Objetivou-se avaliar o efeito da suplementação prolongada de grão de soja cru e integral (GSI) como fonte de ácido graxo &#937;6 sobre o desempenho produtivo, perfil metabólico, qualidade oocitária e embrionária e função imune de vacas leiteiras no período de transição e início de lactação. Foram selecionadas 44 vacas da raça Holandesa, multíparas e gestantes, com parto previsto para 90 dias após o início da avaliação e fornecimento das dietas experimentais, porém em razão da ocorrência de enfermidades metabólicas ou infecciosas (3 abortos; 3 deslocamentos de abomaso; 3 enfermidades podais; 4 distocias) 13 animais foram retirados do experimento. As vacas foram distribuídas aleatoriamente em quatro grupos experimentais diferindo entre eles o início do fornecimento de grão de soja cru e integral (GSI) durante o pré-parto. A dieta era baseada na inclusão de 12% de GSI %MS, com aproximadamente 5,1% de extrato etéreo (EE) o início de seu fornecimento foi conforme descrito a seguir: Grupo 0: Animais não receberam dieta contendo GSI no pré-parto; Grupo 30: Início do fornecimento de dieta com GSI nos 30 dias finais da gestação; Grupo 60: Início do fornecimento de dieta com GSI nos 60 dias finais da gestação; Grupo 90: Início do fornecimento de dieta com GSI nos 90 dias finais da gestação. Após o parto, todas as vacas receberam dieta única com 5,1% de EE, baseada na inclusão de 12% de GSI %MS até 90 dias de lactação. Os animais foram arraçoados de acordo com o consumo de matéria seca no dia anterior, de forma a ser mantido porcentual de sobras das dietas, diariamente, entre 5 e 10%. As amostras dos alimentos e sobras foram coletadas diariamente e armazenadas a -20ºC. Semanalmente as amostras coletadas diariamente foram misturadas e foi retirada uma amostra composta referente a um período de uma semana, a fim de mensurar o consumo de matéria seca e nutrientes. Amostras de fezes foram coletadas nos dias -56, -21, 21, 56 e 84 dias em relação ao parto, com o propósito de mensurar a digestibilidade da matéria seca e nutrientes. A produção de leite foi mensurada diariamente e para a composição dos teores de gordura, proteína, lactose e perfil de ácidos graxos amostras foram coletadas semanalmente. As amostras de sangue para análise dos metabólitos sanguíneos foram coletadas semanalmente. Amostras de sangue para mensurar a atividade do sistema imune foram coletadas na semanas -8, -4, -2, -1 em relação ao parto, parto, +1, +2, +4 e +8 semanas no período pós-parto. Nos dias 21, 42, 63 e 84 do período pós-parto foram realizadas aspirações foliculares, com posterior fertilização in vitro dos oócitos. Todas as variáveis mensuradas foram analisadas pelo procedimento PROC MIXED do SAS 9.4 através de regressão polinomial, utilizando efeito fixo de tratamento, semana, interação tratamento*semana e efeito de animal dentro de tratamento como aleatório. Utilizou nível de 5% de significância. Foi observado efeito (P<0,05) linear crescente para CEE no pré-parto. Não foi observado diferenças no CMS e nutrientes no pós-parto. Não houve alteração da digestibilidade nos períodos pré e pós-parto. Não houve alteração no balanço de energia e nitrogênio nos periodos pré e pós-parto. Não foi observado diferença na produção, composição e teor dos componentes totais do leite. No perfil de ácidos graxos do leite houve efeito (P<0,05) linear descrescente para as concentrações de C16:1cis, C18:1 cis, total de C:18 insaturado, total de AG monoinsaturados, insaturados e a relação do total de AGS:AGI. Foi observado efeito linear (P<0,05) crescente para o total de AG aturado e efeito (P<0,05) quadrático para C18:2, CLAcis9-trans11, e total de AGPI. Foi observado efeito linear crescente (P<0,05) para colesterol total, LDL no préparto e linear decrescente (P<0,05) para GGT nos períodos pré e pós-parto. Foi observado efeito quadrático (P<0,05) para HDL no pré-parto e AST no pós-parto. Em relação a atividade do sistema imune foi observado efeito linear (P<0,05) crescente para o percentual de CD3+ ativos no pós-parto, para o percentual de monócitos que produziram espécie reativa de oxigênio (ERO) no pós-parto quando foram estimulados por S.aureus e E.coli e para a intensidade de imunofluorescência de ERO para ganulócitos no pós-parto quando estimulados por S.aureus. Foi observado efeito (P<0,05) quadrático para o percentual de granulócitos, mononucleares, CD8+ ativos no pós-parto e para o percentual de granulócitos que produziram ERO no pós-parto quando estimulados por E.coli. A suplementação prolongada com GSI no pré-parto melhora a atividade do sistema imune, não melhora a qualidade oocitária e embrionária bem como não influencia negativamente os parametros produtivos de vacas leiteiras no período de transição e início de lactação / The objective was to evaluate the effect of prolonged supplementation with whole soybean grain (WSG) as a source of &#937;6 fatty acid on the productive performance, metabolic profile, oocyte and embryo quality, and immune function of dairy cows during the