336 research outputs found
Edouard Roditi Collection 1931-1980
No full textThe collection documents professional activities of Edouard Roditi as an art historian and critic and consists of manuscripts, notes, research files, and a wealth of art catalogues, press release, photographs, and exhibit invitations. There are manuscripts by Roditi as well as by other authors on such topics as Jewish artists in France, Sephardic Jews, and other. Correspondence collected here includes Roditi’s professional correspondence with individuals as well as organizations.However, the bulk of the collection consists of art catalogues, press release, photographs, and exhibit invitations dealing with Jewish artists in France. These materials have not been microfilmed and are available in the original form. There are no personal materials that shed light on Eduard Roditi’s life, nor any materials pertaining to his work as an interpreter for the Nuremberg trial, or San Francisco Conference, during which the United Nations Organization was established.Edouard Roditi was born in France into an American family. He was educated in England, France, Germany, and in the United States. During WWII and shortly after he worked for a number of United States agencies. He was an author as well as a well established art critic and a translator. - Edouard Roditi died on May 10, 1992, at the age of 81.Photographs removed to Photograph Collectiondigitize
Un pharmacien limousin à l'esprit inventif : Antoine-Edouard Peyrusson
No full textEin erfinderischen Apotheker aus dem Limousin : Antoine-Édouard Peyrusson.
Édouard Peyrusson (1841-1909), Professor an der « École de Médecine et de Pharmacie » von Limoges, Offizinapotheker, geboren und verstorben in dieser Stadt, ist Autor von verschiedene Arbeiten über Keramik, sowie Inhaber von zahlreichen Erfindungs- oder Verbesserungs-patenten von elektrischen Akkumulatoren und Elektrolyseapparaten .A pharmacist from Limoges with an inventive mind : Antoine-Edouard Peyrusson.
Born and died in Limoges, professor at the School of Medicine and Pharmacy in that city, Edouard Peyrusson (1841-1909), retail pharmacist, was the author of works on ceramics and of numerous invention patents on the perfecting of electrolytic cells and of electrolyzers.Saumande Pierre. Un pharmacien limousin à l'esprit inventif : Antoine-Edouard Peyrusson. In: Revue d'histoire de la pharmacie, 77ᵉ année, n°283, 1989. pp. 327-332
Edouard Vuillermoz and Dix Pièces Mélodiques
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Edouard Vuillermoz (1869-1939) was a horn player and teacher who studied and later taught at the Paris Conservatory during the early twentieth century. As did many of the professors from the Conservatory, Vuillermoz published works for the horn. Unfortunately, his name has largely faded into obscurity and most of his works are no longer in print, yet one has remained in the repertoire and is still available for purchase today—Dix Pièces Mélodiques. Published in 1927 by Alphonse-Leduc, Vuillermoz desired for his students a set of etudes that would teach mastery of transposition, but he was not a composer. The ten transposition exercises he created were selected and transcribed from a compilation of vocalises commissioned by a vocal professor at the Conservatory, Amédée-Louis Hettich (1856-1937).
Hettich desired vocalise-etudes that would able aid and inspire his students, so he commissioned over one-hundred-fifty vocalises by modern composers during the first half of the twentieth century. Composers including Bozza, Copland, Dukas, Fauré, Messiaen, Nielsen, Ravel, and Tomasi answered his call for works between 1906 and 1938. These modern vocalise-etudes have since disappeared from the vocal repertoire. Now, a century later, many of these studies have entered the public domain and are resurfacing as instrumental transcriptions and concert etudes. This study promotes awareness of Edouard Vuillermoz’s Dix Pièces Mélodiques and advocates for their inclusion in a modern revival.Dissertation/ThesisDoctoral Dissertation Music 201
S-Nitrosylation in Organs of Mice Exposed to Low or High Doses of γ-Rays: The Modulating Effect of Iodine Contrast Agent at a Low Radiation Dose
No full textThe covalent addition of nitric oxide (NO•) onto cysteine thiols, or S-nitrosylation, modulates the activity of key signaling proteins. The dysregulation of normal S-nitrosylation contributes to degenerative conditions and to cancer. To gain insight into the biochemical changes induced by low-dose ionizing radiation, we determined global S-nitrosylation by the “biotin switch” assay coupled with mass spectrometry analyses in organs of C57BL/6J mice exposed to acute 0.1 Gy of cesium-137 γ-rays. The dose of radiation was delivered to the whole body in the presence or absence of iopamidol, an iodinated contrast agent used during radiological examinations. To investigate whether similar or distinct nitrosylation patterns are induced following high-dose irradiation, mice were exposed in parallel to acute 4 Gy of cesium-137 γ rays. Analysis of modulated S-nitrosothiols (SNO-proteins) in freshly-harvested organs of animals sacrificed 13 days after irradiation revealed radiation dose- and contrast agent-dependent changes. The major results were as follows: (i) iopamidol alone had significant effects on S-nitrosylation in brain, lung and liver; (ii) relative to the control, exposure to 0.1 Gy without iopamidol resulted in statistically-significant SNO changes in proteins that differ in molecular weight in liver, lung, brain and blood plasma; (iii) iopamidol enhanced the decrease in S-nitrosylation induced by 0.1 Gy in brain; (iv) whereas a decrease in S-nitrosylation occurred at 0.1 Gy for proteins of ~50 kDa in brain and for proteins of ~37 kDa in liver, an increase was detected at 4 Gy in both organs; (v) mass spectrometry analyses of nitrosylated proteins in brain revealed differential modulation of SNO proteins (e.g., sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit beta-1; beta tubulins; ADP-ribosylation factor 5) by low- and high-dose irradiation; and (vi) ingenuity pathway analysis identified major signaling networks to be modulated, in particular the neuronal nitric oxide synthase signaling pathway was differentially modulated by low- and high-dose γ-irradiation.Peer reviewe
Improving the radionuclide Inventory Determination of the Irradiated Graphite from BR1 in Mol
No full textThe Belgian Reactor 1 (BR1) operational since 1956 at SCK'CEN in Mol, is the oldest research reactor in Belgium. It is a graphite-moderated and air-cooled reactor fuelled with natural metallic uranium. The active core consists of a 6.66 x 6.84 x 6.84 m3 graphite matrix, built by stacking squared-base prismatic graphite blocks (~14500), yielding a total mass of 492 tons.
The BR1 is supposed to continue its operation for several decades; however it is necessary to already make studies about the activity level of the graphite which is related to the disposal scenario. The objective of this study was to determine the radionuclide inventory to be expected at the dismantling due date in the irradiated graphite. Those radionuclides have formed by neutron activation process following nuclear reactions between the neutrons and stable nuclides present in the graphite as main component or as impurities. The radionuclide build-up rate is a function of the initial atom content (which is different for graphite A and B quality), of the neutron flux, of the activation reaction cross sections, of the position inside the reactor and on irradiation conditions and history.
In this work a numerical simulation of the irradiation of the BR1 full core including the fuel elements and many graphite samples selected in various neutron field positions was carried out. The Monte Carlo burn-up code ALEPH was used for the calculation. In 2011, SCK'CEN performed a few gamma spectrometry measurements on the irradiated graphite A test sample collected i
Les petits mystères de l'Opéra /
No full textMachine stamped binding of brown fine diaper embossed cloth. Front board decorated with gilt stamped title, author and vignette of a ballerina.Two of the illustrations are by Edouard de Beaumont.Illustrated t.p.Mode of access: Internet
A self-consistent nodal method in response matrix formalism for the multigroup diffusion
No full textWe develop a nodal method for the multigroup diffusion equations, based on the transverse integration procedure (TIP). The efficiency of the method rests upon the convergence properties of a high-order multidimensional nodal expansion and upon numerical implementation aspects. The discrete 1D equations are cast in response matrix formalism. The derivation of the transverse leakage moments is self-consistent i.e. does not require additional assumptions. An outstanding feature of the method lies in the linear spatial shape of the local transverse leakage for the first-order scheme. The method is described in the two-dimensional case. The method is validated on some classical benchmark problems
Implications of the U.S. Farm Act on Canadian Agriculture
No full textThis paper addresses the implications of the U.S. Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 or "Farm Act" for Canadian agriculture. The Farm Act, which is expected to add at least US $45 billion in new price supports over its six-year timeframe, is expected to harm the position of less-subsidized and non-subsidized producers in Canada and other countries. Canadian farm products will be less competitive not only domestically, but also in the U.S. and in third-country markets. Canada will be most affected by subsidies for corn, soybeans, wheat, and pulse crops. New country-of-origin labeling rules under the Farm Act are also expected to be disruptive to Canadian livestock exports. In addressing these issues the paper also explores potential Canadian responses - including filing WTO or NAFTA complaints - as well as the broader implications for U.S.-Canada trade and international cooperation.U.S. Farm Bill, U.S.-Canada trade, Agricultural and Food Policy, International Relations/Trade,
Edouard Pichon et les patois
