Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-03T15:15:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MarceloBS_DISSERT.pdf: 2228867 bytes, checksum: 46ad012b7ecf9d333c9b9a88bbfb0411 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-08-12 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / The diffusive epidemic process (PED) is a nonequilibrium stochastic model which, exhibits a phase trnasition to an absorbing state. In the model, healthy (A) and sick (B) individuals diffuse on a lattice with diffusion constants DA and DB, respectively. According to a Wilson renormalization calculation, the system presents a first-order phase transition, for the case DA > DB. Several researches performed simulation works for test this is conjecture, but it was not possible to observe this first-order phase transition. The explanation given was that we needed to perform simulation to higher dimensions. In this work had the motivation to investigate the critical behavior of a diffusive epidemic propagation with L?vy interaction(PEDL), in one-dimension. The L?vy distribution has the interaction of diffusion of all sizes taking the one-dimensional system for a higher-dimensional. We try to explain this is controversy that remains unresolved, for the case DA > DB. For this work, we use the Monte Carlo Method with resuscitation. This is method is to add a sick individual in the system when the order parameter (sick density) go to zero. We apply a finite size scalling for estimates the critical point and the exponent critical =, e z, for the case DA > DB / O processo epid?mico difusivo (PED) ? um modelo estoc?stico de n?o equil?brio que se inspira no processo de contato e que exibe uma transi??o de fase para um estado absorvente. No modelo, temos indiv?duos saud?veis (A) e indiv?duos doentes (B) se difundindo numa rede unidimensional com uma difus?o constante DA e DB, respectivamente. De acordo com os c?lculos do grupo de renormaliza??o, o sistema apresentou uma transi??o de fase de primeira ordem, para o caso DA > DB. V?rios pesquisadores realizaram trabalhos de simula??o para testar esta conjectura e n?o conseguiram observar esta transi??o de primeira ordem. A explica??o dada era que precis?vamos realizar simula??o para dimens?es maiores. Por isso, neste trabalho tivemos a motiva??o de investigarmos o comportamento cr?tico de um processo de propaga??o epid?mico difusivo com intera??o de L?vy (PEDL) em uma dimens?o. A distribui??o de L?vy tem intera??o de difus?o de todos os tamanhos levando o sistema unidimensional a um sistema de dimens?es maiores. Com isso, poderemos tentar explicar esta controv?rsia que existe at? hoje, para o caso DA > DB. Para este trabalho utilizamos o M?todo de Monte Carlo com ressuscitamento. Este m?todo consiste em acrescentar um indiv?duo doente no sistema quando o par?metro de ordem (densidade de doente) vai ? zero. Aplicamos a t?cnica de an?lise de escala de tamanho finito para determinarmos com boa precis?o o ponto cr?tico e os expoentes cr?ticos ??/v, v e z, para o caso DA > DB

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Disertace popisuje současné problémy v certifikaci malých letadel, které by se měly v budoucnu řešit numerickým modelováním. Tento postup má zefektivnit návrh a zlevnit certifikaci letadel. Práce je úzce spjata s projektem HIRF-SE, který se problematikou certifikace letadel numerickými metodami zabývá. Podstatná část práce je věnována popisu dvou modulů pro platformu HIRF-SE: řešič BUTFE založený na metodě konečných prvků v časové oblasti a budicí nástroj BUTFE_EXC. Práce popisuje řešení pohlcujících okrajových podmínek, modelování disperzních a anizotropních materiálů a aproximaci tenkých drátů. Speciální pozornost je věnována řešení aproximace tenkých drátů s ostrými ohyby, jejíž současná formulace způsobuje překryvy mezi jednotlivými segmenty drátu.

