Ruines en ville, ville en ruines

Prise en charge des hypertendus dans la ville de Cotonou (Bénin) en 2011: connaissances attitudes et pratiques des médecins généralistes

OBJECTIVE We aimed to assess the management of hypertensive patients by general practitioners in Cotonou city. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study based on a multicentre survey conducted from 1 May to 31 July 2011. We recruited all consenting general practitioners who worked in public and private centres in Cotonou city. We used the 7th report of the Joint National Committee to assess th...

Intérêts de l'examen du fond d’œil en pratique de ville: bilan de 438 cas

L'examen du fond d'œil fait partie du bilan de nombreuses maladies générales en dehors de l'ophtalmologie.L'objectif de notre travail était d'étudier les aspects cliniques et épidémiologiques des patients adressés pour un fond d'œil afin de montrer l'intérêtde cet examen. Il s'est agi d'une étude rétrospective descriptive des examens du fond d'œil durant la période de janvier 2011 à décembre 20...

Toni Hirvonen and Ville Pulkki

Characterizing Musical Signals with Wigner-Ville Interferences

This paper presents a new characterization of musical signals which may lead to better understanding about how such signals are perceived. We first consider some signal analysis methods which facilitate measures of perceived qualities of music. More precisely, we consider a particular representation of signal energy on which to base a quantitative measure of sensory dissonance. After defining s...

Facteurs de risque de la tuberculose multi-résistante dans la ville de Kinshasa en République Démocratique du Congo

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the risk factors for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in the city of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. METHODS This was a case control study. The cases included all TB patients notified as resistant to rifampicin and isoniazid in Kinshasa from January 2012 to June 2013. The controls included TB patients treated during the same...