32 research outputs found

    A Small Sample Model Selection Criterion Based on Kullback's Symmetric Divergence

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    Repair of gauge earlobe medium defect

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    International audienceDefects due to earlobe gauging are becoming more and more frequent. Many techniques have been described to repair major defects but very few papers exist about medium defects. The aim of this article is to describe a simple surgical technique to repair medium deformations, based on two opposite crescents on the anterior and posterior sides of the earlobe. It gives a harmonious result to the overall shape of the earlobes with a natural curve along the inferior border which is the most difficult part of this surgery

    Ensuring Low Cost Authentication with Privacy Preservation in Federated IMS Environments

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    noteFederated Identity Management Systems (IMS) is a promising system where an increasing number of e-services will be made available in the future for users? convenience. However in this environment, users are required to manage several identities (ID cards) and a great number of personal data. As such, simplification of users? involvement is highly needed while increasing the users? confidence, and guaranteeing security. This paper proposes a low-cost authentication solution which leads to a reduction of users? identities, even across several circles of trust, while maintaining high-level security. Also it proposes a privacy preserving technique to automatically control that privacy preferences of the users are satisfied during electronic transactions. This leads to defining new entities in the federated IMS, an innovative privacy policy language XPACML, and a practical-oriented privacy policy comparison middleware

    Le loxoscelisme cutané, à propos d’une observation exceptionnelle de 9 cas consécutifs

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    International audienceINTRODUCTION:Loxosceles spiders are ubiquitous and responsible for many cases of envenomation in the world. The kind rufescens is present in the Provence and Occitan regions in France. During the summer 2015, we faced many Loxosceles rufescens cases of bites having led to extensive integumental necrosis whose features and singular evolution seems important to report.MATERIAL AND METHODS:We report the cases of nine patients who experienced a spider bite in the summer of 2015 in the Languedoc Roussillon.RESULTS:Of nine patients, eight patients had skin necrosis and five required surgical care. Five patients had a fever and had five other general signs such as important asthenia, joint pain, nausea and dizziness. CRP was very low normal in all patients. Finally, five of the nine patients reported a residual pain.DISCUSSION:L. rufescens is a small spider (7 to 15mm in diameter) having a cytotoxic venom. Loxoscelism diagnosis is usually made by removing a front necrotic skin lesion. Of systemic loxoscelism that have been described, some American species had fatal outcomes. The treatment remains controversial with various options: surgery, antibiotics, antihistaminics, antivenom.CONCLUSION:The diagnosis must be made in endemic areas when confronted to a necrosic integumentary infectious rapidly progressive, unresponsive to antibiotic treatment associated with atypical general signs
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