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Evaluation of Medicinal Plants Through Fish Feed Against Bacterial Fish Disease
Authors: Muniruzzaman M , Chowdhury MBR 
Published: November 2013

Experiments were conducted maintaining under aquarium and pond conditions using feed containing medicinal plants/extracts was evaluated on artificially and naturally infected fish with bacterial pathogens. When the fish were exposed to high bacterial pathogens Aeromonas hydrophila Ah-11, Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf-13 and Edwardsiella tarda Et-70, recovery of the infected fish varied with the pathogens challenged and feed treatments. Fish feed containing bulb extract of Allium sativum (3% feeding) showed significantly (p<0.01) high therapeutic effect recovering the infected fish (Thai silver barb, Barbodes gonionotus) with A. hydrophila (100 ± 0% recovery) and P. fluorescens (90±0% recovery). A similar result was observed in the case of pangas fish feed containing decoction of leaves of Calotropis gigantea where 100 ± 0% E. tarda infected Thai pangas (Pangasius hypophthalmus) were found to be cured. These two types of herbal feed offered similar result when applied to the naturally ulcer-affected Thai silver barb and Thai pangas fingerling under aquarium condition. In pond condition, the herbal feed containing bulb extract of A. sativum was applied experimentally to A. hydrophila infected different fish species maintained in different individual ponds where, 91.67 ± 2.35% Thai silver barb, 84.99 ± 2.35% Rui (Labeo rohita) and 74.99 ± 2.35% Mrigal (Cirrhinus cirrhosus) were found to be recovered. In contrast, plants mixed pangas feed containing decoction of leaves of C. gigantea was cured 94.44 ± 3.84% E. tarda infected Thai pangas. The other medicinal plants used in this study showed medium to weak effect recovering the bacterial infected fish.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/pa.v19i2.16956 Progress. Agric. 19(2): 151 - 159, 2008
Prevalence and characterization of extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacter cloacae strains in Algeria
Authors: Nedjai Sabrina , Barguigua Abouddihaj , Djahmi Nassima , Jamali Loubna , Zerouali Khalid , Dekhil Mazouz , Timinouni Mohammed 
Published: November 2013

Introduction: Expended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacter cloacae is an important nosocomial pathogen. In this study, the prevalence and the molecular epidemiology of ESBL producing E. cloacae strains isolated from various hospitals in Annaba, Algeria were investigated. Methodology: The study involved 63 isolates of E. cloacae obtained during 2009 at the four hospitals in Annaba. The detection of ESBL was performed using the double-disk synergy test and the combined disk test. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) were determined using the agar dilution method. The presence of blaCTX-M, blaSHV, blaTEM, and blaDHA β-lactamase genes was evaluated by PCR, and genomic typing was determined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) analysis. The clinical and microbiological data were entered into the EpiI Info database. Results: Thirty isolates (47.6%) had an ESBL phenotype. BlaCTX-M group1 (76%); blaTEM (70%) were the most prevalent, followed by blaDHA (16.6%) and blaSHV (10%). Eighteen strains expressed at least two bla genes. MICs revealed a high level of resistance to cefotaxime, ceftazidime, and cefepime. PFGE revealed an epidemic clonal dissemination of these isolates. Various risk factors associated with the occurrence of ESBL-producing E. cloacae were detected. Conclusions: A higher frequency of ESBL-producing isolates and a diversity of β-lactamases were detected among ESBL-producing E. cloacae; these resulted from an epidemic clonal dissemination and high transference of ESBL genes between bacteria in hospital settings. Strict measures will be required to control the further spread of these pathogens in hospital settings.
Battle against poliovirus in Pakistan
Authors: Fatima Kaneez , Qadri Ishtiaq 
Published: November 2013

