Paganini's 24th caprice still remains to this day one of the most celebrated themes in classical music history. Many composers have used this theme to create variations and each composer attempted to produce stylistically unique variations on this piece. Hamelin's Variations on a Theme of Paganini stands out because his piece incorporates musical borrowing and many different composers' styles. His variations integrate music from different centuries, using pastiche and musical borrowing from figures such as Beethoven, Liszt, Brahms, Chopin, and Rachmaninoff. More provocatively, Hamelin's variations reach outside of Classical music, even adopting elements from salsa and friska. The spectrum of composers and styles included in this set are so radical and shocking that it creates a parody of not only Paganini's theme, but also the tradition of theme and variation pieces it has inspired. Due to its multiple variations juxtaposing extremely different styles, Hamelin's Variations on a Theme of Paganini presents the listener with a musical puzzle that is designed to invoke surprise. The juxtapositions of extremely different styles in these variations create disjointed variations with polystylism. The polystylism in this work diversifies his variations, while unifying these seemingly unbalanced movements through broad musical references. As such, both performers and listeners stand to benefit from a detailed, critical examination of the piece. I consider not just the musical sources themselves, but also the ways in which they interact, paying close attention to Hamelin's use of parody and humor.

This study examines the evolution of the improvisational vocabulary utilized by bassist Marc Johnson over the course of his career. Through interviews and musical analysis the study contextualizes Johnson’s musical influences, considers how they shaped his development, and examines his role in the legacy of the stylistic lineage established by Scott LaFaro with the Bill Evans Trio. A survey of literature concerning Johnson, Scott LaFaro and Eddie Gomez is included, as well as a discussion of the impact of apprenticeship on Johnson’s career. The study illuminates aspects of Johnson’s current vocabulary and how he has synthesized influences to create a distinctive vocabulary, not derivative of Scott LaFaro or Eddie Gomez, but incorporating elements of their style in the composition of his own voice.

Ce mémoire propose une étude des pièces Les Muses orphelines et Le Chemin des passes-dangereuses de Michel Marc Bouchard sous l'angle de la pragmatique de la communication. L'analyse vise à démontrer que les personnages évoluent au sein de systèmes familiaux complexes dans lesquels l'incompréhension occupe une place prépondérante. Ils forment une microsociété particulière qui instaure ses propres règles communicationnelles : celles du pouvoir, du silence, du mépris. L'étude des interactions démontre que dans ces univers marginaux et dysfonctionnels, les personnages entretiennent entre eux et avec un être absent des relations pathologiques, haineuses, voire destructrices. La mise en scène de l'absent-présent (respectivement la mère et le père) est bien l'expression d'un dysfonctionnement familial profond. En tant que figure déterminante à l'évolution des systèmes familiaux, l'absent provoque et oriente les discours et les comportements des protagonistes. Le mémoire analyse les indices de la présence de l'absent et ses répercussions sur les dynamiques relationnelles. Seule voie de communication entre les interactants, l'absent-présent plane sur toutes les relations et il met en péril la survie des systèmes en cause. À travers les mensonges et les accusations, nous assistons véritablement à la crise de cette cellule universelle qu'est la famille, vue ici à travers le filtre de la société québécoise.

Thèse en cotutelle : Université Laval, Québec et Université de Strasbourg, France. / Ce mémoire de maîtrise porte sur l'Histoire des empereurs romains d'Hérodien. Réflexion en quatre parties, cette étude s'intéresse à la représentation des bons et mauvais empereurs chez l'historien et, plus largement, à sa conception du vice et de la vertu. Le premier chapitre analyse les caractéristiques politiques, militaires et personnelles de Marc Aurèle, son optimus princeps. Le deuxième chapitre montre comment Hérodien évalue les empereurs subséquents d'après le modèle inaugural de Marc. Les portraits choisis, pour illustrer cette consécration par l'imitation, sont ceux de Macrin, Commode, Sévère, Alexandre et Pertinax. Le troisième chapitre étudie de façon thématique les vices principaux des tyrans. Le quatrième chapitre examine en détail trois cas de vices uniques, selon la méthode particulière de composition d'Hérodien : la cruauté pour Caracalla et Maximin et l'impiété pour Héliogabale. La conclusion s'attache aux questions du caractère inné et des mérites propres et aux portraits des derniers bons empereurs du récit, Maxime et Balbin.

