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Retropharyngeal abscess from fishbone in adult immunocompetent host presenting as acute thyroiditis
2015
Retropharyngeal abscesses (RPA) are rare in adults. We report a case of a healthy adult with RPA presenting with clinical symptoms of acute thyroiditis. A 37-yr-old female presented with a painful mass in the anterior region of the neck, sore throat, mild fever and dysphagy for liquids and solids. Neck emergency US dis-closed normal thyroid ventrally displaced by a huge retropharyngeal hypoechoic mass. Direct laryngoscopy revealed erythema of the posterior pharyngeal wall with bulges (8 cm) preventing the correct visualization of the glottic plane. CT confirmed the pres-ence of retropharyngeal abscess and laryngoscopic drainage was performed. The pa-tient was discharged on 11th post-operati…
Project Risk Register Analysis Based on the Theoretical Analysis of Project Management Notion of Risk
2016
Abstract The aim of the current research is to examine publicly available project risk registers to find correlations between the project management theory, especially project risk management, and practical results of real project risk management – the risk registers publicly available on the Internet. In the research, the author has analysed the compliance between the theories of the project risk management described in the “Aid Delivery Methods. Volume I. Project Cycle Management Guidelines” and “Caltrans Project Risk Management Handbook, Threats and Opportunities, Second Edition, Revision 0” and the project risk registers. In the previous studies, the author concluded that after analysin…
Otthon és haza : tanulmányok a romániai magyar kisebbség történetéről
2013
The goal of this thesis is to show, through the history of the Hungarian minority in Romania, what drives the self-organisation of a minority community, and to what degree, in what respect is this historical, social phenomenon specific. Beside the theoretical introduction, the thesis consists of eight chapters, organised into three larger blocks. The structure reflects a methodological distinction as well: in the beginning, some case studies are offered; these are followed by presentations of institutional and conceptual history; in conclusion, an interpretive model is offered. The first part, entitled Cleavages, contains three case studies. These present in detail the major historical turn…
Molecular analysis of enteric viruses circulating in Tunisia : relationships between blood group antigens and rotavirus and norovirus infectivity
2015
Rotavirus and norovirus are the main aetiological agents of gastroenteritis in Tunisia. Stool specimens and saliva were collected from children younger than 6 years of age, admitted to the Fattouma Bourguiba Hospital (Monastir, Tunisia) for gastroenteritis during the winter 2011-12. Saliva analysis showed that 79% and 21% patients had secretor and non-secretor phenotypes, respectively. Group O blood type was predominant (42%) followed by groups A (30%), B (21%) and AB (7%), whilst 96% of the patients were positive for Lewis antigen. For 98 patients, blood samples were available and were used for FUT2 genotyping. 77.6% of the cohort were secretor (Se+/Se+ and Se+/se-) and 22.4% were non-secr…
Les stratégies communes des villes et des ligues sportives professionnelles
2013
Le cadre conceptuel de la hiérarchie urbaine s’avère pertinent pour l’analyse géographique des sports d’équipes professionnels. L’équipe est devenue un équipement urbain dont la localisation est une fonction primordiale du potentiel démographique et économique de la ville qui l’abrite (Durand, Ravenel et Helleu, 2005). Cette approche ne nie pas les éléments de structuration régionale mais considère qu’ils interviennent d’une manière secondaire et entraîne des conséquences stratégiques pour le...
Urban consumers’ attitudes and willingness to pay for functional foods in Iran: A case of dietary sugar
2017
Growing concerns for the incidence of incurable diseases and high costs of health care have attracted consumers to functional foods in the world. These foods are characterized with health improvement, lower risk of disease incidence and less health hazards. The present work examined consumers’ attitude and willingness to pay for dietary sugar in Rasht city, Iran. The studied sample included 125 citizens of Rasht in spring and summer of 2016 whose size was determined by Mitchell and Carson approach. Results of contingent valuation method on the basis of one-and-one-half-bound choice model revealed that the descriptive variable of bid had negative, statistically significant impact on the acce…
Silvia Aru, Claudio Jampaglia, Maurizio Memoli, Matteo Puttilli, L’emozione di uno spazio quotidiano. Parole, racconti, immagini di Sant’Elia - Cagli…
2020
This article presents the book 'L'emozione di uno spazio quotidiano' by Silvia Aru, Claudio Jampaglia, Maurizio Memoli and Matteo Puttilli. The book describes the Sant'Elia neighbourhood in Cagliari, Italy.
Norovirus-Host Interactions in the course of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
2021
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affects around 200,000 people in France. This group of conditions includes Crohn's disease (CD), which involves the entire digestive tract, and ulcerative colitis (UC), which involves only the colon and rectum. It is known that immunological, genetic and microbiological factors are at play in IBD, but the role of viruses remains only partially explored. Among viral etiologies, human noroviruses (huNoV) are the main cause of acute viral gastroenteritis worldwide. Norovirus binds to intestinal cells through histo-blood group antigens (HBGA), including ABO and Lewis antigens. The expression of HBGA is dependent upon tissue type and the underlying physiopatholog…
Mutual nonlinear prediction as a tool to evaluate coupling strength and directionality in bivariate time series: Comparison among different strategie…
2008
We compare the different existing strategies of mutual nonlinear prediction regarding their ability to assess the coupling strength and directionality of the interactions in bivariate time series. Under the common framework of $k$-nearest neighbor local linear prediction, we test three approaches based on cross prediction, mixed prediction, and predictability improvement. The measures of interdependence provided by these approaches are first evaluated on short realizations of bivariate time series generated by coupled Henon models, investigating also the effects of noise. The usefulness of the three mutual nonlinear prediction schemes is then assessed in a common physiological application d…
Quantifying the complexity of short-term heart period variability through K nearest neighbor local linear prediction
2008
The complexity of short-term heart period (HP) variability was quantified exploiting the paradigm that associates the degree of unpredictability of a time series to its dynamical complexity. Complexity was assessed through k-nearest neighbor local linear prediction. A proper selection of the parameter k allowed us to perform either linear or nonlinear prediction, and the comparison of the two approaches to infer the presence of nonlinear dynamics. The method was validated on simulations reproducing linear and nonlinear time series with varying levels of predictability. It was then applied to HP variability series measured from healthy subjects during head-up tilt test, showing that short-te…