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A House of Toxins? How Cleaning Products Can Create an Unhealthy Living Environments
No full textNumerous very small airborne particles were observed from brief use of a common household cleaning product, highlighting the importance of indoor particle pollution sources that are unrelated to combustion. This is the first time that the rapid chemical transformation of vapors to airborne particles was observed during realistic use of consumer products, emphasizing the importance for professional cleaners and people frequently exposed to cleaning products.  
Regime shift to smaller and less palatable fish species in a warm and oxygen-poor Humboldt Current system
No full textFish vertebrae from a marine sediment record collected from Peru reveal an unexpected regime shift in fish community. During the last interglacial (125 000 years ago) the Humboldt Current was characterized by warm waters with low oxygen contents. These conditions were favorable for small fish species (e.g. gobies) and detrimental for anchovy that nowadays sustains the largest fishery in the world
Unlocking a new way to fight against antibiotic resistance: viruses are the key
No full textWe discovered viruses, called phages, that are capable of killing an antibiotic-resistant superbug lurking in intensive care units (ICUs). When the superbug tried to escape from phages it lost the protective layer that made it antibiotic-resistant. We forced the superbug into the dilemma of death by phages or death by antibiotics
The AW288 and AX067 antibodies recognize human actin by immunofluorescence in HEK cells
Get PDFThe AW288 and AX067 antibodies recognize human actin in paraformaldehyde-fixed HEK cells by immunofluorescence
OLOS Swiss
Get PDFDuring the P-5 program (2019-2020), the DLCM1 services transitioned from pilot to operational status: a data management training program and ad-hoc support were delivered throughout Switzerland, and OLOS (olos.swiss), the long-term solution for research data archiving and publication, became operational. Yareta, powered by the same DLCM technology than OLOS, was launched in June 2019, serving all the Higher Education Institutions of the Geneva Canton. Thanks to OLOS, the next step is to launch in January 2021 an equivalent service at the National level
Managing the life cycle of a portfolio of Open Data Resources
Get PDFData resources are essential for the long-term preservation of scientific data and the reproducibility of science. The SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics provides the life science community with a stable and reliable data infrastructure. The Institute provides a portfolio of high-quality databases and software platforms, which vary from expert curated knowledgebases such as UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot (part of the UniProt consortium), neXtProt, STRING and Bgee, to online tools such as SWISS-MODEL and SwissDrugDesign. SIB aims to ensure that these SIB Resources are available on the long term, i.e. as long as their scientific return-on-investment and impact are high. SIB\u27s vision is that data and research results should be freely accessible to all. For this reason, the Institute promotes the adoption of open licenses. This paper describes the processes that support the identification, evaluation, and development of SIB Resources. For over ten years, SIB employs a set of indicators that reflect the multiple facets and complexity of data resources. These indicators set quality standards, and monitor usage trends and scientific impact. They guide and inform both the SIB Scientific Advisory Board in its evaluation, and the managers of the databases and tools in the development of their respective resources towards scientific excellence and Open Science. Through a professional management framework with central services such as user-centric design and a license advisory committee, SIB supports the promotion of excellence in resource development and operation
RB690, RB691, RB692 and RB693 antibodies recognize a Drosophila melanogaster Nop56 peptide by ELISA
Get PDFThe recombinant antibodies RB690, RB691, RB692 and RB693 detect by ELISA a synthetic peptide from the Drosophila melanogaster Nop56 protein
Comment on devient un “vieux maître” ivoirien (années 1930-1970): Itinérance, mobilités et cosmopolitisme pédagogique : le cas de l’instituteur Koutia Lémon
