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L’agencement hiérarchique de l’égalité (2012)

Cet article analyse la sexuation des conditions de travail d’une profession mixte dans le contexte suisse : la physiothérapie. Plus particulièrement, il met au jour l’asymétrie structurelle des conditions d’exercice de cette profession, rendue invisible par la prédominance, chez les physiothérapeutes des deux sexes, d’une vision sexuellement indifférenciée des compétences techniques et relationnelles requises. L’article se fonde sur des entretiens de groupe et individuels avec des physiothérapeutes, femmes et hommes, d’âge et d’ancienneté variables. Elles et ils ont été invité·e·s à relater et commenter des situations de travail potentiellement problématiques, en raison des risques de sexualisation de la relation thérapeutique.
Vaginal Redox Potential in Bacterial Vaginosis (Nonspecific Vaginitis) (1985)

To explore of the association of bacterial vaginosis with anaerobic bacterial growth in the vagina, we measured the redox potential (Eh) at the vaginal epithelial surface of women with this syndrome. Among normal women, the value for Eh in the vagina ranged from +322 mV to +137 mV (mean, +170 mV); whereas among women with bacterial vaginosis, the Eh ranged from +71 mV to as low as -257 mV (mean, -92 mV). Following successful treatment of the vaginosis with metronidazole, the vaginal Eh increased to a mean of +208 mV. Thus, the low redox potential in the vagina during bacterial vaginosis appears to be due to microbial metabolism in the vagina and does not represent a persistent host factor responsible for the anaerobic vaginal flora. Any host factors responsible for bacterial vaginosis remain to be elucidated.
Phytate: impact on environment and human nutrition. A challenge for molecular breeding (2008)

Phytic acid (PA) is the primary storage compound of phosphorus in seeds accounting for up to 80% of the total seed phosphorus and contributing as much as 1.5% to the seed dry weight. The negatively charged phosphate in PA strongly binds to metallic cations of Ca, Fe, K, Mg, Mn and Zn making them insoluble and thus unavailable as nutritional factors. Phytate mainly accumulates in protein storage vacuoles as globoids, predominantly located in the aleurone layer (wheat, barley and rice) or in the embryo (maize). During germination, phytate is hydrolysed by endogenous phytase(s) and other phosphatases to release phosphate, inositol and micronutrients to support the emerging seedling. PA and its derivatives are also implicated in RNA export, DNA repair, signalling, endocytosis and cell vesicular trafficking. Our recent studies on purification of phytate globoids, their mineral composition and dephytinization by wheat phytase will be discussed. Biochemical data for purified and characterized phytases isolated from more than 23 plant species are presented, the dephosphorylation pathways of phytic acid by different classes of phytases are compared, and the application of phytase in food and feed is discussed.
Residential Network Traffic and User Behavior Analysis (2010)

These results suggested that incorporation of Vernonia amygdalina into high-fat diets may have therapeutic potentials for obesity and related metabolic disorders. Further studies to explore its possibility as an alternative pharmacologic agent to treat obesity are warranted.
MRI in ocular drug delivery (2008)

Conventional pharmacokinetic methods for studying ocular drug delivery are invasive and cannot be conveniently applied to humans. The advancement of MRI technology has provided new opportunities in ocular drug-delivery research. MRI provides a means to non-invasively and continuously monitor ocular drug-delivery systems with a contrast agent or compound labeled with a contrast agent. It is a useful technique in pharmacokinetic studies, evaluation of drug-delivery methods, and drug-delivery device testing. Although the current status of the technology presents some major challenges to pharmaceutical research using MRI, it has a lot of potential. In the past decade, MRI has been used to examine ocular drug delivery via the subconjunctival route, intravitreal injection, intrascleral injection to the suprachoroidal space, episcleral and intravitreal implants, periocular injections, and ocular iontophoresis. In this review, the advantages and limitations of MRI in the study of ocular drug delivery are discussed. Different MR contrast agents and MRI techniques for ocular drug-delivery research are compared. Ocular drug-delivery studies using MRI are reviewed.
Thromboregulatory potential of endothelial CD39/nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase: modulation of purinergic signalling in platelets (2000)

