Expansive soils are one of the most serious problems which the foundation engineer faces. Several attempts are being made to control the swell-shrink behavior of these soils. One of the most effective and economical methods is to use chemical additives. Fly ash and desulphogypsum, both of which are by-products of coal burning thermal power plants, are accumulating in large quantities all over the world and pose serious environmental problems. In this study, the expansive soil was stabilized using the fly ash and desulphogypsum obtained from &Ccedil / ayirhan Thermal Power Plant. Fly ash and desulphogypsum were added to the expansive soil from 0 to 30 percent. Lime was used to see how efficient fly ash and desulphogypsum on expansive soil stabilization were, and was added to the expansive soil from 0 to 8 percent. The properties obtained were chemical composition, grain size distribution, consistency limits, swelling percentage, and rate of swell. Fly ash, desulphogypsum, and lime added samples were cured for 7 days and 28 days, after which they were subjected to free swell tests. Swelling percentage decreased and rate of swell increased with increasing stabilizer percentage. Curing resulted in further reduction in swelling percentage and further increase in rate of swell. 25 percent and 30 percent fly ash and desulphogypsum additions reduced the swelling percentage to levels comparable to lime stabilization.

Silicon magnetic sensors based on the Hall effect have proven to be an excellent sensor choice for many applications, such as position sensing, gear-tooth sensing, contact-less switching and linear sensing. Although a sensor can be trimmed over temperature before it is shipped to the customer, little can be done about the sensitivity's stability once the sensor has been installed in its final application. The goal of this project is to propose and implement mechanisms to stabilize the Hall sensor's sensitivity through the use of mechanical stress feedback and magnetic feedback.

Les pâtes à dissoudre, composées à 95% de cellulose, sont la matière première pour la production de fibres cellulosiques régénérées (viscose, Lyocell…) et de dérivés cellulosiques (ester, éther ou nitrate de cellulose). En tant qu’alternative aux matériaux issus de ressources pétrolières, ces produits connaissent actuellement un fort regain d’intérêt. Ainsi, la production de pâte à dissoudre devrait croître fortement au cours de la prochaine décennie. L’objectif de cette thèse est de proposer des procédés de conversion d’une pâte papetière de résineux en pâte à dissoudre. Pour cela les hémicelluloses présentes dans les pâtes kraft papetières doivent être extraites. Trois méthodes d’extraction d’hémicelluloses ont ainsi été étudiées : (1) une extraction alcaline à froid (CCE) dans des conditions non conventionnelles, (2) un procédé se divisant en deux étapes successives : un stade acide à haute température (150°C) suivie d’une extraction alcaline à chaud (AHCE) et (3) une hydrolyse enzymatique par trois enzymes commerciales (une xylanase, une mannanase, une cellulase). Les deux premières méthodes ont permis de produire des pâtes avec des caractéristiques proches des pâtes à dissoudre commerciales. Cependant, dans les trois voies d’extraction étudiées, l’extraction d’hémicelluloses n’a jamais atteint 100%. Des prétraitements des pâtes (raffinage, explosion à la vapeur, oxydation TEMPO) ont alors été testés pour améliorer l’extraction des hémicelluloses. De nouvelles séquences de purification basées sur la combinaison d’une étape de raffinage suivie d’une extraction alcaline à froid (CCE) peuvent être ainsi imaginées. La dernière partie de ces travaux de thèse s’est intéressée au gonflement des pâtes à dissoudre. Les travaux ont abouti à la création d’une nouvelle méthode simple et rapide de caractérisation du gonflement des fibres de pâte cellulosique. Cette méthode de mesure peut être, dans certaines conditions, considérée comme une mesure alternative de la réactivité des pâtes à dissoudre habituellement caractérisée par le test Fock. / Dissolving pulps, which are composed of 95% cellulose, are the raw materials for the production of regenerated cellulose fibres for textile application and for the production of cellulose derivatives. These products are alternatives to oil based materials. A growing demand in such products is expected in the next decades. Therefore, additional capacities in the production of wood dissolving pulp must be created. The purpose of this work is to develop hemicellulose removal processes with the aim to convert a softwood kraft paper pulp into a dissolving pulp. Three extraction methods were tested: (1) A cold caustic extraction process (CCE) performed under conventional and unconventional conditions; (2) A process consisting in an acid stage at high temperature (up to 150°C) followed by a hot caustic extraction (A-HCE); (3) An enzymatic hydrolysis using xylanase, mannanase, and cellulase. Conversion was quite successful with the two first processes. However, 100% of hemicellulose removal was never reached. In order to improve the hemicellulose extraction efficiency, several pre-treatments were tested (refining, steam explosion, TEMPO oxidation). The addition of a refining stage allows a reduction of the NaOH concentration during CCE extraction without affecting the hemicellulose extraction efficiency. The last part of this thesis work focus on the dissolving pulp swelling. A new and rapid test for the characterization of fibre swelling was developed. This method was used as an approach to the assessment of dissolving pulp reactivity in the viscose process in place of the Fock’s method.

