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Gaullistes et socialistes au prisme du pouvoir local
Authors: Ollivier Anne-Laure 
Published: October 2012

Résumé Si l’histoire des relations entre socialistes et gaullistes est connue, le prisme local en donne une autre image. À partir du cas marseillais, cet article montre combien les hommes, les cultures et les configurations politiques locales façonnèrent cette histoire : au temps de l’opposition, lorsque les gaullistes emportent la mairie en 1947, succède le temps de l’alliance, entre 1953 et 1965, après la victoire du socialiste Gaston Defferre. Dès lors, la scène politique marseillaise constitue le négatif de l’histoire nationale : les gaullistes dans l’opposition, les socialistes au pouvoir. Cette histoire « par le bas » montre donc comment la Section française de l’Internationale ouvrière (SFIO) est parvenue à surmonter l’épreuve de la Cinquième République, en se repliant sur ses positions locales. A contrario , l’incapacité des gaullistes à reconquérir la mairie après 1953 est examinée à l’aune des difficultés du gaullisme à pénétrer les pouvoirs locaux.
Pour une autre histoire des Chantiers de la Jeunesse (1940-1944)
Authors: Pécout Christophe 
Published: October 2012

Résumé L’historiographie des Chantiers de la Jeunesse est dominée par le résistancialisme. Or leur histoire ne se résume pas à ces épisodes, si glorieux soient-ils. Cette organisation d’État au service de Vichy a activement servi sa politique, et ce jusqu’à leur dissolution en décembre 1944. Cette autre histoire des Chantiers, totalement occultée par les anciens et peu étudiée, se manifeste par des faits et des comportements explicites : une lutte contre les menées antinationales, un soutien au Service du travail obligatoire (STO), la traque des réfractaires et la délation de maquisards.
Stimulation of Human EBV- and CMV-Specific Cytolytic Effector Function Using Allogeneic HLA Molecules
Authors: D’Orsogna Lloyd J. , van den Heuvel Heleen , van der Meer-Prins Ellen M. W. , Roelen Dave L. , Doxiadis Ilias I. N. , Claas Frans H. J. 
Published: October 2012

AbstractViral infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, and there are few therapeutic options available to augment a virus-specific T cell response. Although allo-HLA cross-reactivity from virus-specific memory T cells is common, it is unclear whether priming with specific allogeneic cells could conversely elicit a viral peptide/self-HLA restricted cytotoxic T cell response in humans. First, we used the previously described allo-HLA-B*44:02 cross-reactivity of EBV peptide/HLA-B8 restricted T cells, to determine whether allogeneic HLA stimulation can elicit a cytolytic immune response against EBV. HLA-B8+ HLA-B44− EBV-seropositive PBMCs were stimulated with either HLA-B*44:02+ or HLA-B*44:03+ mismatched irradiated PBMCs in a 7–10 d MLR. The allo-HLA stimulated responder cells were then evaluated for cytotoxicity using EBV peptide loaded autologous target cells and unloaded HLA-B8+ EBV LCL target cells. PBMCs from EBV-seropositive donors gained EBV-specific cytolytic effector function following specific allo-HLA stimulation. Finally, we also elicited cytolytic CMV-specific responses using specific allogeneic cell stimulation, to confirm that this technique can be used to elicit viral peptide/self-HLA restricted responses even from nonpublic TCR responses. Allogeneic cell stimulation used as a cell therapy may be a potential tool to augment an antiviral T cell response in patients with EBV or CMV infection.
Human Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-Induced Memory-like NKG2C+ NK Cells Are Transplantable and Expand In Vivo in Response to Recipient CMV Antigen
Authors: Foley Bree , Cooley Sarah , Verneris Michael R. , Curtsinger Julie , Luo Xianghua , Waller Edmund K. , Anasetti Claudio , Weisdorf Daniel , Miller Jeffrey S. 
Published: October 2012

