Decision tree scoring system to guide selection for consumer preference in sweetpotato breeding trials.

Background: Previously, a lexicon and protocol for quantitative descriptive analysis (QDA) was established for the Uganda sweetpotato breeding program. The implication of QDA scores for priority sensory attributes on consumer preference should be determined to interpret results efficiently and make decisions effectively. The present study aimed to develop a gender-responsive decision tree to obtain an overall sweetpotato eating quality score to facilitate demand-led targeted breeding selection.

[Recurrent meningitis revealing a Bing-Neel syndrome].

Introduction: Bing-Neel syndrome is a rare complication of Waldenström macroglobulinemia, defined by monoclonal lymphoplasmocytic cells in the cerebrospinal fluid or in central nervous system biopsy.

Case Report: We report a 47-year-old man, with no prior history, who presented a recurrent aseptic lymphocytic meningitis with central nervous manifestations. The presence of a monoclonal lymphoplasmacytic proliferation in cerebrospinal fluid, blood and bone marrow biopsy results was compatible with a diagnosis of Bing-Neel syndrome.

A next generation sequencing approach with a suitable bioinformatics workflow to study fungal diversity in bioaerosols released from two different types of composting plants.

Composting is used all over the world to transform different types of organic matter through the actions of complex microbial communities. Moving and handling composting material may lead to the emission of high concentrations of bioaerosols. High exposure levels are associated with adverse health effects among compost industry workers.

Measurement and prediction of subjective gradations of images in presence of monochromatic aberrations.

The three objectives of this study were (i) to explore the effect of various levels of aberrations on subjective vision by scoring images, (ii) to compare subjective scores obtained with real optics and simulated images and (iii) to test the ability of image quality metrics to predict these scores. In a first experiment, 14 subjects evaluated the quality of images degraded by 0.05, 0.

Effect of coma and spherical aberration on depth-of-focus measured using adaptive optics and computationally blurred images.

Purpose: To compare the effect of primary spherical aberration and vertical coma on depth of focus measured with 2 methods.

Setting: Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, and Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France.

Design: Evaluation of technology.

Optimizing the subjective depth-of-focus with combinations of fourth- and sixth-order spherical aberration.

We optimize the subjective depth of focus (DoF) with combinations of spherical aberration (SA4) and secondary spherical aberration (SA6) in various levels. Subjective DoF was defined as the visual interval for which three 20/50 high-contrast letters was perceived acceptable (objectionable blur limits). We used an adaptive optics system to dynamically correct the observer's aberrations and control their accommodation.

Subjective depth of field in presence of 4th-order and 6th-order Zernike spherical aberration using adaptive optics technology.

Purpose: To study the impact on the subjective depth of field of 4th-order spherical aberration and its combination with 6th-order spherical aberration and analyze the accuracy of image-quality metrics in predicting the impact.

Setting: Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France.

Design: Case series.

Through-focus visual performance measurements and predictions with multifocal contact lenses.

We measured high-contrast visual acuity (VA) and 12c/deg contrast sensitivity (CS) through-focus functions (TFF) of four eyes of four cyclopleged subjects in three conditions: naked eye, with a center-distance and center-near Proclear(R) multifocal addition 2D contact lens. In all conditions, an adaptive optics system statically compensated the astigmatism of the subject's eye alone. Multifocal contact lenses enlarged the width of the curve of through-focus visual performance but reduced the peak performance.

Effect of monochromatic induced aberrations on visual performance measured by adaptive optics technology.

Purpose: The two objectives were 1) to measure visual acuity (VA) and contrast sensitivity (CS) losses induced by various amounts of individual Zernike aberrations, and 2) to examine the accuracy of image quality metrics in predicting these visual performance losses.

Methods: Monocular 10 cycles/degree (cpd) and 25 cpd CS and high- and low-contrast VA were measured when introducing individual Zernike aberrations in four patients dynamically corrected using a CRX1 adaptive optics system (Imagine Eyes) and a 5.5-mm pupil.

[Monotherapy using amoxicillin/clavulanic acid as treatment of first choice in community-acquired lung abscess. Apropos of 57 cases].

In a multicentre open prospective trial the effectiveness of AM-CA as first-line treatment of community-acquired lung abscess was evaluated in immunocompetent adult patients. AM-CA was administered intravenously in doses of 4 g/day for at least 7 days, then orally in doses of 2 g/day for at least 14 days. Radio-clinical and laboratory evaluations were made during treatment, and 30 and 60 days after it was discontinued.

[Massive hemoptysis ten days after bronchial extraction of an accidentally inhaled tablet of ferrous sulfate].

