Madurez gonadal y fecundidad de la merluza peruana en verano 2003.Crucero BIC Olaya 0301-02

El crucero demersal BIC Olaya 0301-02 se realizó del 24 enero al 17 febrero 2003. Se presentan los resultados sobre la maduración gonadal de la merluza peruana Merluccius gayi peruanus por grados latitudinales y grupos de talla. La fecundidad parcial fue estimada en 26.667 ovocitos por desove y la fecundidad relativa en 131 ovocitos/g de peso corporal. Además, se describe la relación entre la actividad reproductiva (AR) de la merluza con la profundidad del área evaluada.

Calidad de agua en la bahía de Huacho 2002

En el 2002 cumpliendo con el Programa de Vigilancia en Bahías con Alto Potencial de Contaminación, se realizaron cinco prospecciones en las bahías de Huacho (11°05’S-11°07’S) y Carquín (11°04’S-11°05’S). En las dos bahías, la temperatura promedio anual fue 17,7 °C; el O2 promedio en superficie varió entre 3,5-3,8 mL/L y en fondo entre 1,3-1,7 mL/L. Los fosfatos en Huacho presentaron valores normales, en Carquín excedieron los límites permisibles en la LGA (15,80 μg-at/L, julio), los silicatos también superaron los límites. La salinidad fue baja por la descarga del rio Huaura. Ambas bahías mostraron mayores valores de contaminación en momentos de mayor actividad de plantas pesqueras y por efecto de efluentes domésticos, industriales y de irrigación.

Paleobiology and skeletochronology of Jurassic dinosaurs: implications from the histology and oxygen isotope compositions of bones

Fossil biogenic phosphate of fast-growing primary bone tissue of dinosaurs can preserve a histologic and isotopic time-series of annual seasonality in temperature variations, similar to tooth enamel and other accretionary skeletal phases such as corals or wood. On two bone fragments from sympatric dinosaurs with different histologic patterns of bone growth, high-resolution oxygen isotope profiles were analyzed along the radial direction of bone growth. The investigated specimens are from the Jurassic Shishugou Formation in the Junggar Basin, NW China and have distinct patterns of compositional variation. A fibrolamellar dinosaur bone with multiple lines of arrested growth (LAGs) and periodic growth cycles of decreasing bone laminae thickness displays a cyclic intra-bone variation in delta(18)O values of about 2parts per thousand corresponding with the LAGs. These growth cycles in fast-growing fibrolamellar bone provide evidence for seasonal growth of dinosaurs in lower latitudes ( similar to 45degreesN), possibly influenced by a monsoon-type paleoclimate. Seasonal changes in temperature and water supply are consistent with the oxygen isotope composition measured in dinosaur bone phosphate as well as with growth rings in contemporaneous fossil conifer wood from the same locality. In contrast, a plexiform sympatric sauropod bone displays continuous growth, free of LAGs and has a lower intra-bone variation of less than or equal to 0.8parts per thousand. Differences in bone histology are also reflected in the oxygen isotopic composition and its intra-bone variability, indicating different physiological responses to external climatic stress between sympatric dinosaur species. Seasonal intra-bone oxygen isotope variations combined with bone histology may thus yield new insights into species-specific response to climatic stress and its influence on dinosaur growth, formation of growth marks, growth rates, as welt as dinosaur thermophysiology. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.

Mycosis fungoides in a lung transplant recipient with advanced ciclosporin nephropathy: management with mechlorethamine and subsequent renal transplantation.

Posttransplant cutaneous T cell lymphomas are rare and have been reported to have a poor prognosis. We report the case of a follicular mycosis fungoides in a lung transplant recipient who was successfully treated with topical mechlorethamine, prior to subsequent renal transplantation.

TESTAMENTS. — Pièces diverses. — POESIES françaises et latines.

