Maerl beds, particularly those of Brittany, are important, structurally complex biogenic coastal habitats that form a unique ecosystem with high benthic biodiversity. Although they relatively well studied throughout Europe, several faunal groups maerl such as belonging to the meiofauna, have received little attention. We investigated meiofaunal abundance, distribution and community structure, f...

BACKGROUND In the 1990s, epidemiological studies estimated the prevalence of stroke caused by atrial fibrillation (AF) at about 15 %. Given the aging population, there is a rise in the number of AF patients. AF prevention guidelines based on clinical practice and the literature have been published and updated since 2001. Implementation seems to have an impact on the prescription of vitamin K an...

Many studies have shown the limits of support/confidence framework used in Apriori-like algorithms to mine association rules. There are a lot of efficient implementations based on the antimonotony property of the support. But candidate set generation is still costly and many rules are uninteresting or redundant. In addition one can miss interesting rules like nuggets. We are thus facing a compl...

RNV3P*, C. Doutrellot-Philippon (Amiens), D. Penneau-Fontbonne Y. Roquelaure (Angers), I. Tahon (Besançon), P. Brochard, C. Verdun-Esquer (Bordeaux), J.D. Dewitte (Brest), M. Letourneux (Caen), M.F. Marquignon (Cherbourg), A. Chamoux, L. Fontana (ClermontFerrand), J.C. Pairon (Créteil), H.J. Smolik (Dijon), J. Ameille, A. d’Escatha (Garches), A. Maitre, E. Michel (Grenoble), A. Gislard (Le Havr...

The performance of three serological tests manufactured in Belarus for the diagnosis of syphilis, i.e. a microprecipitation reaction (MPR) and two enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) were compared with internationally recognized assays, namely the rapid plasma reagin test and the Treponema pallidum passive particle agglutination assay (TPPA). Sera from 392 consecutive patients attending...

Microarray technology generates a large amount of data. Clustering is popular technique for locating genes that are expressed in close proximity. It entails examining fresh dataset to determine whether similar traits can be used identify any hidden groupings. There large-dimensional datasets accessible, such as those produced from gene expression investigations, RNA microarray studies, or seque...