La contamination de l'eau et des aliments par les virus pathogènes pour l'homme.

in Annales de Médecine Vétérinaire (2000), 144

Contamination des sols et transferts sols-plantes dans les jardins potagers. Résultats d’études en Région wallonne.

Poster (2009, June)

Contamination du marsouin commun (Phocoena phocoena) de la Mer du Nord par des perturbateurs endocriniens persistants

Master's dissertation (2009)

Endocrine disrupters are molecules able to interfere with the endocrine system and are largely spread in the environment. The evaluation of the estrogenic activity of some of these substances by reporter ... [more ▼]

Endocrine disrupters are molecules able to interfere with the endocrine system and are largely spread in the environment. The evaluation of the estrogenic activity of some of these substances by reporter gene assays was the first aim of this paper. The substances chosen are also persistent organic pollutants (POP), which are capable to bioaccumulate in several organisms. Then, the occurrence of these substances was evaluated in the blubber tissue of North Sea harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena). Harbour porpoises are good indicators of the environmental contamination and therefore of seafood by POP. These POP were quantified by GC-MS and also by reporter gene assays. For the achievement of these aims, different analytical methods were developed. The following raking is proposed for the studied substances, according to their estrogenic activity: o,p’-DDT > o,p’-DDD > β-HCH > p,p’-DDT > p,p’-DDD > p,p’-DDE > δ-HCH > PCB 138 > γ-HCH > α-HCH > PCB 153 > HCB > PCB 180. None of them presented anti-estrogenic activity. The analysed samples presented high levels of POP, sometimes associated with estrogenic activity, confirming the occurrence of endocrine disruptors in these animals. [less ▲]

Contamination of poultry flocks by the human pathogen Campylobacter spp. and strategies to reduce its prevalence at the farm level.

in Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement = Biotechnology, Agronomy, Society and Environment [=BASE] (2008), 12(3), 317-334

Enteric Campylobacter spp. bacteria are human pathogens that frequently contaminate poultry flocks. Consumption of products from poultry origin may then lead to acute bacterial enteritis called ... [more ▼]

Enteric Campylobacter spp. bacteria are human pathogens that frequently contaminate poultry flocks. Consumption of products from poultry origin may then lead to acute bacterial enteritis called campylobacteriosis of which prevalence is increasing for about ten years in Europe. This review summarizes Campylobacter epidemiological data, risk factors for contamination in poultry flocks and conceivable strategies to control this pathogen. [less ▲]

Contamination rate of sterilized ventilators in an ICU

in Critical Care Medicine (1981), 9(7), 546-548

Le Conte de la charrette dans le Lancelot en prose: une version divergente de la Vulgate

Book published by Honoré Champion (2009)

Au centre du Lancelot-Graal, l'épisode de la Charrette reçoit dans trois manuscrits une rédaction particulière, ici éditée. Il s'agit de l'unique mise en prose du Chevalier de la charrette, le roman de ... [more ▼]

Au centre du Lancelot-Graal, l'épisode de la Charrette reçoit dans trois manuscrits une rédaction particulière, ici éditée. Il s'agit de l'unique mise en prose du Chevalier de la charrette, le roman de Chrétien de Troyes. Mais, grâce à des ajouts, cette rédaction infléchit de façon spectaculaire la fin du cycle en accordant un destin de roi terrestre à Galaad tandis que Perceval y apparaît comme l'élu de la Quête du Graal. L'édition s'accompagne d'une importante introduction: problèmes de datation, examen précis du dérimage, étude littéraire approfondie. [less ▲]

Contemplatio Mundi. Le paysage cosmique à la Renaissance

in Angotti Salgueiro (Ed.) Paisagem e Arte. A invençao da natureza, a evoluçao do olhar (2000)

The Contemporary Significance of Historical Legacies in Belgium

Conference (2011, April 05)

Since 1993, Belgium is officially a federal state, composed of – three – communities and – three – regions, as the – new at the time – first article of the Constitution proclaims. The history of ... [more ▼]

Since 1993, Belgium is officially a federal state, composed of – three – communities and – three – regions, as the – new at the time – first article of the Constitution proclaims. The history of federalism in Belgium is therefore quite recent. Nevertheless, the story is – much – longer since it starts with the independence of Belgium from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1830. The very beginning of a state and the underlying causes of its creation, as well as its place on the map, the timing of its creation and the characteristics of the elites who take the lead and define the new state’s nature are of crucial importance and these elements shape the country’s political development for centuries. Nonetheless, although the beginning of any state sets up a path dependency, there are also critical junctures along its political development which in turn influences the course of history. This is especially true for Belgium. Here, history and politics are intrinsically interrelated. Indeed, these dual dynamics – history as politics and politics as history – are at the heart of Belgium’s federalism. To explore these dynamics, this paper distinguishes three key variables of the historical-political relationship in order to apprehend the contemporary significance of historical legacies in Belgium. The first variable is the territorial principle vs. linguistic principle debate, which constitutes the backbone of the so-called Belgian community question – or in other words the foremost divisive issue of federalism in Belgium. The second variable is the political parties because they have played and play the major role in Belgian politics and therefore in the Belgian federal dynamics. The third variable is made of the people; that is, at the individual level, the inhabitants or the citizens or the voters and, at the collective level, the communities and/or the nations of Belgium. These three variables are at the heart of Belgium’s past, present and future and continuously interact with one another – i.e. they form a triangle of interactions. In order to offer a clear picture of these interactions, Belgium’s history is divided into three periods: before federalism (1830-1960), federalism (1960-2010) and after federalism (2010-onwards). This division in three variables and in three periods structures the paper. [less ▲]

Content-based Image Retrieval by Indexing Random Subwindows with Randomized Trees

in Proc. 8th Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV), LNCS (2007)

We propose a new method for content-based image retrieval which exploits the similarity measure and indexing structure of totally randomized tree ensembles induced from a set of subwindows randomly ... [more ▼]

We propose a new method for content-based image retrieval which exploits the similarity measure and indexing structure of totally randomized tree ensembles induced from a set of subwindows randomly extracted from a sample of images. We also present the possibility of updating the model as new images come in, and the capability of comparing new images using a model previously constructed from a different set of images. The approach is quantitatively evaluated on various types of images with state-of-the-art results despite its conceptual simplicity and computational efficiency [less ▲]

Contentieux administratif

Book published by Larcier - 3ème édition (2008)