Queer, carnavalesque et hétérolingue : traduire l’inconfort dans MouthQuake, de Daniel Allen Cox

Dans ce mémoire, je me pencherai sur les différentes « transgressions » des normes hégémoniques qu’affectionne Daniel Allen Cox dans MouthQuake. Je tenterai d’analyser les effets – inconfortables – qu’elles produisent et m’intéresserai plus particulièrement à la façon de traduire l’ensemble, le texte et l’inconfort

Le musée, un lieu éducatif

This anthology contains essays on various aspects of museum education, by 35 members of the Special Interest Group on Education and Museums (SIGEM). Originally presented at a conference held in Montreal in 1995, the essays in this book address a wide range of issues related to the educational function of museums. Topics discussed include: educational, scientific and museological research; the value of guided tours and visual arts workshops; the question of evaluation; and relationships between museums and schools. 21 diagrams and 19 charts. 4 texts in English 31 texts in French. Circa 480 bibl. ref

Vivre en famille au cœur de la ville

La réinvention de l'habitat familial par le développement de la ville-satellite, de la cité-jardin ou de la banlieue a suscité - suscite encore - beaucoup d'enthousiasme. Or, les effets pervers de la prolifération de ces formes urbaines, notamment par la disqualification des quartiers anciens et des espaces publics et la dépendance à l'automobile, sont de plus en plus évidents. Aujourd'hui, le défi de mieux arrimer la vie en famille et la ville reste entier. Il passe par la transformation des milieux aménagés dans les dernières décennies, certes, mais surtout par la réhabilitation des quartiers délaissés du cœur de la ville. Ce livre ne fait pas que revisiter les arguments mettant en opposition ville et banlieue, il vise aussi à rendre intelligible une réalité complexe et nuancée : celle de la diversité des quartiers, des familles et des perspectives d'intervention. Il ne s'agit pas ici de favoriser une forme d'habitat au détriment d'une autre, mais d'envisager l'environnement urbain comme un ensemble d'espaces complémentaires et, à leur manière, profitables

Near Infrared Spectroscopy and Fecal Chemistry as Predictors of the Diet Composition of White-Tailed Deer

Overbrowsing by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann) on Anticosti Island (Canada) created a need to develop efficient methods for estimating their foraging patterns. We tested the ability of near infrared (NIR) spectra of feces and of fecal chemical properties to predict diet composition of different individuals. We first used a principal component-based discriminant analysis to sort the NIR spectra of fecal samples (n-=-102) obtained from two groups of captive deer that had been fed two different diets. The diets differed only in their relative abundance of balsam fir (Abies balsamea "L." P.Mill.) and white spruce (Picea glauca "Moench" Voss.) foliage. The calibrated model allowed us to assign 28 of 30 validation fecal samples (93.3 %) to the correct diet. In a second study, we attempted to estimate the proportion of coniferous, deciduous, herbaceous, and lichenous forages in diets of free-ranging white-tailed deer, as determined by fecal microhistology. Both NIR spectra and chemical properties of feces were used as predictors of diet composition. NIR spectra were analyzed using partial least-squares regression (PLSR), whereas fecal chemical properties were analyzed using mixed-linear regressions (MLRs). The PLSR models were robust (R2-=-0.89; ratio of prediction to deviation-=-3.2) for predicting the amount of coniferous fragments, but not for predicting the relative amounts of balsam fir, white spruce, and deciduous and lichenous fragments within feces. MLR models revealed a positive relationship (47% variance explained) between acid detergent lignin (ADL) and coniferous fragments within feces. ADL and cellulose explained 24% of variance in deciduous fecal fragments, whereas ADL alone explained 22% of variance in balsam fir fecal fragments. These results suggest that NIR spectroscopy and fecal chemical properties have several applications on Anticosti Island, such as measuring the degree of variation in diets within a given home range or determining dietary conifer intake during winter. © 2014 The Society for Range Management.The Rangeland Ecology & Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact [email protected] for further information