CRT-147 The Tri-dimensional Complete Ring: A Novel Device For More Efficient Tricuspid Valve Repair. Initial Results

The present study entitled The Javanese People’s Attitude towards Sundanese Language aims to find out the Javanese people’s attitude towards Sundanese language and their reasons to have such attitude. This research is a case study which involved five Javanese people working in a catering service company in Bandung as the respondents of the study. Data were collected from observation, questionnaires, and interviews. To analyze the data, some theories were applied; the theory proposed by Garret (2010) was utilized to analyze the components of language attitude that determine whether the attitude is positive or negative, whereas the theory from Holmes (2001) was employed  to investigate the reasons why they have such  attitude. Based on the data analysis result, it shows that the respondents tend to communicate in Sundanese language in their daily conversation. It also can be seen from the percentage of Sundanese language they used (28.06%) indicating that it is higher than the percentage of Javanese language used (3.96%). Regarding to the respondents’ attitude towards Sundanese language, the findings refer that most of them have positive attitude due to their approval to use Sundanese language in their daily conversation. Keywords: Javanese, Attitude, Sundanese Languag

The Impact of Teachers Personality and Behaviour on Students Achievement

The teacher is both an instructor and a learner However the learners in the classroom environment behave in response to the teacher method The way in which he behaves explains the lesson and interacts with the students during a course of study has a great impact on their success and achievement Moreover constructive teacher-student relationships have a large and positive impact on students academic results Actually the best teachers are those who have good personality and good behavior towards their students and could combine between two subjects teaching and educating This article aims at dealing with the most important factors which affect students achievements Based on the data obtained from an interview with some English teachers some information about how should teacher-students relationship be were collected Then we suggest some strategies which effectively resulted in constructive teacher-student relationship and create interest and enthusiasm in the learning environment In what way can teacher s personality and behavior affect students achievemen

