Publications by authors named "Williot A"

Introduction: In distal radioulnar joint pathology, the literature regularly recommends reserving the Sauvé-Kapandji (SK) procedure to young patients and heavy manual workers, and the Darrach (D) procedure to older patients and rheumatic wrists. However, the SK procedure is more technically demanding and requires more proximal resection of the ulna, with greater risk of instability in the ulnar stump. The aim of the present study was to determine whether the SK procedure really does show superiority.

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Counter-terrorism strategies rely on the assumption that it is possible to increase threat detection by providing explicit verbal instructions to orient people's attention to dangerous objects and hostile behaviours in their environment. Nevertheless, whether verbal cues can be used to enhance threat detection performance under laboratory conditions is currently unclear. In Experiment 1, student participants were required to detect a picture of a dangerous or neutral object embedded within a visual search display on the basis of an emotional strategy 'is it dangerous?' or a semantic strategy 'is it an object?'.

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The ability to detect threatening stimuli is an important skill for police officers. No research has yet examined whether implementing different information processing strategies can improve threat detection in police officers and police trainees. The first aim of our study was to compare the effect of strategies accentuating the processing of the emotional or the semantic dimension of stimuli on attention towards threatening and neutral information.

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Microsporidia are highly successful parasites that infect virtually all known animal lineages, including the model Danio rerio (zebrafish). The widespread use of this aquatic model for biomedical research has resulted in an unexpected increase in infections from the microsporidium Pseudoloma neurophilia, which can lead to significant physical, behavioral, and immunological modifications, resulting in nonprotocol variation during experimental procedures. Here, we seek to obtain insights into the biology of P.

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Background: The priority processing of peripherally presented affective stimuli was recently shown in healthy individuals to divert attentional resources dedicated to foveal processing. Here we investigated the influence of sub-clinical levels of anxiety and depression on this bias.

Methods: Eighty-four participants were submitted to psychological tests that evaluate anxiety and depression levels.

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Introduction: As part of quality-improvement efforts, we self-assessed our professional practices regarding the surgical management of rotator cuff tears comparatively to recommendations issued by the French National Authority for Health (HAS).

Material And Methods: An independent observer prospectively evaluated 50 consecutive patients with rotator cuff tears treated surgically over a 1-year period. For each patient, we identified divergences with the 20 relevant HAS recommendations.

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Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in valgus knee has the reputation of being more difficult than in well aligned or varus knee, and there is no management consensus. Results on a continuous series of 100 TKAs on valgus knee were compared to the literature data, to define surgical strategy adapted to the various types of valgus knee.

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