Le développement des nāyikābhedas de la littérature sanskrite à la littérature braj : la naissance d'un genre

This article has as its aim to follow the development of a sub-genre called nāyikābheda s through the kāmaśātra s and alaṅkāraśāstra s of Sanskrit literature, Bhānudatta's Rasamañjarī , vernacular literature and the example of the Braj author Dev. Drawing on a few examples from the works of Dev, a skilled poet concerning the descriptions of the nāyikā s, we will see from where the poet takes his inspiration, how he transgresses genre boundaries and the way he creates typologies of women.

Phenotypic Association Analyses With Copy Number Variation in Recurrent Depressive Disorder.

BACKGROUND: Defining the molecular genomic basis of the likelihood of developing depressive disorder is a considerable challenge. We previously associated rare, exonic deletion copy number variants (CNV) with recurrent depressive disorder (RDD). Sex chromosome abnormalities also have been observed to co-occur with RDD. METHODS: In this reanalysis of our RDD dataset (N = 3106 cases; 459 screened control samples and 2699 population control samples), we further investigated the role of larger CNVs and chromosomal abnormalities in RDD and performed association analyses with clinical data derived from this dataset. RESULTS: We found an enrichment of Turner's syndrome among cases of depression compared with the frequency observed in a large population sample (N = 34,910) of live-born infants collected in Denmark (two-sided p = .023, odds ratio = 7.76 [95% confidence interval = 1.79-33.6]), a case of diploid/triploid mosaicism, and several cases of uniparental isodisomy. In contrast to our previous analysis, large deletion CNVs were no more frequent in cases than control samples, although deletion CNVs in cases contained more genes than control samples (two-sided p = .0002). CONCLUSIONS: After statistical correction for multiple comparisons, our data do not support a substantial role for CNVs in RDD, although (as has been observed in similar samples) occasional cases may harbor large variants with etiological significance. Genetic pleiotropy and sample heterogeneity suggest that very large sample sizes are required to study conclusively the role of genetic variation in mood disorders.

Reframing video gaming and internet use addiction : empirical cross-national comparison of heavy use over time and addiction scales among young users

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Evidence-based and reliable measures of addictive disorders are needed in general population-based assessments. One study suggested that heavy use over time (UOT) should be used instead of self-reported addiction scales (AS). This study compared UOT and AS regarding video gaming and internet use empirically, using associations with comorbid factors. DESIGN: Cross-sectional data from the 2011 French Survey on Health and Consumption on Call-up and Preparation for Defence-Day (ESCAPAD), cross-sectional data from the 2012 Swiss ado@internet.ch study and two waves of longitudinal data (2010-13) of the Swiss Longitudinal Cohort Study on Substance Use Risk Factors (C-SURF). SETTING: Three representative samples from the general population of French and Swiss adolescents and young Swiss men, aged approximately 17, 14 and 20 years, respectively. PARTICIPANTS: ESCAPAD: n =22 945 (47.4% men); ado@internet.ch: n =3049 (50% men); C-SURF: n =4813 (baseline + follow-up, 100% men). MEASUREMENTS: We assessed video gaming/internet UOT ESCAPAD and ado@internet.ch: number of hours spent online per week, C-SURF: latent score of time spent gaming/using internet] and AS (ESCAPAD: Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire, ado@internet.ch: Internet Addiction Test, C-SURF: Gaming AS). Comorbidities were assessed with health outcomes (ESCAPAD: physical health evaluation with a single item, suicidal thoughts, and appointment with a psychiatrist; ado@internet.ch: WHO-5 and somatic health problems; C-SURF: Short Form 12 (SF-12 Health Survey) and Major Depression Inventory (MDI). FINDINGS: UOT and AS were correlated moderately (ESCAPAD: r = 0.40, ado@internet.ch: r = 0.53 and C-SURF: r = 0.51). Associations of AS with comorbidity factors were higher than those of UOT in cross-sectional (AS: .005 ≤ |b| ≤ 2.500, UOT: 0.001 ≤ |b| ≤ 1.000) and longitudinal analyses (AS: 0.093 ≤ |b| ≤ 1.079, UOT: 0.020 ≤ |b| ≤ 0.329). The results were similar across gender in ESCAPAD and ado@internet.ch (men: AS: 0.006 ≤ |b| ≤ 0.211, UOT: 0.001 ≤ |b| ≤ 0.061; women: AS: 0.004 ≤ |b| ≤ 0.155, UOT: 0.001 ≤ |b| ≤ 0.094). CONCLUSIONS: The measurement of heavy use over time captures part of addictive video gaming/internet use without overlapping to a large extent with the results of measuring by self-reported addiction scales (AS). Measuring addictive video gaming/internet use via self-reported addiction scales relates more strongly to comorbidity factors than heavy use over time.

