Path network modelling and network of aggregated settlements
13 août 2014
This paper describes the contribution of path modelling to the ancient settlement pattern study over the long term. The path modelling methodology is a stimulating tool, which is complementary to the hierarchical approaches in the landscape archaeology since it contributes to the understanding (...)
Morphometrics of Second Iron Age ceramics - strengths, weaknesses, and comparison with traditional typology.
18 juillet 2014
Although the potential of geometric morphometrics for the study of archaeological artefacts is recognised, quantitative evaluations of the concordance between such methods and traditional typology are rare. The present work seeks to fill this gap, using as a case study a corpus of 154 complete (...)
Deux nouveaux sites à traces de pas dinosauroïdes dans la Formation Dolomitique de l'Hettangien de Lozère, Languedoc-Roussillon, France <br> <br> Two new dinosaur tracksites from the Hettangian Dolomitic Formation of Lozère, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
18 juillet 2014
Les récentes études ichnologiques menées dans le Bassin des Causses ont mis à jour deux nouveaux gîtes à empreintes de pas de dinosaures inédits dans la Formation Dolomitique de l'Hettangien. Ces sites sont situés dans la partie nord du Bassin, en Lozère, un secteur où les empreintes dinosauroïdes (...)
Indoor noise exposure at home: a field study in the family of urban schoolchildren
16 juillet 2014
This article aims at evaluating indoor noise levels at home and investigating the factors that may influence their variability. An 8-day noise measurement campaign was conducted in the homes of 44 schoolchildren attending the public primary schools of Besançon (France). The presence of the (...)
Le Magdalénien de la grotte Grappin à Arlay (Jura). 1913 - 2013 : bilan d'un siècle de recherches
11 juillet 2014
Potential habitat corridors and restoration areas for the black-and-white snub-nosed monkey Rhinopithecus bieti in Yunnan, China
5 juillet 2014
The black-and-white snub-nosed monkey Rhinopithecus bieti is endemic to China, where its population is fragmented into 15 isolated groups and threatened despite efforts to protect the species.Herewe analyse possible habitat connectivity between the groups reported in Yunnan, using genetic, (...)
Équilibre écologique et santé des écosystèmes : entre mythe biologique et consensus social.
4 juillet 2014
Les notions de " santé des écosystèmes " et d' "équilibre écologique " comme concepts valides en écologie ont été, de longue date, lourdement promues par un grand nombre d'écologues et de gestionnaire et sont encore débattues. Il en résulte que les chercheurs en écologie ont à faire face à une demande (...)
Pierres ornementales et marbres de Franche-Comté
30 juin 2014
Des Vosges au Jura, la Franche-Comté recèle de nombreuses variétés de pierres ornementales, granites, grès, calcaires, albâtres. Depuis l'époque gallo-romaine jusqu'au XXe siècle, elles ont alimenté une industrie extractive dynamique, de grands chantiers de taille ainsi que plusieurs graniteries et (...)
Retro-observation des interactions hommes-milieux et de leurs conséquences sur l'environnement : le cas de l'agriculture au Groenland.
26 juin 2014
Quel intérêt pourrait présenter l'étude de l'impact humain sur l'environnement quand on sait que le Groenland fut tardivement peuplé (vers 2500 av. J.-C) par des populations de chasseurs-cueilleurs originaires d'Amérique du Nord ? Des agriculteurs se sont pourtant aventurés dans ces contrées a priori (...)
Monitoring soil volume wetness in heterogeneous soils by electrical resistivity. A field-based pedotransfer function.
23 juin 2014
Modern irrigation techniques require accurate, rapid, cost-effective, spatial measurement of soil moisture. Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) meets most of these requirements, but needs to be calibrated for each use because it is very sensitive to differences in soil characteristics. In (...)
An iterative precision vector to optimise the CBR adaptation of EquiVox
22 juin 2014
The case-based reasoning (CBR) approach consists in retrieving solutions from similar past problems and adapting them to new ones. Interpolation tools can easily be used as adaptation tools in CBR systems. The accuracies of interpolated results depend on the set of known solved problems with (...)
Combining correlative and mechanistic habitat suitability models to improve ecological compensation.
20 juin 2014
: Only a few studies have shown positive impacts of ecological compensation on species dynamics affected by human activities. We argue that this is due to inappropriate methods used to forecast required compensation in environmental impact assessments. These assessments are mostly descriptive (...)
