Femoral osteoporosis in community-dwelling elderly females and controls living in retirement or nursing homes

in Osteoporosis International (1996), 6(S1), 118

The Fences of Being: Threatened Childhood and Authentic Adulthood in Janet Frame’s “Prizes” and “Royal Icing”

in Commonwealth : Essays and Studies (2011), 33(2), 110-123

This essay sets out to examine “Prizes” and “Royal Icing” by Janet Frame with a view to reconciling the Edenic chora formed by children with the state of selflessness that critics often define as a post ... [more ▼]

This essay sets out to examine “Prizes” and “Royal Icing” by Janet Frame with a view to reconciling the Edenic chora formed by children with the state of selflessness that critics often define as a post-mortem flux. We shall see, in the end, that Frame’s utopian condition of shared being is not to be located exclusively in ‘that’ world beyond disintegration, for it belongs to ‘this’ world of the living also. [less ▲]

La fenetre implantatoire

in Journal de Gynécologie, Obstétrique et Biologie de la Reproduction (2002), 31(5), 440-55

BACKGROUND: Embryo implantation is a complex event involving apposition followed by adhesion of the blastocyst to the maternal endometrium, and finally invasion of this endometrium. Though implantation ... [more ▼]

BACKGROUND: Embryo implantation is a complex event involving apposition followed by adhesion of the blastocyst to the maternal endometrium, and finally invasion of this endometrium. Though implantation could occur in any human tissue, the endometrium is the only tissue where embryo implantation cannot occur except during a restricted period called the implantation window. During this window, the endometrium is highly receptive to the embryo. MATERIAL: and methods. We reviewed the literature concerning the different factors involved in improved endometrial receptivity and implantation. RESULTS: Maternal - embryo crosstalk is favored by the implantation window. Endometrial receptivity results from the acquisition of ligands or receptors facilitating apposition, then adhesion of the embryo, or from the loss of components preventing it. The molecular basis of the implantation window remains to be defined. CONCLUSION: Despite progress in assisted reproduction technologies, the lack of control of implantation remains a major obstacle to successful pregnancy. It is of prime importance to determine the characteristic features of a receptive endometrium and, among the many markers proposed by in vitro studies, to analyze in humans those demonstrated by knock-out experiments to play a crucial role in mice. [less ▲]

Fengycin Interaction With Lipid Monolayers At The Air-Aqueous Interface - Implications For The Effect Of Fengycin On Biological Membranes

in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2005), 283(2),

Fengycin penetration into a DPPC monlayer: a study using the Langmuir trough technique with the Brewster angle microscopy

in International symposium on surface and colloid chemistry for the life sciences (2003)

Feral Pigeons in the Cities : Cultural Categories and Wildlife Management

Conference (2008, May 22)

From many aspects, one can observe that, by contrast with other times and places, feral pigeons do not have a definite status in contemporary European cities. They seem to be perpetually crossing ... [more ▼]

From many aspects, one can observe that, by contrast with other times and places, feral pigeons do not have a definite status in contemporary European cities. They seem to be perpetually crossing boundaries between different categories that people usually refer to in order to understand and engage with the world surrounding them. As a part of wildlife in an urban environment, feral pigeons elicit contrasted feelings amongst inhabitants of cities and question cultural distinctions such as domestic/wild, public/private, clean/dirt, etc. This research was a part of a multidisciplinary project aiming at evaluating both ecological and anthropological dimensions of the presence of feral pigeons in Paris. It will be argued that feral pigeons in cities could be viewed as a kind of symbolic disorder. Political measures, scientific interest and citizen behaviors towards them could therefore be understood as attempts to give the pigeons a definite status. This perspective could help improving the management of urban biodiversity by providing clues to integrate its ecological and cultural dimensions. [less ▲]

Fermentable Fiber Ameliorates Fermentable Protein-Induced Changes in Microbial Ecology, but not the Mucosal Response, in the Colon of Piglets

in Journal of Nutrition (2012), 142

Dietary inclusion of fermentable carbohydrates (fCHO) is reported to reduce large intestinal formation of putatively toxic metabolites derived from fermentable proteins (fCP). However, the influence of ... [more ▼]

Dietary inclusion of fermentable carbohydrates (fCHO) is reported to reduce large intestinal formation of putatively toxic metabolites derived from fermentable proteins (fCP). However, the influence of diets high in fCP concentration on epithelial response and interaction with fCHO is still unclear. Thirty-two weaned piglets were fed 4 diets in a 2 3 2 factorial design with low fCP/low fCHO [14.5% crude protein (CP)/14.5% total dietary fiber (TDF)]; low fCP/high fCHO (14.8% CP/ 16.6% TDF); high fCP low fCHO (19.8% CP/14.5% TDF); and high fCP/high fCHO (20.1% CP/18.0% TDF) as dietary treatments. After 21–23 d, pigs were killed and colon digesta and tissue samples analyzed for indices of microbial ecology, tissue expression of genes for cell turnover, cytokines, mucus genes (MUC), and oxidative stress indices. Pig performance was unaffected by diet. fCP increased (P , 0.05) cell counts of clostridia in the Clostridium leptum group and total short and branched chain fatty acids, ammonia, putrescine, histamine, and spermidine concentrations, whereas high fCHO increased (P , 0.05) cell counts of clostridia in the C. leptum and C. coccoides groups, shifted the acetate to propionate ratio toward acetate (P , 0.05), and reduced ammonia and putrescine (P , 0.05). High dietary fCP increased (P , 0.05) expression of PCNA, IL1b, IL10, TGFb, MUC1, MUC2, and MUC20, irrespective of fCHO concentration. The ratio of glutathione:glutathione disulfide was reduced (P , 0.05) by fCP and the expression of glutathione transferase was reduced by fCHO (P , 0.05). In conclusion, fermentable fiber ameliorates fermentable protein-induced changes in most measures of luminal microbial ecology but not the mucosal response in the large intestine of pigs. [less ▲]

Fermentaciones ruminales en ovinos alimentados con pasto solo o complementado.

Scientific conference (1988, December)

Fermentation contrôlée des olives vertes de table.

Poster (2007, June 07)

Fermentation of non-starch polysaccharides in the pig intestines.

Conference given outside the academic context (2007)