En Baie de Seine sud-orientale (shoreface à plate-forme interne), la sédimentation fine est étudiée à des échelles de temps variées, des dépôts holocènes argilo-tourbeux continentaux (9000 ans BP) aux événements de dépôt instantanés actuels liés à des "crues estuariennes". Lors de ces crues, succédant à de faibles débits prolongés, sont combinés les apports d'un stock de sédiments fins intra-estuariens et les MES originaires du bassin versant amont. Des placages de vase se mettent alors en place dans les petits fonds ouverts sableux. Ces fonds correspondent actuellement à un contexte d'ensemble érosif, où sont mises à l'affleurement les argiles holocènes; une reconstitution lithochronostratigraphique de ces dépôts fossiles est proposée. Il est montré l'importance: à l'échelle décennale et pluri-annuelle, d'un envasement progressif des sables subtidaux et, à l'échelle de la saison, d'épisodes paroxysmiques de dépôts de vase éphémères, remaniés par les houles et les courants de marée.

When viewing ambiguous figures, individuals can exert selective attentional control over their perceptual reversibility behaviour (e.g., Strüber & Stadler, 1999). In the current study, we replicated this finding but we also found that ambiguous figures containing faces are processed quite differently from those containing objects. Furthermore, inverting an ambiguous figure containing faces (i.e., Rubin’s vase-face) resulted in an “inversion effect”. These findings highlight the importance of considering how we attend to faces in addition to how we perceive and process faces. Describing the perceptual reversal patterns of individuals in the general population allowed us to draw comparisons to behaviours exhibited by individuals with Asperger Syndrome (AS). The group data suggested that these individuals were less affected by figure type or stimulus inversion. Examination of individual scores, moreover, revealed that the majority of participants with AS showed an atypical reversal pattern, particularly with ambiguous figures containing faces, and an atypical inversion effect. Together, our results show that ambiguous figures can be a very valuable tool for examining face processing mechanisms in the general population and other distinct groups of individuals, particularly those diagnosed with AS. / October 2008

When viewing ambiguous figures, individuals can exert selective attentional control over their perceptual reversibility behaviour (e.g., Strüber & Stadler, 1999). In the current study, we replicated this finding but we also found that ambiguous figures containing faces are processed quite differently from those containing objects. Furthermore, inverting an ambiguous figure containing faces (i.e., Rubin’s vase-face) resulted in an “inversion effect”. These findings highlight the importance of considering how we attend to faces in addition to how we perceive and process faces. Describing the perceptual reversal patterns of individuals in the general population allowed us to draw comparisons to behaviours exhibited by individuals with Asperger Syndrome (AS). The group data suggested that these individuals were less affected by figure type or stimulus inversion. Examination of individual scores, moreover, revealed that the majority of participants with AS showed an atypical reversal pattern, particularly with ambiguous figures containing faces, and an atypical inversion effect. Together, our results show that ambiguous figures can be a very valuable tool for examining face processing mechanisms in the general population and other distinct groups of individuals, particularly those diagnosed with AS.

When viewing ambiguous figures, individuals can exert selective attentional control over their perceptual reversibility behaviour (e.g., Strüber & Stadler, 1999). In the current study, we replicated this finding but we also found that ambiguous figures containing faces are processed quite differently from those containing objects. Furthermore, inverting an ambiguous figure containing faces (i.e., Rubin’s vase-face) resulted in an “inversion effect”. These findings highlight the importance of considering how we attend to faces in addition to how we perceive and process faces. Describing the perceptual reversal patterns of individuals in the general population allowed us to draw comparisons to behaviours exhibited by individuals with Asperger Syndrome (AS). The group data suggested that these individuals were less affected by figure type or stimulus inversion. Examination of individual scores, moreover, revealed that the majority of participants with AS showed an atypical reversal pattern, particularly with ambiguous figures containing faces, and an atypical inversion effect. Together, our results show that ambiguous figures can be a very valuable tool for examining face processing mechanisms in the general population and other distinct groups of individuals, particularly those diagnosed with AS.