No full textInternational audienceAbstract. Edouard Pichon and the " patois ". Mobilized as a doctor during the First World War, Edouard Pichon kept in touch by mail with his uncle Jacques Damourette, the co-author for their Essai de grammaire de la langue française. In his letters of the year 1915, he tells him about his studies of dialects and regional languages. Using lists of words and conjugation paradigms, he seeks to find in the forms of Picard, Franco-Provençal, Catalan and Languedocian the proof of a permanence of the French mentality through these different speeches. Drawing on what he hears from the inhabitants of the Santerrois and soliciting various soldiers as informants, he preferred a philological method to study Provençal in Mistral's Mirèio. Using an idiosyncratic notation of sounds, Pichon has a differentialistic approach. He sees dialects as the prosodic interpretation of the same language, French, as an " affective " melody whose " representative " function would remain constant by the effect of racial atavism. Thus, grammar becomes an illustration of a theory that makes languages, and links between them, the proof of a transcendence of the race on social formations. If there are affinities between French, Occitan, Breton and Alsatian, it is not the result of contact but the persistence of a common biological substrate. In this respect, Pichon opposes Gaston Paris's historicalist vision of Romance languages and Antoine Meillet's sociological principles.Mobilisé comme médecin pendant la Première guerre mondiale, Edouard Pichon est resté en relation épistolaire avec son oncle et collaborateur pour l'Essai de grammaire de la langue française, Jacques Damourette. Dans une série de missives de l'année 1915, il lui fait part des études qu'il mène sur les dialectes et les langues régionales. A partir de listes de mots et de paradigmes de conjugaison, il cherche à retrouver dans les formes du picard, du franco-provençal, du catalan et du languedocien la preuve d'une permanence de la mentalité française à travers ses différents parlers. Mettant à contribution ce qu'il entend chez les habitants du santerrois et sollicitant comme informateurs les militaires des unités dans lesquelles il est affecté, il revient à une approche philologique en étudiant le provençal dans Mirèio de Mistral. Utilisant une notation phonétique idiosyncrasique, Pichon a une approche différentialiste. Il conçoit les dialectes comme l'interprétation prosodique, « affective », d'une même langue, le français, dont la fonction « représentative » resterait constante par l'effet d'un atavisme racial. Ainsi la grammaire devient l'illustration d'une théorie qui fait des langues, et des rapprochements entre elles, la preuve d'une transcendance des propriétés de race sur les formations sociales. S'il y a des affinités entre le français, l'occitan, le breton et l'alsacien, ce n'est pas un effet de contact mais la rémanence d'un substrat biologique commun. A ce titre, Pichon s'oppose à la vision historiciste de Gaston Paris en romanistique comme aux principes sociologiques d'Antoine Meillet
Absent Look. Edouard Manet and Timothy Clark’s Theory of Modernism
No full textThe paper considers issues of interpretation of Edouard Manet’s oeuvre in the context of the Modernist theory of art. The focus is on the Anglo-American theoretical tradition. The author traces the evolution of Modernist conceptions in the American study of art (from Formalism to “New Art History”). Emphasis is given to Timothy Clark’s “Painting of Modern Life: Paris in the Art of Manet and His Followers” (1984) and its evaluation from the Post-Structuralist point of view. The author concentrates on the key metaphors and mythological constructs of Clark’s text (flatness, literalness, the society of the spectacle, ideology, class, uncertainty, and resistance to interpretation). T. J. Clark’s theory of modernism is analyzed in connection with reductionist and negativist strategies in the modern humanities. T. J. Clark’s attitude to the Formalist tradition and Clement Greenberg’s heritage is examined. The main Marxist conceptions, developed in the works of Marx, Benjamin, and Adorno (alienation, reification, fetishism), have their analogies in aestheticism, formalism and modernism. This is the reason why Clark’s interpretation quite naturally supplements the existing scientific literature on the subject. Specific attention is given to the semiotic element in Clark’s Marxism. The author speaks of the advantages of Manet’s interpretation in Jacques Derrida’s vocabulary of notions (absence / presence, différance, and deconstruction). Particular importance is paid to Manet’s links to Primitivist strategies and eighteenth-century art. The author comes to the conclusion that Marxism can be interpreted as a cultural phenomenon and Modernist hypertext. According to this logic, Clark transforms Marxist theory into a system of metaphors projecting it onto concrete artistic material. The paper is part of the author’s project investigating the origins of modernist / avant-garde art
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