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The ePerSpace project has created a distributed service management platform with wide ranging applications at home and globally anywhere else outside home. The project has created an open and trusted home platform where home devices can seamlessly work together providing personalised services, provisioning content adaptation, and managing a variety of services via a residential gateway. Using the personalisation information the system can recognise and form specific user communities towards which specific services such as health care can be directed. This paper presents the main concept and components of the ePerSpace Service Management and discusses its potential in health care applications.

Averaged face composites, which represent the central tendency of a familiar population of faces, are attractive. If this prototypicality contributes to their appeal, then averaged composites should be more attractive when their component faces come from a familiar, own-race population than when they come from a less familiar, other-race population. We compared the attractiveness of own-race composites, other-race composites, and mixed-race composites (where the component faces were from both races). In experiment 1, Caucasian participants rated own-race composites as more attractive than other-race composites, but only for male faces. However, mixed-race (Caucasian/Japanese) composites were significantly more attractive than own-race composites, particularly for the opposite sex. In experiment 2, Caucasian and Japanese participants living in Australia and Japan, respectively, selected the most attractive face from a continuum with exaggerated Caucasian characteristics at one end and exaggerated Japanese characteristics at the other, with intervening images including a Caucasian averaged composite, a mixed-race averaged composite, and a Japanese averaged composite. The most attractive face was, again, a mixed-race composite, for both Caucasian and Japanese participants. In experiment 3, Caucasian participants rated individual Eurasian faces as significantly more attractive than either Caucasian or Asian faces. Similar results were obtained with composites. Eurasian faces and composites were also rated as healthier than Caucasian or Asian faces and composites, respectively. These results suggest that signs of health may be more important than prototypicality in making average faces attractive.

The authors report a case of intracranial textiloma in a 36-year-old male diagnosed 3 years after surgery for a left spheno-orbital meningioma.

Osteochondroma or exostosis is the most common benign tumor of bone, but vertebral involvement is rare. The authors report the case of a 16 years old male with a family history of hereditary multiple exostoses who presented with spinal cord compression. MR examination showed an intraspinal extradural bone lesion at the T1-T2 level, hyperintense on T1 weighted and hypointense on T2 weighted images, causing marked cord deformity. The CT scan showed a tumor of the body and left pedicle of T2 with severe narrowing of the spinal canal.

Primary lymphoma of the duodenum presenting with obstructive jaundice is a rare entity. We report a case of primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the duodenum producing biliary obstruction, definitively diagnosed by ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy. Complete remission of the disease occurred after chemotherapy.

Introduction: The orbital hydatid cyst is a rare (1 to 2%) localization of the Echinococcus granulosus parasite., Observations: An intra-orbital localization of hydatidosis was revealed in two patients by the occurrence of unilateral exophthalmia. After tumoral resection the diagnosis was confirmed by histological examination., Comments: The principle clinical sign of an orbital hydatid cyst is exophthalmia. Imaging is essential for pre-operative diagnosis. Serology is insufficient and treatment is surgical.

A paraganglioma is an extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma, rarely observed during pregnancy. Maternal prognosis depends on early diagnosis and multidisciplinary management prior to tumor resection. The tumor is localized by ultrasonography or MRI. During the post-partum, and if MRI is not available, CT is often sufficient. We report a paragangliona in a patient with intrauterine fetal demise at 27 weeks gestation diagnosed by ultrasonography and computed tomography, who underwent surgical resection.

The authors report a case of intracranial traumatic aneurysm at young a 21 years old patient. He presented with recurrent epistaxis 3 months after craniofacial trauma. An aneurysm of the left carotid artery was diagnosed at cerebral angiography. Endovascular treatment was performed with favorable outcome. In spite of their rarity, posttraumatic intracranial aneurysms should be suspected in patients with recent or remote history of trauma, even minor, presenting with secondary clinical deterioration, in order to carry out emergent angiographic exploration, before contemplating definitive surgical or endovascular treatment.

Zizyphus lotus (L.) Desf. is one of the traditional drugs commonly used in folk medicine in Morocco. Extracts obtained from the successive exhaustion in petroleum ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanol were in vitro found active either against nine pathogenic fungi and Bulinus truncatus, the intermediate host and vector of transmission of unitary schistosomiasis in Morocco. Particularly, the chloroform extract appears the most interesting in antifungal tests at lowest concentrations because of its countenance on terpenic compounds. Whereas, methanolic extract was found to possess the strong mollusuicidial activity and exhibited potent "knock-down" effect on molluscans related to its countenance on saponins.

