Born 1963; diploma in architecture and in civil engineering; Ph.D. in structural engineering RWTH Aachen; founder of Bureau d’études Weinand, Liège; professor at EPFL and director of the IBOIS/EPFL Lausanne; co-founder of SHEL Architecture Engineering and Production Design, Geneva. Olivier BAVEREL Associate Prof. Dr. Navier Research center, ENPC, Champs-sur-Marne ENSAG, France [email protected]

1. In endangered wooded pasture ecosystems established tree saplings are frequently found in spatial association with protective structures, suggesting nurse effects. This associational resistance is thought to be a driving force behind tree regeneration in wooded pastures. Experimental evidence for associational resistance is, however, scarce. We studied the effects of unpalatable plants on tr...

In this paper, we introduce and investigate the generalized Olivier sequences deal with, in detail, two special cases, namely, Olivier-Lucas sequences. We present Binet's formulas, generating functions, Simson summation formulas for these also provide variousmatrices identities associated with Furthermore, show that there are close relations between Olivier, adjusted Pell-Padovan, third order L...

Gentiana species generally are of little importance to horticulture. This may explain that little attention has been given to virus infections in these ornamentals, so far. However, during the last couple of years the number of samples for virus diagnosis increased. The main symptoms recorded, were growth reduction, necrotic lesions and decline. The virus isolated most frequently was broad bean...

Abscondita, a new genus of fireflies from South-east Asia, is described from males and females of Abs. anceyi (Olivier 1883), Abs. cerata (Olivier 1911), Abs. chinensis (L. 1767), Abs. perplexa (Walker 1858), Abs. promelaena (Walker 1858) and Abs. terminalis (Olivier 1883), all transferred from Luciola Laporte. Both L. dubia Olivier 1903 and L. dejeani Gemminger 1870 are synonymised with Luciol...

The Luciolinae firefly genus Pyrophanes is redescribed and a key is provided for 7 species, viz. appendiculata Olivier, beccarii Olivier, quadrimaculata Olivier, semilimbata (Olivier) and similis Olivier, with Py. elongata Ballantyne sp. nov. and Py. similisimma Ballantyne sp. nov. described as new. Macropterous females associated for several species have 2 pairs of broad bursa plates. Followin...

A 51 year-old woman was found confused while crawling across a field. She had marked facial cyanosis and edema with cutaneous petechiae, subconjuctival hemorrhages, and echymosis across her anterior neck (image 1). Mild cerebral edema and a non-displaced thyroid cartilage fracture were found on computed tomography (CT) . The patient recovered full neuro-cognitive function within 24 hours and re...