On 22 Feb 2013, the Polio Monitoring Cell of Pakistan announced that the 2012-2013 polio campaign ended, and that 1.6 million children could not be vaccinated due to security concerns in several regions where polio workers had been killed. Those who could not be vaccinated included 50,000 children from the Federally Administrated Tribal Area (FATA), 150,000 form Khyber Pakhtoon Khao, 400,000 from a Quetta, 400,000 from Karachi, and a small number from the Rawalpindi District. These statistics are worrying, as several districts in the large metropolitan cities of Karachi and Quetta were also excluded. The fear of advanced medicine, ideas, or complex devices is a new phenomenon in many conservative and poor countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sudan, and Somalia. To safeguard the safety of the rest of the world, the failure in the implementation of WHO guidelines for vaccination must be regulated by the UN. There are a number of reasons for the phobias surrounding vaccination, but as technology continues to evolve at such a rapid rate, those with self-determined ideologies cannot cope with such advances. They become vocal to gain popularity and prevent the use of these technologies and medicine by creating and spreading rumors and propaganda of expediency. The struggle to vaccinate children is not easily understood by anyone living in the developed world. The irrational fear of vaccines and the lack of vaccination pose a serious global health risk and must be curbed through a wide variety of pro-vaccination media and religious campaigns.
Diffamation imprimée et renommée d'auteur
Authors: Cavaillé Jean-Pierre 
Published: November 2013

En se penchant sur le cas Dassoucy, l’article examine la faillite d’une réputation et la tentative de sa reconquête au xvii e siècle, qui se sont toutes deux jouées sur le terrain de la production des belles-lettres, alors que par ailleurs, les accusations de sodomie et d’impiété à l’encontre de ce poète et musicien de renom eurent d’abord une consistance juridique. Pourtant, ce ne furent pas les bruits qui couraient sur lui ni ses incarcérations successives qui ruinèrent la réputation de « l’empereur du burlesque », mais un pamphlet imprimé qui tournait ses mœurs en dérision. Aussi est-ce par l’écriture et la publication autorisée de ses Aventures que Dassoucy entreprit de défendre son honneur. S’il y parvint, au moins en partie, ce fut grâce au choix de l’autodérision burlesque, et non malgré lui.
Les décrets « inscriptions » et « mixité sociale » de la Communauté française
Authors: Ryelandt Nathalie 
Published: November 2013

Les enquêtes PISA réalisées en 2000 et en 2003 ont révélé les lacunes de l’enseignement en Belgique francophone. L’un des problèmes soulevés était le manque d’équité du système éducatif, qui concentre les élèves « forts » dans certains établissements et les élèves « faibles » dans d’autres. Afin de lutter contre cette ségrégation scolaire, le gouvernement de la Communauté française a adopté diverses mesures, dont la plus emblématique est la régulation des inscriptions en première année de l’enseignement secondaire. Trois décrets successifs ont été pris en ce sens : le décret « inscriptions » du 8 mars 2007 dû à Marie Arena, le décret « mixité sociale » du 18 juillet 2008 adopté sous l’égide de Christian Dupont et le décret « inscriptions » du 18 mars 2010 dû à Marie-Dominique Simonet. Nathalie Ryelandt retrace les processus décisionnels qui ont abouti à ces trois procédures. Elle analyse le contenu des dispositifs retenus, ainsi que les difficultés qui ont été liées à leur mise en œuvre. Elle réserve une large place aux vifs débats que la régulation des inscriptions a suscités au Parlement de la Communauté française, dans la société civile, dans la communauté éducative et dans la communauté scientifique. Enfin, elle rend compte de l’évaluation – très partielle, faute de recul – dont le troisième décret a fait l’objet à ce jour. La conclusion interroge la pertinence de certains éléments du dispositif actuellement en vigueur et indique le positionnement des acteurs politiques à l’approche des élections régionales et communautaires de 2014.
La politique d'Obama en Amérique latine. La continuité sans le changement
Authors: Weisbrot Mark , Cohen Jim , Andréani Fabrice 
Published: November 2013

Si l’Amérique latine en plein « virage à gauche » a accueilli plutôt favorablement l’élection de Barack Obama 2008, compte tenu notamment du bilan désastreux de l’époque Bush-Cheney, force est de constater que la politique étrangère de son administration témoigne d’une continuité profonde, en Amérique latine (comme ailleurs), en alimentant une dynamique de guerre froide régionale. Mark Weisbrot examine, à partir de plusieurs exemples (Honduras, Venezuela, Haïti, gestion des marchés financiers etc.), les mécanismes et les raisons de cette continuité, étant donné que la droite maintient à Washington des leviers non négligeables de pouvoir en matière de politique latino-américaine. En laissant la dimension sécuritaire l’emporter sur des formes inédites de coopération, l’administration Obama a opté pour la voie de moindre résistance politique, aux dépens de toute perspective d’amélioration des relations avec le sous-continent – mis à part quelques alliés réputés plus « sûrs »...
L'art de l'enquête collective sur la division sociale et sexuelle du travail
Authors: Achin Catherine , Cohen Jim , Descoutures Virginie 
Published: November 2013

