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    EyeSchool: an educational assistive technology for people with disabilities - Passing from single actors to multiple-actor environment

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    International audienceSince 2005, public policy in France has strongly been encouraging young people with disabilities inclusion within the regular school system. This has found a direct application through technical innovation, intended to help students being more independent within their learning activities. In this context, the purpose of this paper is to underline the manner in which using assistive information and communication technologies may improve the inclusive education for people with disabilities. The case study we present underlines the complexity of the social world into which the use of a precise assistive tool takes it place

    Focal adhesion is associated with lithium response in bipolar disorder: evidence from a network-based multi-omics analysis

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    Lithium (Li) is one of the most effective drugs for treating bipolar disorder (BD), however, there is presently no way to predict response to guide treatment. The aim of this study is to identify functional genes and pathways that distinguish BD Li responders (LR) from BD Li non-responders (NR). An initial Pharmacogenomics of Bipolar Disorder study (PGBD) GWAS of lithium response did not provide any significant results. As a result, we then employed network-based integrative analysis of transcriptomic and genomic data. In transcriptomic study of iPSC-derived neurons, 41 significantly differentially expressed (DE) genes were identified in LR vs NR regardless of lithium exposure. In the PGBD, post-GWAS gene prioritization using the GWA-boosting (GWAB) approach identified 1119 candidate genes. Following DE-derived network propagation, there was a highly significant overlap of genes between the top 500- and top 2000-proximal gene networks and the GWAB gene list (Phypergeometric = 1.28E–09 and 4.10E–18, respectively). Functional enrichment analyses of the top 500 proximal network genes identified focal adhesion and the extracellular matrix (ECM) as the most significant functions. Our findings suggest that the difference between LR and NR was a much greater effect than that of lithium. The direct impact of dysregulation of focal adhesion on axon guidance and neuronal circuits could underpin mechanisms of response to lithium, as well as underlying BD. It also highlights the power of integrative multi-omics analysis of transcriptomic and genomic profiling to gain molecular insights into lithium response in BD.publishedVersio

    La place du médecin généraliste dans la surveillance de la grossesse

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    Une enquĂȘte sur la surveillance de la grossesse rĂ©alisĂ©e en 2001 auprĂšs de 200 femmes de la circonscription de Grenoble a permis de montrer qu'aujourd'hui le mĂ©decin gĂ©nĂ©raliste n'a plus sa place dans la surveillance des femmes enceintes, et ce mĂȘme en milieu rural. Ainsi, quelles que soient les caractĂ©ristiques de femmes (hormis leurs profession et niveau d'Ă©tudes) ce sont essentiellement les gynĂ©cologues (et surtout les obstĂ©triciens) qui assurent ces soins aujourd'hui.Les femmes enceintes choisissent le professionnel qui surveillera leur grossesse sur les conseils de leurs proches ou parce qu'elles Ă©taient dĂ©jĂ  suivies par lui avant la grossesse. Elles semblent surtout reprocher aux mĂ©decins gĂ©nĂ©ralistes leur manque de compĂ©tence et leur non pratique des Ă©chographies. S'il est vrai que ces mĂ©decins ne les pratiquent pas, en revanche, l'enquĂȘte ne met pas en Ă©vidence un rĂ©el manque de compĂ©tence, mis Ă  part une faible information Ă  la femme enceinte, comme cela se retrouve d'ailleurs aussi chez les gynĂ©cologues. Au vu de ces rĂ©sultats, il apparaĂźt donc important de renforcer la qualitĂ© de l'information apportĂ©e aux femmes durant leur grossesse par l'ensemble de la profession.En conclusion pour que le mĂ©decin gĂ©nĂ©raliste puisse de nouveau faire partie intĂ©grante de la surveillance de la femme enceinte, il est nĂ©cessaire de redonner confiance aux femmes en leur mĂ©decin de famille et de leur montrer que, comme dans toutes les autres spĂ©cialitĂ©s, le mĂ©decin gĂ©nĂ©raliste est en premiĂšre ligne pour rĂ©pondre Ă  leurs problĂšmes, en Ă©troite collaboration avec les spĂ©cialistes en cas besoin.GRENOBLE1-BU MĂ©decine pharm. (385162101) / SudocPARIS-BIUM (751062103) / SudocSudocFranceF

