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The pol'al thought of Mosca underwent an evolution which led it from the anti-parliamentary & anti-democratic polemics of his first writings to an overtly liberal position in his more mature yrs. In effect, the 2 themes which make up the key of his system and upon which his fame rests, `pol'al class' & `pol'al formula' (which we are more apt to designate as `elites' & `ideology') are treated in his earlier works in a clearly anti-democratic sense. Experience & more extensive study of the parliamentary system later produced a more favorable attitude & the concept of `judicial defense' which is at the heart of the defense of individual liberties. It is thus that Mosca adheres to the liberal tradition & to an original interpretation of democracy. Tr by J. A. Broussard from IPSA.

Hannah Arendt's conception of modernity is reconstructed & critiqued to assess the soundness of her interpretive categories, arguing that her negative assessment of modernity was shaped by her experience of totalitarianism. It is shown how Arendt employed two hermeneutic strategies -- one derived from Walter Benjamin, the other from Martin Heidegger -- to reappropriate past experiences that might illuminate the present. Examined are key features of Arendt's conception of modernity -- notions of world alienation, earth alienation, the rise of the social, & the triumph of animal laborans (the working being) -- & three categories that Arendt used in her critique of modernity -- nature, process, & the social. By insulating the political sphere from the concerns of the social, Arendt was ultimately unable to account for two of modernity's most important achievements: the struggles for the extension of citizenship, & the redrawing of the boundaries between the public & the private. W. Howard

Abstract The marriage settlements, signed before a notary in central Paris, in 1634 and 1637, processed with a database, allow us to understand better the structures of the population and her behaviour, regarding husband's and wife's choice. This contracts show that the first marriages are far more of them. The majority of the husband and wife live in Paris, but are not often born there. There is a geographic endogamy, on a city scale more than on a single parish scale. On the other way, the search of a social homogamy guides couples and their families, even if a pure professional homogamy affects particularly craftsmen, and also service and food professionals.

This paper summarises the results of an experimental campaign carried out at SIET on the ELSMOR facility built in 2022 to validate a decay heat removal system for the E-SMR. Based on the passive mechanisms of natural circulation, the system aims to dissipate the reactor decay heat to a water pool, using two heat exchangers: a plate-type one coupling the primary side to the secondary side, and a vertical tube one coupling the secondary side to the water pool. Such a system is considered to be the most effective passive system, capable of safely managing the SMR accident and accidental situations, and achieving long-term decay heat removal without the need for electricity or external inputs. A description of the primary and secondary loops of the plant is given, together with the installed instrumentation and data acquisition system. In addition, the paper summarises the tests performed in terms of test procedures, test type and associated objectives, test matrix, test results, achievements, and open issues.