京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(人間・環境学) / 甲第19085号 / 人博第738号 / 新制||人||177(附属図書館) / 26||人博||738(吉田南総合図書館) / 32036 / 京都大学大学院人間・環境学研究科相関環境学専攻 / (主査)教授 瀬戸口 浩彰, 教授 加藤 眞, 教授 市岡 孝朗 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Human and Environmental Studies / Kyoto University / DGAM

Seleção natural divergente é a principal força que leva a diferenciação entre espécies. Nas Angiospermas, a preferencia do polinizador é considerada um dos agentes de seleção na diversificação de caracteres florais. Além disso, eles podem contribuir na delimitação de linhagens e diversificação de linhagens devido a possibilidade de reduzir fluxo gênico entre os fenótipos em simpatria, contribuindo para o isolamento reprodutivo. Nesse trabalho, nós avaliamos a interação entre padrões de variação geográfica floral e processos ecológicos associados aos polinizadores de Sinningia allagophylla. Nós amostramos traços florais e frequência de polinizadores ao longo da distribuição geográfica dessa espécie. Germinação de grãos de pólen e desenvolvimento da semente também foram amostradas para determinar a ocorrência de mecanismos de isolamento reprodutivos adicionais em ação. Nós mostramos que atributos florais de S. allagophylla apresentam um claro padrão de diferenciação geográfica. É possível classificar indivíduos dentro de três tipos florais, estando estes relacionados as vertentes de distribuição sul, noroeste e sudeste da espécie. Tipos florais intermediários ocorrem entre as regiões sudeste e o sul. Diversos grupos de polinizadores estão associados com o padrão geográficos dos atributos florais. Beija-flores estão presentes ao longo de toda a distribuição geográfica e visita tipos florais independentemente de seus atributos, mas abelhas são mais comuns nos extremos da distribuição e apresentam fidelidade a um dado tipo floral. Sobre condições de simpatria, pode haver fluxo gênico entre fenótipos distintos devido as visitas de beija-flores. No entanto, visitas seletivas de abelhas a um dos tipos florais e germinação do pólen e o desenvolvimento da semente reduzidos em indivíduos com traços florais intermediários resultam na ausência de coesão e perda dos fenótipos originais. Em conclusão, consideramos que mecanismos ecológicos associados em parte a interação planta-polinizador possam contribuir para a diferenciação das linhagens em Sinningia allagophylla. Tal informação adiciona a possibilidade de que mecanismos outros que os reconhecidamente vigentes possam contribuir para a especiação deste clado. / Divergent natural selection is a leading force of species differentiation. In flowering plants, pollinator\'s preference is considered to work as selective agent and can contribute to the diversification of floral traits. Because of pollinator role preventing gene flow under sympatric condition, they can also work as a component of reproductive isolation. Here we establish a link between geographic pattern and ecological process of differentiation in floral morphology and pollinator fidelity in Sinningia allagophylla. We sampled floral traits and pollinator frequency across the species geographic ranges. Germination of pollen grains and seed development were also sampled to determine the occurrence of additional reproductive isolation mechanisms in action. We show that floral traits of S. allagophylla present a clear pattern of geographic differentiation. It is possible to sort individuals within three floral types related to the south, southeast and northwest species range. Intermediate floral types occur between south-southeast distribution ranges. Diverse group of pollinators are associated with geographic pattern of floral traits. Hummingbirds are present across the entire geographic range and visit floral types independent of its traits, but bees are more frequent in the boundaries of distribution and show fidelity to one or other phenotype. Under sympatric condition, gene flow occurs between individuals with different floral traits due to hummingbird visits. However, bee preference of phenotypes, reduced pollen germination and seed development of individuals in the contact zones contributed to the maintenance of distinct phenotypes. In conclusion, we considered that ecological mechanisms associated with the plant-pollinator interaction are contributing partially to the differentiation of lineages in Sinningia allagophylla. This information sheds new light to the actual comprehension of speciation within this clade.

