Évolution spatio-temporelle du pergélisol alpin marginal au mont Jacques-Cartier, massif des Chic-Chocs, Gaspésie (Qc)

L’objectif de ce mémoire est d���acquérir une connaissance d��taillée sur l’évolution spatiale de la température de surface du sol (GST) au mont Jacques-Cartier et sur la réponse thermique de son îlot de pergélisol alpin aux changements climatiques passés et futurs. L’étude est basée sur un ensemble de mesures de température (GST, sous-sol) et de neige, ainsi que des mod��les spatiaux de distribution potentielle de la GST et des simulations numériques du régime thermique du sol. Les résultats montrent que la distribution de la GST sur le plateau est principalement corrélée avec la répartition du couvert nival. Au-dessus de la limite de la végétation, le plateau est caractérisé par un couvert de neige peu épais et discontinu en hiver en raison de la topographie du site et l’action des forts vents. La GST est alors couplée avec les températures de l’air amenant des conditions froides en surface. Dans les îlots de krummholz et les d��pressions topographiques sur les versants SE sous le vent, la neige soufflée du plateau s’accumule en un couvert très épais induisant des conditions de surface beaucoup plus chaude que sur le plateau d�� à l’effet isolant de la neige. En raison de la quasi-absence de neige en hiver et de la nature du substrat, la réponse du pergélisol du sommet du mont Jacques-Cartier au signal climatique est très rapide. De 1978 à 2014, la température du sol a augmenté à toutes les profondeurs au niveau du forage suivant la même tendance que les températures de l’air. Si la tendance au réchauffement se poursuit telle que prévue par les simulations climatiques produites par le consortium Ouranos, le pergélisol pourrait disparaître d���ici à 2040-2050.

Leçons de clochardise. Lectures d���Agonie et d���Il n’y a plus de chemin de Jacques Brault

« Agonie » et « Il n’y a plus de chemin » de Jacques Brault mettent en scène des clochards qui ont choisi de quitter la vie sociale, qui « vivent en partie ailleurs », qui ne « sont plus tout à fait dedans », pour reprendre les mots de l’auteur. Préférant le d��tournement, le silence et le retrait aux discours engagés, ils mettent au jour les insuffisances d���une transmission culturelle qui, loin de reposer sur des certitudes, se révèle profond��ment aporétique à l’époque contemporaine. Quels héritages ces deux textes livrent-ils, sinon le d��tachement, le d��calage, la distance et l’anachronisme qui, de toute façon, ne s’enseignent ni ne s’apprennent ? Quelle conception du vivre-ensemble contemporain élaborent-ils ? Afin de répondre à ces questions, le présent article s’attache à examiner les figures de l’anachronisme qui donnent lieu à une conception singulière de la transmission des savoirs et des affects, laquelle est partagée entre legs impossible et parole d��liquescente.

[Ressenya del llibre Géographies du politique, de Jacques Lévy (ed.)]

Ressenya del llibre Géographies du politique, obra dirigida per Jacques Lévy on es pretén aplegar el màxim de reflexions sobre el concepte d���espai polític, entenent l’espai polític com una dimensió més de l’espai social, presentat en divuit opinions de diferents autors

Surviving without leading: Jacques Chirac

The presidency of Jacques Chirac in France (1995-2007) was scarred by two crushing defeats: the parliamentary elections of 25 May and 1 June 1997, and the referendum on the European Constitution of 29 May 2005. As both were highly personal setbacks, since both votes were taken at Chirac’s initiative they suggest that a dominant presidential position, twice won, was twice squandered owing to a failure of leadership. This chapter argues, firstly, that the weaknesses of the presidency arose chiefly from the three decades of Chirac’s career before the 1995 election – and, secondly, that Chirac’s record of presidential leadership, though limited, is more substantial than these two major failures suggest.

double-struck D signn-forced symmetry breaking of double-struck O sign (2)-equivariant problems

We use singularity theory to classify forced symmetry-breaking bifurcation problems f(z, λ, μ) = f1 (z, λ) + μf2(z, λ, μ) = 0, where f1 is double-struck O sign (2)-equivariant and f2 is double-struck D sign n-equivariant with the orthogonal group actions on z ∈ ℝ2. Forced symmetry breaking occurs when the symmetry of the equation changes when parameters are varied. We explicitly apply our results to the branching of subharmonic solutions in a model periodic perturbation of an autonomous equation and sketch further applications.

