Ça ira (1) Fin de Louis, de Joël Pommerat

Chaque spectacle de Joël Pommerat peut donner le sentiment de découvrir le nouvel espace d’un univers déjà familier. Ce n’est pourtant pas le cas de Ça ira (1) Fin de Louis. S’il s’agit toujours pour le metteur en scène d’interroger notre société et notre rapport au monde, ce spectacle témoigne cependant de nouvelles recherches dramaturgiques et esthétiques, qui permettent de poser autrement les mêmes questions, notamment en s’inscrivant dans un nouveau rapport à l’histoire. Alors que Ma Cham..

Le Retour d’Ulysse dans sa patrie

Trois ans après un très beau Couronnement de Poppée, le TGP de Saint-Denis accueille un autre opéra de Monteverdi, Le Retour d’Ulysse dans sa patrie. Le compositeur n’est pas le seul point commun de ces deux spectacles, qui partagent aussi le même tandem formé du metteur en scène Christophe Rauck et du chef d’orchestre Jérôme Correas, le même ensemble musical, les Paladins, et certains chanteurs. Le Retour d’Ulysse dans sa patrie Le Retour d’Ulysse dans sa patrie, opéra composé par Claudio M..

“Il n’y a pas un soir qui ressemble à un autre soir”

Passionnée de théâtre depuis son plus jeune âge, Béatrice Chavaux a longtemps voulu en faire sa profession. A côté de premières expériences de plateau dans des stages de jeunesse et sport, elle commence en classes préparatoires des études de lettres qui la mènent au métier de professeur. Un beau jour, l’envie lui vient de prendre l’air de l’Education nationale et un an de congés sans solde lui ouvre la porte d’une aventure à laquelle elle ne s’attendait pas. En effet, c’est à peu près au même..

Predictors of poor blood pressure control assessed by 24 hour monitoring in patients with type B acute aortic dissection

The chronic management of post-acute aortic dissection (AD) of the descending aorta (Type B) is based on optimal control of blood pressure (BP), with a target BP < 135/80 mmHg. The aim of our study was to determine and verify effective blood pressure control with an objective measurement method and to identify predicting factors

The association between renal function and structural parameters: a pig study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The objective was to investigate the association between renal structural parameters and renal function. The structural parameters were renal cortical volume, total renal volume, number of glomeruli, and total glomerular volume, and renal function was expressed by the single kidney GFR (skGFR). Investigations were performed using both healthy and chronically diseased kidneys. We investigated which of the structural parameters showed the best correlation to renal function and evaluated the possibility of predicting the renal function from structural parameters.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Twenty-four pigs, twelve with healthy kidneys and twelve with diseased kidneys, underwent skGFR measurements. Nephrectomies were performed and structural parameters were estimated using stereological procedures. The correlation between the structural parameters and skGFR was analysed by Pearson's correlation test. The prediction of skGFR from structural parameters was analysed by a linear regression test.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>In general, we demonstrated a good correlation between structural parameters and skGFR. When all kidneys were evaluated together Pearson's correlation coefficient between skGFR and any stereological parameter was above 0.60 and highly significant (p < 0.001), and with r-values ranging from 0.62 regarding number of glomeruli, to 0.78 regarding cortical volume. The best correlation was found between cortical volume and skGFR. Prediction of single kidney GFR from any structural parameter showed to be quite imprecise.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The observed correlations between structural parameters and renal function suggest that these parameters may potentially be useful as surrogate markers of the renal function. At present, however, precise prediction of renal function based on a single structural parameter seems hard to obtain.</p

Normal kidney size and its influencing factors - a 64-slice MDCT study of 1.040 asymptomatic patients

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Normal ultrasound values for pole-to-pole kidney length (LPP) are well established for children, but very little is known about normal kidney size and its influencing factors in adults. The objectives of this study were thus to establish normal CT values for kidney dimensions from a group of unselected patients, identify potential influencing factors, and to estimate their significance.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>In multiphase thin-slice MDCTs of 2.068 kidneys in 1.040 adults, the kidney length pole to pole (LPP), parenchymal (PW) and cortical width (CW), position and rotation status of the kidneys, number of renal arteries, pyelon width and possible influencing factors that can be visualized, were recorded from a volume data set. For length measurements, axes were adjusted individually in double oblique planes using a 3D-software. Analyses of distribution, T-tests, ANOVA, correlation and multivariate regression analyses were performed.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>LPP was 108.5 ± 12.2 mm for the right, and 111.3 ± 12.6 mm for the left kidney (p < 0.0001 each). PW on the right side was 15.4 ± 2.8 mm, slightly less than 15.9 ± 2.7 mm on the left side (p < 0.0001), the CW was the same (6.6 ± 1.9 mm). The most significant independent predictors for LPP, CW, and PW were body size, BMI, age, and gender (p < 0.001 each). In men, the LPP increases up to the fifth decade of life (p < 0.01). It is also influenced by the position of the kidneys, stenoses and number of renal arteries (SRA/NRA), infarctions suffered, parapelvic cysts, and absence of the contralateral kidney; CW is influenced by age, position, parapelvic cysts, NRA and SRA, and the PW is influenced in addition by rotation status (p < 0.05 each). Depending on the most important factors, gender-specific normal values were indicated for these dimensions, the length and width in cross section, width of the renal pelvis, and parenchyma-renal pyelon ratio.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Due to the complex influences on kidney size, assessment should be made individually. The most important influencing factors are BMI, height, gender, age, position of the kidneys, stenoses and number of renal arteries.</p

Au seuil du spectacle : le prologue comme espace de jeu dans L’Oristeo de Cavalli et Faustini

Dès sa naissance à l’orée du xviie siècle, l’opéra est un lieu de rencontre, qui met en présence différentes pratiques artistiques et initie de nouvelles conventions. Quand L’Oristeo, opéra de Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676) composé sur un livret de Giovanni Faustini (1615-1651), est créé en 1651 au Teatro San Apollinare de Venise, quatorze ans après l’ouverture du premier théâtre public vénitien, plusieurs topoï de l’opéra vénitien sont déjà établis. L’intrigue de L’Oristeo suit un modèle mis ..