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Atom interferometry using stimulated Raman transitions in a retroreflected configuration is the first choice in high precision measurements because it provides low phase noise, high quality Raman wavefront and simple experimental setup. However, it cannot be used for atoms at zero velocity because two pairs of Raman lasers are simultaneously resonant. Here we report a method which allows to lift this degeneracy by using a frequency chirp on the Raman lasers. Using this technique, we realize a Mach-Zehnder atom interferometer hybridized with a force balanced accelerometer which provides horizontal acceleration measurements with a short-term sensitivity of $3.2\times 10^{-5}$ m.s$^{-2}$/$\sqrt{Hz}$. We check at the level of precision of our experiment the absence of bias induced by this method. This technique could be used for multiaxis inertial sensors, tiltmeters or atom interferometry in a microgravity environment., Comment: 7 pages, 9 figures

Resume La tuberculose peritoneale est une forme rare de tuberculose extrapulmonaire de l'enfant. Elle se caracterise par la survenue d'une ascite accompagnee d'une alteration progressive de l'etat general. Son diagnostic peut parfois etre difficile. Observations. – Nous rapportons deux observations de tuberculose peritoneale survenue chez deux adolescentes âgees de 15 ans. Dans les deux cas, la symptomatologie etait dominee par un amaigrissement important, une fievre et une distension abdominale. Dans le premier, le diagnostic etait rendu difficile par le caractere non specifique des resultats des examens complementaires ; la confirmation bacteriologique n'a ete apportee que trois semaines apres l'ensemencement du liquide d'ascite. Dans le deuxieme, la realisation rapide d'une cœlioscopie a conduit a un diagnostic precoce en montrant de nombreuses granulations peritoneales caracteristiques de cette affection. A chaque fois, l'evolution a ete favorable. Conclusion. – Le diagnostic de la tuberculose peritoneale est porte sur un ensemble d'arguments anamnestiques, cliniques et biologiques. La cœlioscopie et le dosage de l'adenosine deaminase (ADA) dans le liquide d'ascite ont une place importante dans le diagnostic de cette forme de tuberculose.

(2003). The safety assessment of Novel Foods and concepts to determine their safety in use. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition: Vol. 54, No. 5, pp. 1-32.

Bernard Palissy, ceramist of the sixteenth-century, succeeded in giving a realistic aspect to his work in using moulds and casts of real objects. Another technique, mixed clay techniques, gave an aspect of marbled texture in an imitation of rocks and minerals. His architectural realisations re-inforce the realism of his works by giving a three dimensional illusion respecting the original object.

Pasteurella multocida is usually responsible for local infections occurring after animal bites. It can also be responsible for meningitis in infants. A three-month old infant was admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of bacterial meningitis and hip osteitis. Cultures of cerebrospinal fluid, blood and joint liquid were positive to Pasteurella multocida. Licking from the family dog was the transmission mode in this case. Despite initial neurological complications, clinical evolution was favourable after three weeks of intravenous antibiotic therapy followed by an oral administration for three months. Pasteurella multocida meningitis is rare in infants. It can be associated with arthritis, osteitis and septicaemia. Besides animal bites, licking is also a mode of contamination.

Haemangioblastoma is the archetypal vascular neoplasm of the central nervous system (CNS). Cytologically benign, it may occur either as a single lesions or as a multicentric tumour, as a sporadic case or as a familial disease. It constitutes the retinal and neuraxial component of von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) phakomatosis.