11,307 research outputs found
La perle évangélique - traduction française - (1602). Édition établie et précédée de Le coup terrible du néant par Daniel Vidal, Grenoble, Jérôme Million, 1997
No full textArnold Matthieu. La perle évangélique - traduction française - (1602). Édition établie et précédée de Le coup terrible du néant par Daniel Vidal, Grenoble, Jérôme Million, 1997. In: Revue d'histoire et de philosophie religieuses, 78e année n°4, Octobre-décembre 1998. pp. 472-473
George MacLeod’s open-air preaching: performance and counter-performance
No full textStuart Blythe uses the methodology of performance to analyse George MacLeod’s open-air preaching. He points out that MacLeod’s preaching was derived from a theology of the incarnation, and an understanding of the paradoxes and dichotomies of common human life. This preaching, Blythe suggests, was also a counter-performance in the context of outlooks and ideologies inimical to the gospel. The paper raises interesting issues related to preaching as performance, and the further question as to whether or not the life and work of the Church as a whole might now be better understood as a counter-performance.Publisher PD
Emerg Infect Dis
No full textModern diagnostic methods enable clinicians to look beyond a diagnosis of chronic Q fever and discern whether patients instead have persistent focalized Coxiella burnetii infection(s). Use of these methods and development of criteria to define and treat such infections, especially cardiovascular infections, will improve the prognosis for patients previously thought to have chronic Q fever
A genetic variation map for chicken with 2.8 million single-nucleotide polymorphisms
No full textWe describe a genetic variation map for the chicken genome containing 2.8 million single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). This map is based on a comparison of the sequences of three domestic chicken breeds (a broiler, a layer and a Chinese silkie) with that of their wild ancestor, red jungle fowl. Subsequent experiments indicate that at least 90% of the variant sites are true SNPs, and at least 70% are common SNPs that segregate in many domestic breeds. Mean nucleotide diversity is about five SNPs per kilobase for almost every possible comparison between red jungle fowl and domestic lines, between two different domestic lines, and within domestic lines--in contrast to the notion that domestic animals are highly inbred relative to their wild ancestors. In fact, most of the SNPs originated before domestication, and there is little evidence of selective sweeps for adaptive alleles on length scales greater than 100 kilobases
‘I believe in romance’: remembering Valerie Parv, the Australian author who sold 34 million books
No full text‘I believe in romance’: remembering Valerie Parv, the Australian author who sold 34 million books</p
150 Million Americans to [James Meredith] (15 October 1962)
No full textSigned by 150 Million Americanshttps://egrove.olemiss.edu/mercorr_anti/1198/thumbnail.jp
Characterization by molecular approach of gut dysbiosis associated to severe acute malnutrition in Mali
No full textLa persistance et les rechutes de la malnutrition aiguë sévère demeurent des défis de santé publique. Le développement de nouvelles stratégies thérapeutiques est essentiel d’autant plus que cette persistance est associée à la dysbiose. Le but de ce travail était de caractériser le microbiote intestinal par approche moléculaire chez les enfants de moins de 5 ans. Ainsi nous avons effectué une étude cas témoins avec 143 malnutris aigus sévères et 110 enfants sains à Kalaban-coro, Bamako, Mali. Après approbation du comité d’éthique local et l’obtention du consentement éclairé et signé des participants, les données socio-démographiques et anthropométriques ont été renseignées avant de prélever des échantillons de selle. Pour les enfants malnutris un échantillon de selle étaient recueilli avant le début du traitement et un autre à la sortie. Chez les enfants sains les échantillons étaient prélevés à l’inclusion et 15 jours après. Les paramètres physico-chimiques, la PCR quantitative ciblée, la métagénomique 16S et la mesure d’acide gras à chaines courtes par chromatographie gazeuse et spectrométrie de masse ont été effectués pour une exploration élargie du microbiote infantile. Nous avons confirmé la déplétion des bactéries anaérobies comme Bifidobacterium spp., Faecalibacterium prausnitzii et l’effondrement du butyrate. Nous avons montré la perte de Methanobrevibacter smithii non détecté à partir de 24 mois alors qu’il était présent chez 90% des enfants sains à cet âge. Nos résultats suggèrent que ces bactéries constituent une entité à explorer afin de proposer de nouvelles thérapeutiques avec des probiotiques pour améliorer la prise en charge de la malnutrition aiguë sévèreThe persistence and relapse of severe acute malnutrition remain public health