bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
YaJEM — A MONTE CARLO CODE FOR IN-MEDIUM SHOWER EVOLUTION
Authors: RENK THORSTEN
Published: July 2011

High transverse momentum (PT) QCD scattering processes are regarded as a valuable tool to study the medium produced in heavy-ion collisions, as due to uncertainty arguments their cross section should be calculable independent of medium properties whereas the medium then modifies only the final state partons emerging from a hard vertex. With the heavy-ion physics program at the CERN LHC imminent, the attention of high PT physics in heavy ion collisions is shifting from the observation of hard single hadrons to fully reconstructed jets. However, the presence of a background medium at low PT complicates jet-finding as compared to p - p collisions. Monte-Carlo (MC) codes designed to simulate the evolution of parton showers evolving into hadron jets are valuable tools to understand the complicated interplay between the medium modification of the jet and the bias introduced by a specific jet-finding scheme. However, such codes also use a set of approximations which needs to be tested against the better understood single high PT hadron observables. In this paper, I review the ideas underlying the MC code YaJEM (Yet another Jet Energy-loss Model) and present some of the results obtained with the code.
LANGEVIN DYNAMICS OF HEAVY FLAVORS IN RELATIVISTIC HEAVY-ION COLLISIONS
Authors: ALBERICO W. M. , BERAUDO A. , DE PACE A. , MOLINARI A. , MONTENO M. , NARDI M. , PRINO F.
Published: July 2011

We study the stochastic dynamics of c and b quarks, produced in hard initial processes, in the hot medium created after the collision of two relativistic heavy ions. This is done through the numerical solution of the relativistic Langevin equation. The latter requires the knowledge of the friction and diffusion coefficients, whose microscopic evaluation is performed treating separately the contribution of soft and hard collisions. The evolution of the background medium is described by ideal/viscous hydrodynamics. Below the critical temperature the heavy quarks are converted into hadrons, whose semileptonic decays provide single-electron spectra to be compared with the current experimental data measured at RHIC. We focus on the nuclear modification factor RAA and on the elliptic-flow coefficient v2, getting, for sufficiently large pT, a reasonable agreement.
Involvement of the opioid system in the orexigenic and hedonic effects of melanin-concentrating hormone
Authors: Lopez Carlos Andres , Guesdon Benjamin , Baraboi Elena-Dana , Roffarello Boris Monge , Hétu Marylène , Richard Denis
Published: July 2011

Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) exerts an orexigenic effect that resembles that of opioids, suggesting that the MCH and opioid systems could interact in controlling the food intake behavior. Three series of experiments were conducted in male Wistar rats: 1) to test the ability of the κ-, μ-, and δ-opioid receptor antagonists binaltorphimine (nor-BNI-κ), β-funaltrexamine (β-FNA-μ), and naltrindole (NTI-δ), respectively, to block the stimulating effects of MCH on food intake; 2) to verify the ability of MCH to induce a positive hedonic response to a sweet stimulus when injected into the nucleus accumbens shell (NAcSh) or right lateral ventricle (LV) of the brain; and 3) to assess the ability of nor-BNI, β-FNA, and NTI to block the effects of MCH on the hedonic response to a sweet stimulus. Nor-BNI, NTI (0, 10 and 40 nmol), and β-FNA (0, 10 and 50 nmol) were administered into the LV prior to injecting MCH (2.0 nmol). To assess the hedonic response, rats were implanted with an intraoral cannula allowing for the infusion of a sweet solution into the oral cavity. Food intake was assessed in sated rats during the first 3 h following the MCH or vehicle (i.e., artificial cerebrospinal fluid) injection. The hedonic response to a sweet stimulus was assessed by examining facial mimics, following the intraoral administration of a sucrose solution. Blockade of each of the three opioid receptors by selective antagonists prevented MCH-induced feeding. Furthermore, MCH-injections into the NAcSh and right LV resulted in enhanced hedonic responses. Finally, antagonism of the three opioid receptors blunted the LV-injected, MCH-induced, facial-liking expressions in response to an intraoral sweet stimulus. Overall, the present study provides evidence to link the MCH and opioid systems in the food intake behavior.
Survival Time Comparison between Hawley and Clear Overlay Retainers
Authors: Sun J. , Yu Y.C. , Liu M.Y. , Chen L. , Li H.W. , Zhang L. , Zhou Y. , Ao D. , Tao R. , Lai W.L.
Published: July 2011

The objectives of this study were to compare the survival time of the Hawley retainer (HR) and the clear overlay retainer (COR) over one-year follow-up and to analyze risk factors contributing to their breakage. In this randomized, controlled clinical trial, we assigned 120 adolescent patients to receive either the HR or the COR. All specific data on breakage dates, the reasons for breakage, and the broken parts of the retainers were recorded. A survival analysis was used to describe retainer survival over time. No significant differences were observed in survival times between the 2 groups for either the maxillary retainer (p = 0.254) or the mandibular retainer (p = 0.188). Both retainers tended to fracture, but the fracture locations were different. The findings indicate that clinicians should avoid increasing buccal root torque and reinforce the retainer base plates. Breakage rates may not influence the choice of retainer (Trial Registration number is ChiCTR-TRC-00000055).
The Presence of Matthew Effects in Dutch Primary Education, Development of Language Skills Over a Six-Year Period
Authors: Luyten Hans , ten Bruggencate Gerdy
Published: July 2011