La raréfaction des combustibles fossiles et la prise en compte de plus en plus importante des enjeux environnementaux incite à rechercher de nouvelles pistes de production, stockage et transport de l’énergie. Le développement de la filière hydrogène dépend des améliorations de chacun de ces principaux maillons qui sont la production, le stockage, la distribution et l’utilisation de l’hydrogène.Cette thèse se consacre au stockage de l’hydrogène par absorption dans des matériaux solides pulvérulents composés d’hydrures intermétalliques. Les performances de ce type de stockage dépendent grandement de la gestion des échanges de chaleurs imposés par le caractère exothermique de la réaction d’hydruration (absorption d’hydrogène par le matériau) et respectivement le caractère endothermique de la réaction de déshydruration (désorption d’hydrogène par le matériau). Cette nécessité a guidé la conception des réservoirs vers une architecture interne cellulaire. Si la thermique des réservoirs est très étudiée, les mécanismes de gonflement-dégonflement cycliques des hydrures lors de l’absorption et la désorption d’hydrogène sont assez peu abordés dans la littérature. Pourtant, les interactions mécaniques de la poudre hydrure sur les parois des cellules peuvent remettre en cause l’intégrité du réservoir. La mécanique des milieux granulaires constitue ainsi un apport essentiel à l’analyse et à termes à la prédiction du comportement mécanique du lit de poudre hydrure au sein du réservoir.Cette thèse présente en premier lieu la caractérisation expérimentale du comportement mécanique d’un hydrure intermétallique Ti-Cr-V à différents états de cyclage sous hydrogène en cellule instrumentée en incluant l’analyse des mécanismes de gonflement-dégonflement. L’analyse du comportement mécanique est abordée par une approche de type mécanique des milieux granulaires basée principalement sur la méthode des éléments discrets (DEM). Ces travaux ont permis d’identifier les caractéristiques et le comportement mécanique de l’hydrure (granulométrie, compression en matrice, écoulement) ainsi que l’évolution de paramètres liés au cyclage. Les effets du mécanisme de réarrangement opérant lors du cyclage à l’échelle des grains d’hydrure ont pu être identifiés expérimentalement. En particulier, la variation de volume cyclique du matériau entraine un tassement progressif du lit de poudre, une diminution de la porosité et une augmentation des niveaux de contraintes. Ce comportement a été reproduit numériquement par des simulations impliquant des particules discrètes de formes sphériques et de formes agrégées complexes. / It is harder and harder to find fossil fuels and it becomes therefore more and more expensive. Furthermore the environmental impacts of energy are more and more taken into account. For those reasons new solutions to produce, store, transport energy are currently researched and/or developed. Among those solutions, hydrogen system could be a good solution depending and how its main parts (production, storage, supply and use) are improved.This PhD is relative to hydrogen storage in intermetallic hydride compouds. Hydrogen tanks using these kind of materials have to allow good thermal control of the hydride powder especially because of the exothermicity of the hydriding and endothermicity of the unhydriding reaction. That's why the internal architecture of these vessels are often cellular, the cell walls playing the role of a thermal conductor. If the thermal aspects relative to these tanks are often studied, it is not the case of the mechanical phenomenon induced by the swelling and shrinking of the grains during absorption and desorption of hydrogène by the material. However, the mechanical interaction between the powder and the cell walls could endanger the tank.This PhD consists of two main parts. The first part is a mechanical study of the behavior of a Ti-Cr-V compound while the second is a mechanical modelling and analysis mainly by the Discretes Elements Method (DEM). Thanks to this work the main features and mechanical properties of the hydride (granulometry, matrix compaction, granular flow, powder density …) and their evolution due to cycling were measured. The influence of hydride grains rearrangement induced by hydride breathing were analysed experimentally. It lead to a progressive densification of the powder bed in instrumented cells that resulted in a decrease of porosity and an increase of stresses on cell walls. This effect was reproduced in discrete elements simulations of spherical and clump particles.

