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Introduction: Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is very rare worldwide. The objectives of the present study were to determine the frequency, to describe the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics according to the type of CIS (primary and secondary), and to establish the prognosis. Method: We conducted a retrospective cohort study in the Gynecology-Obstetrics unit of CHU Gabriel Touré (2015 - 2021). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the Kaplan Meier method was used to produce survival curves. Results: We identified 100 cases of IBC among 588 breast cancer cases including 23 cases of primary IBC (3.59%) and 77 cases of secondary IBC (13.1%). The two types of IBC appeared in a relatively younger and peaked between 35 and 40 years old. Contrary to primary IBC, secondary IBC exhibited a second peak between 55 and 60 years old (Wilcoxon rank, test p > 0.05). The time between symptom onset to disease progression was significantly shorter in primary IBC cases versus secondary one (p < 0.001). Overall survival and specific survival according to the type of IBC were less than 40% after 60 months of followed up. Conclusion: The incidence of IBC was high in our setting but dominated by secondary IBC. Whatever the type of IBC, the prognosis was poor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aims: To describe the clinical and evolutionary aspects of the primary closure of exstrophy at the CHU Gabriel Touré. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective and prospective study carried out from January 2014 to December 2019 in all the children admitted and operated on for bladder exstrophy at the CHU Gabriel Touré. Results: We collected 35 cases of exstrophy, ie25 boys and 10 girls. The mean age at diagnosis was 4.8 months. The bladder plate was both normal and budded, ie 28.6% of cases. Plaque infection was found in 45.7%. A malformation was associated in 34.3% of cases. Primary plaque closure was achieved in all of our patients. Postoperative morbidity was 28.6% of cases and mortality 11.4% of cases. Conclusion: Bladder exstrophy is a rare malformation of the urogenital sphere, its management is complex and its mortality is not null. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: urinary stone is a multifactorial disease characterized by the presence of concretions in the urinary tract. The diagnosis of urinary lithiasis is based on clinical and imaging findings. The objective of this study was to determine the profile of patients suffering from urolithiasis in the city of Yaounde. Methods: this was a descriptive observational cross-sectional study with retrospective data collection. Patients with an age > 15 years and patients diagnosed with lithiasis confirmed by medical imaging were included in our study. The variables studied were sociodemographic, clinical and paraclinical. Results: a total of 120 patients were included in our study. The mean age was 40.46±12.62 years with extremes from 19 to 74 years. Male gender was predominant at 60.8% (n=73). Renal colic was the circumstance found in 67.5% (n=81). Physical examination was normal in 55.8% (n=67). Insufficient hydration was found in 45% (n=61) of cases. Abdominal scanner was the most performed examination in our study in 50.7% (n=61). The median stone density was 731 Hounsfield units [346; 1183.5]. The stones were predominantly located in the upper tract. The left renal topography was predominant in 35% (n=42) of cases. Urine culture revealed Escherichia Coli at 60% (n=15). Blood calcium, phosphorus and uricemia were requested in 15.8% (n=19), 0.8% (n=1) and 12.5% (n=15) of cases, respectively. The results were normal. In the absence of a laboratory specialized in biochemical analysis of calculi, a minority of patients (n=3) benefited from spectrophotometry. Conclusion: urinary lithiasis is a disease of men in their forties. Renal colic is the main revealing sign. The diagnosis is revealed by the abdominal scanner in half of the cases. Metabolic assessment and constitutional analysis of the calculus are still very rarely requested. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Parietal hernias were the first pathology after appendicitis at the Chad-China Friendship Hospital. Objective: The aim of this study was to specify the epidemiological, clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of parietal hernias. Patients and method: This was a retrospective descriptive cross-sectional and analytical study of adult patients operated for parietal hernias between June 2015 and July 2020. Results: Of the 386 cases, there were 281 men (72.8%) and 105 women (27.2%). The sex ratio was 2.68. The mean age of the patients was 43.14 years with extremes of 20 and 79 years. In 7.5% of the cases, it was the strangulated hernias received in emergency (n=29). Inguinal hernia (n=268) was the most frequent variety with 69.4% of cases, followed bylinea alba hernia (78=20.2%) and umbilical hernia (40=10.4%). The main surgical technique used was the Bassini technique. Postoperative complications were 2 cases of hemorrhage (0.5%), 4 cases of hematoma (1%), 7 cases of urinary retention (1.8%) and 10 cases of parietal suppuration (2.6%). Conclusion: Parietal hernias are dominated by inguinal hernias. Raphy was the only technique performed. Early consultations could prevent complications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• A thermally-coupled three-stage SPTC reaching a no-load temperature of 3.96 K with He-4 is developed. • The influence of frequencies on the regenerator and the cold inertance tube are analyzed. • Optimization of frequencies under different cooling and precooling temperatures is studied. • The maximum cooling capacity of 69 mW @6 K or 113.4 mW @7 K are obtained. Long-life cryocoolers operating below 7 K are crucial for infrared astronomy projects, such as the hybrid cryocooler employed as the MIRI cryogenic system in the James Webb Space Telescope, which provides a cooling temperature of 6.2 K. A totally thermally-coupled three-stage Stirling-type pulse tube cryocooler was developed in SITP to obtain a relatively high cooling capacity at 6∼7 K. With the cold inertance tube as the phase shifter of the third stage pulse tube cryocooler, a no-load temperature of 3.96 K was reached with He-4. The operating frequency was 26.5 Hz, and the average pressure was 1.68 MPa at room temperature. Simulation results show that the frequency of the third stage SPTC has significant effects on the impedance characteristics of the cold inertance tube and the efficiency of the low-temperature regenerator. The effect of frequency on the cooling capacity has been verified experimentally, and the optimal frequency changes with cooling temperatures and precooling temperatures. When the precooling temperatures of the first stage and the second stage were 90 K and 24 K, the cooling capacity of 58.5 mW@6 K and 113.4 mW@7 K under 100 W input electric power of the third stage SPTC were obtained with the optimized operating frequencies of 24.5 and 23 Hz, respectively. The total input electric power was 510 W when achiveing 113.4 mW@7 K. