68 research outputs found

    La participation des représentants patronaux et syndicaux dans les comités de santé et sécurité du travail

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    Ce memoire porte sur les mecanismes de participation dans les comites paritaires de sante et securite du travail. L'hypothese initiale de cette recherche exploratoire est qu'une relation existe entre le statut specifique de l'acteur dans l'organisation et son type de participation au sein de ces comites. L'enquete sur le terrain a ete realisee dans deux organisations situees au Quebec. Differents moyens ont ete utilises afin de recueillir les donnees: entrevues avec les principaux acteurs, observations de reunions et cueillette des documents pertinents et disponibles. L'analyse des donnees nous amene a constater la presence d'une relation entre le statut dans l'organisation et le type de participation au comite. Toutefois, notre analyse nous permet de mettre egalement en lumiere le role de variable intermediaire que joue le modele de repartition du pouvoir a l'interieur duquel cette relation se concretise

    Osteopontin: an early innate immune marker of Escherichia coli mastitis harbors genetic polymorphisms with possible links with resistance to mastitis

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    <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Mastitis is the most important disease in dairy cows and it causes significant lost of profit to producers. Identification of the genes, and their variants, involved in innate immune responses is essential for the understanding of this inflammatory disease and to identify potential genetic markers for resistance to mastitis. The progeny of dairy cows would benefit from receiving favourable alleles that support greater resistance to infection, thus reducing antibiotic use. This study aims to identify a key gene in the innate immune response to mastitis, led us to evaluate its genetic association with somatic cell score (SCS), which is an indicator of clinical mastitis, and to evaluate its impact on other traits related to milk production.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The osteopontin transcript (<it>SPP1</it>) was identified in the somatic cells from cows experimentally infected with <it>Escherichia coli</it>. By selecting bulls with extreme estimated breeding values (EBVs) for SCS, which is an indicator of mammary gland health, four DNA polymorphisms in the <it>SPP1 </it>genomic sequence were found. Statistical analysis revealed that the SNP <it>SPP1c.-1301G>A </it>has an impact on EBV for SCS (<it>P </it>< 0.001) Using an allele substitution model, <it>SPP1c.-1251C>T</it>, <it>SPP1c.-430G>A</it>, and <it>SPP1c.*40A>C </it>have an impact on SCS whereas <it>SPP1c.-1301G>A </it>has an effect on the EBVs for milk yield (second and third lactations), fat and protein percentages (all three lactations). Analysis revealed statistically significant differences between haplotype groups at a comparison-wise level with sire EBVS for SCS for the first (<it>P </it>= 0.012), second (<it>P </it>< 0.001), and third (<it>P </it>< 0.001) lactations.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>This study reports the link between DNA polymorphisms of <it>SPP1</it>, the number of milk immune cells and, potentially, the susceptibility to mastitis. These SNPs were identified by <it>in silico </it>search to be located in transcription factor recognition sites which factors are presumably involved in the Th1 immune response and in the Th2 regulation pathway. Indeed, one SNP abolished the SP1 recognition site, whereas another SNP affected the transcription binding factor IKAROS. All together, these findings support the genetic potential of these variants in terms of selection for the improvement of mastitis resistance in dairy cows.</p

    Variants at multiple loci implicated in both innate and adaptive immune responses are associated with Sjögren’s syndrome

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    Sjögren’s syndrome is a common autoimmune disease (~0.7% of European Americans) typically presenting as keratoconjunctivitis sicca and xerostomia. In addition to strong association within the HLA region at 6p21 (Pmeta=7.65×10−114), we establish associations with IRF5-TNPO3 (Pmeta=2.73×10−19), STAT4 (Pmeta=6.80×10−15), IL12A (Pmeta =1.17×10−10), FAM167A-BLK (Pmeta=4.97×10−10), DDX6-CXCR5 (Pmeta=1.10×10−8), and TNIP1 (Pmeta=3.30×10−8). Suggestive associations with Pmeta<5×10−5 were observed with 29 regions including TNFAIP3, PTTG1, PRDM1, DGKQ, FCGR2A, IRAK1BP1, ITSN2, and PHIP amongst others. These results highlight the importance of genes involved in both innate and adaptive immunity in Sjögren’s syndrome

    Borges : l’érudition merveilleuse. Entrevue avec Dany Laferrière

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    Le plus que noir James Ellroy…Et son éditeur François Guérif

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    Des questions à la bienséance

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    Une histoire possible pour le rêve

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    Jean O'Neil : Pour un nationalisme archéologique et actualisé

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