Histoire culturelle du monde byzantin, néo-hellénique et balkanique

Paolo Odorico, directeur d’étudesavec Georgios Velenis, professeur à l’Université de Thessalonique Eleftheria Papagianni et Paschalis Kitromilidis, professeurs à l’Université d’Athènes Le problème qui nous a occupés cette année est représenté par l’interprétation des différentes sources écrites, à la fois historiques, épigraphiques, littéraires, judiciaires, et par le rapport entre l’écriture et la société. Nous avons essayé d’interroger la production littéraire d’une région particulière de l..

A pan-European epidemiological study reveals honey bee colony survival depends on beekeeper education and disease control

Reports of honey bee population decline has spurred many national efforts to understand the extent of the problem and to identify causative or associated factors. However, our collective understanding of the factors has been hampered by a lack of joined up trans-national effort. Moreover, the impacts of beekeeper knowledge and beekeeping management practices have often been overlooked, despite honey bees being a managed pollinator. Here, we established a standardised active monitoring network for 5 798 apiaries over two consecutive years to quantify honey bee colony mortality across 17 European countries. Our data demonstrate that overwinter losses ranged between 2% and 32%, and that high summer losses were likely to follow high winter losses. Multivariate Poisson regression models revealed that hobbyist beekeepers with small apiaries and little experience in beekeeping had double the winter mortality rate when compared to professional beekeepers. Furthermore, honey bees kept by professional beekeepers never showed signs of disease, unlike apiaries from hobbyist beekeepers that had symptoms of bacterial infection and heavy Varroa infestation. Our data highlight beekeeper background and apicultural practices as major drivers of honey bee colony losses. The benefits of conducting trans-national monitoring schemes and improving beekeeper training are discussed

CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IN BYZANTIUM, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A JURIST

This paper examines legislative texts from the Early and Middle Byzantine periods, mainly a regulation of emperor Zenon, the Novels of Justinian, Novel 113 of Leo VI and the 22th title from the Book of the Eparch (Eparchicon Biblion) regarding contractors (”ergolaboi”). This study focuses on the concern of the emperors to keep the urban planning order and also presents information regarding ways that had been devised in order to bypass the law, as well as the activities and responsibilities of “ergolaboi”, that is, the technicians who undertook the execution of a work. Especially regarding the Novel 113 of Leo which aims to protect privacy from prying neighbors’ eyes, it is argued that the Novel does not refer to the regulation of Zenon but to the private collection of Julian of Askalon. Finally, doubts are expressed as to the degree to which this legislation was applied in practice

Construction activity in Byzantium, from the perspective of a jurist

Ἀναλύονται νομοθετικά κείμενα τῆς πρώιμης καί μέσης βυζαντινῆς περιόδου, κυρίως ἡ διάταξη τοῦ αὐτοκράτορα Ζήνωνα, Νεαρές τοῦ Ἰουστινιανοῦ, ἡ Νεαρά 113 τοῦ Λέοντος ΣΤ΄ καί ὁ 22ος Τίτλος τοῦ Ἐπαρχικοῦ Βιβλίου γιά τούς «ἐργολάβους». Παρουσιάζονται ἀφενός μέν ἡ μέριμνα τῶν αὐτοκρατόρων γιά τήν τήρηση τῆς πολεοδομικῆς εὐταξίας ἀλλά καί πληροφορίες γιά τρόπους παράκαμψης τῆς νομιμότητας, ἀφετέρου δέ οἰ δραστηριότητες καί οἰ εὐθύνες τῶν «ἐργολάβων», δηλαδή τῶν τεχνιτῶν πού ἀναλάμβαναν τήν ἐκτέλεση κάποιου ἔργου. Εἱδικά γιά τή Νεαρά 113 τοῦ Λέοντος, μέ ἀντικείμενο τήν προστασία τῆς ἱδιωτικῆς ζωῆς ἀπό τήν «κατόπτευση» τῶν γειτόνων, ἐκφράζεται ἡ ἄποψη πώς δέν ἀναφέρεται στή διάταξη τοῦ Ζήνωνα ἀλλά στήν ἱδιωτική συλλογή τοῦ Ἀσκαλωνίτη. Τέλος, διατυπώνονται ἀμφιβολίες γιά τήν πλήρη ἐφαρμογή τῆς νομοθεσίας στήν πράξη.This paper examines legislative texts from the Early and Middle Byzantine periods, mainly a regulation of emperor Zenon, the Novels of Justinian, Novel 113 of Leo VI and the 22th title from the Book of the Eparch (Eparchicon Biblion) regarding contractors («ergolaboi»). This study focuses on the concern of the emperors to keep the urban planning order and also presents information regarding ways that had been devised in order to bypass the law, as well as the activities and responsibilities of «ergolaboi», that is, the technicians who undertook the execution of a work. Especially regarding the Novel 113 of Leo which aims to protect privacy from prying neighbors’ eyes, it is argued that the Novel does not refer to the regulation of Zenon but to the private collection of Julian of Askalon. Finally, doubts are expressed as to the degree to which this legislation was applied in practice

Invasive infection from Kingella kingae: Not only arthritis

Kingella kingae is a known pathogen for osteoarticular infections in young children. However other invasive infections such as pneumonia in immunocompetent patients are scarcely described in literature. We present an unusual case of bacteremia and lower respiratory tract infection in a previously healthy infant, the first one described in Greek pediatric population. The pathogen was identified using both culture and molecular technique

Risk indicators affecting honeybee colony survival in Europe : one year of surveillance

The first pan-European harmonized active epidemiological surveillance program on honeybee colony mortality (EPILOBEE) was set up across 17 European Member States to estimate honeybee colony mortality over winter and during the beekeeping season. In nine Member States, overwinter losses were higher and statistically different from the empirical level of 10 % under which the level of overwinter mortality was considered as acceptable with usual beekeeping conditions. In four other countries, these losses were lower. Using multivariable Poisson regression models, it was showed that the size of the operation and apiary and the clinically detected varroosis, American foulbrood (AFB), and nosemosis before winter significantly affected 2012-2013 overwinter losses. Clinically detected diseases, the size of the operation and apiary, and the non-participation to a common veterinary treatment significantly affected 2013 summer losses. EPILOBEE was a prerequisite to implement future projects studying risk factors affecting colony health such as multiple and co-exposure to pesticides