Ce mémoire traite des concepts et de l'implantation du Web sémantique et du Web de données au sein d'institutions documentaires. Une analyse et une définition des technologies caractérisant ces concepts sont d'abord présentés dans l'objectif de les clarifier et d'assurer une bonne compréhension des différents enjeux qui en découlent pour les acteurs du domaine. Ensuite, les éléments démontrant la pertinence et les défis pour les professionnels de l'information sont décrits. Puis, l'objectif est d'analyser le processus de mise sur pied d'un projet de Web de données au sein de la Bibliothèque nationale de France pour proposer une transposition possible au contexte de Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, en vue d'une application. La liste des treize étapes pour l'implantation d'un projet de Web de données en bibliothèque ainsi que la proposition de l'application d'une méthodologie de développement de logiciel à ces pratiques sont ensuite présentées. Suite à cette analyse, des recommandations quant aux différentes étapes d'implantation sont proposées. / This dissertation discusses the concepts and implementation of Semantic Web and Linked Data within libraries. Analysis and definition of technologies characterizing these concepts are first presented with the objective to clarify and ensure a good understanding of the various issues arising for actors in the field. Then, the elements demonstrating the relevance and challenges for information professionals are described. The objective is to analyze the implementation process of a Linked Data project with the Bibliothèque nationale de France to propose a possible transposition to the context of Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, for an application within the latter. A list of thirteen steps for the implementation of a library Linked Data project and the proposal for applying a software development process on these practices are presented. Following this analysis, recommendations regarding these various stages of implementation are proposed.

Approved for public release, distribution is unlimited / The focus of this thesis is to use and leverage the strengths of dynamic computer program analysis methodologies in software engineering testing and debugging such as program behavior modeling and event grammars to automate the building and analysis of combat simulations. An original high level language METALS (Meta-Language for Combat Simulations) and its associated parser and C++ code generator were designed to reduce the amount of time and developmental efforts needed to build sophisticated real world combat simulations. A C++ simulation of the Navy's current mine avoidance problem in littoral waters was generated using high level METALS description in the thesis as a demonstration. The software tools that were developed will allow users to focus their attention and efforts in the problem domain while sparing them to a considerable extent the rigors of detailed implementation. / Major, Republic of Singapore Navy

Submitted by Leticia Schettini (leticia@ufrrj.br) on 2016-10-25T13:23:17Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2007 - Esmeralda Aparecida Porto Lopes.pdf: 883696 bytes, checksum: f8674ae83ea197a31035a6bf14482b84 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-25T13:23:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2007 - Esmeralda Aparecida Porto Lopes.pdf: 883696 bytes, checksum: f8674ae83ea197a31035a6bf14482b84 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-03-02 / The study had the objective of evaluating height and density of crotalaria planting (Crotalaria juncea L.) as biomass indicators of production, N accumulation, and potential of nitrogen biological fixation in the plant, and its influence in the maize crop (Zea mays L.). Also to obtain a corn response pattern to green manure and equivalence to N added as ammonium sulphate fertilizer. The study was conducted in 2005 and 2006, under field conditions, in the experimental area of Embrapa Agrobiologia, Serop?dica, RJ. The soil in the experimental area was identified as a Fragiudult. In the first experiment, a randomized block with four replicates design was used to test four planting densities of crotalaria (50, 100, 150 e 200 plants m-2). In the second experiment, it was used a randomized block, and it was evaluated the corn crop response pattern to doses of 0, 75, 150, 225 and 300 kg N ha-1, applied in the form of crotalaria biomass, without incorporation in the soil. For comparing N corn response it was used as reference the N fertilizer ammonium sulphate, at 0, 38, 75, 113 and 150 kg N ha-1 dosages. In the first experiment, the height of crotalaria plants was affected by the plant densities per linear meter (15, 30, 45 and 60 pl/m), starting at 48 days after the planting. The density treatment of 15 plants presented the tallest height. The variation of crotalaria plants population did not favor differences in N accumulation, biological nitrogen fixation, ratio shoot/leaf and dry aerial biomass production of crotalaria. On average, crotalaria produced an amount of dry mass of 9.0 Mg ha-1 and accumulated 164.36 kg N ha-1, with an average height of 2.6 m. From the total of N accumulated by crotalaria, 59% derived from BNF and the remaining from the soil. This leguminous was able to add to soil, through BNF, about 97 kg N ha-1, consisting in an excellent strategy of supplying N to soil. The different crotalaria population arrangements resulted in a production of aerial dry matter and N accumulation in corn, in the milky grain stage, higher than the reference plot without N. In the second experiment, crotalaria produced an amount of dry matter of 11.5 Mg ha-1 and accumulated 328 kg N ha-1 in 112 days. Each unit of mineral-N and green manure-N resulted in an increment of 22.27 and 11.98 kg ha-1, respectively. A linear model was also adjusted for total N accumulation in corn as function of green manure-N doses (R2 = 0.64) and with Nammonium sulphate (R2 = 0.79) to 5% of significance level. Each unit of mineral-N and green manure-N resulted in an increment of 0.43 and 0.09 kg ha-1, respectively. It was concluded, through the angular coefficients of the linear regression equations, which green manure and mineral fertilizer did not presented same efficiency, neither in crotalaria dry biomass production nor in total N accumulation. Therefore, it takes twice and five times more green manure to reach the same production of dry matter and total N accumulation, respectively. / O estudo teve como objetivos avaliar a altura e a densidade de plantio de crotal?ria (Crotalaria juncea L.) como indicadores da produ??o de biomassa, acumula??o de N e potencial de fixa??o biol?gica de nitrog?nio na planta, e sua influ?ncia na cultura do milho (Zea mays L.), assim como se obter uma curva de resposta da cultura do milho ? aduba??o verde, em equival?ncia ao N na forma de sulfato de am?nio. Foram conduzidos trabalhos experimentais nos anos de 2005 e 2006, sob condi??es de campo na ?rea experimental da Embrapa Agrobiologia, Serop?dica, RJ. Os experimentos foram instalados em um Planossolo H?plico, sendo que, no primeiro experimento, utilizou-se um delineamento em blocos ao acaso, com quatro repeti??es, para testar quatro densidades de plantio de crotal?ria (50, 100, 150 e 200 plantas m-2). No segundo experimento, utilizou-se um delineamento em blocos ao acaso e avaliou-se a resposta da cultura do milho ?s doses de 0, 75, 150, 225 e 300 kg N ha-1 na forma de parte a?rea de crotal?ria, sem incorpora??o no solo, tendo como refer?ncia a resposta ? fertiliza??o com doses de 0, 38, 75, 113 e 150 kg N ha-1 na forma de N-sulfato de am?nio. No primeiro experimento, a altura da planta de crotal?ria foi afetada pelas densidades de plantas por metro linear (15, 30, 45 e 60 pl/m) a partir dos 48 dias ap?s o plantio, sendo a densidade de 15 plantas a que apresentou a maior altura. A varia??o da popula??o de plantas de crotal?ria n?o favoreceu diferen?as na acumula??o de N, fixa??o biol?gica de nitrog?nio, rela??o caule/folha e produ??o de biomassa seca a?rea pela crotal?ria. Em m?dia, a crotal?ria produziu uma quantidade de mat?ria seca de 9,0 Mg ha-1 e acumulou 164,36 kg N ha-1, com uma altura m?dia de (2,6 m). Do total de N acumulado pela crotal?ria, 59% foram derivados da FBN, sendo o restante proveniente do solo. Sendo assim, essa leguminosa foi capaz de aportar ao solo, via FBN, cerca de 97 kg N ha-1, constituindo-se em uma excelente estrat?gia de fornecimento de N ao solo. Os diferentes arranjos populacionais da crotal?ria resultaram em uma produ??o de mat?ria seca a?rea e ac?mulo de nitrog?nio no milho no est?dio de gr?o leitoso superior a testemunha n?o nitrogenada. No segundo experimento, a crotal?ria produziu uma quantidade de mat?ria seca de 11,5 Mg ha-1, acumulou 328 kg N ha-1 em 112 dias. Um no milho em fun??o das doses de N como adubo verde (R2 = 0,64) e com N-Sulfato de am?nio (R2 = 0,79) ao n?vel de 5% de signific?ncia. Para cada unidade de N mineral e Nadubo verde resultou em um incremento de (0,43 e 0,09 kg ha-1), respectivamente. Concluiuse atrav?s dos coeficientes angulares das equa??es de regress?o linear que o adubo verde e o adubo mineral n?o apresentaram a mesma efici?ncia quanto a produ??o de biomassa a?rea seca da crotal?ria nem quanto ao ac?mulo de N-total, sendo portanto necess?rio duas e cinco vezes a mais adubo verde para alcan?ar a mesma produ??o de mat?ria seca e ac?mulo de Ntotal, respectivamente.

