Creation of innovative tools for the development of organic dairy production in mountain areas

In the dairy mountain areas, natural constraints and the end of the quota system are sources of difficulties and challenges for the dairy production. High added value schemes, such as organic farming could help farmers and processors to face these challenges. The “Montagne Bio project”, funded by the French Ministry of Agriculture studied and defined the conditions for the success of this development. We studied dairy farmers’ views on organic production, described farm trajectories before and after conversion, and identified factors that contribute to the success or the failure of a conversion or of a collective development project. We tested and assessed a method to carry out projects for the development of organic farming in rural areas and built tools to support local stakeholders and extensionnists to manage such projects. The collective work in the project team made it possible to use new references by each partner and led to building a common view of farm trajectories and the development of organic food chains

X-band MEMS technology for integrated Radar modules

This paper reports on the potential of RF-MEMS technology to improve and miniaturize new functions in Radar front end and antenna modules. The insertion of new MEMS components and subsystems, using RF-MEMS switches, filters and phase shifters, in radar front end are reported in this article and their characterization results are discussed. © 2009 EuMA

Co-construction de méthodes d’appropriation du développement durable par et pour les filières fromagères valorisant leur terroir, démarche et terrains d’expérimentation. Livret 1 : Présentation de la démarche et des terrains d'expérimentation : livret introductif et de synthèse du projet

Le livret 1 propose la présentation : du concept du développement durable, des six terrains d’étude, des enseignements transversaux

Co-construction de méthodes d’appropriation du développement durable par et pour les filières fromagères valorisant leur terroir, démarche et terrains d’expérimentation. Livret 1 : Présentation de la démarche et des terrains d'expérimentation : livret introductif et de synthèse du projet

[Departement_IRSTEA]Territoires [TR1_IRSTEA]DTAM [Axe_IRSTEA]DTAM2-ACPUB [Type_IRSTEA]Rapport d'étudeLe livret 1 propose la présentation : du concept du développement durable, des six terrains d’étude, des enseignements transversaux

MEMS technology for Radar front end modules.

This paper reports on the potential of RF-MEMS technology to improve and miniaturize new functions in Radar front end and antenna modules. The insertion of new MEMS components and subsystems, using RF-MEMS switches, filters and phase shifters, in radar front end are reported in this article and their characterization results are discussed

Predictive value of daily living score in acute respiratory failure of COPD patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation pilot study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Mechanical ventilation (MV) is imperative in many forms of acute respiratory failure (ARF) in COPD patients. Previous studies have shown the difficulty to identify parameters predicting the outcome of COPD patients treated by invasive MV. Our hypothesis was that a non specialized score as the activities daily living (ADL) score may help to predict the outcome of these patients.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>We studied the outcome of 25 COPD patients admitted to the intensive care unit for ARF requiring invasive MV. The patients were divided into those weaning success (group A n = 17, 68%) or failure (group B n = 8, 32%). We investigated the correlation between the ADL score and the outcome and mortality.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The ADL score was higher in group A (5.1 ±1.1 vs 3.7 ± 0.7 in group B, p < 0.01). Weaning was achieved in 76.5% of the cases with an ADL score ≥ 4 and in 23.5% of the cases with an ADL score < 4 (p < 0.05). Pulmonary function test, arterial blood gases collected during period of clinical stability and at admission and nutritional status were similar in both groups. The mortality, at six months, was 36%. The ADL score was a significant predictor of 6-month mortality (80 with an ADL score <4, 20 with an ADL score ≥4, p < 0.01).</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Our pilot study demonstrates that the ADL score is predictive of weaning success and mortality at 6 months, suggesting that the assessment of daily activities should be an important component of ARF management in COPD patients.</p