BACKGROUND PFAPA syndrome (Periodic Fever, Aphtas, Pharyngitis and cervical Adenopathies) is one of the causes of periodic fever in pediatrics and it is characterised by high fever, pharyngitis, cervical adenitis and aphtous stomatitis. Its etiopathogeny is unknown. The diagnosis is clinical and the findings of laboratory are unspecified. One or two doses (1 mg/kg) of oral prednisone are enough...

The aim of this thesis is to analyze the behaviour of the people passing in front of a target scene. We consider an environment composed of a so-called target scene (a specific scene under analysis, such as a large plasma screen, a projected image, an advertising poster, a shop window, etc.) and a monitored area (place from which people look at the target scene, such as a street or shopping mal...

Leukemia Group B 9343, which showed that locoregional recurrence continues to occur beyond 5 years (7). Furthermore, when compared with the initial results (5), the updated results of TARGIT-A (4) demonstrate a much higher increase in the rate of local recurrences for PBI (23 vs 6) compared with external beam radiotherapy group (11 vs 5). Further, we disagree with the authors (1) that this shor...

BACKGROUND Unconditional regard refers to the feeling that one is accepted and valued by others without conditions. Psychological theory suggests that experiences of unconditional regard lead children to feel that they are valuable despite setbacks. We hypothesized that reflecting on experiences of unconditional regard would buffer children's negative self-feelings (eg, shame, insecurity, power...

Dans ce colloque je discute la notion d'espace selon Descartes et Leibniz et j'y oppose le point de vue de Samuel Clarke et Isaac Newton comme solution pour comprendre la réalité du monde physique Au début de cesì ecle la philosophie des sciences a ´ eté secouée par deux révolutions, les quanta et la relativité. Je ne vais pas vous décrire ici ces révolutions, vous les connaissez 1. Mais parado...

Although 12-step literature posits inconsiderate behaviors to characterize alcoholics and addicts, there is little data to support this association among adolescent populations. Using a matched-pair study design with 579 youth aged 14-18 (52% female, 30% minority), a significant, dose-response relationship was found between greater alcohol and drug use severity and increased likelihood of drivi...

BACKGROUND It has been found that in patients suffering from unipolar depression, associated depersonalization symptomatology is more intense compared to healthy controls, and also that there is a positive correlation between depression and depersonalization. According to data that may be found in the literature, there is a relatively high prevalence of depersonalization symptomatology in unipo...