Using a nationally representative sample of 5,150 Dutch students who have been followed over a 6-year period, the presence of the Matthew effect was investigated for general language skills. The analyses do not reveal unmistakable evidence for the supposition that the rich get richer and the poor poorer. On the contrary, in schools with low starting levels students make more progress than in schools with higher starting levels. On the other hand, the analyses do show a widening gap between students with well educated and poorly educated parents. The gap between delayed and accelerated students was found to increase as well, but the initial disadvantage of boys was found to disappear.
Bringing Down the U.S. Prison Population
Authors: Blumstein Alfred
Published: July 2011

This article discusses how, after about 50 years of displaying an impressively stable incarceration rate, the United States in the late 1970s began a dramatic prison population increase of about 6% annually, leading to the current status of world leader in incarceration rates. Examination of the factors contributing to the prison population growth suggests the trend is a consequence of policy choices imposed on the criminal justice system. A major factor in that growth has been an increase by a factor of 10 in the incarceration of drug offenders. Findings show that though incarceration may have achieved some incapacitative effects, it led to the recruitment of younger replacements whose limited restraint with guns represented a far greater threat to public safety than the individuals they replaced. A recent proposal by Senator Webb for a National Criminal Justice Commission to address these problems represents an important opportunity to restore rationality to the policies and to provide significant cost savings. This will require a commitment by commission members to avoid partisanship and converge to policies that will serve strong interests of both parties.
Encouraging Cognitive Flexibility and Interdisciplinarity in Public Administration Programs
Authors: Newswander Lynita K. , Newswander Chad B.
Published: July 2011

In response to the increased complexity that comes from a shift away from government and toward governance, public administration programs need to adjust their traditional curriculum and encourage interdisciplinarity perspectives in students. Given the proper mind-set, administrators can be better prepared to face the challenges of governance in a highly integrated, real-life setting by having the capacity to integrate competing viewpoints, which includes a reintroduction of interdisciplinary theories, methods, and best practices to the classroom. Cognitive flexibility—the ability for an individual to understand, appreciate, and make use of various epistemological approaches—offers a theoretical perspective to guide practical pedagogy and practice.
A Meta-Analysis of Antecedents and Consequences of Leader-Member Exchange
Authors: Dulebohn James H. , Bommer William H. , Liden Robert C. , Brouer Robyn L. , Ferris Gerald R.
Published: July 2011

Although leader-member exchange (LMX) was identified in the literature nearly 40 years ago, a comprehensive empirical examination of its antecedents and consequences has not been conducted. The authors’ examination included 247 studies, containing 290 samples, and 21 antecedents and 16 consequences of LMX quality. Results indicated that while leader behaviors and perceptions, follower characteristics, interpersonal relationship characteristics, and contextual variables represent significant groups of LMX antecedents, leader variables explained the most variance in LMX quality. Moderator analyses revealed that the particular LMX scale, country of participants, and work setting studied did not produce meaningful influences on the relationships in the meta-analysis. However, power distance and individualism did moderate some of these relationships. To provide continuity with the LMX meta-analyses and conceptual reviews that have focused on LMX consequences, the authors tested a number of mediation models. The results demonstrated that LMX frequently plays a mediating role in the relationships where mediation could be tested.
The Decline of Thought in the Arab World According to Muhammad ‘Abed al-Jabiri
Authors: Sebti Meryem
Published: July 2011

This paper discusses in critical terms muhammad ‘abd al-Jabiri’s influential philosophical work. It engages, in particular, in the analysis of the assumptions underlying the radical contrast that al-Jabiri sets up between avicenna’s philosophy – which is supposed to represent irrationality and Gnosticism – and that of averroes who, according to him, breaks decisively with that current of thought and thus makes exercising philosophical thought once again possible. after a close discussion of the positions of classical philosophers (falasifa), the author concludes that it is the very validity of the notion of “arab reason” that has to be questioned in al-Jabiri’s analysis.
Effects of the Duper Mutation on Circadian Responses to Light
Authors: Krug Stefanie , Brewer Judy McKinley , Bois Alexandre S. , Bittman Eric L.
Published: July 2011

The circadian mutation duper in Syrian hamsters shortens the free-running circadian period (τDD) by 2 hours when expressed on a tau mutant (τss) background and by 1 hour on a wild-type background. We have examined the effects of this mutation on phase response curves and entrainment. In contrast to wild types, duper hamsters entrained to 14L:10D with a positive phase angle. Super duper hamsters (expressing duper on a τss background) showed weak entrainment, while τss animals either completely failed to entrain or showed sporadic entrainment with episodes of relative coordination. As previously reported, wild-type and τss hamsters show low amplitude resetting in response to 15-minute light pulses after short-term (10 days) exposure to DD. In contrast, super duper hamsters show high amplitude resetting. This effect is attributable to the duper allele, as hamsters carrying duper on a wild-type background also show large phase shifts. Duper mutants that were born and raised in DD also showed high amplitude resetting in response to 15-minute light pulses, indicating that the effect of the mutation on PRC amplitude is not an aftereffect of entrainment to 14L:10D. Hamsters that are heterozygous for duper do not show amplified resetting curves, indicating that for this property, as for determination of free-running period, the mutant allele is recessive. In a modified Aschoff type II protocol, super duper and duper hamsters show large phase shifts as soon as the second day of DD. Despite the amplification of the PRC in super duper hamsters, the induction of Period1 gene expression in the SCN by light is no greater in these mutants than in wild-type animals. Period2 expression in the SCN did not differ between super duper and wild-type hamsters exposed to light at CT15, but albumin site D-binding protein ( Dbp) mRNA showed higher basal levels and greater light induction in the SCN of super duper compared to wild-type animals. These results indicate that the duper mutation alters the amplitude of the circadian oscillator and further distinguish it from the tau mutation.
Taking La Lucha to Heart ll
Authors: Bundang Rachel
Published: July 2011

