NCube/papyrus huggingface dataset:
Continuité ou discontinuité dans la technologie céramique : une analyse comparative des attributs technologiques entre le Sylvicole moyen tardif et le Sylvicole supérieur ancien

The transition between the late Middle Woodland period (500 – 1000 AD) and the early Late Woodland period (1000 – 1200 AD) is no longer shrouded in mystery for the archaeologist; even so, many unanswered questions remain.  For the archaeological complex of Pointe-du-Buisson located to the south-west of Montreal, research is once more tackling the question of the origin of the Northern Iroquoians, this time using a technological perspective of ceramic production. We know that the construction of ceramic vessels using the coiling method was replaced by the paddle-and-anvil during the transition from the Middle to Late Woodland period. What we are less certain of is the pattern of said change: continuous or discontinuous. For this reason, 106 rim sherds from the Station-3 and Hector-Trudel sites ( the Pointe-du-Buisson archaeological complex) were selected, of which 56 belong to the Melocheville Tradition from the late Middle Woodland period, and 50 belong to the St-Maurice Tradition, of which five are actually Pickering, from the early Late Woodland period. The sample was then analyzed by CT-Scan in order to obtain 3D digital images which were later processed and analyzed with the ImageJ FIJI software. With a technological attribute analysis approach, coupled with a focus on a comparison between my two subgroups as well as between my data and those from a previous study by Guyane Beaulieu (2019), diverse variables contained within the fabric of ceramic vessels  were studied and quantified. According to the results, and along with a retrospection on the debate between migration theories and the processual archaeology perspectives, the technological transition within ceramic production would appear to have been a gradual process but might not necessarily point to a strict in situ development. It is clear, however, that there is a continuity within the cultural traits of the ceramic technology attributed to the Iroquoians of the Late Woodland Period with those of the previous period, which refutes Snow’s migration hypothesis.

Keyphrases: transition, Pointe-du-Buisson, Archaeology, Ceramics, Late Middle Woodland, Early Late Woodland, Tomodensitometry, Technology
Ossements humains dans l’outillage maya : chaîne opératoire et provenance d’un dépôt osseux d’Ucanal, Petén, Guatemala

The ancient bone industry in the Maya region is currently not well understood due to the poor preservation of bones in the area. The excavations conducted of Structure J-2 and the plaza nearby at the site of Ucanal in Petén, Guatemala unearthed a large deposit dated to the Late Classic period (700-810 AD) containing   primarily bone production debris. The number of bone fragments from the production debris deposit at Ucanal is among the highest recorded in the Maya area, second only to the L4-3 deposit found at Dos Pilas, Guatemala. The bone debris included a large quantity of worked human bones (ca. 20%) that were mixed with animal bones. The crafting of bone objects from human remains in the Maya area is poorly documented and primarily identified through artistic representations and finished objects found in elite tombs. This thesis specifically examined the human remains found in the bone production deposit from Ucanal. Firstly, analysis of the production process, using the principle of la chaîne opératoire, documented only small differences between the treatment of human bone and non-human mammal bone. Secondly, analyses of the organization of production indicated that bone working occurred within an elite residence where all stages of production were undertaken in the same context. Finally, strontium and oxygen isotope analyses of human teeth from the deposit revealed that the individuals whose bones may have been worked into tools possessed isotopic values local to the region, suggesting that they were not born at significant distances from the site as one might expect for war captives or foreigners.

Keyphrases: Chaîne opératoire, Provenance, Mayas, Ucanal, Bone tools, Late Classic, Archaeology, Bioarchaeology
Goût du vin antique : enrichissement lexical et censura vini

This study will start from two fundamental principles. Firstly, it will consider the taste of wine as a complex construction which, through the exercise of tasting, convokes at the same time the sight, the ability to perceive flavours, and the olfactory memory. Secondly, it will conceive taste as the aesthetic and discriminatory relationship that one can maintain with an object. To that extent, the argumentation will explore aspects of tasting in the "broad Antiquity" by systematically comparing Greek literature with Latin literature. Because the vocabulary used to talk about wine is as sensory (bitter, sweet) as it is extrasensory (robust, full-bodied), we will propose in this study a new reading of the sources to see how the Ancients characterized the wine they tasted. All of this, while demonstrating how color, harmony, tastes and textures play a role in the understanding and development of the taste of wine. The comparison of Greek and Latin sources will try to show that a real refinement of vocabulary is perceptible during the first and second centuries, in connection with the constitution of a more specialized sphere of tasters. The exercise will therefore be carried out without forgetting the necessary basics of agriculture to understand the fundamental principles of winemaking. Taken together, suggesting that the flavor terminology and agricultural techniques of antiquity are capable of capturing complexities similar to those of today. The examination of the sources will also aim to demonstrate that with the undeniable enrichment of this vocabulary, a real exercise in social distinction for the Roman elite in tasting situations is taking shape. Through a dialectic specific to wine, we will try to see that from the vine to the cellar and then from the cellar to the table, the practice of tasting in a social environment both includes and excludes, builds and deconstructs, honors and mocks.