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main objective of this study was to determine the frequency of female infertility in our environment and subsequently, to describe the socio-demographic characterstics of patients and to identify their possible etiologies. Methodology: This was a retrospective and cross-sectional descriptive study carried out in the general reference hospitals of Dipumba and Saint Sauveur in Mbujimayi the DR Congo. The study covered a period of 15 years as from January 2006 to December 2020. Our sample was of 354 cases. Results: The frequency of female infertility in our environment was of 9,6%. The median age of the patients was 32 years with a median duration of the marital union of 9 years. The history of abdomino-pelvic surgery was found in 40,1% of cases, sexually transmitted diseases in 29,4% of cases and curettage in 20,6% of cases. The causes of infertility were more mechanical in 73% of cases followed by hormonal causes and/or mixed causes respectively in 10% and 9% of cases. In 59,3% of cases, gynecological ultrasound was normal and hysterosalpingograhy showed tubal obstructions in 46,9% of cases followed by pelvic adhesions (13,0% of cases) and hydrosalpinx (7,1% of cases). Conclusion: Female infertility is a reproductive health concern in our community and its causes are many more mechanical. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Translating collocations is one of the problematic areas in translation studies, which becomes even more complicated when translating Qur'anic text is involved. The uniqueness of Qur'anic linguistic features, special context of the Qur'anic text, and stylistic differences between English and Arabic are barriers to accurate and natural rendition. Along these veins, this study attempts to investigate seven translations of the Qur'anic noun-noun collocations (Sarwar 1981; Al-Hilali and Khan 1996; Arberry 1996; Pickthall 1997; Sahih International 1997; Shakir 1999; Ali 2001) to unfold the degree of accuracy and naturalness of their translations. The present article follows the approach of corpus-based research to study seven prominent translations of the Noble Qur'an taken from The Qur'anic Arabic Corpus, using lexical, exegetical, and frequency-based analyses, which reveal that integrated lexical and exegetical analyses are perquisites for adequate rendition and prevent deviation in meaning and translation loss. Frequency-based approach in translation of collocations could assist in maintaining naturalness of rendition to some extent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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• A novel dual piston linear compressor prototype is presented. • The experimental results verify the established numerical model. • Piston operation is a direct control variable, which means the volumetric efficiency can be regulated. • The output characteristics, especially linear motor efficiency, depend heavily on the operating frequency and stroke. A novel dual-piston linear compressor consisting of two piston-cylinder assemblies and a linear electric motor was constructed. To explore the performance of the dual-piston linear compressor, a numerical model that contains a thermodynamic sub-model, dynamic sub-model, three-phase linear motor sub-module, and control system sub-model was built. Several piston trajectories and different operating conditions were assessed to investigate the performance of the dual piston linear compressor. Results from both the simulation and experiments indicate that the system with the triangle curve trajectory exhibits the best performance. The output characteristics (mass flow rate, motor efficiency, mechanical efficiency, and overall efficiency) depend heavily on the operating frequency and the stroke of the piston. For the dual-piston linear compressor system that was designed, the overall efficiency can reach up to 57.59% when the system works at a frequency of 12 Hz and a stroke of 26 mm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ce travail a pour but de cerner le rôle de la complexité pour les subordonnées relatives en français langue maternelle et langue seconde. La complexité déterminerait en effet les manifestations des relatives suivant la hiérarchie d’accessibilité (Keenan, Comrie 1977). Si c’est le cas, ces relatives devraient avoir des comportements comparables en L1 et L2, et quelle que soit la langue maternelle dans ce dernier cas. Ces comportements sont ici examinés sous le rapport du nombre respectif de pronoms relatifs produits, de la proportion de leurs collocations et par les taux de disfluences. On s’attend en effet qu’un relatif plus accessible soit plus fréquent, entrent moins dans des collocations et soit moins l’objet de disfluences qu’un relatif moins accessible. Ces attentes sont confirmées par l’analyse des productions de natifs et d’apprenants norvégiens du français dans un corpus de conversations libres, sauf pour les collocations, dont le nombre est inversement proportionnel à l’accessibilité des marqueurs. Cela amène à discuter la cause de cette hiérarchie d’accessibilité dans son rapport avec la notion de fréquence.

L’objectif de ce travail est d’étudier l’acquisition du système possessif en français comme L2. Sur la base d’une description comparative des systèmes possessifs en français et en norvégien, nous nous sommes limité essentiellement aux possessifs de la troisième personne du singulier et du pluriel où les différences entre les deux systèmes sont particulièrement révélateurs. Contrairement au français, le norvégien oppose des formes réfléchies à des formes non réfléchies. De plus, seul le norvégien marque le genre et le sens humain-non humain du possesseur. Sur la base de quatre facteurs de complexité variable entre les deux systèmes – le nombre du possesseur, les formes en s*, l’orientation du possesseur et la position du possesseur – nous avons testé l’acquisition du système possessif par des apprenants universitaires norvégiens. Avec les résultats de notre enquête, il est possible de prévoir les défis que représente pour les étudiants norvégiens l’acquisition du système possessif en français.

