The Politicization of the humanitarian space in armed conflicts takes various forms such as instrumentalization, obstruction, or appropriation, and is correlated to uneven power dynamics between the actors involved. This politicization has adverse effects both in a global context, such as undermining International Humanitarian Law, and in local contexts, in eroding the principles and consequently the lack of access to provide relief to those intended. The ‘war on terror’ in Afghanistan, and the imbalances of postcolonial powers among actors involved show how politicization, especially US instrumentalization, affected the humanitarian space and created a situation of extreme violence against aid workers. On the other hand, the current situation of gendered obstruction under the Taliban regime makes it difficult to assess and deliver the necessary aid to Afghan women. Humanitarian organizations must therefore maintain coordination with each other, be transparent with the actors, and maintain dialogue with all levels of authority in order to alleviate the difficulties generated by politicization in establishing a humanitarian space.

京都大学 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(医学) / 甲第25193号 / 医博第5079号 / 新制||医||1072(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院医学研究科医学専攻 / (主査)教授 山本 洋介, 教授 中山 健夫, 教授 江木 盛時 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Agricultural Science / Kyoto University / DFAM

Les acides biliaires ont une importance primordiale dans le maintien de l'homéostasie du cholestérol. Malgré ce rôle physiologique majeur, les acides biliaires peuvent devenir toxiques pour l'organisme à haute concentration. Puisque les différents acides biliaires possèdent une toxicité qu'il leur est propre, il est important de déterminer la composition exacte de l'ensemble de ces molécules dans l'organisme. Ceci est particulièrement vrai lors d'interruption du flux biliaire, aussi connu sous le nom de cholestase, au cours de laquelle une accumulation hépatique excessive de ces molécules survient. Le but de nos travaux était de caractériser les niveaux des différentes formes d'acides biliaires chez des sujets sains et des patients cholestatiques souffrant de PBC, PSC et sténose biliaire afin de déterminer les profils de base. De plus, nous avons analysé l'effet de deux traitements, le Fenofibrate et le drainage biliaire, afin de déterminer s'ils avaient la capacité de moduler les niveaux d'acides biliaires toxiques pour les faire revenir à des valeurs normales. Nous avons ainsi quantifié 28 molécules (7 acides biliaires libres, 5 conjugués à la taurine, 4 à la glycine, 1 au groupement sulfate et 11 au groupement glucuronidé) grâce à la chromatographic liquide couplée à la spectrométrie de masse. Nous avons démontré une accumulation des espèces toxiques, telles que l'acide cholique conjugué à la taurine, en circulation chez les patients cholestatiques. Concernant les traitements, nous avons observé que le Fenofibrate module les niveaux des acides biliaires chez les sujets sains, et ce, de façon plus importante chez les hommes que chez les femmes. Le drainage biliaire permet de réduire radicalement les acides biliaires toxiques, comme les acides primaires conjugués aux acides aminés, chez des patients souffrant d'obstruction biliaire. Un deuxième volet consistait à caractériser la glucuronidation du norUDCA, un dérivé synthétique C23 de l'acide ursodéoxycholique (UDCA), qui est le seul médicament approuvé pour le traitement de la PBC. L'identification de l'UGTI A3 comme principale responsable est d'une importance capitale, puisque la glucuronidation est la voie majeure d'élimination de cette molécule. Ces travaux ont permis d'enrichir les connaissances concernant la modification du profil d'acides biliaires circulants par des pathologies cholestatiques ainsi que par des traitements, en plus de caractériser le métabolisme d'acides biliaires naturels et synthétiques chez l'homme.

In this thesis, the common law crime of obstructing or defeating the course of justice as currently applied in South African law, is considered critically. The purpose of the study is to determine whether the ambit of the crime should be extended to target all conduct which undermines the proper administration of justice in South Africa. The interests protected by the crime are investigated, and those important constitutional values which underpin the crime, are identified. These values are: (i) constitutional supremacy (ii) the rule of law (iii) the doctrine of separation of powers, and (iv) the independence of the courts. In a post-constitutional era, the question raised is whether the crime as developed in the common law adequately protects these important democratic values. The historical background and development of the offence are discussed. This is followed by a comparative legal study which considers the existence and ambit of the offence in certain foreign jurisdictions. The foreign legal systems considered are England, Australia, Canada and the United States of America. The study reveals that the crime has been codified in most of these jurisdictions. Codification was driven by the need for legal certainty and compliance with constitutional imperatives. The study concludes that similar reform is necessary in South African criminal law. It is recommended that the common law offence of obstructing or defeating the course of justice be repealed and replaced with a comprehensive statutory offence which criminalises all manifestations of conduct which are intended to defeat or obstruct the proper administration of justice. The proposals are based upon the identified constitutional imperatives which underpin the crime. It is argued that the legislature is the proper institution to initiate reform in this regard. Detailed recommendations are made, which include draft legislation. / Law / LL.D.

