Demangeot, J. - Le continent brésilien

Magnetotelluric Studies of Active Continent–Continent Collisions

Continent–continent collisions are an important tectonic process and have played a fundamental role in the evolution of the modern continents. A combination of geological and geophysical data has provided new constraints on the structure and temporal evolution of these orogens. Magnetotelluric (MT) studies have been an important part of these studies since they can constrain the fluid content a...

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Diarrhoea after continent ileostomy.

To determine the nature and frequency of malabsorption in patients with continent ileostomies, faeces and urine from 42 patients with ileal pouches and from 19 patients with conventional ileostomies were analysed and compared. The patients with conventional ileostomy were matched with patients with ileal pouches. Thirteen of the patients with pouches were found to have excessive faecal volumes ...

Magnetic continent colostomy device.

For patients, the principal drawback of a colostomy is the loss of faecal continence. To achieve a continent colostomy has long been the goal of surgeons. A magnetic stoma seal became feasible when a strong, light, durable magnet made of samarium-cobalt became commercially available in 1972. This metal compound has the highest magnetic energy per unit volume and loses only a few per cent of its...

Battle for continent standards

It was a bold move, given the deeply entrenched positions of many of Europe's ancient universities and education systems but optimism is growing that, by 2010, a European area of higher education might well be established. Ministers from this unprecedented collaboration, which now comprises 40 countries extending well beyond the EU into the Balkans and Eastern Europe, meet in Bergen this month ...