This essay is a version of a presentation given at a session of the American Academy of Religion annual meeting in 2009, celebrating the work of Cuban-American theologian and ethicist Ada María Isasi-Díaz. The author traces the development of Isasi-Díaz’s work articulating Mujerista Theology and connects it with her own work as a Filipina in the United States developing Asian/ Pacific American Feminist Theology by pointing to 1) the intellectual kinship of having been formed in similar circles and circumstances and 2) the shared cultural citizenship of having emerged from a Catholicism that was the particular legacy of Spanish colonialism. Grounded in the faith lives of Latinas, Isasi-Diaz’s theo-ethical perspective grows out of a grassroots yet globally-minded Catholicism in conversation with both Feminist and Womanist theologies. She remains committed to Latinas as her primary community of accountability.
The Art of Reconciliation: A Spiritual, Ethical and Political Task
Authors: Welch Sharon D.
Published: July 2011

This article begins with the author at a crucial juncture in her own theological thinking, challenged by Isasi-Díaz’ book, La Lucha Continues. She finds herself turning away from the polarizing logic of prophetic denunciation which has nurtured her, to a fresh understanding of justice in the context of true reconciliation. The article explores this in the context of multicultural education in an American university.
The Effects of Party and Agenda Control
Authors: Meagher Erin Asher , Vander Wielen Ryan J.
Published: July 2011

An expansive literature examines the relationship between Congress and the bureaucracy, but scholars know very little about the ideological orientation of congressional influence over bureaucratic institutions. In this project, the authors formally examine the policy implications of various theoretical models of legislative voting. They then analyze House roll call voting behavior on legislation directing the Environmental Protection Agency. The authors find compelling support for a model in which the majority party controls the agenda and members vote according to their preferences. This finding suggests that congressional influence in the form of legislative directives will favor a moderate faction of the majority party.
The Danish Cancer Registry
Authors: Gjerstorff Marianne Lundkjær
Published: July 2011

Introduction: The Danish Cancer Registry was founded in 1942. Content: The Cancer Registry contains data on the incidence of cancer in the Danish population since 1943. Validity and coverage: Validity of the Cancer Registry is secured by the application of manual quality control routines in the daily production of the Cancer Registry, the application of the automated cancer logic, and the use of multiple notifications from different data sources, which also secures a high degree of completeness. Conclusion: In 2008 the Cancer Registry finished a process of modernisation where reporting became electronic through integration with the patient administrative systems and manual coding was partly replaced by an automatic coding logic.
Socioeconomic differences in perinatal health and disease
Authors: Hvas Mortensen Laust , Helweg-Larsen Karin , Nybo Andersen Anne-Marie
Published: July 2011

Introduction: The Danish Medical Birth Register has been used extensively in conjunction with other national registers to examine different aspects of socioeconomic differences in perinatal health outcomes. Here, we review some recent findings. Research topics: Socioeconomic differences were observed in stillbirth, preterm birth, birthweight, congenital anomalies, and infant death. The patterns varied according to the health outcome and measure of socioeconomic position, but also according to the time period and the country under study. Our review also shows how many different strategies have been used to examine the influence of socioeconomic factors on perinatal health. Conclusion: Danish register data is an invaluable source of information on socioeconomic differences in perinatal health. Danish registers continue to provide excellent opportunities for research and surveillance in this area.
The fixed point theorems of 1-set-contractive operators in Banach space
Authors: Wang Shuang
Published: July 2011

In this paper, we obtain some new fixed point theorems and existence theorems of solutions for the equation Ax = μx using properties of strictly convex (concave) function and theories of topological degree. Our results and methods are different from the corresponding ones announced by many others.

MSC: 47H09, 47H10
Intramuscular myxoid lipoma in the proximal forearm presenting as an olecranon mass with superficial radial nerve palsy: a case report
Authors: Lewkonia Peter , Medlicott Shaun AC , Hildebrand Kevin A
Published: July 2011

Background

Extremity lipomas may occur in any location, including the proximal forearm. We describe a case of a patient with an intramuscular lipoma presenting as an unusual posterior elbow mass.

Case presentation

We discuss the case of a 57-year-old Caucasian man who presented with a tender, posterior elbow mass initially diagnosed as chronic olecranon bursitis. A minor sensory disturbance in the distribution of the superficial radial nerve was initially thought to be unrelated, but was likely caused by mass effect from the lipoma. No pre-operative advanced imaging was obtained because the diagnosis was felt to have already been made. At the time of surgery, a fatty mass originating in the volar forearm muscles was found to have breached the dorsal forearm fascia and displaced the olecranon bursa. Tissue diagnosis was made by histopathology as a myxoid lipoma with no aggressive features. Post-operative recovery was uneventful.

