This article seeks to explain how the ICRC – the oldest international humanitarian organization
still in activity – has managed to pass through 150 years of existence. By analysing some …

Today, war is still perceived as being the prerogative of men only. Women are generally
excluded from the debate on belligerence, except as passive victims of the brutality inflicted on …

“What is an ICRC delegate?” Here, in a sentence, is the focus of this article. Going through
the in-house perception, which highlights the extraordinary and singular nature of this …

Aub guided by piRNAs ensures genome integrity by cleaving retrotransposons, and genome
propagation by trapping mRNAs to form the germplasm that instructs germ cell formation. …

Background Endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery (EESBS) is performed through a non-sterile
corridor. Intracranial infection rates in a pediatric population have not been …

To understand how war is perceived and how it has evolved over time, we must first choose
the right agent to study: one that is at once involved in the bellicosity, and yet keeps its …

This is how Livy narrated the origins of Rome. Without the desired marriages, Romulus
therefore organised games in honour of Neptune the Horse-god. As Livy continued, All the …

Despite the recurrence of hostage-taking through the ages, the subject of hostages themselves
has thus far received little analysis. Classically, there are two distinct types of hostages: …

The design, integration and testing of a 77-GHz GaAs monolithic transmitter specifically
optimized for low-cost, large-volume automotive collision avoidance systems are reported. …

Background: Traditionally, the standard of care for sinonasal and ventral skull base malignancies
involving the orbit was radical excision with orbital exenteration. With the increased …