Il nous faut une barrière ! : sociologie politique des mobilisations pro-barrière en Israël et en Arizona (Etats-Unis)

Beyond controlling mobility of undesirables, the function of the building up of “fences” on territorialboundaries is also to reassure fenced-in citizens. By analyzing the cases of Israel and the USA, thepresent dissertation investigates how the fenced territory becomes the place of a public performanceaimed to reassure Israeli and US citizens. The starting point of the demonstration is that such defensepolicies nourish social mobilizations (in Israel from 2001 in favor of a “security fence” in the WestBank; in Arizona from 2010 in favor of a “border fence” with Mexico). I rely on analyses ofrepresentations, actions and security practices of such mobilizations to investigate national andgeopolitical specificities. Beyond these specificities, I compare three analogous political operations bypro-fence movements in their political systems. First, they construct situations of mobility andpresence of undesirables as problematic. Second, they securitize these situations as a security issuescalling for a military response. Finally, they diffuse pro-fence framing by collective and dissentingactions against governments. Thus, they contribute to maintain a consensus over the role of themilitary in the construction and the management of a “public problem” of mobility in these twosocieties.En Israël et aux États-Unis, les politiques de défense matérialisant des limites territoriales au moyen de« barrières » ont pour point commun de susciter des mobilisations infra-étatiques (en Israël à partir de2001 pour une « barrière de sécurité » en Cisjordanie ; en Arizona à partir de 2010 pour une « barrièrefrontalière » avec le Mexique). Les opérations homologues de cadrage pro-barrière des situations demobilités et de présence de Palestiniens et de Mexicains que ces mobilisations remplissent, contribuentà entretenir le consensus sur le rôle du militaire dans la construction et le traitement d’un « problèmepublic » de la mobilité. Le territoire marqué par la barrière devient alors le lieu d’une performancepublique destinée à rassurer les citoyens israéliens et états-uniens. Par une analyse des représentations,des modes d’actions et des pratiques de sécurité pro-barrière, nous examinons les spécificitésnationales et géopolitiques de ces deux fabriques de barrière. Au-delà de ces spécificités, ladémonstration compare trois opérations homologues remplies par ces mobilisations dans leurssystèmes politiques : la problématisation des situations de mobilité et de présence d’étrangersindésirables ; la « sécuritisation » en une réponse militaire à apporter à ces situations ; et lapublicisation du cadrage pro-barrière par l’action collective et protestataire contre les gouvernements

Delayed grape ripening by intermittent shading to counter global warming depends on carry-over effects and water deficit conditions

Grapevine phenology is continuously advancing due to global warming, exposing berry ripening to increasingly drier and hotter episodes that can dramatically affect yield and berry quality. This study aimed to analyse whether intermittent shading produced by panels placed over the plants can delay berry ripening to counter the impact of global warning on phenology. A two-year outdoor trial repeated on two batches of young potted grapevine (cv. Syrah) was conducted in Montpellier (South of France). Shading was created in a row using 2 m-wide horizontal panels placed 2.4 m above the ground. A moderate water deficit was also applied at the start of veraison to half the plants in both full sun (without panels) and shaded conditions to mimic usual field conditions. Variables related to budburst, flowering, veraison and sugar at harvest were analysed in all treatments. Although intermittent shading did not significantly modify air temperature within the canopy when cumulated over the growing season, the panels substantially delayed veraison by up to more than 30 days under well-watered conditions. The most marked phenological shifts were noted in the second year of treatment between flowering and veraison when carbon demand sharply increased during berry formation, suggesting there was a carry-over effect likely due to limited carbon assimilation. This was accompanied by sharp decreases in berry diameter and sugar content per berry at harvest. Higher berry growth and sugar loading were maintained when shading was combined with water deficit. However, the trigger effect of water deficit on veraison almost halved the phenological delay caused by the panels. Overall, a cooler period for ripening could be achieved with panels over the vines but at the expense of berry size and sugar amount in berries. It can be concluded that shading intensity and duration should be adapted to evaporative and soil water conditions to benefit from the phenological delay caused by panels, without altering production in the long term

Treprostinil increases the number and angiogenic potential of endothelial progenitor cells in children with pulmonary hypertension

Background Pulmonary vasodilators in general and prostacyclin therapy in particular, have markedly improved the outcome of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). As endothelial dysfunction is a key feature of PAH, and as endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) may contribute to vascular repair in PAH, we suspected that prostacyclin therapy might enhance EPC numbers and functions. In the present study, objectives were to determine whether EPC may contribute to vasodilator treatment efficacy in PAH. Methods We quantified CD34+ cells, CFU-Hill and ECFC (endothelial colony forming cells) in peripheral blood from children with idiopathic PAH (n = 27) or PAH secondary to congenital heart disease (n = 52). CD34+ were enumerated by flow cytometry, CFU-Hill and ECFC by a culture assay. ECFC grown ex vivo were tested for their angiogenic capacities before and after prostacyclin analog therapy (subcutaneous treprostinil). Results ECFC counts were significantly enhanced in the 8 children treated with treprostinil, while no change was observed in children receiving oral therapy with endothelin antagonists and/or PDE5 inhibitors. CD34+ cell and CFU-Hill counts were unaffected. ECFC from patients treated with treprostinil had a hyperproliferative phenotype and showed enhanced angiogenic potential in a nude mouse preclinical model of limb ischemia. Conclusions ECFC may partly mediate the clinical benefits of prostanoids in pulmonary arterial hypertension