Keyphrases: vin, sens, Wine, Winetasting, Sense, Taste, Vocabulary, Antiquity, Oenology
Production et usage de la littérature en libre accès : une comparaison internationale

Open Access (OA) is a process that aims to make research output freely available on the public internet, allowing the users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full text without any financial, legal or technical barrier. OA has often been suggested as a potential solution to several problems related to the scientific publishing industry: a minority of for profit editors accounting for half of the entire publishing industry, important budget cuts and rising subscription prices in academic libraries, and access to knowledge in lower-income countries. The OA movement originated from the growing demand to make research more accessible worldwide. It has been gaining a lot of momentum, with the implementation of several OA policies by funding institutions and the development of several new platforms (e.g., Open Journal System, African Journals Online, SciELO, and Érudit) that facilitate the publication of OA content at low cost. Studies have shown that between 20% and 50% of research articles are currently available online at no cost, but only a few have compared the use of OA literature at the country level and from a worldwide perspective. Along these lines, this master’s thesis aims to provide a global picture of the current state of OA adoption by countries, using two indicators: publications in OA and references to articles in OA. We find that, on average, low-income countries are publishing and citing OA at the highest rate, while upper-middle income countries and higher income countries publish and cite OA articles at below world-average rates. These results highlight national differences in OA uptake and suggest that more OA initiatives at the institutional, national and international levels are needed to support a wider adoption of open scholarship.

Keyphrases: publication, Open access, Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, Scientific production, Reference, Gross national income, Repository, Publishing
Recherche-action en yoga pour soutenir de jeunes élèves de 1re année du primaire dans le développement de leurs capacités attentionnelles et de leur régulation émotionnelle

The beginning of schooling involves many constraints, which are not always suitable for young children, notably in regard to unrealistic attention expectations. From a preventive perspective, it is essential to tool young learners to face the different challenges they encounter upon entering school. Yoga seems to be most beneficial for supporting students. Since this discipline allows them to develop an ability to remain in the present moment, by not being distracted by external thoughts or stimuli, which would thus support children to engage in their learning. The intervention implemented in this thesis is based on the branches of yoga defined by Patanjali, without omitting the ethical aspect of this ancestral practice developed through children’s literature, an element often neglected in the westernization of yoga, who often only retains physical postures. The Bucheton and Soulé model (2009) served as the basis to grasp the teaching practice, from a reflective perspective of the teaching action, so to refine the intervention. The approach adopted is mainly qualitative, although certain quantitative tools have been retained. The latter were not found to be significant given the short duration of the 3 months intervention. To examine the impact on attention and emotional regulation, case studies were carried out. It turns out that the intervention was effective for all participants (N=8) in varying ways depending on their temperament and their priority needs. The impact of the results led to the formulation of 16 recommendations for a yoga practice in the classroom context.

Keyphrases: Yoga, Attention, Mindfulness, Meditation, Emotions, Emotional regulation, Attention skills, Executive function, Primary school
Diversity from farm to plate : nutrition and food relationships among agroecological farmers in Ecuador

Concerned with agricultural practices that harm human and environmental health, networks of farmers in Ecuador have organized around agroecology as a more sustainable alternative. This comes at a time in which a nutrition transition has driven Ecuador’s rural population to unprecedented levels of overweight and obesity, even while micronutrient deficiencies persist, thus creating a double burden of malnutrition. Through agroecology-based alternative food networks (AFNs), farmers and their allies have increasingly recognized the linkages between healthy agricultural practices and healthy food consumption. A breadth of literature explores how agriculture interventions can improve nutritional outcomes, such as by promoting production diversity, increasing incomes and empowering women. Agroecology has much potential to act on these pathways. However, because agroecology often spreads as a social movement rather than as a systematic intervention, empirical research assessing linkages between agroecology and farmers’ dietary practices is lacking.   This thesis explores how the production practices and social capital promoted through agroecological AFNs may be associated with unique dietary practices that hold potential to support nutritional health in the face of both obesity and micronutrient deficiencies. To do so, this research implemented a participatory approach and sequential, exploratory mixed method design including ethnography, key informant interviews, focus group discussions and a cross-sectional survey comparing agroecology AFN participants and their non-participant farming neighbours. Findings show that AFN participants out-performed their neighbours on multiple indicators of dietary nutrient adequacy and moderation. Analyses further suggest that agroecological AFNs support these dietary outcomes by strengthening production diversity and social capital, which in turn promote the consumption of foods from own-production and from the social economy (e.g. barter) as well as promote the consumption of traditional foods.  These results empirically demonstrate how agroecology can act on agriculture-nutrition pathways to enable healthy diets. Given the largely self-spreading nature of the global agroecology movement, agroecology may present an endogenous resource for supporting rural nutritional well-being.

