L'analyse du formulaire notarial de Gaspar Alpheran, notaire d'Aix-en-Provence à la fin du XVIe siècle, permet de rejoindre les valeurs de l'auteur, cette œuvre étant le témoin de l'interpénétration des valeurs d'un homme «ordinaire» avec celles de son époque. La justesse, la justice, la crainte de Dieu et du péché sont les principales qualités, à la fois professionnelles et éthiques, qui arment le notaire contre le mal qui s'incarne notamment dans les procès. Homme de lettres, de vertus et de piété, le notaire s'assimile au noble, puisque dans cette ligne de pensée, c'est la vertu, non la naissance, qui confère la noblesse de l'âme. Les figures métaphoriques du héros, du saint et du croisé permettent une synthèse de l'idéal d'Alpheran, le notaire devenant dès lors intermédiaire entre le divin et l'humain. Dans l'esprit de l'auteur, le fait d'être notaire est en soi une valeur, puisque cet art est prétexte à développer les vertus et par conséquent devient le moyen idéal pour atteindre la perfection. Grâce à ses connaissances qui en font un homme éclairé et vertueux, le notaire apparaît comme un idéal social, moral et spirituel accessible et réalisable; modèle de compétence, d'humanisme dévot et d'abnégation. / Québec Université Laval, Bibliothèque 2013

Québec Université Laval, Bibliothèque 2013

The eleven illuminated missals at the core of this thesis share a distinctive scale that sets them apart from the majority of other decorated missals. Their scale was a key factor in the visual and ritual experiences they offered their patrons and their earliest users. Missals made in the later fourteenth century and the early fifteenth century included some of the physically largest examples of this genre of book ever made. Containing the text of the late medieval Mass, and read by its priest during the ritual’s performance, they were essential components of the ritual that resulted in the physical embodiment of Christ in the Eucharist. Large missals were a distinctive variation of the Mass book. However, existing scholarship has not offered sufficient reasons for a wide-ranging phenomenon of large missal patronage and manufacture. This thesis argues that the scale of these books was a central rhetorical device that magnified their significance and reception. At the heart of this adoption of the large-scale format was the aggrandisement of the Mass itself, reaffirming its place as the central rite of the Christian Church and contemporary devotions about the ritual. Study of these eleven manuscripts suggests that their exceptional size and the treatment of their interior designs supporting their visuality were issues for this particular period. Explanations for the adoption of large Mass books are given by examining their visibility in the Mass, as part of what is termed here the ‘altarscape’. Having established this, this thesis offers reasons for why patrons and clerics used a cumbersome large format for the text of the ritual. The missals unmistakeably reasserted orthodox values in the face of challenges to conventional understanding of the Eucharist from those holding non-conforming views. Simultaneously, the emphasis on expanded proportions arguably reflects contemporary practices of commemoration where being remembered was an essential part of dying well. And finally, the interior and exterior scale of these books was used for new devotional themes, including the Virgin.

Texte remanié de: Thèse--Histoire--Paris--École des chartes, 1984. / Bibliogr. p. 305-318.

This thesis describes development and verification of application for support of HACMP clustering education in IBM AIX OS. In fact, development of this application can help students to understand basic functions of this type of cluster. Users, eventually, can verify full function of input configuration cluster in real environment. Ultimately, it can simulate basic cluster function and create basic configuration file, which can be direct apply to operational installation of HACMP software of version 5.3.

Clearing of old growth forests resulted in a substantial loss of nesting habitat for cavity-nesting waterfowl during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Since then, many hardwood forests have matured into size classes capable of producing cavities suitable for nesting ducks. To quantify changes in cavity availability in U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3, which contains most of the midwestern U.S., I examined current cavity availability at 4 sites where cavity availability had been estimated in the past; Mingo National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Missouri, Shiawassee NWR in Michigan, Mead Wildlife Area (WA) in Wisconsin, and Muscatatuck NWR in Indiana. I found densities of 1.8 ± 0.4, 1.4 ± 0.3, 0.9 ± 0.4, and 1.8 ± 0.4 suitable cavities per hectare at each of these sites, respectively. Suitable cavities per hectare increased at Mingo NWR (433%) since 1966 and Shiawassee NWR (1400%) since 1974, but remained similar at Mead WA and Muscatatuck NWR since the mid-1980's, after accounting for differences in past, study-specific criteria for cavity suitability. Differences among sites were likely due to variation in species composition, stage of forest maturation, timber management, and time elapsed since the previous studies. Comparison of size-class distributions for all trees and for trees with cavities indicated that cavities occur in the largest trees and that forests have yet to mature into the most prolific cavity-producing size classes. This conclusion was corroborated by forest growth modeling results from Forest Vegetation Simulator, a forest growth-modeling program from the USDA Forest Service. I used Forest Inventory and Analysis data to model growth from 2008 to 2058 at 10-year intervals for Region 3. Cavity per tree estimates from the 4 study sites were applied to modeling outputs, and cavity availability was projected to almost double over the entire region by 2058. Thus, the observed and further expected increases in cavity density in the region justify re-examination of nest box programs and possibly a reduction of artificial nest boxes in some areas of the region where sufficient natural cavities exist. Because current and future estimates indicate sufficient nest sites for cavity-nesting waterfowl, efforts should be spent protecting and restoring brood-rearing wetlands, which are known to be declining in many areas of Region 3.

Cette thèse évalue l'hémodynamique artérielle et les marqueurs métaboliques du risque cardio-vasculaire associé dans une population HIV et Pygmée du Cameroun / Doctorat en Sciences médicales (Médecine) / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

This master's thesis shows an example of reactive server automation in ICT environments. There is a description of solution for specific problem in the AIX operating system which is implemented in an automation suite IPC. Analysis of current situation contains description of properties of the operating system AIX, the examined problem as well as of the IPC tool which is used for implementing this solution. After the description of the implemented solution there is also an economic evaluation of the entire thesis.

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Man-made nest boxes are surrogate nest sites widely used by waterfowl managers in North America to propagate free-ranging Wood Ducks (Aix sponsa) and other cavity-nesting waterfowl. I monitored 129 and 174 nest boxes in 2020 and 2021, respectively, at Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge and York Woods, Mississippi. I evaluated site-specific biotic and abiotic factors that were potentially influential on nest survival of Wood Ducks and general nesting ecology and apparent nest success of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks (Dendrocygna autumnalis) and Hooded Mergansers (Lophodytes cucullatus). Daily survival rate of Wood Ducks was negatively influenced by increasing encroaching vegetation at Noxubee NWR and varied by year at York Woods. Across both sites and years, Black-bellied Whistling Duck and Hooded Merganser nest success averaged 59% and 77%, respectively. I also evaluated eggshell breaking strength (EBS) between all three species, where EBS was highest in Hooded Mergansers, followed by Black-bellied Whistling Ducks and Wood Ducks.