estrous cycle. Day 1 of the estrous cycle was defined as the day when the animal presents complete loss of the vaginal membrane (open vagina). Subsequent phases of the cycle were determined by counting th...

This article develops an analysis of how different generations in both rural and urban areas of East Madagascar remember a violent anticolonial rebellion that took place in 1947 and places these memories in the context of various state regimes' efforts to create competing narrations of the events. I show how rural and urban elders, rural and urban youth, and former soldiers remember the 1947 re...

marcel proust est un des écrivains le plus fameux de la première moitié du xxe siècle. son ouvrage, a la recherche du temps perdu, en sept volumes, est à la fois le livre de sa propre vie et de la société de son époque. les personnages féminins sont au centre de son œuvre. la duchesse de guermantes est une de ces figures féminines qui occupe une place centrale dans la recherche du temps perdu. ...