Get PDFThis article plunges into the path of an unknown Ivorian rural teacher, from his primary education to his retirement, between the 1930s to the 1970s, i.e at the crossroads between colonial and post-colonial situations. Koutia Lémon initially trained at the Rural Normal School of Dabou as an indigenous “instituteur-paysan”. Spanning successive postings to in-service trainings, his career took him across colonies, the emerging State of Côte d’Ivoire, and even to France, for an internship in the eve of independence. Upon his return, he was assigned to positions of authority within the post-colonial educational system. To what extent is professional and geographic mobility inherent to the career of Ivorian “old teachers”? How does the mesh of “imagined communities” (i.e the Empire, the colony, the independent State, the village) contribute to building the ethos of a colonial civil servant who later became a postcolonial civil servant? How are the professional skill sets and methods acquired under the colonial situation repurposed in the independent State? The study addresses those questions through a connected microhistory of the Ivorian “old teacher”. The findings of this research contribute to framing the conceptual category of “old teachers”, based on a common though vagueexpression, widespread in Côte d’Ivoire. It also brings to light some channels of mobility and professionalization pathways that have long remained little known because they were subordinate, specifically rural, and less prestigious than the normal schools of William Ponty and Rufisque, which have been well covered by historiography over the past decade.Cet article fait une plongée dans le parcours d’un « vieux maître de brousse » ivoirien presque anonyme, depuis sa formation jusqu’à sa retraite, des années 1930 à 1970, à la charnière entre situations coloniale et postcoloniale. Koutia Lémon, formé à l’école normale rurale de Dabou, est initialement destiné à être un « instituteur-paysan ». D’affectations successives en formations continues, sa carrière l’amène à circuler au sein de l’espace colonial, puis du territoire national en construction, et même, fait rare, jusqu’en France pour un stage professionnel à la veille de l’indépendance. Il est affecté, dès son retour au pays, à des postes à responsabilités au sein de l’administration scolaire postcoloniale. En quoi les mobilités sont-elles inhérentes au parcours d’un « vieux maître » ivoirien ? Qu’est-ce qui, dans l’itinérance professionnelle et dans l’entrelacs des « communautés imaginées » (empire, colonie, État postcolonial, village), participe à construire l’éthos du fonctionnaire colonial et postcolonial ? Comment se passe le glissement de méthodes pédagogiques et de savoirfaire professionnels développés en situation coloniale puis réemployés au service de l’État indépendant ? Pour répondre à ces questions, l’enquête met en place une microhistoire connectée d’instituteur. L’article permet de dégager la catégorie conceptuelle de « vieux maître ivoirien », à partir d’une expression courante, mais aux contours flous. Il met également au jour des mobilités et des filières de formation professionnelle méconnues, car subalternes, spécifiquement rurales et moins prestigieuses que les écoles normales de William-Ponty et Rufisque, déjà connues de l’historiographie
Les forces d’appoint de l’armée camerounaise au temps du Maquis (1959-1969)
Get PDFThe birth of the Cameroonian army on 11 November 1959 took place in the context of significant violence caused by the war of independence. The army had a specific objective: to ensure the disappearance of the armed groups of the Union des Populations du Cameroun (UPC). However, its weaknesses in terms of manpower and efficiency contributed to the establishment of auxiliary forces, i.e. local popular forces mobilized to support the regular army in the field of counter-insurgency warfare. Based on interviews and original archival documents, this article focuses on the self-defense groups in the Mbouda district. It highlights some of the structuring elements of these auxiliary forces to the Cameroonian army, from their creation during the war of independence until the end of the 1960s.La naissance de l’armée camerounaise le 11 novembre 1959 s’inscrit dans le contexte d’une guerre d’indépendance marquée par d’importantes violences. Cette armée se voit notamment confier un objectif spécifique : assurer la disparition des groupes armés de l’Union des populations du Cameroun (UPC). Toutefois, ses faiblesses en termes d’effectifs et d’efficacité contribuent à ce que soient mises en place des forces d’appoint, c’est-à-dire des forces populaires locales mobilisées pour soutenir l’armée régulière sur le terrain de la guerre contre-insurrectionnelle. En s’appuyant sur des entretiens et des documents d’archives originaux, cet article s’intéresse aux groupes d’autodéfense dans l’arrondissement de Mbouda afin de mettre en évidence quelques-uns des éléments structurants de ces forces d’appoint à l’armée camerounaise, de leur création dans le cadre de la guerre d’indépendance jusqu’à la fin des années 1960
Marie-Luce Desgrandchamps (2018) - L’humanitaire en guerre civile : la crise du Biafra (1967-1970)
No full textCritical review: Marie-Luce Desgrandchamps, L’humanitaire en guerre civile : la crise du Biafra (1967-1970), Rennes, Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2018, 369 p.Recensé : Marie-Luce Desgrandchamps, L’humanitaire en guerre civile : la crise du Biafra (1967-1970), Rennes, Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2018, 369 p