Effects of two 1-year calcium and vitamin D3 treatments on bone remodeling markers and femoral bone density in elderly women

in Current Therapeutic Research (1998), 59(12), 850-862

Quarante ans d'exécution de remembrements ruraux en Région wallonne.

in Acta Geographica Lovaniensia (1998), 37

For forty years, a third of the farming area has been regrouped in Wallonia. The paper draws the development of land consolidation and underlines the increase of non agricultural aims, especially ... [more ▼]

For forty years, a third of the farming area has been regrouped in Wallonia. The paper draws the development of land consolidation and underlines the increase of non agricultural aims, especially environment concerns. So land consolidations with stark productivity concerns in the sixties changed to a new way of land consolidation respectful of the inherited balances and concerned with the functional diversification of the rural areas. However the distribution of land consolidation projects still shows stark productivity concerns : land consolidation projects remain first in ploughed land areas with large farming. [less ▲]

Ein Devon/Karbon-Grenzprofil im Untergrund Der Niederrheinischen Bucht Bei Krefeld.

in Fortschr. Geol. Rheinld. U. Westf (1998), 37

Dynamical atomic charges: The case of ABO(3) compounds

in Physical Review. B : Condensed Matter (1998), 58(10), 6224-6240

Based on recent first-principles computations in perovskite compounds, especially BaTiO3, we examine the significance of the Born effective charge concept and contrast it with other atomic charge ... [more ▼]

Based on recent first-principles computations in perovskite compounds, especially BaTiO3, we examine the significance of the Born effective charge concept and contrast it with other atomic charge definitions, either static (Mulliken, Bader, etc.) or dynamical (Callen, Szigeti, etc.). It is shown that static and dynamical charges are not driven by the same underlying parameters. A unified treatment of dynamical charges in periodic solids and large clusters is proposed. The origin of the difference between static and dynamical charges is discussed in terms of local polarizability and delocalized transfers of charge: local models succeed in reproducing anomalous effective charges thanks to large atomic polarizabilities but, in ABO(3) compounds, ab initio calculations favor the physical picture based upon transfer of charges. Various results concerning barium and strontium titanates are presented. The origin of anomalous Born effective charges is discussed thanks to a band-by-band decomposition which allows us to identify the displacement of the Wannier center of separated bands induced by an atomic displacement. The sensitivity of the Born effective charges to microscopic and macroscopic strains is examined. Finally, we estimate the spontaneous polarization in the four phases of barium titanate. [less ▲]

Recommendations for the health economic analysis to be performed with a drug to be registered in prevention or treatment of osteoporosis

in Calcified Tissue International (1998), 63

Régulation transcriptionnelle du gène de la prolactine humaine

in Medecine Sciences : M/S (1998), 14(580-587),

Le gène humain de la prolactine (hPRL) est exprimé essentiellement par l'antéhypophyse. L'analyse des éléments régulateurs de la transcription sur plus de 5 000 bases en amont du site de début de ... [more ▼]

Le gène humain de la prolactine (hPRL) est exprimé essentiellement par l'antéhypophyse. L'analyse des éléments régulateurs de la transcription sur plus de 5 000 bases en amont du site de début de transcription a montré l'importance du contrôle par le facteur de transcription Pit-1, spécifique de l'hypophyse, à côté de facteurs ubiquistes. Des hormones modulent l'expression du gène hPRL, transmettant leur signal par les voies intracellulaires de l'AMP cyclique et du calcium, relayées au niveau du promoteur proximal (-250/+1) essentiellement par les facteurs de transcription Pit-1 et AP-1. Les récepteurs nucléaires contrôlent aussi en partie la transcription de hPRL: le récepteur des oestrogènes l'active en se liant aux éléments de réponse distaux ; les récepteurs nucléaires des hormones thyroïdiennes et des glucocorticoïdes la répriment en interférant respectivement avec la fonction activatrice de AP-1 et de Pit-1. [less ▲]

La vie cistercienne hier et aujourd'hui

Book published by Cerf/Zodiaque (1998)