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The diploma thesis consists of three parts. The first part is devoted to the expression `vase{\crq} and further to the shift of the word vase and different use of vases in the selected historical periods. It deals with the meaning of flowers in the selected historical periods. The second part follows, which deals with lily and daffodil and reasoning of choice of these flowers. This part describes concepts of design of vases for these cut flowers. Next it deals with typology of vases, rules for designing of vases and rules for drapery. The third part deals with practical fabrication of vases for lily and daffodil. It describes technique of vases manufacturing with help of plaster moulds, and complete procedure for their fabrication. Following appendixes document the development of design of vases.

O Grupo Corumbá, SW Brasil, documenta uma etapa importante na evolução da vida por causa de seu registro fóssil de microbialitos, microfósseis, e organismos multicelulares indicativos da complexidade cada vez maior da biosfera no final do período Ediacarano. A importância paleobiológica da Formação Bocaina, inserido no meio do Grupo Corumbá, e datado em cerca de 560 Ma, é embasada em sua diversidade de microbialitos e registro de significativo evento fosfogenético, associados a supostos \"microfósseis em forma de vaso\", semelhantes à tecamebas, interpretadas como os primeiros protistas heterótrofos. Estes fósseis, bem como formas semelhantes reconhecidos em outras unidades geológicas do mundo, precedem o registro da explosão de organismos multicelulares macroscópicos esqueléticos (Cloudina, Corumbella) na formação sobrejacente Tamengo (543 Ma). A morfologia do microbialitos fornece evidências de variação local do nível do mar durante a deposição da Form ação Bocaina. As análises morfológicas e químicas dos microfósseis usando microscopia óptica e eletrônica de varredura, EDS e espectroscopia Raman ajudaram a esclarecer a natureza biológica desses objetos e, assim, contribuir para a compreensão da importância da evolução da vida no Ediacarano, na Formação Bocaina, Grupo Corumbá. / The Corumbá Group, SW Brazil, documents an important stage in the evolution of life because of its fossil record of microbialites, microfossils, and early multicellular organisms indicative of the rapidly increasing complexity of the biosphere at the very end of the Ediacaran period. The paleobiological importance of the Bocaina Formation, in middle of the Corumbá Group and dated at about 560 Ma, lies in its diversity of microbialites and its record of a significant phosphogenesis event with associated putative \"vase-shaped microfossils\", similar to testate amoebae, interpreted as early protistan heterotrophs. Th ese fossils, as well as similar forms recognized in other geologic units in the world precede the record of the explosion of macroscopic multicellular skeletal organisms (Cloudina, Corumbella) in the overlying Tamengo Formation (543 Ma). The morphology of microbialites provides evidence of local sea level variation during deposition of the Bocaina Formation. Morphological and chemical analyses of the microfossils using optical and scanning electron microscopy, EDS and Raman spectroscopy helped clarify the biological nature of these objects and thereby contribute to the understanding of the importance of the Bocaina Formation the evolution of late Ediacaran life in the Corumbá Group.

Le littoral guyanais accueille chaque année les pontes de tortues marines. En Guyane, les tortues doivent faire face à l’instabilité côtière liée au passage d’imposants bancs de vase le long du littoral. Dans ce contexte, les plages de ponte peuvent devenir non attractives si elles présentent une érosion trop marquée ou si elles sont envasées. L’instabilité de ce littoral peut également induire la création de nouveaux sites sableux (cheniers), sites de ponte potentiels.Ce travail de thèse s’attache à étudier la dynamique morphosédimentaire des plages sableuses servant d’habitat de ponte aux tortues et les répercussions de la migration des bancs sur ces plages. La principale zone d’étude, la plage d’Awala-Yalimapo, a été instrumentée entre 2011 et 2013, et a permis de comprendre le fonctionnement hydro-sédimentaire d’une des principales plages de ponte guyanaises à une échelle mensuelle à pluriannuelle. Parallèlement à ce travail, l’activité de ponte des tortues marines a été recensée permettant de mettre en évidence l’utilisation de certains paramètres environnementaux dans la sélection finale du site de ponte. Les principaux déterminants sont la configuration de l’avant-plage, la hauteur d’eau, les courants de marée et la dynamique morphosédimentaire de la plage d’accueil. / French Guiana coast host, each year, marines turtles nesting. In French Guiana, marine turtles managed with the extreme coastal variability due to the migration of huge mud bank. In this context, nesting beaches could be unattractive if erosion is too intense or if there are silted-up. The instability of this coast could induce the creation of new sandy coastline (cheniers) and so on potential nesting site.The aim of this PhD work was to study the morphodynamics of sandy beaches which are also nesting site for marine turtles and the consequence of mud bank migration on these beaches. In-situ measurements were carried-out on the principal study area, Awala-Yalimapo beach, and permitted to increase our knowledge on the hydro-sedimentary evolution of one of the primary nesting site from daily to multiannual time scale. In the same time, the nesting activity of marine turtles was listed to highlight the use of environmental parameters in the finale selection of the nesting site. Principal environmental clues were the beach configuration, the water level, tidal current and the morphodynamics of the nesting habitat.