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No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Polianna Alves Silva Dias - 2017.pdf: 2130972 bytes, checksum: 17a85863b4938d2462080a2033d86cee (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-04-07 / In species rich in protein, like common bean, the nitrogen is considered as the most limiting nutrient in the development of the crop. One way to acquire the N by common bean is through biological nitrogen fixation (BNF). Despite its importance, there are no studies aiming the selection of common bean genotypes under rhizobia inoculation in multiple environments. Thus, the objectives of this studies were: to study the effect of interaction (GxF) of common bean elite lines with nitrogen fertilization and/or rhizobia inoculation; to select lines with high grain yield adaptability and stability and high agronomic performance when inoculated with rhizobia; to assess the variability of the elite lines for the nodulation traits; and to identify lines with superior nodulation traits under BNF cultivation. They were evaluated 19 carioca genotypes and 15 of the black group, in trials conducted separately by grain group. At first, experiments for the evaluation of agronomic traits were conducted at the states of Goiás, Paraná, Mato Grosso and at Distrito Federal, in three sowing seasons (rainy, winter and dry), in 2011 and 2012. Two trials were installed at each environment (location/sowing season/year), one with mineral nitrogen fertilization (80 kg N ha-1) and another with the inoculation of the seeds with Rhizobium tropici and R. freirei strains. The grain yield, sieve yield, 100 grains weight, plant architecture, lodging tolerance and the reaction to anthracnose and angular leaf spot were evaluated. Then, the lines were evaluated during rainy/2013 and winter/2014 seasons, at Santo Antônio de Goiás/GO, under rhizobia inoculation and nitrogen fertilization, in which they were assessed the nodule number, nodule dry and specific weight, nodules activity and shoot dry weight. The relative nodulation index was used on the selection of lines for the nodulation traits. Individual and combined analyses of variance were performed and they were estimated the Spearman correlations and the coincidence index on the selection of the best 30% lines with inoculation and with N fertilization. Grain yield adaptability and stability analyses were performed by the Nunes graphical method. Even though the interaction GxF was significant for some traits in both grain groups, it did not influence on the selection of the best genotypes. The lines of both groups are more productive when fertilized with mineral N, however, the carioca lines lodge less under BNF. The carioca line CNFC 15086 and the cultivars of black group BRS FP403 and BRS Esteio are indicated for cultivation under both N sources. The lines of both grain groups show higher performance for nodulation traits when inoculated. The genotypes BRS Sublime, CNFC 15010 and CNFC 15003 of the carioca group, and BRS Campeiro and CNFP 15177 of the black group are selected for the nodulation traits. / Em espécies ricas em proteína, como o feijoeiro-comum, o nitrogênio é tido como o nutriente mais limitante ao desenvolvimento da cultura. Uma das formas de aquisição do N pelo feijoeiro-comum é via fixação biológica de nitrogênio (FBN). Apesar de sua importância, inexistem estudos para seleção de genótipos de feijoeiro-comum sob inoculação com rizóbio em múltiplos ambientes para cultivo. Os objetivos do trabalho foram: estudar o efeito da interação (GxF) de linhagens elite de feijoeiro-comum com a adubação nitrogenada mineral e/ou inoculação com rizóbio; selecionar linhagens com alta adaptabilidade e estabilidade produtiva e alto desempenho agronômico quando inoculadas com rizóbio; avaliar a variabilidade das linhagens para os caracteres relativos à nodulação; e identificar linhagens com características de nodulação superiores para utilização em cultivo sob FBN. Foram avaliados 19 genótipos do grupo carioca e 15 do grupo preto, em ensaios separados por grupo de grão. Inicialmente foram feitos experimentos para avaliação de caracteres agronômicos, nos Estados de Goiás, Paraná, Mato Grosso e no Distrito Federal, em três épocas de semeadura (águas, inverno e seca), em 2011 e 