Hemangioma is an uncommon bone neoplasm that usually affects the craniofacial bones and spine, accounting for less than 1% of all primary bone tumors. The authors report a case of isolated hemangioma involving the proximal humerus in a 22-year-old man. Radiographically, the lesion was a well-defined osteolytic process with marginal sclerosis. The CT images demonstrated an osteolytic lesion with coarse trabecular pattern and partial cortical breakthrough. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a multilocular and hemorrhagic lesion with fluid-fluid level, that was suggestive of aneurysmal bone cyst.

Tuberculosis of the spine usually involves the vertebral body and intervertebral disk. Involvement of the posterior arch is rare. We report a case of tuberculosis involving the posterior elements of the T4 and T5 vertebrae in a 38 year old woman. CT is helpful to assess bony structures whereas MRI is ideal to evaluate the neural structures. Clinical, radiographic, and therapeutic considerations regarding tuberculosis of the spine are reviewed.

The authors report a case of abdominal pregnancy that reached term. This type of pregnancy is now rare except in developing countries due to lack of early diagnosis. Ultrasonography is useful to confirm a clinically suspected diagnosis. MRI is helpful to further characterize the relation between placental tissue and intra-abdominal organs. Prognosis for the fetus is usually poor, and risks to the mother are non-negligible. Management is typically surgical and placental resection is the main concern. In this case, surgical delivery of an otherwise normal appearing infant was performed.

Isolated tuberculosis of the spleen is rare and difficult to diagnose. The features and management of this disease are discussed based on one case. A 52-year-old woman, presented with fever of unknown origin and splenomegaly. Ultrasonography and computed tomography demonstrated heterogeneous areas within the spleen. The diagnosis was made by a pathologic study of a splenic fragment obtained during laparotomy. When the spleen is the only organ involved by tuberculosis, the diagnosis is usually made by a pathologic study of splenic tissue obtained during laparotomy or percutaneous needle biopsy.

Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection, invading rapidly the nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, orbits and intracranial structures. It most often occurs in predisposing conditions (diabetics, immunosuppressed patients). The authors report the case of a diabetic patient who presented with extensive necrotic lesions of the face in spite of appropriate antistaphylococcic therapy. Diagnosis was confirmed by histologic and mycologic tests. The outcome was favorable after Amphotericin B therapy, daily debridement, and optimal control of the diabetes.

Renal sinus hematoma is a rare complication of anticoagulant therapy. Prognosis is usually excellent with spontaneous regression. The authors report a case of spontaneous bilateral renal sinus hematoma in a 59-year-old woman, treated by anticoagulants for a cardiac disease. Diagnosis and follow-up are made using computed tomography.

Nodular fasciitis is a benign neoplastic and reactive proliferation of fibroblasts of soft tissues, which is often mistaken for a sarcoma because of its rapid growth, rich cellularity and mitotic activity. A case is reported that provides the opportunity to discuss the specific clinical and pathological features of nodular fasciitis.

Radiological, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings in a case of spinal hydatidosis are reported.

The authors report a case of simple cyst of the cerebellum documented by magnetic resonance imaging in 42-year-old men with clinical symptoms of expansive cerebellar lesion. No communication with the ventricle, no mural nodule and no enhancement after contrast injection were noted. The postoperative outcome was satisfactory after surgical removal. Histological examination of the cyst wall showed normal cerebellar tissue without epithelial lining neither tumoral features. A brief review of the seventeen cases founded in the literature is given.

Case Report: We report a case of traumatic hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm in a 9-year-old child. The diagnosis was made by duplex sonography and helical CT angiography. Arteriography confirmed and managed the lesion with transcatheter embolization., Conclusion: The traumatic hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm is an uncommon complication of liver trauma in children whose diagnosis is made by duplex sonography and CT angiography. Endovascular embolotherapy is the treatment of choice.

A Subcapsular hematoma of the liver is a rare but very serious complication of pregnancy. Diagnosis is confirmed at imaging (Ultrasound, CT, MRI) since clinical symptoms are not specific and biological signs have a delayed manifestation. The management of this complication depends on the integrity or rupture of Glisson's capsule. We report the cases of 4 patients and review of the literature.

We report a rare case of spinal cord compression caused by a primary extradural hydatid cyst revealed at MRI.

Seven mycoplasma isolated from pneumonic sheep lungs were found to belong to two serologically unrelated groups. Isolates in one group reacted strongly with antisera to M arginini in the metabolic inhibition and growth inhibition tests. All isolates except one failed to react with antisera to M mycoides var capri or M mycoides var mycoides. The results of the present work support the previously reported division of the isolates into two groups on the basis of their biological properties.

Sixty-four pneumonic sheep lungs were examined for mycoplasmas. Eleven isolates were recovered and were identified on generally accepted criteria as mycoplasma. Four isolates were lost during storage and the remaining seven were divided on the basis of their colonial appearance and other biological properties into two groups.