Suarez resurgitur : adapting the early modern Jus Gentium in contemporary international jurisprudence : on the fourth centenary of' Francisco Suarez's De legibus

Taking its cues from Francisco Suarez's treatise De legibus (1612) and from a recent case before the International Court of Justice, this article examines the parallels between the Spanish philosopher's view of the 'jus gentium', as a law concerning both the relations between states and humanity as a whole, and contemporary trends in international jurisprudence, which reject the exclusively inter-state conception of international law that shaped its underlying philosophy and 'practice for over three centuries after the Treaty of Westphalia (1648). In the context of the gradual recognition of individuals as true subjects of international law, resulting from the rise of humanitarian and human rights law and accelerated by globalisation, Suarez's vision of a strong complementary connection between individuals and states as holders of rights and bearers of obligations may offer some useful insights and perspectives for the philosophical underpinning of future developments in international law.peer-reviewe

Interpretation of HIGGS and SUSY searches in MSUGRA and GMSB models

HIGGS and SUSY searches performed by the ALEPH Experiment at LEP are interpreted in the framework of two constrained R-parity conserving models: Minimal Supergravity and minimal Gauge Mediated Supersymmetry Breaking.Comment: 8 page

A study of the dual problem of the one-dimensional L-infinity optimal transport problem with applications

The Monge-Kantorovich problem for the infinite Wasserstein distance presents several peculiarities. Among them the lack of convexity and then of a direct duality. We study in dimension 1 the dual problem introduced by Barron, Bocea and Jensen. We construct a couple of Kantorovich potentials which is "as less trivial as possible". More precisely, we build a potential which is non constant around any point that the plan which is locally optimal moves at maximal distance. As an application, we show that the set of points which are displaced to maximal distance by a locally optimal transport plan is minimal

The role, opportunities and challenges of 3D and geo-ICT in archaeology

Archaeology joins in the trend of three-dimensional (3D) data and geospatial information technology (geo-ICT). Currently, the spatial archaeological data acquired is 3D and mostly used to create realistic visualizations. Geographical information systems (GIS) are used for decades in archaeology. However, the integration of geo-ICT with 3D data still poses some problems. Therefore, this paper clarifies the current role of 3D, and the opportunities and challenges for 3D and geo-ICT in the domain of archaeology. The paper is concluded with a proposal to integrate both trends and tackle the outlined challenges. To provide a clear illustration of the current practices and the advantages and difficulties of 3D and geo-ICT in the specific case of archaeology, a limited case study is presented of two structures in the Altay Mountains

A laboratory method to evaluate Pseudocercospora musae (teleomorph: Mycosphaerella musicola) sensitivity to fungicides

Introduction. Le protocole vise à détecter et évaluer des variations de sensibilité dans des populations de Pseudocercospora musae (téléomorphe : Mycosphaerella musicola) vis à vis de fongicides qui sont utilisés pour contrôler la maladie de Sigatoka chez le bananier. Le principe, les principaux avantages, le matériel végétal de départ, le temps nécessaire et les résultats attendus de la méthode sont présentés. Matériel et méthodes. Le matériel de laboratoire nécessaire et le détail des sept étapes du protocole réalisées sur quatre jours d'expérimentation sont décrits. Résultats. Le protocole aboutit à l'observation de la germination de conidies (aspect ou croissance du tube germinatif) de P. musae selon la sensibilité aux fongicides. (Résumé d'auteur

Analytical expression for a post-quench time evolution of the one-body density matrix of one-dimensional hard-core bosons

We apply the logic of the quench action to give an exact analytical expression for the time evolution of the one-body density matrix after an interaction quench in the Lieb-Liniger model from the ground state of the free theory (BEC state) to the infinitely repulsive regime. In this limit there exists a mapping between the bosonic wavefuntions and the free fermionic ones but this does not help the computation of the one-body density matrix which is sensitive to particle statistics. The final expression, given in terms of the difference of the square root of two Fredholm determinants, can be numerically evaluated and is valid in the thermodynamic limit and for all times after the quench.Comment: 24 pages, 2 figur