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Mobility law of dislocations with several character angles and temperatures in FCC Aluminum

Jean-François Molinari, Guillaume Anciaux, Jaehyun Cho

We study the mobility law of dislocations in aluminum as an important building block for the development of a multiscale method that couples an atomistic model with discrete dislocation dynamics in 3d (\eg CADD3d). Straight dislocations of arbitrary charac ...

Elsevier2017

Job-related “high mobility” in times of economic crisis: Analysis from four European countries

Emmanuel Pierre Jean Ravalet, Stéphanie Vincent, Yann Francis Eric Dubois

Social and spatial mobility is a core value of late modern societies. Increasing numbers of people are practicing work-related high mobility, such as daily or weekly long-distance commuting and frequent work-related travel. In this article we propose to ex ...

Wiley-Blackwell2016

Mobility: topic detection in social networks

Dominique Georges Léon Boullier, Jean-François Lucas

Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter are privileged platforms for teenagers’ expression and information sharing. This study, based on a Big Data approach, aims to explore how persons under 18 years old “talk” about their mobility behaviors and aspi ...

2016

A sensorless method for measuring the point mobility of mechanical structures

Romain Boulandet, Philippe Herzog

This paper presents a convenient and cost-effective experimental tool for measuring the mobility characteristics of a mechanical structure. The objective is to demonstrate that the point mobility measurement can be performed using only an electrodynamic in ...

Elsevier2016

Connecting the obesity and the narcissism epidemics

Bruno Lemaitre

Obesity and metabolic syndromes are major threats to health in both developed and developing countries. This opinion article is a holistic attempt to understand the obesity epidemic, by connecting it to the widespread narcissism in society. The narcissism ...

Elsevier2016

Geneva's philanthropists around 1900: a field made of distinctive but interconnected social groups

Thomas David

This article analyses the social profile of Geneva's philanthropists around 1900. It shows that, contrary to what the literature on philanthropy argues, philanthropists belonged to varied social groups defined by diverse forms of capital (economic, social ...

Cambridge Univ Press2016

Mobility practices of non- motorized households, the cases of Quebec City and Strasbourg

Dominic Villeneuve

By the simple fact of not owning a private automobile, some households are already living a sustainable mobility lifestyle. They rely on public transportation, walking, cycling and car sharing and generally travel less than car-owning households. According ...

2016

Evaluation of the energy consumption in different mobility scenarios to meet the goal of a 2000-watt society

Michel Bierlaire, Riccardo Scarinci, Frédéric Rast

Greenhouse gas emissions related to energy production is the main cause of climate change. Transportation accounts for 30% of the total energy consumption, and a reduction in the energy used for mobility is necessary. The 2000-watt society is an environmen ...

2016

Urbaniser les Alpes suisses

Fiona Pia

Regional planning, especially in the Alps, is high on the current news agenda in Switzer- land, more so than ever before. The skiing boom has driven massive urbanisation in mountain areas, primarily in locations at altitudes of 1400m or higher. For several ...

EPFL2016

What mobility for teenagers ? Results from a quantitative survey in five European countries

Vincent Kaufmann, Emmanuel Pierre Jean Ravalet, Guillaume Simon Joseph Drevon

This topic aims at understanding precisely what are the mobility behaviors and aspirations of people under 18. The increasing use of ICT enables a larger access to several information (vehicle availability, travel times, costs, etc.) and payment systems. D ...

2016

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