Chez les patients asthmatiques, on retrouve un remodelage de la matrice extracellulaire des poumons, caractérisé par une augmentation du collagène ou fibrose de la couche sous-épithéliale des voies respiratoires. Le souffle, maladie inflammatoire chronique des voies respiratoires inférieures des chevaux matures, présente des similarités physiopathologiques avec l’asthme humain, incluant le remodelage. Ceci nous conduit à l’hypothèse que la fibrose de la couche sous-épithéliale pourrait être une composante des lésions pulmonaires chez les chevaux affectés, ce que notre étude avait pour objectif d’évaluer. Des biopsies pulmonaires périphériques réalisées par voie thoracoscopique ont été obtenues chez 5 chevaux témoins et 6 chevaux atteints du souffle, avant (T0) et après une stimulation antigénique de 30 jours avec du foin moisi et de la paille. Avant le début de l’étude, les sujets étaient en rémission clinique et ne démontraient aucun signe clinique de maladie. Un examen microscopique des échantillons prélevés a été réalisé après traitement au picrosirius-rouge, colorant spécifique des fibres de collagène. La surface du collagène de la couche sous-épithéliale a été mesurée et corrigée en fonction de la taille de la voie respiratoire en utilisant des techniques morphométriques standards. Les chevaux atteints de souffle ont une surface de collagène plus grande dans la couche sous-épithéliale (p<0.1) en comparaison avec les chevaux témoins. La fibrose de la couche sous-épithéliale demeure inchangée chez les chevaux malades après la stimulation antigénique de 30 jours. À T0, la fibrose de la couche sous-épithéliale est associée positivement aux variations maximales de pression pleurale et à la résistance pulmonaire chez les chevaux atteints de souffle. Les résultats de cette étude suggèrent qu’une fibrose de la couche sous-épithéliale est présente dans les voies respiratoires périphériques des chevaux atteints de souffle et contribue au déficit de fonction résiduel pulmonaire observé lors de rémission clinique. / Extracellular matrix remodelling is present in the human asthmatic lung, and is characterized by increased collagen or fibrosis of the subepithelial area of the airway. Heaves, a naturally occurring chronic lower airway inflammatory condition in horses shares aspects of pathophysiology with asthma, including features of airway remodelling. We thus hypothesize that airway fibrosis is a characteristic of remodelling in heaves. The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of fibrosis in the subepithelial area of the peripheral airways of heaves-affected horses. Peripheral lung biopsies acquired under thoracoscopic guidance were obtained from 5 control and 6 heaves-affected horses, both before (T0) and after a 30 day antigenic challenge with mouldy hay and straw. Prior to the study, diseased horses were in clinical remission and exhibited no clinical signs of disease. Obtained samples were microscopically examined using picrosirius-red, a collagen specific histological staining technique. Collagen area in the subepithelial layer, e.g. the region between the airway smooth muscle and the epithelial layer was measured, and corrected for airway size using standard morphometric techniques. In comparison with controls, heaves-affected horses had an increased collagen content in the airway subepithelial area (p<0.1). No change in fibrosis of the subepithelial area was observed in diseased horses after the 30 day antigenic challenge. Peripheral airway subepithelial collagen at baseline was positively associated with maximal changes in transpulmonary pressure and pulmonary resistance in horses with heaves but not in controls. Results of this study indicate that fibrosis of the subepithelial area is present in the peripheral airways of heaves-affected horses, and may play a role in residual lung function deficits observed in diseased horses even while in clinical remission.

