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3D Printing and Computational Modeling for the Evaluation of LVOT obstruction in Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement

2022

Transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) is an emerging alternative treatment for those patients not qualified for surgery. However, TMVR can determine an obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract (namely, neo-LVOT) induced by the transcatheter heart valve (THV) displacing the native mitral valve leaflet towards the myocardial wall. This condition can lead to haemodynamic impairment and ultimately patient death. We sought to predict the neo-LVOT obstruction by first developing patient-specific simulations of the THV deployment and then comparing predictions with post-TMVR diagnostic images and 3D printed human models. Using pre-TMVR computed-tomography (CT) imaging, patient-spe…

Improving the Effect of Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS): A Systematic Review

2021

With the development of electrical stimulation technology, traditional transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) technology has been found to have the drawback of not targeting a specific area accurately. Studies have shown that optimizing the number and position of electrodes during electrical stimulation has a very good effect on enhancing brain stimulation accuracy. At present, an increasing number of laboratories have begun to optimize tACS. However, there has been no study summarizing the optimization methods of tACS. Determining whether different optimization methods are effective and the optimization approach could provide information that could guide future tACS research. …

Formation en médecine d'urgence: évaluation d'un transfert d'apprentissage sur simulateur de patient pleine échelle

2011

International audience; Les travaux portant sur l’apprentissage grâce à la simulation pleine échelle en médecine sont rares car nécessitant des investissements humains et financiers importants. Nous nous sommes interrogés sur le nombre de séance de formation sur simulateur pleine échelle nécessaire à la mesure d’un transfert d’apprentissage ainsi que l’impact du niveau de complexité des cas vus en formation sur ce transfert d’apprentissage. Nous montrons qu’il est nécessaire de s’entraîner au minimum trois fois sur le simulateur pour permettre un apprentissage objectivement mesurable. En outre, le transfert d’apprentissage est plus important lorsqu’il se fait à partir de situations de référ…

The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Cameroon : realities and prospects

2010

For a long time, Cameroon was a success story in the context of Africa’s development. Unfortunately, the economic crises of the eighties and early nineties led to the failure of the development strategies that had been pursued until then, resulting in a severe deterioration of the country’s economy and the living standards of the Cameroonian people (Mentan, 2003). However, this country possesses significant oil wealth which if properly managed can generate abundant revenue to boost economic growth and fund anti-poverty measures. In 2005, Cameroon adhered to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). A proper implementation of this initiative will improve transparency in the c…

Le traumatisme de l'initiation sexuelle fèminine au XIXe siècle à l'exemple d'Une Vie de Guy de Maupassant

2018

Une Vie (One Life, 1883,) is the first novel by Guy de Maupassant, known as the author of newspaper chronicles and short stories. It tells the story of the banal life of an aristocratic girl who marries the first man met after leaving the convent and approved by her parents. Having been raised in a particular milieu that rejects any idea of female sexuality, she is marked forever by the trauma of her sexual initiation which makes her hate the camal relations. She stands them, however, due to her passive and obedient character. Therefore, she lives a monotone, meaningless life, despised by her family and going from one defeat to another. The novel might be read as a critiąue of arranged marr…

Nuevos ligandos polinitrogenados derivados de [1,2,3]triazolo[1,5-a]piridinas. Caracterización y estudio de sus potenciales aplicaciones

2016

El presente trabajo de tesis doctoral se compone de seis capítulos. El primer y segundo capítulo son de carácter introductorio donde se exponen los objetivos de la investigación y los antecedentes bibliográficos. En los siguientes tres capítulos se exponen tres diferentes tipos de funcionalización del anillo triazolopiridínico mientras que en el último capítulo se presentan los estudios de propiedades ópticas de algunos derivados descritos en el quinto capítulo. La primera parte del trabajo, que se describe en el capítulo 3, ha sido el estudio de la reactividad del anillo triazolopiridínico en condiciones de arilación directa. La [1,2,3]triazolo[1,5-a]piridina reacciona con halogenuros arom…

Trynitarny wymiar komunijnej struktury Kościoła w ujęciu Josepha Ratzingera - Benedykta XVI

2015

The Church is a community that has its origin in God. He himself, being the relationship of Three Persons since the beginning of the world calls people to a relationship with him. This community has its fulfillment in the community initiated by the apostles, who following in the mission of Christ are preaching salvation in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The church, besides its spiritual, divine origin also has a temporal dimension expressed in its structure of the local Churches, hierarchy or the implemented mission. Even what in Church is most external and human has its trinitarian representation. The whole Church with all its elements is immersed in the trinitarian r…

Exercise and inflammation with special reference to resistance training

2018

The aim of the present dissertation was to examine the acute and chronic effects of resistance exercise on inflammation markers in young men. In addition, the effect of combined resistance and endurance training on inflammation was assessed. The present dissertation consisted of four studies. Acute inflammation response was evaluated using cross-sectional design after hypertrophic and maximal (n=12) resistance exercise bouts (I). In addition, acute inflammation was examined before and after resistance training (RT) consisting either hypertrophic or maximal explosive (n=8) resistance exercise bouts (RE) (II). The effect of RT on basal levels of markers of systemic inflammation was evaluated …

Import and impact : characterization of parvovirus-nucleus interactions

2016

Targeting the Activin Receptor Signaling to Counteract the Multi-Systemic Complications of Cancer and Its Treatments

2021

Muscle wasting, i.e., cachexia, frequently occurs in cancer and associates with poor prognosis and increased morbidity and mortality. Anticancer treatments have also been shown to contribute to sustainment or exacerbation of cachexia, thus affecting quality of life and overall survival in cancer patients. Pre-clinical studies have shown that blocking activin receptor type 2 (ACVR2) or its ligands and their downstream signaling can preserve muscle mass in rodents bearing experimental cancers, as well as in chemotherapy-treated animals. In tumor-bearing mice, the prevention of skeletal and respiratory muscle wasting was also associated with improved survival. However, the definitive proof tha…