Separated children seeking asylum in Ireland.

This report updates the first report of the Irish Refugee Council published in 1999, entitled Separated children seeking asylum in Ireland: A report on legal and social conditions. At the time of the publication of that report, there were 32 separated children seeking asylum in Ireland. The number of separated children seeking asylum in Ireland has increased markedly. By March 2003, the number of separated children, entering Ireland and referred to the North Eastern Area Health Board was 2,7172. Nearly half, or 1,113 children, were reunited with family members already in Ireland. 1,316 separated children, under the care of the Health Boards, have made applications for asylum under the 1951 Geneva Convention on the Status of Refugees. Neither the Government nor non-statutory agencies anticipated this increase in the numbers of separated minors arriving in Ireland. Therefore administrative procedures and care services have had to be responsive to emergent needs rather than having developed through advance planning. This report aims to examine policy and practice with respect to the legal and social conditions of separated children in Ireland, in light of the Separated Children in Europe Programme’s (SCEP)3 ‘Statement of Good Practice’ (SGP). The Irish Refugee Council, a member of the Separated Children in Europe Programme, commissioned the report

Colloque National de Sclérochronologie « Structures dures et/ou calcifiées chez les organismes aquatiques : Leur utilisation en écologie halieutique ». 2 au 4 Juillet 2013, Rennes - Agrocampus Ouest. Programme et résumés

L'analyse des structures dures/calcifiées des organismes aquatiques (poissons, mollusques, cephalopodes...) constitue souvent la base d'études en écologie /biologie des populations et plus particulièrement dans l'étude du fonctionnement des populations. Leur analyse apporte des données telles que l'âge et la croissance, indispensables au développement de modèles en dynamique de populations (stock-recrutement, individus centrés, CMR) et permettent de prendre en compte la variabilité biologique. Ces structures dures sont aussi utilisées pour des caractérisations génétique et environnementale de l'individu. De fait, l'utilisation de ces structures contribue au développement et à la mise en œuvre de méthodes permettant une caractérisation plus précise de l’individu et une meilleure intégration du niveau individuel au fonctionnement des populations. Enfin, l'archivage de ces structures et/ou des données issues de leur analyse permet de constituer un jeu de données historiques fiable pour étudier l'impact du changement climatique. Dans ce contexte, il importe de pouvoir renforcer les études sur ces structures et leur utilisation en écologie halieutique, et de connaître les démarches utilisées par la communauté scientifique française. C'est ce qui est proposé dans le cadre de ce workshop dont un programme thématique vous est joint. Couplant conférences et tables rondes, ce séminaire doit permettre de discuter des aspect techniques des différentes utilisations de ces structures dures et des méthodes de validation développées ou à mettre en place dans le cas de certaines de ces utilisations. Il devrait permettre aussi de fédérer la communauté scientifique française qui travaille sur les pièces calcifiées

Extensions of Marginalized Graph Kernels

Positive definite kernels between labeled graphs have recently been proposed. They enable the application of kernel methods, such as support vector machines, to the analysis and classification of graphs, for example, chemical compounds. These graph kernels are obtained by marginalizing a kernel between paths with respect to a random walk model on the graph vertices along the edges

Quality of water resources in the Niger basin and in the region of Lagos (Nigeria)

International audienceWater quality studies in Nigeria are usually conducted at local scales and limited to a restricted number of chemical contaminants, while reliable data on trace metal concentrations (including arsenic) are relatively scarce. This study focuses on the quality of available renewable water resources in terms of major ion and trace element concentrations at selected sampling locations in the Lower River Niger basin and part of the Lagos region. A screening of water contamination by arsenic and heavy metals was carried out through water sampling at selected locations using in situ measurement and laboratory testing to estimate heavy metal concentrations and water type. The analysis reveals moderate trace element contamination of the water resources, with the exception of Pb, while Mn and, to a lesser extent, Al exceeded WHO quality standards, but the Arsenic concentrations are within drinking water quality standards and are safe for consumption and irrigation, while the water type is Bicarbonate

Analysis hydrometeorological events of floods in the watershed Mono shared Benin-Togo (West Africa)

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Le fleuve Niger et le changement climatique au cours des 100 dernières années

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Facteurs anthropiques et environnementaux de la recrudescence des inondations au Sahel

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Late Complications and Quality of Life after Reduced-Intensity Conditioning Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation

International audienceLate complications (LC) and quality of life (QOL) were analyzed in 110 adult patients who underwent reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) and were alive for more than 2 years after allo-SCT. Overall survival of these patients was 93% (95% confidence interval [CI], 88% to 99%) and 81% (95% CI, 71% to 94%) at 5 and 10 years, respectively. The primary cause of death was a recurrence of primary malignancy. With a median follow-up of 4.6 years (range, 2 to 12.1), chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) was the most prevalent late effect, with a cumulative incidence of 66% (95% CI, 57% to 74%) at 10 years. Car-diovascular complications were the most prevalent LC with a cumulative incidence of 47% (95% CI, 35% to 59%), followed by pulmonary complications with a cumulative incidence of 33% (95% CI, 21% to 46%) and renal impairment with a cumulative incidence of 34% (95% CI, 25% to 43%) at 10 years. Secondary malignancies occurred with a cumulative incidence of 11% (95% CI, 5% to 20%) at 10 years. In this series, 61 patients (55%) responded to QOL survey. With the use of European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire–Core 30 and Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy–Bone Marrow Transplant questionnaires , most of the patients reported good to excellent QOL and patients with cGVHD had significantly lower QOL than patients without cGVHD. In conclusion, QOL after RIC is comparable to that seen after myeloablative conditioning, while the natural history of LC after RIC appears to be different from that described in the standard myeloablative setting, warranting further research in this field