This thesis explores the nature of contemporary sculptural practices in relation to the broader field of installed sculpture (which deploy articulated, interrelated, but autonomous components) and in the context of recent approaches to both curation and display. The artistic work and attendant commentary constitute a response to the issues of sculptural agency and display raised by both the practice-based outcomes and key works of several contemporary artists: Gabriel Kuri, Gedi Sibony, Melanie Counsell, Marc Camille Chaimowicz and Michael Dean. In a number of exhibitions ‘post-installation’ practices and the function of ‘montage’ sculpture is examined. Through outlining the current landscape of sculptural production and medium specificity a progressive notion of the monument is established. The sculptural artwork is seen to retain a political resistance, as both art-object and thing in the world. An assessment is made of how sculptures produce space within and through their exhibition context, directly related to the production of space as a whole (a social morphology posited by Henri Lefebvre). Applying a conception of time in reference to spatial production opens up the artwork’s potential to draw on complex codes of mnemonic function, which can potentially generate emancipatory agency from ideological issues in late-capitalism. Re-readings of key installed works by Marc Camille Chaimowicz and Mark Dean, through contexts derived from Nietzsche and Mark Fisher, reveal how sculptures can activate specific mnemonic codes, or collective memory. Such art works utilise a ‘forgetful memory’ – a reflexive process of positing, junking and reimagining relationships to cultural information. The body of artistic work produced for this research, intertwined with its critical reflection, makes an original contribution to knowledge by interrogating theoretically and experientially the potentials of ‘the sculptural’, as part of the plural production of art and exhibition-making. By means of practice and its outcomes, the research engages the current dynamics of spatial production and radicality of sculptural objecthood. The work examines the complex relationships between social memory and historicity, with which sculpture in an exhibition environment can engage.

Comment les Stoïciens concilient-ils l’exigence d’une piété intérieure, reposant sur l’obéissance à un dieu rationnel avec la défense des rites traditionnels ? Après avoir étudié les oscillations constantes chez les Stoïciens grecs entre la légitimation et la condamnation des cultes civils, nous montrons que les Stoïciens impériaux, Cornutus, Perse, Épictète et Marc- Aurèle, prolongent le débat sur la relation entre philosophie et religion sous une perspective différente, en l’acclimatant au contexte politico-religieux de la Rome impériale et en l’adaptant à la nature du destinataire et aux stratégies persuasives de chaque œuvre. / How can the stoics reconcile the research of rational piety based on moral perfection with the legitimization of the ritualism and traditional representation of pagan gods? After studying the constant oscillation between the legitimization and condemnation of traditional rites in ancient stoicism, we demonstrate that the roman stoics, Cornutus, Persius, Epictectus and Marcus Aurelius, address the same question, but with two essential specifics : adapting it to the political-religious context of Imperial Rome and paying particular attention to their readers as to the pedagogic strategist to grant its moral conversion.

