Cause inhabituelle d’une infection respiratoire récidivante: hypoplasie du poumon gauche

L'hypoplasie pulmonaire unilatérale est une malformation congénitale rare qui peut être découverte à l'âge adulte de façon fortuite ou par une infection respiratoire récidivante. Son diagnostic est établi par la tomodensitométrie thoracique avec injection du produit de contraste, et son traitement est essentiellement conservateur. Nous rapportons un cas d'hypoplasie pulmonaire gauche révélée chez un jeune de 20 ans par une infection respiratoire récidivanteKey words: Agénésie pulmonaire, hypoplasie pulmonaire, infection respiratoir

Excitation of equatorial Kelvin and Yanai waves by tropical cyclones in an ocean general circulation model

Tropical cyclones (TCs) actively contribute to the dynamics of Earth's coupled climate system. They influence oceanic mixing rates, upper-ocean heat content, and air–sea fluxes, with implications for atmosphere and ocean dynamics on multiple spatial and temporal scales. Using an ocean general circulation model with modified surface wind forcing, we explore how TC winds can excite equatorial ocean waves in the tropical Pacific. We highlight a situation where three successive TCs in the western North Pacific region, corresponding to events in 2003, excite a combination of Kelvin and Yanai waves in the equatorial Pacific. The resultant thermocline adjustment significantly modifies the thermal structure of the upper equatorial Pacific and leads to eastward zonal heat transport. Observations of upper-ocean temperature by the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) buoy array and sea-level height anomalies using altimetry reveal wave passage during the same time period with similar properties to the modeled wave, although our idealized model methodology disallows precise identification of the TC forcing with the observed waves. Results indicate that direct oceanographic forcing by TCs may be important for understanding the spectrum of equatorial ocean waves, thus remotely influencing tropical mixing and surface energy budgets. Because equatorial Kelvin waves are closely linked to interannual variability in the tropical Pacific, these findings also suggest TC wind forcing may influence the timing and amplitude of El Niño events

An Analysis and New Methodology for Reverse Engineering of UML Behavioral

The emergence of Unified Modeling Language (UML) as a standard for modeling systems has encouraged the use of automated software tools that facilitate the development process from analysis through coding. Reverse Engineering has become a viable method to measure an existing system and reconstruct the necessary model from its original. The Reverse Engineering of behavioral models consists in extracting high-level models that help understand the behavior of existing software systems. In this paper we present an ongoing work on extracting UML diagrams from object-oriented programming languages. we propose an approach for the reverse engineering of UML behavior from the analysis of execution traces produced dynamically by an object-oriented application using formal and semi-formal techniques for modeling the dynamic behavior of a system. Our methods show that this approach can produce UML behavioral diagrams in reasonable time and suggest that these diagrams are helpful in understanding the behavior of the underlying application

CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY BY X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY OF THE NATURAL AGING OF THE POLYPROPYLENE

In the present work we are concerned in the study, by means of the X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), of the solar radiation impact (atmospheric environment), on the natural aging of the polypropylene (PP). The study has focused on two periods of aging, 60 and 80 days. Results of the quantitative analysis show an important degradation of the aged material due essentially to the contamination by oxygen, The latter being the main contaminating agent in surface. The solar radiation accelerates the oxidation of the surface of the PP by rupture of the C-H bonds. The decomposition of C1s and O1s peaks has allowed a best comprehension of the chemical reactional mechanisms, in terms of carbon-oxygen bonds (C=O, C-OH and O=C-O) responsible of the photo-oxidation.In the present work we are concerned in the study, by means of the X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), of the solar radiation impact (atmospheric environment), on the natural aging of the polypropylene (PP). The study has focused on two periods of aging, 60 and 80 days. Results of the quantitative analysis show an important degradation of the aged material due essentially to the contamination by oxygen, The latter being the main contaminating agent in surface. The solar radiation accelerates the oxidation of the surface of the PP by rupture of the C-H bonds. The decomposition of C1s and O1s peaks has allowed a best comprehension of the chemical reactional mechanisms, in terms of carbon-oxygen bonds (C=O, C-OH and O=C-O) responsible of the photo-oxidation

Hydatid Cyst of the Rib: A New Case and Review of the Literature

The hydatid cyst is not rare in our country, but bone lesions are less common. The disease often takes the appearance of abscess or malignant lesion. We report a case of a 35-year-old man with a hydatid cyst of the rib complicated with cutaneous fistula. The surgery allowed both diagnosis and treatment. Albendazole was then administered to prevent relapse