Physiologie du débardeur / par Maurice Alhoy ; vignettes de Gavarni

Collection : Physiologies-Aubert

Physiologie de la grisette / par Louis Huart ; vignettes de Gavarni

Collection : Physiologies Aubert

Physiologie de la femme / par Etienne de Neufville ; ill. de Gavarni

Collection : [Physiologies Aubert]

Physiologie du lion / par Félix Deriège ; illustrations de Gavarni et H. Daumier

Mécénat texte imprimé : Cet ouvrage a été numérisé grâce à Jacques Houbert

Sistema per al control de sensors mitjançant P2P

L'objectiu del projecte és la creació d'una aplicació Android que permeti monitoritzar i controlar l'estat de sensors. El projecte ha de definir l'arquitectura del sistema complet tot i que es desenvolupa únicament l'aplicació d'Android i la comunicació peer-to-peer. L'ús de sensors és simulat i queda fora de l'abast d'aquest projecte.

Fusion of the human gene for the polyubiquitination co-effector UEV-1 with Kua, a newly identified gene

UEV proteins are enzymatically inactive variants of the E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes that regulate noncanonical elongation of ubiquitin chains. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, UEV is part of the RAD6-mediated error-free DNA repair pathway. In mammalian cells, UEV proteins can modulate c-FOS transcription and the G2-M transition of the cell cycle. Here we show that the UEV genes from phylogenetically distant organisms present a remarkable conservation in their exon–intron structure. We also show that the human UEV1 gene is fused with the previously unknown gene Kua. In Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster, Kua and UEV are in separated loci, and are expressed as independent transcripts and proteins. In humans, Kua and UEV1 are adjacent genes, expressed either as separate transcripts encoding independent Kua and UEV1 proteins, or as a hybrid Kua–UEV transcript, encoding a two-domain protein. Kua proteins represent a novel class of conserved proteins with juxtamembrane histidine-rich motifs. Experiments with epitope-tagged proteins show that UEV1A is a nuclear protein, whereas both Kua and Kua–UEV localize to cytoplasmic structures, indicating that the Kua domain determines the cytoplasmic localization of Kua–UEV. Therefore, the addition of a Kua domain to UEV in the fused Kua–UEV protein confers new biological properties to this regulator of variant polyubiquitination.[Kua cDNAs isolated by RT-PCR and described in this paper have been deposited in the GenBank data library under accession nos. AF1155120 (H. sapiens) and AF152361 (D. melanogaster). Genomic clones containing UEV genes: S. cerevisiae, YGL087c (accession no. Z72609); S. pombe, c338 (accession no. AL023781); P. falciparum, MAL3P2 (accession no. AL034558); A. thaliana, F26F24 (accession no. AC005292); C. elegans, F39B2 (accession no. Z92834); D. melanogaster, AC014908; and H. sapiens, 1185N5 (accession no. AL034423). Accession numbers for Kua cDNAs in GenBank dbEST: M. musculus, AA7853; T. cruzi, AI612534. Other Kua-containing sequences: A. thaliana genomic clones F10M23 (accession no. AL035440), F19K23 (accession no. AC000375), and T20K9 (accession no. AC004786).

Hypothalamus transcriptome profile suggests an anorexia-cachexia syndrome in the anx/anx mouse model

The anx/anx mouse displays poor appetite and lean appearance and is considered a good model for the study of anorexia nervosa. To identify new genes involved in feeding behavior and body weight regulation we performed an expression profiling in the hypothalamus of the anx/anx mice. Using commercial microarrays we detected 156 differentially expressed genes and validated 92 of those using TaqMan low-density arrays. The expression of a set of 87 candidate genes selected based on literature evidences was also quantified by TaqMan low-density arrays. Our results showed enrichment in deregulated genes involved in cell death, cell morphology and cancer as well as an alteration of several signaling circuits involved in energy balance including neuropeptide Y and melanocortin signaling. The expression profile along with the phenotype led us to conclude that anx/anx mice resemble the anorexia-cachexia syndrome typically observed in cancer, infection with human immunodeficiency virus or chronic diseases, rather than starvation, and that anx/anx mice could be considered a good model for the treatment and investigation of this condition.

Testing I(1) against I(d) alternatives in the presence of deteministic components

This paper discusses the role of deterministic components in the DGP and in the auxiliary regression model which underlies the implementation of the Fractional Dickey-Fuller (FDF) test for I(1) against I(d) processes with d ∈ [0, 1). This is an important test in many economic applications because I(d) processess with d & 1 are mean-reverting although, when 0.5 ≤ d & 1,, like I(1) processes, they are nonstationary. We show how simple is the implementation of the FDF in these situations, and argue that it has better properties than LM tests. A simple testing strategy entailing only asymptotically normally distributed tests is also proposed. Finally, an empirical application is provided where the FDF test allowing for deterministic components is used to test for long-memory in the per capita GDP of several OECD countries, an issue that has important consequences to discriminate between growth theories, and on which there is some controversy.

Proyecto Delta : interrelación entre intérprete, obra y público en la música contemporánea

Proyecto Delta es una iniciativa escenográfica de un programa de concierto específico constituido con obras de música contemporánea. La propuesta se lleva a cabo gracias a un fundamento teórico que incluye reflexiones en torno a las figuras comprometidas en el acto musical escénico: intérprete, obra y público. En esta digresión sus funciones son objeto de un desfiguramiento, fomentando la capacidad creativa del intérprete como director artístico. El concierto se convierte, de este modo, en un producto acabado. En particular, el Proyecto Delta se construye sobre el diálogo entre lo sonoro y lo visual, lo audible y lo visible: la música y el espacio.

Cross-cultural adaptation of the Quality of Life Index Spinal Cord Injury - Version III

OBJECTIVE To translate and culturally adapt to Portuguese the Ferrans and Powers Quality of Life Index Spinal Cord Injury - Version III and characterize the sample in relation to sociodemographic and clinical aspects. METHOD A methodological study with view to cross-cultural adaptation, following the particular steps of this method: initial translation, translation synthesis, back-translation (translation back to the original language), review by a committee of judges and pretest of the final version. The pretest was carried out with 30 patients with spinal cord injury. RESULTS An index of 74 items divided into two parts (satisfaction/importance) was obtained. The criteria of semantic equivalence were evaluated as very adequate translation, higher than 87%, and vocabulary and were grammar higher than 86%. Idiomatic equivalence was higher than 74%, experimental greater than 78% and conceptual was greater than 70%. CONCLUSION After cross-cultural adaptation, the instrument proved semantic, idiomatic, experimental and conceptual adequacy, in addition to helping the evaluation of the quality of life of people with spinal cord injury.

Physiologie du musicien / par Albert Cler ; vign. de Daumier, Gavarni, Janet-Lange, Valentin

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Elevada prevalença de comorbilitats cardiovasculars en pacients amb artrosi de genolls i mans

Estudis epidemiològics han demostrat una relació entre l’artrosi i els factors de risc cardiovascular clàssics. Es tracta d’un estudi transversal amb 184 pacients amb artrosi de genoll, 70 amb artrosi de mans i 254 controls. Es recullen els diagnòstics de hipertensió arterial, diabetis mellitus, obesitat i dislipèmia i els episodis cardiovasculars. Observem una elevada prevalença de factors de risc cardiovasculars i agrupació d’aquests, resultant ambdues artrosi, un factor de risc indepedent per tal agrupació; i el que seria més important, els episodis cardiovasculars també resulten més freqüents en els dos grups d’artrosi.