Studies of Frankenstein-related cultural, literary, and filmic productions tend to either focus atomistically on a particular cultural artifact or construct rather strict chains of filiation between multiple artifacts. Media scholars have developed rich conceptual resources for describing cross-media appropriations in the realm of fandom (including fan fiction and slash fiction); however, many scholars of digital literary culture tend to describe the relationships between new media artifacts and their print counterparts in terms that promote what is "new" about these media forms without attending to how older media forms anticipate and enter into conversation with electronic multimedia formats. This paper suggests an alternative to this model that emphasizes the extent to which media forms remix, appropriate, and speak through other media and cultural artifacts. Studying Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, James Whale's classic Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein films, Victor Erice's Spirit of the Beehive, Bill Condon's Gods and Monsters, Shelley Jackson's Patchwork Girl, and some of the scholarly literature around the Frankenstein narrative, the construction of gender, and the discourse of post- humanity, this paper explores the mechanisms through which these artifacts draw attention to their participation in a greater "body" of Frankenstein culture. Additionally, this paper explores how these artifacts use what Bolter and Grusin have described as the logic of hypermediacy to emphasize the specificity of their deployment through a particular medium into a specific historical situation. / Master of Arts

Dans l'optique d'étendre l'investigation géodynamique de la Zone de Suture du Yarlung Zangbo (ZSYZ) à sa section occidentale, une étude détaillée du massif ophiolitique de Xiugugabu a été effectuée. Il s'agit d'un segment mantellique de plus de 260 km2, juxtaposé par une petite unité de diabase sur son flanc Nord-Est (N-E), et qui repose sur le mélange tectonique situé au sud de la zone de suture. L'unité mantellique est constituée de péridotites recoupées par des filons-couches mafiques dans sa partie Sud. Les données de terrain, la pétrographie, la chimie minérale et la géochimie indiquent que les péridotites ont tout d'abord évolué dans un contexte d'arc intra-océanique où elles ont subit un métasomatisme cryptique. Elles ont été ensuite recoupées par les filons-couches mafiques d'affinité de bassin d'arrière-arc impliquant la remontée des péridotites par convection mantellique au niveau du Moho dans un contexte en extension de bassin d'arrière-arc. Les roches de l'unité de diabase possèdent une affinité d'OIB (de basalte d'île océanique). Elles se sont formées dans un contexte de point chaud intra-océanique et auraient été juxtaposées sur le flanc N-E du massif par des mouvements tectoniques orogéniques tardifs. Des corrélations latérales entre les roches du massif de Xiugugabu et celles des ophiolites plus à l'est suggèrent que l'évolution géodynamique de la section centrale du bassin Néo-Téthys aurait été similaire dans sa partie occidentale.

Introduction : La scaphocéphalie est la craniosynostose monosuturaire la plus commune (1/2000). Celle-ci est causée par la fusion prématurée de la suture sagittale. Une chirurgie corrective de la voûte crânienne peut être effectuée dans la première année de vie de l’enfant. Il n’existe actuellement aucune donnée précise dans la littérature scientifique étudiant l’occlusion chez les patients scaphocéphales, ainsi que les impacts potentiels de la chirurgie de la voûte crânienne sur celle-ci. Objectifs : L’objectif primaire de cette étude est de décrire et comparer la malocclusion dento-squelettique d’un groupe de patients scaphocéphales à une population pédiatrique normale. L’objectif secondaire