Abstract
We have previously shown that NKG2C+ NK cells from CMV naive umbilical cord blood grafts expand preferentially in recipients after CMV reactivation, representing a primary NK cell response after hematopoietic cell transplantation. In this study, recipients of adult donor hematopoietic cell transplantation were assessed to evaluate the role of donor/recipient CMV serostatus on the expression and function of NKG2C+ NK cells to determine responses to secondary CMV events. Expansion of NKG2C+ NK cells was seen following clinical CMV reactivation. However, they also expanded in the absence of detectable CMV viremia when both the donor and recipient were CMV seropositive. Upregulation of NKG2C was observed in NK cells from CMV-positive recipients receiving grafts from CMV-seropositive or -seronegative donors. These in vivo–expanded NKG2C+ NK cells had an increased capacity for target cell–induced cytokine production, expressed an inhibitory killer Ig-like receptor for self-HLA and preferentially acquired CD57. Most importantly, NKG2C+ NK cells transplanted from seropositive donors exhibit heightened function in response to a secondary CMV event compared with NKG2C+ NK cells from seronegative donors. We conclude that NKG2C+ memory-like NK cells are transplantable and require active or latent (subclinical) expression of CMV Ag in the recipient for clonal expansion of NK cells previously exposed to CMV in the donor.
Cohomology in 3D Magneto-Quasistatics Modeling
Authors: Dłotko Paweł , Specogna Ruben 
Published: October 2012

AbstractElectromagnetic modeling provides an interesting context to present a link between physical phenomena and homology and cohomology theories. Over the past twenty-five years, a considerable effort has been invested by the computational electromagnetics community to develop fast and general techniques for defining potentials. When magneto-quasi-static discrete formulations based on magnetic scalar potential are employed in problemswhich involve conductive regionswith holes, cuts are needed to make the boundary value problem well defined. While an intimate connection with homology theory has been quickly recognized, heuristic definitions of cuts are surprisingly still dominant in the literature.The aim of this paper is first to survey several definitions of cuts together with their shortcomings. Then, cuts are defined as generators of the first cohomology group over integers of a finite CW-complex. This provably general definition has also the virtue of providing an automatic, general and efficient algorithm for the computation of cuts. Some counter-examples show that heuristic definitions of cuts should be abandoned. The use of cohomology theory is not an option but the invaluable tool expressly needed to solve this problem.
Hybrid Particle Swarm-Ant Colony Algorithm to Describe the Phase Equilibrium of Systems Containing Supercritical Fluids with Ionic Liquids
Authors: Lazzús Juan A. 
Published: October 2012

AbstractBased on biologically inspired algorithms, a thermodynamic model to describe the vapor-liquid equilibrium of binary complex mixtures containing supercritical fluids and ionic liquids, is presented. The Peng-Robinson equation of state with the Wong-Sandler mixing rules are used to evaluate the fugacity coefficient on the systems. Then, a hybrid particle swarm-ant colony optimization was used to minimize the difference between calculated and experimental bubble pressure, and calculate the binary interaction parameters for the excess Gibbs free energy of all systems used. Simulations are carried out in nine systems with imidazolium-based ionic liquids. The results show that the bubble pressures were correlated with low deviations between experimental and calculated values. These deviations show that the proposed hybrid algorithm is the preferable method to describe the phase equilibrium of these complex mixtures, and can be used for other similar systems.
Laparoscopic Transmesocolic Pyeloplasty: Our Technical Notes on the Application of Intra-Surgical Ureteral DJ Catheter
Authors: Corona Andrea , Serra Simona , De Lisa Antonello 
Published: October 2012

