Rapport d'intervention du programme À vos stratégies, prêts, partez!

Rapport d'analyse d'intervention présenté à la Faculté des arts et sciences en vue de l'obtention du grade de Maîtrise ès sciences (M. Sc.) en psychoéducation.Le programme À vos stratégies, prêts, partez! vise les parents ayant un enfant atteint d'un trouble envahissant du développement. Les objectifs proximaux de ce programme sont d'augmenter la qualité de la relation parent-enfant et d'augmenter l'utilisation de pratiques parentales éducatives chez ces parents dans le but de favoriser un fonctionnement adaptatif chez les enfants. Le programme a été implanté dans un Centre local de services communautaires dans un quartier multiethnique de Montréal. Cinq dyades parents-enfants ayant des services d'une travailleuse sociales ont participé au programme. Les enfants présentaient un diagnostic de trouble de l'autisme, de trouble envahissant du développement non-spécifié ou encore un syndrome d'Asperger. Le programme qui s'est fortement inspiré du programme Ces Années incroyables était composé de six rencontres de groupe (co-animées avec une travailleuse sociale du milieu) et trois rencontre à la maison où de la rétroaction vidéo était faite. Les thèmes discutés lors des rencontres de groupe étaient : (1) les comportements de mon enfant ayant un diagnostic de trouble envahissant du développement et ses besoins, (2) le jeu parent-enfant, (3) les félicitations et récompenses et (4) mettre des limites claires. Un devis à protocole à cas unique a été utilisé afin d'évaluer les effets du programme. Les résultats ne suggèrent aucune tendance de groupe. Cependant, certains sujets semblent avoir améliorer leur perception de leur relation avec leur enfant (C01 p et C02) tandis que C03 semble avoir modifié de façon positive certaines de ses pratiques parentales. Afin de favoriser une plus grande atteinte des résultats, il serait pertinent d'ajouter un volet psychosocial au programme ainsi qu'étendre le programme sur une plus longue période

Senior flute recital: Program notes

My honors thesis consists of program notes for my senior recital. I performed the following pieces: Sonata in A Minor, Wq 132 (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach); Suite de Trois Marceaux, Op. 116 (Benjamin Godard); Rafflesia: Colossal Flower of the Rairiforest (Benjamin Boone); Sonata Latino (Mike Mower); and Scars and Scrapes Forever! (Kenneth Laufer, arranged by Steve Grugin). The program notes include composer biographies, information on each piece, and post-recital reflections. A copy of my program, which includes abridged program notes, is also included

Process Development for Compression Molding of Hybrid Continuous and Chopped Carbon Fiber Prepreg for Production of Functionally Graded Composite Structures

Composite materials offer a high strength-to-weight ratio and directional load bearing capabilities. Compression molding of composite materials yields a superior surface finish and good dimensional stability between component lots with faster processing compared to traditional manufacturing methods. This experimental compression molding capability was developed for the ME composites lab using unidirectional carbon fiber prepreg composites. A direct comparison was drawn between autoclave and compression molding methods to validate compression molding as an alternative manufacturing method in that lab. A method of manufacturing chopped fiber from existing unidirectional prepreg materials was developed and evaluated using destructive testing methods. The results from testing both the continuous and chopped fiber were incorporated into the design of a functionally graded hybrid continuous and chopped carbon fiber component, the manufacture of which resulted in zero waste prepreg material

Hybridité, animalité et métissage : la littérature francophone contemporaine entre parasitisme et devenir-autre