Abnormal platelet reactivity has been linked to unstable angina, myocardial infarction, post-angioplasty stenosis, cerebral ischaemia, thrombotic stroke and a variety of inflammatory vascular disorders associated with organ or cell transplantation. Drugs that inhibit blood coagulation, promote fibrinolysis or block platelet activation are important pharmacological agents in these clinical areas. However, current antiplatelet modalities have multiple limitations that preclude widespread and effective therapeutic intervention. Extracellular nucleotide stimulation and purinergic/pyrimidinegic receptor (P2) mediated signalling are key components of platelet and vascular endothelial cell activation responses that culminate in vascular thrombosis. CD39, the nucleoside or adenosine triphosphate diphosphohydrolase (NTPDase or ATPDase) is highly expressed on quiescent endothelium and is the dominant vascular ectonucleotidase hydrolysing plasma ATP and ADP to AMP. The thromboregulatory potential of CD39 has been recently demonstrated by our generation of mutant mice with disruption of the gene. These mice exhibit markedly disordered thromboregulation but also show perturbations in haemostasis secondary to platelet P2Y1-receptor desensitisation. In addition, we have demonstrated in several animal models that administration of soluble NTPDase and induction of high level CD39 expression by adenoviral vectors consistently results in substantial amelioration of vascular injury. Systemic administration of soluble derivatives of CD39 or targeted expression of the native protein to sites of arterial injury may have future therapeutic application in vascular diseases.
The application of MNOS transistors in a preset counter with nonvolatile memory (1969)

A DC binary circuit which utilizes P-channel MNOS transistors for all circuit functions and several novel characteristics such as nonvolatile storage, preset complementing and the elimination of a threshold voltage drop on the load devices will be discussed.
Recent progress in acoustic travel-time tomography of the atmospheric surface layer (2009)

Acoustic tomography of the atmospheric surface layer (ASL) is based on measurements of the travel times of sound propagation between sources and receivers which constitute a tomography array. Then, the temperature and wind velocity fields inside the tomographic volume or area are reconstructed using different inverse algorithms. Improved knowledge of these fields is important in many practical applications. Tomography has certain advantages in comparison with currently used instrumentation for measurement of the temperature and wind velocity. In this paper, a short historical overview of acoustic tomography of the atmosphere is presented. The main emphasis is on recent progress in acoustic tomography of the ASL. The tomography arrays that have been used so far are discussed. Inverse algorithms for reconstruction of the temperature and wind velocity fields from the travel times are reviewed. Some results in numerical simulations of acoustic tomography of the ASL and reconstruction of the turbulence fields in tomography experiments are presented and discussed.
Retinopathy as a Risk Factor for Nonembolic Stroke in Diabetic Subjects (1995)

Stroke prevention in diabetic persons is a challenge. Diabetic subjects with retinopathy appear to be a group at particularly high risk of ischemic stroke. Development of preventive interventions might focus on this group.
Energy and New Zealand (1977)

I am pleased to have this opportunity to address this year's Institution conference and, with the support of the Energy Research and Development Committee, to be able to describe a particularly important research project initiated by the committee. In this, scenario studies of the energy options for New Zealand were undertaken by an energy research group funded by the committee and directed by Dr Garth Harris, the committee's executive officer. The group during most of the deliberations consisted of two engineers, a mathematician/scientist, an economist and a geographer/sociologist, but was joined from time to time by two economists from Treasury and had contributions from a wide range of other experts. A part-time activity, the research started with a workshop held in March 1975 and it was critiqued at another workshop held in September of last year. As might have been expected, there was a lively debate about the assumptions and the methodology, but it was agreed that the work was well worthwhile and that it should receive wide dissemination as soon as possible. This address is part of that process. In addition to the draft scenario reports, I have drawn heavily on a paper on the work prepared by Dr Colin Maiden, the committee's chairman.
Genome-Wide Scans for Diabetic Nephropathy and Albuminuria in Multiethnic Populations (2007)

The Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes (FIND) was initiated to map genes underlying susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy. A total of 11 centers participated under a single collection protocol to recruit large numbers of diabetic sibling pairs concordant and discordant for diabetic nephropathy. We report the findings from the first-phase genetic analyses in 1,227 participants from 378 pedigrees of European-American, African-American, Mexican-American, and American Indian descent recruited from eight centers. Model-free linkage analyses, using a dichotomous definition for diabetic nephropathy in 397 sibling pairs, as well as the quantitative trait urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR), were performed using the Haseman-Elston linkage test on 404 microsatellite markers. The strongest evidence of linkage to the diabetic nephropathy trait was on chromosomes 7q21.3, 10p15.3, 14q23.1, and 18q22.3. In ACR (883 diabetic sibling pairs), the strongest linkage signals were on chromosomes 2q14.1, 7q21.1, and 15q26.3. These results confirm regions of linkage to diabetic nephropathy on chromosomes 7q, 10p, and 18q from prior reports, making it important that genes underlying these peaks be evaluated for their contribution to nephropathy susceptibility. Large family collections consisting of multiple members with diabetes and advanced nephropathy are likely to accelerate the identification of genes causing diabetic nephropathy, a life-threatening complication of diabetes.
Cell shape and growth regulation in skeletal muscle: Exogenous versus endogenous factors (1983)

Passive stretch (10-12%) of tissue-cultured avian skeletal myotubes in serum-containing medium stimulates myotube growth in a manner analogous to hormonal stimulation of adult muscle. The resulting increase in myotube length is accompanied by marked reduction in the number of surface microvilli seen by scanning electron microscopy. We investigated the possible involvement of exogenous growth factors in the transduction of stretch-induced alterations in cell shape into the concurring biochemical changes that are associated with cell growth. We show that the acute stimulation of myotube amino acid transport and protein synthesis by stretch are independent of serum growth factors in the culture medium by evidence obtained from serum dose-response experiments. The myotubes synthesize and secrete high molecular weight factors into their culture medium, which regulates myotube amino acid transport and protein synthesis. Stretch of the myotubes did not alter the appearance of these factors in the culture medium. The initial growth-related biochemical alterations induced by myotube stretch in vitro thus depend only on events intrinsic to the cells. However, subsequent stretch-induced growth of the myotubes occurs only in serum-containing medium. There are both serum-independent and serum-dependent steps in the transduction of the stretch stimulus into myotube growth.
Control of T-Cell–Mediated Immune Response by HLA Class I in Human Pancreatic Carcinoma (2005)

Pancreatic carcinoma frequently induces a cellular immune response that results in intratumoral and peritumoral T-cell infiltration. The expression of HLA class I is frequently lost in pancreatic carcinoma, which represents an effective mechanism to escape the tumor infiltration by cytotoxic T-cells. However, the infiltration by cytotoxic cells represents a favorable prognostic sign in pancreatic cancer patients.
Enhancements to Cognitive Radio Based IEEE 802.22 Air-Interface (2007)

The IEEE 802.22 standard for wireless regional area network is the first standard for cognitive radio that tries to harness the idle or under-utilized spectrum allocated for TV bands. Two major challenges that are faced by IEEE 802.22 are (i) the issue of self co-existence and (ii) the hidden incumbent problem. In this paper, we discuss these two challenges and provide enhancements to the existing IEEE 802.22 air-interface. We use a graph theoretic technique and propose utility graph coloring for allocating spectrum to different IEEE 802.22 base stations so that they can co-exist. The allocation is done such that objectives such as throughput maximization, proportional fairness, and complete fairness are met. We also propose the use of dynamic multiple broadcast messages that resolves the contention among various consumer premise equipments and alleviates the hidden incumbent problem. Through simulation results, we show that the proposed techniques increase the system spectrum utilization and reduce connection set-up delay.
3D scanning and imaging for quick documentation of crime and accident scenes (2012)