Seleção natural divergente é a principal força que leva a diferenciação entre espécies. Nas Angiospermas, a preferencia do polinizador é considerada um dos agentes de seleção na diversificação de caracteres florais. Além disso, eles podem contribuir na delimitação de linhagens e diversificação de linhagens devido a possibilidade de reduzir fluxo gênico entre os fenótipos em simpatria, contribuindo para o isolamento reprodutivo. Nesse trabalho, nós avaliamos a interação entre padrões de variação geográfica floral e processos ecológicos associados aos polinizadores de Sinningia allagophylla. Nós amostramos traços florais e frequência de polinizadores ao longo da distribuição geográfica dessa espécie. Germinação de grãos de pólen e desenvolvimento da semente também foram amostradas para determinar a ocorrência de mecanismos de isolamento reprodutivos adicionais em ação. Nós mostramos que atributos florais de S. allagophylla apresentam um claro padrão de diferenciação geográfica. É possível classificar indivíduos dentro de três tipos florais, estando estes relacionados as vertentes de distribuição sul, noroeste e sudeste da espécie. Tipos florais intermediários ocorrem entre as regiões sudeste e o sul. Diversos grupos de polinizadores estão associados com o padrão geográficos dos atributos florais. Beija-flores estão presentes ao longo de toda a distribuição geográfica e visita tipos florais independentemente de seus atributos, mas abelhas são mais comuns nos extremos da distribuição e apresentam fidelidade a um dado tipo floral. Sobre condições de simpatria, pode haver fluxo gênico entre fenótipos distintos devido as visitas de beija-flores. No entanto, visitas seletivas de abelhas a um dos tipos florais e germinação do pólen e o desenvolvimento da semente reduzidos em indivíduos com traços florais intermediários resultam na ausência de coesão e perda dos fenótipos originais. Em conclusão, consideramos que mecanismos ecológicos associados em parte a interação planta-polinizador possam contribuir para a diferenciação das linhagens em Sinningia allagophylla. Tal informação adiciona a possibilidade de que mecanismos outros que os reconhecidamente vigentes possam contribuir para a especiação deste clado. / Divergent natural selection is a leading force of species differentiation. In flowering plants, pollinator\'s preference is considered to work as selective agent and can contribute to the diversification of floral traits. Because of pollinator role preventing gene flow under sympatric condition, they can also work as a component of reproductive isolation. Here we establish a link between geographic pattern and ecological process of differentiation in floral morphology and pollinator fidelity in Sinningia allagophylla. We sampled floral traits and pollinator frequency across the species geographic ranges. Germination of pollen grains and seed development were also sampled to determine the occurrence of additional reproductive isolation mechanisms in action. We show that floral traits of S. allagophylla present a clear pattern of geographic differentiation. It is possible to sort individuals within three floral types related to the south, southeast and northwest species range. Intermediate floral types occur between south-southeast distribution ranges. Diverse group of pollinators are associated with geographic pattern of floral traits. Hummingbirds are present across the entire geographic range and visit floral types independent of its traits, but bees are more frequent in the boundaries of distribution and show fidelity to one or other phenotype. Under sympatric condition, gene flow occurs between individuals with different floral traits due to hummingbird visits. However, bee preference of phenotypes, reduced pollen germination and seed development of individuals in the contact zones contributed to the maintenance of distinct phenotypes. In conclusion, we considered that ecological mechanisms associated with the plant-pollinator interaction are contributing partially to the differentiation of lineages in Sinningia allagophylla. This information sheds new light to the actual comprehension of speciation within this clade.

The island of Cascara is a dependent overseas territory of a European metropole. Access to the island is currently only by sea though there are plans to construct an airport. To prepare the island for the economic-related activities that will arise from air access, an Adult and Vocational Education Strategy was developed. This Strategy paved the way for the establishment of the island’s Adult and Vocational Education Service and informed the contents of the curriculum it provided. The purpose of this study was to investigate the challenges associated with implementing and sustaining the curriculum on this isolated island. In order to do this, the study examined the curriculum on offer; its current state of implementation and its associated challenges within the Adult and Vocational Education Service; it also investigated the extent to which the current curriculum met the needs of the island by aiding workforce development to support economic growth; and finally, it explored the challenges relating to the sustainability of the Adult and Vocational Education Service in providing a relevant vocational curriculum. A qualitative research approach was adopted using case study methodology. The purposive research sample comprised stakeholders across the public and private sectors at various levels. Qualitative research elicitation instruments were employed to gather data. These included questionnaires, unstructured, semi-structured and focus group interviews. In addition to these instruments, various official documents were analysed and the island’s local print and audio media were used to gather data. The research findings indicated that there needs to be more integration of resources (human, physical and