Née au Japon, Helena Hirata a grandi au Brésil avant d’être obligée en 1971 de fuir ce pays à cause de ses activités politiques contre la dictature militaire. Elle a fait toute sa carrière de chercheure en France, en tant que spécialiste des questions de la division sexuelle du travail dans une perspective comparative. Elle fait partie des pionnières des études de genre en France. Elle est l’auteure d’un grand nombre d’articles et coordinatrice de nombreux dossiers de revue et de livres collectifs. Retraitée et chercheure émérite au CNRS depuis 2011, elle a accepté en juin 2013 de répondre à nos questions à propos de son itinéraire.
Motorcycle Simulator Technology and Traffic-Related Injury Prevention: Global Health Potential
Authors: Balcius James Alan , Liang Bryan A 
Published: November 2013

Road traffic related fatalities account for over 50% of the global deaths for individuals between ages 15 and 44Â and ranks 11th in the cause of death for all age groups. Itâ€™s future impact is equally dismal: within the next decade road traffic related morbidity is projected to be the 6th leading contributor global fatalities and 3rd leading contributor to global Disability-Adjusted Life Years, disproportionately impacting the overall global burden of disease. However, national-level traffic safety intervention by global health organizations lacks programmed efforts to include vehicle simulation-based technologies as a key element of comprehensive national traffic safety programs. This is particularly true for two wheel vehicles in low and middle income countries (LMICs). Importantly, US resources in diplomacy settings are also subject to loss because of deployment into these risky settings, lack of adaptability to traffic cultures and systems locally, and limited skills training. The United States Marine Corps has utilized two wheel motorcycle simulation based technologies as part of a comprehensive education and training strategy to reduce fatalities and injuries amongst military personnel operating motorcycles off-duty. Positive experiences with motorcycle vehicle-simulator training program indicate further potential to validate impact on injury rates and efficacy of motorcycle simulator technology both for those assigned abroad and for relevant LMICs personnel. Other international professional and charitable organizations contending with similar risks abroad would also benefit from shared advances in traffic safety training utilizing motorcycle simulators. By improving traffic safety in these environments, health care resources can be shifted from expensive reactive, acute care trauma settings to investments in longer term public health infrastructures, medicines, and outreach.
Les modèles économiques de l’accès libre : réflexions à partir de l’expérience d’Érudit
Authors: Paquin Émilie 
Published: November 2013

La plateforme Érudit (http://www.erudit.org/) est une institution phare dans le domaine de la documentation au Québec. Ses collections, comme sa consultation, sont en progression continue. Malgré cela, le financement d’Érudit reste problématique. Il s’agira d’abord, dans cet article, de dresser un portrait des principaux défis auxquels fait face une structure comme Érudit au moment de revoir son modèle d’affaires, et de souligner, ensuite, l’impact des modes de financement de l’accès libre, non seulement sur la libre circulation des résultats de la recherche, mais aussi sur la recherche elle-même, sur les domaines qu’elle défriche et sur l’indépendance avec laquelle elle est conduite.
Clinicopathologic Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes of Esophageal Basaloid Squamous Carcinoma: Experience at a Single Institution
Authors: Kumagai Youichi , Nagata Koji , Ishiguro Toru , Haga Norihiro , Kuwabara Kohki , Sobajima Jun , Kumamoto Kensuke , Ishibashi Keiichiro , Baba Hiroyuki , Shimizu Michio , Tamaru Jun-ichi , Kawano Tatsuyuki , Takubo Kaiyo , Ishida Hideyuki 
Published: November 2013