est d’évaluer la différence au niveau de l’occlusion entre un sous-groupe de patients scaphocéphales ayant eu une chirurgie corrective de la voûte crânienne et un sous-groupe ne l’ayant pas eu. Méthodologie : Quatre-vingt-onze patients scaphocéphales (2-11 ans; 71 garçons) de la banque de données de la Clinique de Craniofacial du CHU Ste-Justine ont formé le groupe expérimental. Tous les patients ont eu un examen orthodontique complet et ont été suivis. Parmi ceux-ci, quarante-quatre avaient eu une chirurgie corrective de la voûte crânienne et quarante-sept n’en avaient pas eu, mais étaient suivis régulièrement à la clinique. Trente-huit (33 garçons; 17 opérés) de ces patients ont eu des radiographies céphalométriques latérales et parmi ceux-ci, un certain nombre ont reçus des suivis de croissance radiologiques. Résultats : Les valeurs cliniques de la classification dentaire, ainsi que la mesure du surplomb horizontal, ont indiqué une augmentation de la prévalence de malocclusions de classe II chez les enfants scaphocéphales. Par contre, les valeurs céphalométriques indicatrices de malocclusion squelettique de classe II (ex. : N-A perp HP, N-B perp HP, N-Pog perp HP, Wits, N-A-Pog) sont demeurées dans les limites de la normale. Certaines valeurs céphalométriques présentent une différence statistiquement significative entre les patients opérés et non opérés (ANS-PNS t2, p=0.025; /1-FH t2, p=0.028), mais ces variations individuelles ne sont pas reliées à la scaphocéphalie. Conclusion : Les enfants scaphocéphales présentent cliniquement davantage de malocclusions de classe II que les enfants normaux. Par contre, les valeurs radiologiques antéro-postérieures et transverses demeurent dans les limites de la normale. La chirurgie corrective de la voûte crânienne n’affecte également pas l’occlusion chez ces patients. / Introduction: Scaphocephaly, the most common unisutural craniosynostosis (1/2000), results from a premature fusion of the sagittal suture. Usually, cranial vault corrective surgery is performed during the first year of life. There is currently no scientific data regarding occlusion of scaphocephalic patients, or the potential effect of craniovault surgery on the occlusion. Objectives: The primary objective of this study is to describe occlusion in scaphocephalic patients and to compare with a general pediatric population matched for age and gender. The second objective is to compare the difference in occlusion of surgically treated scaphocephalic subgroup versus unoperated scaphocephalic subgroup. Methods: Ninety-one scaphocephalic patients (2-11 y.o.; 71 boys) from the craniofacial clinic of CHU Ste-Justine’s database formed our experimental group. All patients received an orthodontic assessment and were followed up. Among them, forty-four underwent craniovault surgery while forty-seven remained unoperated. Thirty-eight (33 boys; 17 operated) had lateral cephalometric radiographies, some of whom also had cephalometric growth follow-ups. Results: Clinical values for dental classification and overjet indicate an increased prevalence of class II malocclusions in scaphocephalic patients. However, cephalometric values indicative of skeletal class II malocclusions (i.e. N-A perp HP, N-B perp HP, N-Pog perp HP, Wits, N-A-Pog) remained within normal limits. Some cephalometric values present statistically significant differences between operated and unoperated patients (ANS-PNS t2, p=0.025; /1-FH t2, p=0.028), but these are individual variations not related to scaphocephaly. Conclusion: Scaphocephalic patients clinically present more class II malocclusions when compared with normal children. Radiographic values remain however within normal limits for both antero-posterior and transverse dimensions. Corrective craniovault surgery does not affect occlusion in these patients.

