Chains of Cobalt Doped Magnetosomes Extracted from AMB-1 Magnetotactic Bacteria for Application in AMF hyperthermia

International audienceWe report themagnetic properties and heating efficiency of cobalt doped chains of magnetosomes extracted frommagnetotactic bacteria for applications in alternativemagnetic field cancer therapy. The changes of the magnetic properties of the chains of magnetosomes observed in the presence of cobalt are characterized by an enhancement of the magnetocrystalline anisotropy from Keff ∼ 12 KJ/m3 in the absence of cobalt up to Keff ∼ 104 KJ/m3 in the presence of cobalt. We show that these changes are only observed for the magnetosomes organized in chains. Furthermore, the SAR of the extracted chains of magnetosomes mixed in solution and exposed to an oscillating magnetic field of field amplitude 80 mT and frequency 183 kHz is shown to increase from∼400W/gFe for the undoped chains ofmagnetosomes up to ∼500 W/gFe for the cobalt doped chains of magnetosomes

Les Tumeurs Parotidiennes : À Propos De 43 Cas

Les tumeurs des glandes salivaires sont rares, dominées en fréquence par les tumeurs parotidiennes. Elles sont caractérisées par une grande hétérogénéité morpho-histologique. Cliniquement, elles se manifestent le plus souvent par une masse parotidienne non spécifique. A l\'examen histologique, les formes bénignes sont les plus fréquentes dominées par l\'adénome pléomorphe. Le traitement de ces tumeurs demeure chirurgical en premier lieu. Néanmoins, la complication majeure de cette chirurgie reste la paralysie faciale pouvant être transitoire ou permanente. Le but de cet article est d\'analyser chez 43 patients suivis et traités d\'une tumeur parotidienne les différents aspects épidémio- cliniques, radiologiques et histologiques de ces tumeurs.Tumors of the salivary gland are rare, arising predominantly in the parotid gland. They display great pathomorphological variation. Clinically, this tumors manifest, often, as nonspecific parotid masses. Histopathological examination of the tumor specimens\' shows that benign tumors are more frequent, dominated by the pleomorphic adenoma. Treatment of these tumors is mostly surgical. However, facial nerve paralysis remains the main complication of parotid surgery. This study was a retrospective analysis of 43 cases of parotid tumors. Epidemical, clinical, radiological and histological features were studied. Keywords: Tumors, salivary gland, parotid gland, pleomorphic adenoma, benign tumors, surgery, facial nerve paralysis. Journal Tunisien d\'ORL et de chirurgie cervico-faciale Vol. 18 2007: pp. 29-3

Le Traitement Chirurgical Des Poches De Rétraction Tympaniques

Les poches de rétractions représentent un aspect particulier de l\'otite moyenne chronique affectant la morphologie tympanique et pouvant avoir des répercussions fonctionnelles auditives. L\'évolution naturelle de l\'otite atelectasique vers la maladie cholestéatomateuse complique d\'avantage la prise en charge des poches de rétraction. Les auteurs rapportent une étude rétrospective à propos de 137 cas de poches de rétraction colligées sur une période de 10 ans de 1992 à 2001. Le traitement chirurgical des poches de rétraction pose la problématique du bon choix de la technique opératoire et de l\'indication de la chirurgie de renforcement.Retraction pockets represent a particular aspect of chronic otitis whish affect tympanic membran morphology and can influence hearing potentialities. The evolution course of atelectasic disease leeding to localized retraction may be the principal cause for cholesteatoma witch complicates the management of the retraction pockets. The authors report a retrospective study about 137cases of retraction pockets collaged from 1992 to 2001. The problems of the surgical treatement of the retraction pockets include the best choice of the operative technique for reconstructive tynpanoplastie. Journal Tunisien d\'ORL et de chirurgie cervico-faciale Vol. 16 2006: pp. 18-2

Les cellulites cervico-faciales d’origine dentaire: a propos de 150 cas

Les cellulites cervico-faciales d’origine dentaire sont des infections des tissus cellulo-adipeux, de la face et du cou, ayant des potentialités extensives pouvant parfois être graves et engager le pronostic vital. Le but de ce travail est d’étudier le profil épidémioclinique et paraclinique de nos patients, d’évaluer leur prise en charge thérapeutique et leur évolution. Notre étude est rétrospective et a porté sur 150 cas de cellulites cervico-faciales d’origine dentaire colligés sur 10 ans entre 1997 et 2006. La prise en charge thérapeutique était médico-hirurgicale. Les cellulites cervico-faciales d’origine dentaire sont une pathologie potentiellement grave dont la prise en charge est coûteuse et les répercussions socio-professionnelles et économiques sont lourdes d’où l’intérêt d’une politique de prévention efficace et ciblée visant à réduire la morbidité liée à ces infections.Mots clés : cellulites cervicale et faciale, infections dentaire, prévention

Assessing the Accuracy of Multiple Classification Algorithms Combining Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 for the Citrus Crop Classification and spatialization of the Actual Evapotranspiration Obtained from Flux Tower Eddy Covariance: Case Study of Cap Bon, Tunisia

