Artificial Intelligence and Employment: New Cross-Country Evidence.

Recent years have seen impressive advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and this has stoked renewed concern about the impact of technological progress on the labor market, including on worker displacement. This paper looks at the possible links between AI and employment in a cross-country context. It adapts the developed by Felten, Raj and Seamans-an indicator measuring the degree to which occupations rely on abilities in which AI has made the most progress-and extends it to 23 OECD countries.

[Study on the prevention of HIV transmission between patients in the psychiatric hospital milieu].

A survey of staff opinion using anonymous questionnaires was conducted simultaneously in five French psychiatric hospitals in January and February 1995. The 36 questions concerned collective HIV prevention practices for hospitalised patients, actual participation in various actions, and personal choice and judgement concerning prevention strategies, especially with regard to sexual transmission. The paper gives an initial data analysis of the 1473 questionnaires collected.

[Quantitative immunohistologic and morphometric observations on jejunum biopsy specimens].

An immunofluorescent and histologic morphometric study of jejunum biopsy specimens has been performed. Following data were taken into consideration; immunoglobulin-containing cells (Ig-CC) per 0.1 mm2 mucosal stroma, absolute quantities and percentage of IgA-, IgM- and IgG-CC, interepithelial lymphocytes (Ie-L) per 1 mm length of muscularis mucosae, dimensions of villi and intervillous area.