transition period and early lactation. Forty-four multiparous, pregnant Holstein cows, with calving predicted to 90 days after the beginning of the evaluation and supply of the experimental diets were selected. However, due to the occurrence of metabolic or infectious disorders (3 abortions, 3 displaced abomasums, 3 foot disorders, 4 dystocias), 13 animals were removed from the experiment. Cows were randomly assigned to one of four experimental groups, which differed in period of supply of whole soybean grains during the prepartum. The diet was based on 12% of WSG (%DM) and had approximately 5.1% of ether extract (EE). Diet supply was as follows: Group 0) control diet not containing WSG; Group 30) WSG supply starting 30 days before predicted calving date; Group 60) WSG supply starting 60 days before predicted calving; Group 90) WSG supply starting 90 days before predicted calving date. After calving, all cows received a single diet with 5.1% EE, based on inclusion of 12% WSG (%DM) until 90 days of lactation. Animals were fed ad libitum to ensure between 5 and 10% orts daily. Dry matter and nutrients intake were evaluated. Samples of feeds and orts were collected daily and stored at -20°C. Samples were composited weekly and analyzed for chemical and bromatological characteristics. Feces samples were collected on days -56, -21, 21, 56, 84 (related to the predicted calving), in order to measure the digestibility of dry matter and nutrients. Milk yield was measured daily and milk samples were collected weekly for evaluation of fat, protein and lactose percentages, and fatty acids profile. Blood samples were taken weekly for analysis of blood metabolites. To measure the activity of the immune system, blood samples were collected at weeks -8, -4, -2, -1 prepartum, at calving, and at weeks +1, +2, +4, +8 postpartum. On days 21, 42, 63 and 84 postpartum, follicular aspirations were performed, with subsequent in-vitro fertilization of the oocytes. All measured variables were analyzed using PROC MIXED of SAS 9.4 through polynomial regression, considering as fixed effects the dietary treatment, week and interaction treatment*week, and animal as random effect. The 5% level of significance was considered. A crescent linear effect was observed (P <0.05) for prepartum ether extract intake. There was no difference in dry matter and nutrients intake during the postpartum period. There were no differences in digestibility pre and postpartum. No difference in energy and nitrogen balance during pre and postpartum periods was observed. Milk production and composition did not differ among dietary treatments. When evaluating the milk fatty acids profile, a decreasing linear effect was noted (P<0.05) for the concentrations of C16:1 cis, C18:1 cis, total unsaturated C18, total monounsaturated fatty acids, total unsaturated fatty acids and total SFA:UFA ratio. There was an increasing linear effect (P<0.05) for the total of saturated fatty acids and a quadratic effect (P<0.05) for C18:2, CLAcis9-trans11, and total PUFA. It was observed increasing linear effect (P<0.05) for total cholesterol and LDL in the prepartum period, and decreasing linear effect (P<0.05) for GGT in the pre and postpartum. We observed a quadratic effect (P<0.05) for HDL in prepartum and for AST during the postpartum. Regarding the activity of the immune system, there was a crescent linear effect (P<0.05) for the percentage of active CD3+ in the postpartum period, for the percentage of monocytes producing reactive oxygen species (ROS) during postpartum period when stimulated by S. aureus and E. coli, and for granulocytes ROS immunofluorescence intensity during postpartum when stimulated by S. aureus. Quadratic effect was observed (P<0.05) for the percentage of granulocytes, mononuclear cells, active CD8+ in the postpartum period and the percentage of granulocytes that produced ROS when stimulated by E. coli. Prolonged supplementation with RWS in the prepartum improves the activity of the immune system, however it does not improve oocyte and embryo quality and does not adversely affect the production performance of dairy cows during the transition period and early lactation

Orientador: Alberto Luiz Francato / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-24T01:50:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Goncalves_TiagoHenrique_M.pdf: 1974242 bytes, checksum: 51f725c3a5ad405f9af2062d0ba60923 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: A energia elétrica passou a ser um insumo indispensável à sociedade. Assim, todos os métodos de economia, otimização de custos, diversificação da matriz e estratégias de atendimento às questões regulatórias tornam-se opções que devem ser apresentadas, estudadas e viabilizadas. O visível potencial de crescimento econômico faz com que a energia elétrica tenha papel crucial no crescimento do país e, principalmente, na situação em que cada vez mais consumidores vislumbram o ingresso no ambiente de livre contratação de energia. Esses consumidores