Actualités therapeutiques en urologie. Le TVT-O, nouvelle technique mini-invasive pour le traitement de l'incontinence urinaire d'effort féminine, développements et expérience clinique

in Revue Médicale de Liège (2007), 62 Spec No

Tension-free sub-urethral tapes have revolutionized the surgical treatment of female stress urinary incontinence for the past decade. The inside-out transobturator approach, developed in our Institution 5 ... [more ▼]

Tension-free sub-urethral tapes have revolutionized the surgical treatment of female stress urinary incontinence for the past decade. The inside-out transobturator approach, developed in our Institution 5 years ago, is currently being utilized worldwide. The technique is simple and reproducible and the incidence of complications is minimized. Stress urinary incontinence cure rates of almost 90% are achieved after a 3-year minimum follow up. These good results have been confirmed in the international literature. [less ▲]

Functional residual capacity measurement as a guide during Peep titration in ARDS

in ESICM (2007)

Comparative analysis of triacylglycerol composition, melting properties and polymorphic behavior of palm oil and fractions

in European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology [=EJLST] (2007), 109(4), 359-372

Palm oil is without doubt the most widely fractionated oil. Dry fractionation is based on differences in the melting points of triacylglycerols (TAG) which will crystallize selectively during the cooling ... [more ▼]

Palm oil is without doubt the most widely fractionated oil. Dry fractionation is based on differences in the melting points of triacylglycerols (TAG) which will crystallize selectively during the cooling process. Unfortunately, limitations due to intersolubility, closely linked to polymorphism, induce formation of co-crystals at each crystallization step. For this reason, only restricted TAG enrichments are observed. In this work, a series of samples (24) of palm oil, solid and liquid fractions (stearins, mid fractions, oleins and superoleins) have been selected and examined in terms of TAG composition (by HPLC), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) melting profile and variable temperature powder X-ray diffraction pattern. Three major endotherms [low-melting, high-melting and very high-melting peaks (LMP, HMP and VHMP)] are detected in the DSC melting profiles (5 degrees C/min). The VHMP is only recorded for palm stearin which contains more SSS components. The HMP contribution is weak for palm olein and even not observed for palm super oleins. The LMP is usually made up of UUU, SUU and SUS components; SUS components are observed in both LMP and HMP; the HMP is also made up of some SSS, except for palm oleins and super oleins. Sub-alpha(2), sub-alpha(1), alpha, beta'(2), beta'(1), and beta polymorphic forms are recorded; the LMP components preferentially crystallize in sub-alpha(2), sub-alpha, and alpha forms; the HMP components generally crystallize in beta'(2) and beta'(1), with a tendency to exhibit beta crystals, depending on the SSS content. Components of the VHMP have an increased tendency to stabilize in the 0 form; in view of the results, we can assume that there is a clear relationship between TAG composition, melting properties and polymorphic behavior and of palm oil and fractions. [less ▲]

Quelles sont les ressources que les chômeurs mobilisent pour défendre ce qu’ils identifient comme étant leurs intérêts ?

Master's dissertation (2007)

It is the study, through interviews, participating observation and documentary investigation, of the resources which the unemployed persons have alongside those that they create and those, already ... [more ▼]

It is the study, through interviews, participating observation and documentary investigation, of the resources which the unemployed persons have alongside those that they create and those, already existing, that they mobilize. The notion of resource exceeds the purely material frame to include also social, cultural, political and organizational resources. To do this, we have to investigate both the isolated unemployed persons and activist collectives (F.G.T.B., C.S.C ., "Chômeur actif", "Chômeur pas chien !" et "Stop chasse aux chômeurs"). We discovered that the difficulties connected to the way of life of unemployed persons (feeling of uselessness, financial difficulties, boredom, social isolation, etc.) generate, according to the individuals social contexts and trajectories of life, either a brake or fuel towards the constitution of a protest movement. Our study, also shows, by the comparison of independent collectives and trade unions, that without support and relays with the workers, the unemployed persons collectives and associations are compromised. [less ▲]

La régulation des télécommunications: une antichambre du droit antitrust?

in Thirion, Nicolas; Peltzer, Patrick (Eds.) La régulation économique dans la vie des affaires (2007)

Etude destinée à présenter le processus de libéralisation / régulation du secteur des communications électroniques en Europe depuis la fin des années 1980

Time-resolved electrochemical spectroscopy of charge migration in molecular wires: Computational evidence for rich electronic dynamics

in Journal Of Physical Chemistry c (2007), 111(5), 2301-2309

Electrical conduction through a molecule tethered by thiol bridges between two gold clusters is examined from a time-dependent point of view. The shortest electronic time scale for charge migration is a ... [more ▼]

