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Background and aims – The Zingiberaceae of Rwanda are revised, and three new records of Aframomum species (A. corrorima, A. daniellii, A. zambesiacum) are provided. One previously recorded species, A. alboviolaceum, has to be excluded from the Flora of Rwanda. Two new species of Renealmia are described from Rwanda and Burundi in connection with the preparation of the family treatment for the Flore d'Afrique centrale. Material and methods – Field work and standard herbarium practices were applied. Key results – Renealmia timmiorum sp. nov. is similar to R. cincinnata and R. cabrae, and R. susannae-katziae sp. nov. is similar to R. africana and R. dewevrei. The differences with these species are discussed and distribution maps for the new taxa are presented. Renealmia timmiorum is assessed as Least Concern (LC), while R. susannae-katziae is assessed as Endangered (EN).

Research shows that learning achievements inequalities exist between students from gold mining areas and those from non-gold mining ones. However, there is no evidence on factors that explain this "new" geographic educational inequality. Exploiting the gold mining boom in Burkina Faso, this study employed re-centered influence function decomposition to explore students' background and school factors which explain these learning achievements inequalities and also estimate the proportion of inequalities explained by unmeasured factors. Findings suggest that, relative to student background factors, most of the learning achievements inequalities between the two types of areas are explained by school factors. Moreover, unmeasured educational factors explain a non-negligible proportion of the inequalities, higher for students on the lower and upper tails of the learning achievements distribution. Suggestions for policymakers are discussed based on the findings of the present study.

To explore whether sagittal abdominal diameter as a marker of abdominal obesity is a risk factor for death and morbidity in patients in the intensive care unit and a better outcome determinant for obese patients than body mass index.Prospective, observational study from April 2008 to January 2009.Two general intensive care units, both in Toulouse University Hospitals, France.All adult patients admitted in the two intensive care units except those routinely discharged within 48 hrs or those having conditions with possible effect on anthropometric indices.Measurement of the sagittal abdominal diameter at admission allowed us to divide the studied population into abdominally obese, underweight, and control groups.The primary outcome measure was mortality in the intensive care unit until day 60 after admission. Secondary outcomes were morbidity and length of stay in the intensive care unit. Among 503 patients admitted, 403 were included. At admission, age, diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, Simplified Acute Physiology Score II, and McCabe scores were higher in the abdominally obese group (n = 109) than in the control group (n = 277). The rate of death was higher in the abdominally obese group compared to control (44% vs. 25.3%; p.01). After adjustment for age, simplified acute physiology score, II and McCabe score, a multivariate analysis showed an increased risk of death in the abdominally obese group (adjusted odds ratio, 2.12; 95% confidence interval, 1.25-3.60). A body mass index30 kg/m2 was not an independent risk factor for death. During the stay in the intensive care unit, incidence of acute renal failure and abdominal compartment syndrome were higher in the abdominally obese group.A high sagittal abdominal diameter, and not a high body mass index, is an independent risk factor of death in critically ill patients.

Fecha sacada de la licencia Dialecto : texto en euskera navarro-labortano S. XX -- Periodo : último euskera moderno Euskalkia : nafar-lapurtera XX. md. -- Aroa : azken euskara modernoa Digitalización. Vitoria-Gasteiz : Fundación Sancho el Sabio, 2008 Piel