Conclusion

We present a case of an unusual elbow mass presenting with symptoms consistent with chronic olecranon bursitis, a relatively common condition. The only unexplained pre-operative finding was the non-specific finding of a transient superficial radial nerve deficit. We remind clinicians to be cautious when diagnosing soft tissue masses in the extremities when unexplained physical findings are present.
Surface functionalization of toner particles for three-dimensional laser-printing in biomaterial applications
Authors: Speyerer Christian , Güttler Stefan , Borchers Kirsten , Tovar Günter , Hirth Thomas , Weber Achim
Published: July 2011

Electro photography („ laser printing“) has emerged to one of the leading two-dimensional (2D) print technologies during the last decades. However, in contrast to the well-established ink jet process, the examination of three-dimensional (3D) electro photography has just been started. A newly developed non-contact fusing procedure based on click chemistry methodology has been developed to reduce the mechanical as well as thermal stress during the curing. The inorganic SiOx-coating of the toner particles has been modified for the prospective attachment of the cell-growth promoting amino acid sequence Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) for an improved cell attachment behavior onto the hydrophobic polymeric material.
Increased Carbon Dioxide Concentration Improves the Antioxidative Properties of the Malaysian Herb Kacip Fatimah (Labisia pumila Blume)
Authors: Ibrahim Mohd Hafiz , Jaafar Hawa Z.E.
Published: July 2011

A randomized complete randomized design (RCBD) 3 by 3 experiment was designed to investigate and distinguish the relationships among production of secondary metabolites (total phenolics, TP; total flavonoids, TF), gluthatione (GSH), oxidized gluthatione (GSSG), soluble carbohydrate and antioxidant activities of the Malaysian medicinal herb Labisia pumila Blume under three levels of CO2 enrichment (400, 800 and 1,200 µmol mol−1) for 15 weeks. It was found that the treatment effects were solely contributed by interaction of CO2 levels and secondary metabolites distribution in plant parts, GSH, GSHH and antioxidant activities (peroxyl radicals (ROO), superoxide radicals (O2), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and hydroxyl radicals (OH). The records of secondary metabolites, glutahione, oxidized gluthathione and antioxidant activities in a descending manner came from the leaf enriched with 1,200 µmol/mol CO2 > leaf 800 µmol/mol CO2 > leaf 400 µmol/mol CO2 > stem 1,200 µmol/mol CO2 > stem 800 µmol/mol CO2 > stem 400 µmol/mol CO2 > root 1,200 µmol/mol CO2 > root 800 µmol/mol CO2 > root 400 µmol/mol CO2. Correlation analyses revealed strong significant positive coefficients of antioxidant activities with total phenolics, flavonoids, GSH and GSHH indicating that an increase in antioxidative activity of L. pumila under elevated CO2 might be up-regulated by the increase in production of total phenolics, total flavonoids, GSH, GSHH and soluble sugar. This study implied that the medicinal potential of herbal plant such as L. pumila can be enhanced under elevated CO2, which had simultaneously improved the antioxidative activity that indicated by the high oxygen radical absorbance activity against ROO, O2, H2O2, and OH radicals.
Onomastica africana IX-XI [Quelques orientaux]
Authors: Lassère Jean-Marie
Published: July 2011

Une famille de Lambèse qui entre au IIIe s. dans l'ordre sénatorial a été fondée par un centurion du nom de P. Aelius Menecratianus, et l'on remarque la fidélité de sa descendance à ce nom oriental, Μενεκράτες, sous sa forme originelle ou sous un aspect dérivé. Ce nom est très rare en Occident, mais est plus fréquent en Orient, en particulier dans la province d'Asie, et notamment sur le territoire de la cité de Meonia en Lydie ; ce toponyme apparaît d'ailleurs dans l'inscription A.E. 1911, 97 relative à ce centurion, mais avait été mal lu et interprété à tort comme le nom de la tribu Lemonia. Le centurion de Lámbese et sa famille sont donc d'origine asiatique.

Une inscription de Théveste fait connaître une affranchie impériale du nom de Sallustia Amnubiti ; le second nom, difficile à interpréter, peut être rapproché du nom Annubat qui apparaît trois fois dans le C.I.L., III à Palmyre, qui est sans doute l'origine du père de l'affranchie de Théveste.

Un cippe de Rapidum fait connaître un soldat de la cohorte II Sardorum dont le nom, après certaines hésitations des éditions anciennes, doit être lu Abillahas Rummei ; les deux noms (et surtout le second) renvoient également à Palmyre.
Formation sur le tas et rendements de l'expérience : un modèle de diffusion du savoir
Authors: Lévy-Garboua Louis
Published: July 2011

Formación adquirida en el terreno y rendimientos de la experiencia: un modelo de difusión del saber,

por Louis Lévy-Garboua.

Se hace destacar que las funciones de ganancias mincerianas no derivan de un proceso de optimización y que la interpretación de los hechos se apoya exageradamente en hipótesis (duración de vida finita, depreciación del capital humano, formación específica) que limitan su alcance. Como la formación de terreno constituye el eslabón mas fragil de la teoría, se propone un modelo de formación de estas características mediante la difusión del saber, lo que permite eludir las hipótesis evocadas anteriormente.La formación de terreno aparece en este caso limitada por el saber incorporado en la empresa y dictaminada por esta última a sus empleados en vez de ser libremente elegida por ellos. Por consiguiente,la formación de terreno no résulta de un proceso de maximización de la riqueza humana por el empleado sino que está determinada por otro proceso que implica la difusión del saber.Se puede demostrar entonces, que el rendimiento marginal de la experiencia decrece mucho más rápido que lo que supone el empleo de la función cuadrática, dependiendo además del saber relativo de la empresa respecto del trabajador que llega. En este modelo, la formación de terreno decrece siempre con la experiencia y tiende a cero, aunque el horizonte sea infinito, la depreciación del capital humano nula y sus rendimientos constantes.
Un problème d'épigraphie monétaire : les frappes dites à légende NMY
Authors: Roman Yves
Published: July 2011