Submitted by Jos? Henrique Henrique (jose.neves@ufvjm.edu.br) on 2017-02-14T16:13:27Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) thiago_cesar_lima.pdf: 1162775 bytes, checksum: 1299abb85838ff2827416270126f508d (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rodrigo Martins Cruz (rodrigo.cruz@ufvjm.edu.br) on 2017-03-06T12:23:26Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) thiago_cesar_lima.pdf: 1162775 bytes, checksum: 1299abb85838ff2827416270126f508d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-06T12:23:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) thiago_cesar_lima.pdf: 1162775 bytes, checksum: 1299abb85838ff2827416270126f508d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016 / A remo??o de terceiros molares inferiores retidos ? um procedimento invasivo com extenso trauma tecidual e resposta inflamat?ria p?s-operat?ria consider?vel. O objetivo deste estudo foi comparar o efeito da dexametasona 8mg (grupo controle) com o diclofenaco s?dico 50mg associados com fosfato de code?na 50mg (grupo experimental) para o controle da dor, edema e trismo, ap?s a exodontia dos terceiros molares inferiores impactados. Trinta terceiros molares inferiores de quinze pacientes saud?veis, com idade m?dia de 22,8 anos (desvio padr?o 12,62) receberam dose oral e ?nica de um dos f?rmacos uma hora antes de cada procedimento cir?rgico (dentes do lado esquerdo ou direito). Ap?s a cirurgia o edema foi aferido em 24, 48, 72 horas e 7 dias, sendo determinado por medidas lineares sobre o rosto, o trismo foi determinado pela abertura m?xima de boca. A dor p?s-operat?ria foi determinada pelo paciente atrav?s de uma escala visual de anal?gica, em intervalos de 24 horas, dentro de um per?odo total de 72 horas. A an?lise dos dados envolveu estat?stica descritiva, teste de Shapiro-Wilk, Wilcoxon, e teste T emparelhado (P<0,05). A dexametasona obteve melhores resultados nas an?lises de dor (p = 0,016) e edema (p = 0,08) no per?odo de 48 horas. N?o houve diferen?as estatisticamente significativas entre as drogas em rela??o ao trismo e ao n?mero de analg?sicos consumidos. Em conclus?o, a administra??o preventiva da dexametasona 8mg apresentou melhor controle da dor e edema nas exodontias bilaterais de terceiros molares inferiores impactados. / Disserta??o (Mestrado) ? Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Odontologia, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, 2016. / Removing third retained molars is an invasive procedure with extensive tissue trauma and considerable postoperative inflammatory response. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of dexamethasone 8mg (control group) with diclofenac sodium 50mg associated with codeine phosphate 50 mg (experimental group) to control pain, swelling and trismus after extraction of third molars impacted. Thirty third molars fifteen healthy subjects with a mean age of 22.8 years (standard deviation 12.62) and received oral single dose of one of the drugs an hour before each surgery (teeth on the left or right). After surgery the edema was measured at 24, 48, 72 hours and 7 days, being determined by linear measurements on the face, trismus was determined by the maximum mouth opening. Postoperative pain was determined by the patient using a visual analogue scale at intervals of 24 hours, within a total period of 72 hours. The data analysis involved descriptive statistics, Shapiro-Wilk test, Wilcoxon test, and paired t-test (P <0.05). Dexamethasone better results in pain analysis (p = 0.016) and edema (p = 0.08) within 48 hours. There were no statistically significant differences between the drug relative to trismus, and the number of analgesics consumed. In conclusion, the preventive administration of dexamethasone 8mg showed better control of pain and edema in bilateral extractions of third molars impacted.