2012. Foram instalados dois ensaios em cada ambiente (local/época de semeadura/ano), um com adubação nitrogenada mineral (80 kg ha-1 de N) e outro com inoculação das sementes com estirpes de Rhizobium tropici e R. freirei. Foram avaliadas a produtividade de grãos, rendimento de peneira, massa de 100 grãos, arquitetura de plantas, tolerância ao acamamento e a reação à antracnose e mancha-angular. Posteriormente, as linhagens foram avaliadas nas safras das águas/2013 e inverno/2014, em Santo Antônio de Goiás/GO, com inoculação de rizóbio e adubação com N mineral, em que foram avaliados o número de nódulos, a massa de nódulos secos e a específica, atividade de nódulos e massa da parte aérea seca. O índice de nodulação relativa foi utilizado na seleção de linhagens quanto aos caracteres de nodulação. Foram realizadas análises de variância individuais e conjuntas e estimadas as correlações de Spearman e o índice de coincidência da seleção das 30% melhores linhagens com inoculação e com N mineral. Foram feitas análises de adaptabilidade e estabilidade produtiva pelo método gráfico de Nunes. A interação GxF foi significativa para alguns caracteres em ambos os grupos de cores, porém não influenciaram na seleção das melhores linhagens. As linhagens de ambos os grupos são mais produtivas sob adubação com N mineral, porém, as do grupo carioca acamam menos sob FBN. A linhagem carioca CNFC 15086 e as cultivares do grupo preto BRS FP403 e BRS Esteio são indicadas para o cultivo em ambas as fontes de N. As linhagens de ambos os grupos apresentam melhor desempenho para os caracteres de nodulação quando inoculadas. Os genótipos do grupo carioca BRS Sublime, CNFC 15010 e CNFC 15003 e, os do grupo preto, BRS Campeiro e CNFP 15177 são selecionados quanto aos caracteres de nodulação.

Submitted by Sandra Pereira (srpereira@ufrrj.br) on 2017-06-05T14:54:01Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2010 - Samuel_Ribeiro_Passos.pdf: 16768295 bytes, checksum: 38c2614ad26085e9a101652551af84b5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-05T14:54:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2010 - Samuel_Ribeiro_Passos.pdf: 16768295 bytes, checksum: 38c2614ad26085e9a101652551af84b5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-02-23 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior, CAPES, Brasil. / The increasing demand for biological processes alternative, environmentally friendly and efficient in converting lignocellulosic material, expanding their application potential for agribusiness, motivates researches worldwide. Thus, organisms isolated in nature, in specific ecosystems, become increasingly important because of their physiological and metabolic diversity, which gives them a great potential in the development of biotechnological processes of interest to society. The aim of this study was to assess the microbial community associated with the intestinal tract of millipede Trigoniulus corallinus and bioprospecting for microorganisms with cellulolytic capacity. The millipedes were collected and incubated with litter in diets of grass (Paspalum notatum) and ?sabia? (Mimosa caesalpinifolia). Sampling occurred at 15, 30, 45, and 75 days of incubation. The intestinal tract of five individuals was removed, sectioned the posterior third, processed and stored in ultrasound. DNA from microbes associated with the intestinal tract, litter and coprolite was extracted, and DGGE analysis using 16S rDNA, DGGE group actinomycetes, and it was evaluated the presence of nifH genes. The 16s gene analysis by DGGE revealed a microbial diversity conditioned by the diet offered to 45 days. After this period, this effect was no longer visible. The community associated with coprolites and the type of litter was distributed in separate clusters of samples from the intestinal tract. This effect was not observed in the community assessment of actinomycetes, where the big difference for division of groups was the diet. The animals fed on grass litter showed a diverse community, and they were not influenced by time or compartmentalization. The samples associated with litter and coprolites were 80% similar to samples from the intestinal tract. In millipedes fed with material form Mimosa caesalpinifolia, the result was different, the samples of litter and coprolites where 