15 research outputs found
sensorimotor rhythm mild cognitive impairment
No full textAdrien Pascal NicolayMasterarbeit Universität Innsbruck 202
sensorimotor rhythm mild cognitive impairment
No full textAdrien Pascal NicolayMasterarbeit Universität Innsbruck 202
sensorimotor rhythm mild cognitive impairment
No full textAdrien Pascal NicolayMasterarbeit Universität Innsbruck 202
Samuel Beckett and the Writers of Port-Royal
No full textIt has been observed that ‘the literary influences on Beckett have been far more important than has been acknowledged, and more important indeed, than the philosophical influences’ (Smith 2002: 3). The truth of this statement is evidenced by the description that scholars have given of Samuel Beckett’s relationship to seventeenth century French classicism. To date, critical interest has been limited for the most part to the figure of the philosopher René Descartes on the (fragile) grounds that Beckett was exclusively concerned with the Cartesian imperative of clarity and order, the fundamental dualism between body and mind, and Nominalism.
Together with the assumption that Beckett’s vision was essentially Cartesian, his literary filiation with Pascal was suggested by critics, but only in terms of Beckett’s formal approach to the theatre. In his short article on En attendant Godot in 1953, the playwright Jean Anouilh was among the first reviewers to suggest that Beckett’s drama synthesizes the encounter between ‘classicism’ and a ‘modern’ form of art. It is well known that Beckett retained a lifelong admiration for Pascal – indeed, Pascal was one of his ‘old chestnuts’ (Knowlson 1997: 653). Little attention has been paid, however, to the originality of Pascal’s thought, the specific nature of his prose, and the impact these might have had upon Beckett’s mature work, especially the trilogy and the subsequent short prose. Yet, in the literary and philosophical context of post-war France, Beckett’s filiation with Pascal, their corresponding preoccupations, were evident to his contemporaries, who identified Pascal as an underlying presence in his works
ReproducedPapers.org: Openly Teaching and Structuring Machine Learning Reproducibility
No full textWe present ReproducedPapers.org : an open online repository for teaching and structuring machine learning reproducibility. We evaluate doing a reproduction project among students and the added value of an online reproduction repository among AI researchers. We use anonymous self-assessment surveys and obtained 144 responses. Results suggest that students who do a reproduction project place more value on scientific reproductions and become more critical thinkers. Students and AI researchers agree that our online reproduction repository is valuable.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Pattern Recognition and BioinformaticsMultimedia ComputingComputer Science & Engineering-Teaching TeamInteractive IntelligenceSoftware EngineeringEmbedded SystemsCyber SecurityAlgorithmic
Voyageurs et perception des vestiges archéologiques à Sinope au temps de la représentation diplomatique française, sous le Consulat et l’Empire
No full textLors de la présence diplomatique française à Sinope, de 1803 à 1809, seuls des voyageurs français liés à la diplomatie (Pierre et Adrien Dupré, Beaujour et Tancoigne) ont visité et décrit les vestiges archéologiques de la cité. Ils ont bénéficié des commentaires et des réflexions de Pascal Fourcade, consul de France à Sinope, érudit et passionné d’archéologie, auteur de mémoires perdus sur l’histoire et les antiquités de Sinope. Leurs récits sont très utiles pour la connaissance des vestiges antiques de Sinope et témoignent de l’intérêt français pour l’archéologie au début du xixe s.During the French diplomatic presence in Sinope, between 1803 and 1809, only French travellers linked to diplomacy (Pierre and Adrien Dupré, Beaujour and Tancoigne) visited and described the archaeological reminds of the city. They were bestowed commentaries and reflections by Pascal Fourcade, the French consul in Sinope, a scholar, in love with archaeology, author of lost memories upon the history and the antiquities of Sinope. Their relations are usefull for the knowledge of the ancient remains of Sinope and are a testimony of the French interest for archaeology in the begining of the xixth Century
Globalization, Social Movements, and the Construction of Europe: The Example of the European Parliament Elections in France, CES Working Paper, no. 74, August 2000
No full textThough social scientists have lately devoted themselves to the study of globalization (Waters 1995; Hirst and Thompson 1999), most of these studies have concentrated on its economic and social consequences. Globalization is often seen as a fundamentally unjust process that causes confusion and destroys more than it creates. In many areas, the substantive implications of globalization are left untouched. In this paper, I examine the link between regional integration in Western Europe and the transformation of domestic politics through the example of the European Parliament elections. I argue that globalization through European integration is having a significant impact on French domestic politics. More precisely, the elections to the European Parliament, a supranational political institution, have contributed to the political mobilization of traditionally voiceless groups such as the unemployed and to the introduction into public discussion of new issues tied to Europe, transforming political culture and the relationship between national politics and multinational bargaining (Keohane and Hoffmann 1990, 295). Not only has European political integration provided marginal groups in France with an access to national politics through European Parliament elections, it has also supplied the government and the presidency with new resources, connecting them to trans-European circles and networks that are developing their own political culture. The success of neoliberal economic doctrines in the European Union may have in part to do with these networks. National ministers spend half their time wrestling with European affairs in the Council of Ministers of the European Union and in transnational party structures, developing a common culture and outlook on politics and economics. The main ingredients for this Weltanschauung are well known: electoral cycles should not interfere with economic policy and unemployment figures should not have priority over other monetary indices in the evaluation of economic and political success