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Objective: To describe the frequency, causes and post-repair outcomes of NOF in hospitals supported by the Fistula Care Plus (FC+) project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Methods: Retrospective cohort study from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2017 in three FC + supported fistula repair sites.Results: Of 1984 women treated for female genital fistula between 2015 and 2017 in the three FC + supported hospitals, 384 (19%) were considered to be non-obstetric fistula (NOF) cases. 49.3% were married/in a relationship at the time of treatment vs. 69% before the fistula, P < 0.001. Type III (n = 247; 64.3%) and type I (n = 121; 31.5%) fistulas according to Kees/Waaldijk classification were the most common. The main causes of NOF were medical procedure (n = 305; 79.4%); of these, caesarean section (n = 234; 76.7%) and hysterectomy (n = 54; 17.7%) were the most common. At hospital discharge, the fistula was closed and dry in 353 women (95.7%).Conclusion: Non-obstetric fistula, particularly due to iatrogenic causes, was relatively common in the DRC, calling for more prevention that includes improved quality of care in maternal health services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Word frequency has long been viewed as the best predictor of lexical access. However, recent findings have suggested that other corpus-derived metrics (i.e., contextual diversity, semantic diversity) can better explain the word frequency effect in both native speakers and in proficient bilinguals. However, little is known about the contributions of these variables to second language lexical access, where the word frequency effect is purportedly larger than in native speakers. Results from a lexical-decision task with second language learners and a comparison group of native speakers revealed that both contextual diversity and semantic diversity were just as good, if not better, at explaining variance in lexical decision latencies as word frequency. These findings are broadly consistent with that of monolinguals and proficiency bilinguals. The results also underscore the need for more theoretical and empirical focus on different corpus metrics in modelling lexical access. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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INTRODUCTION: la drépanocytose est une maladie génétique de transmission autosomique liée à une anomalie de structure de l'hémoglobine qui aboutit à la formation de l'hémoglobine S. Le but de notre étude est de colliger les cas de pathologies digestives rencontrées chez les drépanocytaires de Lubumbashi et d'en ressortir les caractéristiques épidémiologiques et cliniques.Méthodes: il s'agit d'une étude rétrospective, descriptive transversale réalisée au Centre de Recherche de la Drépanocytose de Lubumbashi. Elle a concerné les dossiers des patients suivi pour drépanocytose ayant présenté une pathologie digestive au cours de notre période de 3 ans (de janvier 2015 à décembre 2017). Le recueil des données s'est fait grâce à une fiche d'enquête comportant différents paramètres d'étude comprenant: l'âge, le sexe, le motif de consultation, le diagnostic, le type de crise vaso-occlusive, les examens paracliniques réalisés, le traitement à l'hydroxyurée.Résultats: nous avons colligé 206 dossiers (N=206) des patients drépanocytaires ayant fait une pathologie digestive sur un total de 403 dossiers examinés, ce qui représente une fréquence de 51,11% des pathologies digestives chez les drépanocytaires. Les 2 sexes sont représentés avec une légère prédominance féminine (51,94%) et un sexe ratio H/F: 0,92. La tranche d'âge la plus représentée est celle comprise entre 1 et 6 ans (32,52%), la moyenne d'âge: 11,8ans; écart-type: 21,9; âges extrêmes: 13 mois et 38 ans. Le motif de consultation est dominé par la fièvre (60,67%), la douleur abdominale (44,66%) et les troubles digestifs (30,09%). Les crises vaso-occlusives abdominales sont retrouvées chez 65 patients (31,55%) parmi lesquels 36 patients ont présenté 1 seule crise, 24 en ont présenté 2 et 5 patients en ont présenté 3. Les pathologies intestinales étaient présentes chez 121 patients (69,41%) dominées par la parasitose intestinale (retrouvée chez 58 patients dont l'examen des selles a mis en évidence 4 parasites: le Yersinia enterocolitis, l'entamoeba histolytica, le Giardia intestinalis et le clostridium difficile); les pathologies gastriques retrouvées chez 105 patients (50,97%) reparties en ulcère gastro-duodénal (45 patients) et gastrite (60 patients); la pathologie vésiculo-biliaire présente chez 40 patients (19,41%) comprenant la lithiase vésiculaire sans cholécystite 32 patients, la cholécystite lithiasique 5 patients et 3 cas de lithiase de la voie biliaire principale; 1 seul cas de pancréatite aigue diagnostiquée. Les pathologies associées les plus retrouvées dans notre étude sont respiratoires avec 169 cas (82,03%), oto-rhino-laryngologiques avec 157 cas (76,21%), les crises vaso-occlusives osseuses (146 cas soit 70,87%), pathologies uro-génitales avec 64 cas (31,06%) et le paludisme chez 51 patients (24,75%). Les atteintes spléniques et hépatiques ont constitué chacun 47 cas (22,81%) et 18 cas (8,73%). L'échographie a était demandé chez 79 patients mais seulement 31 d'entre-eux l'ont réalisé, faute de moyen financier car il coute sur place 20 dollars américains. En cas de splénomégalie cliniquement évidente, le corps de Jolly a été demandé chez 23 patients mais seulement 2 patients l'ont réalisé vu qu'il coute 10 dollars américains. L'hémogramme de routine fait de l'hémoglobine, hématocrite, bilan inflammatoire et la goutte épaisse a été réalisée chez tous nos patients mais le bilan hépatique, les examens des selles, des urines sont préconisés en fonction de la plainte. Sur nos 206 patients, 60 seulement d'entre eux étaient sous traitement à l'hydroxyurée (29,16%).Conclusion: les pathologies digestives sont fréquentes chez les drépanocytaires et représentent quasiment la moitié de l'effectif drépanocytaire. Malheureusement, la meilleure prise en charge reste butée à la pauvreté manifeste de la population limitants les examens paracliniques très utiles dans la pathologie digestive rencontrée chez le drépanocytaire.

