29 research outputs found

    Les proximités mobilisées par un méga-système de panier halieutique, l’AMAP Poisson Yeu-Nantes

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    The aim of this contribution analyses how mains collective organizations territorialized forms (COTF) in farming and fishing supply chains participates in a more sustainable relocation of food systems in Pays de la Loire region. More exactly, we try to show how proximity supply chains are building crossing of organizational and spatial logics. To do this, our reflexion leans on two COTF cases. The first case named Bio Loire Ocean, joins about sixty organic farmers engaged in an organic fruits and vegetables supply chain structuring. The second case, a community support fishing between Yeu-Nantes, organizes a short food supply chain between Yeu’s island fishermen and Nantes’ city consumers

    Cervical adenocarcinoma presenting as a cardiac tamponade in a 57-year-old woman: a case report

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    <p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Pericardial effusion as a complication of malignant gynecological disorders is rare. Few cases of endometrial cancer, squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix, ovarian cancer and uterine carcinosarcoma have been previously reported. We report the first case of cardiac tamponade secondary to a cervical adenocarcinoma.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>A 54-year-old Caucasian woman, without any relevant medical history and no gynecological aftercare, was admitted to our hospital emergency room with severe dyspnea. Echocardiography revealed severe pericardial effusion with a swinging heart. An emergency pericardial drainage was performed through a pericardial window, which permitted the draining of 700 mL of bloody fluid and a pericardial biopsy. Cytological examination of the fluid revealed atypical cells, and the biopsy specimen showed tumor emboli suggestive of adenocarcinoma. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a 35 mm cervical lesion indicative of an endocervical tumor. Exploratory laparoscopy revealed diffuse peritoneal lesions and histological examination of cervical curettage showed a poorly differentiated micropapillary adenocarcinoma of the cervix.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Carcinomatous pericarditis as the first symptom of a malignant gynecological adenocarcinoma has not, to the best of our knowledge, been documented before. This case highlights the extreme severity of pericardial effusion secondary to cervical adenocarcinoma, a sign of advanced disease. Gynecological malignancies have to be considered in cases of neoplastic pericardial effusion.</p

    Control del error en la optimizacion de forma de estructuras bidimensionales

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    El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar un método automático de optimización de forma de estructuras bidimensionales, cuyos resultados garanticen una cierta precisión. Se trata de conciliar del modo más eficaz las técnicas de optimización de forma y de control de la calidad de la solución del método de elementos finitos. Un ejemplo numérico es presentado con objeto de mostrar la validez del procedimiento

    Association analysis of a regulatory variation of the serotonin transporter gene with severe alcohol dependence

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    The present study tested the hypothesis that the short, low activity variant of a biallelic polymorphism in the 5' regulatory region of the human serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene confers susceptibility to severe alcohol dependence marked by severe withdrawal symptoms. Applying a phenotype-genotype strategy, our population-based association analysis included 216 German controls and an extreme sample of 103 severely affected alcoholics who were selected from 315 German alcohol-dependent subjects by a history of alcohol withdrawal seizure or delirium. The frequency of the short allele (S) was significantly increased in the severely affected alcoholics, compared with that in the controls (X2 = 3.87, df = 1, nominal p = 0.049). The post-hoc exploration indicated that this allelic association resulted exclusively from a significant excess of the S/S genotype in the severely affected alcoholics (p = 0.035), suggesting a recessively acting effect. Consistently, we found a weak but significant correlation (p = 0.013) between the frequency of the S/S genotype and severity of withdrawal symptoms (WDS): no WDS [18.3%, odds ratio (OR) = 1.16], vegetative WDS only (21.8%, OR = 1.44), and severe WDS with either withdrawal seizure only or delirium only (25.0%, OR = 1.69), and both withdrawal seizure and delirium (30.8%, OR = 2.30). Further studies are required to test whether the tentative genotype-phenotype relationship occurred by chance or reflects a real genotypic association between a recessively modifying effect of the short variant of the functional 5-HTT promoter polymorphism and alcohol withdrawal vulnerability

    Serotonin transporter gene variants in alcohol-dependent subjects with dissocial personality disorder

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    BACKGROUND: We tested the hypothesis that a functional biallelic repetitive element in the 5' regulatory region of the human serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4) confers susceptibility to serotonin-related personality traits underlying alcohol dependence with dissocial behavior. METHODS: The association study was focused on 64 alcohol-dependent subjects with a dissocial personality disorder (according to ICD-10) who were derived from 315 German alcohol-dependent subjects. The Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ) was applied to assess personality dimensions in 101 alcohol-dependent men, including 39 dissocial alcoholics. RESULTS: Our association analyses revealed a trend towards a higher frequency of the short (S) allele of the SLC6A4 polymorphism in dissocial alcoholics compared to 216 German controls (chi 2 = 2.81, df = 1, p = 0.094). Dissocial alcoholics carrying the S/S genotype exhibited significant lower scores of harm avoidance compared to those lacking it (U-test, p = 0.015). Significantly higher novelty seeking scores were obtained in dissocial alcoholics carrying the S allele relative to those lacking it (U-test, p = 0.021). CONCLUSIONS: Our tentative association findings in dissocial alcoholics suggest that the S allele of the 5' regulatory SLC6A4 polymorphism confers susceptibility to a temperamental profile of high novelty seeking and low harm avoidance that has been postulated to underlie dissocial (type-2) alcoholism according to Cloninger's neurogenetic theory of personality

    Impact Of Gram Negative Bacteria Airway Recolonization On The Occurrence Of Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction After Lung Transplantation In A Population Of Cystic Fibrosis Patients

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    International Conference of the American-Thoracic-Society (ATS), Washington, DC, MAY 19-24, 2017International audienc

    Impact Of Gram Negative Bacteria Airway Recolonization On The Occurrence Of Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction After Lung Transplantation In A Population Of Cystic Fibrosis Patients

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    International Conference of the American-Thoracic-Society (ATS), Washington, DC, MAY 19-24, 2017International audienc
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