The GPS Observation Campaigns on the Mt. Etna Volcano from 1992 to 1994

Report (1994)

GPs working in solo practice : obstacles and motivations for working in a group ? A qualitative study

in BMC Family Practice (2003), 20(2), 167-172

Le GPS, un système à tout faire ?

Conference given outside the academic context (2002)

GPS™ II and GPS™ III: comparison of obtained platelets concentrations

Poster (2010, March 20)

Introduction: Recently, several researches, essentially in vitro, demonstrated the positive effects of platelets on healing process of different tissues: bones, muscles and tendons. The aim of this study ... [more ▼]

Introduction: Recently, several researches, essentially in vitro, demonstrated the positive effects of platelets on healing process of different tissues: bones, muscles and tendons. The aim of this study is to compare the obtained platelets concentration between the new GPS™ III and GPS™ II. Methods: Two blood samples of 52 mL were taken in 5 volunteers and transferred respectively in both GPS™ II and GPS™ III. These devices were centrifuged at 3200 RPM during 15 min. The platelet-rich plasma (PRP) was thus collected and transferred in 6 mL test tubes. Cells count was done using an analyser ABX Micros 60. Results and conclusion: Platelets concentrations were more important from 6.2 up to 9.2 times with GPS™ II and from 7.3 up to 8.3 times with GPS™ III compared to blood samples. Efficiency of the collected platelets was around 92% for GPS™ II and 96% for GPS™ III. Both techniques made it possible to collect platelets but, unfortunately, also a lot of red and white blood cells. None of these parameters showed any significant difference (p>0.05). Conflicts of interests: The 10 devices GPS™ II and GPS™ III were provided gracefully by the firm Biomet Biologics TTC. [less ▲]

The Grader layered intrusion (Havre-Saint-Pierre anorthosite, Québec) and genesis of nelsonite and other Fe-Ti-P ores

in Lithos (2008), 101(3-4), 359-378

The Grader layered intrusion is part of the Havre-Saint-Pierre anorthosite in the Grenville Province (Quebec, Canada). This intrusion has a basin-like morphology and contains significant resources of ... [more ▼]

The Grader layered intrusion is part of the Havre-Saint-Pierre anorthosite in the Grenville Province (Quebec, Canada). This intrusion has a basin-like morphology and contains significant resources of Fe–Ti–P in ilmenite and apatite. Outcropping lithologies are massive oxide alternating with anorthosite layers, banded ilmenite–apatite–plagioclase rocks and layered oxide apatite (gabbro-)norites. Drill cores provide evidence for stratigraphic variations of mineral and whole rock compositions controlled by fractional crystallization with the successive appearance of liquidus phases: plagioclase and ilmenite followed by apatite, then orthopyroxene together with magnetite, and finally clinopyroxene. This atypical sequence of crystallization resulted in the formation of plagioclase–ilmenite–apatite cumulates or “nelsonites” in plagioclase-free layers. Fine-grained ferrodiorites that cross-cut the cumulates are shown to be in equilibrium with the noritic rocks. The high TiO2 and P2O5 contents of these assumed liquids explains the early saturation of ilmenite and apatite before Fe–Mg silicates, thus the nelsonites represent cumulates rather than crystallized Fe–Ti–P-rich immiscible melts. The location of the most evolved mineral and whole rock compositions several tens of meters below the top of the intrusion, forming a sandwich horizon, is consistent with crystallization both from the base and top of the intrusion. The concentrations of V and Cr in ilmenite display a single fractionation path for the different cumulus assemblages and define the cotectic proportion of ilmenite to 21 wt.%. This corresponds to bulk cotectic cumulates with ca. 8 wt.% TiO2, which is significantly lower than what is commonly observed in the explored portion of the Grader intrusion. The proposed mechanism of ilmenite-enrichment is the lateral removal of plagioclase due to its relative buoyancy in the dense ferrodiorite melt. This plagioclase has probably accumulated in other portions of the intrusion or has not been distinguished from the host anorthosite. [less ▲]

Gradient coils design for an X-band ESR imaging device

Conference (2004)

Gradient-optimization on the orthogonal group for Independent Component Analysis

in 7th International Conference on Independent Component Analysis and Blind Signal Separation (ICA 2007) (2007)

Gradual changes in the sensitivity to the stimulant and sedative effects of ethanol during adolescence in Swiss mice

in Alcoholism, Clinical & Experimental Research (2010), 34(8), 97-97

Gradual Network Expansion and Universal Service Obligations

in Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics = Annales de l'Economie Publique, Sociale et Coopérative (2011), 82(2), 97-113

Universal service obligations are usually not competitively neutral as they modify the way firms compete in the market. In this paper, we consider a continuum of local markets in a dynamic setting with a ... [more ▼]

Universal service obligations are usually not competitively neutral as they modify the way firms compete in the market. In this paper, we consider a continuum of local markets in a dynamic setting with a stochastically growing demand. The incumbent must serve all markets (ubiquity) possibly at a uniform price and an entrant decides on its market coverage before firms compete in prices. Connecting a market involves a sunk cost. We show that the imposition of a uniform price constraint modifies the timing of entry: for low connection cost markets, entry occurs earlier while for high connection cost markets, entry occurs later. [less ▲]

Graffiti des tombes thébaines au Nouvel Empire : Réactions et commentaires des visiteurs de la nécropole dans l'Antiquité

Conference given outside the academic context (2010)