Ordovician to Early Devonian palynostratigraphy of Western Gondwana

Conference (2000)

Early Silurian trilete spores and cryptospores, Paraguay

Conference (2000)

Long-Term Photometric and Spectroscopic Monitoring of Slowly Pulsating B Stars

in The Impact of Large-Scale Surveys on Pulsating Star Research, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 203; also IAU Colloquium #176. Edited by L. Szabados and D. Kurtz, p.437 (2000)

We review the current status of our long-term monitoring project on slowly pulsating B stars that we started in the course of 1996 and that was recently completed as far as the first part of our plan is ... [more ▼]

We review the current status of our long-term monitoring project on slowly pulsating B stars that we started in the course of 1996 and that was recently completed as far as the first part of our plan is concerned. In total, we have selected 17 southern and 8 northern stars. The idea is to fully exploit our current data in the near future and to select the most interesting targets for further very-long-term follow-up monitoring. A first conclusion is that half of the southern targets turn out to be spectroscopic binaries. Some of these have circular orbits and periods of the same order of magnitude as the intrinsic pulsation period(s) of the primary. The eccentric binaries have periods ranging from 12 to 460 d. For most stars the photometric behaviour is dominated by the same frequency as the intrinsic spectroscopic variability. Multiperiodicity in the expected frequency range is found for almost all stars. Two objects, however, turn out to have only one dominant pulsation mode. [less ▲]

Palynological characterization and dating of the Tiangua Formation, Serra Grande Group, Paranaiba Basin, northern Brazil

Conference (2000)

Spore assemblages from the Silurian of Saudi Arabia

Conference (2000)

Décréments lors de la stimulation nerveuse répétitive chez des patients souffrant de SLA

Conference (2000)

"'Le répertoire d'une dame de la bonne bourgeoisie de Bruges' (1879): pièces d'identités, traces de mentalités"

in Constantinescu, Nicolae (Ed.) Balade Si Studiile Despre Balada La Cumpana Dintre Secole. Actele Celei de a 30-a Conferite Internationale de Balada - Comisia de Balade a S.I.E.F (2000)

The simple calculated osteoporosis risk estimation (SCORE) does not allow identification of Belgian women with a high risk of osteoporosis

in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (2000), 59(Suppl.1), 80

Are there arguments suggesting that polyamines are preventive agents of food allergy ?

in Proceeding of the COST 917 Meeting in Malaga (2000)

Nutritional aspects in suveys : why making it complicated when it can be simple. Examples from the first belgian national health interview survey (1997)

Conference (2000)

Modélisation déterministe des écoulements et du transport de contaminants pour la détermination des zones de protection en Belgique

in Milieux poreux et transferts hydriques - Bulletin du Groupe Francophone Humidimétrie et Transferts en Milieux Poreux, Strasbourg (2000)

The radial glial cells antigen recognized by the RC2 antibody: characterization and modulation of its expression in vitro

Poster (2000)

Lochkovian (early Lower Devonian) acritarchs and miospores from the Solimões Basin, northern Brazil

Conference (2000)

Le Dernier des poètes. Sartre lecteur de Mallarmé

in Courrier international d'études poétiques (2000), (225), 45-61

Groundwater pollution in an agricultural catchment on sandstone : evaluation of water and nitrogen losses from soils.

Conference (2000)

Risedronate reduces hip fracture risk in elderly women with osteoporosis with a rapid and sustained effect

in Arthritis and Rheumatism (2000), 43(S1), 781

Are health-related quality of life scores useful in predicting the use of the health care services ? Exploration in patients with osteoarthritis

in Arthritis and Rheumatism (2000), 43(S1), 582

Use of medium-resolution imagery in the Belgian crop growth monitoring system (B-CGMS).

in Saint, Gilbert (Ed.) Proceedings of Vegetation 2000 : 2 years of operation to prepare the future, Lake Maggiore - Italy - 3-6 April 2000 (2000)

The Belgian Crop Growth Monitoring System (B-CGMS) uses the 1km²-resolution imagery of NOAA-AVHRR and SPOT-VEGETATION to improve its yield estimates. The pre-processed images are converted to fAPAR and ... [more ▼]

The Belgian Crop Growth Monitoring System (B-CGMS) uses the 1km²-resolution imagery of NOAA-AVHRR and SPOT-VEGETATION to improve its yield estimates. The pre-processed images are converted to fAPAR and combined with meteorological data (irradiance, temperature) to daily growth values by means of the Monteith approach. The regional means of the cumulative monthly growth numbers are calibrated against official harvest statistics by means of crop-specific neural networks. The quality of the yield estimates varies with the importance of the crop: the R²-values for winter wheat, sugar-beets and fodder maize are respectively 60%, 48% and 36%. The final yield forecasts will be better, because the B-CGMS integrates the image-based yield estimates with the assessments of the agromet-model and of the technological trend function. The technique of linear unmixing seems promising but in its actual state it is too unpredictable to be included in an operational scheme. [less ▲]