Objective: To describe, for the 2016-2018 period, the frequency, causes and risk factors of maternal deaths in France., Method: Data from the National Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths for 2016-2018., Results: For 2016-2018, 272 maternal deaths occurred in France up to 1 year after the end of pregnancy, i.e a maternal mortality ratio of 11.8 per 100,000 live births (95 % CI 10.4-13.3), and 8.5 (IC 95 % 7.4-9.8) for maternal mortality up to 42 days. Compared to women aged 20-24, the risk of maternal death is multiplied by 2.6 for women aged 35-39, by 5 for women aged 40 and over. Obese women are twice as frequent among maternal deaths (26 %) than in the general population of parturients (11 %). There are territorial disparities -the maternal mortality ratio in the French overseas departments is 2 times higher than in metropolitan France (significant difference but smaller than in 2013-2015)-, and social disparities -the mortality of migrant women remains higher than that of women born in France, particularly for women born in sub-Saharan Africa whose risk is 3 times higher than that of native women. One in three women who died (34 %) had socio-economic vulnerability versus 22 % in the overall population of parturients. Among causes of maternal deaths, the predominant role of psychiatric conditions (mostly suicides) is confirmed for the period 2016-2018, leading cause of maternal mortality considered up to 1 year (17 %), MMR of 1.9/100,000 NV. i.e. approximately one death from psychiatric causes every 3 weeks. Cardiovascular diseases are the second leading cause of maternal mortality up to one year (14 %) and the leading cause up to 42 days (16 %), with 1.3 deaths per 100,000 NV. Amniotic fluid embolism ranks as the third cause (8 %) (2nd cause, 11 %, for MM limited to 42 days), i.e. MMR of 0.9 per 100,000 NV. After a regular decline over the last decade, maternal mortality from obstetric hemorrhage is at a stable level compared to the previous triennium 2013-2015, MMR of 0.9/100,000 NV, i.e 5th cause of MM up to one year (7 %) and 4th cause of MM up to 42 days., Conclusion: The overall national maternal mortality ratio does not show a downward trend, even with constant surveillance method. Territorial inequalities persist but change in their magnitude and in the regions concerned. The profile of the causes of maternal mortality up to one year of the pregnancy end shows the leading role of suicides and cardiovascular diseases, which illustrates that the health of pregnant women or those who have recently given birth is not limited to the obstetric domain, and highlights the importance of multidisciplinarity in the management and organization of care for women in this period., (Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.. All rights reserved.)

This paper analyzes whether children are sensitive to Spanish spelling regularities, that is, whether they store and access high frequency sub-lexical units like syllables. A spelling test was administered to 259 argentine children from 4th through 7th grades. The test included 26 low frequency words containing the syllables /be/, /bi/, /siar/ and /sia/ in both their possible forms (/, /, / and /), forms that vary in their frequency levels in the Spanish orthographic system. Results indicate that children are highly sensitive to syllable frequency. This seems to indicate that for transparent orthographies, such as Spanish, learners initially rely on grapheme-phoneme conversion, which leads to the storage of sub-lexical units. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Les malades porteurs d'une coronaropathie ont souvent une atteinte d'un autre territoire vasculaire parfois sans traduction clinique, ces associations sont importantes à connaitre, afin d'assurer une prise en charge complète de cette catégorie de patients. Estimer la fréquence des autres atteintes athéromateuses périphériques essentiellement l'atteinte carotide, l'anévrysme de l'aorte abdominal (AAA) et l'artériopathie oblitérante des membres inférieurs (AOMI) chez les coronariens recrutés en cardiologie dans les centres hospitalo universitaires de la ville de Constantine. Notre étude est descriptive, transversale, monocentrique réalisée en unité des explorations cardiovasculaires de l'hôpital régional universitaire de Constantine. Les sujets inclus avaient aux moins une lésion coronaire significative ≥ 50 sur une artère coronaire principale. L'ensemble de nos malades ont bénéficies d'un bilan échographique (écho Doppler des troncs supra aortique, écho Doppler de l'aorte et des membres inférieurs). Le traitement et l'exploitation des données ont fait appel au logiciel SPSS 22. La fréquence de l'association AOMI et coronaropathie était de 34,7 % représentant l'association la plus fréquente, une lésion carotidienne hémodynamique (≥ 50 %) et un AAA été associée respectivement à la coronaropathie dans 12 % et 4,6 % des cas. La triple association coronaropathie, AAA et atteinte carotide hémodynamique observée dans 2,67 %, la triple association AOMI, coronaropathie, sténose carotide ≥ 50 % observée dans 6,67 %. La fréquence de l'association coronaropathie, AOMI et AAA estimée à 3,66 %. Il convient donc, sur les données de l'examen clinique mais aussi par l'utilisation raisonnée des méthodes d'imagerie non invasive sur la base des recommandations, de planifier au mieux le bilan des patients coronariens. À ce prix, on pourra envisager une prise en charge adaptée et pertinente, avec un rapport coût/bénéfice acceptable. Patients with coronary heart disease often suffer from damage in another