Development and validation of a D-loop mtDNA SNP assay for the screening of specimens in forensic casework

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis is usually a last resort in routine forensic DNA casework. However, it has become a powerful tool for the analysis of highly degraded samples or samples containing too little or no nuclear DNA, such as old bones and hair shafts. The gold standard methodology still constitutes the direct sequencing of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products or cloned amplicons from the HVS-1 and HVS-2 (hypervariable segment) control region segments. Identifications using mtDNA are time consuming, expensive and can be very complex, depending on the amount and nature of the material being tested. The main goal of this work is to develop a less labour-intensive and less expensive screening method for mtDNA analysis, in order to aid in the exclusion of non-matching samples and as a presumptive test prior to final confirmatory DNA sequencing. We have selected 14 highly discriminatory single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) based on simulations performed by Salas and Amigo (2010) [1] to be typed using SNaPShotTM (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA). The assay was validated by typing more than 100 HVS-1/HVS-2 sequenced samples. No differences were observed between the SNP typing and DNA sequencing when results were compared, with the exception of allelic dropouts observed in a few haplotypes. Haplotype diversity simulations were performed using 172 mtDNA sequences representative of the Brazilian population and a score of 0.9794 was obtained when the 14 SNPs were used, showing that the theoretical prediction approach for the selection of highly discriminatory SNPs suggested by Salas and Amigo (2010) [1] was confirmed in the population studied. As the main goal of the work is to develop a screening assay to skip the sequencing of all samples in a particular case, a pair-wise comparison of the sequences was done using the selected SNPs. When both HVS-1/HVS-2 SNPs were used for simulations, at least two differences were observed in 93.2% of the comparisons performed. The assay was validated with casework samples. Results show that the method is straightforward and can be used for exclusionary purposes, saving time and laboratory resources. The assay confirms the theoretic prediction suggested by Salas and Amigo (2010) [1]. All forensic advantages, such as high sensitivity and power of discrimination, as also the disadvantages, such as the occurrence of allele dropouts, are discussed throughout the article. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.

Proportions d'orphelins et mesure de la mortalite des adultes dans les populations traditionnelles d'apres la reconstitution des familles: sources, methodes et problemes

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Estimation de la mortalite des adultes a partir des proportions d'orphelins: quelques verifications empiriques a l'aide de donnees canadiennes des XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles

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Tra[D]ição e o jogo da diferença em Marajó, de Dalcídio Jurandir

Este trabalho, que escolheu como tema a presença da tradição no romance Marajó de Dalcídio Jurandir, procura investigar como a escritura do romance citado dialoga intertextualmente com a tradição literária, mitológica e oral, sem anular o caráter social da ficção dalcidiana. Defendo a hipótese de que o jogo intertextual presente na obra não está a favor de uma exaltação das fontes ou como mera transposição de influências, mas se projeta como diferença. A base teórica do trabalho se fundamentou, sobretudo, a partir das discussões sobre “fonte” e “influência” estabelecidas pela literatura comparada nas figuras de autores como Tania Franco Carvalhal e Silviano Santiago e de algumas considerações de escritores importantes da literatura moderna como T. S. Eliot e Jorge Luis Borges, reconhecidos como os iniciadores das discussões acerca do legado da tradição, retomada pela literatura modernista. A escolha da literatura comparada possibilitou a presente leitura, uma abertura teórica em que entram em cena, na abordagem, a Psicanálise freudiana, a escritura-jogo de Roland Barthes, Júlia Kristeva e Jacques Derrida, além de outros pressupostos analíticos de pesquisadores da ficção de Dalcídio Jurandir como os professores Vicente Salles, Marli Tereza Furtado, Paulo Nunes, Audemaro Taranto Goulart e Pedro Maligo e estudiosos da tradição como Anthony Giddens, Homi Bhabha, Stuart Hall e Walter Benjamin.

Os logros da autobiografia: um estudo dos traços autobiográficos em Jacques Derrida

Pós-graduação em Letras - IBILCE

Um caso de espionagem na obra de Rousseau: o conde d'Antraigues

The count d���Antraigues, rousseauist and monarchist, became an anti-revolutionary secret agent during the French Revolution. This paper aims to prove that a girondin lecture of Rousseau approachs recent efforts to remove the hobbesianism from his thought. In other words, an anti-revolutionary conservative critic is the opposite of a present conservative critic.

Memória e morte: uma intersecção entre ser e escrever em Les rêveries du promeneur solitaire, de Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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