Les caractères musicaux au sein d'une démarche artistique dramatique : exploration des indices acoustiques jouant un rôle dans l'évocation des états affectifs en musique.

Cette thèse de doctorat en composition comprend deux projets de nature différente et complémentaire : (1) un projet de recherche théorique sur la communication des caractères musicaux; (2) un projet artistique s'articulant autour de la composition de trois pièces : L'homme à deux têtes - opéra de chambre, Un instant dans l'esprit de Lovecraft - pour clarinette solo, orchestre à cordes et percussions, et Balade ornithologique - pour orchestre à vents. La conception de la musique comme un moyen de communication est à l'origine de cette recherche théorique qui est motivée par un désir de compréhension des stratégies d'expressions des émotions en musique, à partir du point de vue du compositeur. Cette thèse aborde les modèles de communication, le concept de personnage virtuel et la théorie de la contagion des humeurs. Par la suite, nous détaillerons les indices acoustiques menant à la perception des caractères musicaux. Toutes ces notions sont illustrées et explorées par la composition de miniature ayant un caractère bien ciblé. Finalement, nous proposons un système d'analyse musical des caractères et des émotions qui est appliqué à l'analyse de sections des pièces composées au cours de ce projet de doctorat. Ce dernier chapitre met en lumière les stratégies utilisées pour créer un discours dramatique tout en exposant l'évocation de différents caractères musicaux.

(Table 2) Planktic foraminifera and their diversity indices of sediment surface samples from the Atlantic Ocean

Species distribution patterns in planktonic foraminiferal assemblages are fundamental to the understanding of the determinants of their ecology. Until now, data used to identify such distribution patterns was mainly acquired using the standard >150 µm sieve size. However, given that assemblage shell size-range in planktonic foraminifera is not constant, this data acquisition practice could introduce artefacts in the distributional data. Here, we investigated the link between assemblage shell size-range and diversity in Recent planktonic foraminifera by analysing multiple sieve-size fractions in 12 samples spanning all bioprovinces of the Atlantic Ocean. Using five diversity indices covering various aspects of community structure, we found that counts from the >63 µm fraction in polar oceans and the >125 µm elsewhere sufficiently approximate maximum diversity in all Recent assemblages. Diversity values based on counts from the >150 µm fraction significantly underestimate maximum diversity in the polar and surprisingly also in the tropical provinces. Although the new methodology changes the shape of the diversity/sea-surface temperature (SST) relationship, its strength appears unaffected. Our analysis reveals that increasing diversity in planktonic foraminiferal assemblages is coupled with a progressive addition of larger species that have distinct, offset shell-size distributions. Thus, the previously documented increase in overall assemblage shell size-range towards lower latitudes is linked to an expanding shell-size disparity between species from the same locality. This observation supports the idea that diversity and shell size-range disparity in foraminiferal assemblages are the result of niche separation. Increasing SST leads to enhanced surface water stratification and results in vertical niche separation, which permits ecological specialisation. Specific deviations from the overall diversity and shell-size disparity latitudinal pattern are seen in regions of surface-water instability, indicating that coupled shell-size and diversity measurements could be used to reconstruct water column structures of past oceans.

Body condition indices of Asian green mussels, Perna viridis, from Indonesia

While part of a single country, the Indonesian archipelago covers several biogeographic regions, and the high levels of national shipping likely facilitate transfer of non-native organisms between the different regions. Two vessels of a domestic shipping line appear to have served as a transport vector for the Asian green mussel Perna viridis (Linnaeus, 1758) between regions. This species is indigenous in the western but not in the eastern part of the archipelago, separated historically by the Sunda Shelf. The green mussels collected from the hulls of the ferries when in eastern Indonesia showed a significantly lower body condition index than similar-sized individuals from three different western-Indonesian mussel populations. This was presumably due to reduced food supply during the ships' voyages. Although this transportinduced food shortage may initially limit the invasive potential (through reduced reproductive rates) of the translocated individuals, the risk that the species will extend its distributional range further into eastern Indonesia is high. If the species becomes widely established in eastern Indonesia, there will then be an increased risk of incursions to Australia, where the mussel is listed as a high-priority pest species.

