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repositories = "DIAL - Dépôt Institutionnel de l'Académie Louvain"
Evaluer la santé des adolescents en médecine scolaire: la qualité de vie comme complément aux indicateurs cliniques.
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Current medical practices of school health for adolescents are more based on the screening of specific physical problems than on psychosocial and subjective aspects of their health. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed at evaluating the usefulness of a quality of life (QoL) questionnaire during the consulta...
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DIAL - Dépôt Institutionnel de l'Académie Louvain
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French
Pulmonary overexpression of IL-10 augments lung fibrosis and Th2 responses induced by silica particles.
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Chronic inflammation and proinflammatory cytokines as well as T helper type 2 (Th2) cytokines have been involved in the pathogenesis of pulmonary injury and lung fibrosis. The actual role of IL-10 in lung fibrosis is still unclear because this cytokine has been identified as Th2 but possesses strong...
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DIAL - Dépôt Institutionnel de l'Académie Louvain
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English
Gender dependent accumulation of dioxins in smokers.
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AIMS: To evaluate the contribution of tobacco smoking to dioxin accumulation. METHODS: Dioxin (17 PCDD/F) concentrations in fasting blood from 251 subjects (161 never smokers, 54 past smokers, and 36 current smokers) were quantified. RESULTS: Whereas serum dioxin concentrations of male smokers were ...
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DIAL - Dépôt Institutionnel de l'Académie Louvain
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English
Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on the root uptake and translocation of radiocaesium.
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Because mycorrhizal fungi are intimately associated with plant roots, their importance in radionuclide (RN) recycling and subsequent dispersion into the biosphere has received an increasing interest. Recently, the capacity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to take up and translocate radiocaesium to th...
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DIAL - Dépôt Institutionnel de l'Académie Louvain
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English
Bienzyme HRP-GOx-modified gold nanoelectrodes for the sensitive amperometric detection of glucose at low overpotentials.
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Gold nanotubular electrode ensembles were prepared by using electroless deposition of the metal within the pores of polycarbonate track-etched membranes. Mono-enzyme (GOx) and monolayer/bilayer bienzyme (GOx/HRP) bioelectrodes were prepared by immobilizing the enzymes onto gold nanotubes surfaces mo...
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English
Molecular and functional characterisation of glutamate transporters in rat cortical astrocytes exposed to a defined combination of growth factors during in vitro differentiation.
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In vitro culture of astroglial progenitors can be obtained from early post-natal brain tissues and several methods have been reported for promoting their maturation into differentiated astrocytes. Hence, a combination of several nutriments/growth factors -- the G5 supplement (insulin, transferrin, s...
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English
Do novel gravitational environments alter the grip-force/load-force coupling at the fingertips?
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In this experiment we examined the coupling between grip force and load force observed during cyclic vertical arm movements with a hand-held object, performed in different gravitational environments. Six subjects highly experienced in parabolic flight participated in this study. They had to continuo...
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DIAL - Dépôt Institutionnel de l'Académie Louvain
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English
Cardiovascular prevention in general practice: development and validation of an algorithm.
Author(s) :
Boland, Benoît
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De Muylder, Régis
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Goderis, Geert
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Degryse, Jan
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Gueuning, Yves
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Paulus, Dominique
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Jeanjean, Michel
Description :
OBJECTIVE: General practice visits are a unique opportunity to identify and treat individuals with a high cardiovascular (CV) risk. However, a case-finding strategy suited to the daily general practice is not provided in the CV prevention guidelines.We wanted to create, validate and test an algorith...
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DIAL - Dépôt Institutionnel de l'Académie Louvain
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English
Comparison of clinical, magnetic resonance and evoked potentials data in a case of valproic-acid-related hyperammonemic coma.
Author(s) :
Hantson, Philippe
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Grandin, Cécile
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Duprez, Thierry
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Nassogne, Marie-Cécile
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Guérit, Jean-Michel
Description :
Magnetic resonance (MR) multimodality evoked potentials (MEPs) and clinical findings were correlated in a 47-year-old epileptic man in whom parenteral valproic acid (VPA) therapy induced severe comatose hyperammonemic encephalopathy without biological signs of hepatotoxicity (or hepatocytic dysfunct...
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DIAL - Dépôt Institutionnel de l'Académie Louvain
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English
Effect of load and speed on the energetic cost of human walking.
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It is well established that the energy cost per unit distance traveled is minimal at an intermediate walking speed in humans, defining an energetically optimal walking speed. However, little is known about the optimal walking speed while carrying a load. In this work, we studied the effect of speed ...
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DIAL - Dépôt Institutionnel de l'Académie Louvain
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English