Introduction : La scaphocéphalie est la craniosynostose monosuturaire la plus commune (1/2000). Celle-ci est causée par la fusion prématurée de la suture sagittale. Une chirurgie corrective de la voûte crânienne peut être effectuée dans la première année de vie de l’enfant. Il n’existe actuellement aucune donnée précise dans la littérature scientifique étudiant l’occlusion chez les patients scaphocéphales, ainsi que les impacts potentiels de la chirurgie de la voûte crânienne sur celle-ci. Objectifs : L’objectif primaire de cette étude est de décrire et comparer la malocclusion dento-squelettique d’un groupe de patients scaphocéphales à une population pédiatrique normale. L’objectif secondaire est d’évaluer la différence au niveau de l’occlusion entre un sous-groupe de patients scaphocéphales ayant eu une chirurgie corrective de la voûte crânienne et un sous-groupe ne l’ayant pas eu. Méthodologie : Quatre-vingt-onze patients scaphocéphales (2-11 ans; 71 garçons) de la banque de données de la Clinique de Craniofacial du CHU Ste-Justine ont formé le groupe expérimental. Tous les patients ont eu un examen orthodontique complet et ont été suivis. Parmi ceux-ci, quarante-quatre avaient eu une chirurgie corrective de la voûte crânienne et quarante-sept n’en avaient pas eu, mais étaient suivis régulièrement à la clinique. Trente-huit (33 garçons; 17 opérés) de ces patients ont eu des radiographies céphalométriques latérales et parmi ceux-ci, un certain nombre ont reçus des suivis de croissance radiologiques. Résultats : Les valeurs cliniques de la classification dentaire, ainsi que la mesure du surplomb horizontal, ont indiqué une augmentation de la prévalence de malocclusions de classe II chez les enfants scaphocéphales. Par contre, les valeurs céphalométriques indicatrices de malocclusion squelettique de classe II (ex. : N-A perp HP, N-B perp HP, N-Pog perp HP, Wits, N-A-Pog) sont demeurées dans les limites de la normale. Certaines valeurs céphalométriques présentent une différence statistiquement significative entre les patients opérés et non opérés (ANS-PNS t2, p=0.025; /1-FH t2, p=0.028), mais ces variations individuelles ne sont pas reliées à la scaphocéphalie. Conclusion : Les enfants scaphocéphales présentent cliniquement davantage de malocclusions de classe II que les enfants normaux. Par contre, les valeurs radiologiques antéro-postérieures et transverses demeurent dans les limites de la normale. La chirurgie corrective de la voûte crânienne n’affecte également pas l’occlusion chez ces patients. / Introduction: Scaphocephaly, the most common unisutural craniosynostosis (1/2000), results from a premature fusion of the sagittal suture. Usually, cranial vault corrective surgery is performed during the first year of life. There is currently no scientific data regarding occlusion of scaphocephalic patients, or the potential effect of craniovault surgery on the occlusion. Objectives: The primary objective of this study is to describe occlusion in scaphocephalic patients and to compare with a general pediatric population matched for age and gender. The second objective is to compare the difference in occlusion of surgically treated scaphocephalic subgroup versus unoperated scaphocephalic subgroup. Methods: Ninety-one scaphocephalic patients (2-11 y.o.; 71 boys) from the craniofacial clinic of CHU Ste-Justine’s database formed our experimental group. All patients received an orthodontic assessment and were followed up. Among them, forty-four underwent craniovault surgery while forty-seven remained unoperated. Thirty-eight (33 boys; 17 operated) had lateral cephalometric radiographies, some of whom also had cephalometric growth follow-ups. Results: Clinical values for dental classification and overjet indicate an increased prevalence of class II malocclusions in scaphocephalic patients. However, cephalometric values indicative of skeletal class II malocclusions (i.e. N-A perp HP, N-B perp HP, N-Pog perp HP, Wits, N-A-Pog) remained within normal limits. Some cephalometric values present statistically significant differences between operated and unoperated patients (ANS-PNS t2, p=0.025; /1-FH t2, p=0.028), but these are individual variations not related to scaphocephaly. Conclusion: Scaphocephalic patients clinically present more class II malocclusions when compared with normal children. Radiographic values remain however within normal limits for both antero-posterior and transverse dimensions. Corrective craniovault surgery does not affect occlusion in these patients.

