SDI: France changes tack on research

Conceptualizing people in SDI literature: Implications for SDI research and development

People have always played an important role in SDI research. SDI researchers discuss in their papers the role of people explicitly or refer to people implicitly and from different angles. For example, they view people as users of SDI, as evaluators, as learners of SDI, as champions driving development, among others. In this article, we conduct an interpretive analysis of 142 peer-reviewed artic...

Cardiovascular Research in France

Walnut Research in France

Walnut research in France is carried out by scientists employed by the Centre Technique Interprofessionel des Fruits et Legumes (CTIFL) and the Institute National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA). (The Association Foret-Cellulose (AFOCEL) which has been active in research on walnut propagation is terminating their walnut project this year.) CTIFL focuses on applied research and technology tra...

France rethinks research plans

Three months can be a very long time when a revolution is on the roll and history is being made. On January 7, French researchers launched an internet petition under the title Sauvons la Recherche! (Let's Save Research!) asking the government to unfreeze funds, create new jobs and allow them a say in the legislation to reform science (Curr. Biol. (2004). 14, R139). By April 7, the research mini...

Tack Hernia: A New Entity

The repair of incisional and ventral hernias by the laparoscopic method is finding its place in the general surgical field. The use of tacks and transfascial sutures is commonplace. A new hernia has been identified. Two hernias have been seen following the successful repair of incisional hernias. These did not appear to be recurrent hernias as definite findings of fascial defects were present r...