Dans ce travail nous étudions les variétés determinantales essentiellement isolées (EIDS). Ce type de singularité est une généralization de la notion de singularité isolée. La variété determinantale générique $M_{m,n}^t$ est un sous-ensemble des matrices, mxn, tels que le rang est inférieur que t, où t≤m≤n. Une variété X est determinantal si X est définie comme la pré-image d'une fonction holomorphe, $F:\mathbb{C}^N \to M$, sur la variété determinantale générique avec la condition $codim X=codim M_{m,n}^t$.Certains travaux précédents ont étudié les variétés determinantales avec singularité isolée et ils ont défini le nombre de Milnor d'une surface determinantale et la caractéristique évanescente d'Euler.Nous étudions l'ensemble des hyperplans limites d'hyperplans tangents à une surface determinantale en $\mathbb{C}^4$ et 3-variété en $\mathbb{C}^5$ pour donner une caractérisation de ces hyperplans, par le fait que le nombre de Milnor de leur section avec la surface dans le premier cas ou la 3- variété dans le deuxième cas n'est pas minimum.Nous montrons également que, si X est une EIDS, de dimension d et H et H' sont des hyperplans fortement généraux, si $P \subset H$ et $P'\subset H'$ sont des plans de codimension d-2, les nombres de Milnor des surfaces genériques sont égaux.Nous étudions aussi la modification de Nash d'une EIDS et donnons des conditions suffisantes pour que cette transformation soit lisse.Un autre objectif de notre travail est l'étude de l'obstruction d'Euler d Nous obtenons des formules inductives qui relient l'obstruction d'Euler de X à la caractéristique d'Euler évanescente du lissage essentiel de leurs sections génériques. / In this work, we study the essentially isolated determinantal singularities (EIDS). This type of singularities is a natural generalization of isolated ones. A generic determinantal variety $M_{m,n}^t$ is a subset of the space of mxn matrices, given by matrices of rank less than t, where t≤m≤n. A variety X is determinantal if X is defined as the pre-image of $M_{m,n}^t$ by a holomorphic function $F:\mathbb{C}^N \to M$ with the condition $codim X=codim M_{m,n}^t$.Several recent works investigate determinantal variety with isolated singularities and they are difened the Milnor number and the vanishing Euler characteristic.In this work we study the set of limits of tangent hyperplanes to surface in $\mathbb{C}^4$ and 3-variety in $\mathbb{C}^5$ to give a characterization of this set by the fact that the Milnor number of its section with the surface in the first case or the 3-dimensional determinantal variety in the second case is not minimum. We also prove that if X is a d- dimensional EIDS and H and H' are strongly general hyperplans, if $P \subset H$ and $P'\subset H'$ are d-2 linear plans, the Milnor number of the generic surfaces are equal.We study the Nash transformation of an EIDS and give sufficient conditions for this transformation to be smooth.Another aim of our study is the Euler obstruction of essentially isolated determinantal singularities. We obtain inductive formulas associating the Euler obstruction with the vanishing Euler characteristic of the essencial smoothing of their generic sections.

Chez les patients asthmatiques, on retrouve un remodelage de la matrice extracellulaire des poumons, caractérisé par une augmentation du collagène ou fibrose de la couche sous-épithéliale des voies respiratoires. Le souffle, maladie inflammatoire chronique des voies respiratoires inférieures des chevaux matures, présente des similarités physiopathologiques avec l’asthme humain, incluant le remodelage. Ceci nous conduit à l’hypothèse que la fibrose de la couche sous-épithéliale pourrait être une composante des lésions pulmonaires chez les chevaux affectés, ce que notre étude avait pour objectif d’évaluer. Des biopsies pulmonaires périphériques réalisées par voie thoracoscopique ont été obtenues chez 5 chevaux témoins et 6 chevaux atteints du souffle, avant (T0) et après une stimulation antigénique de 30 jours avec du foin moisi et de la paille. Avant le début de l’étude, les sujets étaient en rémission clinique et ne démontraient aucun signe clinique de maladie. Un examen microscopique des échantillons prélevés a été réalisé après traitement au picrosirius-rouge, colorant spécifique des fibres de collagène. La surface du collagène de la couche sous-épithéliale a été mesurée et corrigée en fonction de la taille de la voie respiratoire en utilisant des techniques morphométriques standards. Les chevaux atteints de souffle ont une surface de collagène plus grande dans la couche sous-épithéliale (p<0.1) en comparaison avec les chevaux témoins. La fibrose de la couche sous-épithéliale demeure inchangée chez les chevaux malades après la stimulation antigénique de 30 jours. À T0, la fibrose de la couche sous-épithéliale est associée positivement aux variations maximales de pression pleurale et à la résistance pulmonaire chez les chevaux atteints de souffle. Les résultats de cette étude suggèrent qu’une fibrose de la couche sous-épithéliale est présente dans les voies respiratoires périphériques des chevaux atteints de souffle et contribue au déficit de fonction résiduel pulmonaire observé lors de rémission clinique. / Extracellular matrix remodelling is present in the human asthmatic lung, and is characterized by increased collagen or fibrosis of the subepithelial area of the airway. Heaves, a naturally occurring chronic lower airway inflammatory condition in horses shares aspects of pathophysiology with asthma, including features of airway remodelling. We thus hypothesize that airway fibrosis is a characteristic of remodelling in heaves. The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of fibrosis in the subepithelial area of the peripheral airways of heaves-affected horses. Peripheral lung biopsies acquired under thoracoscopic guidance were obtained from 5 control and 6 heaves-affected horses, both before (T0) and after a 30 day antigenic challenge with mouldy hay and straw. Prior to the study, diseased horses were in clinical remission and exhibited no clinical signs of disease. Obtained samples were microscopically examined using picrosirius-red, a collagen specific histological staining technique. Collagen area in the subepithelial layer, e.g. the region between the airway smooth muscle and the epithelial layer was measured, and corrected for airway size using standard morphometric techniques. In comparison with controls, heaves-affected horses had an increased collagen content in the airway subepithelial area (p<0.1). No change in fibrosis of the subepithelial area was observed in diseased horses after the 30 day antigenic challenge. Peripheral airway subepithelial collagen at baseline was positively associated with maximal changes in transpulmonary pressure and pulmonary resistance in horses with heaves but not in controls. Results of this study indicate that fibrosis of the subepithelial area is present in the peripheral airways of heaves-affected horses, and may play a role in residual lung function deficits observed in diseased horses even while in clinical remission.