Land use and water resources are closely linked. Every single type of land use has a different influence on the hydrologic cycle, consequently impacting the people and the natural resources. The use of advanced technologies, for example monitoring the agricultural resources with remote sensing, offers the possibility to assess the water demand, to know the total cultivated area with the precise distribution of crops and enables the regularly acquisition of data distributed in space and time. The citrus sub-sector is of paramount importance in the Tunisian agricultural sector. The Cap Bon region has the main production area with 75 % of the total citrus area. The possibility of classifying citrus crops is important for water resource management at regional scale and for economic stability. Given the socio-economic importance of the citrus sector in the Cap Bon region, it is very important to have accurate estimation of the total area of citrus plots in this region. Therefore, the main objectives of this current work are: To integrate multitemporal synthetic aperture radar SAR data, Sentinel-1, and optical data Sentinel-2, together to determine the best machine learning algorithm that allowed obtaining the most accurate citrus crop classification in the region. To study and analyze the temporal signatures of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) of the classified crops, mainly the citrus, with the purpose to provide the maximum amount of information that allow the differentiation between the crops. To study the potential relation between NDVI and Actual Evapotranspiration (ETa) fluxes measured with the eddy covariance method for a citrus orchard to extrapolate the eddy tower measurements to greater scales. To achieve these objectives, we evaluated the performance of 22 nonparametric classifiers during the period September 2020–June 2021. Additionally, ET measured by the eddy covariance method was available for the same period, so we tried to find the potential relation between NDVI and Actual Evapotranspiration (ETa). The results revealed that the best performing classifier is the Support Vector Machine SVM with an accuracy around 91 %. Consequently, our results provided a significant contribution to the citrus classification in the Cap Bon region but can be further improved. Also, the obtained results highlighted the potential to extrapolate accurate ET estimation to larger scales using the vegetation index obtained from Sentinel-2 data.</p

Basin tectonic history and paleo-physiography of the pelagian platform, northern Tunisia, using vitrinite reflectance data

Constraining the thermal, burial and uplift/exhumation history of sedimentary basins is crucial in the understanding of upper crustal strain evolution and also has implications for understanding the nature and timing of hydrocarbon maturation and migration. In this study, we use Vitrinite Reflectance (VR) data to elucidate the paleo‐physiography and thermal history of an inverted basin in the foreland of the Atlasic orogeny in Northern Tunisia. In doing so, it is the primary aim of this study to demonstrate how VR techniques may be applied to unravel basin subsidence/uplift history of structural domains and provide valuable insights into the kinematic evolution of sedimentary basins. VR measurements of both the onshore Pelagian Platform and the Tunisian Furrow in Northern Tunisia are used to impose constraints on the deformation history of a long‐lived structural feature in the studied region, namely the Zaghouan Fault. Previous work has shown that this fault was active as an extensional structure in Lower Jurassic to Aptian times, before subsequently being inverted during the Late Cretaceous Eocene Atlas I tectonic event and Upper Miocene Atlas II tectonic event. Quantifying and constraining this latter inversion stage, and shedding light on the roles of structural inheritance and the basin thermal history, are secondary aims of this study. The results of this study show that the Atlas II WNW‐ESE compressive event deformed both the Pelagian Platform and the Tunisian Furrow during Tortonian‐Messinian times. Maximum burial depth for the Pelagian Platform was reached during the Middle to Upper Miocene, i.e. prior to the Atlas II folding event. VR measurements indicate that the Cretaceous to Ypresian section of the Pelagian Platform was buried to a maximum burial depth of ~3 km, using a geothermal gradient of 30°C/km. Cretaceous rock samples VR values show that the hanging wall of the Zaghouan Fault was buried to a maximum depth of <2 km. This suggests that a vertical km‐scale throw along the Zaghouan Fault pre‐dated the Atlas II shortening, and also proves that the fault controlled the subsidence of the Pelagian Platform during the Oligo‐Miocene. Mean exhumation rates of the Pelagian Platform throughout the Messinian to Quaternary were in the order of 0.3 mm/year. However, when the additional effect of Tortonian‐Messinian folding is accounted for, exhumation rates could have reached 0.6-0.7 mm/year

Harnessing inter-disciplinary collaboration to improve emergency care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): results of research prioritisation setting exercise

Background More than half of deaths in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) result from conditions that could be treated with emergency care - an integral component of universal health coverage (UHC) - through timely access to lifesaving interventions. Methods The World Health Organization (WHO) aims to extend UHC to a further 1 billion people by 2023, yet evidence supporting improved emergency care coverage is lacking. In this article, we explore four phases of a research prioritisation setting (RPS) exercise conducted by researchers and stakeholders from South Africa, Egypt, Nepal, Jamaica, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Colombia, Ethiopia, Iran, Jordan, Malaysia, South Korea and Phillipines, USA and UK as a key step in gathering evidence required by policy makers and practitioners for the strengthening of emergency care systems in limited-resource settings. Results The RPS proposed seven priority research questions addressing: identification of context-relevant emergency care indicators, barriers to effective emergency care; accuracy and impact of triage tools; potential quality improvement via registries; characteristics of people seeking emergency care; best practices for staff training and retention; and cost effectiveness of critical care – all within LMICs. Conclusions Convened by WHO and facilitated by the University of Sheffield, the Global Emergency Care Research Network project (GEM-CARN) brought together a coalition of 16 countries to identify research priorities for strengthening emergency care in LMICs. Our article further assesses the quality of the RPS exercise and reviews the current evidence supporting the identified priorities

Pacifica: Poetry International: Revolutions in Tunisian Poetry

A collection of contemporary poetry from Tunisia, including poems in translation with their French and Arabic original texts