Depuis la fin des années 80 et l'avènement de la femto-chimie nous pouvons sonder la dynamique nucléaire à l’œuvre au cours de réactions chimiques à l'échelle de la femtoseconde. Plus récemment, la production d'impulsions lasers attosecondes isolées permet d'atteindre une résolution temporelle plus grande encore. Par elle, il devient possible de sonder la dynamique d'origine purement électronique induite par photo-excitation, et notamment photo-ionisation. Dans ce contexte, avec le développement des techniques de spectroscopie résolue en temps, il est important de disposer d'approches théoriques fiables aidant à l'appréhension de résultats toujours plus nombreux dans ce domaine. La tâche et néanmoins rendue difficile par le caractère profondément multi-électronique des processus en jeu. Traiter de tels effets précisément requiert une grande puissance de calcul, ce qui a limité les études disponibles aujourd'hui à de petits systèmes. Au cours de cette thèse, j'ai tenté d'expliquer les résultats d'une expérience de type "pompe-sonde" (UVX-IR) sur molécule de Caféine menée par une équipe de collaborateurs à l'Institut lumière matière. J'ai utilisé pour cela une méthode basée sur la théorie de la fonctionnelle de la densité dépendante du temps, la TD-DFTB dont le coût numérique réduit par rapport à cette dernière permet des calculs sur de gros systèmes en temps raisonnable. J'y présente une étude du paysage énergétique de la Caféine ainsi que le résultat de 2 approches distinctes pour simuler l'ionisation de ce composé. La première, l'approximation de l'ionisation soudaine cosiste à retirer "à la main" un électron à l'une des orbitales Kohn-Sham occupées du système neutre et ne tient pas compte du champ laser. La seconde à recours à un potentiel imaginaire (ou CAP - Complex Absorbing Potential) pour simuler la perte d'electrons, et tiens explicitement compte du champ laser / Since the advent of femtochemistry, at the end of 1980's, we are able to probe the nuclear dynamics underlying chemical reactions down to the scale of a femtosecond. More recently, the production of isolated attosecond pulses allows to reach an even bigger temporal resolution. It is now possible to probe the ultrafast electronic dynamics following a photo-excitation. In this context, with the developpement of time-resolved spectroscopy techniques, it is important to have reliable theorectical approaches in order to apprehend the increasing number of results in this field. This task is made difficult by the intrinsic multi-electronic nature processes at play. The precise treatment of such effects requires a considerable computing power, and have thus limited the availables studies to relatively small systems. In this thesis, I tried to explain the outcome of a "pump-probe" (XUV-IR) experiment on Caffeine molecule realized by our collaborators at the Insitut Lumière Matière. To do so, I used a method based on density functional theory, the TD-DFTB, which lower numerical cost with respect to TD-DFT allows calculation on bigger compounds. I present in the document a study of the energetical landscape of Caffeine, and 2 approaches to simulate ionization. The first one, the so called sudden-ionization approximation consist to retrieve "by hand" an electron from the occupied Kohn-Sham orbitals of the neutral system without taking the laser field into account. The other one is based on the introduction of a complex absorbing potential (CAP) to account for electron loss and take explicitely the laser field into account.

A realistic description of ionization in intense laser fields is implemented into the Non-Adiabatic Quantum Molecular Dynamics (NA-QMD) formalism. First, the error of a finite basis expansion is considered and a new measure is proposed for time-dependent calculations. This is used to investigate systematically the influence of the used basis set in calculations on the hydrogen atom in intense laser fields. Second, absorbing boundary conditions in basis expansion are introduced via an imaginary potential into the effective one-particle Hamiltonian. It is shown that the used form of the absorber potential is valid in many-electron time-dependent density functional theory calculations, i.e. that only ionized states are affected by the absorbing potential. The absorber is then tested on reference calculations that exist for H and aligned H+2 in intense laser fields. Excellent agreement is found. Additionally, an approximative treatment of the missing electron-nuclear correlations is proposed. It is found in calculations on H+2 that a qualitative improvement of the description of nuclear dynamics results. The extension of the NA-QMD formalism is then used to investigate the alignment behavior of diatomic molecules. Recent experiments on H+2 and H2 are reviewed and explained. It is found that dynamic alignment, i.e. the laser induced rotation of the molecule, plays a central role. The alignment behavior of H+2 and H2 and its intensity dependence is investigated after that. A drastic difference between H+2 and H2 is found in NA-QMD as well as model calculations. Then, the focus is on an astonishing new effect that has been found in N2 calculations. This effect which is called "rotational destabilization" is studied on the model system H+2. Yet, it might be observable only in heavy dimers and might have already been found in an experiment on I2.