Abstract
This retrospective study investigated the clinicopathologic characteristics and clinical outcomes of esophageal basaloid squamous carcinoma (BSC). Among 190 patients with esophageal carcinoma treated surgically between 1998 and 2011, we identified 9 (4.7%) with BSC. All of the patients were male, with a median age of 65 years. The frequencies of venous invasion, lymphatic invasion, and lymph node metastasis were 56%, 89%, and 67%, respectively. A total of 2 patients were pathologic stage 1, 5 were stage 2, and 2 were stage 3. Tumor recurrence was observed in 56% of the patients. The 5-year survival rate for patients with esophageal BSC was 40%, which was compatible with the figure of 53.8% for control patients (n = 18) with typical squamous cell carcinoma matched for sex, age, tumor location, and pathologic stage (P = 0.45). Although esophageal BSC shows aggressive lymph-vascular invasion and has a high likelihood of recurrence, its prognosis seems identical to that of typical squamous cell carcinoma.
Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Localized Neurofibroma of the Esophagus: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Authors: Nishikawa Katsunori , Omura Noburo , Yuda Masami , Tanaka Yujiro , Matsumoto Akira , Tanishima Yuichiro , Ishibashi Yoshiro , Yanaga Katsuhiko , Ikegami Masahiro 
Published: November 2013

Abstract
Esophageal submucosal tumors are less common than other gastrointestinal tract tumors. Leiomyoma is the most common benign esophageal SMT, accounting for more than 70% of these tumors. We report on a case of a 56-year-old woman with a 3-cm diameter midthoracic esophageal submucosal tumor. Magnetic resonance imaging suggested leiomyoma or neurofibroma. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery was performed to enucleate the tumor from the esophageal wall by splitting the muscle layers. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient was discharged on postoperative day 8. Immunohistochemical staining confirmed the diagnosis of esophageal neurofibroma. Gastrointestinal tract involvement of neurofibromatous lesions is rare and occurs most frequently as a systemic manifestation of von Recklinghausen disease. Cases of localized esophageal neurofibroma with prior or subsequent evidence of generalized neurofibromatosis have rarely been documented. This is a rare case of isolated esophageal neurofibroma without classic systemic manifestations of generalized neurofibromatosis, and it is the first reported case treated by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
Tumor Compression–Induced Portal Obstruction and Selective Transarterial Chemoembolization Increase Functional Liver Volume in the Unobstructed Area, Facilitating Successful Resection of a Large HCC
Authors: Tokunaga Ryuma , Hayashi Hiromitsu , Masuda Toshiro , Mima Kosuke , Chikamoto Akira , Tanaka Hiroshi , Horino Kei , Ishiko Takatoshi , Takamori Hiroshi , Beppu Toru , Baba Hideo 
Published: November 2013

Abstract
A 62-year-old man with hepatitis B was admitted for treatment of a large hepatocellular carcinoma. The right portal vein was completely obstructed by tumor compression. Although we initially planned a right trisectionectomy as curative hepatectomy, the percentage of future remnant liver volume (%RLV) and the percentage of functional liver volume (%RFLV) were 31.2% and 41.3%, respectively. Because %RFLV showed marginal tolerability for curative hepatectomy and %RLV was very low, we opted for transarterial chemoembolization of segment IV and the right lobe containing the tumor as an approach to selectively reduce liver volume and abolish liver function. One month later, %RLV and %RFLV had dramatically increased to 46.6% and 67.2%, resulting in curative hepatectomy. Our results suggest that tumor compression–induced portal obstruction and selective transarterial chemoembolization increase %RFLV much more than %RLV. This may represent a useful approach in preoperative management in patients with large hepatocellular carcinomas to improve %RFLV for hepatic resection.
Two Rare Metachronous Metastases of Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Liver Transplantation
Authors: Shinya Satoshi , Noritomi Tomoaki , Yamauchi Yasushi , Sasaki Takamistu , Hamada Yoshihiro , Yamashita Yuichi 
Published: November 2013

Abstract
A 59-year-old male with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) due to liver cirrhosis caused by the hepatitis C virus underwent cadaveric whole liver transplantation. Two years later, he had a metastatic HCC in the superior mediastinum. Over the following postoperative year, he underwent transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) for 4 tumors in the implanted liver. In the third post-TACE month, he was emergently hospitalized due to intracerebral hematoma with a tumor invading the bone in the medial frontal segment. He underwent emergency intracranial tumorectomy and hemorrhage removal. The histopathologic diagnosis was metastatic HCC. He regained consciousness as well as the ability to speak and to feed himself, resulting in an improved quality of life. The incidence of HCC recurrence after liver transplantation is observed in approximately 8% to 11% of selected cases, with frequent relapses observed in the implanted liver, bones, adrenal glands, and lungs. Mediastinal and intracranial metastases from HCC post-liver transplantation are very rare.
Low‐Tech Transgression: The Interventional Work of EXYZT
Authors: Römer Alex , Aït‐Sidhoum Naïm 
Published: November 2013