Alkenone stable carbon isotopes, planktic foraminfera stable carbon isotopes, alkenone unsaturation indices and calculated sea surface temperatures and atmospheric pCO2 for ODP Site 165-999

Temperature reconstructions indicate that the Pliocene was ~3 °C warmer globally than today, and several recent reconstructions of Pliocene atmospheric CO2 indicate that it was above pre-industrial levels and similar to those likely to be seen this century. However, many of these reconstructions have been of relatively low temporal resolution, meaning that these records may have failed to capture variations associated with the 41 Kyr glacial-interglacial cycles thought to operate in the Pliocene. Here we present a new, high temporal resolution alkenone carbon isotope based record of pCO2 spanning 2.8 to 3.3 million years ago from ODP Site 999. Our record is of high enough resolution (~19 Kyrs) to resolve glacial-interglacial changes beyond the intrinsic uncertainty of the proxy method. The record suggests that Pliocene CO2 levels were relatively stable, exhibiting variation less than 55 ppm. We perform sensitivity studies to investigate the possible effect of changing sea surface temperature, which highlights the importance of accurate and precise SST reconstructions for alkenone palaeobarometry, but demonstrate that these uncertainties do not affect our conclusions of relatively stable pCO2 levels during this interval.

Indices of agricultural production for the Western Hemisphere, excluding the United States and Cuba, 1962 through 1971 /

Chiefly tables.

Water quality indices : a survey of indices used in the United States /

Includes bibliographical references.

The commentary of Origen on S. John's Gospel : the text revised with a critical introduction and indices /

Mode of access: Internet.

Q. Curtius Rufus ad codices parisinos recensitus cum varietate lectionum, supplementis Jo. Freinshemii et selectis Schmiederi variorumque commentariis quibus notas, excursus mappasque et indices addidit N. E. Lemaire.

Vol. 3 has title: Q. Curtius Rufus ad codices parisinos recensitus cum itinerario Alexandri, et Julio Valerio. Æsopi græci translatore quibus apud nos primum editis novos excursus, mappas, imagines, catalogos et indices ... addidit N. E. Lemaire ... "Index editionum [et versionum] Q. Curtii Rufi": v. 3, p. [375]-400.

Atlas (1900-1959) of planetary solar climate, with sun-tide indices of solar radiation and global insolation.

Mode of access: Internet.

Source records of the great war : a comprehensive and readable source record of the world's great war, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the actual words of the chief officials and most eminent leaders ... presenting documents from government archives and other authoritative sources, with outline narratives, indices, chronologies, and courses of reading on sociological movements and individual national activities /

"The war with Germany, a statistical summary by Leonard P. Ayres ... chief of the Statistics branch of the General staff": v. 7, 153 p. at end.

Apollonii Dyscoli qvae svpersvnt recensvervnt, apparatvm criticvm, commentarivm, indices adiecervnt Richardvs Schneider et Gvstavvs Vhlig.

vol. I. fasc. I. Apollonii scripta minora a Richardo Schneidero edita continens. 1878.--vol. I. fasc, II. Richardi Schneideri Commentarivm criticvm et exegeticvm in Apollonii scripta minora continens. 1902.--vol. II. Apollonii Dyscoli De constrvctione libri quattvor recensvit apparatv critico et explanationibvs instrvxit Gvstavvs Vhlig. Adiectae svnt tabvlae phototypicae dvae. 1910.--vol. III. Praefationem ediecit, librorvm Apollinii deperditorvm fragmenta collegit, disposuit, explicavit, indices omnivm librorvm confecit Richardvs Schneider. 1910.

Ludolphi Chartus. In Psal. Dauid, diligentiss. simul & doctissima enarratio ... : ad cuius ornamentum & collocupletatione[m] indices, cum Psalmoru[m], tum reru[m] haud segniter restitutos adauctosq[ue] assuimus : sed nec Co[n]fesionales ac poenitentiales Psalmos authore Petrarcha ... : inserta est margini iuxta Hiero. recepta[m] versione[m] Diui August. ab Hebr[a]eo in latinu[m] sermone[m] perquam docta traductio.

CCBE s. XVI,

R.P. Iacobi Granado ... In tertiam partem S. Thomae Aquinatis commentarii : in duos tomos distincti, quartum scilicet [et] quintum, a quaestione prima vsque ad vltimam et additionibus á q.1 ad 20 [et] à 25 vsque ad 40 [et] à 69 vsque ad ultimam : quibus tres indices adiecti sunt ...

"Panegyricus funebris P. Georgii Hemelman ... Societatis Iesu ... in obitum ... P. Iacobi Granadi...", 50 p.