Данная работа содержит 52 страницы машинописного текста, включая 19 рисунков, 1 таблицу и 106 литературных источников. Работа посвящена изучению разнообразия совокупности признаков корней четырех семейств однодольных растений – Orchidaceae Juss., Iridaceae L., Poaceae Barnhart и Cyperaceae Juss., в условиях бореальной климатической зоны. В анализ вошли материалы, предоставленные научным руководителем (данные по строению корней представителей семейств Orchidaceae, Poaceae, Cyperaceae) и оригинальные сборы. Цель – выявить разнообразие синдромов корневых признаков у четырех семейств однодольных растений бореальной зоны. Для достижения цели были поставлены следующие задачи: изучить строение поглощающих корней представителей семейств Orchidaceae, Iridaceae, Poaceae, Cyperaceae; изучить внешние признаки корневых систем представителей семейств Orchidaceae, Iridaceae, Poaceae, Cyperaceae; сравнить комплекс количественных и качественных признаков в масштабе всей корневой системы у таксонов с разными типами микориз, а также с преобладанием немикоризных видов. С помощью классических методов структурной ботаники были изучены внешние признаки корневых систем и строение поглощающих корней. Получали микротомные срезы поглощающих корней, которые анализировали под микроскопом Leica DM 5000 в светлом поле и в синих лучах длиной волны 365 нм (флуоресцентная микроскопия). С помощью окулярмикрометра измеряли диаметр корня и стелы, толщину коры, длину корневых волосков, подсчитывали число сосудов ксилемы. На продольных препаратах определяли встречаемость корневых волосков. Число порядков ветвления корневой системы фиксировали по функциональной классификации [McCormack et al., 2015]. Установление микоризации выполняли методом световой микроскопии (Leica DM 5000; ×100) после предварительной мацерации корней в КОН и окрашивания анилиновым синим [Селиванов, 1981]. Обработка данных производилась в программе EXCEL, а с помощью программы STATISTICA был проведен однофакторный дисперсионный анализ ANOVA. Результаты исследований показали, что корни разных таксонов однодольных сильно различаются по внешнему и внутреннему строению. Были выявлены синдромы корневых признаков: Orchidaceae – толстые не ветвящиеся корни с сильно развитой специализированной микоризой, с относительно толстой корой и стелой, длинными корневыми волосками и без выраженной экзодермы; Iridaceae – толстые сильно разветвленные корни с мощной экзодермой, короткими редко встречающимися корневыми волосками и интенсивной АМ; Poaceae – тонкие разветвленные корни с невыраженной экзодермой, с короткими, часто встречающимися корневыми волосками и интенсивной АМ; Cyperaceae – тонкие, сильно разветвленные корни с хорошо развитыми корневыми волосками и другими приспособлениями к автономному почвенному питанию, АМ встречается редко. / This work contains 52 pages of typewritten text, including 19 figures, 1 table and 106 literature sources. The work is devoted to the study of the diversity of the totality of the traits of the roots of four families of monocotyledonous plants – Orchidaceae Juss., Iridaceae L., Poaceae Barnhart and Cyperaceae Juss., in the conditions of the boreal climatic zone. The analysis included materials provided by the scientific advisor (data on the structure of roots of representatives of the families Orchidaceae, Poaceae, Cyperaceae) and original collections. The goal is to identify the diversity of root trait syndromes in four families of monocotyledonous plants in the boreal zone. To achieve the goal, the following tasks were set: to study the structure of absorbing roots of representatives of the families Orchidaceae, Iridaceae, Poaceae, Cyperaceae; to study the external signs of root systems of representatives of the families Orchidaceae, Iridaceae, Poaceae, Cyperaceae; to compare the complex of quantitative and qualitative characters on the scale of the entire root system in