Les émissions de CO2 dans l'atmosphère sont reconnues comme ayant un effet significatif sur le réchauffement climatique. Le stockage géologique de CO2 est largement considéré comme une approche essentielle pour réduire l'impact de telles émissions sur l'environnement. De plus, injecter du dioxyde de carbone dans les veines de charbon remplies de méthane présent naturellement facilite la récupération de ce méthane, un processus connu sous le nom de récupération assistée du méthane des veines de charbon (ECBM en anglais). Mais le gonflement de la matrice de charbon induite par l'adsorption préférentielle de dioxyde de carbone par rapport au méthane conduit à la fermeture du système de cleats (un ensemble de petites fractures naturelles) du réservoir et donc à une perte d'injectivité. Cette thèse de doctorat est consacrée à l'étude de comment cet injectivité évolue en présence de fluides. Nous dérivons deux modèles poromécaniques à double porosité pour une veine de charbon saturée par un liquide pur. Les équations constitutives obtenues permettent de mieux comprendre et modéliser le lien entre injectivité de la veine de charbon et gonflement du charbon induit par l'adsorption. Pour les deux modèles, on considère l'espace poreux du réservoir comme divisé en les cleats macroporeuses et les pores de la matrice de charbon. Les deux modèles diffèrent dans la manière dont l'adsorption de fluide est prise en compte : le premier modèle est limité à une adsorption surfacique, tandis que le deuxième modèle peut être appliqué à l'adsorption dans un milieu possédant un réseau poreux générique, et donc dans un milieu microporeux comme le charbon, pour lequel l'adsorption se déroule principalement par remplissage de micropores. Le second modèle est calibré sur deux charbons avec des propriétés de sorption et de gonflement différentes. Nous effectuons alors des simulations à différentes échelles (du Volume Élémentaire Représentatif, de l'échantillon de charbon, la veine de charbon). En particulier, nous validons notre modèle sur des données expérimentales de variations de perméabilité de charbon induites par l'adsorption. Nous effectuons aussi des simulations de veines dont le méthane serait produit (un processus connu sous le nom de CBM en anglais) ou de veines sans méthane dans lesquelles du CO2 serait injecté. Nous étudions l'effet de différents paramètres tels que les conditions aux limites, la compressibilité de la matrice de charbon, ou la cinétique de transfert de liquide entre les cleats et la matrice de charbon. Dans une dernière partie, le modèle dérivé est étendu aux cas pour lesquels le charbon est en présence de mélanges fluides binaires tels que les mélanges de méthane et le dioxyde de carbone. Nous calibrons entièrement calibré ce modèle étendu sur des données disponibles obtenues expérimentalement et par simulations moléculaires. Des calculs sont alors effectués à l'échelle d'un Volume Élémentaire Représentatif pour prévoir comment sa porosité et sa perméabilité varient en présence de mélanges fluides de méthane et de dioxyde de carbone / CO2 emissions into the atmosphere are recognized to have a significant effect on global warming. Geological storage of CO2 is widely regarded as an essential approach to reduce the impact of such emissions on the environment. Moreover, injecting carbon dioxide in coal bed methane reservoirs facilitates the recovery of the methane naturally present, a process known as enhanced coal bed methane recovery (ECBM). But the swelling of the coal matrix induced by the preferential adsorption by coal of carbon dioxide over the methane in place leads to a closure of the cleat system (a set of small natural fractures) of the reservoir and therefore to a loss of injectivity. This PhD thesis is dedicated to a study of how this injectivity evolves in presence of fluids. We derive two poromechanical dual-porosity models for a coal bed reservoir saturated by a pure fluid. The resulting constitutive equations enable to better understand and model the link between the injectivity of a coal seam and the adsorption-induced swelling of coal. For both models, the pore space of the reservoir is considered to be divided into the macroporous cleats and the pores of the coal matrix. The two models differ by how adsorption of fluid is taken into account: the first model is restricted to surface adsorption, while the second model can be applied for adsorption in a medium with a generic pore size distribution and thus in a microporous medium such as coal, in which adsorption mostly occurs by micropore filling. The latter model is calibrated on two coals with different sorption and swelling properties. We then perform simulations at various scales (Representative Elementary Volume, coal sample, coal seam). In particular, we validate our model on experimental data of adsorption-induced variations of permeability of coal. We also perform simulations of seams from which methane would be produced (CBM) or of methane-free seams into which CO2 would be injected. We study the effect of various parameters such as boundary conditions, compressibility of the coal matrix, or kinetics of transfer of fluid between cleats and coal matrix. In a final part, the derived model is extended to cases for which coal is in presence of fluid binary mixtures such as mixtures of methane and carbon dioxide. We fully calibrate this extended model on available data obtained experimentally and by molecular simulations. Calculations are then performed at the scale of a Representative Elementary Volume in order to predict how its porosity and its permeability vary in presence of fluid mixtures of methane and carbon dioxide

