BACKGROUND The emergence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) represents a major clinical problem because these bacteria are resistant to most antibiotics. CPE remain relatively uncommon in Korea. We report the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and molecular epidemiology of CPE isolates collected from five university hospitals in Korea. METHODS Between January and December ...

Certain disulfide bonds present in leucocyte membrane proteins are labile and can be reduced in inflammation. This can cause structural changes that result in downstream functional effects, for example, in integrin activation. Recent studies have shown that a wide range of membrane proteins have labile disulfide bonds including CD132, the common gamma chain of the receptors for several cytokine...

L’objectif d’égalité de genre n’a pas été, loin sans faut, au cœur l’histoire des congés parentaux et leur rémunération en France c’est dans le temps long, par étapes successives, que la politique s’est extraite l’empreinte ses origines. Elle d’abord organisée, jusqu’en 1977, autour l’a...

The factors influencing the level of U-232 contamination in U-233 are examined for heavy-water-moderated, light-water-moderated and liquid-metal cooled fast breeder reactors fueled with natural or low-enriched uranium and containing thorium mixed with the uranium or in separate target channels. U-232 decays with a 69-year half-life through 1.9-year half-life Th-228 to Tl-208, which emits a 2.6 ...

RésuméCet article s’inscrit dans une démarche de sociologie l’action publique qui vise à comprendre le traitement d’un problème social en analysant les « luttes définitionnelles » que se livrent acteurs prise avec ce problème, arènes publiques (médias, parlement), mais aussi des endroits plus discr...

Le solde naturel, différence entre les nombres de naissances et décès, a été divisé par quatre en France 2012 2022. Sa baisse provient d’une diminution des hausse décès d’ampleurs comparables depuis 10 ans, autour 100 000 chacune. L’espérance vie n’a plus progressé au cours trois dernières années raiso...

There are few data focusing on postoperative course after major head and neck cancer surgery in the elderly compared with the younger population. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of age on postoperative outcomes. At hospital admission, we prospectively collected data from 261 patients separated into two groups with regard to their age (those >or= 70 years and those < 70 years). Tw...

Each accelerator control system has a variety of measurement devices. One of the most common types of instrument interfaces used for their control is a serial (RS-232) bus. It is inexpensive and adequate for relatively simple measurement and control devices such as switchers, amplifiers, voltmeters, and stepper motors. Since the RS-232 specification is very broad and does not require uniformity...

Medicinal plant consumption can be a source of human exposure to radioactive elements such as (238)U and (232)Th, which can lead to internal radiation doses. The uptake of (238)U and (232)Th from soils to the leaf samples of three different medicinal plant species (Eucalyptus globulus, Acacia mearnsii and Hyparrhenia filipendula) from the purlieu of the Princess gold mine dump, an abandoned con...

In the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, normal prion protein (PrP-sen) is converted to a protease-resistant isoform, PrP-res, by an apparent self-propagating activity of the latter. Here we describe new, more physiological cell-free systems for analyzing the initial binding and subsequent conversion reactions between PrP-sen and PrP-res. These systems allowed the use of antibodies to ...