taxa with different types of mycorrhizal, as well as with a predominance of nonmycorrhizal species. Using classical methods of structural botany, the external signs of root systems and the structure of absorbing roots were studied. Received microtome sections of absorbing roots, which were analyzed under a Leica DM 5000 microscope in a bright field and in blue beams with a wavelength of 365 nm (fluorescence microscopy). Using an eyepiece micrometer, the following was measured: the diameter of the root and stele, the thickness of the cortex, the length of root hairs, and the number of xylem vessels was counted. On longitudinal preparations, the occurrence of root hairs was determined. The number of orders of branching of the root system was fixed according to the functional classification [McCormack et al., 2015]. Mycorrhiza was determined by light microscopy (Leica DM 5000; × 100) after preliminary maceration of the roots in KOH and staining with aniline blue [Selivanov, 1981]. The data were processed using the EXCEL program, and the one-way ANOVA was carried out using the STATISTICA program. The research results showed that the roots of different monocotyledonous taxa differ greatly in their external and internal structure. Syndromes of root signs were identified: Orchidaceae – thick non-branching roots of with highly developed specialized mycorrhiza, with relatively thick bark and stele, long root hairs and without pronounced exoderm; Iridaceae – thick, highly branched roots of with powerful exoderm, short rare root hairs and intense AM; Poaceae – thin branched roots of with an indistinct exoderm, with short, frequently occurring root hairs and intense AM; Cyperaceae – thin, highly branched roots of with well-developed root hairs and other adaptations to autonomous soil nutrition, AM is rare.

台灣工業區因應工業發展之需要已經歷經近三十年之發展，隨著大環境及產業結構的改變，加上工業區因為年代久遠，區內設備老舊失修且區內管理服務中心無法滿足廠商需求，使區內廠商外移嚴重，產生工業區土地閒置問題，於是工業區再造議題應聲而起。觀察台灣島內對於工業區再造之措施，都僅於區內環境及設備之改善，土地閒置問題仍然嚴重。 另一方面，因為地球氣候暖化問題嚴重，國際間對於二氧化碳排放量的管制隨著京都議定書的訂定產生標準及制裁行動；而油價持續上漲，如何節省能源也成為各國熱烈討論的 話題。台灣本島人口僅占全球0.4%，但二氧化碳排放量比例確高達0.96%；能源資源有限，然台灣能源皆需仰賴進口，身為地球之一份子，如何節能減碳亦成為台灣責無旁貸的目標。 在討論二氧化碳減量的方式中，增加植樹造林面積是被認為成本最低且對國家整體經濟之衝擊面影響最小，同時京都議定書對於造林減碳的方式亦予以肯定。 是否可以全面植樹來再造工業區成為本文之重點，藉由工業區以全面植樹再造之利弊分析來提供另一思維，既可解決工業區再造問題又能達到節能減碳的目標。 本文選定林口工二工業區作為個案，以其全面植樹之淨現值等資本預算方析及SWOT分析來說明其可行性，希望作為台灣工業區再造之參考。 / The industrial districts in Taiwan are facing the problem of land unused due to the movement of factories inside the district and the reason is that the old environmental facilities and the service of district center being unable to meet the request of factories with the change of external environment and industrial structure. How to regenerate these industrial districts becomes a critical issue. Using the measures which only focus on the improvement of environment and facilities can not solve the problem. On the other hand, to control and punish the heavy CO2 emission has been taken globally with the implement of Kyoto Protocol in order to ease the problem of climate warming on the earth. With the rapid rise of oil price, how to save the energy also becomes the hot issue. Taiwan island is with 0.4% of global population, compared with the high percent of 0.96% on the CO2 emission and the energy is imported mostly, as the member of the earth village, to save the energy and decrease the CO2 emission becomes the inevitable responsibility and important objective. Analyzing the possibility to plant the tree comprehensively to regenerate the old industrial district is the key point of this study, hoping to provide another kind of thinking on this issue, Moreover, to meet the goal of saving energy and decreasing CO2 emission. Based on the case study of Linko industrial district，the measure of NPV the kind of capital budget analysis and SWOT analysis are used as the reference to regenerate the old industrial district in Taiwan.