La mangrove de Guyane est caractérisée par un dynamisme spatial exceptionnel. Ce caractère découle de processus hydro-sédimentaires côtiers très intenses. Les objectifs de la thèse ont été de : (1) quantifier la dynamique spatiale de l'écosystème mangrove à l'échelle régionale et multi-décennale par l'analyse de données d'archives issues de la télédétection ; (2) tester l'hypothèse selon laquelle le climat océanique serait à l'origine de cette dynamique en évaluant les corrélations avec des séries temporelles de données atmosphériques et d'états de surface de l'océan ; (3) quantifier les conséquences de cette dynamique spatiale sur le stockage du carbone en mangrove. Les résultats ont montré qu'environ 15 000 ha de mangrove fluctuent à l'échelle multi-décennale en opposition avec les phases de l'Oscillation Nord Atlantique (NAO), principal mode de variabilité atmosphérique en Atlantique Nord. Le lien est opéré par l'intermédiaire des vagues océaniques dont l'énergie est modulée par les phases de la NAO. L'étude suggère que la diminution des surfaces de mangrove est la conséquence de périodes où les vagues sont puissantes (phase NAO+), ce qui favorise l'érosion côtière, la remise en suspension des sédiments et leur transport le long de la côte. Au contraire, les périodes où les vagues sont faibles (phase NAO-) favorisent le dépôt des sédiments, ce qui est à l'origine de l'expansion des surfaces de mangrove. Les résultats montrent que l'alternance entre des périodes d'expansion et de retrait génère une mosaïque d'âges de mangrove qui détermine la capacité de stockage du carbone par l'écosystème. A partir de ce dernier résultat, l'étude suggère qu'au cours du temps la mangrove puisse alternativement passer d'une fonction de puis à celle de source de carbone pour l'océan côtier et l'atmosphère. / Mangroves in French Guiana are characterized by their spatial dynamism. This specificity is the result of intense coastal sedimentary processes. The goals of this study are to: (1) quantify mangrove spatial dynamics on a regional level and a multi-decadal timescale using archives of remote sensing images; (2) test the hypothesis of the role played by the atmosphere using correlations with time series of atmospheric and ocean surface reanalysis datasets; (3) quantify consequence of this spatial dynamism on coastal carbon storage. Results showed that approximatively 15 000 ha of mangroves fluctuate on a multi-decadal timescale in opposition to the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) phases, the main mode of atmospheric multi-decadal variability in the North Atlantic. This relation is operated by ocean waves whose energy is modulated by NAO phases. The study suggests that, on the one hand, decrease of mangrove surface areas is due to periods of high wave energy (NAO+) which favour coastal erosion and mangrove retreat, sediment resuspension and transport. On the other hand, the study suggests that periods of low wave energy (NAO-) favour sediment deposition on the coast and is at the origin of mangrove surface area expansion. Results also showed that alternation between phases of retreat and expansion generates the demographic structure of mangrove ages, which determines the mangrove carbon storage capacity. The study finally suggests that through time mangrove can switch from a source to a sink of carbon, and vice and versa, for the ocean and the atmosphere.