Lorsque, en 1931, G.F. Hill publia son étude sur les monnaies à légendes ibériques de Narbonnaise, il refusa de proposer une interprétation de la légende de ces monnaies qu'il lisait Λ/\Υ . En 1962, A. Soutou devait revenir à la lecture de Boudard, NMY, et attribuer ces monnaies à Nîmes, ce qui n'allait pas sans problème, compte tenu du système très abrégé de cette légende et de la découverte de ces frappes dans une région dont le centre est Narbonne-Béziers, plutôt que Nîmes. Une autre solution peut aujourd'hui être proposée. Il suffit, comme sur d'autres monnaies du Languedoc, de voir un alpha non barré dans la première lettre et de lire AMY(tos) qui est le nom de l'un des rois de la région de Béziers. Ces frappes, qui ont certainement été émises dans cette région, viennent compléter les séries à légendes AMYTOC, AMYTOY, AMYTO, ce qui est parfaitement conforme à leurs types comme aux lieux de leur découverte.
Un portrait de Claude à Nice
Authors: Terrer Danièle
Published: July 2011

Au début du siècle, une tête d'empereur en marbre a été découverte dans le sol de Cimiez. Il est difficile de dire — car les témoignages divergent — si elle a été trouvée dans le périmètre de la ville romaine ou à l'ouest de ce périmètre, au nord de l'avenue Régina. Le possesseur de cette tête a conservé l'original dont il a fait exécuter un moulage pour le Musée archéologique de Cimiez. A l'exception du nez qui est brisé, le moulage donne l'image d'une tête en bon état de conservation avec une coiffure caractéristique de l'époque julio-claudienne et une calotte céphalique importante. Malgré les pupilles évidées qui sont probablement la conséquence d'une modification apportée au IIIe siècle, les traits évoquent à l'évidence les portraits de Claude dont A.-K. Massner a donné une typologie récente. C'est l'occasion ici d'ajouter à sa liste déjà très complète un portrait de Saragosse ainsi que d'autres portraits espagnols, deux portraits de Thasos et un portrait de Ténos.

L'identification avec Claude est plus convaincante si on met le portrait de Cimiez en face des deux portraits de Copenhague (Glyptothéque Ny-Carlsberg 1277 et 1948). L'étude de Beltran Lloris sur les franges frontales chez Claude est aussi utile à cet égard avec la description et des images de la tête de Saragosse que l'on classera — parmi les derniers portraits de Claude de facture plus réaliste — à côté de celle de Nice. Les Julio-claudiens — et parmi eux, Claude — ont été honorés dans cette région. La présence d'un portrait de l'empereur le confirme. C'est encore le culte de la famille impériale qui explique la découverte en fouilles à Cimiez d'un beau portrait de la mère de Claude, Antonia Minor.
Un dépotoir du IIIe s. de notre ère au Rasteau (Vaucluse) : les Fouquesses
Authors: Meffre Joël-Claude
Published: July 2011

This article deals with a Gallo-Roman cooking utensil dumping ground dating back the 3rd century A.D. and located near a hill-side dwelling as early as the 1st century on the territory of Rasteau (Vaucluse). In this pottery dump were found the following items : 721 shards mostly made of clear B sigillate and of Rhodanian kaolin ceramic; metal and bone objects and also remnants of animals mostly from the caprine and the sudae families. The purpose of the study of those two types of potteries is to enlarge the knowledge of the Gallo-Roman crockery of our region.
Une fosse-dépotoir du Premier Age du Fer à L'Albenc (Isère)
Authors: Klijn Hans de
Published: July 2011

The pit n° 16001 was discovered during the excavations of the Bivan site at L'Albenc (Isere). This huge layer of two hectares showed a complex series of structures (pits, post wedges, walls, drainage) for the essential datable from the Augustan period till the 10th century A.D. For the Iron Age, although the probings have shown very diffused indications about the site (fragments of rolled ceramics), only this pit could be judged.

The excavation turned out rich and varied ceramic remains, some fragments of flint scattered by the action of the fire, as well as the remains of flooring of a hearth.
Une inscription de la cité de Vienne retrouvée (CIL XII 2327)
Authors: Rémy Bernard , Ferber Emmanuel
Published: July 2011

On a retrouvé au musée de Chambéry la dédicace, crue perdue, qui fut gravée (sur son cénotaphe?) en l'honneur d'un Viennois, haut fonctionnaire impérial, mort sous le règne de Néron. Rappel des éditions antérieures, proposition de reconstitution du texte.
Un lot de verres du Ier siècle provenant du port de Narbonne (Aude) (sondages 1990-1992)
Authors: Feugère Michel
Published: July 2011

