-
Article
Open AccessRevealing uncertainty in the status of biodiversity change
Biodiversity faces unprecedented threats from rapid global change1. Signals of biodiversity change come from time-series abundance datasets for thousands of species over large geographic and temporal scales. Anal...
-
Article
Open AccessReactivity of shape-controlled crystals and metadynamics simulations locate the weak spots of alumina in water
The kinetic stability of any material in water relies on the presence of surface weak spots responsible for chemical weathering by hydrolysis. Being able to identify the atomistic nature of these sites and the...
-
Chapter and Conference Paper
Environmental Assessment of Anammox Process in Mainstream with WWTP Modeling Coupled to Life Cycle Assessment
This work aims to assess the environmental balance of this process by an integrated approach consisting in modeling the WWTP and life cycle assessment. In this way two models were developed to represent HRAS a...
-
Article
Impulsivity is predicted by the thinness of the insular cortex in rats
-
Article
From impulses to maladaptive actions: the insula is a neurobiological gate for the development of compulsive behavior
Impulsivity is an endophenotype of vulnerability for compulsive behaviors. However, the neural mechanisms whereby impulsivity facilitates the development of compulsive disorders, such as addiction or obsessive...
-
Article
First outbreak of community-acquired MRSA USA300 in France: failure to suppress prolonged MRSA carriage despite decontamination procedures
The first French outbreak of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) USA300 clone was investigated. After outbreak investigation, hygiene measures were implemented in all family h...
-
Article
Proposition de modèle d’organisation d’un centre spécialisé en obésité
La prévalence de l’obésité en France contraint les acteurs de santé à s’organiser. Les patients souffrant d’obésité s’orientaient principalement vers les centres de chirurgie bariatrique. Sous l’égide du minis...
-
Article
Douleur chronique : rôle de la pharmacogénétique dans la résistance aux antidépresseurs
Le polymorphisme génétique des enzymes impliqués dans la pharmacocinétique et la pharmacodynamie des antidépresseurs est l’une des causes de la variabilité interindividuelle observée sous ces traitements. Les ...
-
Article
Sibunit-based catalytic materials for the deep oxidation of organic ecotoxicants in aqueous solutions. III: Wet air oxidation of phenol over oxidized carbon and Rr/C catalysts
This article presents the first systematic study concerning the effect of the oxidative treatment conditions on the surface chemical composition and the catalytic properties in the deep wet oxidation of organi...
-
Article
Co-activation of VTA DA and GABA neurons mediates nicotine reinforcement
Smoking is the most important preventable cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. This nicotine addiction is mediated through the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR), expressed on most neurons, and al...
-
Article
La multidisciplinarité, une réponse à la complexité. Exemples d’application en Suisse
Une approche multidisciplinaire est le garant du respect de la complexité du symptôme douloureux. Cet article présente trois applications de ce concept en Suisse. La Société suisse pour l’étude de la douleur œ...
-
Article
Sibunit-based catalytic materials for the deep oxidation of organic ecotoxicants in aqueous solutions. II: Wet peroxide oxidation over oxidized carbon catalysts
The influence of the surface chemical composition of carbon catalysts prepared by oxidative treatment on the basis of the Sibunit-4 carbon material of the Sibunit family on their catalytic properties in the li...
-
Article
Sibunit-based catalytic materials for the deep oxidation of organic ecotoxicants in aqueous solution: I. Surface properties of the oxidized sibunit samples
This article presents the first systematic study of the effect of oxidation under various conditions on the surface composition and catalytic properties of a carbon material of the Sibunit family (which is pro...
-
Article
Rôle de la sensibilisation centrale dans la fibromyalgie
La fibromyalgie est un syndrome douloureux chronique et complexe dont l’origine n’est pas encore élucidée. Cette origine est probablement multiple, somme de facteurs biologiques, psychologiques et sociaux.
-
Article
Genetic dissociation of two behaviors associated with nicotine addiction: Beta-2 containing nicotinic receptors are involved in nicotine reinforcement but not in withdrawal syndrome
Nicotine addiction is characterized by two distinct behaviors, chronic compulsive self-administration and the induction of a withdrawal syndrome upon cessation of nicotine consumption.
-
Article
Targeted in vivo expression of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in mouse brain using lentiviral expression vectors
-
Article
Nicotine reinforcement and cognition restored by targeted expression of nicotinic receptors
The bad news, nicotine addiction has caused the deaths of millions from smoking-related diseases. The good news, nicotine can enhance cognitive performance. In an attempt to disentangle the brain networks that...
-
Article
AM1 Study of N-2-Acetylaminofluorene bonded to Deoxyguanosine at the Minor Adduct Site
We have computed the total energy as a function of six important torsion angles of the carcinogen N-2-acetylaminofluorene (AAF) bonded to thenitrogen N2 of deoxyguanosine using the semiempirical quantum mechanica...
-
Article
Influence du cycle menstruel sur le seuil de la douleur expérimentale
évaluer l’impact du cycle menstruel sur le seuil de la douleur en réponse a un stimulus électrique chez 23 volontaires sains de sexe féminin avec et sans contraception orale.
-
Article
Genre et douleur: rôle du cycle menstruel
Depuis quelques années, l’influence du genre sur la perception douloureuse a suscité de nombreuses recherches épidémiologiques, cliniques et expérimentales. On admet actuellement l’existence d’un effet genre, ...