vessel which has, in some cases, no clinical signs. These combined conditions are important to be diagnosed in order to treat the patients thoroughly. To estimate the frequency of other peripheral atheromatous injuries especially carotid artery disease, Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and Peripheral artery disease (PAD) in patients with coronary disease which were enrolled in the cardiology department of the university hospital of Constantine, Algeria. This descriptive cross-sectional monocentre study was carried out in the cardiovascular exploration unit in the university hospital of Constantine, Algeria. Enrolled patients had at least one significative coronary injury ≥ 50 in one of the major coronary arteries. All of the patients have had an ultrasound examination (supra-aortic trunks doppler, aorta and inferior limbs doppler). Data were processed and analysed using SPSS 22 software. The frequency of the association PAD with CAD was 34.7% which accounts for the highest frequency. Haemodynamic carotid injury (≥5 0%) and AAA were respectively associated with CAD in 12% and 4.6% of the cases. The triple associations CAD with AAA and Haemodynamic carotid injury was observed in 2.67% of the cases while CAD with PAD and carotid artery stenosis (≥ 50%) in 6.67% of the cases. The frequency of the association CAD with PAD and AAA was estimated at 3.66%. Coronary artery disease goes often hand in hand with other heart conditions, which should be systematically considered in patients with CAD. Clinical examination along with recommended non-invasive imaging techniques can help improve the medical assessment of patients with CAD. Only with these means, thorough personalised and cost-beneficial medical care can be obtained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

L'hypotension orthostatique est un critère majeur de neuropathie autonome cardiaque du diabète. Elle est associée à un surcroît de mortalité globale et cardiovasculaire. L'objectif est d'évaluer la fréquence et les facteurs associés à une hypotension orthostatique dans le diabète de type 2. Cette étude transversale prospective inclut des patients adultes ayant un diabète de type 2. L'hypotension orthostatique a été définie comme une diminution de la pression artérielle systolique > 20 mmHg ou une diminution de la pression artérielle diastolique > 10 mmHg, après 3 minutes de position debout. La pression artérielle a été mesurée avec un dispositif électronique validé. Les facteurs de risque vasculaire et complications micro- et macrovasculaires ont été recherchés systématiquement par les moyens diagnostiques appropriés. Nous avons évalué 300 patients diabétiques. Les femmes représentent 57 %. L'âge moyen était de 58 ans. La durée moyenne du diabète était de 8 ans. Les médicaments antidiabétiques étaient la metformine (82 %), les sulfonylurées (36 %) et l'insuline (40 %). Une hypertension artérielle était présente dans 49 % des cas. Les antihypertenseurs étaient les antagonistes des récepteurs de l'angiotensine II (50 %), les diurétiques (47 %), les inhibiteurs de l'enzyme de conversion de l'angiotensine (24 %), les bêtabloquants (17 %) et les inhibiteurs des canaux calciques (17 %). Une hypotension orthostatique a été identifiée chez 26 patients (8,6 %). En analyse multivariée, les facteurs associés à l'hypotension orthostatique sont l'élévation la pression artérielle systolique et l'insulinothérapie. L'hypotension orthostatique est relativement peu fréquente chez nos patients atteints de diabète de type 2. Elle est associée de manière significative à l'élévation la pression artérielle systolique et à l'insulinothérapie. Orthostatic hypotension is a major criterion for diabetic autonomic cardiac neuropathy. It increases overall and cardiovascular mortality. The aim of our study was to evaluate the orthostatic hypotension frequency in type 2 diabetics and to investigate the associated factors. This prospective cross-sectional study included adult patients with type 2 diabetes. Orthostatic hypotension was defined as a decrease in the systolic arterial pressure > 20 mm-Hg or a decrease in the diastolic arterial pressure > 10 mm-Hg, after 3 minutes of standing position. The arterial pressure was measured with a validated electronic device. Vascular risk factors and micro and macro-vascular complications were systematically investigated by the appropriate diagnostic means. We evaluated 300 diabetic patients. Of these women represented 57%. The mean age was 58 years old. The average duration of diabetes was 8 years. The antidiabetic drugs were metformin (82%), sulfonylureas (36%) and insulin (40%). High blood pressure was present in 49% among whom 50% of patients received angiotensin II receptor blockers, 47% diuretics, 24% angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, 17% beta blockers, and 17% calcium channel blockers. Orthostatic hypotension has been identified in 26 patients (8.6%). In multivariate analysis, the associated factors with orthostatic hypotension were elevated systolic blood pressure and insulin treatment. The frequency of orthostatic hypotension is relatively low in our patients with type 2 diabetes and it was significantly associated with systolic blood pressure and insulin treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Highlights • The impacts of operating parameters on PTC were analyzed. • The effects of frequencies and average pressures on the regenerator and the phase shifter were simulated. • The pressure ratio, the waveforms, the motor efficiency, and the cooling capacity were experimental studied. • A