Analysis of complex trophic networks reveals the signature of land-use intensification on soil communities in agroecosystems.

Increasing evidence suggests that agricultural intensification is a threat to many groups of soil biota, but how the impacts of land-use intensity on soil organisms translate into changes in comprehensive soil interaction networks remains unclear. Here for the first time, we use environmental DNA to examine total soil multi-trophic diversity and food web structure for temperate agroecosystems along a gradient of land-use intensity. We tested for response patterns in key properties of the soil food webs in sixteen fields ranging from arable crops to grazed permanent grasslands as part of a long-term management experiment.

[Differences between hypertension in Metropolitan France compared to Overseas France Departments and Regions (DOM-ROM)].

Background: High blood pressure (HBP) is the most common chronic disease worldwide. In France, its prevalence varies by region. It is high in most Overseas Departments and Regions (DOM-ROM), at 38.

Impacts of low-level liming on soil respiration and forage production in a fertilized upland grassland in Central France.

Liming is a common agricultural practice for improving acidic soils, but the addition of liming materials may also promote soil carbon dioxide (CO) emissions, with adverse effects for climate regulation. In grasslands, current understanding of liming impacts on greenhouse gas emissions is limited by a lack of field data on liming and soil respiration. Here we used a two-year field trial and in situ chamber measurements to evaluate the effects of repeated, low-level liming on soil CO emissions from an acidic managed grassland with high soil organic matter content.

"No generics, Doctor!" The perspective of general practitioners in two French regions.

Background: Generic medicines are essential to controlling health expenditures. Their market share is still small in France. The discourse and practices of prescribers may play a major role in their use.

Changes in prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in disadvantaged French Caribbean populations, 2003 to 2014.

In 2003, the PHDG (Prevalence of Hypertension among Disadvantaged Guadeloupeans) study highlighted poor management of hypertension in an unemployed French Caribbean population. New processes of health-care coordination and a pay-for-performance system have since been developed. We aimed to assess changes in hypertension characteristics in disadvantaged French Caribbean populations in the last 10 years.