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    La recherche-action comme moyen pour favoriser la réussite scolaire des garçons aux études collégiales

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    Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 25 janv. 2008)Tiré de: Vol. XXXV, no 2, automne 2007 de la revue Éducation et francophonie

    Assessing hippocampal functional reserve in temporal lobe epilepsy:A multi-voxel pattern analysis of fMRI data

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    Assessing the functional reserve of key memory structures in the medial temporal lobes (MTL) of pre-surgical patients with intractable temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) remains a challenge. Conventional functional MRI (fMRI) memory paradigms have yet to fully convince of their ability to confidently assess the risk of a post-surgical amnesia. An alternative fMRI analysis method, multi-voxel pattern analysis (MVPA), focuses on the patterns of activity across voxels in specific brain regions that are associated with individual memory traces. This method makes it possible to investigate whether the hippocampus and related structures contralateral to any proposed surgery are capable of laying down and representing specific memories. Here we used MVPA-fMRI to assess the functional integrity of the hippocampi and MTL in patients with long-standing medically refractory TLE associated with unilateral hippocampal sclerosis (HS). Patients were exposed to movie clips of everyday events prior to scanning, which they subsequently recalled during high-resolution fMRI. MTL structures were delineated and pattern classifiers were trained to learn the patterns of brain activity across voxels associated with each memory. Predictable patterns of activity across voxels associated with specific memories could be detected in MTL structures, including the hippocampus, on the side contralateral to the HS, indicating their functional viability. By contrast, no discernible memory representations were apparent in the sclerotic hippocampus, but adjacent MTL regions contained detectable information about the memories. These findings suggest that MVPA in fMRI memory studies of TLE can indicate hippocampal functional reserve and may be useful to predict the effects of hippocampal resection in individual patients

    La recherche-action comme moyen pour favoriser la réussite scolaire des garçons aux études collégiales

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    La recherche-action porte une double finalité : transformer la réalité et produire des connaissances concernant ces transformations. C’est selon cette méthodologie qu’une expérience a été menée au Cégep Limoilou en vue de favoriser la persévérance et la réussite des garçons aux études collégiales. Des activités de groupes de soutien, de tutorat, de formation des enseignants et enseignantes et de marketing social ont été mises sur pied au cours des années 2002-2003 et 2003-2004. La recherche-action s’est déroulée selon un processus d’évaluation continu par un collectif de recherche qui retournait le fruit de ses analyses aux acteurs du milieu qui rajustaient le tir en améliorant les interventions réalisées. L’article présente la problématique initiale, l’articulation de la méthodologie de recherche-action qu’a expérimentée l’équipe de recherche avec les acteurs du milieu ainsi qu’un aperçu des principaux résultats sur la réussite scolaire des garçons.Action research has a dual purpose – transforming reality and producing knowledge about these transformations. An experiment using this method was conducted at Cégep Limoilou in view of improving perseverance and success among male college students. Support group activities, tutoring, teacher training and social marketing were undertaken over the course of 2002-2003 and 2003-2004. The action research involved continuous evaluation by a research group which conveyed the results of its analyses to the people working in the milieu, who then readjusted their approach and made improvements as they went along. The article presents the initial problem, the breakdown of the action research methodology with the milieu’s players, and a look at the principal results on the scholastic success of male students.La investigación-acción tiene una doble finalidad: transformar la realidad y producir conocimientos relacionados con dicha transformación. De acuerdo con esta metodología se llevó a cabo una experiencia en el Colegio Limoilou con el fin de favorecer la perseverancia y el éxito de los muchachos que cursan estudios colegiales. Se realizaron actividades de apoyo, de tutoría, de formación de maestros y maestras y de marketing social entre 2002-2003 y 2003-2004. La investigación-acción se realizó según un proceso de evaluación permanente realizado por un colectivo de investigación que retornaba el fruto de sus análisis a los actores, quienes reajustaban sus acciones con el fin de mejorar las intervenciones realizadas. El artículo presenta la problemática inicial, la articulación de la metodología de investigación-acción experimentada por el equipo de investigación con el concurso de los actores y presenta una visión sumaria de los principales resultados concernientes al éxito escolar de los muchachos

    Lateral Versus Dorsal Plating for Treating Metacarpal and Phalanx Fractures: A Retrospective Cohort Study

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    Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences between the dorsal and lateral plate position for metacarpal and phalanx fractures. Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of prospectively collected patient data for 186 fractures treated by a single surgeon between 2009 and 2011. Rates of plate removal, total arc of postoperative motion (TAM), and patient and injury demographics were tested for association with plating position. Results: Increasing age, larger plates, and dorsal plating were found in univariate analysis to be associated with decreased TAM and increased plate removal in phalanx but not in metacarpal fractures. Conclusions: These data suggest that dorsal plating results in decreased TAM and increased rates of plate removal in some fractures. TAM was greater in phalanx fractures treated with lateral plating and therefore this plating technique should be considered when treating these fractures

    Correction. Fluorometric Determination of Sulfur Dioxide as Sulfite.

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