Cette thèse s’inscrit dans le champ d’une réflexion qui se propose de penser la médiation culturelle comme une forme de représentation et d’expression des identités politiques. La thèse étudie plus particulièrement la politique culturelle du Front national entre 1986 et 1998. La première partie étudie, d’une façon générale, la relation indissociable entre culture et politique, en proposant une définition des politiques culturelles et de la médiation culturelle.Une seconde partie présente les caractéristiques de l’identité politique du F.N. : il s’agit d’un discours politique fondé sur l’exclusion de l’autre, sur une forme particulière d’expression de l’identité et, sur des modalités de sublimation des acteurs.La troisième partie porte sur les politiques culturelles mises en œuvre dans les villes de Vitrolles, Marignane, Orange et Toulon, lors de l’exercice effectif du pouvoir entre 1995 et 1998, en analysant les actions les plus caractéristiques de l’identité frontiste : le retrait de subventions municipales, la « censure » exercée au sein des bibliothèques municipales, etc… Ces actions expriment notamment la contestation du pouvoir d’Etat et proposent une approche spécifique de l’identité nationale.La quatrième partie propose une réflexion sur l’idéal politique et sur la place de l’imaginaire dans l’identité politique du F.N. L’idéologie du Front national repose sur un idéal politique fantasmé, dont la ligne directrice est de susciter le rassemblement par une stratégie qui revêt une forme de discours paranoïaque. La cinquième partie est consacrée aux références esthétiques et culturelles du Front National dans le champ de la médiation culturelle (arts plastiques, architecture, spectacle vivant, livre, musique, cinéma et audiovisuel).Les politiques culturelles du Front national expriment, ainsi, des fantasmes de persécution -le complot et la peur- qui s’inscrivent dans une dimension fantasmatique de l’identité politique du Front National. / This thesis joins in the field of a reflection, which suggests thinking of the cultural mediation as a shape of representation and expression of the political identities. The thesis studies more particularly the cultural policy of the National Front between 1986 and 1998 The first part studies, generally speaking the inseparable relation between culture and politics, by proposing a definition of cultural policies and cultural mediation.A second part presents the characteristics of the political identity of the F.N.: it is about a political speech based on the exclusion from the other one, on the particular shape of expression of the identity and, on the modalities of sublimation of the actors.The third part concerns cultural policies implemented in the cities of Vitrolles, Marignane, Orange and Toulon, during the actual exercise of the power between 1995 and 1998, by analyzing the most characteristic actions of the F.N.’ identity : the cancellariat of municipal subsidies, the "censorship" exercised within municipal libraries, etc. …These actions express in particular the contesting of the state power and propose a specific approach of the national identity.The fourth part proposes a reflection on the political ideal and on the place of the imagination in the political identity of the F.N. The ideology of the National Front rests on a fantasized political ideal, the guideline of which is to arouse the gathering by a strategy that dresses a shape of paranoiac speech.The fifth part is dedicated to the aesthetic and cultural references of the National Front in the field of the cultural mediation (plastic arts, architecture, live performance, edition, music, cinema and broadcasting).The cultural policies of the F.N. express, so, fantasies of persecution -the plot and the fear-, which join a fantastical dimension of the political identity of the National Front.

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High-level finite-state-machine is a behavioral level hardware system design specification method. Each of its state transitions is tagged with a description of an expression executed during the corresponding state transition. In order to verify the equivalence between a high-level finite-state-machine and its deriving low-level finite-state-machine, we can extract expressions executed in state transition sequences from an annotated state to another. Then, the extracted expression can be checked against the corresponding expression in the high-level finite-state-machine for their equivalence. Past research adopted a simulation-based validation technique to examine expression equivalence. Due to its combinatorial complexity, it can not guarantee hundred percent equivalence for expression passing the test. In this research, we designed software of our expression equivalence verification method applied on the extracted expressions. It consists of software design tasks of tree system functionalities : 1. By applying a normalization method on commutative, associative, and distributive laws, we can transform each expression into an equivalent reduced expression graph. It can reduce the size of the equivalence space to be explored in the equivalence verification process and thus reduce computation time and storage size of explored equivalent expressions. 2. For equivalent expression s explored during the verification process, we can share the common sub-expression structures and form a formal shared expression graph. We can furthermore reduce the storage size of the evolved expressions and facilitate isomorphism checking between them to improve performance. 3. In the shared expression graph, we can match its sub-expressions against axiom patterns and derive corresponding unification. Then, substitute the matched sub-expression with the corresponding axiom template with unified variable values and form a new equivalent expression graph from axiom transformation. We carried out experiments of this expression equivalence verification method. Experimental results shows that this method obtains the equivalence verification capability to be applied between a hardware system design and its low level design.

Thesis (M.S. in biochemistry)--Washington State University, December 2009. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 4, 2010). "School of Molecular Biosciences." Includes bibliographical references (p. 18-20).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Department of Statistics, August 2003. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

abstract / Biochemistry / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

Methyl-CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2) is an epigenetic regulator in brain that binds to both methylated and hyroxymethylated DNA with similar affinities. MeCP2 has two isoforms, MeCP2E1 and MeCP2E2 with distinct N-terminus. These isoforms are generated by alternative splicing of the MECP2/Mecp2 gene. Despite the wealth of knowledge about the molecular properties of MeCP2 as a whole protein, little is known regarding its isoform components. Importantly, basic fundamental questions such as MeCP2 isoform-specific expression profile and the underlying regulatory mechanisms are yet to be fully addressed. To further explore the role(s) of MeCP2 isoforms, we have characterized MeCP2 isoform-specific expression profiles. In this study, we show that MeCP2 isoforms are differentially distributed in the adult murine brain, and are temporally expressed during mouse brain development. Our study allows us to gain further insight into the function(s) of MeCP2 isoforms in the central nervous system.

Methyl-CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2) is an epigenetic regulator in brain that binds to both methylated and hyroxymethylated DNA with similar affinities. MeCP2 has two isoforms, MeCP2E1 and MeCP2E2 with distinct N-terminus. These isoforms are generated by alternative splicing of the MECP2/Mecp2 gene. Despite the wealth of knowledge about the molecular properties of MeCP2 as a whole protein, little is known regarding its isoform components. Importantly, basic fundamental questions such as MeCP2 isoform-specific expression profile and the underlying regulatory mechanisms are yet to be fully addressed. To further explore the role(s) of MeCP2 isoforms, we have characterized MeCP2 isoform-specific expression profiles. In this study, we show that MeCP2 isoforms are differentially distributed in the adult murine brain, and are temporally expressed during mouse brain development. Our study allows us to gain further insight into the function(s) of MeCP2 isoforms in the central nervous system.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karol. inst. / Härtill 5 uppsatser.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karol. inst. / Härtill 5 uppsatser.