ELGA-Chef Franz Leisch im Interview

[Drawer of boundaries: Franz Boas and the (im)possibility of the concept of culture in anthropology].

The history of anthropology has tended towards two extremes in its analyses of the works of Franz Boas: aggrandizement or underestimation. This disparity can be explained by the author's liminal relationship with two research approaches in anthropology: universalist theories (evolutionism, difussionism, racialism, etc.) and culturalist theories, prevalent between the late nineteenth and early t...

Revision of Neotropical genera Microraphes Franz, Heteroscydmus Franz and Mimoscydmus Franz (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae).

Neotropical ant-like stone beetle genera Microraphes Franz, Heteroscydmus Franz and Mimoscydmus Franz are revised. Microraphespygmaeus Franz, Heteroscydmus yapacariensis Franz and Mimoscydmus brasiliensis Franz are redescribed; Mimoscydmus baruerii Franz is transferred to a new genus Amimoscydmus gen. nov., resulting in Amimoscydmus baruerii (Franz) comb. nov. Together with the large genus Micr...

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Higher Franz - Reidemeister Torsion

In this expository article I will discuss the theory of higher Franz-Reidemeister torsion and its application to the construction of non-trivial classes in the algebraic K-theory of elds. I will also explain how these ideas may be used to construct classes in the cohomology of the Torelli group.

Chef de Clinique- Assistant des Hôpitaux

The potential role of nanotechnologies in the future of psychiatry. A systematic review. Abstract. Nanomedicine is defined as the area using nanotechnology's concepts for the benefit of human beings' health and well being. In this article, we aimed to provide an overview of areas where nanotechnology is applied and how they could be extended to care for psychiatric illnesses. The main applicati...