cooling power of 10 W/80 K with 171 W input power can be achieved by optimizing the operating parameters. Abstract Pulse tube cryocoolers (PTCs) represent a significant enabling technology for infrared detectors in space applications. A PTC can be efficiently operated by optimizing the structural parameters and impedance characteristics among different components. While the structures of the components are determined, the operating parameters are the most effective and simple methods to optimize the cooling performance of a PTC. The regenerator losses (regenerative losses, heat conduction losses and pressure drop losses) and the phase shifting ability (phase angle) are affected by the operating parameters. Based on theoretical and simulated analysis, the effects of operating parameters on the linear motor, regenerator and phase shifter are investigated. The pressure ratio, waveforms of the pressure and displacement, phase angle, motor efficiency, input power and cooling capacity are then presented by an experiment to clarify the influence mechanism. The pressure ratio and phase characteristics at the entrances of the regenerator and inertance tube are changed with different operating parameters. Corresponding with the piston displacement and motor efficiency, there is an optimal average pressure for the best cooling efficiency. The results show that a high compressor efficiency of 88% and a relative Carnot efficiency (rCOP) of 16.08% is achieved at 2.5 MPa and 51 Hz, while a relative Carnot efficiency of 16.0% is achieved at 3.5 MPa and 52 Hz by optimizing the frequency and pressure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Antecedentes: Bartonella spp. es un género de bacteria gram negativa hemotrópica‚ intracelular facultativa‚ ha sido aislada en una gran variedad de mamíferos y se transmite principalmente por vectores artrópodos. Puede causar una diversidad de manifestaciones clínicas‚ e incluso cursar con un cuadro subclínico. Frente a su diagnóstico no se cuenta con una prueba de alta especificidad‚ sin embargo‚ la PCR es la técnica más usada para cuadros agudos y crónicos‚ dada la baja sensibilidad y dificultad para diagnóstico pro extendido de sangre periférico. A pesar‚ de su alto potencial zoonótico; en Colombia se tienen pocos estudios‚ y no se conoce ningún estudio epidemiológico urbano. Objetivo: evaluar la frecuencia de Bartonella spp. en felinos y caninos de diferentes centros veterinarios de Medellín mediante qPCR y la asociación con diferentes variables demográficas. Metodología: se realizó un estudio retrospectivo de las bases de datos de muestras enviadas al laboratorio Testmol S.A.S‚ para el diagnóstico de Bartonella spp. en felinos y caninos mediante qPCR‚ de diferentes centros veterinarias de Medellín durante el 2022. Y se hizo un análisis estadístico descriptivo y bivariado de variables demográficas mediante Jamovi 2.3.21‚ con un valor p < 0,05. Resultados: la frecuencia de positividad evidenciada es del 20‚4 % del total de las muestras enviadas‚ siendo el 20‚1 % los felinos‚ y el 0‚3 los caninos. De los felinos positivos‚ el 10‚4 % fueron machos y 9‚7 % hembras‚ y de los caninos‚ el 0‚2 % fueron machos y el 0‚1 % hembras. En los felinos positivos‚ los cachorros fueron los que presentaron la frecuencia más alta en un 10‚7 %‚ seguido de los adultos jóvenes con un 6‚3 %. Conclusiones: se evidenció una frecuencia mucho mayor en felinos que en caninos‚ se observa asociación entre la positividad‚ con la especie‚ la edad y la raza. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study concerns the dynamic behavior of composite beams gradually evaluated through the thickness materials. Our work is devoted to the analysis of natural frequencies of composite beams FGM used in building structures in civil engineering often subjected to vibration loads due to earthquakes. The vibration characteristics of specific beams such as free and orthotropic fixed beams are studied without including deformation due to shear and rotational inertia. We introduce the effects of transverse deformation due to shear and rotational inertia for the accurate prediction of normal frequencies. An application to carbon nanotubes was investigated.

Introduction: In this study, we aimed to determine the most common pathologies by examining the ear, nose and throat (ENT) ofschool-aged population and the relation with the associated factors.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between September-December 2013 at the primary and secondary schools in the citycenter of Çanakkale. A questionnaire was applied with the students’ and parents’ disease history and their habits. Ear, nose and throatexamination was performed and noted to the examination form.Results: A total of 1938 students were enrolled in the study. 1369 students (70.6%) were in primary schools, 569 (29.4%) were insecondary schools. Mean age of the students was 8.6 ± 2.3 years. The prevalence of tonsillar hypertrophy was 25.2%, prominent ear14.8%, otitis media 3.3%, anterior nasal deviation 10.4% respectively. Prominent ear were found more frequent in male children thanfemale children (p lt;0,001). There were no significant differences between children according to gender and the level of classes withhaving at least one ear-nose-throat pathology (p gt;0.05).Conclusion: Tonsillar hypertrophy, anterior nasal deviation, and otitis media were the most common pathologies in the school agedchildren respectively. The students’ and the parents’ medical histories and the parents’ habits were not risk factors for having at leastone ear-nose-throat pathology.

