International audience; Phonation is a natural example of self-sustained oscillations in a nonlinear dynamical system. It results from the controlled nonlinear coupling between the deformable vocal folds and the airflow expired from the lungs through the glottis and the...

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International audience; Caractérisation des céramiques issues des ateliers de Biot en Provence orientale et importées au Québec entre le XVIIe et le XIXe siècle ; définition des pâtes, revêtements et du répertoire de contenants vernissés, jarres, cuviers et pots à raisi...

Abstract Objectives Little information is available about associations between nursing home (NH) structural and organizational aspects and benzodiazepine prescriptions, particularly for long-acting drugs. This study addressed this knowledge gap. Design Cross-sectional s...

International audience; Background: The prevalence of asthma and allergy has recently risen among children. This increase in prevalence might be related to various factors, particularly diet. The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence and association of asthma an...

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International audience; In this paper, a 395-gram micro flying robot equipped with an insect-inspired visual system is presented. The robot's visual system was designed to make it avoid both ground and lateral obstacles, using optic flow-based regulation principles. The...

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μ+μ- pairs have been observed in deep inelastic muon-nucleon scattering and their masses measured with high resolution. No significant signal was observed at the D0 mass. These data allow an upper limit of 3.4 × 10-4 (90% confidence level) to be placed on the branching ...