El funcionament de la coalició entre Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds i Esquerra Unida i Alternativa (2002-2012)

Aquest estudi té per objectiu descriure el funcionament de la coalició entre Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds i Esquerra Unida i Alternativa, centrant l’atenció en el disseny de l’aliança a partir dels acords electorals firmats i el repartiment de càrrecs electes. Té la voluntat de constatar si els resultats obtinguts per cada formació són equilibrats en funció dels resultats obtinguts per cada una d’elles en el cicle electoral 1999-2000. L’objecte d’estudi és la coalició ICV-EUiA que ha funcionat en l’arena electoral, parlamentària i de govern. Es prenen Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds i Esquerra Unida i Alternativa com actors principals, i es té en compte el pes important que té Izquierda Unida com a referent i suport d’EUiA, com a company de grup parlamentari al Congrés dels Diputats i com a soci de coalició a les eleccions europees. Trobem altres actors, com són el Partit dels Comunistes de Catalunya, el PSUC Viu o el Partido Comunista de España, que acaben influint dins d’EUiA i d’IU. Pel seu costat, hi ha d’altres actors que influeixen a ICV, com són el Partit Verd Europeu i els seu aliats a nivell d’Espanya com Equo o els membres d’Espacio Plural.

Metodologia analítica para a determinação de sulfato em vinhoto

In this way it is very important to know the sulfate concentration in vinasse samples before to make the biodigestor design. A previous developed and indirect method (Anal. Chim. Acta. 1996, 329, 197), was used to determine sulfate in samples of vinasse, after previous treatments, done in order to eliminate organic matter with hydrogen peroxide 30% and concentrated nitric acid mixture (3:1), under heating. Interferent cationic ions were isolated by using ion exchange columns. The results obtained for some samples from Araraquara and Penápolis are here presented. The phosphate concentration was also determined.

Symfonisk fantasi

Soitinnus: ork.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) in mothers before and after delivery – a three year follow-up study.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in mothers are important to consider since pregnancy may affect the outcome of the infection and the mother may transmit HPV to the child. This thesis is part of the 3-year Finnish Family HPV Study on HPV infection dynamics within 329 families. The presence of maternal HPV antibodies and HPV DNA in placenta, umbilical cord blood and breast milk was examined. In addition, genital and oral HR-HPV carriage was studied among mothers with one or two pregnancies. At enrollment, seropositivity to HPV 6, 11, 16, 18 and 45 was recorded in 53 %, 21 %, 35 %, 21 % and 9 % of the mothers, respectively. Age at sexual debut, number of sexual partners, a history of genital warts and antibodies to LR/HR-HPV predicted HR/LR-HPV-seropositivity. During follow-up 27 %, 14 %, 17 %, 17 % and 7 % of the mothers seroconverted to the tested HPV-types, respectively. Decay of HPV-antibodies was rare. The mother’s new pregnancy was of minor impact in the outcome of oral and cervical HR-HPV infections. HPV-DNA was present in 4.2 % and 3.5 % of the placentas and umbilical cord blood samples, and in 4.5 % and 19.7 % of the breast milk samples collected at day 3 and month 2 postpartum, respectively. HPV-positivity in placenta/cord blood was related to a history of abnormal pap-smears or genital warts, and raised the risk of the neonate being HPV-positive at birth. The mode of delivery did not predict the HPVstatus of neonate, placenta, or cord blood. HPV DNA in breast milk was associated with oral HPV status of the father, but not with HPV status of the neonate. The results indicate that exposure to HPV is common and that part of the exposure might take place already early in life. Contrary to the common claim, pregnancy is not a risk factor for HPV.

Le Constitutionnel : journal politique et littéraire

1816/11/24 (Numéro 329).

De poenis delictorum intentatorum, non perfectorum

Invocatio: D.A.G.