The Lopu Range, located similar to 600km west of Lhasa, exposes a continental high-pressure metamorphic complex beneath India-Asia (Yarlung) suture zone assemblages. Geologic mapping, 14 detrital U-Pb zircon (n=1895 ages), 11 igneous U-Pb zircon, and nine zircon (U-Th)/He samples reveal the structure, age, provenance, and time-temperature histories of Lopu Range rocks. A hornblende-plagioclase-epidote paragneiss block in ophiolitic melange, deposited during Middle Jurassic time, records Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous subduction initiation followed by Early Cretaceous fore-arc extension. A depositional contact between fore-arc strata (maximum depositional age 971Ma) and ophiolitic melange indicates that the ophiolites were in a suprasubduction zone position prior to Late Cretaceous time. Five Gangdese arc granitoids that intrude subduction-accretion melange yield U-Pb ages between 49 and 37Ma, recording Eocene southward trench migration after collision initiation. The south dipping Great Counter Thrust system cuts older suture zone structures, placing fore-arc strata on the Kailas Formation, and sedimentary-matrix melange on fore-arc strata during early Miocene time. The north-south, range-bounding Lopukangri and Rujiao faults comprise a horst that cuts the Great Counter Thrust system, recording the early Miocene (similar to 16Ma) transition from north-south contraction to orogen-parallel (E-W) extension. Five early Miocene (17-15Ma) U-Pb ages from leucogranite dikes and plutons record crustal melting during extension onset. Seven zircon (U-Th)/He ages from the horst block record 12-6Ma tectonic exhumation. JurassicEocene Yarlung suture zone tectonics, characterized by alternating episodes of contraction and extension, can be explained by cycles of slab rollback, breakoff, and shallow underthrustingsuggesting that subduction dynamics controlled deformation.

A disfunção da musculatura abdutora do quadril é uma preocupação entre aqueles que se utilizam da via de acesso lateral direta, descrita por Hardinge para a realização da artroplastia total do quadril (ATQ). Pouco se sabe se a sutura transóssea ou transtendínea da musculatura abdutora do quadril influenciam no resultado funcional da ATQ. Quantificar a força da musculatura abdutora, nos pacientes operados, é de grande importância, já que os resultados obtidos poderão nortear o melhor tipo de reinserção desta musculatura. Avaliamos de forma prospectiva e randomizada 32 pacientes com o objetivo de quantificar através de análise isométrica o desempenho da musculatura abdutora do quadril no pósoperatório de ATQ, comparando a reinserção da massa muscular por suturas transósseas (TO) e transtendíneas (TT) utilizando um dinamômetro Biodex System IV Pro® (Biodex Medical System, Shirley, NY, USA) no pré-operatório, no terceiro e sexto meses pós ATQ. Adicionalmente, avaliamos o efeito da sutura transóssea e transtendínea no resultado funcional da ATQ segundo o escore de quadril de Harris (HHS) e correlacionamos a medida do torque abdutor com o HHS no sexto mês de pós-operatório de ATQ. Após análise estatística não houve diferenças entre o tipo de sutura e o torque abdutor nos diferentes tempos, e tampouco entre o tipo de sutura e o resultado funcional segundo o HHS. Por fim, o valor do HHS apresentou correlação desprezível com o valor do torque da musculatura abdutora. Nossos resultados sugerem que não há superioridade de um tipo de sutura em relação ao outro quanto ao desempenho abdutor ou resultado funcional da ATQ. / Dysfunction of the hip abductor muscles is a concern among those using the direct lateral approach described by Hardinge for total hip arthroplasty (THA). It is not known whether the transosseous or the transtendineous sutures of the abductor muscles may influence the functional outcome of the THA. To quantify the strength of the abductor muscles in the operated patients is of great relevance, since these results could guide the best type of reinsertion of this musculature. We evaluated prospectively and randomly 32 patients with the purpose of quantifying the performance of hip abductor muscles after the THA using isometric analysis, comparing the reinsertion of the muscle mass by transosseous (TO) and transtendineous (TT) sutures using a Biodex System IV Pro® dynamometer (Biodex Medical System, Shirley, NY, USA) in the pre-operative period, and three and six months after THA. In addition, we evaluated the effect of transosseous and transtendineous sutures on the functional outcome of THA according to the Harris hip score (HHS) and correlated the abductor torque with the HHS in the sixth postoperative month of THA. After statistical analysis there were no differences between the type of suture and the abductor torque at different times, nor between the type of suture and the functional result according to the HHS. Finally, the HHS value presented negligible correlation with the torque value of the abductor muscles. Our results suggest that there is no superiority of one type of suture over the other in relation to abductor performance or functional outcome of the THA.