Contient : Lettre de M. Le Camus, avocat au Parlement (Rouen, 22 août 1628) ; Lettres écrites à Mathieu Molé, procureur général, par un de ses cousins (s. d.) ; Testament de Hugues, comte de Rodez (8 octobre 1176) ; Charte de Hugues, comte de Rodez, extraite du cartulaire de l'abbaye de Conques (1195) ; Note de Madame de la Reynie, annonçant à Baluze l'envoi de la pièce suivante (22 avril 1711) ; Testament de Jean de Pins, évêque de Rieux (27 avril 1537) ; Testament de Gabriel de Chazeron, gentilhomme ordinaire de la chambre du roi (31 mars 1624) ; Testament d'Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de Montpensier (27 février 1685) ; Testament de Charlotte-Marguerite de Montmorency, princesse douairière de Condé (9 août 1659) ; Testament de Guillaume de Lamoignon (20 octobre 1676) ; Testament de Perrot d'Ablancourt (5 octobre 1664) ; Testament de Henri de Sponde, évêque de Pamiers (11 mai 1643) ; Testament du P. Maimbourg (28 décembre 1685), accompagné d'une note autographe du même (8 février [1686]) ; Accord entre Charles, comte de Ventadour, et les seigneurs de Soudeille (31 octobre 1429) ; Extrait de l'inventaire des titres de Ventadour ; Note sur la fondation d'une vicairie dans l'église de Saint-Exupery en 1442 ; Lettre de Dupuy, archiprêtre de Saint-Exupery, à Baluze (28 juillet 1692), et copie d'une lettre du curé dudit lieu ; « Les Muses françoises à la Reyne, » recueil de huit sonnets anonymes ; « Prière aux Muses en faveur de Monsieur l'abbé de Saint-Vincent » [de Senlis, J.-P. Berthier], sonnet, par G. Colletet (26 août 1658) ; autographe ; Recueil de pièces de vers latins en l'honneur du même J.-P. Berthier (1er janvier 1664) ; Anagrammes latines sur le même nom, signées T. Billon ; Extrait d'un arrêt de 1655 relatif aux droits des curés sur les dîmes inféodées ; « Carta de parabien a los señalados señores de la esplendida Camara de Justicia, » par le sieur Lagravete, suivie de la liste et de l'éloge des membres du Parlement, par le même ; Vie de l'impératrice Adelaïde, par saint Odilon de Cluny (Migne, Patr. lat., t. CXLII, col. 967) ; Lettre du P. L. Frizon à Baluze (Bordeaux, 18 septembre 1680), et distiques sur le Louvre, envoyés par le même à Colbert (Cf. Sommervogel, Biblioth. de la Compagnie de Jésus, t. III, col. 1012)

Stratigraphy, sedimentology and depositional environments of the Permian to uppermost Cretaceous Batain Group, eastern-Oman

Permian to Late Cretaceous allochthonous sedimentary and volcanic rocks exposed in the Batain area (eastern Oman Margin) have received comparably little attention in the past. They largely were considered as part of the Hamrat Duru Group (Hawasina Complex) of the northern Oman Mountains. Structural, kinematic and biostratigraphic results from our mapping campaign in the Batain area have now revealed, that emplacement of these units occurred in a WNW direction during latest Cretaceous/Early Paleogene time. This clearly contrasts with previous models that postulated a S-ward directed obduction in Campanian times such as recorded from the Hawasina Complex and Semail Ophiolite in the Oman Mountains. We herewith establish the `'Batain Group'' comprising all Permian to Late Cretaceous allochthonous units in the Batain Area. These are: 1.) the Permian Qarari Formation deposited in the toe of a slope setting; 2.) the Late Permian to late Liassic Al Jil Formation comprising periplatform detritus and very coarse breccias; 3.) the Scythian to Norian Matbat Formation formed by slope deposits; 4.) the Early Jurassic to early Oxfordian Guwayza Formation with high energy platform detritus; 5.) the Mid-Jurassic to earliest Cretaceous Ruwaydah Formation seamount; and 6.) the Oxfordian to Santonian Wahrah Formation, mainly radiolarites; and 7.) the Santonian to latest Maastrichtian Fayah Formation built by flysch-type sediments. These sedimentary and volcanic rocks represent deposits of the former ``Batain basin'' off eastern-Oman, destroyed by compressional tectonics at the Cretaceous/Paleogene transition. For tectono-stratigraphic reasons the Batain Group does not form part of the Hawasina Complex.

Caractéristiques de la clientèle des structures à bas seuil d'accès pour toxicomanes mettant à disposition du matériel d'injection stérile en Suisse [Characteristics of attenders of low threshold syringe-exchange centers providing sterile syringes in Switzerland].