Outcomes of cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) infections among mothers in the Finnish Family HPV Study

To understand the natural history of cervical human papillomavirus (HPV)-infections, more information is needed on their genotype-specific prevalence, acquisition, clearance, persistence and progression. This thesis is part of the prospective Finnish Family HPV study. 329 pregnant women (mean age 25.5 years) were recruited during the third trimester of pregnancy and were followed up for 6 years. The outcomes of cervical HPV infections were evaluated among all the mothers participating in the study. Generalized estimating equation (GEE)-models and Poisson regression were used to estimate the risk factors of type-specific acquisition, clearance, persistence and progression of Species 7 and 9 HPV-genotypes. Independent protective factors against incident infections were higher number of life-time sexual partners, initiation of oral contraceptive use after age 20 years and becoming pregnant during FU. Older age and negative oral HR-HPV DNA status at baseline were associated with increased clearance, whereas higher number of current sexual partners decreased the probability of clearance. Early onset of smoking, practicing oral sex and older age increased the risk of type-specific persistence, while key predictors of CIN/SIL were persistent HR-HPV, abnormal Pap smear and new sexual partners. HPV16, together with multiple-type infections were the most frequent incident genotypes, most likely to remain persistent and least likely to clear. Collectively, LR-HPV types showed shorter incidence and clearance times than HR-HPV types. In multivariate models, different predictors were associated with these main viral outcomes, and there is some tentative evidence to suggest that oral mucosa might play a role in controlling some of these outcomes.

Influência de faixas de vegetação nativa em povoamentos de Eucalyptus cloeziana sobre população de Oxydia vesulia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

O eucalipto é a espécie florestal mais plantada no Brasil, e por pertencer à família Myrtaceae sofre ataques de insetos que migram de hospedeiros nativos dessa planta, entre os quais Oxydia vesulia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), espécie responsável por danos significativos a plantas desse grupo, em várias regiões do País. O estabelecimento e a preservação de reservas nativas têm sido uma das alternativas para reduzir a ação de agentes daninhos, pois promovem o aumento da diversidade ecológica e, conseqüentemente, favorecem a multiplicação e diversidade de inimigos naturais. Neste estudo, a coleta dos Lepidoptera foi realizada em duas situações, ou seja, em povoamentos de eucalipto sem e com faixas de vegetação nativa, utilizando armadilhas luminosas, dispostas em cinco diferentes situações de composição vegetal: 1 - no interior de uma área de cerrado a 100 m de sua borda; 2 - na zona de contato entre o cerrado e o eucaliptal; 3 - no interior do eucaliptal a 250 m de sua borda; 4 - no centro da faixa de cerrado, portanto a aproximadamente 500 m da borda; e 5 - no interior do eucaliptal a 750 m de sua borda. O. vesulia apresentou 329 indivíduos, sendo mais abundante no sistema sem faixas, com 266 indivíduos, e apenas 63 indivíduos no sistema com faixas. Essa espécie foi constante (51,43%) no sistema sem faixas e acessória (45,71%) no com faixas, com freqüência de 1,15 e 1,66%, respectivamente, com coleta de maior número de indivíduos dessa espécie a partir da segunda quinzena de fevereiro, em ambos os sistemas. No sistema com faixas, O. vesulia foi mais coletada no interior do eucaliptal a 250 m da borda, com 31 indivíduos, enquanto no sem faixas o maior número de indivíduos dessa espécie foi registrado no interior do eucaliptal a 750 m de sua borda.

Avaliação do potencial da transposição da serapilheira e do banco de sementes do solo para restauração florestal em áreas degradadas

Este estudo teve por objetivo testar a viabilidade da transposição da serapilheira e do banco de sementes do solo como metodologia de restauração florestal de áreas degradadas. Amostras de 1x1 mdeserapilheira e de solo superficial foram coletadas num fragmento de floresta estacional semidecidual secundária no campus da Universidade Federal de Viçosa, em Viçosa, MG. As amostras de solo e de serapilheira foram depositadas em canteiros, nos quais o solo superficial (10 cm) foi previamente retirado, no Viveiro de Pesquisas da UFV. Foram comparados três tratamentos e uma testemunha com cinco repetições cada, totalizando 20 amostras. O primeiro tratamento (T1) foi a transposição apenas da serapilheira, o segundo (T2) apenas do banco de sementes do solo e o terceiro (T3) da serapilheira juntamente com o banco de sementes do solo. Durante um período de seis meses, foram registrados 327 indivíduos de espécies arbustivo-arbóreas e 864 de espécies herbáceas. Entre as espécies arbustivo-arbóreas, 74% foram pioneiras e 26% de outros grupos ecológicos. A espécie arbórea mais frequente foi Cecropia hololeuca com 151 indivíduos. Entre as herbáceas, Oxalis corniculata foi a mais abundante, com 329 indivíduos. As diferenças de densidade e riqueza de espécies entre os tratamentos foram significativas, sendo maior riqueza obtida no tratamento T3 e maiores densidades nos tratamentos T2 e T3. Portanto, conclui-se que a transposição do banco de sementes é uma metodologia promissora para estimular a restauração florestal em áreas degradadas, sendo mais eficiente quando se utiliza o solo superficial juntamente com a camada de serapilheira.