    EYESCHOOL, Dispositif numérique nomade pour l'accÚs à l'apprentissage pour des personnes en situation de handicap sensoriel ou troubles spécifiques du langage

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    ConfĂ©rence EIAH 2015Cet article prĂ©sente l’étude d’’un dispositif numĂ©rique nomade - EyeSchool- pour l’accĂšs Ă  la lecture, et la prise de note pour des personnes dĂ©ficientes sensorielles (visuelles et/ou auditives) et Ă©lĂšves prĂ©sentant des troubles spĂ©cifiques du langage (TSL) dans un parcours d’éducation et de formation professionnelle. Cette Ă©tude s’appuie sur l’analyse des dispositifs actuellement disponibles sur le marchĂ© pour proposer une solution innovante, nomade et modulable Ă  partir de la co-conception, l’équipement, l’évaluation et le retour d’usage de 400 Ă©lĂšves et Ă©tudiants dans 4 rĂ©gions en France. Le projet s’inscrit dans le cadre des « Investissements d’Avenir pour le dĂ©veloppement de l’Economie NumĂ©rique », programme « SERVICES NUMERIQUES INNOVANTS POUR L’e- EDUCATION »

    EyeSchool: An Educational Assistive Technology for People with Disabilities - Passing from Single Actors to Multiple-Actor Environment

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    Popescu C, Vigouroux N, Muratet M, et al. EyeSchool: An Educational Assistive Technology for People with Disabilities - Passing from Single Actors to Multiple-Actor Environment. In: Miesenberger K, Fels D, Archambault D, Peƈåz P, Zagler W, eds. Computers Helping People with Special Needs. 4th International Conference, ICCHP 2014, Paris, France, July 9-11, 2014, Proceedings, Part II. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol 8548. Cham: Springer; 2014: 210-217

    Genome mining reveals a novel and promising NRPS gene cluster in #Xanthomonas albilineans#, #Xanthomonas oryzae# and #Xanthomonas translucens#

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    International audienceVarious bacteria use non-ribosomal peptide synthesis (NRPS) to produce peptides or other small molecules. These molecules exhibit broad structural diversity and display biological activities that range from adaptation to unfavorable environments, communication or competition with other microorganisms in their natural habitat, or even to action as virulence factors. Conserved features within the NRPS machinery allow the type, and sometimes even the structure, of the synthesized polypeptide to be predicted. Thus, bacterial genome mining via in siIico analyses of NRPS genes offers an attractive opportunity to uncover new bioactive non-ribosomally synthesized peptides. To date, the only known small molecule synthesized by NRPS in the genus Xanthomonas is albicidin produced by Xanthomonas albilineans, a xylem-invading pathogen that causes leaf scald-a lethal disease of sugarcane. In silica analysis of available genomic sequences of Xanthomonas strains led to the discovery of a novel NRPS gene cluster called META-B which doesn't resemble to any gene cluster de- scribed to date. This NRPS gene cluster occurs in (i) X. albilineans, (ii) two pathovars of Xanthomonas oryzae which are the causal agents of two agronomically important diseases of rice (bacterial leaf blight caused by X. oryzae pv. oryzae and bacterial leaf streak caused by X. oryzae pv. oryzicola), and (iii) Xanthomonas translucens , the causal agent of the bacterial leaf streak of wheat. Interestingly, the NRPS gene cluster META-B seems to be specific to strains of Xanthomonas associated with monocotyledonous plants, suggesting a putative involvement in plant-bacteria interactions. (Résumé d'auteur
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