Ultraviolet light is damaging but fish have evolved protective mechanisms, which allows them to live in shallow water reefs, high in UV radiation. This thesis details my investigation into the physiological ecology of solar ultraviolet (UV) absorbing compounds, known as mycosporine-like amino acids found in the external epithelial mucus, and examines the supporting role potentially played by a UV-induced DNA repair mechanism in coral reef fish of the Indo-Pacific. Using reverse phase chromatography and UV spectrophotometry, I examined whether the distribution of MAA compounds across different areas of the body is correlated with differential UV exposure. Comparisons were made between the MAA content and the absorbance spectra of mucus from the dorsal, ventral, caudal and head body surface areas in five species of Scaridae (Chlorurus sordidus, Scarus schlegeli, S. niger, S. psittacus and S. globiceps) from Ningaloo Reef, Coral Bay, Western Australia. All fish analysed had at least five MAAs present, and results showed that fish had increased UV absorbance in mucus over the dorsal area, which receives the brunt of UV radiation. Little UV protection was found in mucus from the ventral area, which receives the lower level of UV radiation mostly via reflection of the sand and reef surfaces. Furthermore, UV absorbance per mg dry mucus versus standard fish length showed that there is a positive relationship in C. sordidus with increasing size. I examined whether there is a difference in the quantity of UV screening compounds found in the mucus of fish along a longitudinal geographical gradient from inshore reefs (Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef) to the outer edge reefs to oceanic reefs (Osprey Reef). MAA absorbance increased with longitudinal distance from the mainland landmass of Australia to more oligotrophic outer reefs, where UV attenuation is reduced and the ocean is more transparent to UV wavelength. I determined that fish living on inshore, more turbid reefs where UV attenuation in shallow waters is high have lower levels of MAA protection than fish from clear oceanic reefs. Furthermore, there seems to be a direct relationship between light attenuation and exposure with the quantity of protective sunscreening found in the mucus of reef fish. It is know that UV irradiation decreases with water depth and that mucus from fish with deep habitats absorbs less UV than that of fish from shallow habitats. It is unknown however, whether this UV protection is variable within the same individuals and if so, how fast changes 11 occur. To test this, I relocated 9 ambon damselfish from a deep reef (18 m) to a shallow reef (1.5 m) to expose fish to increased levels of UV and relocated another 7 fish from a shallow to a deep reef to expose fish to decreased levels of UV. One week after relocation, all fish were returned to their original reef site to determine whether MAA levels would return to their initial levels. Fish relocated to a shallower depth were recovered and had a 60% (SD+/-2%) increase in mucus UV absorbance. Conversely, the fish relocated to a deeper depth were recovered and had a 41% (SD+/-1%) decrease mucus UV absorbance. No difference was found between UV absorbance of relocated and original fish at both depth. Six days after fish were returned to their original reef, mucus UV absorbance levels had returned to 67% +/- 4% of the original level. These results show that mucus UV absorbance is variable in individual ambon damselfish and that the sunscreen protection typical for a certain depth is reached in relocated fish within just a few days of relocation. The rate of MAA loss is higher than the accumulation of MAAs suggesting that diet is not the sole determining factor involved in the sequestration of MAAs to mucus. The cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus performs a mutualistic service by removing ectoparasites such as gnathiid isopods as well other dead infected tissue from its clients. Cleaner fish however are also known to feed on client mucus. The benefits of eating mucus until recently were unclear. In this study, we analysed the mucus