Orientador: Juliany Gomes Quitzan / Resumo: Devido à alta incidência de cirurgias gastrointestinais nas diferentes espécies, incluindo o homem, diversas técnicas e materiais são continuamente desenvolvidos visando otimizar os procedimentos e diminuir as principais complicações observadas, dentre elas deiscência, extravasamento de conteúdo, aderências, peritonite e sepse. O fio farpado é uma recente opção de sutura, que beneficia especialmente as modalidades cirúrgicas laparoscópicas ou videoassistidas, pois a dispensabilidade de nós facilita a sutura e diminui o tempo cirúrgico. Ainda, as farpas ao redor do fio permitem melhor adesão ao tecido e distribuição uniforme da tensão. Com o objetivo de comparar três tipos suturas realizadas com o fios absorvíveis monofilamentares, farpado ou liso, em relação ao tempo de sutura, escore de aderência, resistência ao teste de ruptura e avaliação histológica, foram executadas enterorrafias em jejuno de 12 suínos (sutura farpada, sutura contínua e isolada simples). Os animais foram randomizados em três grupos (n=4), referindo-se aos dias pós-operatórios para coleta das amostras (G3, G10 e G21). Houve diferença entre as médias dos tempos de execução, quando comparadas as suturas farpada (274,33±70,48) e contínua (350,41±87,25), em relação à isolada (469,00±109,72). Comparando-se os três padrões, nos diferentes momentos, os escores de aderência e as pressões aferidas no teste de ruptura não apresentaram diferença significativa, assim como a análise histopatológica, onde não foi obser... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Due to the high incidence of gastrointestinal surgeries in many species including humans, several techniques and materials have been continuously investigated to improving the procedures towards to avoid the most common complications, including dehiscence, leakage of contents, adhesions, peritonitis and sepsis. Barbed suture has recently come under focus for laparoscopic or video-assisted procedures, once it is a knotless suture and makes the suturing time shorter. In addition, the barbs around the suture promotes better adhesion to the tissue and uniform distribution of the tension. To compare three types of sutures performed with monofilament conventional or barbed suture, both absorbable, in relation to suture time, adhesion score, burst pressure and histology, jejunal sutures were performed in 12 pigs (barbed suture, continuous suture and simple interrupted). The groups (n = 4) were randomized, referring to the postoperative days for final evaluation (G3, G10 and G21). There was a difference on suturing time, when compared barbed (274.33 ± 70.48) and continuous (350.41 ± 87.25) to the interrupted pattern (469.00 ± 109.72). Among the 3 techniques at G3, 10 or 21, adherence scores and bursting pressure were not significantly different as well as histology evaluation, since no difference could be detected, in the grade of inflammation, fibrosis, tissue alignment, necrosis and neovascularization, at the suturing sites. No complications due to suture failures were observed. Ba... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

The intention with this thesis is to improve the method to assess dental wear as an age indicator by examining its correlation with the closure of cranial suture and the influence diet has on dental wear. This thesis explores this correlation through a comparative study between a collection of skulls with unknown context and a control group with known context. Age assessment of cranial sutures is one of the oldest and most questionable methods of physical anthropology. The studies that were carried out in the beginning of the 21st century have shown a useful correlation between the cranial sutures closure and age assessment. Research on food is essential for understanding a society, and dental health has always been important for wellbeing. A difference between populations today and historical populations is the dental wear that causes infections. All these premises make this research interesting to explore further, to learn more about what the teeth can tell us about historic populations.

