This paper presents a new study on automatic terminology extraction in the context of bimodal corpora that were generated from lectures and meetings. More specifically, the study aims to observe to which extent written text (discussed documents) and spoken text (dialogue transcript) share keywords. Using a hybrid terminology extraction approach, experiments have been performed on a collection o...

The link between gut and joint inflammation in spondyloarthritis (SpA) is well established, in particular in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and peripheral SpA. In 1995, Mielants et al discovered that almost 50% of patients with SpA have subclinical gut inflammation, of which a fraction develops Crohn’s disease over time. Recent studies clearly showed that the onset of disease and disease severity ...

Organ fibrosis is a common final pathway of long-lasting and iterative tissue fibrosis, and is present in several pathologies, including ischaemicheart disease, diabetesmellitus, hypertension, andchronic kidney disease. Thus, it represents a widespread cause of morbidity and mortality. Tissue fibrosis is characterized by an excessive and uncontrolled deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM) ele...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the residual effect of pyrethroids on the mortality rates of Anopheles in order to check their efficacy in indoor residual spraying in the Amazon Region, Brazil. METHODS The study was conducted in public housing units in the city of Belem, Northern Brazil, in 2003. Twelve houses were randomly chosen, three in each of the four established areas. Pyrethroids cypermethrin w...