Ce cavernome cérébral est-il la cause d'un syndrome parkinsonien ?

in Revue Médicale de Liège (in press)

We report the case of a patient presenting with an akineto-rigid syndrome of the left hemibody whose etiological exploration by magnetic resonance imaging showed the presence of a cavernoma located in the ... [more ▼]

We report the case of a patient presenting with an akineto-rigid syndrome of the left hemibody whose etiological exploration by magnetic resonance imaging showed the presence of a cavernoma located in the right lenticular region. The interest of this situation lies in establishing whether pathophysiological link may exist between such symptoms and the lesion. [less ▲]

Bilan de 5 années de conception et de régulation d'outils pédagogiques innovants: implémentation d'un portfolio dans un enseignement de l'architecture par compétences

in Actes du VIIème Colloque: Questions de Pédagogies en Enseignement Supérieur (in press)

Entre 2007 et 2012, des innovations pédagogiques initialement conçues de façon intuitive et ponctuelle par quelques enseignants se sont développées, améliorées et généralisées. Comment ont-elles ... [more ▼]

Entre 2007 et 2012, des innovations pédagogiques initialement conçues de façon intuitive et ponctuelle par quelques enseignants se sont développées, améliorées et généralisées. Comment ont-elles progressivement pris corps d'un point de vue théorique ? Comment sont-elles devenues les composantes essentielles d'un portfolio qui se développera peut-être bientôt sur plusieurs années du cursus ? Comment l'ensemble s'articule-t-il autour d'un projet de référentiel de compétences facultaire ? [less ▲]

Architectural Education at Antwerp's Academy, Between Tradition and Innovation, 1830-1914

in De Vos, Els; Lombaerde, Piet (Eds.) 350 jaar Architectuur in Antwerpen: van Academie tot Universiteit (in press)

A quantitative analysis of the use of posture verbs by French-speaking learners of Dutch

in CogniTextes (in press)

This article presents a study of the use of the Dutch cardinal posture verbs staan (‘stand’), liggen (‘lie) and zitten (‘sit’) by French-speaking learners of Dutch; the data is drawn from a corpus of semi ... [more ▼]

This article presents a study of the use of the Dutch cardinal posture verbs staan (‘stand’), liggen (‘lie) and zitten (‘sit’) by French-speaking learners of Dutch; the data is drawn from a corpus of semi-spontaneous oral picture descriptions. Due to the typological differences between French and Dutch in the spatial domain (see Talmy 2000; Lemmens & Slobin 2008), the use of posture verbs is a highly problematic subject for French-speaking learners of Dutch. As a result, their interlanguage is typically characterized by an overall underuse of posture verbs as well as a confusion of the different posture verbs. Our study evaluates how the use of the posture verbs by the learners aligns with their level of proficiency. Strikingly, the statistical tendencies in our data show that a higher proficiency does not correspond to a more accurate use of posture verbs. At first sight, this seems to suggest that advanced learners have become worse at the use of posture verbs. A more refined analysis, however, shows that despite the increase of errors, the learners adopt more native-like strategies as their level of foreign language proficiency increases, suggesting that they gradually become more aware of the strong locative character of Dutch. [less ▲]

Climate-controlled palynofacies and miospore biostratigraphy of the Early Devonian Jauf Formation, northern Saudi Arabia

in GeoArabia (in press)

The Jauf Formation miospore succession is synthesized in terms of paleoenvironments and sequence stratigraphy. The data set for this study is obtained from four overlapping, continuously cored, and ... [more ▼]

