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Relatives to Planetary Nebulae, such as barium stars or symbiotic systems, can shed light on the connection between Planetary Nebulae and binarity. Because of the observational selection effects against direct spectroscopic detection of binary PNe cores with orbital periods longer than a few dozen days, at present these "awkward relatives" are a critical source of our knowledge about the binary PNe population at longer periods. Below a few examples are discussed, posing constraints on the attempts to model nebula, ejection process in a binary. © 2006 International Astronomical Union.

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BACKGROUND: Tissue transglutaminase (t-TG) is the main autoantigen recognized by the endomysium antibodies (EMA) observed in patients with celiac disease (CD). The aim of the study was to assess an ELISA method for t-TG antibodies (t-TGA) with respect to EMA IF assay in pediatric and adult patients. METHODS: t-TGA were analyzed by ELISA in 220 sera samples: 82 patients with biopsy-proven untreated CD (23 adults and 59 children), 14 CD children on gluten-free diet, 18 asymptomatic relatives of CD patients, and 106 age-matched control patients with gluten-unrelated gastrointestinal diseases (58 adults and 48 children). Serum IgA EMA were tested on umbilical cord sections in all patients. RESULTS: The great majority (92.7%) of untreated CD patients (both adults and children) were t-TGA positive (values ranging from 20.1 to > 300 AU). None of the child control patients and only two out of 58 (3.4%) of the adults with unrelated gastrointestinal diseases had serum t-TGA positivity; two out of 18 first-degree relatives with biopsy-proved silent CD were t-TGA (as well as EMA) positive. Finally, two out of 14 CD children, assuming a gluten-free diet, had serum t-TGA (as well as EMA). A highly significant correlation (P < 0.001) was observed between t-TGA concentrations and EMA. t-TGA showed a sensitivity of 87% and 95%, a specificity of 97% and 100% for adults and children, respectively. CONCLUSION: The method is highly sensitive and specific in the diagnosis of CD and is promising as a tool for routine diagnostic use and population screening, especially in children.

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L'article examine comment s'affirme l'idéal-type émergent des eurorégions en Europe. En analysant les discours produits par des institutions, des acteurs économiques et des médias, nous reconstituons la définition du projet eurorégional à partir des diverses positions énonciatives et indépendamment des langues ou de la localisation géographique des eurorégions. D'un côté, les résultats mettent en évidence des métaphores caractéristiques du discours politique européen (la construction, l'expérimentation, le corps) qui contribuent à instaurer l'imaginaire d'un continuum territorial en Europe. D'un autre côté, les résultats dévoilent des zones d'ombre (dissensions, approximations, dispersions, concurrence) qui rendent la définition du projet eurorégional floue et difficile à appréhender pour le citoyen. L'analyse s'appuie sur un corpus authentique et multilingue en vue de déceler des régularités relatives au discours eurorégional. Elle mobilise des résultats textométriques simples mais vérifiables qui servent de repères à l'analyse qualitative.