L'objectif de cette étude est de contribuer à l'amélioration de la prise en charge des patients porteurs de cardiomyopathies dilatées (CMD) à Brazzaville. Cette étude prospective et analytique, a été réalisée au CHU de Brazzaville entre le 1er Janvier 2014 et le 30 Juin 2015. Elle a inclus les patients hospitalisés dans le service de cardiologie pour une insuffisance cardiaque (IC) en rapport avec une CMD. L'étude a porté sur 100 patients. La fréquence hospitalière de la CMD était de 32,1%. Il s'agissait de 38 hommes (38%) et 62 femmes (62%), âgés en moyenne de 52,9 , 17,1 ans. L'IC était globale dans 72 cas (72%). L'ECG s'inscrivait en rythme sinusal (95%), et objectivait une hypertrophie ventriculaire gauche (40%), un bloc de branche gauche (16%), et une fibrillation auriculaire (5%). La fraction d'éjection du ventricule gauche (VG) était en moyenne de 33,4 ., 6,8%, et le diamètre télédiastolique du VG de 65,5 , 7,0 mm. Le traitement comportait un diurétique de l'anse (100%), un IEC/ARA2 (100%), un bêtabloquant (38%), un digitalique (30%), un anti-aldostérone (16%), et un anti-vitamine K (11%). Au terme d'un suivi de 12 mois, le taux de létalité globale était de 9%, le taux de réhospitalisation de 12%, et le taux de perdus de vue de 41%. cette étude a montré que la CMD est une affection fréquente, et une des principales causes d'insuffisance cardiaque. La durée de suivi brève et le nombre important de perdus de vue ne permettent pas d'en évaluer la survie dans notre contexte.

INTRODUCTION: Les symptômes physiques associés aux troubles anxio-dépressifs ont fait l'objet de plusieurs études depuis plusieurs décennies, vu leurs fréquences et leurs conséquences. Le but de notre étude est de préciser la fréquence des principaux symptômes physiques des troubles anxieux (trouble panique (TP), trouble anxiété généralisée (TAG), troubles phobiques (TPh), et dépressifs (épisode dépressif caractérisé (EDC) dans le cadre d'un trouble dépressif). METHODES: nous avons mené une étude transversale à visée descriptive, réalisée sur un échantillon de 202 consultants dans un Service de Psychiatrie. RESULTATS: l'âge moyen des patients est de 42 ans (19 à 70 ans), avec une légère prédominance féminine: 118 (58%). Les troubles anxio-dépressifs constatés sont: l'EDC: 113(56%), le TP: 61 (30.2%), le TAG: 55 (27.2%) et les TPh: 30 (14.9%). La fréquence des patients atteints de 2 à 5, et plus de 5 symptômes était respectivement de 15.9% et 39.6% dans les troubles dépressifs, et de 9.5% et 62.9% dans les troubles anxieux. Les symptômes les plus rapportés sont d'ordre cardiopulmonaire (75%), général (73.8%) et neurologique (65.8%). CONCLUSION: les symptômes physiques qui accompagnent les troubles anxio-dépressifs, sont variables et surviennent souvent en nombre. Ils peuvent aggraver le pronostic de ces troubles psychiatriques, en rendant difficile leur prise en charge. Un dépistage précoce de ces troubles, en portant une attention particulière à ces symptômes physiques, permettra de prévenir ces complications.

We present and discuss recent data on the frequency of cancer in France. In the male population, the incidence of cancer has been stable since 2010 and mortality is decreasing; changes in the incidence of all cancers are dominated by changes in the incidence of prostate cancer, which is highly dependent on the extent of screening. In the female population, cancer incidence is rising and mortality is falling; the increase in the incidence of all cancers is partly due to the rise in the incidence of lung cancer, a consequence of women taking up smoking in the early 1970s., (Copyright © 2023 Société Française du Cancer. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

Introduction: Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is very rare worldwide. The objectives of the present study were to determine the frequency, to describe the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics according to the type of CIS (primary and secondary), and to establish the prognosis., Method: We conducted a retrospective cohort study in the Gynecology-Obstetrics unit of CHU Gabriel Touré (2015 - 2021). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the Kaplan Meier method was used to produce survival curves., Results: We identified 100 cases of IBC among 588 breast cancer cases including 23 cases of primary IBC (3.59%) and 77 cases of secondary IBC (13.1%). The two types of IBC appeared in a relatively younger and peaked between 35 and 40 years old. Contrary to primary IBC, secondary IBC exhibited a second peak between 55 and 60 years old (Wilcoxon rank, test p > 0.05). The time between symptom onset to disease progression was significantly shorter in primary IBC cases versus secondary one (p < 0.001). Overall survival and specific survival according to the type of IBC were less than 40% after 60 months of followed up., Conclusion: The incidence of IBC was high in our setting but dominated by secondary IBC. Whatever the type of IBC, the prognosis was poor., (Le comité de rédaction se réserve le droit de renvoyer aux auteurs avant toute soumission à l'avis des lecteurs les manuscrits qui ne seraient pas conformes à ces modalités de présentation. En outre il leur conseille de conserver un exemplaire du manuscrit, des figures et des tableaux.)