Introduction The ureteral stent used for laparoscopic pyeloplasty can be placed pre-surgically intra-surgically or post-surgically The intra-surgical application can be carried out by anterograde or retrograde techniques. Materials and methods 23 patients affected by pelviureteric junction disease (14 males, 9 females), aged between 10 and 55 years, underwent laparoscopic pyeloplasty with Anderson Hynes technique. No patient had a pre-surgery DJ ureteral catheter. Surgery was performed on lateral decubitus with external genitals. A sterile field including a flexible cystoscope was prepared to apply the ureteral catheter. Pyeloplasty was performed. After placing the first 4 ureteropelvic anastomosis stitches, flexible cystoscopy was performed by applying a leading probe 0.038 or 0.035 stiff Lubriglide flexible straight tip, depending on the ureter caliber. A ureteral catheter 6 or 4.8 Ch was used. The guide was followed by laparoscope until the renal pelvis or superior renal calices were reached. After extracting the cystoscope, the ureteral catheter was inserted with a suitable pusher up to the pelvis. After guide extraction, J modeling was performed. The time elapsed from the beginning of cystoscopy until the end of the procedure was calculated. Results The procedure was easily performed in all patients. The application time varied between 5 and 8 minutes for males, and from 6 to 10 minutes for females. The DJ catheter in laparoscopic pyeloplasty was applied by retrograde way. An alternative is the laparoscopic access or application in a previous moment with the need of two different surgical fields. This provides a reasonable execution time, the only difficulty being the finding of the external urethral meatus. Conclusions The intra-surgical application of DJ ureteral stent is a good alternative to the supine anterograde or retrograde technique.
Endoscopic Prostate Resection by Bipolar Gyrus Resector for Prostates over 80 ml: Our Experience after a 12-Month follow-up
Authors: Corona Andrea , Serra Simona , Deplano Marco , De Lisa Antonello 
Published: October 2012

Introduction The open surgery approach is the gold standard for the treatment of prostatic adenoma with a volume over 80 mL. Patients and methods We studied 180 patients from June 2004 to June 2011, affected by prostatic adenoma >80 mL, and who underwent endoscopic resection performed with bipolar technique by a single operator. We considered the following data: surgery duration, bleeding, absorption of irrigating fluids, resected tissue quantity, clinical stay, and catheterization time. Resections up to the surgical capsule were performed with bipolar Gyrus resector and the fragments were collected with prostate Ellik-type conveyor. Next step was the positioning of the bladder catheter with cystoclysis. We evaluated early and late complications and performed clinical reassessment of the patients at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months. Results Surgery average time was 118 min. The average resected tissue volume was 92 g. The post-surgery hemoglobin was 13.2 g/dL. In 15 patients a revision of the lodge was performed within 24 hours after resection; no blood transfusions were performed. The catheter was removed after 3.2 days and the average recovery time was 4 days. There were eight cases of cicatricial stenosis of the bladder neck treated with endoscopic laparotomy. There were no cases of post-TURP syndrome. The IPSS parameters varied from 20.7 to 3.8, the IIEF5 from 19.3 to 21.2. The average QoL decreased from 4 to 1.5, Qmax from 22.2 7.7 mL/sec. The total PSA values decreased from 6.39 ng/mL to 1.0 ng/mL. Conclusions TURP for prostatic adenomas greater than 80 mL in volume, is a valid alternative in terms of efficacy and safety to open surgery, considered the gold standard treatment.
ProACT (Adjustable Continence Therapy) Implants in Case of Failure of other Techniques for Urinary Incontinence
Authors: Gatti Lorenzo , Moroni Alessandra , Cristinelli Luca , Benedusi Francesca , Antonelli Alessandro , Zani Danilo , Cunico Sergio Cosciani , Simeone Claudio 
Published: October 2012