challenges. The development of new therapeutic strategies is essential, especially as this persistence is associated with dysbiosis. The aim of this work was to characterise the gut microbiota by molecular approach in children under 5 years of age. Thus we conducted a case control study with 143 severely malnourished and 110 healthy control children in Kalaban-coro, Bamako, Mali. After approval from the local ethics committee and obtaining signed informed consent from the participants, socio-demographic and anthropometric data were filled in before collecting stool samples. For malnourished children, one stool sample was collected before the start of treatment and another at discharge. For healthy children, samples were collected at inclusion and 15 days later. Physicochemical parameters, targeted quantitative PCR, 16S metagenomics and short chain fatty acid measurement by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry were performed for a broad exploration of the infant microbiota. We confirmed the depletion of anaerobic bacteria such as Bifidobacterium spp, Faecalibacterium prausnitzii and the collapse of butyrate. We showed the loss of Methanobrevibacter smithii which was not detected from 24 months onwards, whereas it was present in 90% of healthy children at this age. Our results suggest that these bacteria constitute an entity to be explored in order to propose new therapies with probiotics to improve the management of severe acute malnutrition
Reading acts of narrative appropriation: four instances of fraudulent memoir
No full textPhDThis thesis examines acts of narrative appropriation, the telling of purportedly‘authentic’ life stories by those for whom the stories are not theirs to tell. This
misuse or subversion of genre - the discipline of historical writing and the category
of autobiography - becomes a means for cultural, social and political dissimulation,
and the analysis focuses both on the act: the event, trespass, or ‘theft’ of another’s
life story, and on the cultural meaning that this event reveals. These narrative acts
are approached theoretically through discussions of what it means to be an author, a
reader, and through the consideration of literary and social genre, category and form.
In exploring identities at particular risk of appropriation, this thesis shows how
fraudulent appropriated narratives affect our reading of the world, and in turn
influence our perception of already marginalized social groups. My primary
examples include prostitution ‘narratives’, Native North American ‘memoir,’ and
fraudulent Holocaust survivor ‘testimony,’ with each text providing decoded
evidence of ‘genre-bending’ exhibiting a social and political intent. These works
seek to be read as authentic personal narratives, as autobiography, and that is how
they have been presented to the reader. However, they are imposters – fictional tales
desiring the elevated status of historical authenticity and willing to bend the rules
and contracts of genre to achieve their end. Here the appearance of authenticity is
achieved through the use of cultural and social ‘myth,’ or perceptions of cultural
identity, and as such its fraudulent construction is first and foremost a social act,
with a social and economic motivation. As this thesis concludes, these texts are
most successful when their own political and social ideologies echo and confirm that
of the readership; when their subjects, the fraudulent ‘I’ at the center of the text is
also a performative elaboration of cultural belief
Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits
No full textHigh blood pressure is a highly heritable and modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. We report the largest genetic association study of blood pressure traits (systolic, diastolic and pulse pressure) to date in over 1 million people of European ancestry. We identify 535 novel blood pressure loci that not only offer new biological insights into blood pressure regulation but also highlight shared genetic architecture between blood pressure and lifestyle exposures. Our findings identify new biological pathways for blood pressure regulation with potential for improved cardiovascular disease prevention in the future. © 2018, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature America, Inc
Compelled to control: conflicting visions of the future of cyberspace
No full textThis report looks at the desire among states for greater control over the digital domain. It considers the convergence of controlling desires among the major cyberpowers and examines some of the main dynamics of the Russian and Chinese positions. Their positions are examined relative to each other and to the Western consensus. The paper analyses the potential implications for the global internet and the impact that developing countries may have on the dialogue
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