Die Pädagogisierung des Kalten Krieges. Militärische Interessen an Schulreformen nach Sputnik

in Boser, Lukas; Buhler, Patrick; Hofmann, Michèle (Eds.) et al Pulverdampf und Kreidestaub. Beiträge zum Verhältnis zwischen Militär und Schule in der Schweiz im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert (2016)

Die Pädagogisierung des Konsums.

Presentation (2018)

Paediatric primary care in Europe: Variation between countries

in Archives of Disease in Childhood (2010), 95(10), 791-795

Background: Although it is known that differences in paediatric primary care (PPC) are found throughout Europe, little information exists as to where, how and who delivers this care. The aim of this study ... [more ▼]

Background: Although it is known that differences in paediatric primary care (PPC) are found throughout Europe, little information exists as to where, how and who delivers this care. The aim of this study was to collect information on the current existing situation of PPC in Europe. Methods: A survey, in the form of a questionnaire, was distributed to the primary or secondary care delegates of 31 European countries asking for information concerning their primary paediatric care system, demographic data, professionals involved in primary care and details of their training. All of them were active paediatricians with a broad knowledge on how PPC is organised in their countries. Results: Responses were received from 29 countries. Twelve countries (41%) have a family doctor/general practitioner (GP/FD) system, seven (24%) a paediatrician-based system and 10 (35%) a combined system. The total number of paediatricians in the 29 countries is 82 078 with 33 195 (40.4%) working in primary care. In only 15 countries (51.7%), paediatric age at the primary care level is defined as 0-18 years. Training in paediatrics is 5 years or more in 20 of the 29 countries. In nine countries, training is less than 5 years. The median training time of GPs/FDs in paediatrics is 4 months (IQR 3-6), with some countries having no formal paediatric training at all. The care of adolescents and involvement in school health programmes is undertaken by different health professionals (school doctors, GPs/FDs, nurses and paediatricians) depending on the country. Conclusions: Systems and organisations of PPC in Europe are heterogeneous. The same is true for paediatric training, school healthcare involvement and adolescent care. More research is needed to study specific healthcare indicators in order to evaluate the efficacy of different systems of PPC. [less ▲]

Paediatric screening for hypercholesterolaemia in Europe

in Archives of Disease in Childhood (2011), 97(3), 272-276

Different screening strategies are currently recommended to identify children with (familial) hypercholesterolaemia in order to initiate early lipid management. However, these strategies are characterised ... [more ▼]

Different screening strategies are currently recommended to identify children with (familial) hypercholesterolaemia in order to initiate early lipid management. However, these strategies are characterised to date by low adherence by the medical community and limited compliance by parents and children. In a literature review, the authors assess which children should undergo screening and which children are in effect identified through the currently recommended strategies. Furthermore, the authors discuss the different screening tools and strategies currently used in Europe and what is known about the negative aspects of screening. The authors conclude that currently recommended selective screening strategies, which are mainly based on family history, lack precision and that a large percentage of affected children who are at increased risk of future coronary artery disease are not being identified. The authors propose universal screening of children between 1 and 9 years of age, a strategy likely to be most effective in terms of sensitivity and specificity for the identification of children with familial hypercholesterolaemia. However, this concept has yet to be proven in clinical practice. [less ▲]

PAG: Private and Accountable Gossip

Scientific Conference (2016, June 28)

A large variety of content sharing applications rely, at least partially, on gossip-based dissemination protocols. However, these protocols are subject to various types of faults, among which selfish ... [more ▼]

A large variety of content sharing applications rely, at least partially, on gossip-based dissemination protocols. However, these protocols are subject to various types of faults, among which selfish behaviours performed by nodes that benefit from the system without contributing their fair share to it. Accountability mechanisms (e.g., PeerReview, AVMs, FullReview), which require that nodes log their interactions with others and periodically inspect each others’ logs are effective solutions to deter faults. However, these solutions require that nodes disclose the content of their logs, which may leak sensitive information about them. Building on a monitoring infrastructure and on homomorphic cryptographic procedures, we propose in this paper PAG, the first accountable and partially privacy-preserving gossip protocol. We assess PAG theoretically using the ProVerif cryptographic protocol verifier and evaluate it experimentally using both a real deployment on a cluster of 48 machines and simulations. The performance evaluation of PAG, performed using a video live streaming application, shows that it is compatible with the visualisation of live video content on commodity Internet connections. Furthermore, PAG’s bandwidth consumption inherits the desirable scalability properties of gossip when the number of users in the system grows. [less ▲]

Pagalbinis vadovas mokytojams

E-print/Working paper (2020)

Vykdant BMC-EU projektą (Pagrindinės motorinės kompetencijos Europoje), buvo sukurta naudojimosi pagalbos ir pagalbos priemonių rinkinys, pagrįstas pagrindinių motorinių kompetencijų koncepcija ir duomenų ... [more ▼]