50% similar to the intestinal tract. All samples had nifH genes detected by polymerase chain reaction. Samples collected at 45 days were also inoculated in mineral minimum medium of Busnell-Hass added carboxymethyl-cellulose (CMC) as sole carbon source. Colonies were evaluated for their ability to breakdown cellulose enzyme and 15 had an index greater than 1. The isolate that showed the highest rate (3.65) was subjected to further analysis. The microscope observation suggested that this was not an isolated but a complex of microorganisms acting on the degradation of cellulose. There is evidence of BNF in the intestinal tract of the millipede and microorganisms proliferated in CMC through the proper amplification of nifH genes and proliferation in medium within nitrogen. The community of prokaryotes was influenced by the diet offered to the community up to 45 days, and the actinomycetes community was conditioned by the diet. It was possible to isolate microorganisms and complexes of microorganisms with cellulolytic capacity, with great potential in the search for environmentally friendly technologies in generating agrobioenergy. / A crescente demanda por processos biol?gicos alternativos, ambientalmente favor?veis e eficientes na transforma??o de material ligninocelul?sico, ampliando seu potencial de aplica??o agroindustrial, estimula pesquisas em todo o mundo. Assim, microrganismos isolados na natureza, em ecossistemas espec?ficos, tornam-se cada vez mais importantes pela sua diversidade metab?lica e fisiol?gica, que lhes confere grande potencialidade no desenvolvimento de processos biotecnol?gicos de interesse ? sociedade. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a comunidade microbiana associada ao trato intestinal do dipl?pode Trigoniulus corallinus e a bioprospec??o de microrganismos com capacidade celulol?tica. Os dipl?podes foram coletados e incubados em dietas com serrapilheira de grama batatais (Paspalum notatum) e sabi? (Mimosa caesalpinifolia). As amostragens aconteceram aos 15, 30, 45 e 75 dias de incuba??o. O trato intestinal de cinco indiv?duos foi removido e seccionado o ter?o posterior tratado em ultrasom e estocado. Procedeu-se a extra??o de DNA da microbiota associada ao trato intestinal, serrapilheira e copr?lito, com an?lise por DGGE utilizando o gene 16S rDNA, DGGE para grupo actinomicetos e avalia??o da presen?a de genes nifH. A an?lise do gene 16s por DGGE revelou diversidade microbiana condicionada pela dieta oferecida at? os 45 dias. Ap?s este per?odo o efeito n?o foi mais vis?vel. A comunidade associada aos copr?litos e ao tipo de serrapilheira distribui-se em grupamentos separados das amostras oriundas do trato intestinal. O mesmo n?o foi observado na avalia??o da comunidade de actinomicetos, onde o grande diferencial para divis?o de grupos foi a dieta. Os animais alimentados com serrapilheira de grama mostraram uma comunidade diversa e n?o influenciada pelo tempo ou compartimentaliza??o. As amostras associadas ? serrapilheira e aos copr?litos foram 80% similares ?s do trato intestinal. Nos dipl?podes alimentados com sabi?, o resultado foi diferente, sendo as amostras de serrapilheira e copr?litos 50% similares ?s do trato intestinal. Todas as amostragens tiveram genes nifH detectados via PCR. Amostras coletadas aos 45 dias foram tamb?m inoculadas em meio mineral m?nimo de Busnell-Hass adicionado de carboxi-metil-celulose (CMC) como ?nica fonte de carbono. Os microrganismos isolados foram avaliados quanto ? capacidade de degrada??o de celulose e 15 apresentaram ?ndice enzim?tico maior que 1. O isolado com o maior ?ndice (3,65) foi alvo de outras an?lises. A visualiza??o em microsc?pio sugeriu que n?o se tratava de um isolado e sim de um complexo de microrganismos atuando na degrada??o da celulose. H? evidencias de FBN no trato intestinal do dipl?pode e microrganismos proliferados em meio CMC pela boa amplifica??o de genes nifH e prolifera??o em meio com aus?ncia de nitrog?nio. A comunidade de procariotos foi influenciada pela dieta oferecida at? os 45 dias e a comunidade de actinomicetos foi condicionada em fun??o da dieta. Foram isolados microrganismos e complexos de microrganismos com capacidade celulol?tica, com grande potencial para a busca de tecnologias ambientalmente sustent?veis na gera??o de agrobioenergia.