of several cleaner fish clients to determine whether mucus feeding has a nutritional advantage over gnathiids and whether cleaner fish obtain their own MAA protection through this dietary mucus ingestion. Results show that host fish that are infected with gnathiids of poor nutritional value, in contrast to those that harbour gnathiids with higher nutritional value, continuously exude mucus that has both high nutritional value and high MAA content. These findings support the conclusion that in a competitive market for cleaners some host fish are forced to offer more than parasites to cleaners. Ultraviolet light that is not filtered by UV absorbing compounds such as MAA may still lead to DNA damage such as the formation of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) or 6-4 photoproducts (6-4 PPs). However, coral reef fish have alternative mechanisms to overcome UV induced damage via the photolyase DNA repair mechanisms. We experimentally demonstrated for the first time that a coral reef fish species, the moon wrasse Thalassoma lunare has the ability to repair DNA damage via photoreactivation. Fish both with and without MAA protection were irradiated with UVB wavelength to induce DNA lesions. Half of the experimental fish were then exposed to photoreactivating wavelength to induce DNA repair 12 while the other fish were blocked from the repair mechanisms. Fish which had undergone DNA repair had the lowest number of lesions regardless of mucus MAA protection. When fish were blocked from photoreactivation wavelengths MAA sunscreens clearly served a photoprotective role. The amount of damage was greatest in fish which both lacked MAAs and which were also blocked from photoreactivating wavelengths. Thus for the overall UV protection of fish both the MAA sunscreens as well as the DNA repair system play a significant role in counteracting UV damage. Ultraviolet protection by MAA sunscreens is ubiquitous in marine fish. To date the same 5 MAA compounds (palythine (λmax 320 nm), asterina (λmax 330 nm), palythinol (λmax 332 nm), usujirene (λmax 357 nm) and palythene (λmax 360nm) have been identified in the mucus of several different species of reef fish from Australia. Here we report the first evidence of the presence of additional UV absorbing compounds found in the mucus of fish from Indonesia. Using UV spectroscopy the mucus of four species of fish was compared between both geographical regions. The presence of an additional peak between 294-296 nm wavelengths suggests the presence of gadusol and/or deoxygadusol, which are photoprotective compounds, thought to be the precursors of MAAs. Thus, UV protecting compounds in the mucus of fish may not be as conserved between different regions as previously assumed. Our knowledge concerning the effect of UV radiation has advanced considerably in the past decade and my research findings contribute to the better understanding of protective mechanisms of marine fish. The correlations I have found between UV attenuation/exposure, depth, and longitude of sampled individuals lead me to believe that mucus UV absorbing MAA compounds are a highly efficient adaptive defence.

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Um der Mikrowellenerwärmung als Single- oder Hybridanwendung im industriellen Ofenbau ein weiteres Anwendungsspektrum zu eröffnen, wird dem Anlagenkonstrukteur im Rahmen dieser Arbeit eine Aufstellung von Entwicklungsprioritäten und Konstruktionshinweisen übergeben. Für eine energieeffiziente Ausnutzung des technologischen Potenzials wird hierbei nicht - wie in der Vergangenheit - die Feldstärkenverteilung, sondern das Reflexionsverhalten in den Vordergrund gestellt. Durch die Entwicklung und den Aufbau eines Messplatzes zur Bestimmung temperaturspezifischer Dielektrizitätsparameter konnte die Realitätsnähe der Simulation für die anwendungsorientierte Applikatorentwicklung gesteigert werden. Die Anwendbarkeit der Auslegungskriterien wird im Rahmen der Projektierung und des Aufbaus einer Beispielanlage zur Entbinderung von keramischen Grünkörpern und bei der Entwicklung zahlreicher mikrowellenspezifischer Anlagenbauteile verifiziert.