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    Small-scale study of Debris-Flows Interactions with a Lateral Debris Basin and Crossings: The Manival Torrent case study

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    Small-scale models are useful tools to study the interactions between debris flows and structures and channels. Small-scale modelling of debris flows remains however complicated because of the complex rheology and scaling challenges of these geophysical processes. An on-going study of a debris basin and the downstream channel where two fords and a bridge are located is presented in this extended abstract. The studied torrent is the Manival catchment, located near Grenoble in France. We present the catchment features, the scientific questions studied, some preliminary calibration results describing the mixtures used to model debris flows as well as results from three debris-flood and two debris-flow runs. In essence, the model highlighted that the structure enable a large share of the bedload transport to pass downstream. Debris flows can be more or equally trapped depending on their rheology which controls the surges dynamics and the deposition slope in the debris basin

    Abrupt shape transition at neutron number N=60: B(E2) values in 94,96,98Sr from fast g-g timing

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    International audienceLifetimes of low-lying yrast states in neutron-rich 94,96,98Sr have been measured by Germanium-gated γ−γ fast timing with LaBr3(Ce) detectors using the EXILL&FATIMA spectrometer at the Institut Laue-Langevin. Sr fission products were generated using cold-neutron-induced fission of 235U and stopped almost instantaneously within the thick target. The experimental B(E2) values are compared with results of Monte Carlo shell-model calculations made without truncation on the occupation numbers of the orbits spanned by eight proton and eight neutron orbits and show good agreement. Similarly to the Zr isotopes, the abrupt shape transition in the Sr isotopes near neutron number N=60 is identified as being caused by many-proton excitations to its g9/2 orbit

    Experimental study of the lifetime and phase transition in neutron-rich <sup>98,100,102</sup>Zr

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    International audienceRapid shape changes are observed for neutron-rich nuclei with A around 100. In particular, a sudden onset of ground-state deformation is observed in the Zr and Sr isotopic chains at N = 60: Low-lying states in N 58 nuclei are nearly spherical, while those with N 60 have a rotational character. Nuclear lifetimes as short as a few picoseconds can be measured using fast-timing techniques with LaBr3(Ce) scintillators, yielding a key ingredient in the systematic study of the shape evolution in this region.We used neutron-induced fission of 241Pu and 235U to study lifetimes of excited states in fission fragments in the A ∼ 100 region with the EXILL-FATIMA array located at the PF1B cold neutron beam line at the Institut Laue-Langevin. In particular, we applied the generalized centroid difference method to deduce lifetimes of low-lying states for the nuclei 98Zr (N = 58), 100Zr,and 102Zr (N 60). The results are discussed in the context of the presumed phase transition in the Zr chain by comparing the experimental transition strengths with the theoretical calculations using the interacting boson model and the Monte Carlo shell model

    FDG PET/CT in a Pregnant Woman With Breast Cancer

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    FDG Brain PET/CT Revealing Bilateral Thalamostriatal Activation During a Symptomatic Episode in a Patient With Kleine-Levin Syndrome

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    International audienceWe report the case of a 14-year-old girl with clinically diagnosed Kleine-Levin syndrome. Electroencephalogram and brain MRI were unremarkable. An FDG PET/CT scan was acquired during a symptomatic episode, while she was asleep, and another PET scan was obtained when she was asymptomatic, awake, and quiet. Comparison of both examinations demonstrated a bilateral activation of thalami, caudate nuclei, and lenticular nuclei. These findings may be linked to the implication of thalamostriatal structures in the regulation of sleep and wakefulness

    Factors influencing platelets labelling with indium-111 oxine

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