La Faute du graveur

Scientific conference (1991)

Le culte de la Persuasion. Peithô en Grèce ancienne

in Revue de l'Histoire des Religions (1991), 208

Variabilité spatiale et temporelle de l'enneigement du sol en Belgique

in Publications de l'Association Internationale de Climatologie (1991), 4(1991), 267-273

Abcès thyroïdien a streptocoque pneumoniae associé à un goitre nodulaire toxique. A propos d'un cas

in Annales de Chirurgie (1991), 45(5), 429-31

An unusual case of acute suppurative thyroiditis in association with toxic nodular goiter is reported by the authors. Surgical therapy was necessary due to the severity of the local and systemic ... [more ▼]

An unusual case of acute suppurative thyroiditis in association with toxic nodular goiter is reported by the authors. Surgical therapy was necessary due to the severity of the local and systemic inflammation induced by this association. [less ▲]

Acute effects of Parlodel-LAR and response to long-term treatment with bromocriptine in a patient with a follicle stimulating hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma.

in Journal of Endocrinological Investigation (1991), 14(2), 135-8

A 68-year-old male patient presented with visual impairment due to a large pituitary tumor. After transsphenoidal adenomectomy the elevated serum FSH levels were lowered but not normalized. Deterioration ... [more ▼]

A 68-year-old male patient presented with visual impairment due to a large pituitary tumor. After transsphenoidal adenomectomy the elevated serum FSH levels were lowered but not normalized. Deterioration of the vision was detected five years later and tumor regrowth was evidenced. The patient was treated with the long-acting and repeatable form of bromocriptine (Parlodel-LAR). Three days after the first intramuscular injection it already resulted in an important improvement of the visual field defects. Serum FSH concentration was suppressed during a prolonged period, but no change in the size of the pituitary adenoma was recorded on CT scan. Long-term oral treatment with bromocriptine resulted in a sustained suppression of the serum FSH levels, without further visual improvement, but with a significant reduction of the volume of the adenoma. The rapid and prolonged effect of Parlodel-LAR upon the FSH secretion, with a possible correction of the visual field defects and a reduction of the tumor mass, could make this medication appropriate as adjunctive treatment in some gonadotroph cell adenomas. [less ▲]

Geotechnical properties of the Quaternary sediments in Shanghai

in Engineering Geology (1991), 31(1), 71-90

The subsoil of Shanghai is composed of Quaternary sediments of the Yangtse River estuary. The center of the city has undergone a man-induced subsidence due to water pumping in the confined multi-aquifer ... [more ▼]

The subsoil of Shanghai is composed of Quaternary sediments of the Yangtse River estuary. The center of the city has undergone a man-induced subsidence due to water pumping in the confined multi-aquifer system located in these sediments. Together with a sedimentological study of the post-Pleistocene conditions of deposition and accumulation, an accurate geotechnical study has been completed on the basis of all the available data from identification, oedometer and triaxial tests. Size analysis, X-ray analysis, compressibility characteristics, void ratio, preconsolidation pressures, permeabilities are considered taking into account the sedimentary sequence. Some relations between parameters are deduced and the hydrodynamic parameters are related to compaction parameters in order to predict their coupled and non-linear effects on the subsidence phenomena. Conclusions consist in the determination of the zones where different sensitivities to compaction are evaluated in these Quaternary formations. [less ▲]

The mean features and characteristics of the 3D FEM in the central area of Shanghai

in Proceedings of the Int. Conf. on Modelling Groundwater flow and pollution, Nanjing (1991)

Water table aquifers and finite element method: analysis and presentation of a case study

in Computational Modelling of Free and Moving Boundary Problems, vol. 1, Fluid Flow (1991)

Geographic structure and potential ecological factors in Belgium

in Journal of Biogeography (1991), 18(3), 257-266

The available potential ecological factors have been scored in the form of presence/absence in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) squares in Belgium. A correspondence analysis shows a strong underlying ... [more ▼]

The available potential ecological factors have been scored in the form of presence/absence in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) squares in Belgium. A correspondence analysis shows a strong underlying gradient in the data set which induces an extraordinary horseshoe effect. This gradient follows closely the altitude component. Applying the k-means clustering method on UTM squares produced geographically compact groups which are largely hierarchically nested. This indicates strong regional trends in the ecological data set. As homogeneous groups may also be artefacts created by the clustering algorithms on a continuous gradient, the relevance of the borders between homogeneous areas is tested. In general, k-means borders correspond to the main breaking lines between adjacent UTM squares. They can be referred to as natural borders. -Authors [less ▲]

Characterization of an Enterococcus Hirae Penicillin-Binding Protein 3 with Low Penicillin Affinity

in Journal of Bacteriology (1990), 172(12), 6856-6862

Enterococcus hirae S185, a clinical isolate from swine intestine, exhibits a relatively high resistance to penicillin and contains two 77-kDa penicillin-binding proteins 3 of high (PBP 3s) and low (PBP 3r ... [more ▼]

Enterococcus hirae S185, a clinical isolate from swine intestine, exhibits a relatively high resistance to penicillin and contains two 77-kDa penicillin-binding proteins 3 of high (PBP 3s) and low (PBP 3r) affinity to penicillin, respectively. A laboratory mutant S185r has been obtained which overproduces PBP 3r and has a highly increased resistance to penicillin. Peptide fragments specifically produced by trypsin and SV8 protease digestions of PBP 3r were isolated, and the amino acid sequences of their amino terminal regions were determined. On the basis of these sequences, oligonucleotides were synthesized and used as primers to generate, by polymerization chain reaction, a 233-bp DNA fragment the sequence of which translated into a 73-amino-acid peptide segment of PBP 3r. These structural data led to the conclusion that the E. hirae PBP 3r and the methicillin-resistant staphylococcal PBP 2' are members of the same class of high-Mr PBPs. As shown by immunological tests, PBP 3r is not related to PBP 3s but, in contrast, is related to the 71-kDa PBP 5 of low penicillin affinity which is responsible for penicillin resistance in E. hirae ATCC 9790 and R40. [less ▲]