Introduction: The processing of sensory information determines the development and growth of a child's abilities. Dysfunction in the processing of sensory stimuli can affect a child's behavior and can disrupt development. Sensory Regulation Disorders are frequently associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), with the DSM-5 even including it as a diagnostic criterion. However, they are also observed in other neurodevelopmental disorders. At present, the frequency of Sensory Regulation Disorders in children consulting child psychiatry has never been evaluated, although it seems to be a population at risk., Objectives: To evaluate the frequency of sensory regulation disorders in children between 3 and 6 years old who first consult a child psychiatrist in Marseille. To determine whether certain reasons for consultation are correlated with the presence of sensory regulation disorders., Methods: A multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted for four months in Marseille. Sensory regulation disorders were assessed by the second version of Dunn's short sensory profile., Results: Fifty-eight patients were included. A significant difference was found between the frequency of SRT in our primary child psychiatry population and the general population. Subgroup analyses according to the reason for consultation showed that there would be more SRT in the Motor Instability/Inattention, Conduct Disorder and Socialization Disorder subgroups., Conclusion: We observed a higher frequency of SRT in the child psychiatry consultation population. SRT could explain, or at least partly participate in, the children's symptomatology. The results are in favor of an early detection of SRT in the population of children consulting child psychiatry. The evaluation of the sensory profiles of these children allows a better understanding of the child's functioning and an adjustment of the intervention and support strategies proposed to the family., (Copyright © 2022 L'Encéphale, Paris. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

There are several studies on the morphological acquisition of English as L2 but the errors committed by the participants have not been studied in depth. The objective in this article is to analyze the errors in a derivation test to determine percentage and typological differences between Mexican participants with different proficiency in English. The methodology was exploratory of quasi-experimental type. It focused on four nominalizing suffixes controlling their level of difficulty and productivity, and the cognate status and frequency of nouns. The design of the test was based on the proposal of Carlisle (2000). The errors were classified following Marín (2013) and analyzed based on the levels of difficulty in acquiring English affixes from Bauer and Nation (1993) and the morphological derivation knowledge aspects of Tyler and Nagy (1989). The results show that both the percentage and the type of errors vary according to the level of proficiency of the participants. A large percentage of use of inflectional suffixes was found, that is, of lower difficulty level; and it was evidenced that the distributional knowledge of the suffixes is the last to be acquired. These findings may be useful for teaching purposes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The fly Dermatobia hominis is a parasite of domestic animals and man, in the larval phase, causes nodular myiasis called berne. Among domestic animals, cattle are the most affected. This parasite originates from the American continent, and is present throughout Latin America. The main economic losses that this agent causes in cattle are decrease in the production of milk and meat, delayed growth and damages in the leather. The objective of this work was to evaluate the frequency of parasitism of D. hominis larvae in cattle at slaughter age. During 20 months, skins from 2009 cattle from 18 municipalities of the region were examined. The animals were slaughtered in slaughterhouses located in the municipality of Piranga, where they were found to have nodules of this parasite. Of the evaluated bovines, 37.63% presented berne nodules, among them; 10.45% of the animals had more than five berne nodules when presenting for slaughter, 27.17% presented between one and five nodules. 62.37% of the total had no nodules. During the evaluation, it can be observed that, for the most part, the animals with the highest number of larvae were those that had low body score and those from dairy discard of the microregion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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INTRODUCTION: la fréquence de la césarienne (CS) ne cesse d'augmenter ces dernières décennies mais cette augmentation diffère énormément d'un pays à un autre et dans un même milieu, d'une institution médicale à une autre. L'objectif de cette étude est d'étudier la fréquence, les indications et la morbi-mortalité maternelle et périnatale de la césarienne (CS) à Lubumbashi, République Démocratique du Congo (RDC). METHODES: étude multicentrique, rétrospective, descriptive et analytique de 3643 CS consécutives sur un total de 34199 accouchements dans cinq formations hospitalières de référence à Lubumbashi (RDC) entre le 1er janvier 2009 et le 31 décembre 2013. Les données sociodémographiques, les indications, l'environnement obstétrical et la morbi-mortalité maternelle et périnatale ont été analysés au logiciel Epi Info 2011. Les fréquences exprimées en pourcentage et les moyennes avec leurs écart-types ont été calculés. Le test de Chi-carré et le test exact de Fisher lorsque recommandés ont été utilisés pour la comparaison des fréquences au seuil de signification de p=0,05. RESULTATS: la fréquence moyenne de césarienne était de 10,65%. Elle est passée de 10,24% en 2009 à 11,38% en 2013 soit une croissance de 11,13% (p=0,03). Cinquante-un virgule quatre pourcent de CS étaient effectuées après tentative de la voie basse et 48,6% dans un contexte d'urgence obstétricale. Les indications sont restées constantes et dominées par la disproportion féto-pelvienne (18,6%), la souffrance fétale aiguë (11,9%), la mal présentation fétale (10,1%), le placenta prævia (9,2%) et le bassin rétréci (8,4%). La morbidité maternelle s'élève à 11,6% matérialisée par les complications hémorragiques dans 6,1%. La mortalité maternelle globale est passée de 2,3 en 2009 à 6,4, en 2013 soit une inflation de 178,26%. Pour la voie haute, elle est passée de 4, à 16,7, pour les 4 dernières années prises ensemble équivalant à une inflation de 317,5% (p=0,005) contre 2,1,à 2,8 (33,33% d'inflation ; p=0,296) pour la voie basse au cours de la même période. La mortalité périnatale globale a connu une augmentation de 56,04% l'année 2010 (p=0,0000) et 43,36% en 2013 (p=0,0000). Concernant la CS, l'on notera une amélioration de la mortalité périnatale de 48,64% les trois premières années suivant 2009 (59,4,contre 70,5; p=0,3278), amélioration à laquelle succédera une hausse de 46,52% (p=0,026). Globalement, la mortalité périnatale n'aura pas été significativement modifiée par la dynamique évolutive de la CS durant ces 5 années. CONCLUSION: les cinq dernières années, la pratique de la CS à Lubumbashi (RDC) a connu une croissance de plus de 11% sans évolution de ses indications ni dividendes maternelles et périnatales.

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