Clastres ‘de-substantializes’ the state, which is not ‘the Elysium, the White House, the Kremlin,’ but ‘an actualization of a relation of power.’ There is no reason, therefore, to believe that, in a Durkheimian mood, he has reified society. Even though he makes no use of the concept, I believe there is already a concept of ‘sociality’ at work in Clastres: hence, the idea of sociality against th...

OBJECTIVE A new oral appliance to treat obstructive sleep apnea in infants with Pierre Robin sequence has recently been shown to be superior to a sham procedure. We now investigate safety and long-term effects of this appliance on obstructive sleep apnea in infants with Pierre Robin sequence. DESIGN Case series with repetitive follow-up examinations. SETTING Tertiary neonatal intensive care...

In the historic conference Combinatoire Énumérative [6] wonderfully organized by Gilbert Labelle and Pierre Leroux there were many stimulating lectures, including a very interesting one by Pierre Leroux himself, who talked about his joint work with Xavier Viennot [7], on solving differential equations combinatorially! During the problem session of that very same colloque, chaired by Pierre Lero...

Since more than half a century, Pierre Hippolyte Auguste Jolivet has been the inspiring head of the community of leaf beetle researchers (Fig. 1). He promoted research on Chrysomelidae not only by his nearly 500 publications (see list below), but even more so by his personal input to the international and European symposia on leaf beetles, and especially by the six volumes he co-edited (nos. 27...

Autoimmune disorders and psychiatry in youth V. Ferrafiat a,∗,b,g, M. Raffin a, M. Gianniteli a, C. Laurent a,e, P. Gerardin b, Z. Amoura f, D. Cohen a,c, A. Consoli a,d a Service de psychiatrie de l’enfant et l’adolescent, hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, AP–HP, 47-83, boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France b Service de psychiatrie de l’enfant et l’adolescent, ...

In the historic conference Combinatoire Énumérative [6] wonderfully organized by Gilbert Labelle and Pierre Leroux there were many stimulating lectures, including a very interesting one by Pierre Leroux himself, who talked about his joint work with Xavier Viennot [7], on solving differential equations combinatorially! During the problem session of that very same colloque, chaired by Pierre Lero...

BACKGROUND Airway obstruction and feeding difficulty can occur in patients born with Pierre Robin sequence. In select patients with pronounced micrognathia, surgical intervention to relieve the airway obstruction is necessary. The surgical indications and appropriate surgical procedure continue to have a great deal of controversy. The purpose of this study was to evaluate our experience of tong...