Fast documentation of complex scenes where accidents or crimes occurred is fundamental not to lose information for post-event analyses and lesson learning. Today 3D terrestrial laser scanning and photogrammetry offer instruments capable of achieving this task. The former allows the fast geometric reconstruction of complex scenes through dense point clouds. Different kinds of instruments can be used according to the size of the area to survey and to the required level of details. The latter can be used for both geometric reconstruction and for photo-realistic texturing of laser scans. While photogrammetry better focuses on small details, laser scanning gives out a more comprehensive view of geometry of whole crime/accident scene. Both techniques can be used for recording a scene just after a crime or a disaster occurred, before the area is cleared out to recover regular activities. Visualization of results through an easy-to-use 3D environment is another import issue to offer useful data to investigators. Here two experiences of crime scene documentation are proposed.
Small Scale Screening To Determine the Ability of Different Polymers To Inhibit Drug Crystallization upon Rapid Solvent Evaporation (2010)

In this study, the ability of 7 chemically diverse polymers [Eudragit E100 (E100), poly(acrylic acid) (PAA), poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP), poly(vinylpyrrolidone-vinyl acetate) (PVPVA), poly(styrene sulfonic acid) (PSSA), hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC) and hydroxypropylmethylcellulose acetate succinate (HPMCAS)] to inhibit the crystallization of 8 readily crystallizable model compounds [benzamide (BD), phenacetin (PH), flurbiprofen (FB), flufenamic acid (FFA), chlorpropamide (CP), chlorzoxazone (CZ), bifonazole (BI) and lidocaine (LI)] was investigated. Films of the different drug-polymer combinations were prepared by rapid evaporation from solution, using a spin coating method. A total of 7 different drug/polymer weight ratios [90/10, 75/25, 60/40, 50/50, 40/60, 25/75 and 10/90 (w/w)] were evaluated for each drug-polymer combination. Crystallization behavior of the films was monitored using polarized light microscopy over 7 days of room temperature storage under dry conditions. It was observed that compounds having a higher crystallization tendency for the pure compound tended to be more difficult to stabilize using the polymeric additives; more polymer was required. In addition, the stabilizing ability of the polymers varied considerably for the individual compounds, with the acidic polymers PAA and PSSA showing the most extreme behavior. The acidic polymers were good stabilizers for the drugs with basic and amide functional groups, but extremely poor stabilizers for acidic drugs. A reasonable correlation between crystallization inhibition in spin coated films versus bulk powders (prepared by rotary evaporation) was observed. The small scale screening method is thus a potentially useful technique to evaluate the role of drug-polymer chemistry in the stabilization of amorphous solid dispersions.
The Complete Book of Insurance: The Consumer's Guide to Insuring Your Life, Health, Property and Income (1996)

The Complete Book of Insurance provides all the information a consumer needs to make intelligent insurance-buying decision. Written by a nationally known expert on insurance, the book is geared for everyday consumers who are confused about the variety and complexity of today's insurance products. In easy-to-understand language, the book explains everything from variable annuities to disability insurance. Most important, the book shows how to determine the right insurance for consumers of different incomes, age group and family responsibilities. Specific topics include: Spend your insurance dollars wisely. Provide adequate coverage for you and your family; Disability, medical, homeowner's, automobile, liability and life insurance products; Managing your life insurance; Selecting an insurance agent and insurance company.
A comparison of cyst age and assay method of the efficacy of contact lens disinfectants against Acanthamoeba (2001)

Cyst age but not method of production used in this study influences the efficacy of contact lens disinfectants against Acanthamoeba. MPS are effective in removing cysts from contact lens surfaces and may have a role in the prevention of acanthamoeba keratitis.
Modeling Magnetic Radiations of Electronic Circuits Using Near-Field Scanning Method (2007)