Background Urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy is one of the most feared problems. It can affect almost 40% of patients, with different degrees of severity according to each specific case. The aim of this work is to analyze our experience in ProACT (Adjustable Continence Therapy) implants, especially in case of failure of other techniques. Methods Between November 2007 and December 2010, 31 patients with post-radical prostatectomy incontinence underwent a ProACT implant. Eight patients had their device explanted (in local anesthesia): in two cases the device spontaneously broke, three of them migrated in the urethra (one patient received radiation therapy), another one was infected in the device site (one in BCG treatment for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer), two devices were wrongly placed. Seven of these patients had had their device replaced with success. Using pad score, incontinence was classified as mild, moderate and severe. Overall, the total amount of procedures, most of them fluoroscopic-guided in spinal anesthesia, were 38; the average duration of the surgery was 37.6 minutes. In one patient with impaired balloon volume due to monolateral device malfunction, we noticed good results in controlling incontinence; therefore, we successfully applied the same technique in other four cases with previous partial results. Results With a total amount of 28 implants, we had 17 (60.7%) complete responses, 6 (25%) partial and 4 (14.3%) failures. We had 4 post-radiotherapy implants: one was completely dry, two were in balloon adjustment, and one of them had a replacement due to urethral erosion of the first implant. All patients with impaired balloon inflation were satisfied: one was completely dry and three had sensible improvement. Conclusions The ProACT is a minimally invasive surgical therapy for post-radical prostatectomy urinary incontinence. Early failure is frequent and is mainly due to rupture and migration of the device. In these cases the solution can be the replacement, even with impaired balloon inflation.
Sliding-Clip Robotic Nephropexy
Authors: Gatti Lorenzo , Antonelli Alessandro , Peroni Angelo , Moroni Annamaria , Gritti Alberto , Cunico Sergio Cosciani , Simeone Claudio 
Published: October 2012

Background Nephroptosis is a clinical condition characterized by an abnormal caudal movement of the kidney that descends more than 2 vertebral bodies (or more than 5 cm) during a position change from supine to upright. In the last decade, the availability of laparoscopic surgery has led to a revival of interest in nephroptosis and nephropexy We describe our technique for transperitoneal laparoscopic robotic-assisted nephropexy. Methods The surgery was performed on a 78-year-old woman with a BMI of 18 and ASA 2. The diagnosis of nephroptosis was preoperatively confirmed by excretory urography in the supine and upright positions. The patient was placed in Trendelemburg position on the left side. The laparoscopic surgery was performed, through a transperitoneal approach, using the daVinci® system: the ptosic kidney was fixed using two separated stiches of non-absorbable prolene 2.0 between the superior surface of the kidney and the quadratus lumborum muscle. The sutures were fixed using Hem-o-lok clips. Results Intra- or post-operative complications have not occurred. The effectiveness of treatment was demonstrated by an intravenous urography 60 days after. Conclusions Robotic-assisted nephropexy is a safe and effective procedure that leads to both clinical and aesthetic excellent results, comparable to the ones obtained with the laparoscopic approach for the treatment of symptomatic renal ptosis. The robotic-assisted nephropexy appears to be easier, with the particular advantages of the intracorporeal suturing and a better intraoperative view; the slidingclips method allows reducing the organ trauma to the minimum.
Radiotherapy in Case of Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer: Long-Term follow-up in 223 Patients
Authors: Giovanessi Luca , Antonelli Alessandro , Bastiani Nicola , Trevisan Francesca , Magrini Stefano Maria , Cosciani Sergio Cunico , Simeone Claudio 
Published: October 2012

Aim of the Study To evaluate the long-term follow-up in patients undergoing external beam radiotherapy for locally advanced prostate cancer. Patients and methods From November 1999 to January 2007, 223 patients with a histologic diagnosis (204 transperineal needle biopsies; 19 trans-urethral prostatic resections) of locally advanced prostate cancer underwent external beam radiotherapy; of these patients, 151 were T3a (extracapsular extension) and 72 were T3b (involvement of seminal vesicles); the extracapsular extension was demonstrated using pelvic RMN or transrectal ultrasound, while the presence of distant and lymph node metastases was excluded using TC total body or bone scan. PSA value at diagnosis was 29.1 ng/mL (0.4–379 ng/mL). Radiotherapy was used on prostate and seminal vesicles in 201 patients (141 T3a; 60 T3b) while in 22 patients (10 T3a; 12 T3b) it was extended to the pelvis. Biochemical recurrence was defined using ASTRO definition (three consecutive PSA rises after PSA nadir); no patients underwent control prostate needle biopsy for problems of interpretation related to postactinic tissue changes. All complications were recorded and analyzed using Radiation Morbidity Scoring Criteria (RTOG). Results At a mean 55-month follow-up, of the 223 patients treated, 26 have escaped controls, 168 are alive (141 disease-free; 27 with recurrent disease) and 29 died; of this group, 11 patients died from clinical progression, while in the others the cause was not related to the prostatic problem; only one patient died from iatrogenic problems. Hormone treatment was conducted in different ways (neoadjuvant, adjuvant, concurrent to radiotherapy or in association) considering patients’ characteristics. Most common complications involved rectum and bladder. Conclusions Radiotherapy is a viable and safe method in the treatment of locally advanced prostate cancer; however, it is essential the role of hormone therapy.
Classifications of Urinary Diversions
Authors: Cicala Caterina 
Published: October 2012

