Culture, le clivage ne passe pas entre la droite et la gauche

Les Villes sont aujourd’hui les premiers financeurs de la culture, loin devant l’État, les Régions et les Départements. Et sur ce point, il n’existe guère de différences entre villes de droite et villes de gauche. Ce qui ne signifie pas que les considérations politiques n’interviennent pas dans les choix de politiques culturelles. Mais ces choix ne se laissent pas résumer au clivage droite-gauche

Problèmes éthiques de la politique monétaire

En ces temps de crise financière et économique grave, une réflexion autorisée sur les fondamentaux d’une saine économie, conforme à la nature humaine et au bien commun, demeure plus urgente que jamais

Les facteurs d'institutionnalisation de la franchise et leurs conséquences sur la performance

La franchise est l’une des formes d’organisation des réseaux de point de vente les plus dynamiques en France. Forme hybride aux yeux des théories contractualistes, elle est pensée comme transitoire, les points de vente franchisés devant à terme être rachetés par le franchiseur pour s’octroyer les rentes résiduelles. Pourtant, elle persiste au fil des années et demeure un des moyens privilégiés de couvrir un territoire. Les auteurs suggèrent que cette persistance de la franchise dans l’organisation des réseaux de points de vente est explicable par la mobilisation du courant néo-institutionnaliste sociologique. Une série de propositions de recherche est dérivée de cette analyse

A truncated ultrasound screening procedure for atheroma of the cervical arteries in asymptomatic diabetic patients: Evidence from a retrospective study

AimTo demonstrate that ultrasound screening of diabetic patients presenting with no cerebrovascular symptoms for evaluation of atheroma of the cervical arteries can be limited to the carotid arteries. Methods We retrospectively analyzed the results of cervical artery ultrasound imaging of diabetic patients with no cerebrovascular symptoms. This diabetic population was divided into two subpopulations according to whether or not the vertebral and subclavian artery findings were normal or abnormal. Results Of the 760 patients who fulfilled the criteria for study inclusion, the ultrasound imaging findings of the vertebral and subclavian arteries were normal in 712 cases. Review of the files of the 48 remaining patients showed that findings for either the vertebral or subclavian arteries did not lead to any changes in patient management because of associated risk factors, carotid atheroma or peripheral arterial disease. Conclusion A vascular risk evaluation in diabetic patients could include ultrasound imaging assessment for cervical artery atheroma and our data suggest that such an evaluation could be focused solely on the carotid arteries

On the Hochschild Homology of Elliptic Sklyanin Algebras

In this paper, we compute the Hochschild homology of elliptic Sklyanin algebras. These algebras are deformations of polynomial algebra with a Poisson bracket called the Sklyanin Poisson bracket

Krise der Inflationskultur

The strongest criticisms of fiat money and central banking have been based on monetary considerations and on the theory of capital. By contrast, the repercussions of an inflationary monetary system on financial markets and on the use of wealth has been somewhat neglected. The present essay on the political economy of finance fills this gap. The central thesis is that, in a fiat money system, financial markets tend to turn into engines of destruction; they absorb excessive amounts of savings, facilitate the consumption of savings, and reinforce a culture of inflation that saps and undermines the economic foundations of civilisation

Severe episodes of extra cellular dehydration : an atypical adult presentation of cystic fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is usually diagnosed during childhood by respiratory or gastro-intestinal symptoms. Hyponatremic hypochloremic dehydration with metabolic alkalosis is a rare but typical presentation of CF in infants. In contrast, only 3 cases have been described in adults. We report a case of CF in a 33-year-old Caucasian female presenting with a severe sodium and chloride depletion caused by inappropriate sweating. She experienced three episodes of severe dehydration before the diagnosis was suspected. Sweat chloride test was pathological and mild pulmonary involvement was found on CT scan. AF508 mutation and a rare mutation (3849+40 A/G) on the intron 19 of CFTR gene were found. Interestingly, our patient has a heterozygote twin sister, carrier of the same mutations of CFTR gene who also developed CF but with a different phenotype. We suspect modifier genes to be implicated in the differences observed between the two phenotypes. We discuss the physiopathology of electrolyte disturbance and review the other similar adults cases