Ce travail porte sur l’amélioration de l’extraction des composés phénoliques à partir des raisins tout au long de la chaîne de la vinification en rouge. La qualité des vins rouges est en grande partie déterminée par les composés phénoliques. Parmi les composés phénoliques, les anthocyanes, qui sont responsables de la couleur, et les tanins, à l’origine de la sensation d’astringence. Pour augmenter la quantité des composés phénoliques présents dans le vin, un développement des procédés permettant d’améliorer la diffusion des composés phénoliques durant la vinification en rouge doit être mis en jeu. Nous avons entamé notre étude par un suivi de la maturité phénolique des raisins rouges appartenant à différentes parcelles de la société château KSARA localisées dans la vallée de la Békaa tout en se servant des méthodes Glories (1&2) et ITV. Quant à l’amélioration de l’extractibilité des composés phénoliques durant la vinification en rouge, différents prétraitements ont été appliqués dans le but d’améliorer la diffusion de ces composés. Parmi ces procédés, les technologies suivantes ont été abordées dans notre étude: les électrotechnologies (CEP), les ultrasons, le chauffage modéré, le traitement enzymatique, la macération préfermentaire à froid et la thermovinification. Ces techniques permettent d’endommager ou de fragiliser les membranes et/ou parois cellulaires facilitant ainsi la libération du contenu cellulaire vers le milieu extérieur. Les cinétiques d’extraction des composés phénoliques ont pu être modélisées par le modèle empirique de Peleg et le modèle cinétique simplifié afin d’estimer les rendements d’extraction. De plus, dans ce travail, l’accent a été mis sur les propriétés antiradicalaires et antimicrobiennes des composés phénoliques extraits de différentes variétés de raisins fournis par la société Château KSARA. Pour valoriser les co-produits de la vinification, le chauffage ohmique pulsé (COP) a été appliqué sur le marc du raisin dans le but d’améliorer l’extraction de ses composés phénoliques. L'optimisation du choix de la date des vendanges et l'amélioration des procédés d’extractions des composés phénoliques durant la vinification en rouge, pourraient nous conduire à élaborer un vin d'une meilleure qualité. Ce travail étant effectué, il sera intéressant comme projet à venir de valider ces différents pré-traitements à grande échelle pour une perspective d’application industrielle. / This study focuses on improving the extraction of phenolic compounds from grapes throughout the chain of red winemaking. The quality of wine is mainly determined by the phenolic compounds. From these phenolic compounds, the anthocyanins, which are responsible of the color and tannins, the responsible of the astringency. In order to increase the amount of phenolic compounds present in wine, a development of methods used to improve the extraction of phenolic compounds during the red vinification should be discussed. We began our study by using two methods Glories (1&2) and ITV to monitor the phenolic maturity of red grapes grown in the vineyards in the province of Bekaa-Château KSARA S.A.L. Whereas for the improvement of the extractibility of phenolic compounds during the vinification, different pre-treatments were applied in order to ameliorate the diffusion of these compounds. Among these process, the following technologies were discussed in our study: the electrotechnologies (PEF), the ultrasound, the moderate heat treatment, the enzymatic treatment, the cold maceration and the thermovinification. These techniques are able to weaken the cell walls and facilitate the diffusion of grape’s phenolic compounds during vinification. Peleg’s equation and the simplified kinetic model were shown to be suitable for describing the extraction kinetics for phenolic compounds and for the estimation of the extraction yield of polyphenols. Furthermore, in this study, the antiradical and antimicrobial activities of phenolic compounds extracted from grapevine varieties of Château KSARA-Bekaa-Lebanon were analyzed. To valorize the by-products of the vinification, the pulsed ohmic heating (POH) was applied on the grape pomace in order to ameliorate the extraction of the phenolic compounds. The optimization of the choice of the harvesting date and the amelioration of the extraction of phenolic compounds during the red vinification, will conduce to elaborate a high quality of wine. After this study, it will be interesting to validate the different pre-treatments at large scale for a perspective of an industrial application.