Les fonds envasés du port antique de Narbonne ont livré, ces dernières années, un très abondant mobilier lié au trafic maritime particulièrement actif au début du principat. Dans la documentation disponible à ce jour, les verres apparus de 1990 à 1992 forment un ensemble homogène couvrant les premières décennies du Ier s. jusque vers les années 55/60 au plus tard. Les 94 vases de ce lot, souvent dans un état de conservation remarquable (quoique jamais intacts), sont accompagnés de quelques éclats de verre brut qui peuvent avoir servi d'échantillons pour une livraison ultérieure. Situé à quelque distance du rivage antique, le gisement peut correspondre à un point de transbordement : à l'occasion de cette manipulation, on aura vérifié la qualité de la marchandise transitant par le port de Narbo Martius. Ces verres sont donc interprétés ici comme les rebuts d'une ou de plusieurs cargaisons, probablement expédiées d'Italie pour satisfaire le marché gaulois avant le début d'une production régionale pouvant concurrencer de telles importations.
Un thème décoratif des peintures murales romaines : le vase de verre
Authors: Sabrié Raymond , Sabrié Maryse
Published: July 2011

Representation of glass is a recurrent theme in Roman paintings from the first until the second and even the third century A.D. Through many examples discovered in Italy and in the provinces an attempt is made at identitying the glass dish for its typology with an emphasis on the ornamental theme and its place in paintings. The trompe l'œil effect, most spectacular in the representation of dishes full of fruit, tempted artists concerned with realism, but the beauty of the material either transparent or translucid led to other interpretations. The main pieces of information concerning the paintings delt with are listed in a synoptic chart.
Réflexions sur la collection nimoise de verrrerie romaine
Authors: Sternini Mara
Published: July 2011

The collection has 831 objects from local or regional origin, except for one set coming from the shores of the Aegean sea and another one supposed to come from Tyre ; the collection is essentially composed of findings from graves (and therefore kept in a very good state). An unguent bottle worked from a clay core is dated from the 5th century B.C. Among the blown glasses there are many unguent bottles : a grave excavated in 1918 in Nimes yielded 12 in their original state, among which one with the shape of a bird ; with the Isings types 6, 8, 26, 28, 82 three epochs seem to be represented, a decline in the quality showing as early as the 2nd epoch (Augustus, Tiberius and end of the first and second century). Then come the funerary urns and pots, one of them of a very rare shape supposedly known by a sole other exemplary, dropper or oil cruet ( ?) ; jugs, pitchers and bottles ; vases with opened shapes, one of the most interesting being decorated with a charriot race and belonging to a series made in Switzerland. Recent excavations in the center of Nimes let us hope to find glass from dwelling houses and not nonly from graves, and also more precise chronological data.
Histoire de la collection de verreries du musée Calvet à Avignon
Authors: Cavalier Odile
Published: July 2011

This Calvet collection dates back to the 18th century (which is quite rare in a district museum such as Avignon). Esprit Calvet (1728-1810) creator of the foundation which bears his name, and member of many scholar societies had relationships with the most famous antique dealers of his time, and more particularly the Count of Caylus and the Abbot of Sade. His cluster of correspondents kept him aware of the findings which happened and allowed him to buy archeological objects among which glass issued mainly from graves. In the 19th century, the museum organized under the state's supervision excavations in Vaison-la-Romaine (1838-1842) and in Apt (1840-1842) ; it received gifts, brought some objects, (more especially glass) and exchanged others (glass basket in 1840). There are over 30 urns, unguent bottles, small bottles and table crockery coming mainly from the Vaucluse. Few objects bought or exchanged come from Italy (Capoua) or the Middle-East (Tyre).
Problèmes d'extension du « cadastre B d'Orange » en territoire cavare et voconce. Observations et remarques préliminaires
Authors: Meffre Joël-Claude
Published: July 2011

Les études récentes de carto et photo interprétation menées dans une zone correspondant au Nord-Vaucluse ont permis de déterminer quelle est l'ampleur des traces fossiles d'un réseau orthonormé à 5° Est identifié comme le Cadastre B d'Orange. Si dans la région située autour de Sainte-Cécile-les- Vignes, en rive droite de l'Aigues, les traces de limites sont bien concentrées et s'étendent parmi les alluvions wurmiennes du bassin alluvial, en revanche, en rive gauche, les traces sont plus éparses, notamment sur le territoire de Cairanne ou de Resteau; ces traces réapparaissent par zones dans le secteur de Camaret et au nord de la palud de Jonquières. En rive gauche d'Ouvèze, les traces fossiles sont inexistantes, tandis que plus au nord, à hauteur de Vaison, deux zones cohérentes de traces fossiles ont été identifiées. On peut saisir par cette approche encore limitée quelles ont pu être les modalités d'extension du Cadastre B d'Orange jusque dans l'Ager Vocontiorum.
L'Augusteum de la fontaine de Nîmes : étude archéologique du bassin de la source et de la canalisation souterraine ouest
Authors: Veyrac Alain , Pene Jean-Michel
Published: July 2011

Les aménagements souterrains de l'Augusteum mis au jour au XVIIIe siècle et que l'on croyait détruits, n'avaient encore jamais fait l'objet d'une étude approfondie. Cette dernière, qui s'inscrit dans une problématique plus générale sur l'eau dans l'antiquité à Nîmes, a été entreprise en 1991 lors de l'exploration spéléologique NEMAUSA XII. Les résultats obtenus nous révèlent que rien n'était laissé au hasard dans cet important sanctuaire où l'eau, quotidiennement maîtrisée et offerte en spectacle par la mise en œuvre de techniques hydrauliques particulières, accentuait le caractère sacré du site tout en servant vraisemblablement la propagande impériale.
La statue du guerrier de Vachères (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence)
Authors: Barruol Guy
Published: July 2011

Publication détaillée d'une statue de guerrier, trouvée à la fin du XIXe siècle à Vachères (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) et conservée au Musée Calvet d'Avignon. Examen des circonstances de la découverte, description du site, analyse de l'œuvre, datée de l'époque d'Auguste.
Le prince et le courtisan. À propos de deux portraits d'époque antonine du Musée Calvet (Avignon)
Authors: Evers Cécile
Published: July 2011

Two portraits of the Antonine era, belonging to the Musée Calvet in Avignon, display such close similarities in workmanship that one can safely assume that they have been sculpted in the same workshop.