procuram energia a fim de suprir suas necessidades e condições para seu suprimento ao menor custo possível. Para suprir essa demanda algumas considerações quanto à comercialização de energia incentivada e à construção de um balanço energético (sobras e déficits) são apresentadas na forma de otimização do portfólio de contratos de compra e venda de energia elétrica, a fim de cumprir as regras vigentes e maximizar a receita dos agentes comercializadores desse tipo de fonte na visão atual de mercado. Contribui-se assim com a melhor forma de negociação da energia incentivada, oferecendo uma correta contratação em todos os meses, seja na safra ou na entressafra. Proporciona-se ao setor elétrico brasileiro uma visão sistêmica da comercialização de energia por parte do comercializador e da comercialização, especificamente da energia incentivada. / Abstract: The Electric power has become a major necessity of the society. Thus, all methods of saving, cost optimization and diversification of strategies to meet regulatory issues become options to be presented, analyzed and make feasible. The visible economic growth potential makes the electricity has crucial role in the growth of the country and especially in the situation where more and more consumers envision enrolling in free contracting environment energy. These consumers seek power in order to meet their needs and conditions for supply at the lowest possible cost. To supply this demand some considerations regarding the sale of energy and encouraged the construction of an energy balance (surpluses and deficits) are presented in the form of optimization of the portfolio of contracts of purchase and sale of electricity in order to comply with the existing rules and maximize financial margins from supplier agents of this kind of source in the current view of the market. Thus contributing to the best way of trading energy encouraged, whishing the correct hiring every month, whether in season or out of season. Providing the Brazilian electric sector a systemic view of commercialization, specifically of energy encouraged. / Mestrado / Recursos Hidricos, Energeticos e Ambientais / Mestre em Engenharia Civil

Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of the order of delivery on the efficiency of lactation of pigs. Sixty-six sows with birth orders between 3 and 5 were selected. The weight variation of the females, from calving to weaning, daily feed intake and backfat thickness were evaluated. The variables measured and estimated in the piglets were number of piglets born alive and dead, weight of litters at birth, after homogenization and weekly until weaning. There were no differences (P> 0.05) between the orders of delivery (OP) for the variation of the weight of the sows during lactation. Feed intake and energy intake were not influenced (P> 0.05) by OP. There was no difference (P> 0.05) between POs for birth weight and initial litter weight. OP five sows had litters with energy retention of 1.42 Mcal / d higher than three OP litters. The energy input had no significant difference (P> 0.05) in relation to the OPs. However, the energy output had influence (P <0.05) of the OPs, four OPs and five had higher energy output means than three OPs. OP four and five nuts were more efficient than three OP nuts. The lactate efficiency was 75.08% for OP four and 72.25% for OP five, values higher than OP three, which had efficiency of 53.84%. Labor order three sows show lower lactational efficiency than four and five calving order sows. / O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o efeito da ordem de parto na eficiência da lactação de matrizes suínas. Foram selecionadas 60 porcas com ordens de parto entre 3 e 5. Avaliou-se a variação de peso das fêmeas, do parto ao desmame, o consumo diário de ração e espessura de toucinho. As variáveis medidas e estimadas nos leitões foram número de leitões nascidos vivos e mortos, peso das leitegadas ao nascimento, após a homogeneização e semanalmente até o desmame. Não foram encontradas diferenças (P>0,05) entre as ordens de parto (OP) para a variação de peso das porcas durante a lactação. O consumo de ração e a ingestão de energia não foram influenciados (P>0,05) pela OP. Não houve diferença (P>0,05) entre as OP para o peso ao nascimento e peso inicial da leitegada. Porcas de OP cinco apresentaram leitegadas com retenção de energia de 1,42 Mcal/d superior que leitegadas de OP três. A entrada de energia não teve diferença significativa (P>0,05) em relação as ordens de parto. No entanto, a saída de energia teve influência (P<0,05) das OP, porcas de OP quatro e cinco apresentaram médias de saída de energia superior a porcas de OP três. Porcas de OP quatro e cinco foram mais eficientes que porca de OP três. A eficiência lactacional foi de 75,08% para OP quatro e 72,25% para OP cinco, valores superiores as OP três, que teve eficiência de 53,84%. Porcas de ordem de parto três demonstram menor eficiência lactacional que porcas de ordem de parto quatro e cinco.

