Although influenza A/H1N1pdm09 is not causing a pandemic anymore, we recently observed two critically ill pregnant women infected by this virus. We present these cases to illustrate the possible severe complications of an – at that moment – seasonal influenza in pregnancy. We discuss the epidemiological differences between the pandemic and post pandemic phase and try to explain the high virulence of influenza A/H1N1pdm09 -infections in pregnancy by discussing insights in immunology during pregnancy. We conclude that although influenza A/H1N1pdm09 is in the post pandemic phase, infection by this influenza virus still needs to be considered in pregnant women with progressive respiratory dysfunction.

The paper focus on the ways in which specialized educators and technical educators differ when they evaluate the likelihood that a mentally deficient child adapt to the curriculum of the institution in which they work. The methodological framework of the study is Social Judgment Theory. The hypothesis was that a) specialized educators would give more weight in their judgments to the personality-type elements of the profile of the child than the technical educators and, b) technical educators would give more weight to the efficiency- type elements. Part b of the hypothesis is supported by the findings but nor part a. There appears to be no systematic judgment policy in the specialized educators (contrary to what was observed in the technical educators). The main difference between the two groups lies in the degree of homogeneity of the policies implemented by their members.