The radial glial cell antigen recognized by the RC2 antibody: characterization and modulation in vitro of its expression

in Revista de Neurologia (2000), 24

Influences potentielles des hormones de la gestation sur l’état immunitaire de la mère, conséquences diagnostiques

in Recueil de l'Association pour l’Etude de la Reproduction Animale (2000)

Etude comparative de vingt-neuf tests non paramétriques de l'interaction dans un modèle à deux critères de classification croisés fixes

in 32èmes Journées de Statistique (2000)

Interest of the simple calculated osteoporosis risk estimation (SCORE) tool for a more rational use of bone densitometry

in Osteoporosis International (2000), SS(S5), 13

Biochemical markers of bone and cartilage remodeling are poorly correlated with clinical and radiological severity of knee osteoarthritis

in Arthritis and Rheumatism (2000), 43(Suppl.1), 339

Supernumerary outer hair cells arise external to the last row of sensory cells in the neonatal organ of Corti

Conference (2000)

Production of supernumerary hair cells in the neonatal organ of Corti: evidence for a cellular differentiation of Hensen cells into hair cells

Conference (2000)

Maintaining and restoring the biodiversity of the rivers'backwater in rivers submitted to high economic constraints, a case study : the River Meuse at Lanaye, Belgium.

Poster (2000)

Glucosamine sulfate significantly reduces progression of knee osteoarthritis over 3 years : a large randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, prospective trial

in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage (2000), 8

Regge intercepts and couplings from high energy forward scattering data

in Prokhudin, A. V. (Ed.) ELASTIC AND DIFFRACTIVE SCATTERING (2000)

Marine mammals from the North Sea: Approach of their feeding ecology through stable isotope and cadmium measurements

Poster (2000)

The fertile waters of the North Sea represent one major life site for at least three different marine mammal species: the harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena , the harbour seal, Phoca vitulina, and the ... [more ▼]

The fertile waters of the North Sea represent one major life site for at least three different marine mammal species: the harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena , the harbour seal, Phoca vitulina, and the white-beaked dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris. More occasionally, oceanic species such as the white-sided dolphin Lagenorhynchus acutus, the sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus or the fin whale Balaenoptera physalus can be sighted or found stranded. Very few data dealing with marine mammal diet in the North Sea are available. In order to contribute to the feeding ecology of these North Sea marine mammals, Cd as well as 15N and 13C measurements have been performed in their tissues. Sperm whales and white-sided dolphins display high renal Cd levels (258 µg.g-1 and 88 µg.g-1 dry weight respectively). Mean Cd concentrations measured in harbour porpoise, harbour seal, white beaked dolphin and fin whale kidneys remain low (mean: 5, 0.9, 0.5 and 4 µg.g-1 respectively). However, some adult porpoises display renal Cd concentrations higher than 10 µg.g-1. Mean 13C measured in the muscles of sperm whales, fin whales and white-sided dolphins are more negative compared to harbour porpoise, harbour seal or white-beaked dolphin mean value. Cd contaminated porpoises display significant lower muscle 13C than other porpoises. Both low d13C and high Cd levels suggest a greater reliance of white-sided dolphins, sperm whales on oceanic cephalopods. It appears that some harbour porpoises can also feed on oceanic squids suggesting dynamic interactions between the North Sea and the North Atlantic porpoise populations. [less ▲]

Laryngeal paralysis-polyneuropathy complex in a litter of Pyrenean Mountain dogs.

in Proceedings of the 10th Annual Congress of the ESVIM (2000)

Cryptospores and trilete spores from the Llandovery, Nuayyim-2 Borehole, Saudi Arabia

Conference (2000)

The antioxidant properties of non stroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage (2000), 8

Long term catheter-induced pulmonary endarteritis and right ventricular failure in a horse

in Proceedings of the 39th Annual Congress of the British Equine Veterinairy Association (2000)

Crystal Chemistry of the Trivalent Cation in the Alluaudite Structure: the NaMnM3+2(PO4)3 Solid Solutions (M3+ = Al, Cr, Ga, Fe3+, Sc, In, La)

in Journal of Conference Abstracts (2000), 5

Transformation de l'anatomie et des mouvements d'un système mécanique: les mâchoires pharyngiennes de Téléostéens acanthoptérygiens

Conference (2000)

Fused Multi-Sensor Image Mining for Feature Foundation Data

Conference (2000)