Fatale haemoptysis occurred as a result of circumferential caustic erosion to the right intermediate bronchus caused by a tablet of ferrous sulphate which remained in contact for 4 days. The necrotic process continued, after removal of the foreign body, in the bronchial wall and its vessels. We suggest local bronchial lavage with 1% bicarbonate saline during extraction of the tablet and subsequent follow-up fibroscopies.

[Amoxicillin as a 1st choice: 275 acute focal pneumopathies treated on an outpatient basis].

From December 1986 to January 1988, 100 General Practitioners and Pneumologists working outside hospital included in open unmatched series 275 patients who were diagnosed as having pneumonia at home. The study consisted of 53.2% men with an average age of 49.

[Diffusion, in the bronchial mucus, of enoxacin administered by oral route in man].

The diffusion of Enoxacin into the bronchial mucus was studied in 34 patients admitted because of an acute infectious episode over chronic bronchopathy. They received via the oral route 400 mg of Enoxacin twice daily. The antibiotic concentrations were measured in sputum and serum by microbiological assay and HPLC.

[Diffusion of an orally administered single dose of ofloxacin into human bronchial mucus].

As part of a systematic investigation of the penetration of antibiotics into human bronchial mucus, we assayed ofloxacin concentrations following ingestion of a single dose. 25 patients with acute superinfection of a chronic lower respiratory tract disease were studied. Each patient had single drug therapy with ofloxacin in a daily dosage of 200 mg taken in the morning on an empty stomach.

[Pefloxacine: diffusion into bronchial mucus].

Pefloxacin is a new quinolone with significant in vitro antibacterial activity and a broad spectrum. It was included in an extensive study of antibiotic diffusion into bronchial mucus. Pefloxacin was given to 35 patients divided into five groups according to the timing of sputum sampling.

[Haemophilus influenzae in respiratory pathology in adults].

Fifty patients were diagnosed bronchopulmonary Haemophilus infections, because of the production of a purulent sputum, containing at least 10(8) Haemophilus influenzae per ml. Among them were 36 males (average 52 years old) and 14 females (average 58 years old). There was a high percentage (64%) of smokers (over 30 packs/year) within this population, which also included heavy drinkers.

[Haemophilus influenzae in respiratory pathology in adults].

Fifty patients were diagnosed bronchopulmonary Haemophilus infections, because of the production of a purulent sputum, containing at least 10(8) Haemophilus influenzae per ml. Among them were 36 males (average 52 years old) and 14 females (average 58 years old). There was a high percentage (64%) of smokers (over 30 packs/year) within this population, which also included heavy drinkers.

Penetration of cefotaxime into bronchial secretions.

The penetration into bronchial secretions of cefotaxime, a new, highly active cephalosporin, was studied in 45 patients with respiratory infections. Ten patients received 0.75 g and 25 received 1 g of cefotaxime intramuscularly; 10 patients received a 30-min intravenous infusion of 2 g of cefotaxime.

[Penetration of cefotaxime into bronchial secretions].

The objective of this study was to evaluate the penetration into bronchial secretions, of cefotaxime, a new highly-active cephalosporin. The study was performed in 45 patients with respiratory infections. The doses and the route of administration of the drug were different in 3 groups of patients: 10 patients received 0.

[Penetration of mezlocillin into bronchial secretions (author's transl)].

The penetration of mezlocillin into bronchial secretions collected by fiberoscopy was determined in 18 hospital patients with acute-on-chronic bronchial infection. Samples of blood and bronchial mucus were collected simultaneously 3 hours after each 12-hourly intramuscular injection of 1 g mezlocillin. Antibiotic concentrations were measured by the microbiological method.

[Pharmacokinetic study of antibiotics in human respiratory tract (author's transl)].

We report the results of the study of the bronchial concentrations of several antibiotics. The experiment included 280 patients and the concentrations achieved in bronchial secretions were measured for 11 antibiotics. The samples of bronchial secretions were taken in situ by fibroscopy or through the tracheostomy cannula.

[The treatment of relapsing polychondritis using sulfones. One case (author's transl)].

A case of relapsing polychondritis was successfully treated with a daily dose of 120 mg of diaminodiphenylsulfone. Clinical signs (fever, fatigue, conjunctivitis, chondritis and hoarseness of the voice) rapidly regressed and remain so 8 months later, despite a decrease in the dose. Biological parameters returned to normal (sedimentation rate, plasma perchlorosoluble seromucoids, urinary acid mucopolysaccharides), and histological and ultrastructural lesions of the auricular cartilage disappeared.