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Introduction: The postponement of the preventive activities of the Provincial Division of Health of East Kasai 2016 revealed que le level of attendance of the preschool consultation is decreasing less and less in the Health Area Tshitenge. Thus, this study set the goal of determining the knowledge and use of maternal pre-school counseling in the Health Area Tshitenge. Methods: The survey method was used by means of a questionnary administered to mothers in this region, but more specifically, we collected data from 422 mothers responsible for randomly selected children aged 0 to 5 in the four health. Results: After analysis and analysis of the data with the computer tool, we obtained the following results: the rate of use of the preschool consultation service is 60.7%; the level of education, occupation and the number of children under 5 years of age have a strong influence on the use of preschool counseling; lack of knowledge about the most important activity of preschool counseling has a negative influence on its use. There is a link between the use of the preschool consultation and the most important activity of the preschool consultation for the respondent; there is also a link between this and an appointment on the map; and finally, the cost judgment of SPC strongly influences its use. Conclusion: In order to raise this activity, the revitalization of preschool consultation activities in the Tshitenge health area, the reinforcement of the parents’ awareness on the use of preschool counseling from 0 to 59 months, and the revival of visits to homes for children whose mothers drop out of preschool counseling sufficient are a basis.

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Block Layering Approach in TAST Codes [PDF]
Zahoor Ahmed, Jean Pierre Cances, Vahid Meghdadi
Int'l J. of Communications, Network and System Sciences (IJCNS) , 2010, DOI: 10.4236/ijcns.2010.310105

Abstract: Threaded Algebraic Space Time (TAST) codes developed by Gamal et al. is a powerful class of space time codes in which different layers are combined and separated by appropriate Diophantine number . In this paper we introduce a technique of block layering in TAST codes, in which a series of layers (we call it Block layers) has more than one transmit antenna at the same time instant. As a result we use fewer layers (Diophantine numbers) for the four transmit antennas scheme, which enhances the coding gain of our proposed scheme. In each block layer we incorporate Alamouti’s transmit diversity scheme which decreases the decoding complexity. The proposed code achieves a normalized rate of 2 symbol/s. Simulation result shows that this type of codes outperforms TAST codes in certain scenarios.

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Volatility Forecasting of Market Demand as Aids for Planning Manufacturing Activities [PDF]
Jean-Pierre Briffaut, Patrick Lallement
Journal of Service Science and Management (JSSM) , 2010, DOI: 10.4236/jssm.2010.34045

Abstract: The concepts and techniques designed and used for pricing financial options have been applied to assist in scheduling manufacturing activities. Releasing a manufacturing order is viewed as an investment opportunity whose properties are similar to a call option. Its value can be considered as the derivative of the market demand mirrored in the selling price of the manufactured products and changes over time following an Itô process. Dynamic programming has been used to derive the optimal timing for releasing manufacturing orders. It appears advisable to release a manufacturing when the unit selling price come to a threshold P* given by the relation P* = β/(β–1) C with C = unit cost price. β is a parameter whose value depends on the trend parameter α and the volatility σ of the selling price, the discount rate ρ applicable to the capital appreciation relevant to the business context under consideration. The results have been successfully applied to the evolution of the quarterly construction cost index in France over ten years.

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Chaos Appearance during Domain Wall Motion under Electronic Transfer in Nanomagnets [PDF]
Donfack Gildas Hermann, Jean-Pierre Nguenang
World Journal of Condensed Matter Physics (WJCMP) , 2013, DOI: 10.4236/wjcmp.2013.33022

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In this paper, we study the likelihood of chaos appearance during domain wall motion induced by electronic transfer. Considering a time-varying current density theory, we proceed to a numerical investigation of the dynamics. Using the dissipation parameter, amplitude and frequency of current density as control parameters; we show how periodic regime as well as chaotic regime can be exhibited in nanomagnetic systems. Numerical results allow setting up the periodicity and quasi-periodicity of system and chaotic phenomena occurring during magnetization switching process in nanomagnet through electronic transfer.

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Traceability in Acceptance Testing [PDF]
Jean-Pierre Corriveau, Wei Shi
Journal of Software Engineering and Applications (JSEA) , 2013, DOI: 10.4236/jsea.2013.610A005

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Regardless of which (model-centric or code-centric) development process is adopted, industrial software production ultimately and necessarily requires the delivery of an executable implementation. It is generally accepted that the quality of such an implementation is of utmost importance. Yet current verification techniques, including software testing, remain problematic. In this paper, we focus on acceptance testing, that is, on the validation of the actual behavior of the implementation under test against the requirements of stakeholder(s). This task must be as objective and automated as possible. Our first goal is to review existing code-based and model-based tools for testing in light of what such an objective and automated approach to acceptance testing entails. Our contention is that the difficulties we identify originate mainly in a lack of traceability between a testable model of the requirements of the stakeholder(s) and the test cases used to validate these requirements. We then investigate whether such traceability is addressed in other relevant specification-based approaches.