The Jauf Formation miospore succession is synthesized in terms of paleoenvironments and sequence stratigraphy. The data set for this study is obtained from four overlapping, continuously cored, and extensively sampled, boreholes that for a 940 ft composite section. The Jauf Formation ranges in age from late Pragian to latest Emsian. The palynological assemblages, recognized herein, provide the basis for recognizing depositional environments present in the Early Devonian of northern Saudi Arabia. Transgressive – regressive cycles are indicated, not only by lithology but by marked changes in the marine to terrestrially dominated palynological assemblages. Flooding events are recognized by the replacement of spore dominated assemblages by organic-walled microphytoplankton. The maximum flooding interval for the Jauf is reinterpreted based on a correlative event consisting of diverse acritarchs and abundant chitinozoans. [Add details on the paly and sequence stratigraphy here. No.cycles and order.] The new northern Gondwanan biozonation developed by Breuer and Steemans (2012) and used here allows a high-resolution regional biozonation for the Arabian Plate and more intercontinental [?] correlation of the Jauf Formation with other Gondwanan and Euramerican localities. One new spore genus (Zonohilates) and four spore species (Insculptospora maxima, Camarozonotriletes alruwailii, Devonomonoletes crassus and Zonohilates vulneratus) are newly proposed. [less ▲]

Toward a Noninvasive Inuit Polar Bear Survey: Genetic Data from Polar Bear Hair Snags

in Wildlife Society Bulletin (in press)

Hollow Cylinder Tests on Boom Clay: Modelling of Strain Localization in the Anisotropic Excavation Damaged Zone

in Rock Mechanic and Rock Engineering (in press)

Using survey data to resolve the exchange risk exposure puzzle

in Journal of International Money & Finance (in press)

L’incendie : feu purificateur ?

in Bulletin de la Société d'Art et d'Histoire du Diocèse de Liège (in press)

Dans la nuit du 3 au 4 août 1312, la Cité de Liège est mise à feu et à sang. Sept siècles plus tard, la mémoire collective liégeoise compte encore cet évènement au nombre des jalons les plus tragiques de ... [more ▼]

Dans la nuit du 3 au 4 août 1312, la Cité de Liège est mise à feu et à sang. Sept siècles plus tard, la mémoire collective liégeoise compte encore cet évènement au nombre des jalons les plus tragiques de l’histoire de la Principauté. Les conditions dans lesquelles moururent les patriciens demeurent inqualifiables, de même que les moyens auxquels recourut la masse populaire révoltée pour venir à bout de son adversaire. Cet évènement anecdotique au regard de la grande histoire met en lumière la place ambivalente du feu dans la vie et la mentalité des hommes et des femmes du Moyen Âge. Il invite à une profonde réflexion mêlant des considérations juridiques, spirituelles, symboliques et anthropologiques [less ▲]

DUst Around NEarby Stars. The survey observational results

in Astronomy and Astrophysics (in press)

Context. Debris discs are a consequence of the planet formation process and constitute the fingerprints of planetesimal systems. Their solar system's counterparts are the asteroid and Edgeworth-Kuiper ... [more ▼]

Context. Debris discs are a consequence of the planet formation process and constitute the fingerprints of planetesimal systems. Their solar system's counterparts are the asteroid and Edgeworth-Kuiper belts. Aims. The DUNES survey aims at detecting extra-solar analogues to the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt around solar-type stars, putting in this way the solar system into context. The survey allows us to address some questions related to the prevalence and properties of planetesimal systems. Methods. We used Herschel/PACS to observe a sample of nearby FGK stars. Data at 100 and 160 μm were obtained, complemented in some cases with observations at 70 μm, and at 250, 350 and 500 μm using SPIRE. The observing strategy was to integrate as deep as possible at 100 μm to detect the stellar photosphere. Results. Debris discs have been detected at a fractional luminosity level down to several times that of the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt. The incidence rate of discs around the DUNES stars is increased from a rate of ∼ 12.1% ± 5% before Herschel to ∼ 20.2% ± 2%. A significant fraction (∼ 52%) of the discs are resolved, which represents an enormous step ahead from the previously known resolved discs. Some stars are associated with faint far-IR excesses attributed to a new class of cold discs. Although it cannot be excluded that these excesses are produced by coincidental alignment of background galaxies, statistical arguments suggest that at least some of them are true debris discs. Some discs display peculiar SEDs with spectral indexes in the 70–160 μm range steeper than the Rayleigh-Jeans one. An analysis of the debris disc parameters suggests that a decrease might exist of the mean black body radius from the F-type to the K-type stars. In addition, a weak trend is suggested for a correlation of disc sizes and an anticorrelation of disc temperatures with the stellar age. [less ▲]