AbstractAlex Romer and Naïm Aït‐Sidhoum define EXYZT's practice as one characterised by ‘transgressive forms’ and ‘construction devices’. They explain how this has come about through the studio's penchant for the loose conditions of leftover spaces – derelict urban sites or marginal spaces by the sides of roads and railway lines – which require the building of temporary structures in tight timetables on limited budgets.
Gasoline permeation behavior and mechanical properties of polyamide 6/nanoclay, polyamide 6/PE‐g‐maleic anhydride blend, and polyamide 6/PE‐g‐maleic anhydride/clay nanocomposite
Authors: Rouhollahi Ahmadreza , Khorasani Saied Nouri , Farzadfar Alireza , Khalili Shahla , Asgari Mohammad 
Published: November 2013

AbstractIn this article, polyamide 6 (PA6)/clay nanocomposites, PA6/polyethylene grafted maleic anhydride (PE‐g‐MA) blends, and PA6/PE‐g‐MA/clay nanocomposites were prepared and their gasoline permeation behavior and some mechanical properties were investigated. In PA6/clay nanocomposites, cloisite 30B was used as nanoparticles, with weight percentages of 1, 3, and 5. The blends of PA6/PE‐g‐MA were prepared with PE‐g‐MA weight percents of 10, 20, and 30. All samples were prepared via melt mixing technique using a twin screw extruder. The results showed that the lowest gasoline permeation occurred when using 3 wt % of nanoclay in PA6/clay nanocomposites, and 10 wt % of PE‐g‐MA in PA6/PE‐g‐MA blends. Therefore, a sample of PA6/PE‐g‐MA/clay nanocomposite containing 3 wt % of nanoclay and 10 wt % of PE‐g‐MA was prepared and its gasoline permeation behavior was investigated. The results showed that the permeation amount of PA6/PE‐g‐MA/nanoclay was 0.41 g m−2 day−1, while this value was 0.46 g m−2 day−1 for both of PA6/3wt % clay nanocomposite and PA6/10 wt % PE‐g‐MA blend. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2014, 131, 40150.
Meta-analysis of ischaemic preconditioning for liver resections
Authors: O'Neill S , Leuschner S , McNally S J , Garden O J , Wigmore S J , Harrison E M 
Published: November 2013

Abstract

Background
Vascular clamping reduces blood loss during liver resection but leads to ischaemia–reperfusion injury. Ischaemic preconditioning (IP) may reduce this. This study aimed to evaluate IP in liver resection under clamping.

Methods
This was a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) evaluating IP in adults undergoing liver resection under either continuous clamping (CC) or intermittent clamping (IC). Primary outcomes were mortality, liver failure and morbidity. Secondary outcomes included duration of operation, blood loss, length of hospital stay, length of intensive therapy unit stay, transfusion requirements, prothrombin time, and bilirubin and aminotransferase levels. Weighted mean differences were calculated for continuous data, and pooled odds ratios (ORs) for dichotomous data. Results were produced with a random-effects model with 95 per cent confidence intervals (c.i.).

Results
A total of 2960 records were identified and 11 RCTs included 669 patients (IP 331, control 338). No significant difference in mortality (6 RCTs; IP 186, control 190; OR 1·36, 95 per cent c.i. 0·13 to 13·68; P = 0·80) or morbidity (6 RCTs; IP 186, control 190; OR 0·58, 0·31 to 1·07; P = 0·08) was found for IP plus CCversus CC. Nor was there a significant difference in mortality (4 RCTs; IP 122, control 121; OR 1·33, 0·24 to 7·32; P = 0·74) or morbidity (4 RCTs; IP 122, control 121; OR 0·87, 0·52 to 1·47; P = 0·61) for IP plus (CC or IC) versus IC. No significant differences were found for secondary outcome measures.

Conclusion
This meta-analysis failed to find a significant benefit of IP in liver resection.