Quantification of the relation between surface morphodynamics and subsurface sedimentological product in sandy braided rivers

This study uses digital elevation models and ground-penetrating radar to quantify the relation between the surface morphodynamics and subsurface sedimentology in the sandy braided South Saskatchewan River, Canada. A unique aspect of the methodology is that both digital elevation model and ground-penetrating radar data were collected from the same locations in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, thus enabling the surface morphodynamics to be tied explicitly to the associated evolving depositional product. The occurrence of a large flood in 2005 also allowed the influence of discharge to be assessed with respect to the processproduct relationship. The data demonstrate that the morphology of the study reach evolved even during modest discharges, but more extensive erosion was caused by the large flood. In addition, the study reach was dominated by compound bars before the flood, but switched to being dominated by unit bars during and after the flood. The extent to which the subsurface deposits (the product') were modified by the surface morphodynamics (the process') was quantified using the changes in radar-facies recorded in sequential ground-penetrating radar surveys. These surveys reveal that during the large flood there was an increase in the proportion of facies associated with bar margin accretion and larger dunes. In subsequent years, these facies became truncated and replaced with facies associated with smaller dune sets. This analysis shows that unit bars generally become truncated more laterally than vertically and, thus, they lose the high-angle bar margin deposits and smaller scale bar-top deposits. In general, the only fragments that remain of the unit bars are dune sets, thus making identification of the original unit barform problematic. This novel data set has implications for what may ultimately become preserved in the rock record.

Equipes infirmières somatiques et infirmier psychiatrique de liaison: la question de la relation soignant/soigné

Deux ans après la création du poste d'infirmier au Service de Psychiatrie de Liaison du CHUV à Lausanne, nous proposons de faire le constat de nos réflexions issues de cette nouvelle pratique. Nous voulons, en portant un regard extérieur sur les équipes infirmières, définir notre implication au sujet des difficultés relationnelles qu'elles peuvent rencontrer auprès d'un malade. Nous constatons que ce vécu difficile peut être influencé par des facteurs de stress liés au contexte des soins somatiques aigus, ceux-ci se surajoutant à une problématique relationnelle ou psychiatrique. Nous postulons que la position double du rôle de l'infirmier psychiatrique de liaison, que nous définissons dans cet article, (infirmier tiers pour les équipes infirmières, et infirmier "spécialiste" pour le patient), permet d'offrir des espaces intermédiaires de réflexions quant à une recherche de compréhension d'une relation soignant / soigné et de proposer des outils spécifiques aux équipes infirmières.

Idiosyncratic volatility around information release date

Several papers document idiosyncratic volatility is time-varying and many attempts have been made to reveal whether idiosyncratic risk is priced. This research studies behavior of idiosyncratic volatility around information release dates and also its relation with return after public announcement. The results indicate that when a company discloses specific information to the market, firm’s specific volatility level shifts and short-horizon event-induced volatility vary significantly however, the category to which the announcement belongs is not important in magnitude of change. This event-induced volatility is not small in size and should not be downplayed in event studies. Moreover, this study shows stocks with higher contemporaneous realized idiosyncratic volatility earn lower return after public announcement consistent with “divergence of opinion hypothesis”. While no significant relation is found between EGARCH estimated idiosyncratic volatility and return and also between one-month lagged idiosyncratic volatility and return presumably due to significant jump around public announcement both may provide some signals regarding future idiosyncratic volatility through their correlations with contemporaneous realized idiosyncratic volatility. Finally, the study show that positive relation between return and idiosyncratic volatility based on under-diversification is inadequate to explain all different scenarios and this negative relation after public announcement may provide a useful trading rule.

Recueil de modèles de correspondance, anonyme et sans titre, contenant des formules d'épîtres à adresser aux dignitaires de l'empire, des lettres que s'envoient les grands personnages, des lettres échangées entre parents et amis, des lettres d'amitié et de bonne relation, de condoléance, de recommandation, des formules d'actes.

Parmi ces pièces, l'on remarque la lettre que le sultan Mourad IV écrivit au roi de Perse (folio 49) ; on trouve, aux feuillets 1-6, la première page du traité sur la correspondance diplomatique de Okčizade Mohammed Efendi, et quelques lettres officielles, tirées d'un Insha, dans une écriture divani cursive.

Relation du voyage de l'ambassadeur que le sultan Mahmoud Ier envoya à l'Empereur d'Allemagne, en l'année 1143 de l'hégire (1730), pour lui notifier son avènement au trône d'Osman.

On lit dans les marges de cet exemplaire des gloses destinées à l'explication des mots étrangers que l'auteur est amené à citer dans son récit, ou d'autres obscurités. Manuscrit de luxe, orné d'un petit sarloh.