Etudes de néo-égyptien I: la morphologie verbale

Doctoral thesis (1989)

Addendum à la table d'erreurs de désignations d'étoiles Ap ou Am

in Bulletin d'Information du Centre de Données Stellaires (1989), 37

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Une alimentation correcte pour preparer les genisses a leur carriere de hautes productrices.

in Elevages Belges (1989), 42(12), 24-27

Sarcome d'Ewing du rachis : à propos de trois observations

Conference (1989, December)

Experimental Infection of Bulls with a Genital Isolate of Bovine Herpesvirus-4 and Reactivation of Latent Virus with Dexamethasone

in Veterinary Microbiology (1989), 21(2), 97-114

Five 13- to 18-month old Belgian Blue bulls were used in this experiment. Four bulls (Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5) were inoculated intratesticularly with 10(5) plaque-forming units of bovine herpesvirus-4 (BHV-4 ... [more ▼]

Five 13- to 18-month old Belgian Blue bulls were used in this experiment. Four bulls (Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5) were inoculated intratesticularly with 10(5) plaque-forming units of bovine herpesvirus-4 (BHV-4) in each testicle (Day 0). The challenge BHV-4 strain was previously isolated from testicle cells of a bull exhibiting orchitis and azoospermia. The fifth bull (No. 1) was used as a control and received the same volume of uninfected cell culture supernatant. For 5 days, beginning on Day 51 post-infection, two bulls (Nos. 4 and 5) and the control bull (No. 1) received 0.1 mg kg-1 of dexamethasone. Unilateral castrations were then performed at regular intervals for viral examination. Treatment with dexamethasone reactivated latent BHV-4, but no clinical signs were observed in treated bulls until the end of the experiment (Day 93). Only Bull 3 showed conjunctivitis and temporary azoospermia. The virus was recovered from various samples showing that: (i) BHV-4 can be present in a latent state in the testicles and mononuclear blood cells; (ii) dexamethasone reactivates the virus; (iii) the virus is excreted by nasal and ocular routes. Each infected bull seroconverted and a booster antibody response appeared after dexamethasone treatment as shown by immunofluorescence. Neutralizing antibodies were detected in each bull by complement-dependent neutralization test with titres higher than those obtained by a classical neutralization test. No booster response of neutralizing antibodies was observed after dexamethasone treatment. The antigenically relevant envelope BHV-4 proteins were identified by Western blotting using sera samples from the animals. DNA restriction endonuclease profiles of viruses reisolated after primary infection and reactivation showed only small differences. [less ▲]

An Autoradiographic Study of Alpha 1-Adrenergic Receptors in the Brain of the Japanese Quail (Coturnix Coturnix Japonica)

in Cell & Tissue Research (1989), 258(3), 563-8

The neuroanatomical distribution of alpha 1-adrenergic receptors was studied in Japanese quail by quantitative in vitro autoradiography using the specific antagonist [3H]prazosin as the ligand. The ... [more ▼]

The neuroanatomical distribution of alpha 1-adrenergic receptors was studied in Japanese quail by quantitative in vitro autoradiography using the specific antagonist [3H]prazosin as the ligand. The presence of saturable (Bmax less than 200 fmol/mg protein) high affinity (Kd less than 0.12 nM) binding sites was detected by saturation analysis. High concentrations of [3H]prazosin binding sites were detected in the archistriatum/pars ventralis, the hippocampus, the cortex piriformis, the area corticoidea dorsolateralis, the dorsal thalamus, and the nucleus praetectalis. Lower concentrations were seen in the intercollicular nucleus, the lateral septum, and the posterior and tuberal hypothalamus. Very little binding was seen in the preoptic and anterior hypothalamic areas. The relatively high number of binding sites identified in the telencephalic structures agrees well with previous mammalian studies. This is in contrast with the pattern in the anterior hypothalamus where, in mammals, a number of nuclei have been reported to contain a high receptor density. [less ▲]

Correlation between the Sexually Dimorphic Aromatase of the Preoptic Area and Sexual Behavior in Quail: Effects of Neonatal Manipulations of the Hormonal Milieu

in Archives Internationales de Physiologie et de Biochimie (1989), 97(6), 465-81

The aromatase of the preoptic area is significantly more active in males than in females. This sex dimorphism in enzyme activity is still found in birds that have been gonadectomized and treated with a ... [more ▼]

The aromatase of the preoptic area is significantly more active in males than in females. This sex dimorphism in enzyme activity is still found in birds that have been gonadectomized and treated with a same dose of testosterone. This suggests that the sex difference is not the result of a differential activation by the adult hormonal environment but rather is organized neonatally by steroid hormones. As the central aromatization of testosterone is a limiting step in the activation of copulatory behavior by testosterone, the lower aromatase activity in the preoptic area of females might be responsible, at least in part, for their lower sensitivity to the activating effects of testosterone on behavior. Three experiments were carried out to determine whether early manipulations of the hormonal environment, which are known to differentiate sexual behavior, also affect in a permanent way the aromatase activity in the preoptic area. Injection of estradiol benzoate into male embryos on day 9 of incubation decreased the preoptic aromatase activity in parallel to its demasculinizing effect on behavior. Unexpectedly the same treatment tended to increase enzyme activity in females so that the physiological relevance of the observed enzymatic change remains questionable. In two independent experiments, we confirmed that neonatal ovariectomy of female quail interferes with their behavioral differentiation. Females gonadectomized at 4 days post-hatch showed significantly more male-type sexual behavior as adult in response to testosterone than females gonadectomized at the age of 5 weeks. These experiments also confirmed that the preoptic aromatase activity is higher in males than in females but no evidence for an effect of the age of gonadectomy on the enzyme activity could be obtained. The sex difference and experimental modifications observed in the aromatase activity of the preoptic area were not seen in the posterior hypothalamus demonstrating that these effects are specific. The mechanisms controlling the sex difference in aromatase activity are discussed. The difference might be organized by the action of embryonic steroids as suggested by the changes observed in males injected with estradiol benzoate in egg. Alternatively, activational mechanisms cannot be ruled out at present. In one experiment, the activity of the preoptic aromatase was positively correlated with the sexual activity of the birds.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS) [less ▲]

Sous le Swing de la Croix

in Prologue (1989), (224), 28-29

Malaco A Big Black Roster

in Soul Bag (1989), (118),

MALACO RECORDS, Jackson, Mississippi : Rencontre avec Tommy Couch, Dave Clark, etc.... et interviews ( en coll.) : Photo Dave Clark

Résistance au feu. Les moyens de calcul à l'Université de Liège

Conference given outside the academic context (1989)

This conference was a presentaztion of the design tools that had been developed at the university of Liege for the evaluation of the fire resistance of structural elements. A clear distinction was made ... [more ▼]

This conference was a presentaztion of the design tools that had been developed at the university of Liege for the evaluation of the fire resistance of structural elements. A clear distinction was made between the tools based on the simple calculation model and the tool based on the advanced calculation model(software CEFICOSS) [less ▲]