Vykdant BMC-EU projektą (Pagrindinės motorinės kompetencijos Europoje), buvo sukurta naudojimosi pagalbos ir pagalbos priemonių rinkinys, pagrįstas pagrindinių motorinių kompetencijų koncepcija ir duomenų rinkimo rezultatais pirmame projekto etape, ir kuris yra dalis trečio intelektinio produkto. Šiuo priemonių rinkiniu siekiama paskatinti jį įgyvendinti, ypatingai per reguliarias fizinio ugdymo pamokas, adaptuojant prie fizinio ugdymo mokymo turinio ir metodų. Pirmame etape buvo sukurta pagalbos sistema, skirta mokinių pagrindinių motorinių kompetencijų įvertinimui ir siekiant įvertinimo metu nustatyti stipriosioms ir silpnosioms pusėms. Remiantis šia sistema, buvo sukurti pagalbos priemonių rinkiniai, paruošti diegti konkrečiose ugdymo situacijose, kad būtų naudingi mokiniams, kuriems reikia pagalbos vystant pagrindinius motorinius įgūdžius. Pagalbos priemonių rinkinį sudaro MOBAK (pagrindinės motorinės kompetencijos) testų rezultatų aiškinimo gairės, MOBAK paramos sistema, žodynėlis, taip pat pagalbos priemonių rinkinys, apimantis priemones fizinio ugdymo mokytojams, MOBAK užduočių aprašymo kortelės ir MOBAK veiklų kortelės su fizinių veiklų variacijomis, remiantis į kompetenciją orientuotu požiūriu. [less ▲]

Page Lotharingie médiévale

Computer development (2018)

This is the text of a webpage dévote to the study of medieval Lotharingia submitted for publication on the website "ménestrel.fr". It brings together information on academic and scientific institutions ... [more ▼]

This is the text of a webpage dévote to the study of medieval Lotharingia submitted for publication on the website "ménestrel.fr". It brings together information on academic and scientific institutions dealing with the history of the space concerned by medieval Lotharingia in France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg as well as on ressources available online. [less ▲]

Pain and cognitive pain modulation in aging

Article for general public (2020)

Pain behavior and spinal cell activation due to carrageenan-induced inflammation in two inbred rat strains with differential hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis reactivity

in Physiology & Behavior (2012), 105(4), 901-908

Pain modulation induced by Heterotopic Noxious Counter-Stimulation (HNCS) : psychophysiological assessment of adequate stimulation paradigms and sex-related effects

Doctoral thesis (2010)

This work comprises three studies whose main concern was to find a valid tonic pain model able to trigger a genuine diffuse noxious pain inhibition. All studies were performed in healthy, drug-free ... [more ▼]

This work comprises three studies whose main concern was to find a valid tonic pain model able to trigger a genuine diffuse noxious pain inhibition. All studies were performed in healthy, drug-free volunteers and whereas the first two are validation studies, the third is an application study of the previous two. The aim of the first study was to characterize the cold pressor (CPT) and hot water immersion test (HIT) from a physiological and a psychophysical point of view. A second issue was to clarify the origin of potential autonomic responses during both tests; are they related to baroreflex activity or rather a consequence of the pain experience per se? The study was performed in 30 volunteers aged 19-57 (median 24) years, and consisted of a single session including one CPT (4 ± 0.2°C) and one HIT (47 ± 0.5°C) with a cut-off-point of 5 minutes. Participants were randomly assigned to sequence order (the sequence of both trials was alternated) and groups were paralleled with respect to gender. Cardiovascular, respiratory and electrodermal activities as well as subjective pain intensity were continuously monitored. Pain detection and tolerance thresholds as well as pain unpleasantness and nervous tension were assessed additionally. Both tests were found to be comparable with respect to intensity of subjective pain and time course, but a significantly higher blood pressure increase during CPT could be observed, compared to the HIT. In conclusion, the HIT appears to be less confounded with baroreflex activity and hence seems to be a more adequate tonic pain model. The second study tested the internal validity of inter-digital web pinching (IWP) with regard to its potential as DNIC-trigger. 24 gender-matched participants, aged 21-54 (median 25) years, volunteered for the controlled study. The protocol included the assessment of thermal and mechanical perceptual wind-up (WU) before and after a HIT (47.5 °C) or an IWP (15 N) of 2 minutes duration each. WU pain was induced by 10 repetitive (1 Hz) contact heat (max. 49°C; 5 5 mm thermode) or 10 ballistic impact stimuli (0.5 g at 9m/s) on the phalanges of the non-dominant hand. Cardiovascular and corrugator muscle activity as well as pain experience were permanently monitored. Both heterotopic noxious counter-stimulation (HNCS) types produced a similar pain experience, but a more pronounced cardiovascular activity was observed for the HIT. Painful water immersion is though accompanied by a stronger baroreceptor activity. WU pain was significantly reduced for both pain modalities, although the inhibition was somewhat stronger for the HIT than the IWP. The IWP, being practically uncontaminated by baroreflex sensitivity (BRS), proved its validity as DNIC-trigger. The third study investigated temporal characteristics of electrically elicited pain and nocifensive RIII-reflex activity in a gender-balanced sample of 28 volunteers aged 21-38 (median 27) years, using IWP as HNCS, a tonic pain model previously validated to be BRS-unrelated. Sex-related differences in the post HNCS time courses of pain perception were identified with women demonstrating a more rapid return to baseline compared to men. Interestingly, an opposite pattern was observed regarding nociceptive reflex activity with a steeper return rate of electromyographic responses in males, whereas those of women remained attenuated over the entire observation period. These findings may reflect a stronger defensive response to pain in women. [less ▲]