Plan d'El-Arych : Pour servir à la relation de la campagne de Syrie / J. F. S. Bailly del.

Échelle(s) : [ca 1:3 300], 100 mètres [= 3 cm]

La Suisse / par Keller

Échelle(s) : [ca 1:454 000], échelle 5 lieues suisses ou de France [= 4,9 cm]

Crefeld : (23 juin 1758) / Gravé par L. Bouffard

Échelle(s) : 1:100 000

Sandershausen : (23 juillet 1758) / Gravé par L. Bouffard

Échelle(s) : 1:50 000

Lutternberg : (10 Oct. 1758) / Gravé par L. Bouffard

Échelle(s) : 1:50 000

Carte de France divisée en 86 départements : par Hellrigel et Cie

Échelle(s) : [ca 1:3 226 000], échelle de 20 myriamètres [= 6,2 cm]

Carte de France divisée en 86 départements : par Hellrigel et Cie

Échelle(s) : [ca 1:3 226 000], échelle de 20 myriamètres [= 6,2 cm]

Carte de France divisée en 86 départements : par Hellrigel et Cie

Échelle(s) : [ca 1:3 226 000], échelle de 20 myriamètres [= 6,2 cm]

Plan de la ville de Hhaleb et de ses environs : dressée de 1811 à 1818

Échelle(s) : [ca 1:16 800], échelle de 1000 pas ordinaires [= 5,5 cm]

Carte topographique et routière du département de la Dordogne / Dressée d'après les ordres de Mr Romieu préfet du dép[artemen]t sous la direction de Mr Cuménal agent voyer en chef

Échelle(s) : [ca 1:175 500], échelle de 20000 mètres [= 11,4 cm]

Carte générale et détaillée de la Bretagne représentant en grande partie la région occidentale de la France comprise dans 16 départements entiers ou partiels : avec les distances précises entre les principaux endroits / dessiné et gravé par E Collin

Échelle(s) : [ca 1:710 000], échelle de 10 myriamètres [= 14,1 cm]

Réduction de la carte des routes de France / par J. Andriveau-Goujon ; gravée sur acier. Le trait par Piat ; La lettre par P. Rousset

Échelle(s) : [ca 1:24 391 000], échelle de 10 myriamètres [= 4,1 cm]

Electronic Payments for Driver's Licensing Transactions,December 31, 2008

House File 2196 required the Department of Transportation (DOT) to study the acceptance of electronic payments at its customer service sites and sites operated by county treasurers. Specifically the legislation requires the following: “The department of transportation shall review the current methods the department employs for the collection of fees and other revenues at sites operated by county treasurers under chapter 321M and at customer service sites operated by the department. In conducting its review, the department, in cooperation with the treasurer of state, shall consider providing an electronic payment option for all of its customers. The department shall report its findings and recommendations by December 31, 2008, to the senate and house standing committees on transportation regarding the advantages and disadvantages of implementing one or more electronic payment systems.” This review focused on estimating the costs of providing an electronic payment option for customers of the DOT driver’s license stations and those of the 81 county treasurers. Customers at these sites engage in three primary financial transactions for which acceptance of electronic payments was studied: paying for a driver’s license (DL), paying for a non-operator identification card (ID), and paying certain civil penalties. Both consumer credit cards and PIN-based debit cards were reviewed as electronic payment options. It was assumed that most transactions would be made using a consumer credit card. Credit card companies charge a fee for each transaction for which they are used. The amount of these fees varies among credit card companies. The estimates for credit card fees used in this study were based on the State Treasurer of Iowa’s current credit card contract, which is due to expire in September 2009. Since credit card companies adjust their fees each year, estimates were based on the 2008 fee schedule. There is also a fee for the use of PIN-based debit cards. The estimates for PIN-based debit card transactions were based on information provided by Wells Fargo Merchant Services for current fees charged by debit card networks. Credit and debit card transactions would be processed through vendor-provided hardware and software. The costs would be determined through the competitive bidding process since several vendors provide this function; therefore, these costs are not reflected in this document.

Carte générale des Îles Britanniques contenant l'Angleterre, l'Écosse et l'Irlande : indiquant les principales routes, les canaux de navigation, les chemins de fer exécutés et en cours d'exécution dans la Grande-Bretagne / par J. Andriveau ; le burin par Piat ; écrit par Arnoul

Échelle(s) : [ca 1:1 4640 000], échelle de 25 lieues communes de France [= 7,6 cm]

How to Preserve Renal Function in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Therapies

Background: Transcatheter aortic valve implantations (TAVI) are indicated in high risk patients requiring aortic valve replacement (AVR). However, CT-scans, coronary angiograms and intraoperative aortographies can induce contrast-related nephro-toxicity with a concrete risk of acute postoperative renal failure, especially in severely diseased patients. To prevent this complication, we routinely perform transapical (TA) TAVI guided by transesophageal echocardiogram and fluoroscopy without angiography. Material and Methods: From November 2008 to December 2009, 31 high-risk patients suffering from severe symptomatic aortic stenosis underwent TA-TAVI in our institution. The preoperative imaging assessment (cardiac CT-scan and coronary angiogram) was performed no less than 10 days before the TA-TAVI in all patients (to recover the renal function) with a low-dose protocol for injected contrast medium (equivalent to the patient's weight for the CT-scan). During the TA-TAVI, the stent-valve positioning was performed without any contrast injection. Results: 32 consecutive stent-valve were successfully positioned in 31 patients (mean age 80.76 8 8.3 years; mean EuroSCORE: 32.2 8 12.9%) through a transapical access (1 patient required 2 valves for valve embolisation). The mean preoperative creatinine and urea blood levels were 102.6 8 67.7 _ g/dl (range 53-339 _ g/dl) and 8.45 8 4.9 mmol/l, respectively. A chronic renal insufficiency affected 12 patients (38.7%) with 1 patient in pre-dialysis. Postoperatively, no patient developed acute myocardial infarction, atrio-ventricular block or acute renal insufficiency (mean creatinine level: 89.7 8 64.55 _ g/dl; urea level: 7.11 8 3.47 mmol/l) and the 30-days mortality was 9.67% (3 patients). Conclusion: Specific preoperative and intraoperative protocols that require lowdoses or absence of contrast medium are useful to preserve the renal function in high risk patients operated for TAVI.