Mégalithes et sociétés préhistoriques : concepts et terminologie

The restitution of the megalith’s technical manufacture, whith their assemblies lines and their sequences, enlarges the coast of the sens incluse in each Corsican monoliths. From the megalithics sites of Poghjaredda of Monte Rotondu (Sotta), Ciutulaghja (Appietu), and Presa (Altaghjè), some specifics activities area (pastoralism for example) or activities structured in the space (villages and tombs of middle Neolithic) interest this study. The contributions of many sciences permit to give an economic and social dimension to the choice of megalithics sites. Then, those choices are an aspect of the Neolithic process in Corsica, making part of sculpture and architecture. This study is conclued by a consideration on the actual worked stones’ terminology.     

La Dynamique Posturale Non-Linéaire. Partie I : bases et fondements

The different sensorial systems involved in the postural control form a super system preserving the static and dynamical equilibrium of a standing human being, motionless or moving. Now, the human posture captors are endowed with conditions that are sufficient to constitute a dynamical system. Then, we can show that: (i) generic properties of dynamical systems may be applied to the postural system, (ii) we may benefit from conceptual justifications to postural interactions experienced at a clinical level. Moreover, concerning the issue of the multi-causal chain in posturology, it is possible to infer and characterize a certain number of generic properties relative to these postural interactions. From this theoretical grounding, based on the knowledge of dynamical systems, it appears licit to introduce the concept of Non-linear Postural Dynamics (NPD). In a first part of this paper, the bases and foundations of NPD are presented, while the second part deals with different possible modes of NPD. Indeed, because the postural system is comparable to the structure of a dynamical system, it turns out that the former, natural seat of non-linear interaction dynamics, exhibits four dynamical modes and only four, « solutions » to the whole postural system. These four modes are as follows: (1) the quasi-linear mode, (2) the stationary mode, (3) the non-linear convergent mode, and (4) the chaotic mode. The present paper is devoted to the definition and articulation of these postural dynamic's modes. A codification of the clinical elements of their recognition should constitute a logically indispensable sequel. However, by their very constitutive principles themselves, some of these modes call for a functional multi-disciplinary approach. As a consequence, in the search for therapeutic protocols, not blindly but rather built on the interplay of various medical fields relative to posture and its physio-dynamical equilibrium, it is necessary to identify in a first step, and as surely as possible, the postural mode in which the patient stands.     

TEP/TDM et cancer pulmonaire : indications et perspectives

Lung cancer is a major public health problem that generates a large number of imaging and acts for diagnostic procedures. The last decade saw the development of positron emission tomography coupled to the scanner (PET/CT), which has significantly improved the staging and allowed to obtain better accuracy in the initial staging. It may change the management of a patient thanks to a better characterization of the initial situation. Several series have to assess performance, often higher than that of CT and there are several recommendations specifying the place of this examination in the management of lung cancer. It also seems to become a complementary tool to the radiotherapist for delineation of volumes to be irradiated using functional information of the tumor. The concept of biological target volume (BTV) has been introduced. There are more perspectives for diagnostic, therapeutic evaluation and prognosis with the study of new tracers, including those of hypoxia and cell proliferation.