Um sistema para auxílio à cirurgias oftálmicas foi desenvolvido com o objetivo de se minimizar o astigmatismo induzido devido ao formato irregular da córnea pelo ato de sutura. O sistema projeta 48 pontos de luz no filme lacrimal da córnea, provenientes de LEDs, dispostos num diâmetro precisamente circular. O deslocamento, a dimensão e a deformação da imagem refletida destes pontos luminosos são analisados proporcionando a ceratometria e a circularidade da sutura. O intervalo de medidas do sistema é de 32D - 55D (astigmatismos até 23D podem ser medidos) e um sistema para calibração do sistema foi projetado para manter o sistema calibrado. Esferas de aço de precisão foram submetidas ao sistema e uma correlação de 99% entre as medidas obtidas e os valores dos fabricantes foi obtida. O sistema foi testado em 13 voluntários para avaliação de sua aplicabilidade clínica e comparado a um ceratômetro comercial Topcon OM-4. Os fatores de correlação entre o sistema desenvolvido e o Topcon OM-4, para o astigmatismo, foi de \'R POT.2\' = 0,92, e em relação ao eixo, o fator é \'R POT.2\' = 0,99. O sistema indica que o cirurgião deve obter uma circularidade \'> OU =\' 98% para que astigmatismos acima de 3D não sejam induzidos na sutura. / A system for ophthalmic surgery support has been developed in order to minimize the residual astigmatism due to the induced irregular shape of the cornea by corneal suture. The system projects 48 light spots, from LEDs, displayed in a precise circle at the lachrymal film of the examined cornea. The displacement, the size and deformation of the reflected image of these light spots are analyzed providing the keratometry and the circularity of the suture. Measurements in the range of 32D - 55D (up to 23D of astigmatism are possible to be obtained) and a self-calibration system has been designed in order to keep the system calibrated. Steel precision spheres have been submitted to the system and the results show 99% of correlation with the fabricant\'s nominal values. The system has been tested in 13 persons in order to evaluate its clinical applicability and has been compared to a commercial keratometer Topcon OM-4. The correlation factors are 0,92 for the astigmatism and 0.99 for the associated axis. The system indicates that the surgeon should achieve circularity \'> OR =\' 98% in order to do not induce astigmatisms over 3D.

Thesis advisor: Seth C. Kruckenberg / The Potters Pond migmatite domain (PPMD) is a heterogeneous zone of migmatites located ~10 km southwest of Cascade, Idaho within the western Idaho shear zone (WISZ). The PPMD is the only known exposure of migmatites within the WISZ over its ~300 km length, occurring where the shear zone orientation changes from 020° south to 000° north of the migmatite domain. Structural mapping within the PPMD has identified multiple generations of migmatite with varied structural fabrics. Leucosome layers were sampled from distinct migmatite localities and morphologies (e.g., metatexite, diatexite) to determine the timing and duration of partial melting in the PPMD. U-Pb age determinations of zircon by means of LA-ICP-MS document two periods of protracted migmatite crystallization during the Early and Late Cretaceous. Early Cretaceous (ca. 145 to 128 Ma) migmatite crystallization ages are coeval with the collision and suturing of oceanic terranes of the Blue Mountains province with North America, and the formation of the Salmon River suture zone (SRSZ). Migmatite crystallization ages from ca. 104 to 90 Ma are associated with Late Cretaceous dextral transpression in the WISZ. Field observations and geochronology of cross cutting leucosome relationships are interpreted to record deep crustal deformation and anatexis associated with formation of the SRSZ, subsequently overprinted by solid-state deformation and renewed anatexis during the evolution of the WISZ. These data are the first direct evidence of the synmetamorphic fabric related to the SRSZ east of the initial Sr 0.706 isopleth, and that the WISZ is a temporally distinct overprinting structure. / Thesis (MS) — Boston College, 2016. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Earth and Environmental Sciences.