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DNA Nano Devices as a Biased Random Walk Process: A Case Study of Isothermal Ratchet? [PDF]
Jean-Pierre Aimé, Juan Elezgaray
Materials Sciences and Applications (MSA) , 2015, DOI: 10.4236/msa.2015.65045

Abstract: Computation and amplification processes based on Networks of Chemical Reactions are at the heart of our understanding of the regulation and error correction of life systems. The recent advances in DNA nanotechnology, with the creation of the modular structures origamis and the development of dynamical networks using the toe hold mediated strand displacement, open fertile areas to construct Hierarchical Cascades of Chemical Reactions with an increasing complexity inspired from systems in biology. DNA strands have the great advantage to design autonomous and homogeneous Networks of Chemical Reactions leaving aside companion chemical reactions as it occurs in biological systems. In the present paper, we use the Fokker Planck equation to extract predictions that address a wider class of systems beyond the case of diluted solutions. We introduce the concept of toehold strength and output strength that leads to an exponential square dependence of the toehold strength divided by the output strength on the escape rate and the probability for the output strand to leave the gate. We highlight the influence of the boundary conditions that may have an important consequence in confined environment when modular structures like origamis are employed.

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Skeletal involvement in the pathogenesis and outcomes of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis
Jean-Pierre Pelletier
Arthritis Research & Therapy , 2012, DOI: 10.1186/ar3571

Abstract: In RA, increased osteoclastic activity is responsible for the development of focal osteopenia/erosion and systemic osteoporosis. The increased osteoclast activity in RA has been demonstrated to be linked to a dysregulation of pathways including cell-cell interactions, cytokines, and the receptor activator of nuclear factor κB (RANK)/RANK ligand (RANKL) system. Recent studies have shown that joint erosion in RA is linked to a decrease in long-term physical function.Under OA conditions, the subchondral bone is the site of numerous dynamic morphological changes. These changes are associated with a number of local abnormal biochemical pathways related to the altered metabolism of osteoblasts and osteoclasts. At the early stages of the disease process, increased bone loss and resorption is observed with subchondral bone associated with local production of catabolic factors including cathepsin K and MMP-13. Moreover, OA osteoblasts present an abnormal phenotype resulting in increased production of growth hormones and catabolic factors. In addition, factors such as osteoprotegerin (OPG) and RANKL have been found to be expressed and modulated over time in human OA subchondral bone. Their synthesis varies from being reduced in early OA to being increased in the late stages of the disease. This finding may explain that in the early stages of OA, bone remodeling favors resorption and in the more advanced stages of the disease, bone formation is predominant.Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies in knee OA patients have shown that the subchondral bone is frequently the site of signal alterations-bone marrow lesions (BML) - indicative of a great variety of morphological changes. BML and cartilage loss have been linked in several studies. Moreover, studies have identified, in OA patients, a number of risk factors for total knee replacement including BMLs.The paradigms regarding the role of bone lesions in arthritic diseases raise a number of important questions. A comprehensive

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rich: An R Package to Analyse Species Richness
Jean-Pierre Rossi
Diversity , 2011, DOI: 10.3390/d3010112

Abstract: The paper describes rich, a new R package to perform species richness estimation and comparison. Species richness is the simplest surrogate for the more complex concept of species biodiversity. It is relatively easy to assess although estimations strongly depend on sampling intensity with the consequence that richness estimations should be standardized to perform valid comparisons. The R package rich allows such corrections as well as the computation of various statistics and implements different randomization tests to compare cumulative and average species richness of two communities. These tests are useful for ranking sites or communities which is a classical goal in restoration ecology and conservation biology.

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Supramolecular Bioorganic Chemistry: Nucleic Acids Recognition and Synthetic Vectors for Gene Transfer
Jean-Pierre Vigneron
Molecules , 1999, DOI: 10.3390/40700180

Abstract: Our works on nucleic acids recognition and synthetic vectors for gene transfer have been reviewed.

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Os efeitos de uma "educa？？o total": um colégio jesuíta, 1960
Faguer, Jean-Pierre;
Educa？？o & Sociedade , 1997, DOI: 10.1590/S0101-73301997000100002

Abstract: this article is based on a monographic study of a school founded by the jesuits in the 16th arrondissement of paris, whose clientele is drawn mainly from the business bourgeoisie and the aristocracy. in particular it studies the teaching methods applied and the professional and family trajectories, the matrimonial strategies, and the division of family work between spouses of those graduating from the school with the baccalauréat in 1961. it also seeks to show how certain private schools can be seen as substitutes for family authority, charged with transmitting a model of education that is made more homogeneous by the fact that the parents share with the teachers the same conception of the role of the family and the school; and that these schools keep their pupils away from all contact with children from other social classes, not only during teaching time but also (it is one of the "specialities" of this kind of school) during most of the leisure activities for which they are responsible.

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