Clastres ‘de-substantializes’ the state, which is not ‘the Elysium, the White House, the Kremlin,’ but ‘an actualization of a relation of power.’ There is no reason, therefore, to believe that, in a Durkheimian mood, he has reified society. Even though he makes no use of the concept, I believe there is already a concept of ‘sociality’ at work in Clastres: hence, the idea of sociality against th...

OBJECTIVE A new oral appliance to treat obstructive sleep apnea in infants with Pierre Robin sequence has recently been shown to be superior to a sham procedure. We now investigate safety and long-term effects of this appliance on obstructive sleep apnea in infants with Pierre Robin sequence. DESIGN Case series with repetitive follow-up examinations. SETTING Tertiary neonatal intensive care...

In the historic conference Combinatoire Énumérative [6] wonderfully organized by Gilbert Labelle and Pierre Leroux there were many stimulating lectures, including a very interesting one by Pierre Leroux himself, who talked about his joint work with Xavier Viennot [7], on solving differential equations combinatorially! During the problem session of that very same colloque, chaired by Pierre Lero...

Since more than half a century, Pierre Hippolyte Auguste Jolivet has been the inspiring head of the community of leaf beetle researchers (Fig. 1). He promoted research on Chrysomelidae not only by his nearly 500 publications (see list below), but even more so by his personal input to the international and European symposia on leaf beetles, and especially by the six volumes he co-edited (nos. 27...

Acknowledgements First and foremost, I wish to thank my advisor, Professor Luc Haine, for his continual guidance, encouragement and support throughout my graduate studies. I am particularly grateful for introducing me to the subject and the problems and providing me with the knowledge to work on them. I owe him much more than one can say in a few lines. I would like to thank Professor Emil Horo...

Autoimmune disorders and psychiatry in youth V. Ferrafiat a,∗,b,g, M. Raffin a, M. Gianniteli a, C. Laurent a,e, P. Gerardin b, Z. Amoura f, D. Cohen a,c, A. Consoli a,d a Service de psychiatrie de l’enfant et l’adolescent, hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, AP–HP, 47-83, boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France b Service de psychiatrie de l’enfant et l’adolescent, ...