Mid- to Late Holocene shoreline reconstruction and human occupation in Ancient Eretria (South Central Euboea, Greece)

Few studies have aimed to reconstruct landscape change in the area of Eretria (South Central Euboea, Greece) during the last 6000 years. The aim of this paper is to partially fill in this gap by examining the interaction be- tween Mid- to Late Holocene shoreline evolution and human occupation, which is documented in the area from the Late Neolithic to the Late Roman period (with discontinuities). Evidence of shoreline displacements is derived from the study of five boreholes (maximum depth of 5.25 m below the surface) drilled in the lowlands of Eretria. Based on sedimentological analyses and micro/macrofaunal identifications, different facies have been identified in the cores and which reveal typical features of deltaic progradation with marine, lagoonal, fluvio- deltaic and fluvial environments. In addition, a chronostratigraphy has been obtained based on 20 AMS 14C radio- carbon dates performed on samples of plant remains and marine/lagoonal shells found in situ. The main sequences of landscape reconstruction in the plain of Eretria can be summarized as follows: a marine environ- ment predominated from ca. 4000 to 3200 cal. BC and a gradual transition to shallow marine conditions is ob- served ca. 3200-3000 cal. BC due to the general context of deltaic progradation west of the ancient city. Subsequently, from ca. 3000 to 2000 cal. BC, a lagoon occupied the area in the vicinity of the Temple of Apollo and the settlement's development was restricted to several fluvio-deltaic levees, thus severely limiting human activities in the plain. From ca. 2000 to 800 cal. BC, a phase of shallow marine presence prevailed and constrained settlement on higher ground, forcing abandonment of the major part of the plain. Finally, since the eighth century BC, the sea has regressed southward and created the modern landscape.

Recherches sur l'occupation d'Althiburos (région du Kef, Tunisie) et de ses environs à l'èpoque numide

El desenvolupament durant els anys 2006-2007 del projecte de recerca sobre la formació de l'Estat númida ha revelat l'existència a Althiburos d'un hàbitat preromà d'extensió considerable (almenys 4 ha), l'origen del qual remunta com a mínim al segle VI aC. La prospecció del territori adjacent ha mostrat l'existència de diversos jaciments númides de dimensions més reduïdes, d'algunes estructures funeràries de la mateixa època i d'una cinquantena de dòlmens, la datació dels quals (tal vegada del Bronze final), roman encara incerta. Les dades obtingudes permeten situar en el segle VI aC, o fins i tot abans, l'inici del procés de complexificació social que va conduir a la formació dels regnes númides.

Trois jeunes dentistes anglaises attachées à l'armée anglaise d'occupation en Allemagne : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 58993

The Omega model: from bankruptcy to occupation times in the red

Ruin occurs the first time when the surplus of a company or an institution is negative. In the Omega model, it is assumed that even with a negative surplus, the company can do business as usual until bankruptcy occurs. The probability of bankruptcy at a point of time only depends on the value of the negative surplus at that time. Under the assumption of Brownian motion for the surplus, the expected discounted value of a penalty at bankruptcy is determined, and hence the probability of bankruptcy. There is an intrinsic relation between the probability of no bankruptcy and an exposure random variable. In special cases, the distribution of the total time the Brownian motion spends below zero is found, and the Laplace transform of the integral of the negative part of the Brownian motion is expressed in terms of the Airy function of the first kind.

Store-operated Ca2+ Entry Mediated by Orai1 and TRPC1 Participates to Insulin Secretion in Rat β-Cells.

Store-operated Ca(2+) channels (SOCs) are voltage-independent Ca(2+) channels activated upon depletion of the endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) stores. Early studies suggest the contribution of such channels to Ca(2+) homeostasis in insulin-secreting pancreatic β-cells. However, their composition and contribution to glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) remains unclear. In this study, endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) depletion triggered by acetylcholine (ACh) or thapsigargin stimulated the formation of a ternary complex composed of Orai1, TRPC1, and STIM1, the key proteins involved in the formation of SOCs. Ca(2+) imaging further revealed that Orai1 and TRPC1 are required to form functional SOCs and that these channels are activated by STIM1 in response to thapsigargin or ACh. Pharmacological SOCs inhibition or dominant negative blockade of Orai1 or TRPC1 using the specific pore mutants Orai1-E106D and TRPC1-F562A impaired GSIS in rat β-cells and fully blocked the potentiating effect of ACh on secretion. In contrast, pharmacological or dominant negative blockade of TRPC3 had no effect on extracellular Ca(2+) entry and GSIS. Finally, we observed that prolonged exposure to supraphysiological glucose concentration impaired SOCs function without altering the expression levels of STIM1, Orai1, and TRPC1. We conclude that Orai1 and TRPC1, which form SOCs regulated by STIM1, play a key role in the effect of ACh on GSIS, a process that may be impaired in type 2 diabetes.

Estimation des coûts engendrés par l'occupation inappropriée des lits de soins aigus du CHUV par des patients en attente de placement

[Table des matières] 1. Pourquoi s'intéresser à l'occupation inappropriée des lits de soins aigus au CHUV ?. - 1.1. Etat des lieux. - 1.1.1. Les chiffres du CHUV. - 1.1.2. La cellule de gestion des flux de patients. - 1.1.3. L'unité de patients en attente de placement. - 1.1.4. La pénurie de lits dans les EMS vaudois. - 1.1.5. Le vieillissement de la population vaudoise. - 1.2. Evidences nationales et internationales. - - 2. Estimation des coûts. - 2.1. Coûts chiffrables. - 2.1.1. Perte financière directe. - 2.1.2. Coûts des transferts pour engorgement. - 2.1.3. Coût d'opportunité. - 2.2. Coûts non chiffrables. - 2.2.1. Patients. - 2.2.2. Personnel médical. - 2.2.3. CHUV. - - 3. Propositions. - 3.1. Prises en charge alternatives. - 3.1.1. Les réseaux intégrés de services aux personnes âgées. - 3.1.2. Les courts séjours gériatriques. - 3.1.3. Autres solutions. - 3.2. Prévention. - 3.2.1. Prévention des chutes. - 3.2.2. La prévention par l'information aux personnes âgées. - 3.2.3. La prévention par l'information à l'ensemble de la population

Bulletin de l'armée d'occupation du Palatinat

1919/05/04 (N18).

Bulletin de l'armée d'occupation du Palatinat

1919/03/16 (N11).