Stress field during early magmatism in the Ali Sabieh Dome, Djibouti, SE Afar rift
17 juin 2014
The so-called Ali Sabieh range, SE Afar rift, exhibits an atypical antiform structure occurring in the overall extensional tectonic context of the Afar triple junction. We dynamically analyzed the brittle deformation of this specific structural high using four different methods in order to (...)
Carboniferous magmatism related to progressive pull-apart opening in the Western French massif Central.
13 juin 2014
Tracking archaeological and historical mines using mineral prospectivity mapping.
6 juin 2014
The present study proposes a technological transfer from modern mining prospection to the field of archaeology, providing a methodology to facilitate the discovery of ancient mining sites. This method takes advantage of the thousands of geochemical analyses of streambed sediments, performed by (...)
Assessing residential exposure to urban noise using environmental models: does the size of the local living neighborhood matter?
6 juin 2014
: Environmental epidemiological studies rely on the quantification of the exposure level in a surface defined as the subject's exposure area. For residential exposure, this area is often the subject's neighborhood. However, the variability of the size and nature of the neighborhoods makes (...)
Progressive transmission of secured images with authentication using decompositions into monovariate functions
5 juin 2014
We propose a progressive transmission approach of an image authenticated using an overlapping subimage that can be removed to restore the original image. Our approach is different from most visible water- marking approaches that allow one to later remove the watermark, because the mark is not (...)
Le Néolithique de la haute chaîne du Jura français
5 juin 2014
Le lac de Saint-Point, situéà 850 m d'altitude dans la haute vallée du Doubs, a fait l'objet d'un carottage lacustre profond dont la datation est appuyée par 24 dates radiocarbone. La séquence sédimentaire (12,3 m), qui couvre la totalité du Tardiglaciaire et de l'Holocène, offre l'opportunité d'une (...)
aac(6′)-Ib-cr is the major plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance determinant in extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in eastern France
21 mai 2014
The aim of this study was to describe the presence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) determinants in extended spectrum b-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-Ec) in hospitals in eastern France. All ESBL-Ec isolated from May 2008 to April 2009 in nine hospitals in eastern (...)
A 10-year survey of fungal aerocontamination in hospital corridors: a reliable sentinel to predict fungal exposure risk?
21 mai 2014
BACKGROUND: Invasive mould infections represent a threat for high-risk patients hospitalized in haematology units. French guidelines recommend that fungal aerocontamination monitoring should be performed quarterly. Since 2002, Besançon University Hospital has expanded to include several new (...)
Wastewater Treatment Plants Release Large Amounts of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli Into the Environment.
21 mai 2014
: Background. The determinants of the spread of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli (ESBLEC) in the community remain unclear. To evaluate its dissemination in the environment, we analyzed the ESBLEC population throughout an urban wastewater network. Methods. Samples were (...)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa in French hospitals between 2001 and 2011: back to susceptibility.
21 mai 2014
: The European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net) reported an increase in the rates of resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to antimicrobials between 2008 and 2011 in France. This alarming report was based on data collected during the harmonisation of breakpoints by the (...)
Ecological balance and ecosystem health: between functional myths and social consensus.
15 mai 2014
The notions of "ecosystem health" and "ecological balance" as valid concepts of ecology have been heavily promoted by a large numbers of ecologists since long and are still under debate. As a consequence, researchers have to face an increasing demand from managers and conservationists for (...)
Determination of the k correction factors for several detectors used with an 800 MU/min CyberKnife® system equipped with fixed collimators and study of detector characteristics on their response in small photon beams using a Monte Carlo method
12 mai 2014
In a previous work, output ratio (ORdet) measurements were performed for the 800 MU/min CyberKnife® at the Oscar Lambret Center (COL, France) using several commercially available detectors (Sun Nuclear EDGE, IBA SFD, PTW 60016, PTW 60017, PTW 31014 and PTW 60003) designed for small beams as well (...)
Raman Spectroscopy of Carbonaceous Materials geothermometry: a reliable method to investigate thermal history of foreland basins.
28 avril 2014
To investigate the thermal evolu-tion of foreland basins, many classical methods includ-ing clay mineralogy, vitrinite reflectance, fluid inclu-sions and illite cristalinity are used. These methods are probably not perfectly reliable taken individually, but provides a robust estimate when they (...)
L'objet emblématique Lacs de Montagne : L'étude des sédiments lacustres au laboratoire EDYTEM.