BACKGROUND: The objectives of the present study were to evaluate Aids prevention in drug users attending low threshold centres providing sterile injection equipment in Switzerland, to identify the characteristics of these users, and to monitor the progress of indicators of drug-related harm. METHODS: This paper presents results from a cross-sectional survey carried out in 1994. RESULTS: The mean age of attenders was 28 years, and women represented 27% of the sample. 75% of attenders used a combination of hard drugs (heroin and cocaine). Mean duration of heroin consumption was 8 years, and of cocaine 7 years; 76% of attenders had a fixed abode, but only 34% had stable employment; 45% were being treated with methadone; 9% had shared their injection material in the last 6 months; 24% always used condoms in the case of a stable relationship, and 71% in casual relationships. In a cluster analysis constructed on the basis of multiple correspondence analysis, two distinct profiles of users emerge: highly marginalised users with a high level of consumption (21%); irregular users, better integrated socially, of which the majority are under methadone treatment (79%). CONCLUSION: Theses centres play a major role in Aids prevention. Nevertheless, efforts to improve the hygiene conditions of drug injection in Switzerland should be pursued and extended. At the same time, prevention of HIV sexual transmissions should be reinforced.

Clinical role of coronary magnetic resonance angiography in the diagnosis of anomalous coronary arteries.

Though rare, anomalous coronary artery disease is a well-known cause of myocardial ischemia and sudden death among children and young adults. The projectional nature of conventional x-ray angiography often leads to difficulty in the definition of anomalous vessels. Studies have now documented the high accuracy of coronary magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) for the noninvasive detection and definition of anomalous coronary arteries among patients with suspected anomalous coronary arteries of congenital conditions associated with anomalous coronary arteries. With increasing clinical experience, coronary MRA will likely emerge as the gold standard for the diagnosis of this condition.

Exposition coloniale internationale de Paris. Commissariat général

Comprend : Afrique équatoriale française ; Afrique occidentale française / par Robert Delavignette ; bois gravés de Germaine Bernard ; Indochine / ouvrage publié sous la direction de M. Sylvain Lévi ; Ile de la Réunion, Côte française des Somalis, Établissements français de l'Inde ; Établissements français du Pacifique austral. Nouvelle Calédonie et dépendances. Nouvelles Hébrides, îles Wallis et Futuna. Établissements français de l'Océanie ; Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon ; Madagascar et dépendances / par M. Delelée-Desloges ; illustrations de M. Le Scouezec ; Territoires africains sous mandat de la France. Cameroun et Togo / Victor Chazelas ; Suzanne Truitard

Exposition coloniale internationale de Paris. Commissariat général

Comprend : Afrique équatoriale française ; Afrique occidentale française / par Robert Delavignette ; bois gravés de Germaine Bernard ; Indochine / ouvrage publié sous la direction de M. Sylvain Lévi ; Ile de la Réunion, Côte française des Somalis, Établissements français de l'Inde ; Établissements français du Pacifique austral. Nouvelle Calédonie et dépendances. Nouvelles Hébrides, îles Wallis et Futuna. Établissements français de l'Océanie ; Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon ; Madagascar et dépendances / par M. Delelée-Desloges ; illustrations de M. Le Scouezec ; Territoires africains sous mandat de la France. Cameroun et Togo / Victor Chazelas ; Suzanne Truitard

Revegetação de cava de extração de argila com Acacia mangium: I - atributos químicos do solo, ácidos fúlvicos e húmicos

O presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar alterações nos atributos químicos do solo e dos ácidos húmicos e fúlvicos extraídos de cava de extração de argila com vegetação espontânea de gramínea [Brachiaria mutica (Forsk.) Stapf] e revegetada de Acacia mangium Willd. Foram coletadas amostras de solo nas profundidades de 0-10, 10-20 e 20-30 cm. Na cobertura com A. mangium em relação a B. mutica, observaram-se acréscimos no estoque de carbono de 33 e 80 %, respectivamente nas profundidades de 0-10 e 20-30 cm. O menor estoque de C ocorreu na fração ácidos fúlvicos livres (AFL). Na cobertura com A. mangium foi observado aumento no grau de humificação da matéria orgânica, que variou de 38 a 280 % na fração ácidos fúlvicos (AF) e de 26 a 217 % nos ácidos húmicos (AH), dependendo da profundidade do solo. A acidez total, tanto da fração AF como dos AH, foi elevada, variando na faixa de 810 a 920 cmol c kg-1. No entanto, em torno de 67 % da capacidade de troca de H+ deveu-se a grupos OH- fenólicos, caracterizados como grupamentos ácidos mais fracos. Os valores observados para a relação E4/E6 ficaram dentro da faixa normalmente encontrada para AF (entre 8,2 e 10,5) e AH (entre 1,3 e 3,9). Os AH isolados da cava com cobertura de A. mangium apresentaram valores mais elevados da relação E4/E6, sugerindo a presença de fração humificada menos condensada e de menor massa molecular.

Performance of an automated multiplex immunofluorescence assay for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis immunoglobulin G.

Chlamydia serology is indicated to investigate etiology of miscarriage, infertility, pelvic inflammatory disease, and ectopic pregnancy. Here, we assessed the reliability of a new automated-multiplex immunofluorescence assay (InoDiag test) to detect specific anti-C. trachomatis immunoglobulin G. Considering immunofluorescence assay (IF) as gold standard, InoDiag tests exhibited similar sensitivities (65.5%) but better specificities (95.1%-98%) than enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs). InoDiag tests demonstrated similar or lower cross-reactivity rates when compared to ELISA or IF.

Recherche-action et gouvernance clinique: l'exemple du projet "psychiatrie et migrants" du CHUV [Action research and clinical governance: the example of the project "psychiatry and migrants" at the Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois]

Action research is a useful instrument for the organization health care and the clinical governance of psychiatric institutions. What this type of research offers can be illustrated by the cohort study of migrant patients without health insurance who consulted the Department of Psychiatry of the Vaudois university medical center (CHUV) in 2008. While giving greater visibilty to the psychological suffering and social distress of these patients, the study also enabled the authors to determine which clinical procedures were actually offered to these patients and the amount these procedures cost the department. The small number of cases that were identified as well as their uneven distribution amongst the different services of the department suggest that considerable efforts must still be made to improve access for this population to public psychiatric services.

Success of a general school-based physical activity intervention on bone mineral content depends on pubertal stage but not on gender

Aims: We performed a randomised controlled trial in children of both gender and different pubertal stages to determine whether a school-based physical activity (PA) program during a full schoolyear influences bone mineral content (BMC) and whether there are differences in response for boys and girls before and during puberty. Methods: Twenty-eight 1st and 5th grade classes were cluster randomised to an intervention (INT, 16 classes, n=297) and control (CON; 12 classes, n=205) group. The intervention consisted of a multi-component PA intervention including daily physical education during a full school year. Each lesson was predetermined, included about ten minutes of jumping or strength training exercises of various intensity and was the same for all children. Measurements included anthropometry (height and weight), tanner stages (by self-assessment), PA (by accelerometry) and BMC for total body, femoral neck, total hip and lumbar spine using dualenergy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Bone parameters were normalized for gender and tanner stage (pre- vs. puberty). Analyses were performed by a regression model adjusted for gender, baseline height, baseline weight, baseline PA, post-intervention tanner stage, baseline BMC, and cluster. Researchers were blinded to group allocation. Children in the control group did not know about the intervention arm. Results: 217 (57%) of 380 children who initially agreed to have DXA measurements had also post-intervention DXA and PA data. Mean age of prepubertal and pubertal children at baseline was 9.0±2.1 and 11.2±0.6 years, respectively. 47/114 girls and 68/103 boys were prepubertal at the end of the intervention. Compared to CON, children in INT showed statistically significant increases in BMC of total body (adjusted z-score differences: 0.123; 95%>CI 0.035 to 0.212), femoral neck (0.155; 95%>CI 0.007 to 0.302), and lumbar spine (0.127; 95%>CI 0.026 to 0.228). Importantly, there was no gender*group, but a tanner*group interaction consistently favoring prepubertal children. Conclusions: Our findings show that a general, but stringent school-based PA intervention can improve BMC in elementary school children. Pubertal stage, but not gender seems to determine bone sensitivity to physical activity loading.