Terroristiryhmän rikosoikeudellinen sääntely

English summary: Criminal legislation and terrorist groups (s. 334-335)

Apparent versus true gene expression changes of three hypoxia-related genes in autopsy derived tissue and the importance of normalisation.

The aim of our work was to show how a chosen normal-isation strategy can affect the outcome of quantitative gene expression studies. As an example, we analysed the expression of three genes known to be upregulated under hypoxic conditions: HIF1A, VEGF and SLC2A1 (GLUT1). Raw RT-qPCR data were normalised using two different strategies: a straightforward normalisation against a single reference gene, GAPDH, using the 2(-ΔΔCt) algorithm and a more complex normalisation against a normalisation factor calculated from the quantitative raw data from four previously validated reference genes. We found that the two different normalisation strategies revealed contradicting results: normalising against a validated set of reference genes revealed an upregulation of the three genes of interest in three post-mortem tissue samples (cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle and brain) under hypoxic conditions. Interestingly, we found a statistically significant difference in the relative transcript abundance of VEGF in cardiac muscle between donors who died of asphyxia versus donors who died from cardiac death. Normalisation against GAPDH alone revealed no upregulation but, in some instances, a downregulation of the genes of interest. To further analyse this discrepancy, the stability of all reference genes used were reassessed and the very low expression stability of GAPDH was found to originate from the co-regulation of this gene under hypoxic conditions. We concluded that GAPDH is not a suitable reference gene for the quantitative analysis of gene expression in hypoxia and that validation of reference genes is a crucial step for generating biologically meaningful data.

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Référence bibliographique : Weigert, 335

Lettres du concile de Chalcédoine.

Catalogue de l'abbaye de Corbie (éd. d'E. Coyecque, Cat des mss des bibliothèques de France, XIX, p.XI-XLVIII) XIIe s.: n°91; XIIIe s.: n°198; 1621: n°290 Ex-libris : 1er f. de garde en parchemin : « Ex Monasterio Corbeinsi » ; — f.1 : id. barré ; — « Sti Germani a Pratis »

Examéron de S. Ambroise.

Catalogue de l'abbaye de Corbie (éd. d'E. Coyecque, Cat des mss des bibliothèques de France, XIX, p.XI-XLVIII) XIIe s.: cf. n°45, 47; XIIIe s.: n°64; 1621: n°101 Ex-libris : f.2 : « Ex Libris S. Petri Corbeiensis » ; — « Sti Germani a Pratis »

Ambroise Autpert, sur l'Apocalypse. Latin 12287

Catalogue de l'abbaye de Corbie (éd. d'E. Coyecque, Cat des mss des bibliothèques de France, XIX, p.XI-XLVIII) XIIIe s.: n°48; 1621: n°109 Ex-libris : f.1 : « ex libris S. Petri Corbeiensis » ; — « Sti Germani a Pratis »

Inhibition of bicarbonate transport protects embryonic heart against reoxygenation-induced dysfunction.

It has not been well established whether the mechanisms participating in pH regulation in the anoxic-reoxygenated developing myocardium resemble those operating in the adult. We have specially examined the importance of Na+/H+ exchange (NHE) and HCO3-dependent transports in cardiac activity after changes in extracellular pH (pHo). Spontaneously contracting hearts isolated from 4-day-old chick embryos were submitted to single or repeated anoxia (1 min) followed by reoxygenation (10 min). The chronotropic, dromotropic and inotropic responses of the hearts were determined in standard HCO3- buffer at pHo 7.4 and at pHo 6.5 (hypercapnic acidosis). In distinct experiments, acidotic anoxia preceded reoxygenation at pHo 7.4. NHE was blocked with amiloride derivative HMA (1 micro mol/l) and HCO3-dependent transports were inactivated by replacement of HCO3 or blockade with stilbene derivative DIDS (100 micro mol/l). Anoxia caused transient tachycardia, depressed mechanical function and induced contracture. Reoxygenation temporarily provoked cardiac arrest, atrio-ventricular (AV) block, arrhythmias and depression of contractility. Addition of DIDS or substitution of HCO3 at pHo 7.4 had the same effects as acidosis per se, i.e. shortened contractile activity and increased incidence of arrhythmias during anoxia, prolonged cardioplegia and provoked arrhythmias at reoxygenation. Under anoxia at pHo 6.5/reoxygenation at pHo 7.4, cardioplegia, AV block and arrhythmias were all markedly prolonged. Interestingly, in the latter protocol, DIDS suppressed AV block and arrhythmias during reoxygenation, whereas HMA had no effect. Thus, intracellular pH regulation in the anoxic-reoxygenated embryonic heart appears to depend predominantly on HCO3 availability and transport. Furthermore, pharmacological inhibition of anion transport can protect against reoxygenation-induced dysfunction.