Orientador: Eliane Chaves Jorge / Resumo: Introdução: A sondagem lacrimal tem sido o tratamento de escolha para a obstrução lacrimonasal congênita (OLNC) que não apresenta resolução espontânea. No entanto, não há consenso sobre qual é a melhor época para a realização da sondagem e se ela é melhor do que outras terapias. Objetivo: Avaliar a efetividade da sondagem lacrimal no tratamento da OLNC. Método: Uma revisão sistemática da literatura foi realizada usando plataformas eletrônicas de busca para identificar estudos de OLNC comparando sondagem lacrimal com outros tratamentos ou nenhuma intervenção. A qualidade da evidência foi avaliada pelo sistema GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation). Resultados: Quatro ensaios clínicos randomizados foram incluídos, envolvendo 423 participantes. A metanálise mostrou que não houve diferença estatística na resolução da OLNC entre o grupo submetido à sondagem lacrimal precoce e o submetido à observação/sondagem tardia (2 estudos; RR 1.00 [0.76, 1.33] p=0,99, I2=79%, baixa qualidade de evidência). Nas representações de metanálise, o desfecho taxa de resolução da sondagem tardia comparada à intubação bicanalicular com silicone não teve diferença estatística (1 estudo, RR 0.94 [IC 95% 0.84, 1.06] p=0,31, moderada qualidade de evidência), porém houve diferença no subgrupo das OLNCs complexas, favorecendo a intubação nesses casos (1 estudo; RR 0.56 [0.34, 0.92] p=0,02, moderada qualidade de evidência). Conclusões: A sondagem lacrimal precoce tem a mesma... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Introduction: Lacrimal probing has been the treatment of choice for congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (CNLDO) that does not have spontaneous resolution. However, there is no consensus about the best time for probing and if it is better than other therapies. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of lacrimal probing in the treatment of CNLDO. Method: A systematic review of the literature was performed using electronic search platforms to identify CNLDO studies to compare early or late lacrimal probing with other treatments or no intervention. The quality of the evidence was evaluated by the GRADE system (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation). Results: Four randomized clinical trials were included, involving 423 participants. The meta-analysis showed no statistically significant difference between the immediate probing and the observation/ late probing, in the outcome of the CNLDO resolution rate (2 studies, RR 1.00 [0.76, 1.33] p=0,99, I2 = 79%, low quality of evidence). In the meta-analysis representations, the outcome resolution rate of CNLDO comparing late probing and bicanalicular intubation with silicone showed no statistically significant difference (1 study, RR 0.94 [IC 95% 0.84, 1.06] p=0,31, moderate quality of evidence), however there was a difference favoring bicanalicular intubation with silicone in the subgroup complex CNLDOs (1 study; RR 0.56 [0.34, 0.92] p = 0.02, moderate quality of evidence). Conclusions: Early probing has... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

In this thesis, the common law crime of obstructing or defeating the course of justice as currently applied in South African law, is considered critically. The purpose of the study is to determine whether the ambit of the crime should be extended to target all conduct which undermines the proper administration of justice in South Africa. The interests protected by the crime are investigated, and those important constitutional values which underpin the crime, are identified. These values are: (i) constitutional supremacy (ii) the rule of law (iii) the doctrine of separation of powers, and (iv) the independence of the courts. In a post-constitutional era, the question raised is whether the crime as developed in the common law adequately protects these important democratic values. The historical background and development of the offence are discussed. This is followed by a comparative legal study which considers the existence and ambit of the offence in certain foreign jurisdictions. The foreign legal systems considered are England, Australia, Canada and the United States of America. The study reveals that the crime has been codified in most of these jurisdictions. Codification was driven by the need for legal certainty and compliance with constitutional imperatives. The study concludes that similar reform is necessary in South African criminal law. It is recommended that the common law offence of obstructing or defeating the course of justice be repealed and replaced with a comprehensive statutory offence which criminalises all manifestations of conduct which are intended to defeat or obstruct the proper administration of justice. The proposals are based upon the identified constitutional imperatives which underpin the crime. It is argued that the legislature is the proper institution to initiate reform in this regard. Detailed recommendations are made, which include draft legislation. / Law / LL.D.

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