Cécité et fantastique dans rapport sur les aveugles d'Alberto Breccia

in Voir (1995), (11), 52-63

Laisse le Bon Temps Rouler - Zydeco & Cajun Music Heat in Louisiana

Article for general public (1995)

Which fault ruptured in the main (Ms = 6.7) shock of the 1981 Corinth earthquake sequence?

in EOS (American Geosciences Union abstract) (1995, December), 76

An observational look at early childhood settings in 15 countries (partim: adult behavior).

Conference (1995, November 29)

Co-registration and complex interpolation

in Franceschetti, G.; Oliver, C.; Shiue, J. (Eds.) et al Synthetic Aperture Radar and Passive Microwave Sensing (1995, November 25)

This paper presents a novel and efficient method, based on a modified version of the Chirp-Z transform algorithm, for performing the co-registration of SAR images as required in SAR interferometry. The ... [more ▼]

This paper presents a novel and efficient method, based on a modified version of the Chirp-Z transform algorithm, for performing the co-registration of SAR images as required in SAR interferometry. The method also allows complex interpolation of an entire image, by application, at each point of a bilinear coordinate transformation. [less ▲]

Approches nouvelles en matière de qualité des fourrages.

Conference given outside the academic context (1995)

Genetic Mapping of Mitochondrial Markers by Recombinational Analysis in Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii

in Molecular & General Genetics [=MGG] (1995), 249(2), 185-90

The mitochondrial genome of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a 15.8 kb linear DNA molecule present in multiple copies. In crosses, the meiotic products only inherit the mitochondrial genome of the mating type ... [more ▼]

The mitochondrial genome of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a 15.8 kb linear DNA molecule present in multiple copies. In crosses, the meiotic products only inherit the mitochondrial genome of the mating type minus (paternal) parent. In contrast mitotic zygotes transmit maternal and paternal mitochondrial DNA copies to their diploid progeny and recombinational events between molecules of both origins frequently occur. Six mitochondrial mutants unable to grow in the dark (dk- mutants) were crossed in various combinations and the percentages of wild-type dk+ recombinants were determined in mitotic zygotes when all progeny cells had become homoplasmic for the mitochondrial genome. In crosses between strains mutated in the COB (apocytochrome b) gene and strains mutated in the COX1 (subunit 1 of cytochrome oxidase) gene, the frequency of recombination was 13.7% (+/- 3.2%). The corresponding physical distance between the mutation sites was 4.3 kb. In crosses between strains carrying mutations separated by about 20 bp, a recombinational frequency of 0.04% (+/- 0.02%) was found. Two other mutants not yet characterized at the molecular level were also used for recombinational studies. From these data, a linear genetic map of the mitochondrial genome could be drawn. This map is consistent with the positions of the mutation sites on the mitochondrial DNA molecule and thereby validates the method used to generate the map. The frequency of recombination per physical distance unit (3.2% +/- 0.7% per kilobase) is compared with those obtained for other organellar genomes in yeasts and Chlamydomonas. [less ▲]

Macromolecular engineering of polylactones and polylactides. 20. Effect of monomer, solvent, and initiator on the ring-opening polymerization as initiated with aluminum alkoxides

in Macromolecules (1995), 28(23), 7589-7598

Structure and coordinative association of the propagating species have been studied by H-1, Al-27, and C-13 NMR and viscosimetry in case of epsilon-caprolactone (E-CL) and lactides (LA) polymerization ... [more ▼]

Structure and coordinative association of the propagating species have been studied by H-1, Al-27, and C-13 NMR and viscosimetry in case of epsilon-caprolactone (E-CL) and lactides (LA) polymerization initiated by aluminum alkoxides. In toluene, aluminum triisopropoxide, a commonly used initiator, forms tetrameric (A(4)) and/or trimeric (A(3)) aggregates, which are dissociated upon the addition of the cyclic monomer. Actually, LA is responsible for the complete deaggregation of both A(3) and A(4) into single species (A(1)) trisolvated by the monomer (Al coordination number, CN = 6), whereas A(3) is selectively deaggregated by epsilon-CL. This behavior is consistent with the higher stability of A(4) compared to A(3). Whatever the monomer, three chains are initiated by the active A(1) species. When conversion of epsilon-CL is complete, the active aluminum trialkoxide sites are solvated by one (CN = 4) and more probably three (CN = 6) carbonyl groups of the attached poly-epsilon-caprolactone chains. At the complete LA conversion, only one carbonyl group of the polylactide chains is coordinated to Al (CN = 4). In THF, there is a competition between monomer and solvent for coordination to Al, which explains why polymerization is slower in THF than in toluene. In both toluene and THF, diethylaluminum monoalkoxide forms cyclic trimers that are solvated by the monomer (epsilon-CL) at least on the NMR time scale. Nevertheless, a fractional kinetic order in initiator is observed which gives credit to a fast reversible dissociation of the epsilon-CL-solvated trimers. [less ▲]

Phase-shifting real time interferometry that uses bismut silicon oxide crystals

in Applied Optics (1995), 34(32), 7497-7506

A bismuth silicon oxide crystal is used in the diffusion regime as a dynamic recording medium in a real-time holographic interferometer based on anisotropic self-diffraction. This device is connected with ... [more ▼]

A bismuth silicon oxide crystal is used in the diffusion regime as a dynamic recording medium in a real-time holographic interferometer based on anisotropic self-diffraction. This device is connected with an interferogram-analysis method that uses the phase-shifting technique for quantitative measurement of diffusive-reflecting object deformations. In addition to the usual error sources in phase shifting, the temporal interferogram erasure is studied and is found weakly perturbative for the measured phase. Itis shown that quantitative measurements are possible for low-intensity object beams (8 μW/cm2) and a large observed area. Apractical situation of defect monitoring in a composite structure is presented. [less ▲]

Highly-Expressed P100/P52 (Nfkb2) Sequesters Other Nf-Kappa B-Related Proteins in the Cytoplasm of Human Breast Cancer Cells

in Oncogene (1995), 11(9), 1835-41

Several observations have suggested that NF-kappa B transcription factors could be involved in carcinogenesis. To investigate the possibility that members of the NF-kappa B family participate in the ... [more ▼]

Several observations have suggested that NF-kappa B transcription factors could be involved in carcinogenesis. To investigate the possibility that members of the NF-kappa B family participate in the molecular control of the transformed phenotype, we examined the expression of these proteins in human breast cancer cell lines as well as in primary tumors. Western Immunoblots demonstrated high expression of the p52 precursor p100 (NFKB2) in several breast cancer cell lines while human mammary epithelial cells express this protein only faintly. Eighteen primary breast tumors out of 24 displayed significant expression of the p100/p52 protein. In MDA-MB-435 cells, overexpressed p100 and p52 are predominantly cytoplasmic and coimmunoprecipitation experiments demonstrated that p100 sequesters the heterodimer p50/p65 in the cytoplasm. We demonstrate that most p65 protein is complexed with p100 in these cells while it is complexed predominantly with I kappa B-alpha in cell lines expressing less p100. Our data strengthen the hypothesis that NF-kappa B could be involved in carcinogenesis and suggest that the p100/p52 NF-kappa B subunit could play a role in the development of human breast cancers, possibly by sequestering other NF-kappa B-related proteins in the cytoplasm. [less ▲]