Electrical conduction through a molecule tethered by thiol bridges between two gold clusters is examined from a time-dependent point of view. The shortest electronic time scale for charge migration is a few femtoseconds transit, which is too swift for coupling to the nuclei, that proceeds by super exchange. An order of magnitude slower transfer occurs sequentially through the lower-in-energy sigma bonds. The electronic structure computations are performed at a high level ab initio density functional theory level where the external electric fields are included as part of the Hamiltonian. The structure computed includes the thiol bridge as well as the gold trimer at either end of the molecule. The results shown in detail are for the saturated dithiohexane -S-(CH2)(6)-S- bridge between the two gold trimers. [less ▲]

Formules de calcul de distances à respecter entre bâtiments d'élevage et habitations pour que l'odeur soit acceptable. Comparaisons et proposition, puis validation d'une formule pour la Wallonie (Belgique)

in Actes des septièmes journées de la recherche avicole (2007)

Le Gouvernement de la Région wallonne (Belgique) a confié à l'unité de recherche la tâche d'inventorier les différentes directives relatives au calcul de la distance à respecter entre les bâtiments d ... [more ▼]

Le Gouvernement de la Région wallonne (Belgique) a confié à l'unité de recherche la tâche d'inventorier les différentes directives relatives au calcul de la distance à respecter entre les bâtiments d'élevage (dont les élevages de volailles) et les habitations pour assurer un niveau d'acceptabilité de l'odeur générée. Huit formules de calcul, appliquées dans différents pays, ont été examinées et comparées et une étude de sensibilité des différents paramètres a été menée. Cette première comparaison a donné lieu à une appréciation des différentes méthodologies, selon des critères de pertinence par rapport à la réalité de terrain, de faisabilité technique, d'applicabilité à la Région wallonne et de cohérence avec les théories de la génération et de la dispersion des odeurs. Sur base de ces différents éléments, une formule originale a été proposée : elle permet de calculer une distance d'acceptabilité de la nuisance olfactive sur base de facteurs multiplicatifs incluant les éléments suivants : nombre et type d'animaux, facteurs techniques de l'étable (type, stockage et manipulation de la litière, ventilation, nourriture), environnement orographique et météorologique et type de voisinage. Les différents paramètres de cette formule ont été ajustés grâce à des visites de terrain, puis la formule a été validée sur 22 poulaillers et élevages de canards. La compatibilité a été testée avec les unités d'odeur, les débits d'odeur et les percentiles spatio-temporels utilisés pour apprécier les zones de nuisances olfactives. [less ▲]

Identification of nonlinear modal inter. between elastic continua nonlinear attachments

in 1st int. Conf. on Computational Dynaics and Earthquake Eng., Rethymno, 2007 (2007)

From Middle to Upper Palaeolithic in the Northern European Plain: the transformation of lithic industries from Mousterian into Lincombian-Ranisian-Jerzmanowician

Conference (2007)

Observations of significant flux closure by dual lobe reconnection

in Annales Geophysicae (2007), 25(7), 1617-1627

We present an interval of dual lobe reconnection during which interplanetary magnetic field lines are captured by the magnetosphere by reconnecting at high latitudes in both the Northern and the Southern ... [more ▼]

We present an interval of dual lobe reconnection during which interplanetary magnetic field lines are captured by the magnetosphere by reconnecting at high latitudes in both the Northern and the Southern Hemispheres. This event was identified using measurements of the ionospheric convection flow and observations of the aurora using the Super-DARN radars and the IMAGE spacecraft. A cusp spot, characteristic of northward IMF, is clearly visible for a 30 min period enabling the ionospheric footprint of the Northern Hemisphere merging gap to be accurately determined. During the interval a strong burst of sunward flow across the dayside open/closed field line boundary (OCB) is observed, which we interpret as the reconfiguration of the magnetosphere following a burst of reconnection. Noon-midnight and dawn-dusk keograms of the aurora show that the polar cap shrinks during the interval indicating that a large amount of flux was closed by the reconnection. Using the SuperDARN potential maps it is possible to calculate that the amount of flux closed during the interval is 0.13 GWb which represents approximately 10% of the pre-existing polar cap. The number of ions captured by the burst of dual lobe reconnection was calculated to be similar to 2.2x10(31), more than sufficient to populate a cold, dense plasma sheet. That a dense plasma sheet was not subsequently observed is discussed in terms of subsequent changes in the IMF. [less ▲]