In situ effects of ocean acidification on carbonate dissolution by microboring flora, also called biogenic dissolution, have only been studied once in tropical environments. Naturally acidified seawaters due to CO2 vents offer a perfect setting to study these effects in temperate systems. Three sites were selected at Ischia (Italy, Mediterranean Se...
Many scientific disciplines are currently experiencing a 'reproducibility crisis' because numerous scientific findings cannot be repeated consistently. A novel but controversial hypothesis postulates that stringent levels of environmental and biotic standardization in experimental studies reduce reproducibility by amplifying the impacts of laborato...
Introduction: The living environment affects general health and may influence cognitive aging; however, the relationships between neighborhood characteristics and dementia are still poorly understood. Methods: We used data from a French population-based prospective study (the Three-City cohort) that included 7016 participants aged 65 years and olde...
Agent-based models tend to integrate more and more data that can deeply impact their outcomes. Among these data, the ones that deal with agent attributes and localization are particularly important, but are very difficult to collect. In order to tackle this issue, we propose a complete generic toolkit called Gen* dedicated to generating spatially e...
Flaviviruses, such as dengue, Japanese encephalitis, tick-borne encephalitis, West Nile, yellow fever, and Zika viruses, are critically important human pathogens that sicken a staggeringly high number of humans every year. Most of these pathogens are transmitted by mosquitos, and not surprisingly, as the earth warms and human populations grow and m...
Chimarra zombitsei sp. nov. is described from Madagascar. It belongs to the georgensis species group, described by Blahnik et al. (2012) and recorded here for the first time from Madagascar. A preliminary list of the Afrotropical species belonging to the group is given. The fallax species group is newly described and a preliminary species list for ...
Le projet Vaccins Méningite a permis à des millions d'Africains de disposer d'un vaccin peu coûteux, le MenAfriVac, grâce à un transfert de technologie. Les récits de la biomédecine en ont fait une histoire à succès, un mythe sociotechnique anonyme et collectif dans lequel le MenAfriVac revêt une efficacité magique. Les promoteurs du vaccin ont cho...
Soil erosion processes which contribute to desertification and land degradation, constitute major environmental and social issues for the coming decades. This is particularly true in arid areas where rural populations mostly depend on soil ability to support crop production. Assessment of soil erosion across large and quite diverse areas is very di...
Many islands of the eastern Indonesian Archipelago exhibit Late Cenozoic sequences of coral reef terraces. In SE Sulawesi, on the Tukang Besi and Buton archipelagos, we identified 23 islands bearing such sequences, Remote sensing imagery and field mapping combined to U/Th and C-14 dating enable to establish a chronologic framework of the reef terra...