Master of Landscape Architecture / Department of Landscape Architecture, Regional and Community Planning / Jason Brody / The Mid America Regional Council, (MARC) is the official metropolitan planning organization for the Greater Kansas City region. MARC received a 4.25 million dollar grant from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development in 2010 to advance the region’s vision of sustainability through vibrant, green, and connected centers and corridors. From which the CSP (Creating Sustainable Places) initiative was established. Responding to this initiative, eight grant funded Kansas State University students worked in a Rock Island Corridor group. This group showed and described ways of achieving MARC’s and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s goals through the development of Master’s Reports. Reports include design ideas and proposals which MARC and city planning departments might not have developed otherwise. Student collaboration between public and city planning departments informed the development of student ideas. Green trail systems and tourism specifically addresses how the quality of life in the Kansas City Metro Area could be enhanced with the implementation of a cultural trail network. This network would provide access to the Rock Island Corridor, create greenspaces, and establish mixed-use housing districts for potential home and business owners. The Greater Kansas City region population is increasing. Trails, parks, and mixed-use buildings for residents in KC could improve the quality of life for future residents. Adding greenspaces, pedestrian mobility, and entertainment districts in which to find region specific activities could help attract people to redeveloping areas. Green trail systems and tourism’s project area is located between the Sprint Center and the Truman Sports Complex. To resolve problems and dilemmas within this region of Kansas City, a routing plan of a cultural trail network is outlined. This cultural trail features new trail heads, cultural centers, and proposed zoning overlays for park developments and mixed-use housing districts. The trail network created connects the Sprint Center and Truman Sports Complex in Kansas City, Missouri as a tourism link. Tourism destinations and historic sites add to the economic success of KC. Sites are connected to in the routing plan for the cultural trail. This proposal shows one approach for creating sustainable centers in KC.

Orientador: Plácida L.V.A. da Costa Santos / Banca: Silvana Aparecida Borsetti Gregório Vidotti / Banca: Fernando Modesto / Resumo: No processo de catalogação, indispensável para a Ciência da Informação, ocorre a criação de formas de representação documentária descritiva, por isso, sua relação com as teorias de formas de representação estudadas pela Ciência Cognitiva. Essa relação é objeto de estudo dessa pesquisa, que se pautará na análise do formato de intercâmbio de dados bibliográficos Machine Readable Cataloging, MARC 21, em sua versão em Extensible Markup Language, XML, linguagem de marcação que prove mecanismos de comunicação de dados desenvolvida pela Ciência da Computação, caracterizando o referencial teórico da pesquisa a partir da interdisciplinaridade existente. O objetivo da pesquisa é destacar a importância da XML para a Ciência da Informação, a partir da própria estrutura da linguagem e de estudos sobre Formas de Representação, apresentando a versão MARC 21 em XML como ferramenta adequada para representação documentária. A proposição apresenta subsídios teóricos e metodológicos que destaca o MARC 21 em sua versão XML como uma relevante opção de representação documentária, e promove uma discussão sobre a necessidade de desenvolvimento de ferramentas de software e não de novos métodos de representação. Evidências técnicas sobre o MARC 21, XML e a indicação a versão MARC 21 em XML como método adequado para representação documentária embasarão a proposição. A partir de uma metodologia de análise, verificou-se que a necessidade de desenvolvimento de métodos e teorias para a fundamentação da representação documentária e também de implementação efetiva de ferramentas de software preocupada com a usabilidade da interface para otimização do processo de representação, ocasionam dificuldades na apresentação de uma catalogação de qualidade, especialmente, no que se refere a representação... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: In the cataloguing process, indispensable for the Science of the Information appears the creation of forms of descriptive documentary representation, for that, its relation with the theories in representation ways studied by the Cognitive Science. That relation is the object of study of this research, that it will be ruled in the analysis of the format of exchange of bibliographical data Machine Readable Cataloging, MARC 21, in its version in Extensible Markup Language, XML, demarcation language that proves mechanisms of communication of data developed by the Science of the Computation, characterizing the theoretical referencial of the research starting from the existent interdisciplinary. The objective of the research is to detach the importance of XML for the Science of the Information, starting from the own structure of the language and of studies on Forms of Representation, introducing the version MARC 21 in XML as appropriate tool for documentary representation. The proposition presents theoretical and methodological subsidies that it detaches MARC 21 in its version XML as a relevant option of documentary representation, and it promotes a discussion about the need of development of software tools and not of new representation methods. Technical evidences about MARC 21 XML and the indication of the version MARC 21 in XML as appropriate method for documentary representation will base the proposition. Starting from an analysis methodology, it was verified that the need of development of methods and theories for the grounding of the documentary representation and also of effective implementation of software tools worried with the usability of the interface for optimization of the representation process, they cause difficulties in the presentation of a good cataloguing, especially, in what refers to the representation, description and exchange... (Complete abstract, click electronic address below) / Mestre