Annual Review of the European Football Players' Labour Market / Etude annuelle du marché du travail européen des footballeurs

The key reference on the labour market and the logics of squad formation in the five main European leagues. One hundred richly coloured pages, illustrated by graphics, maps, rankings, statistical models and analysis in French and English which... - inform managers about potential strategies to put their clubs on the road to success - help managers of federations and players' unions to understand current trends and to take decisions - suggest to journalists new lines of investigation likely to interest the general public - allow researchers and students to benefit from reliable and comparable sources, developed with the greatest possible rigour - give fans the possibility to understand in detail the dynamics at work in their favourite sport and club Demographic Study of Footballers in Europe The Demographic Study of European Footballers is an annual publication destined for anyone who wishes to acquire a scientific understanding of the European football players' labour market. It presents the dynamics at work in 36 first division leagues in UEFA member countries. This edition covers our biggest ever survey comprising more than 520 clubs and 13,000 footballers. Statistical indicators relative to nine thematics (morphology, age, experience training, origin, etc.) allow the comparison of player profiles and squad compositions at league and club level. Through easily-understable regression analyses, the Study brings to light the principle differences between clubs and leagues according to economic and sporting level of championships. The final part presents the list of the most promising players under 23 years of age by league and position

Sappho à Rome : poétiques en échos de Catulle à Horace

Résumé Ce travail poursuit deux buts. Le premier objectif, d'ordre théorique et méthodologique, est d'aborder les phénomènes d'intertextualité selon une perspective jusqu'ici négligée, qui prend à rebours le problème de l'intentionnalité, particulièrement aigu dans les études classiques plutôt que de partir du texte plus récent pour remonter à ses «modèles », il s'agit d'observer la circulation d'un corpus plus ancien dans l'espace et dans le temps et son interaction avec d'autres discours dans différents contextes. Le second but, lié à l'histoire littéraire, consiste à étudier la manière dont Sappho, seule femme au canon alexandrin des neuf poètes lyriques et assimilée pour cela à un Homère féminin ou à une dixième Muse, a joué à Rome un rôle de référence en matière de poésie d'amour. Pour ce faire, l'enquête s'articule autour d'un poème emblématique de Sappho, le fameux fragment 31 avec sa liste de symptômes de passion érotique, et de trois de ses échos marqués, chez Catulle, Lucrèce et Horace, à une époque où l'on assiste à un développement intense de la poésie d'amour latine. Chaque chapitre propose une analyse comparative systématique en cercles concentriques, partant de l'énoncé comparable - la pathographie - et abordant ensuite son insertion à des poèmes différents pour élargir enfin l'investigation aux contextes. Entre la Lesbos du VIIe-VIe et la Rome du Ier siècle avant notre ère intervient un changement majeur dans le type de contexte déterminant pour la fonction et la signification des poèmes d'une situation de communication orale, où chaque chant prend son sens dans une occasion particulière de performance, on passe à un environnement principalement écrit, où l'élément décisif est plutôt le co-texte, le recueil où le poème s'insère et entre en relation avec d'autres. À la pragmatique des chants de Sappho, liée à la vie de son groupe féminin à Lesbos, puis aux banquets par le biais desquels ils ont été transmis, répondent les poétiques de Catulle, Lucrèce et Horace, qui se définissent notamment par rapport à eux avec des réseaux d'échos reflétant souvent, de façon plus ou moins contrastée, différentes traditions de réception des textes de la poétesse, voire la structure du recueil alexandrin de ses poèmes.

New evidence of neuroprotection by lactate after transient focal cerebral ischaemia: extended benefit after intracerebroventricular injection and efficacy of intravenous administration.

BACKGROUND: Lactate protects mice against the ischaemic damage resulting from transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) when administered intracerebroventricularly at reperfusion, yielding smaller lesion sizes and a better neurological outcome 48 h after ischaemia. We have now tested whether the beneficial effect of lactate is long-lasting and if lactate can be administered intravenously. METHODS: Male ICR-CD1 mice were subjected to 15-min suture MCAO under xylazine + ketamine anaesthesia. Na L-lactate (2 µl of 100 mmol/l) or vehicle was administered intracerebroventricularly at reperfusion. The neurological deficit was evaluated using a composite deficit score based on the neurological score, the rotarod test and the beam walking test. Mice were sacrificed at 14 days. In a second set of experiments, Na L-lactate (1 µmol/g body weight) was administered intravenously into the tail vein at reperfusion. The neurological deficit and the lesion volume were measured at 48 h. RESULTS: Intracerebroventricularly injected lactate induced sustained neuroprotection shown by smaller neurological deficits at 7 days (median = 0, min = 0, max = 3, n = 7 vs. median = 2, min = 1, max = 4.5, n = 5, p < 0.05) and 14 days after ischaemia (median = 0, min = 0, max = 3, n = 7 vs. median = 3, min = 0.5, max = 3, n = 7, p = 0.05). Reduced tissue damage was demonstrated by attenuated hemispheric atrophy at 14 days (1.3 ± 4.0 mm(3), n = 7 vs. 12.1 ± 3.8 mm(3), n = 5, p < 0.05) in lactate-treated animals. Systemic intravenous lactate administration was also neuroprotective and attenuated the deficit (median = 1, min = 0, max = 2.5, n = 12) compared to vehicle treatment (median = 1.5, min = 1, max = 8, n = 12, p < 0.05) as well as the lesion volume at 48 h (13.7 ± 12.2 mm(3), n = 12 vs. 29.6 ± 25.4 mm(3), n = 12, p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The beneficial effect of lactate is long-lasting: lactate protects the mouse brain against ischaemic damage when supplied intracerebroventricularly during reperfusion with behavioural and histological benefits persisting 2 weeks after ischaemia. Importantly, lactate also protects after systemic intravenous administration, a more suitable route of administration in a clinical emergency setting. These findings provide further steps to bring this physiological, commonly available and inexpensive neuroprotectant closer to clinical translation for stroke.