Improvement of the Parametric Fire of Eurocode 1 based on Experimental Tests Results

in Curtat, Michel (Ed.) FIRE SAFETY SCIENCE, Proceedings of the sixth international Symposium (2000)

The basic equations, the limitations and the main features of the parametric fire proposed in Annexe B of Eurocode 1 are given. 48 experimental fire tests are used to assess the validity of this model ... [more ▼]

The basic equations, the limitations and the main features of the parametric fire proposed in Annexe B of Eurocode 1 are given. 48 experimental fire tests are used to assess the validity of this model. The model has been applied to these tests and the comparison has been made, for each test, on the maximum temperature in the air and on the maximum temperature calculated in 2 hypothetical steel sections, one thermally protected and one unprotected. The agreement is very poor for the air and for the unprotected steel temperature, and somewhat better for the protected steel temperature. Some proposals are made which allow to improve the agreement, while keeping the same expressions for the parametric fire. These modifications concern the equivalent thermal properties of multi material walls, and the introduction of a minimum duration of the fire and a of a ventilation effect in case of fuel-bed controlled fires. [less ▲]

Rapid and consistent effect of risedronate on vertebral fracture risk reduction in elderly postmenopausal women

in Journal of Bone and Mineral Research (2000), 15(S1), 226

Surface pCO2 off the Galician coast: an overview of data obtained during the OMEX project

Poster (2000)

Quantitative ultrasound and dual-X-ray absorptiometry-measurements of the third metacarpal bone in horses

in Journal of Bone and Mineral Research (2000), 15

The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between in vivo and ex vivo quantitative ultrasound (QUS) measurements with and without soft tissue and ex vivo dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) at ... [more ▼]

The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between in vivo and ex vivo quantitative ultrasound (QUS) measurements with and without soft tissue and ex vivo dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) at different aspects and levels of the third metacarpal bone (MC III) in horses. Both MC III of 8 clinically normal horses were divided in 9 sites (lateral, medial, dorsal aspect; proximal, mid, distal level). Speed of sound (SOS) measurements were performed with a QUS multisite device (Sunlight Ltd., Rehovot, Israel) and a DXA device (Hologic Inc., Bedford, USA) was used to evaluate cortical bone mineral density (BMD) at each site. Ex vivo data on MC III were analysed with a mixed model to test the hypothesis of no difference between aspect and level in QUS and DXA while adjusting for fixed member and for random horse effects. Pearson correlation coefficients between SOS and BMD obtained on MC III with soft tissue were calculated for each member and site. A mixed model was used to determine whether there is a difference between in vivo and ex vivo SOS data while adjusting for fixed aspect, level, and member and random horse effects. Highly significant (p<0.001) differences were obtained between aspects for ex vivo SOS and DXA measurements. Differences (p<0.001) were obtained between measurement levels for DXA data. The table shows least squares means (LSM) and standard errors (Std Err) for QUS and DXA measurements performed at different aspects. The correlation coefficient between SOS and DXA over all 9 sites and both MC III was negative (r=-0.28; p<0.001). In vivo and ex vivo SOS data were different (p<0.01) BUT NOT EX VIVO DATA WITH AND WITHOUT SOFT TISSUE (P>0.05). The study suggests that, in horses, SOS results can not be explained only by BMD, but could reflect additional properties of bone, such as elasticity, architecture or bone strength. Our results indicate that soft tissue does not influence ex vivo SOS measurement results. [less ▲]

Effects of raloxifene on bone mineral density and biochemical markers of bone turnover in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis : 4-year results from the MORE trial

in Journal of Bone and Mineral Research (2000), 15(S1), 556

Voltaire et la conception sartrienne de l'engagement

Conference (2000)

The simple calculated ostoporosis risk estimation (SCORE) does not allow to identify Belgian women with a high risk of osteoporosis

in Osteoporosis International (2000), 11(S2), 3

Le portage asymptomatique de Microsporum canis chez le chat

Conference (2000)

Analytic models for the forward scattering amplitude at high energies

in Fried, Herb (Ed.) QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS (2000)

Canine aspergillosis : CT findings in 25 patients

Conference (2000)

A new tool for studying the dynamics of RNA within the cell

Poster (2000)

Jeunes sans emploi: professiion chômeur

in Lemaire, Jacques; Susanne, Charles (Eds.) Avoir vingt ans en l'an 2000, pour quoi faire? (2000)

Accurate prediction of Springback in Sheet Metal Forming

in Proceedings of the 8th International Conference METAL FORMING 2000 (2000)

Doppler echocardiographic measurement of cardiac output in the calf: a preliminary study

in Proceedings of the World Assoc. Buiatrics Congress (2000)