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Article Reference Barcoding organisms and tissues of policy concern: experiences from three years of BopCo
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2019
Conference Reference Base du crâne, labyrinthe osseux et dimorphisme sexuel : investigation morphométrique au sein d’un échantillon d’Europe de l’Ouest
L’estimation du sexe biologique d’un individu constitue une étape primordiale de l’analyse anthropologique, que ce soit en contexte archéologique ou forensique. Elle doit se fonder sur des méthodes de diagnose sexuelle reproductibles, fiables et validées. Néanmoins, cette tâche peut s’apparenter à un véritable défi lorsque la préservation des éléments diagnostiques osseux n’est pas optimale, et ce d’autant plus s’il s’agit de restes immatures ou brûlés. Face à de tels restes fragmentés, une voie prometteuse consisterait à mettre en place une méthode de diagnose sexuelle s’appuyant sur un élément osseux à la fois fortement dimorphique et à la survie taphonomique avérée. Alliant ostéométrie et outils digitaux au travers d’une approche strictement morphométrique, cette recherche propose d’évaluer le dimorphisme de la base du crâne (i.e., os occipital et temporaux) et celui du labyrinthe osseux de l’oreille interne sur un assemblage osseux comprenant 611 crânes et 121 labyrinthes appartenant à des sujets européens – immatures et adultes – d’âge et de sexe connus. Les résultats obtenus dans cette étude démontrent d’une part que le dimorphisme sexuel de l’os temporal est plus marqué que celui de l’os occipital, et ce dès la phase pubertaire, et d’autre part qu’il n’est pas possible d’établir une méthode de diagnose sexuelle indépendante de l’âge sur le labyrinthe osseux du fait des différences d’expression de son dimorphisme sexuel observées entre les immatures et les adultes. En outre, ce travail a permis d’établir plusieurs modèles prédictifs de diagnose sexuelle à partir de la base du crâne adulte (avec de 77 à 87 % de classification correcte), du labyrinthe osseux adulte (de 76 à 83 %) et du labyrinthe immature (de 76 à 84 %). Leurs qualités intrinsèques (i.e., reproductibilité, fiabilité, facilité d’utilisation et faible coût) en font des outils de diagnose sexuelle adaptés à l’examen de restes osseux fragmentaires.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2024
Proceedings Reference Baseline levels and trophic transfer of persistent organic pollutants, selected pesticides and trace metals in surface water, sediments and biota from the Congo River Basin (DR Congo)
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Proceedings Reference Bases de données de baguage et reprises de l’IRSNB au sujet de la Chouette Chevêche Athene noctua.
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Inproceedings Reference Bat ethical sampling in the Congo forest as a tool to monitor specific activity patterns and abundance.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2017
Article Reference Bear bones with red ochre traces in the Belgian Upper Palaeolithic: comparison with the use of colours in ethnographic bear rituals.
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Inproceedings Reference Bedrock ballast stones in Flanders: first evidence for the presence of Baltic glacial erratic boulders and their historical re-use in Belgium
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2016
Inproceedings Reference Bedrock morphology modelling using geologically-dependent empirical equations between resonance frequency and bedrock depth
Calculating thickness variations of soft sediments above bedrock is important for site effect characterisation, earthquake ground motion amplification and for hydrogeological and geothermal purposes. In case seismic array instrumentation is not available and hence shear-wave velocity profiles cannot be obtained, other correlation techniques need to be applied to accurately deduce bedrock depth. Nakamura’s H/V Spectral Ratio (HVSR) analysis of ambient noise is a powerful seismological method to reveal a site’s resonance frequency. The conversion from a resonance map to a bedrock depth map in areas with a different sedimentary cover in terms of layer thickness and lithologies is, however, not straightforward. Converting resonance frequencies to depth by applying a mean shear-wave velocity (Vs) will under- and overestimate bedrock depth at higher and lower topographies, respectively. Applying an empirical log-log (powerlaw) relationship between resonance frequency (obtained from HVSR analyses) and bedrock depth (obtained from boreholes) provides a much better depth estimation that considers the non-linear increase of Vs with depth. Accurate empirical equations can however only be constructed from HVSR measurements performed in areas with similar lithological sediments. In this study we present a high-resolution microzonation study performed in Brussels (Belgium) where both the sedimentary cover and the fractured top of the bedrock (i.e. the Brabant Massif) are of interest for their geothermal potential. Using 88 ambient noise measurements above boreholes we constructed four different powerlaw equations that are applicable to convert resonance frequency to depth in areas with a clayey, sandy-clayey, alluvial-clayey and alluvial sedimentary cover. Subsequently, 405 ambient noise measurements were conducted and converted to virtual boreholes using these four empirical equations. Measurements were used to map out bedrock depth in a 15km2 and a 25 km2 area applying a 200 m and 500 m station density spacing, respectively. The results demonstrate the presence of NW-SE oriented, 20 m-high ridges at 100 m depth that stand out because of differential erosion between less-resistant slaty (Tubize Formation) and hard quartzitic (Blanmont Formation) rock formations of the Brabant Massif. Separating seismic data according to their subsurface geology results in more accurate empirical frequency-depth conversion equations than if only one equation would be used for an entire area.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2018
Inproceedings Reference Behaviour and neural gene expression predict patterns of asymmetric hybridisation in a mouthbrooding cichlid genus (Ophthalmotilapia) from Lake Tanganyika
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2019
Article Reference Belgian cave entrance and rock-shelter sequences as palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic data recorders: the example of the Walou cave multi-proxy study
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2016