In this paper, a simple method to obtain the equivalent radiation emitting sources of an electronic circuit using the near-field scanning method is presented. The model is based on a set of elemental dipoles that substitutes the electronic circuit and radiates the same magnetic field. Two different approaches are presented: a set of electric dipoles and a set of magnetic dipoles. In order to build the model, both the magnitude and phase of the magnetic field are required. These measurements are carried out using the "near-field scanning method," and two procedures are presented: using the vector network analyzer and the spectrum analyzer. Finally, the model is applied to two different cases: to obtain the radiated near-field of a component (microcontroller) and to obtain the field of a complete electronic board.
The group B coxsackieviruses and myocarditis (2001)

The six serotypes of the group B coxsackieviruses (CVB) are common human enteroviruses linked etiologically to inflammatory cardiomyopathies. This has been demonstrated by molecular detection of enteroviral RNA in human heart tissue, serologic associations with disease, and virus isolation from cases of fulminant myocarditis. The murine model of CVB-associated myocarditis has demonstrated that CVB can be attenuated through mutations at different genomic sites. Human CVB3 isolates demonstrate varying degrees of cardiovirulence in the murine model; one site of virulence determination has been mapped to domain II of the 5' non-translated region. The interplay of CVB replication and the immune response to that replication in the heart is a complex interaction determining the extent to which the virus replication is limited and the degree to which a pathogenic inflammation of cardiac muscle occurs. Studies of CVB3-induced myocarditis in murine strains lacking subsets of the immune system or genes regulating the immune response have demonstrated a pivotal role of the T cell response to the generation of myocarditis. While CVB are associated with 20-25% of cases of myocarditis or cardiomyopathy, the severity of the disease and the existence of attenuated strains shown to generate protective immunity in animal models indicates that vaccination against the CVBs would be valuable.
Ulceras venosas, mitos y realidades (2012)

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State ownership and firm performance: Empirical evidence from Chinese listed companies (2013)

While the relationship between state ownership and firm performance has been widely researched, the empirical evidence has provided mixed results. This study applies panel data regression techniques to 10,639 firm-year observations of non-financial Chinese listed firms during 2003–2010 to examine the relationship between state ownership and firm performance. The results show that state ownership has a U-shaped relationship with firm performance. The Split Share Structure Reform in 2005–2006 played a positive role in enhancing the relationship between state ownership and firm profitability ratios. Although state ownership decreased significantly after 2006, it remains high in strategically important industry sectors such as the oil, natural gas and mining sector and the publishing, broadcasting and media sector. The findings reveal that a higher level of state ownership is superior to a dispersed ownership structure due to the benefits of government support and political connections. The Split Share Structure Reform made previously non-tradable shares legally tradable, improving corporate governance and reducing the negative effect of non-tradable state shares.
2-Azaadamantane <i>N</i>-Oxyl (AZADO) and 1-Me-AZADO:  Highly Efficient Organocatalysts for Oxidation of Alcohols (2006)

Development of a stable nitroxyl radical class of catalysts, 2-azaadamantane N-oxyl (AZADO) and 1-Me-AZADO, for highly efficient oxidation of alcohols is described. AZADO and 1-Me-AZADO exhibit superior catalytic proficiency to TEMPO, converting various sterically hindered alcohols to the corresponding carbonyl compounds in excellent yields.
Definitions (1989)

The expression ‘diary novel’ is at one and the same time so understandable and so opaque that problems of definition are inevitable in any discussion of the form. Definitions of the novel, as such, are notoriously difficult, while diaries also vary enormously in their structure and aims, so that when the two types of writing are brought together terminological difficulties converge — one even finds oneself hesitating over the possible use of a hyphen. A little reflection, however, suggests that the words ‘diary’ and ‘novel’ should remain separate. Just as the campus novel is one which takes place in or around a university, so the diary novel is a story whose meaning is conveyed or even affected by its resemblance to a diary: the resultant work is not something that is a diary and/or a novel, even though it partakes of the qualities of each. The word ‘diary’ here serves as an epithet, not as the alternative noun suggested by a hyphen.