Care of the Self, Denial of the World

in Stalpaert, Christel (Ed.) No beauty for me there where human life is rare : On Jan Lauwers’ theatre work with Needcompany (2007)

Current status of scrapie. CAB review for Perspectives in Agriculture

in CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources (2007), 2(027),

Despite being controlled in many developed countries, scrapie remains endemic in many parts of the world. Economic losses result from mortality and culling of small ruminants and from market restrictions ... [more ▼]

Despite being controlled in many developed countries, scrapie remains endemic in many parts of the world. Economic losses result from mortality and culling of small ruminants and from market restrictions. Moreover, it is difficult to develop all-inclusive guidelines that could establish a scrapie-free status for a country. Unfortunately, the global picture remains incomplete because in many countries confusion still remains regarding the clinical picture of scrapie and information is not available owing to the absence of adequate epidemiosurveillance networks. Currently, the predominant theory is that PrPSc is the infectious agent where host genetic factors play a central role. The precise transmission routes of scrapie and their relative contributions to the overall transmission intensity remain poorly documented and the physiopathology is not fully understood. However, it is evident that the purchase of female sheep from scrapie flocks, sharing pastures with scrapie flocks, sharing breeding rams and genetic host susceptibility are the main risk factors for the spread of the disease. A better understanding of the epidemiology of scrapie would greatly aid the development and evaluation of control and eradication strategies that were mainly based on selective depopulation of infected animals and genetically susceptible and/or related animals and also on the biosecurity and the use of selective genetic breeding programmes in healthy flocks. Some numbers of a new transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) form in small ruminants (atypical scrapie) have meanwhile been identified by TSE rapid testing using an assay, which also recognizes comparatively less proteinase K-resistant PrPSc. Uncertainties remain regarding the pathogenesis of this new TSE form, as well as regarding its potential transmissibility within the affected species and to other species. Thus far, no bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) cases have been confirmed in sheep under natural conditions (a report of vertical transmission after experimental infection merits attention), but two historical cases of BSE in goats born in the 1990s have been identified. Currently BSE must also be considered in the differential diagnosis of scrapie. The development of prevention and control programmes should be assisted by new scientific findings. [less ▲]

Les éléments hors stucture dans la Cena Trimalchionis. Remarques sur la structure de la phrase de Pétrone

in Bodelot, Colette (Ed.) Elements "asyntaxiques" ou hors structure dans l'énoncé latin (2007)

Mémoire de travail et maladie d'Alzheimer

in Vallat-Azouvi, Claire; Aubin, Ghislaine; Coyette, Françoise (Eds.) et al Neuropsychologie de la mémoire de travail (2007)

Justice institutionnelle, justice démocratique. Clercs et profanes. Les maisons de justice et du droit comme révélateur de tensions entre des modèles politiques de justice

in Droit et Société (2007), 66

Institutional Justice, Democratic Justice. Professionals and Laypeople : The “Maison de justice et du droit” Reveals Tensions between Political Models of Justice Legal institutions in France are facing ... [more ▼]

Institutional Justice, Democratic Justice. Professionals and Laypeople : The “Maison de justice et du droit” Reveals Tensions between Political Models of Justice Legal institutions in France are facing new challenges in terms of the partnership and territorial dimensions of their action, and the “Maison de justice et du droit” is part of this context. The collaboration between actors of various social backgrounds reveals contradictions with regard to the definition of the activities (jurisdictional or not) and the public (residents of the “districts” or not) of this legal structure of proximity. These contradictions display tensions between two models of justice : institutional and democratic. Finally, they reactivate the recurring question of the respective legitimacy of law professionals and lay actors. [less ▲]

Effets des mesures alternatives pour les consommateurs de drogues

Book published by Academia Press (2007)

IR signal DC coupling and Source Intensity variation compensation from the hardware point of view.

Scientific conference (2007)

De quelques mots dont on nous paie

in Quaderni : la Revue de la Communication (2007)

Novel dipyrazoles acting as glutamate modulators

in Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents (2007), 17(12), 1489-1493

Knowing the potential therapeutic interest of AMPA potentiation, patents have been published for 15 years relating the discovery of novel compounds able to allosterically bind to the AMPA receptors and ... [more ▼]

Knowing the potential therapeutic interest of AMPA potentiation, patents have been published for 15 years relating the discovery of novel compounds able to allosterically bind to the AMPA receptors and leading to a potentiation of the AMPA signals. Besides this classical approach, a new target for the medicinal chemist has been defined due to the recent findings describing the modulation of AMPA receptors by neuronal proteins, and has led to the design of dipyrazole compounds by Aventis. These new dipyrazole derivatives may be considered as `indirect AMPApams', constituting a new pharmacological class. Based on their in vitro activity, it is probable that these compounds could be of therapeutic value for the treatment of cognitive disorders, schizophrenia or depression. [less ▲]

Effets du moment de regroupement par rapport au début du cycle alimentaire sur le bien-être de truies en groupes dynamiques et alimentées au Distributeur Automatique de Concentré (DAC)

in 39èmes Journées de la Recherche Porcine (2007)