24 avril 2014
Factors driving epilithic algal colonization in show caves and new insights into combating biofilm development with UV-C treatments
24 avril 2014
The proliferation of epilithic algae that form biofilms in subterranean environments, such as show caves, is a major problem for conservators. In an effort to reduce the use of chemical cleansers when addressing this problem, we proposed investigating the effects of UV-C on combating algal (...)
Viruses in a 14th-century coprolite.
23 avril 2014
Coprolites are fossilized fecal material that can reveal information about ancient intestinal and environmental microbiota. Viral metagenomics has allowed systematic characterization of viral diversity in environmental and human-associated specimens, but little is known about the viral (...)
Linking ecosystem health and environmental disease ecology: the international research network 'Ecosystem health and environmental disease ecology' (IRN-EHEDE)
12 avril 2014
The International Research Network (IRN) or Groupement de recherche international (GDRI) " Ecosystem health and environmental disease ecology " has been created and accredited by the CNRS in 2013, with the objective of promoting exchanges and bringing better legibility to research in Asia and (...)
Cause-effect relationship among morphological adaptations, growth, and gas exchange response of pedunculate oak seedlings to waterlogging
11 avril 2014
Context: In response to waterlogging, pedunculate oak is known to develop adventitious roots and hypertrophied lenticels. However, to date, a link between these adaptations and the ability to maintain net CO2 assimilation rates and growth has not been demonstrated. Aims: The aim of this study (...)
Quantification of mass transfers and mineralogical transformations in a thrust fault (Monte Perdido thrust unit, southern Pyrenees, Spain)
9 avril 2014
In fold-and-thrust belts, shortening is mainly accommodated by thrust faults which are preferential zones for recrystallisation and mass transfer. This study focuses on a detachment fault related to the emplacement of the Monte Perdido thrust unit in the southern Pyrenees. The studied fault (...)
Changes in Echinococcus transmission patterns in a community hyper-endemic for echinococcosis in China
31 mars 2014
Objective: A comparative study that aimed to investigate Echinococcus transmission dynamics was undertaken in 2000-03 and 2012 in a hyper-endemic community (Xiji County), Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China. Intermediate host populations (small mammal species for E. multilocularis; slaughtered (...)
Syntectonic fluid-flow along thrust faults: Example of the South-Pyrenean fold-and-thrust belt
21 mars 2014
During compressive events, deformation in sedimentary basins is mainly accommodated by thrust faulting and related fold growth. Thrust faults are generally rooted in the basement and may act as conduits or barriers for crustal fluid flow. Most of recent studies suggest that fluid flow through (...)
Polyphasic analysis of a middle ages coprolite microbiota, belgium.
11 mars 2014
Paleomicrobiological investigations of a 14(th)-century coprolite found inside a barrel in Namur, Belgium were done using microscopy, a culture-dependent approach and metagenomics. Results were confirmed by ad hoc PCR - sequencing. Investigations yielded evidence for flora from ancient (...)
Unprecedented changes in mollusc assemblages of the littoral zone in the two largest peri-Alpine lakes since the last 4500 years
27 février 2014
This paper presents changes in mollusc assemblages in the two largest peri-Alpine French lakes, i.e. Lakes Bourget and Annecy, in eastern France during the late Holocene. It is based on new mollusc data obtained in Lake Bourget (1) from three sediment cores spanning the late Holocene period and (...)
Hydrochemistry, a tool for understanding karst groundwater flows
26 février 2014
Karst is a highly heterogeneous medium (i.e. properties vary from one point to another one), and can be studied by variations of water chemical composition, which reflect in space and time differences in origin (runoff on impervious media, diffuse seepage, inflows from evaporites...) or (...)
hydrogeology and water balance in karst terrain
26 février 2014
Hydrogeology and water balance in karst terrain Jacques Mudry Chrono-Environnement, Besançon (France) 1 Introduction Karst is defined as "all superficial and underground landforms produced by dissolution of specific rocks, mainly limestone". At the same time, it is a morphological structure (...)
Application of isotopic tracers as a tool for understanding hydrodynamic behavior of the highly exploited Diass aquifer system (Senegal)
26 février 2014
The Diass horst aquifer system located 50 km east of Dakar (Senegal) is exploited in two main aquifers covered by a sandy superficial aquifer: the confined/unconfined Palaeocene karstic limestone and the confined Maastrichtian sandstone aquifer underneath. This system has experienced intensive (...)
