Le goût du riz

Applications de la transgenèse à l'amélioration variétale du riz

Use of genetic engineering in rice improvement Since the first recovery of a transgenic rice plant in 1988, major progress has been made in manipulating traits of interest through genetic engineering of this plant of high sociological, cultural and economic importance. These traits encompass resistance to insect pests, and fungal, bacterial and viral pathogens, tolerance to abiotic constraints ...

Le Sacre du Big Red

Le syndrome du soleil levant

Morning glory syndrome or rising sun is rare congenital anomaly of the papilla by emergence of the optic nerve in the eye. It is sometimes associated with serious anomalies of the central nervous system. It reaches preferentially girls and most often unilateral. The circumstances of the discovery may be strabismus, amblyopia, nystagmus, leucocoria or refractive disorder. This syndrome may also ...

Le Probleme Biologique Du Cancer

This small book reviews briefly practically the whole field of cancer. The author starts with a discussion of the incidence of the disease in France and continues with a consideration of various predisposing factors which influence the frequency of tumors. The etiology of cancer is dealt with in two separate sections, the first in connection with a brief review of experimental growths, and the ...

Automatisation du e-recrutement dans le cadre du Web sémantique

Cet article présente une approche basée sur l’annotation sémantique des CVs et des offres d’emploi pour automatiser le processus de recrutement électronique. Le principe de base consiste à modéliser formellement le contenu de ces documents en termes de leurs acquis (cas des CVs) ou requis (cas des offres d’emploi), à l’aide d’un référentiel commun entre les recruteurs et les chercheurs d’emploi...