Scénographies mémorielles et figurations médiatiques de la guerre d’Algérie

Cette thèse montre comment fonctionnent et se déploient, au sein des œuvres littéraires, filmiques et webfilmiques, des scénographies mémorielles et des figurations médiatiques de la guerre d’Algérie. Empruntant sa méthodologie à la sociocritique des textes et aux études intermédiales, l’étude porte sur la manière dont le souvenir de l’évènement se confond avec celle de le relater. Elle examine le rôle du médium qui donne une forme, une matérialité, un dispositif, un type de reconnaissance institutionnelle aux représentations de la guerre et de la mémoire, contribuant aussi à former, modeler le souvenir en le rendant perceptible et intelligible. Comment les groupes de mémoire de la guerre d’Algérie, (harkis, immigration algérienne, pieds-noirs) vivent-ils – toutes proportions et différences gardées – leur rapport au passé à partir du présent ? Leurs mémoires, médiées par les vecteurs culturels (cinéma, littérature, etc.), se disent à partir de sites d’énonciations plurielles dont les espaces (topographies) et les temps (chronographies) sont communs. Elles s’approprient le souvenir de façon similaire, par les scènes narratives du procès, de la rencontre ou du retour construites par le texte littéraire ou filmique. La première partie interroge les rapports entre histoire et mémoire ; en France, leurs conceptions et pratiques, se heurtent à une nouvelle économie mémorielle dans laquelle des groupes de mémoire de la guerre d’Algérie réclament que leur histoire soit reconnue et enseignée. Appuyée par une périodisation de la production gigantesque des cinquante dernières années et par une revue critique de la recherche internationale menée à ce sujet, cette réflexion prend acte de la dispute post-coloniale française et considère l’auteur porteur de mémoire de la guerre d’Algérie pour son exemplarité en tant que témoin post-colonial. Les deuxième, troisième et quatrième parties de cette thèse déplient quant à elles, la scénographie mémorielle spécifique à trois auteurs, tout en la mettant en relation avec d’autres œuvres de genre et médium très différents. Le premier corpus est composé de : Moze de Zahia Rahmani, du tryptique de Mehdi Charef (À-bras-le-cœur, 1962. Le dernier voyage, Cartouches gauloises) et d’Exils de Tony Gatlif. À ces titres s’ajoutent des œuvres qui marquent une série, ensemble aux contours flous auxquels ils se rattachent et qui permettent de mettre à la fois en perspective le commun entretenu entre la série et l’œuvre de l’un des trois auteurs, et la manière dont l’auteur, Rahmani, Charef ou Gatlif s’en distingue de façon significative. Enfin, un troisième type d’œuvres intervient dans l’analyse comme contrepoint souvent paradoxal de cette série.This dissertation shows how heritage-forming scenarios and media portrayals of the Algerian War have operated and been deployed in literature and cinema, as well as in films on the Web. Taking its methodology from both literary sociocriticism and intermedia studies, the study focuses on how the memory of events becomes confused with how the events are portrayed. The dissertation examines the role of the media that give form, material character, instrumentality and a kind of institutional recognition to depictions of the Algerian War and people’s memories of it, thereby helping to form and model recollections by making them perceptible and intelligible. How do the corpuses of Algerian War memories (of harkis, Algerian immigrants and pieds-noirs) respectively relate to the past from the standpoint of the present? Mediated by cultural vehicles like cinema and literature, these memories are described through pluralistic “enunciation sites” that nonetheless share common spaces (topographies) and eras (chronographies). The memories appropriate the faculty of memory in a similar fashion – through the narrative scenes of trials, encounters or return portrayed in literature or films. The first part of the study explores the relationship between history and memory, now that the conceptions and practices of those concerned are clashing with a new “remembering economy” in which groups who remember the Algerian War are demanding that their history be recognized and taught. Based on a chronological framework of the various periods in producing this enormous body of work over the past 50 years as well as on a critical review of international research on this war, the study takes due note of post-colonial conflict in France and considers certain writers as memory-bearers of the Algerian War and even exemplary post-colonial witnesses of it. The second, third and fourth parts of the dissertation deconstruct the heritage-forming narratives of three writers in particular and relate their narratives to other works in very different genres and media. The three writers, who constitute the primary corpus for this study, are Zahia Rahmani (Moze), Mehdi Charef (his tryptich of À-bras-le-cœur, 1962, le dernier voyage and Cartouches gauloises) and Tony Gatlif (Exils). This basic corpus is supplemented by a number of other works that together constitute a vaguely outlined series that provides perspective on both the commonalities and significant differences of each of the writers (Rahmani, Charef or Gatlif) in relation to the series. In conclusion, a third body of works is adduced as an often paradoxical contrast to the primary series

A contribution to linearity improvement of a highly efficient pa for WIMAX applications

This paper describes the design of a highly efficient and linear GaN HEMT power amplifier which may be used in WiMAX application. To improve linearity of highly efficient power amplifiers, a technique using diodes in the gate DC path was applied to TL and 2HT amplifier. This solution using diodes offers a good manner to improve linearity near saturation zone compared to the approach using only a DC gate resistor for TL (tuned load) case as well as for 2HT (second harmonic tuning approach). A 2.5 GHz 2HT power amplifier circuit was built, and measured data confirm the linearity improvement, particularly near saturation zone, as predicted by simulation, maintaining higher power performances. An output power of 36.8 dBm has been measured with an associated power added efficiency of 46.5% and carrier to third order intermodulation (C/I3) of 53.4 dBc. A 2HT PA also exhibits good performances across the full (2.3-2.7) GHz band. An output power ranging from (35-36.9) dBm with an associated gain of $12.9±0.9 and a power added efficiency ranging from (40-46)% are measured across the full (2.3-2.7) GHz band.Our acknowledgment to the financial support provided by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN) through projects TEC2008-06684-C03-01 and CONSOLIDER-INGENIO 2010 CSD2008-00068

Polyphonie et émergence du "je" auctorial dans trois romans de YB

Mémoire numérisé par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal

Laparoscopic treatment of a vesico-vaginal fistula: A new approach

Vesicovaginal fistulas (VVF) are among the most distressing complications of gynecologic and obstetric procedures. Management of these fistulas has been better defined and standardized over the last decade. VVF repair is most commonly repared with transvaginal approach. We report a case of VVF which was repaired using a laparoscopic approach. The fistula was a complication of a benign laparoscopic hysterectomy. We describe a novel technique for the treatment of VVF of supratrigonal location by intraperitoneal laparoscopic approach

Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma of Cervix: Radical Trachelectomy to Preserve the Fertility

Carcinoma of the uterine cervix is a common gynecologic malignant neoplasm all over the world. The most common histological type of malignant cervical neoplasms is squamous cell carcinoma [1,2]. Clear cell adenocarcinomas (CCAC) of the uterine cervix is a rare disease accounting for only 4% of all adenocarcinomas of the uterine cervix [3]. Primary CCAC of the uterine cervix is a rare neoplastic entity which occurs in young women exposed to DES in utero; primary CCAC without DES exposure in utero is extremely rare. Here we report a 23- years-old Spanish female with primary CCA of the uterine cervix with no maternal history of DES ingestion during pregnancy

Surgical technique for video endoscopic inguinal lymphadenectomy in vulvar cancer

Introduction: Inguinal lymph node involvement is an important prognostic factor in patients with vulvar cancer. Inguinal lymph node dissection allows for staging and treatment of inguinal node disease but causes morbidity and is associated with complications such as lymphocele formation, wound dehiscence, and infection. Video endoscopic inguinal lymphadenectomy (VEIL) seems to be a new and attractive approach with lower morbidity than the standard open procedure. The objective of this study was to report our surgical technique for VEIL for the treatment of vulvar cancer. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated a case involving a 78-year-old woman with vulvar cancer who underwent bilateral VEIL. Findings: The operative time was 140 min, and there were no complications. After 3 months of follow-up, there were no signs of vulvar oedema, lymphedema, or lymphocele. Conclusions: In patients with vulvar cancer, VEIL is feasible in clinical practice. Additional studies with a larger number of patients and longer-term follow-up are needed to confirm the oncological efficacy and the possible reduction in morbidity of this new approach.Introduccio´n: La afectacio´n de los no´dulos linfa´ticos inguinales es un factor prono´stico importante en pacientes con ca´ncer de vulva. La diseccio´n de los no´dulos linfa´ticos inguinales nos permite la estadificacio´n y el tratamiento de la afectacio´n ganglionar inguinal. Por otra parte, causa morbilidad y esta´ asociada a complicaciones como linfocele, dehiscencia de la herida e infeccio´n. La linfadenectomı´a inguinal videoendosco´pica parece ser una nueva y atractiva te´cnica con menor morbilidad que el abordaje abierto. El objetivo de este trabajo es reportar nuestra te´cnica de linfadenectomı´a inguinal videoendosco´pica para el tratamiento del ca´ncer de vulva. Me´todos: Se evaluo´ de manera retrospectiva el caso de una paciente de 78 an˜os de edad con ca´ncer de vulva a la que se realizo´ una linfadenectomı´a inguinal videoendosco´pica bilateral. Hallazgos: El tiempo operatorio fue de 140 min y no hubo complicaciones. Tras 3 meses de seguimiento no se observaron signos de edema vulvar, linfedema o linfocele. Conclusiones: La linfadenectomı´a inguinal videoendosco´pica en pacientes con ca´ncer de vulva es factible en la pra´ctica clı´nica. Estudios adicionales con un mayor nu´mero de pacientes y a ma´s largo plazo de seguimiento son necesarios para confirmar la eficacia oncolo´gica y la posible menor morbilidad de este nuevo enfoque

Surgical treatment of Paget’s disease of the vulva using Mohs micrographic surgery, followed by vulvar reconstruction using the “lotus petal” suprafascial flap

Vulvar Paget’s disease is an extramammary manifestation of Paget’s disease, a cutaneous neoplasm that clin-ically appears as sharply defined erythematous plaques with irregular borders that usually affect apocrine gland-bearing skin. Extramammary Paget’s disease (EMPD) of the vulva can remain undiagnosed for years and could be associated with multifocal neoplasms. The current gold standard for the treatment of vulvar EMPD is surgical excision and the Mohs micrographic surgery is the preferred technique used in evaluating the margins of the specimen. The reconstruc-tion of the vulva using suprafascial flaps reduces hospitalization time and complications rate