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A cirurgia ortognática é o procedimento cirúrgico que visa a correção das deformidades dentofaciais esqueléticas e pode levar a diminuição dos movimentos mandibulares, dor e edema. Uma possibilidade de tratamento para essas consequências é a fototerapia com laser de baixa potência. O objetivo deste estudo foi realizar uma avaliação longitudinal dos movimentos mandibulares, dor e edema em pacientes submetidos à cirurgia ortognática bimaxilar, após fototerapia com laser de baixa potência (LLLT). Foram avaliados 30 pacientes, divididos em grupo laser (n=15) e grupo controle (n=15) de modo aleatório. O grupo laser recebeu laserterapia pós-operatória por 19 sessões. O grupo controle recebeu placebo de laserterapia. Os grupos foram comparados quanto aos movimentos mandibulares - abertura máxima, lateralidade e protrusão máxima, dor - escala visual analógica, edema - medidas entre pontos cefalométricos, em um período de 60 dias após a cirurgia. Foram aplicados testes estatísticos para comparação entre os grupos (p<0,05). Houve diferença significante para abertura máxima, lateralidade e protrusão máxima nos períodos de 14 a 60 dias para a maioria das comparações. Foi verificada diferença significante para dor pós-operatória na maioria das comparações, nos períodos 24 h a 5 semanas, sendo que grupo laser atingiu o valor 0, 2 semanas antes. Ocorreu redução do edema, sem diferença estatisticamente significante para maioria das mensurações. Com base neste estudo, foi possível concluir que após a fototerapia com laser de baixa potência (LLLT) houve um ganho nos valores de todos os movimentos mandibulares, não houve diferença significante para ocorrência de edema e houve uma diminuição da ocorrência de dor. / The orthognathic surgery is the surgical procedure that aims to correct skeletal dentofacial deformities and can lead to decrease in jaw movements, pain and edema. A possible treatment for these consequences is the low-power laser phototherapy. The aim of this study was a longitudinal evaluation of jaw movements, pain and edema in patients undergoing orthognathic surgery bimaxillary after lowlevel laser light therapy (LLLT). We evaluated 30 patients divided into laser group (n=15) and control group (n=15) randomly. The laser group received postoperative laser therapy for 19 sessions. The control group received laser therapy placebo. The groups were compared regarding jaw movements - maximum aperture, laterality and maximum protrusion, pain - visual analog scale, edema - measured between cephalometric points in a period of 60 days after surgery. Statistical tests were applied to compare the groups (p <0.05). There was a significant difference for maximum aperture, laterality and maximum protrusion in periods of 14 to 60 days for most comparisons. There was a significant difference in postoperative pain in most comparisons, in the periods 24 h to 5 weeks, and laser group reached the value 0 a 2 weeks before. There was a reduction of edema, with no statistically significant difference for most measurements. Based on this study, it was concluded that after phototherapy with low power laser (LLLT) there was a gain in the amount of all mandibular movements, there was no significant difference in the occurrence of edema and there was a decrease in the occurrence of pain.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-09T12:27:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-09T14:04:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Resveratrol (3, 4, 5-trihidroxiestilbeno) é um polifenol produzido por uma grande variedade de plantas em resposta ao estresse e encontrado predominantemente em cascas de uvas. Este princípio ativo apresenta vários benefícios à saúde, como a capacidade antioxidante, relacionada à prevenção de diversos tipos de câncer e do envelhecimento precoce da pele. No entanto, apresenta baixa biodisponibilidade quando administrado por via oral, o que torna interessante sua aplicação tópica. O principal objetivo deste trabalho foi a incorporação de resveratrol em hidrogéis poliméricos para obtenção de um sistema de liberação utilizado topicamente contra o desenvolvimento de desordens cutâneas, como o envelhecimento cutâneo e o câncer de pele. As matrizes poliméricas compostas por poli(N-vinil-2-pirrolidona) (PVP), poli(etileno glicol) (PEG) e ágar ou PVP e propano-1,2,3-triol (glicerina) e irradiadas a 20 kGy foram caracterizadas pelos ensaios de fração gel e intumescimento; sua biocompatibilidade preliminar foi avaliada in vitro por meio do ensaio de citotoxicidade utilizando o método de incorporação do vermelho neutro. Devido à baixa solubilidade do resveratrol em água, verificou-se o efeito da adição de 2% de etanol às matrizes. Todas as matrizes estudadas, contendo ou não álcool, apresentaram alto grau de reticulação, capacidade de intumescimento e não apresentaram toxicidade em ensaio preliminar de biocompatibilidade. Os dispositivos foram obtidos pela incorporação de resveratrol nas matrizes poliméricas, realizada de forma direta e indireta, ou seja, antes e após irradiação, respectivamente. Os dispositivos obtidos pelo método direto foram submetidos aos ensaios de fração gel, intumescimento e citotoxicidade e apresentaram-se semelhantes às respectivas matrizes. Os dispositivos contendo 0,05% de resveratrol obtidos pelo método direto e os dispositivos contendo 0,1% de resveratrol obtidos pelo método indireto foram submetidos ao ensaio de cinética de liberação durante 24 h. A quantificação do resveratrol liberado foi realizada por cromatografia líquida de alta eficiência (HPLC). Apenas os dispositivos obtidos pelo método indireto apresentaram capacidade de liberar o resveratrol incorporado, que apresentou capacidade antioxidante após liberação. / Dissertacao (Mestrado) / IPEN/D / Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares - IPEN-CNEN/SP