Advantages and disadvantages of different types of urinary diversion and their choices are of utmost importance for the functional outcome and patient satisfaction. There is a variety of choices for incontinent urinary diversion (ureterocutaneostomy, ileal conduit, colonic conduit) and continent urinary diversion (continent urinary diversion, continent cutaneous urinary diversion, and urethral bladder substitution). The choices may be limited by patient criteria and/or medical criteria. Important patient criteria are preference, age and comorbidity, BMI, motivation, underlying disease, and indication for cystectomy. Perioperative nursing description at Bricker intervention/ileal conduit Teaching the patient with a newly formed stoma, but who also has low vision to manage his/her stoma independently, can be a difficult task. Practical tips on pre- and post-operative nursing care of the patient with a newly formed stoma are provided for the nurse. In some cases, unfortunately, complications may occur following stoma-forming surgery; these are discussed and nursing advice provided. One of the most important ways in which the nurse can support the patient is to teach the patient his/her stoma care, ensuring independence before discharge and showing empathy. There is still no conclusive evidence that any type of urinary diversion offers superior HRQOL (Health-related Quality of life) outcomes. In fact, though postcystectomy patients commonly experience urinary and sexual problems, HRQOL remains good irrespective of the method of urinary diversion. Future research should utilize the validated bladder cancer specific HRQOL instruments and perhaps explore the impact of pre-operative counseling on post-operative HRQOL.
Industrial Robot Programming and UPnP Services Orchestration for the Automation of Factories
Authors: Valera A. , Gomez-Moreno J. , Sánchez A. , Ricolfe-Viala C. , Zotovic R. , Vallés M. 
Published: October 2012

The integration of equipment and other devices built into industrial robot cells with modern Ethernet interface technologies and low-cost mass produced devices (such as vision systems, laser scanners, force torque-sensors, PLCs and PDAs etc.) enables integrators to offer more powerful and smarter solutions. Nevertheless, the programming of all these devices efficiently requires very specific knowledge about them, such as their hardware architectures and specific programming languages as well as details about the system's low level communication protocols. To address these issues, this paper describes and analyses the Plug-and-Play architecture. This is one of the most interesting service-oriented architectures (SOAs) available, which exhibits characteristics that are well adapted to industrial robotics cells. To validate their programming features and applicability, a test bed was specially designed. This provides a new graphical service orchestration which was implemented using Workflow Foundation 4 of .NET. The obtained results allowed us to verify that the use of integration schemes based on SOAs reduces the system integration time and is better adapted to industrial robotic cell system integrators.
Rural Mass Casualty Preparedness and Response: The Institute of Medicine's Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events
Authors: Viswanathan Kristin P. , Bass Robert , Wijetunge Gamunu , Altevogt Bruce M. 
Published: October 2012

ABSTRACTThe Institute of Medicine's Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events hosted a workshop at the request of the Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services (FICEMS) that brought together a range of stakeholders to broadly identify and confront gaps in rural infrastructure that challenge mass casualty incident (MCI) response and potential mechanisms to fill them. This report summarizes the presentations and discussions around 6 major issues specific to rural MCI preparedness and response: (1) improving rural response to MCI through improving daily capacity and capability, (2) leveraging current and emerging technology to overcome infrastructure deficits, (3) sustaining and strengthening relationships, (4) developing and sharing best practices across jurisdictions and sectors, (5) establishing metrics research and development, and (6) fostering the need for federal leadership to expand and integrate EMS into a broader rural response framework.(Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2012;6:297–302)