Keyphrases: agroecology, nutrition, Ecuador, Indigenous populations, agriculture, alternative food networks, health, agrobiodiversity, social capital, dietary diversity, Autochtones
« Therapeutic Inducers of Natural Killer cell Killing » : une nouvelle thérapie cellulaire adoptive sécuritaire dans le contexte de la greffe allogénique de cellules souches hématopoïétiques

The survival outcomes of children with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) remain dismal despite progress in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. In the past, our team has demonstrated that the stimulation of Natural Killer (NK) cells with a subset of plasmacitoid dendritic cells (pDCs) called Therapeutic Inducers of Natural Killer cell Killing (ThINKK) improved the early graft-versus-leukemia effect and controlled ALL development in humanized mice. ThINKK are expanded from cord blood hematopoietic stem cell progenitors for adoptive post-transplant immunotherapy. To translate these findings into the clinic, the main objectives of this project was to further characterize the ThINKK phenotype, to investigate the potential adverse effects of ThINKK in the context of allogeneic hematopoietic transplantation, and to evaluate the functional impact of the post-transplant prophylactic immunosuppressive regimen on the ThINKK/NK cell axis. The cellular identity of ThINKK was assessed using flow cytometry and single-cell RNA sequencing. To assess the potential exacerbation of T-cell activation and proliferation by ThINKK, allogeneic T cells and ThINKK were co-cultured with or without antigen-presenting cells in mixed lymphocyte reactions (MLR). We used a xenograft mouse model to evaluate the efficacy and potential side effects of an adoptive transfer of ThINKK on graft-versus-host reactions in vivo. Finally, we tested the effect of immunosuppressive drugs on ThINKK-induced NK cell cytotoxicity against ALL cells. We found that ThINKK cells did not express antigen-presenting cell markers but expressed pDCs lineage markers. Single-cell RNA sequencing analysis revealed the presence of a minor cell subset expressing the AXL receptor gene, but lacking expression of other conventional dendritic cell marker genes. Importantly, ThINKK including the AXL+ subset did not exacerbate allogeneic T-cell activation and proliferation in vitro and in vivo. Finally, out of the five immunosuppressive drugs tested, only cyclosporine A and methylprednisolone decreased ThINKK-induced NK cell activation and cytotoxicity. Our results support that ThINKK cell transfer immunotherapy could be safe in transplanted subjects even in allogeneic settings and that a prophylactic immunosuppressive regimen may be used without affecting the efficacy of this novel post-transplant immunotherapy.

Keyphrases: Therapeutic Inducers of Natural Killer cell Killing, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant, Cancer immunotherapy, Adoptive cell transfer immunotherapy, Natural Killer cell, Graft versus Host Disease, Immunosuppressive drugs
Validation d’une méthode qualitative pour évaluer l’inclinaison de l’incisive supérieure sur téléradiographies de profil

Some orthodontics clinicians apply an empirical method to evaluate the anteroposterior inclination of the upper incisor, in order to visually and qualitatively assess its inclination. It consists in projecting the prolongation of the upper incisor’s axis in relation to the cephalometric point Orbitale (Or) without referring to the conventional cephalometric measures related to the upper incisor. However, this method does not have a scientific basis due to the lack of studies conducted to demonstrate it.  Aim: To validate the new measurement I-Or as a reliable method to classify the sagittal inclination of the upper incisor.  Method: A total of 305 cephalometric radiographs were selected and classified into three incisor groups: proclined, retroclined, and normal. Cephalometric analyses were performed using standard measures of upper incisor inclination such as I/FH angle, I/NA angle, I/SN angle, and I- NA distance (mm). The shortest distance between the extension of the incisor axis with the Golden point (I-Or) was measured and compared with the I/FH measurement (angle), which was considered the conventional standard to determine the classification of the incisor inclination in this study.  Results: There was a statistically significant difference in I-Or values between the 3 groups identified by standard measurement I/FH (p<0.001). I-Or cut-off values of incisors having a normal inclination varied between +2 mm and -4 mm.  Conclusion: I-Or is a reliable reference to determine the upper incisor’s inclination in 73% of the cases selected in this study. The sagittal position of the maxilla, the deflection of the incisor axis and cephalometric tracing errors would play a major role in the 27% of cases for which the measurement is not reliable.