financial) in the provision of adult and vocational learning. The data also showed that the integration of available resources has the potential to aid in more sustainable and meaningful learning that will benefit both the individuals and the economy. The data further suggested that a collaborative approach should aid in stabilising and expanding the provision of adult learning on the island. The need to improve the provision of distance learning opportunities with more internationally accredited courses being offered locally; the need for quality in the provision of learning to be formalised; and the need for the curriculum and staffing structures of the Adult and Vocational Education Service to be reconsidered were also highlighted. The research findings have already begun to serve as the basis for addressing the priorities of the Adult and Vocational Education Service on the island. By informing future learning policy and the contents of the curriculum on offer, the research findings could also potentially benefit the provision of adult and vocational education on other islands, small states and rural communities with limited human and financial resources. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Education Management and Policy Studies / Unrestricted

Le cancer du sein est actuellement dans les pays occidentaux le premier cancer chez la femme, en termes d’incidence et de mortalité (taux standardisés de 101,5 et 17.7 pour 100 000 personnes années en 2005 respectivement). De très nombreux facteurs de risque et facteurs pronostiques sont déjà connus et étudiés, plusieurs axes de recherche sont développés sur toutes les étapes de la maladie, mais l’influence des facteurs socio-économiques et géographiques, aux niveaux individuel et environnemental n’avait pas encore été étudiée en France sur le cancer du sein.L’objectif général de ce travail était d’explorer cette influence par différents moyens afin d’en tirer des connaissances et une application pratique dans la prévention du cancer du sein, qu’elle soit primaire, secondaire ou tertiaire.Dans notre première étude nous avons montré que les femmes d’un niveau socio-éducatif faible étaient moins à même d’avoir bénéficié d’au moins une mammographie dans les 6 ans ou d’au moins un suivi gynécologique dans les 3 ans précédant leur diagnostic de cancer du sein. Egalement elles ont un stade de diagnostic plus avancé que les femmes de niveau socio-éducatif plus élevé. Ces variables sont ensuite retrouvées comme facteurs pronostiques péjoratifs de la survie. Dans notre seconde étude nous avons montré que l’accès à un chirurgien spécialisé dans les interventions du cancer du sein, gage d’une meilleure survie, était influencé par le niveau socio-économique du lieu de résidence de la patiente, ainsi que par son éloignement géographique par rapport aux centres de traitement de référence du cancer, où travaillent les chirurgiens spécialisés. Dans notre troisième étude nous avons montré qu’à l’inverse de nombre de cancers, l’incidence du cancer du sein était plus élevée dans les zones socio-économiquement plus favorisées, et ce quelle que soit la classe d’âge de la patiente, phénomène pour lequel nous n’avons pas vraiment d’explication, surtout pour les femmes les plus jeunes. Enfin dans notre quatrième étude actuellement en cours, nous avons pour objectif d’étudier au niveau individuel, conjointement avec le nouvel indice de défavorisation européen adapté à la France, en quoi le degré de richesse économique et sociale et la proximité des services médicaux des patientes atteintes de cancer du sein joue sur le stade de la tumeur, l’accès et les modalités de traitement, et la survie. / In developed countries, breast cancer is currently the leading cancer in women in terms of incidence and mortality (standardized rate of 101.5 and 17.7 per 100,000 person-years in 2005, respectively). Many risk factors and prognostic factors have been studied and are well known. Research is under way with regard to every step in the development of breast cancer, but the impact of socio-economic and geographic factors, at the individual and environmental level with regard to the disease have never been studied in France.The general aim of this work was to explore the impact of these factors in different ways to build on our knowledge and to develop practical applications in the primary, secondary or tertiary prevention of breast cancer.In our first study, we showed that women with a low socio-educational level were less likely to have benefited from at least one mammography within the 6 years or at least one gynaecological consultation within the 3 years before the diagnosis of breast cancer. These women also had a more advanced tumour at diagnosis than did women with a higher socio-educational level. These variables also came to light as predictors of a poor prognosis in terms of survival. In our second study, we showed that access to a surgeon specialised in breast cancer surgery, which is associated with better survival, was influenced by the socio-economic level of the patient’s place of residence, as well as the distance between the patient’s home and reference centres for cancer treatment, where the specialised surgeons work. In our third study, we showed that in contrast to many cancers, the incidence of breast cancer was highest in the most socio-economically privileged areas, and this whatever the age of the patient. We have no explanation for this phenomenon, particularly with regard to the youngest age group of women. Finally, the aim of our fourth study, which is currently on-going, is to study at the individual level, using the new European deprivation index adapted to France, to what extent economic wealth and social standing, as well as the proximity of medical services for patients with breast cancer have an impact on tumour stage, access to treatment, treatment techniques and survival.