Grazing by large river zooplankton: a key to summer potamoplankton decline? The case of the Meuse and Moselle rivers in 1994 and 1995

in Hydrobiologia (1998)

To explain summer declines in phytoplankton biomass in large rivers, we compared the effect of zooplankton grazing on the planktonic algae of two large European rivers, the Meuse and the Moselle. In situ ... [more ▼]

To explain summer declines in phytoplankton biomass in large rivers, we compared the effect of zooplankton grazing on the planktonic algae of two large European rivers, the Meuse and the Moselle. In situ grazing was measured during two years (1994 and 1995), using the Haney method. Total zooplankton community filtration rates recorded in the river Meuse ranged between 1 and 32% of the water volume filtered per day. A drastic algal decline was observed early July both years and may be explained by high densities of a rotiferdominated zooplankton community (500–700 ind. l􀀀1) with more than 75%of Brachionus calyciflorus. During the summer period in 1994, when grazingwas over 20%, edible algal biomasswas controlled by a diversified rotifer community (up to 2500 ind.l􀀀1), while a nonedible algal assemblage developed. In contrast, phytoplankton biomass remained comparatively lowin the Moselle throughout the lowflowperiod, as did zooplankton numbers duringmost of this time (fewer than 200 ind. l􀀀1 during the summer period). The proportion of crustaceans in this zooplanktonwas rather higher than in the Meuse, and they dominated at times, in biomass as well as in numbers. Nevertheless, measured in situ grazing rates (1–15%) could not explain the low summer algal biomass, even if low filtration rates may at times represent a significant carbon loss for phytoplankton, when and where net algal production was low. As a conclusion, the role of phytoplankton – zooplankton interactions in controlling algal biomass in large rivers is discussed. [less ▲]

Bisphosphonates and osteoporosis treatment in Italy

in Aging Clinical & Experimental Research (1998), 10

Shoshonitic liquid line of descent from diorite to granite: the Late Precambrian post-collisional Tismana pluton (South Carpathians, Romania)

in Lithos (1998), 45

The post-collision late-kinematic Tismana pluton belongs to the shoshonitic series. It is part of a Late Precambrian basement within the Alpine Danubian nappes of the South Carpathians (Romania). This ... [more ▼]

The post-collision late-kinematic Tismana pluton belongs to the shoshonitic series. It is part of a Late Precambrian basement within the Alpine Danubian nappes of the South Carpathians (Romania). This pluton displays an exceptionally complete range of compositions from ultramafic to felsic rocks (granites). Widespread mingling/mixing relationships at all scales give rise to a variety of facies. A liquid line of descent from the diorites to the granites is reconstructed by considering the variation in major and trace elements (REE, Sr, Rb, Ba, Nb, Zr, Hf, Zn, V, Co, Cr, U, Th, Ga, Pb) from 33 selected samples as well as mineral/melt equilibrium relationships. The first step of fractional crystallization is the separation from a monzodioritic parent magma of a peridotitic cumulate similar to the ultramafic rock found in the massif. A possible contamination by lower crustal mafic component takes place at this stage. The second step marks the appearance of apatite and Fe-Ti oxide minerals as liquidus phases, and the third step, saturation of zircon. Mixing by hybridisation of magmas produced at different stages of the evolution along the liquid line of descent is also operating (endo-hybridisation). As depicted by Nd and Sr isotopes, fractional crystallization was combined to an important early contamination by a mafic lower crust in a deep-seated magma chamber and to a later and mild contamination by a felsic medium crust in an intermediate chamber. The mingling essentially occurred during the final emplacement in the high-level magma chamber. The monzodioritic parent magma, identified by major and trace element modelling, is shown by Sr and Nd isotopes to have its source in the lithospheric mantle or in a juvenile mafic lower crust derived from it. The necessarily recent enrichment in K2O and associated elements of the lithospheric mantle is likely to be related to the preceding Pan-African subduction period. The partial melting of this newly formed deep source has to be linked to a major change in the thermal state of the plate. [less ▲]