La céramique aux lignes peintes

The Ceramics with Painted Lines: Study on a « Fossile Directeur » of the Early Bronze Age in the Southern LevantSince the work of G. E. Wright in the 30’s, the “Line-Group Painted Pottery” has always played a major chronological and interpretative role for the Early Bronze Age (EB) in the Southern Levant, particularly for the EB I. It was even recognized as the “southern counterpart” of the Grey Burnished Ware (Wright 1937, p. 45.).The present paper intends firstly to provide a new simplified way of defining the Line-Group Painted Pottery, in order to clarify its distribution and the consistency of this group as a chronological clue, and secondly to give a recent overview of our data.It seems that many scholars identified the “Line-Group Painted Pottery” with inapropriate indices, as it was the case for the “Line-group painted style” (Amiran 1970, p. 49.)for instance. Others did not focus on a reliable definition and a proper internal subdivision. By differentiating it with the painted pottery on chalk (the “Pajama” style and related wares), and with the “Trickle painting” group, the “Grain wash” decoration, the “Abydos painted ware” and the “Dribbled-Painted Ware”, we wish to distinguish the “ceramics with painted lines” A and B. The former was previously called the Basket Style Group (BSG) by E. Braun (Braun 1996, pp. 216-21.), who made an interesting study of it in his PhD thesis. However his internal subdivision seems to us to be too complex, dividing without reason a uniform group. Our definition separates the ceramics with complex painted motives (B), usually in frames, from the simple ones (A). This distinction also relies on the length of time and the specialization of the workers needed to produce these vessels. Furthermore this B group (138 EB I vessels), which disappears in the EB II, presents a very homogenous distribution in the central regions of the Southern Levant. The A group (203 EB I recipients), which still goes on in the EB II-III, has a more global dispersion.The study of the ceramics with painted lines A on a wide time range gives us a good picture of the gradual disappearance of the ceramics with painted lines during the Early Bronze Age. However, despite the ceramic production normalization touching the EB II-III, we must not disregard that the painted lines pottery still persists in the south, and in some localized places in the north of the Southern Levant till the EB III, like Khirbet ez-Zeraqon for instance.According to us, and to the study of other ceramic traditions with the same reflection (Cf. Charloux 2006), it shows, in some ways, the profound attachment for local population to their non-urban ancestral ways of life. The globalizing urban “identity” of the EB II-III populations is apparently insufficient to let them overlook their traditions, which could be related to an incomplete integration into the urban society. It could further explain the collapse of the urban society at the end of the EB III, by their incapacity to resolve any sort of crisis (epidemic, socio-economic, climate, etc.)

Troisième campagne de la Mission archéologique franco-saʿūdienne dans la région de Najrān. Rapport préliminaire

Preliminary report of the 3rd campaign of the French-Saudi Archaeological Mission in the province of Najrān : survey of the rock-art sites of an-Jamal, an-Halkan, Bi'r Hima and Murayghan.Rapport préliminaire de la 3e campagne de la Mission archéologique franco-saʿūdienne dans la région de Najrān : relevé des graffites rupestres des sites d'an-Jamal, an-Halkan, Bi'r Hima et Murayghan

Deuxième campagne de la Mission archéologique franco-saʿūdienne dans la région de Najrān. Rapport préliminaire

Preliminary report of the 1st campaign of the French-Saudi Archaeological Mission in the province of Najrān : survey of the rock-art sites of an-Jamal, an-Halkan and Bi'r Hima.Rapport préliminaire de la 2e campagne de la Mission archéologique franco-saʿūdienne dans la région de Najrān : relevé des graffites rupestres des sites d'an-Jamal, an-Halkan et Bi'r Hima

Mission Qatabān. Rapport de la 4e campagne de fouille sur le site de Ḥaṣī (Yémen)

Preliminary report of the 4th campaign of excavations in the site of Hasî by the French Mission in the ancient kingdom of Qataban (Yemen), in 2007-08. Plan of the site; archaeological excavation; survey of the surrounding.Rapport non publié des résultats obtenus lors de la 4e campagne de la mission archéologique dans le royaume antique de Qataban (Yémen) en 2007-08 sur le site de Hasi : relevé topographique du site, fouille archéologique, prospection du territoire alentour

Habitual sleep and kidney function in chronic kidney disease: the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort study

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Validation of impedance cardiography in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Background: Non-invasive methods of measuring cardiac output are highly desirable in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). We therefore sought to validate impedance cardiography (ICG) against thermodilution (TD) and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) in the measurement of cardiac output in patients under investigation for PAH. Methods: A prospective, cross-sectional study was performed to compare single-point measurements of cardiac output obtained by impedance cardiography (COICG) technology (PhysioFlow®) with (i) contemporaneous TD measurements (COTD) at rest and steady-state exercise during right heart catheterization and (ii) CMR measurements (COCMR) at rest obtained within 72 h. Results: Paired COICG and COTD measurements were obtained in 25 subjects at rest and 16 subjects at exercise. COCMR measurements were obtained in 16 subjects at rest. There was unsatisfactory correlation and agreement between COICG and COTD at rest (r = 0·42, P = 0·035; bias: 1·21 l min−1, 95% CI: −2·33 to 4·75 l min−1) and exercise (r = .65, P = .007; bias: 1·41 l min−1; 95% CI: −3·99 to 6·81 l min−1) and in the change in COICG and COTD from rest to exercise (r = 0·53, P = 0·033; bias: 0·76 l min−1, 95% CI: −3·74 to 5·26 l min−1). There was also a lack of correlation and unsatisfactory agreement between resting COICG and COCMR (r = 0·38, P = 0·1; bias: 1·40 l min−1, 95% CI: −2·48 to 5·28 l min−1). In contrast, there was close correlation and agreement between resting COTD and COCMR (r = 0·87, P<0·001; bias: −0·16 l min−1, 95% CI: −1·97 to 1·65). Conclusions: In a representative population of patients under investigation for PAH, ICG showed insufficient qualitative and quantitative value in the measurement of resting and exercise cardiac output when compared with TD and CMR