Beyond strong labels: Weakly-supervised learning based on Gaussian pseudo labels for the segmentation of ellipse-like vascular structures in non-contrast CTs
No full textInternational audienceDeep learning-based automated segmentation of vascular structures in preoperative CT angiography (CTA) images contributes to computer-assisted diagnosis and interventions. While CTA is the common standard, non-contrast CT imaging has the advantage of avoiding complications associated with contrast agents. However, the challenges of labor-intensive labeling and high labeling variability due to the ambiguity of vascular boundaries hinder conventional strong-label-based, fully-supervised learning in non-contrast CTs. This paper introduces a novel weakly-supervised framework using the elliptical topology nature of vascular structures in CT slices. It includes an efficient annotation process based on our proposed standards, an approach of generating 2D Gaussian heatmaps serving as pseudo labels, and a training process through a combination of voxel reconstruction loss and distribution loss with the pseudo labels. We assess the effectiveness of the proposed method on one local and two public datasets comprising non-contrast CT scans, particularly focusing on the abdominal aorta. On the local dataset, our weakly-supervised learning approach based on pseudo labels outperforms strong-label-based fully-supervised learning (1.54% of Dice score on average), reducing labeling time by around 82.0%. The efficiency in generating pseudo labels allows the inclusion of label-agnostic external data in the training set, leading to an additional improvement in performance (2.74% of Dice score on average) with a reduction of 66.3% labeling time, where the labeling time remains considerably less than that of strong labels. On the public dataset, the pseudo labels achieve an overall improvement of 1.95% in Dice score for 2D models with a reduction of 68% of the Hausdorff distance for 3D model
The new enfant du siècle: Joseph de Maistre as a writer
No full textThe essays contained within this volume were first presented at Reappraisals/Reconsidérations, the Fifth International Colloquium on Joseph de Maistre, held at Jesus College, Cambridge on 4 and 5 December 2008.Series editor-in-chief: Guy Rowlands, University of St AndrewsJoseph de Maistre's reputation as a writer is legendary. His style, unique and alive, moulded the French language anew. It sabotaged his attempts at anonymous publication and earned him, through the centuries, the praises of enemies and admirers. Yet the relationship between Maistre's thought and writing remains ill-known. This collection is the first to examine how Maistre's ideas – including his denunciation of the written word – intersected with his writing practices and personas. The essays disclose an author formed by duty and affectionate relationships, by the conventions of public combat, by an intense sense of history, and by the imperatives of Revolution.Introduction: assessing Maistre's style and rhetoric / Richard A. Lebrun -- Joseph de Maistre as pamphleteer / Richard A. Lebrun -- Joseph de Maistre, letter writer / Pierre Glaudes ; translated by Kevin Michael Erwin and Richard A. Lebrun -- Joseph de Maistre: the paradox of the writer / Benjamin Thurston -- Epilogue: the forced inhabitant of history / Carolina ArmenterosPublisher PD
Protocol for venoarterial ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation to reduce morbidity and mortality following bilateral lung TransPlantation: the ECMOToP randomised controlled trial
No full textInternational audience© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2024.Introduction Lung transplantation (LTx) aims at improving survival and quality of life for patients with end-stage lung diseases. Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) is used as intraoperative support for LTx, despite no precise guidelines for its initiation. We aim to evaluate two strategies of VA-ECMO initiation in the perioperative period in patients with obstructive or restrictive lung disease requiring bilateral LTx. In the control u2018on-demandu2019 arm, high haemodynamic and respiratory needs will dictate VA-ECMO initiation; in the experimental u2018systematicu2019 arm, VA-ECMO will be preemptively initiated. We hypothesise a u2018systematicu2019 strategy will increase the number of ventilatory-free days at day 28. Methods and analysis We designed a multicentre randomised controlled trial in parallel groups. Adult patients with obstructive or restrictive lung disease requiring bilateral LTx, without a formal indication for pre-emptive VA-ECMO before LTx, will be included. Patients with preoperative pulmonary hypertension with haemodynamic collapse, ECMO as a bridge to transplantation, severe hypoxaemia or hypercarbia will be secondarily excluded. In the systematic group, VA-ECMO will be systematically implanted before the first pulmonary artery cross-clamp. In the on-demand group, VA-ECMO will be implanted intraoperatively if haemodynamic or respiratory indices meet preplanned criteria. Non-inclusion, secondary exclusion and VA-ECMO initiation criteria were validated by a Delphi process among investigators. Postoperative weaning of ECMO and mechanical ventilation will be managed according to best practice guidelines. The number of ventilator-free days at 28 days (primary endpoint) will be compared between the two groups in the intention-to-treat population. Secondary endpoints encompass organ failure occurrence, day 28, day 90 and year 1 vital status, and adverse events