The first portrait represents Marcus Aurelius according to his second iconographie type (around 140-150 A.D.), and supposedly originates from Méthamis (Vaucluse). The second one, which is particularly interesting, is said to have been found in Vaison-la-Romaine. Its iconography, which cites that of the god Helios, had led its first editors to identify it as an Apollo. However, the portrait shows a type of representation of young men, which was quite popular during the Antonine era and common throughout the Empire, examples having been located in Rome and Asia Minor. We are lucky to have an exact replica of the head of Vaison. It is a piece of high quality and was produced in one of the best workshops of the Urbs. Both the existence of this last portrait and parallels of "stadtromisch" workmanship for the group of the Musée Calvet suggest that the latter have been sculpted in Rome and that the young man, whose portrait was found at Vaison, must have been an influential person of the court around the middle of the 2nd century.
L'oppidum du Camp de César à Laudun (Gard) : premières acquisitions de la recherche 1990-1994
Authors: Goury Dominic
Published: July 2011

The achievement of a first excavations) programmme carried out on Camp de Cesar oppidum allows a general presentation of the site which was occupied from the fifth century B. C. untill the sixth century A.D. The town scheme was discovered after the clearing of several walls enclosing 18 hectares. The monuments of the Roman first century A. D. town point out to a particular political status. Remains of late Antiquity (houses, shops and necropolis) attest a dense occupation of the site.
Le sanctuaire et l'agglomération antiques de Château-Bas à Vernègues (Bouches-du-Rhône)
Authors: Fournier Padraig , Gazenbeek Michiel
Published: July 2011

Cet article fait le point, de façon complète, sur l'état actuel de notre connaissance du site (travaux anciens et récents) : pour l'Antiquité (principalement du 1er siècle avant notre ère au début du IIe siècle de notre ère), temple et éléments lapidaires errants, vestiges légèrement antérieurs au temple, source avec aqueduc et bassins, habitat important (trois états, chronologie absolue non encore établie) ; pour le Moyen- Age, chapelle du XIe siècle, peut-être précédée d'une église antérieure.
Notabilité et refus des responsabilités municipales sous le Haut Empire : un exemple marseillais
Authors: Lengrand Denis
Published: July 2011

Les juristes romains considéraient sous l'Empire que les citoyens les plus riches avaient l'obligation de se consacrer à la gestion de leur cité. Une inscription de Marseille montre comment certains d'entre eux ne répugnaient pas à verser de fortes sommes pour leur cité, en s' arrangeant pour jouir des insignes de la notabilité sans pour autant se fatiguer à gérer les magistratures locales. Ce texte permet aussi de proposer de dater du règne d'Hadrien la romanisation des institutions de la cité.
Les inscriptions viennoises des jumeaux Coelii et le recrutement des décurions en Gaule
Authors: Pelletier André
Published: July 2011

Les deux inscriptions de Vienne publiées sous un même numéro (CIL, XII, 5864) et concernant des jumeaux, questeurs puis décurions, ainsi que d'autres documents épigraphiques trouvés en Gaule, démontrent qu'il n'y avait pas dans les provinces gauloises d'accès automatique à la curie des anciens magistrats et que la seule voie de recrutement des curies gauloises était la cooptation.
Dynamiques territoriales et subdivisions des cités romaines. A propos des cités d'Avignon et Arles (Gaule Narbonnaise)
Authors: Leveau Philippe
Published: July 2011

This article considers the question of the territories of the Roman cities of Arles (Arelate) and Avignon (Avennio) in the context of the changes brought about by the Roman penetration into south Gaul. Following recent work in geography on the different meanings of the term "territory", the author explains the importance of the difference between a catchment territory, defined by economic relations, and a political territory, defined by administrative dependence on a centre. Questions about territory and legal status must be asked independently of one another. The author follows A. Chastagnol in his view that Caesar granted autonomy to Marseille's former dependencies. It follows that Aries' territory, as it was known in the second century C.E., was formed by the aggregation, under the Imperial power, of politically heterogeneous territorial units. He emphasizes the importance of Avignon, which is the least known among the Roman towns of Rhone valley, and discusses the historical importance of the idea that the Rhone represented a natural boundary. In the geographical and political context of Gallia Narbonensis, there is no reason to be surprised that Glanum was an autonomous city possessing its own territory. Its coalescence with Arles or Avignon was the consequence of a territorial organization of the province in a later period. After its administrative assignment to one of these two chief towns, Glanum still had a territory attached to it.
Quelques observations sur l'onomastique des Voconces septentrionaux
Authors: Desaye Henri
Published: July 2011

What are the main features of the naming practices of north Vocontii? Indigenous names, moderately well-attested, have undergone a hybridization with the Latin. Greek cognomina belong to rich manumitted slaves as well as to humble persons. Religious names express a general sentiment rather than a particular cultic adherence. The tria / duo nomina, which are the most numerous category, belong to many more citizens than would have comprised the class of the municipal aristocracy and the great landowners. Single names are present at different levels of the lower classes, whereas the "peregrine" name (single name + patronym) is frequently used until a later time.
Découverte de nouveaux graffites sur céramique à Aoste (Isère)
Authors: Rémy Bernard , Jospin Jean-Pascal , Bleu Stéphane
Published: July 2011