The European Respiratory Society and European Society of Thoracic Surgeons clinical guidelines for evaluating fitness for radical treatment (surgery and chemoradiotherapy) in patients with lung cancer

The European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) established a joint task force with the purpose to develop clinical evidence-based guidelines on evaluation of fitness for radical therapy in patients with lung cancer. The following topics were discussed, and are summarized in the final report along with graded recommendations: Cardiologic evaluation before lung resection; lung function tests and exercise tests (limitations of ppoFEV1; DLCO: systematic or selective?; split function studies; exercise tests: systematic; low-tech exercise tests; cardiopulmonary (high tech) exercise tests); future trends in preoperative work-up; physiotherapy/rehabilitation and smoking cessation; scoring systems; advanced care management (ICU/HDU); quality of life in patients submitted to radical treatment; combined cancer surgery and lung volume reduction surgery; compromised parenchymal sparing resections and minimally invasive techniques: the balance between oncological radicality and functional reserve; neoadjuvant chemotherapy and complications; definitive chemo and radiotherapy: functional selection criteria and definition of risk; should surgical criteria be re-calibrated for radiotherapy?; the patient at prohibitive surgical risk: alternatives to surgery; who should treat thoracic patients and where these patients should be treated

Report on the Fourth Excavation Season (2011) of the Madâ'in Sâlih Archaeological Project

This volume is the report on the results of the fourth excavation season of the Saudi-French Archaeological Project at Madâ'in Sâlih, ancient Hegra in the Nabataean kingdom, in north-west Saudi Arabia (MAEE, SCTA, CNRS, Univ Paris 1, IFPO). Apart from the results obtained in the different excavation areas (both in the residential area and in tomb IGN 117), the reader will find a study on the cairns/tumuli of the site (W. Abu-Azizeh) as well as intermediary reports on the geophysical detection (Chr. Benech), the fauna (J. Studer) and the pottery (C. Durand).Ce volume constitue le rapport sur les résultats de la quatrième campagne de fouilles de la mission archéologique franco-saoudienne de Madâ'in Sâlih, l'ancienne Hégra des Nabatéens, dans le nord-ouest de l'Arabie Saoudite (MAEE, SCTA, CNRS, Univ. Paris 1, IFPO). Outre les résultats obtenus dans les différents chantiers (dans la zone résidentielle et dans le tombeau IGN 117), le lecteur trouvera une étude synthétique sur les cairns/tumuli du site (W. Abu-Azizeh) ainsi que des rapports intermédiaires sur la détection géophysique (Chr. Benech), la faune (J. Studer) et la céramique (C. Durand)

Examining the antecedents of challenge and threat states: The influence of perceived required effort and support availability

To date, limited research has explicitly examined the antecedents of challenge and threat states proposed by the biopsychosocial model. Thus, the aim of the present study was to examine the influence of perceived required effort and support availability on demand/resource evaluations, challenge and threat states, and motor performance. A 2 (required effort; high, low) � 2 (support availability; available, not available) between-subjects design was used with one hundred and twenty participants randomly assigned to one of four experimental conditions. Participants received instructions designed to manipulate perceptions of required effort and support availability before demand/resource evaluations and cardiovascular responses were assessed. Participants then performed the novel motor task (laparoscopic surgery) while performance was recorded. Participants in the low perceived required effort condition evaluated the task as more of a challenge (i.e., resources outweighed demands), exhibited a cardiovascular response more indicative of a challenge state (i.e., higher cardiac output and lower total peripheral resistance), and performed the task better (i.e., quicker completion time) than those in the high perceived required effort condition. However, perceptions of support availability had no significant impact on participants' demand/resource evaluations, cardiovascular responses, or performance. Furthermore, there was no significant interaction effect between perceptions of required effort and support availability. The findings suggest that interventions aimed at promoting a challenge state should include instructions that help individuals perceive that the task is not difficult and requires little physical and mental effort to perform effectively

Physiotherapy practice patterns for patients undergoing surgery for lung cancer: a survey of hospitals in Australia and New Zealand

Background: There has been a recent increase in the research available to guide physiotherapy management of patients who require surgical resection for lung cancer. It is unclear whether this evidence has influenced clinical practice. Aim: To describe physiotherapy practice patterns in the preoperative and postoperative management of patients who undergo surgical resection for lung cancer. Methods: Physiotherapists involved in the management of patients who require surgical resection for lung cancer at hospitals across Australia and New Zealand were mailed a purpose-designed questionnaire. Results: The response rate was 91% (43/47). Prior to surgery, 40% (n = 17) of the respondents indicated that patients were not assessed by a physiotherapist. In most hospitals (n = 39; 91%), patients did not participate in supervised exercise training before surgery. Most commonly, physiotherapy was commenced on the day following surgery (n = 39; 91%), with walking-based exercise being the treatment that was most frequently implemented in all patients (n = 40; 93%). Seventy-two per cent of respondents referred less than 25% of patients to pulmonary rehabilitation on discharge from hospital. Physiotherapy assessment and treatment choices were influenced predominantly by established practice in the hospital and personal experience rather than research findings. Conclusion: In people who undergo surgical resection for lung cancer, physiotherapy services focused on reducing or preventing postoperative pulmonary complications. Despite recent data suggesting that exercise training is beneficial in this population, our data indicate that referral to pulmonary rehabilitation was uncommon