Orientador: Plácida Leopoldina Ventura Amorim da Costa Santos / Banca: Silvana Aparecida Barsotti Gregório Vidotti / Banca: Lídia Alvarenga / Resumo: A relevância tanto da Web quanto das bibliotecas digitais para os diversos ramos da ciência, tem impulsionado pesquisadores e comunidades científicas a buscar soluções de integração, intercâmbio e entendimento semântico sobre os conteúdos que nelas circulam. Verifica-se, no cenário atual, uma forte tendência para a disponibilização de conteúdos digitais e a falta de uso de padrões adequados para a representação e a descrição desses recursos em ambientes digitais, o que é apontado pela literatura como uma grande preocupação para a comunidade científica e focado neste trabalho enquanto problema da pesquisa. Nesse contexto, a proposição desta pesquisa é verificar na literatura científica a aplicabilidade e a funcionalidade das tecnologias e instrumentos disponíveis como padrões de representação e descrição de conteúdo e forma, no âmbito das bibliotecas digitais, com o objetivo de identificar e de caracterizar o uso e a aplicação do MarcOnt enquanto ferramenta para a construção de formas de representação da informação para bibliotecas digitais na atualidade, destacando-o como instrumento para descrição dos aspectos semânticos dos conteúdos digitais nestas ambiências. Como metodologia, o presente trabalho caracteriza-se por ser uma pesquisa de análise exploratória e descritiva do tema, com o qual é possível obter subsídios para um maior entendimento e compreensão mais detalhados do MarcOnt e as tecnologias que estão abarcadas no âmbito das bibliotecas digitais para a construção Web Semântica. Como resultado, procurou-se demonstrar a aplicação da ferramenta MarcOnt em um ambiente informacional específico, a Biblioteca Digital Semântica JeromeDL, para analisar nos fundamentos da Catalogação as formas de representação dos recursos informacionais. O que nos levou a definir categorias para análise futura do sistema em comparação com o padrão de metadados MARC21. / Abstract: The relevancy of not only the Web but also the digital libraries for the diverse branches of Science has stimulated researchers and scientific communities to search for integration solutions, interchange and semantic understanding about the contents that circulate in them. In the present scenary, a strong tendency is verified for the availability of digital contents and the lack of use of adequate patterns for the representation and description of those resources in digital environments, what is pointed by literature as a great concern for the scientific community and focused on this work as a problem of the research. In this context, the proposal of this research is to verify, in the scientific literature, the applicability and functionality of the technologies and instruments available as patterns of representation and description of content and form, in the ambit of digital libraries, with the objective of identifying and characterizing the use and the application of MarcOnt as a tool for the construction of forms of information representation for digital libraries at the present time, highlighting it as an instrument for describing the semantic aspects of the digital contents in these environments. As a methodology, the present work is characterized by being an exploratory and descriptive analysis of the subject, with which it is possible to obtain subsidies for a better and more detailed understanding and comprehension of MarcOnt and the technologies that are included in the ambit of digital libraries for the Semantic Web construction. As a result, it was attempted to demonstrate the application of the MarcOnt tool in a specific informational environment, the JeromeDL Semantic Digital Library, to analyze the fundamentals of Cataloguing the forms of representation of informational resources. That made us define the categories for the future analysis of the system comparing to the MARC21 metadata pattern. / Mestre