Postcolonial Francophone literature, as it has evolved since the independence movements in the French colonies (mainly in Africa and in the Caribbean islands), has known two major moments in the 20th century, where it distanced itself from metropolitan French Literature: in the forties, fifties and sixties, with the movement of the « négritude » and more recently, in the nineties, with the rise of "créolité"- which will lead to the actual current of "Littérature-monde" (2005), and corresponds to the era that will be investigated here. It would be naïve to think that this desire for literary independence could have been fulfilled entirely, while expressed in the language of the "oppressor". In spite of its claims to the contrary, this postcolonial francophone literature remains to this day haunted by its French model. To a certain degree, it is still very much dependent as can be seen from its fixation with Paris as the only "centre" of culture and the frequency of themes such as social parasitism and hospitality. But of course, Francophone literature cannot be reduced to such a simplistic model. Its relationship to French Literature can't be reduced to a purely mimetic one. In spite of (or maybe thanks to) its heavy borrowing from the French canon, it has succeeded in creating a new space of reciprocal exchanges and constant metamorphosis. It is this space that H. Bhabha called "third space", defined by hybridity and "métissage" - a paradoxical way of coping with the double inheritance of the same and the other. In opposition to the static behaviour in which the parasite engages when imitating, one has to conceive, according to G. Deleuze and F. Guattari, a heterogeneous relationship characterized by movement and fluctuation: a "becoming" rather than a "being". It is this notion of constantly changing identities that we will analyze in reaction to parasitism, which remains based on imitation: a need for metamorphosis best expressed in "animalisation" and the loss of identity it produces. In order to test this hypothesis, we will analyze a series of works of fiction where this theme of animalisation is most visible (produced over the past 15 years in Postcolonial Francophone literature). Some of the novels in our corpus are the following: Mémoires d'un porc-épic, by Mabanckou (from Congo); Moi, l'interdite, by Ananda Devi (from Mauritius), Temps de chien by P. Nganang (from Cameroun) and Un Chien mort après lui by Jean Rolin (France). We hope that the relative homogeneity of our findings will allow us to formulate new insights in the way Francophone literature deals with those ever returning questions of identity and otherness

Evaluating the Inclusion of Environmental Justice and Equity Focused Curriculum in Environmental Programs at Minority-Serving Institutions

Environmental justice (EJ) is used to discuss how racially minoritized and low-income populations are disproportionately impacted by environmental hazards and has become an important consideration when evaluating environmental concerns. Despite its growing relevance in environmental fields, the extent to which EJ topics are included in environmental science higher education is still unclear. Literature on EJ in higher education programs has focused primarily on what institutional factors contribute to its inclusion, while offering little information about what specific topics are covered and the expected learning outcomes (Hazula-DeLay, 2013). In addition, recent studies looking at the inclusion of EJ curriculum have focused primarily on predominantly white institutions (PWIs), suggesting an incomplete understanding of its inclusion (Garibay et al., 2016). This study utilizes a sample of 159 minority-serving institutions (MSIs) to identify how EJ and equity curriculum is incorporated into environmental programs, to determine whether this curriculum is required, explore the topics that are covered in relevant courses, and analyze what differences exist between environmental programs that emphasize science versus those that emphasize social science. The lack of inclusion of certain topics within curriculum may suggest to students that such topics are not essential. However, it is important that students are educated on EJ and equity topics to better understand different perspectives and how environmental hazards and social change issues are connected. In addition, given the highly political nature of the environmental field, inclusion of EJ and equity curriculum can help prepare students to face such issues in future careers

Efficacité et déterminations des pratiques d'Aide Personnalisée à l'école primaire : une approche didactique

International audienceCette recherche exploratoire repose sur l'analyse didactique de deux études de cas à l'école primaire. Notre propos consiste à interroger les pratiques que les professeurs mettent en oeuvre dans le cadre des dispositifs d'Aide Personnalisée. C'est à partir des caractéristiques de l'aide ordinaire pratiquée en classe, que nous avons questionné ces nouveaux dispositifs du point de vue de leur efficacité mais aussi de leurs déterminations. Notre recherche - qui s'ancre dans la Théorie de l'Action Conjointe en Didactique (TACD) - montre que l'aide est vue par les professeurs étudiés comme une simplification de l'enjeu de savoir initial qui peut prendre deux aspects, soit un fractionnement soit un éparpillement des jeux d'apprentissage. Cette simplification a tendance à développer des automatismes, ce qui ne permet pas, le plus souvent, à ces élèves de renouer avec le temps didactique de la classe

Le dialogisme à l'œuvre dans le cours magistral à l'université : un point de vue didactique