The thesis aims to develop a method for extending the language platform Storm with a Java frontend.The project was conducted using an Action Research methodology and highlights triumphs andchallenges. Despite the significant overhead related to note generation and problem statementformulation, this methodology proved beneficial in identifying problems and providing the framework tosolve them. The first research question (RQ.1) evaluates to what extent the language platform Storm is suitable forimplementing the object oriented language Java. Using Storm, only a BNF and a specification for three-address code instructions are needed. Despite encountering difficulties during the implementation, theplatform offers tools that allow comprehensive customization of the new language's intended behaviorand functionality. The second research question (RQ.2) explores a suitable method for implementing a new language inStorm. It is suggested to first implement a foundational structure comprising of statements, blocks,scope handling and variable declarations. From this foundation, new functionalities can be graduallyintroduced and tested by connecting them to the appropriate location in the structure. When allfunctionality is added and tested a refactoring step can take place to modify the BNF if needed.

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En raison de l’hétérogénéité et de l’extravagance de leur contenu, les lapidaires ont souvent été délaissés et restent, encore à ce jour, très peu considérés dans les études sur la littérature médiévale. Le nombre important de manuscrits répertoriés attestent pourtant de leur grande popularité et de la place qu’occupaient les pierres précieuses dans la société et la littérature médiévales. Le lapidaire anonyme tanscrit par le manuscrit Paris, BnF, fonds français, 2007, un lapidaire en prose daté du XVe siècle, n’est à ce jour abordé que dans une seule étude, celle de Barbara Geromel, qui s’est intéressée surtout à un autre témoin (le Turin, Biblioteca Reale, Varia 110) dont le contenu – même s’il est incomplet – correspond en tout point à celui du manuscrit de Paris. Ce lapidaire en prose s’inscrit dans une histoire longue et riche, celle des pierres précieuses depuis l’Antiquité, mais s’en démarque également par son organisation complexe de la matière, puisqu’il adopte de manière partielle et imparfaite le paradigme alphabétique, jusqu’alors très peu employé dans les encyclopédies dû aux tensions qu’il incarnait vis-à-vis l’ordre théologique. Témoin matériel d’une sphère plus considérable encore – celle de l’encyclopédisme médiéval –, ce lapidaire participe à la compilation du savoir de jadis et invite à une étude plus approfondie, à la fois de la matière qu’il recèle, de ses sources, issues d’une quantité importante de traditions manuscrites, et de son classement alphabétique. / Regarding the heterogeneity and extravagant nature of their content, the lapidaries have too often been put aside from studies concerning medieval literature, and, still to this day, only a few of them have been studied by scholars. However, the very high number of known manuscripts of such texts does tell us a lot about the popularity and the role played by precious gems within medieval society and litterature. The prose lapidary copied in ms Paris, BnF, fonds français, 2007, a prosaic lapidary dated from the XVth century, has yet only been mentioned once, in a study by Barbara Geromel, who was mostly interested by another manuscript – albeit incomplete – of the same text : ms Turin, Biblioteca Reale, Varia 110. The content remaining in this manuscript corresponds precisely to the one found within the Paris manuscript. This manuscript written in prose represents one single step in a long and rich history (the tradition of describing precious stones dating back to the Antiquity). Nervertheless, it also differs from this tradition by its complex inner organisation of the subject, since it puts to use to this effect an imperfect and incomplete alphabetical paradigm as a mean of classification, an unpopular paradigm at the time, as it embodied elements difficult to correlate with the theological order. This lapidary, a material witness of an even larger intelectual context – the world of mediaeval encyclopedism –, participates to the compilation of knowledge from older times, and calls for deeper studies of its general content, sources (themselves coming from varied manuscript traditions) and usage of an alphabetical classification.