Using the genetics of Echinococcus multilocularis to trace the history of expansion from an endemic area.
26 février 2014
: Alveolar echinococcosis, caused by the cestode Echinococcus multilocularis, is the most serious parasitic disease for humans in Europe, with a sylvatic life cycle generally between small rodents and red foxes. General expansion of the range of E. multilocularis has been observed across Europe (...)
Review of risk factors for human echinococcosis prevalence on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China: a prospective for control options.
8 février 2014
OBJECTIVE: Echinococcosis is a major parasitic zoonosis of public health importance in western China. In 2004, the Chinese Ministry of Health estimated that 380,000 people had the disease in the region. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is highly co-endemic with both alveolar echinococcosis (AE) and (...)
Immunogenic proteins specific to different bird species in Bird Fancier's Lung disease
6 février 2014
Pollution, environnement et pathologie thoracique. Y a-t-il des facteurs de protection ?
4 février 2014
Soluble immunoglobulin A in breast milk is inversely associated with atopic dermatitis at early age
29 janvier 2014
Vegetation, fire and climate history of the Lesser Caucasus: a new Holocene record from Zarishat fen (Armenia)
23 janvier 2014
Depth-specific responses of a chironomid assemblage to contrasting anthropogenic pressures: a palaeolimnological perspective from the last 150 years
15 janvier 2014
1. The specific effects of three types of anthropogenic forcing (nutrient concentrations, climate change and fisheries management practices) on the benthic invertebrate community over the last 150 years in a re-oligotrophicated large, deep subalpine lake were investigated using chironomid (...)
Mid-crustal shear zone formation in granitic rocks: Constraints from quantitative textural and crystallographic preferred orientations analyses
14 janvier 2014
This paper presents quantitative microstructural and crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO) analyses of an Alpine amphibolite facies shear zone developed in the Fibbia metagranite (Gotthard massif, Central Alps). The weakly deformed metagranite and orthogneiss at the margins of the shear (...)
Influenza outbreaks management in a French psychiatric hospital from 2004 to 2012.
9 janvier 2014
OBJECTIVE: Influenza epidemics can have consequences in terms of morbidity and mortality for the patients. This work assesses influenza outbreaks in order to validate and optimize alert and control measures in a psychiatric hospital. METHOD: The prospective monitoring of influenza episodes was (...)
Lidar : initiation au traitement des données et à l'interprétation archéologique - cours 2013
7 janvier 2014
Introduction of a multiagent paradigm to optimise a case-based reasoning system designed to personalise three-dimensional numerical representations of human organs
5 janvier 2014
The Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) approach consists of retrieving solutions from similar past problems and adapting them to new problems. Interpolation tools can easily be used as adaptation tools in CBR-systems. The accuracies of interpolated results depend on the set of known solved problems (...)
Carbon sinks in small Sahelian lakes as an unexpected effect of land use changes since the 1960s (Saga Gorou and Dallol Bosso, SW Niger)
27 novembre 2013
For several decades, global change has resulted in an increase in runoff in the Sahelian belt, provoking major changes in the quality and quantity of sediments transported by drainage networks. One of the astonishing consequences is the establishment of numerous permanent lakes. The origins of (...)
Dispersal, landscape and travelling waves in cyclic vole populations.
23 novembre 2013
Travelling waves (TW) are among the most striking ecological phenomena emerging in oscillating populations. Despite much theory, understanding how real-world TW arise remains a challenge for ecology. Herein, we analyse 16-year time series of cyclic vole populations collected at 314 localities (...)
Association between Ambient Noise Exposure and School Performance of Children Living in An Urban Area: A Cross-Sectional Population-Based Study
23 novembre 2013
Most of the studies investigating the effects of the external noise on children's school performance have concerned pupils in schools exposed to high levels due to aircraft or freeway traffic noise. However, little is known about the consequences of the chronic ambient noise exposure at a level (...)
Optimal counting limit for fungal spore abundance estimation using Sporormiella as a case study
4 novembre 2013
The Mont-Saint-Michel Bay: an exceptional megatidal environment influenced by natural evolution and man-made modifications
8 octobre 2013
Case-Based Reasoning adaptation of numerical representations of human organs by interpolation
29 mai 2013
Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) and interpolation tools can provide solutions to unknown problems by adapting solutions from other problems already solved. We propose a generic approach using an interpolation tool during the CBR-adaptation phase. The application EquiVox, which attempts to design (...)