Les fouilles de sauvetage menées sur le site du uicus d'Aoste (Isère) ont permis de découvrir huit nouveaux graffites en cursives ou en capitales (sept sur céramique ; un sur un fragment de palette en os à décor ajouré) : quatre graffites d'appartenance, un graffite de capacité sur un fragment de cruche et trois graffites indéterminés. Au-dessus d'un des graffites d'appartenance est représenté un buste de soldat. Ces documents révèlent plusieurs noms, dont un (Sextillanus), peut-être deux (Saiuo) étaient inconnus.
Détermination pétrographique de l'origine des meules du site d'Ambrussum à Villetelle, Hérault (IIIe s. avant - Ier s. après J.-C.)
Authors: Reille Jean-Louis
Published: July 2011

The microtextural petrographiC analysis of protohistoric and gallo-roman millstones from Ambrussum shows that almost all of them come from the basalt outcrops of Agde shore and the lower valley of the Herault river. The domination of millstones coming from Embonne/Cap d'Agde associated with a small but constant part from Saint-Thibery/Bessan calls back to the prevailing situation during the 2nd and Ist centuries B. C. in most part of the sites previously studied in eastern languedoc and Provence .The ancient period (3rd century b.c.) displays characteristic typologies and microtextures. the discovery of a meta issued from Saint Thibery/Bessan in a 1st century layers, extends the productive period of this ancient site for a century.
L'aureus de Lucius Pinarius Scarpus (31 av. J.-C.) découvert à Narbonne (Aude)
Authors: Crawford Michael Hewson , Richard Jean-Claude Michel
Published: July 2011

Découvert dans la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle sur le territoire de la ville de Narbonne, l'aureus de L. Pinarius Scarpus, toujours conservé au Musée archéologique de Narbonne, est le seul exemplaire connu : ses types sont ceux d'un denier, ce qui avait entraîné certains savants à douter de l'authenticité de l'aureus. Les auteurs établissent que l'exemplaire de Narbonne est parfaitement authentique et qu'il convient donc de le maintenir dans le Corpus des frappes des monnaies de la République romaine.
Villa et vicus sur le territoire de Martigues durant le Haut Empire
Authors: Chausserie-Laprée Jean , Rétif Michel
Published: July 2011

La reprise de la documentation archéologique ancienne sans a priori et avec un œil neuf permet de proposer une nouvelle interprétation sur la nature de certains sites : villae qui sont en réalité des vici ou inversement, villa située dans un vicus. Les plans des thermes apportent bien souvent des éléments déterminants. Cette étude prend en compte quelques sites des Trois Gaules.
Etude du mobilier céramique du Ier s. av. n. è. d'Alba (Ardèche) : chronologie et faciès culturels
Authors: Matal Marie
Published: July 2011

L'étude du mobilier céramique du Ier s. av. n. è. à Alba permet, d'une part, de dégager plusieurs phases d'occupation dont une antérieure à la Guerre des Gaules. Ainsi, la chronologie des premières installations à Alba est affinée et précisée, malgré les difficultés inhérentes au matériel de cette période de transition historique et économique. D'autre part, envisagée sous l'angle culturel, elle montre également un faciès complexe sur les plans techniques et typologiques, empreint d'apports septentrionaux et méridionaux.
Glanum (Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône) : les installations hydrauliques du vallon Saint-Clerg de la fin de l'âge du Fer à nos jours
Authors: Agusta-Boularot Sandrine , Gazenbeek Michiel , Paillet Jean-Louis
Published: July 2011

This paper presents different hydraulic devices newly discovered in the small valley of Saint-Clerg eastward of Glanum (Bouches-du-Rhône) they consist of a monumental chamber of harnessing, parts of an unusual aqueduct and a draining and collecting liquid waste, dated from the period before the Empire (end of the IInd and beginning of the Ist century BC). The chamber of harnessing having been used by the Middle Aged and modern aqueduct which supplied the monastery of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole during many centuries, this study presents also the remainings and the texts concerning this work.
Découvertes récentes sur le théâtre antique d'Apt (Vaucluse)
Authors: De Michèle Patrick
Published: July 2011

This document is a collection of the results of the various prospection campaigns conducted in the basements of the old city center of Apt. Its main focus is the antic theater, its architecture and chronology, and it also provides new data on urban planning in Apta Julia.
Lampes à huile et céramiques à parois fines de l'atelier de potiers gallo-romain de l'agglomération portuaire de Fos-sur-Mer (Bouches-du-Rhône)
Authors: Rivet Lucien
Published: July 2011

Un dépotoir contenant des rebuts de cuisson de lampes et de céramiques à parois fines a été découvert lors de la construction du phare de l'anse Saint-Gervais dans le golfe de Fos (Bouches-du-Rhône). Seuls témoins d'un atelier de potiers qui était en activité durant la deuxième moitié du Ier siècle de notre ère, les objets fabriqués copient les produits issus des grands ateliers émetteurs d'Italie centrale pour les lampes ou de la péninsule Ibérique pour les parois fines, tout en gardant une certaine originalité dans les motifs iconographiques qui définissent ainsi le style de l'atelier. Cette étude fournit ainsi les moyens de mieux appréhender l'aire de diffusion d'un atelier régional.