Memorial addresses on the life and character of Robert M. A. Hawk (a representative from Illinois) /

Pub. by order of Congress.

Le baron Robert de Billing; vie - notes - correspondance.

Mode of access: Internet.

Ingersollia : Gems of thought from the lectures, speeches, and conversations of Robert G. Ingersoll, representative of his opinions and beliefs ... /

Mode of access: Internet.

A eulogy upon the life and character of the late Hon. Robert Y. Hayne : delivered on the 13th February, 1840, at the Circular Church, by appointment of the citizens of Charleston /

"Published at the request of the City Council of Charleston."

An address delivered on the occasion of laying the corner stone of the new medical hall of Transylvania university, July, 1839.

Mode of access: Internet.

State of South Carolina : Governor Hayne’s message

Governor Hayne speaks of the superiority of individual state sovereignty and states’ rights over mandates by the federal government. Hayne’s speech comes after President Andrew Jackson’s Nullification Proclamation that disputed a state’s right to nullify a federal law, in response to South Carolina’s ordinances declaring the tariff acts of 1828 and 1832 unconstitutional.

Causes multiples de décès chez les personnes âgées au Québec, 2000-2004

Afin d'effectuer les classements et les analyses portant sur la mortalité selon la cause médicale de décès, il est d'usage d'utiliser uniquement la cause initiale de décès, qui représente la maladie ou le traumatisme ayant initié la séquence d'événements menant au décès. Cette méthode comporte plusieurs limites. L'analyse de causes multiples, qui a la qualité d'utiliser toutes les causes citées sur le certificat de décès, serait particulièrement indiquée pour mieux expliquer la mortalité puisque les décès sont souvent attribuables à plusieurs processus morbides concurrents. L'analyse des causes multiples de décès chez les personnes âgées au Québec pour les années 2000-2004 permet d'identifier plusieurs conditions ayant contribué au décès, mais n'ayant toutefois pas été sélectionnées comme cause ayant initié le processus morbide. C'est particulièrement le cas de l'hypertension, de l'athérosclérose, de la septicémie, de la grippe et pneumonie, du diabète sucré et de la néphrite, syndrome néphrotique et néphropathie. Cette recherche démontre donc l'importance de la prise en compte des causes multiples afin de dresser un portrait plus juste de la mortalité québécoise aux âges où se concentrent principalement les décès que le permet l'analyse de la cause initiale seule.

Paracrine effects of uterine leucocytes on gene expression of human uterine stromal fibroblasts

The endometrium contains a distinct population of immune cells that undergo cyclic changes during the menstrual cycle and implantation. The majority of these leucocytes are uterine NK (uNK) cells, however how these cells interact with uterine stromal fibroblasts remains unclear. We therefore investigated the paracrine effect of medium conditioned by uterine decidual leucocytes (which are enriched for uNK cells) on the gene expression profile of endometrial stromal fibroblasts in vitro using a cDNA microarray. Our results, verified by real-time PCR, ELISA and FACS analysis, reveal that soluble factors from uterine leucocytes substantially alter endometrial stromal fibroblast gene expression. The largest group of up-regulated genes found was chemokines and cytokines. These include IL-8, CCL8 and CXCL1, which have also been shown to be stimulated by contact of stromal fibroblasts with trophoblast, suggesting that uNK cells work synergistically to support trophoblast migration during implantation. The decidual leucocytes also up-regulated IL-15 and IL-15Ralpha in stromal fibroblasts which could produce a niche for uNK cells allowing proliferation within and recruitment into the uterus, as seen in bone marrow. Overall this study demonstrates, for the first time, the paracrine communication between uterine leucocytes and uterine stromal fibroblasts, and adds to the understanding of how the uterine immune system contributes to the changes seen within the cycling endometrium.

Performance of highway safety devices. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.

Facts and fancies about our "Son of the woods", Henry Clarence Kendall and his poetry : descriptive of the sights and sounds of Australia's mountains, shores and woodlands, a home of many dreams, Henry C. Kendall as Australia's patriot bard" a singer of the dawn.

Mode of access: Internet.

A new Greek and English lexicon; principally on the plan of the Greek and German lexicon of Schneider.

Mode of access: Internet.

Lives of the most eminent literary and scientific men of Great Britain. English poets.

Engraved t.-p.'s with vignettes.

Correspondance du cardinal de Granville, 1565-1586,

Mode of access: Internet.

Documents inédits sur la construction du Pont-Neuf.

Extr. du t. IX des Mémoires de la Soc. de Paris et de l'Yle de France.