Le cours magistral vise à rendre intelligible un discours savant autant qu'à donner des clés aux étudiants pour réussir l'examen terminal. Dans cette contribution, nous cherchons à comprendre comment ces contraintes sont prises en compte par le professeur du supérieur, en articulant un double point de vue linguistique et didactique, pour tenter de saisir comment et à quelles fins l'enseignant produit son discours. Nous tenterons, en premier lieu une analyse à l'échelle micro (énoncé-fragment) pour comprendre en quoi la dimension dialogique du discours permet au professeur de manifester et de rendre effective son intention d'enseigner. En second lieu, et cette fois-ci, à un niveau plus méso (celui de l'énoncé-texte), nous tenterons de comprendre comment la dimension dialogique contribue à structurer le discours du professeur. Pour conduire cette étude, nous avons fait le choix de comparer les pratiques de deux enseignants qui interviennent dans le champ des sciences sociales à l'Université: un PRAG (professeur agrégé) de géographie, enseignant expérimenté (TH) qui prépare les étudiants à l'une des épreuves du concours de professeur d'histoire-géographie (CAPES) et une enseignante débutante (RA), qui est en fait moniteur-doctorante et qui fait en L3 un cours d'introduction à la science politique. Cette comparaison devrait nous permettre d'initier certaines des caractéristiques du cours magistral tout en faisant la part de ce qui relève à la fois des contraintes disciplinaires, mais aussi des représentations que l'enseignant s'en fait, de son degré d'expertise et de celui des étudiants , de la singularité du contexte et des enjeux de son enseignement

Gas Release and Transport Capacity Investment as Instruments to Foster Competition in Gas Markets

Motivated by recent policy events experienced by the European natural gas industry, this paper develops a simple model for analyzing the interaction between gas release and capacity investment programs as tools to improve the performance of imperfectly competitive markets. We consider a regional market in which a measure that has an incumbent release part of its gas to a marketer complements a program of investment in transport capacity dedicated to imports by the marketer, at a regulated transport charge, of competitively-priced gas. First, we examine the case where transport capacity is regulated while gas release is not, i.e., the volume of gas released is determined by the incumbent. We then analyze the effect of the "artifcial" duopoly created by the regulator when the latter regulates both gas release and transport capacity. Finally, using information on the French industry, we calibrate the basic demand and cost elements of the model and perform some simulations of these two scenarios. Besides allowing us to analyze the economic properties of these scenarios, a policy implication that comes out of the empirical analysis is that, when combined with network expansion investments, gas-release measures applied under regulatory control are indeed effective short-term policies for promoting gas-to-gas competition.Natural gas, Gas release, Regulation, Competition

pFAR plasmids: New Eukaryotic Expression Vectors for Gene Therapy, devoid of Antibiotic Resistance Markers

Efficient production of eukaryotic expression vectors requires the selection of plasmid-containing bacteria. To avoid the risk of dissemination of antibiotic resistance markers, we developed a new system to produce a family of plasmids Free of Antibiotic Resistance genes, called pFARs. The strategy is based on the suppression of a chromosomal nonsense mutation by a plasmid-borne function. The amber mutation was introduced into the Escherichia coli thyA gene that encodes a thymidylate synthase required for dTMP synthesis, resulting in thymidine auxotrophy. In parallel, a small plasmid vector that carries an amber suppressor t-RNA gene was entirely synthesised. The introduction of pFAR plasmids into an optimised thyA mutant restored normal growth to the auxotrophic strain, and led to an efficient production of monomeric supercoiled plasmids, as required for clinical trials. Luciferase activities measured after intramuscular injection and electrotransfer of LUC-encoding pFAR vector were similar to those obtained with a commercial vector containing the same expression cassette. Interestingly, whereas luciferase activities decreased within three weeks after intradermal electrotransfer of conventional expression vectors, sustained levels were observed with the pFAR derivative. Thus, pFAR plasmids represent a novel family of biosafe eukaryotic expression vectors, suitable for gene therapy

LE RESPONSABLE DE LA STRATÉGIE DE COMMUNICATION EN MATIÈRE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DURABLE : UN GESTIONNAIRE CALCULATEUR OU UN EXPERT MALLÉABLE?

International audienceLa comptabilité a depuis longtemps été interpellée pour jouer un rôle de régulateur macroéconomique. Avec le reporting en matière de développement durable, le dernier né de son rapprochement avec la société, la recherche comptable est appelée à renouer avec le milieu de la pratique où se construisent les concepts de développement durable et de responsabilité sociale, encore flous et malléables, façonnés par de multiples acteurs. Cette communication s'interroge sur les représentations de ces acteurs et sur leur apport dans la formation de la stratégie de communication de l'entreprise en matière de développement durable