Keyphrases: Upper incisor inclination, Cephalometric point Or, Orthodontics
Politiques de la scène : une analyse comparative des scènes contemporaines de théâtre entre Montréal et Berlin

This thesis offers a critical perspective on the political aspects of contemporary theatre in Quebec by using a comparative perspective with German theatre, with a particular focus on the cities of Montreal and Berlin. The author explores staging methods, gestures, and various strategies used by theatre artists to adopt political stances through theatre such as : the use of the real, translation, adaptation, and irony. The connection between Montreal and Berlin is highlighted through various gestures but also through the historical and symbolic role Germany has long held for Québécois theatre artists. This analysis will take into account a corpus of recent productions subject to international presentation : ("Le NoShow" (2013) from the artist collective Nous Sommes Ici and the Bunker theatre, "Fear" (2015) by Falk Richter, "100% Montréal" (2017) by Rimini Protokoll, Shakespeare’s "Macbeth" staged in 2016 by Angela Konrad, "Ein Volksfeind" by Henrik Ibsen staged in 2012 by Thomas Ostermeier and "Dans la République du bonheur" by Martin Crimp staged in 2015 by Christian Lapointe). Drawing on the author’s own experiences working as a dramaturg in Quebec, the thesis adopts an intermedial approach in order to explore the political aspects of the aforementioned works ; thus, it looks at what traditions are conveyed and what aesthetics are deployed through staging, as well as a host of other mechanisms, whose aim it is to garner audience sympathies. This intermedial approach will also shed a light on those elements by using the context of production, the institutional operations of theatres as to how they are financed, and the power relationships within the performing arts sector. By determining the contradictions in the studied works, this thesis will critique the politics of contemporary theatre through a practical methodology.

Keyphrases: contemporary theatre, political theatre, Québec theatre, German theatre, intermediality, cultural policies
On Bronislaw Malinowski

Malinowski may have wished for his diary to be revealed posthumously in order to contest the intense focus on the scientific method, adopted in his time. The unveiling of Bronislaw Malinowski’s diary overthrows the dominance of explanations of social fact based solely on determinism, paving the way for what becomes known, during the 1960s, as the discursive turn. The diary offers insight into Malinowski’s impulse of vitality, along the existential concerns and narratives of personal experience, which are excised in the process of rewriting known to transform field notes into the type of formal expression that characterizes monographs. The anthropologist writes monographs for contemporaries by responding to their expectation of accounts backed by scientific evidence in a way that fosters concealment through censorship, automatisms and the larger category of subjectivity, as well as the possible time-relegation of the Other, which may result in discrimination against him. A positive public persona is stylized out of professional concern for properly staging the native-as-text. It is hypothesized that Malinowski possible future publication of the journal intends to compose its entries so as to make a posthumous contribution to anthropology. If that is true, the journal is the space where strategies of self-showing come to the fore, revealing the author’s assumed vulnerability. The unveiling of life experience is not the product of chaotic interior monologue or brooding, but has an end-goal which is to unveil, through the mode of avowal, the anthropologist-as-text. It was once thought that the anthropological system of truth is based on theoretical writing. Now, however diary is highlighted. Malinowski’s legacy rests foremost upon the sophistry used to reorder the system of truth between theoretical and intimate writing, between the monograph and the diary.  This reordering of truths is accomplished through Writing in Schein, which is my idiom referring to the textual play with components of discourse intended to produce beautiful constructs inspired by shining images in Apollonian art. Writing in Schein is then the dissemination of appearances, which amplifies the crisis of representation between the copy that imitates, and the simulacrum that invents, since the sophistry required to align elements of discourse is a mad literary simulation.  Through the single act of the diary and its unveiling planned for posterity, Malinowski destroys the sequence of productive activity in anthropology.

Keyphrases: Writing in Schein, discours, mimesis, imitatio, simulacra, inventio, ars combinatoria, dissimulation, Malinowski, Firth, Leach, Young, Witkiewicz, monograph, diary, discourse, creation, text-play, concealment, unveiling, rewriting, culture-as-text, anthropologist-as-text, Sheinschrift, symulakrum, innovatio