La restriction alimentaire chronique correspond à un des troubles du comportement alimentaire observé en particulier dans l’anorexie mentale (AN) de type restrictif, pathologie qui touche essentiellement les adolescentes et les jeunes femmes. En plus de ce comportement restrictif, une activité physique importante est observée chez un grand nombre de patientes (40 à 80% des cas). Cette maladie se traduit par de nombreuses altérations physiologiques comme des perturbations neuroendocrines, métaboliques, osseuses (ostéopénie, ostéoporose) et ce quelle que soit la cause psychiatrique qui a conduit au développement de ce comportement. De plus, de nombreux arguments suggèrent que l’AN pourrait être considérée comme un trouble « addictif » qui se manifesterait par une addiction à la perte de poids et/ou à la restriction alimentaire ou encore à l’activité physique suggérant une altération du système dopaminergique de récompense. Ainsi, quelles que soient les origines de la maladie, l’AN entraîne des perturbations périphériques et centrales susceptibles d’être impliquées dans une première phase dite « d’adaptation » permettant aux malades de survivre à ces conditions drastiques. Les patients peuvent par la suite tomber dans une seconde phase de « chronicisation » dans laquelle ces mêmes facteurs pourraient être responsables de la dégradation de l’état des malades et conduire, dans les cas les plus graves d’épuisement, à la mort.Notre étude a comme pivot la ghréline, hormone orexigène, dont les concentrations plasmatiques sont augmentées significativement chez les patients anorexiques. Sécrétée principalement en périphérie par les cellules de l’estomac, elle va cibler plusieurs organes aussi bien périphériques que centraux. En particulier, au niveau périphérique, cette hormone agit au niveau du foie dont la principale fonction connue est le maintien de l’homéostasie glucidique. Elle agit également au niveau du tissu adipeux qui est alors stimulé, favorisant ainsi sa croissance avec un stockage des réserves et au niveau musculaire en entrainant entre autre une diminution des réserves de triglycérides. Au niveau du système nerveux central, parmi les sites d’action de la ghréline, on trouve les structures impliquées aussi bien dans le contrôle, qualifié d’homéostatique, de la prise alimentaire représenté par l’hypothalamus, que dans le contrôle, dit hédonique (motivation/récompense), de ce même comportement correspondant au circuit méso-limbique. Pour étudier son implication dans les mécanismes adaptatifs, et éventuellement, dans l’aggravation de la maladie, nous avons mis au point un modèle animal de restriction alimentaire chronique mimant les symptômes physiologiques de l’AN. Notre premier objectif a été de caractériser (« phénotypage ») ce modèle sur le plan physiologique (métabolique, endocrinien) afin de l’utiliser pour notre deuxième objectif : évaluation du rôle de la ghréline comme potentiel facteur prédictif de l’évolution de la maladie.Les données obtenues valident notre modèle comme un modèle pertinent pour étudier sur le long terme les altérations physiologiques et centrales décrites dans l’AN de type restrictif. Nous montrons que l’exercice physique modéré associé à la restriction alimentaire a des effets stabilisateurs sur de nombreux paramètres métaboliques limitant ainsi un épuisement prématuré des ressources énergétiques. En ce qui concerne la ghréline, les concentrations plasmatiques élevées observées dans notre modèle pourraient contribuer également à une régulation adaptative du métabolisme énergétique. / Chronic food restriction is one of the major features observed in anorexia nervosa (AN), especially in the restrictive type. This major eating disorder affects mainly teenager girls and young women. Additionally to the restriction behavior, important physical activity is observed in a large number of patients (40-80% of cases). This disease induces various physiological alterations that concern neuroendocrine, metabolic and bone (osteopenia, osteoporosis) pathways, which have dramatic consequences on the patient’s health. Moreover, many arguments suggest that AN could be considered like an "addictiv" disorder supported by an addiction to weight loss and/or food restriction or physical activity. It thus suggests modifications of the central dopaminergic reward system. Furthermore, whatever the origins or the causes of this disorder, AN leads to peripheral and central alterations that might be involved in an "adaptation" phase allowing patients surviving to these drastic conditions. For some patients, a phase of "chronicity" is described in which these physiological changes may worsen the patient conditions and contribute, when exhaustion is amplifying, to death. Our study points out ghrelin, an orexigenic hormone whose plasma concentrations are significantly increased in AN patients. Mainly secreted by stomach cells, it targets multiple peripheral organs as well as numerous neuronal structures in the brain. At the peripheral level, this hormone acts among others in the liver whose main function is the maintenance of glucose homeostasis. It acts also on the adipose tissue to promote its growth that is associated with lipid storage and on muscle resulting in a reduction of triglycerides stock. At the central nervous system level, ghrelin have various targets like the structures involved in the homeostatic as well as hedonic (motivation/reward) control of food intake through the hypothalamus and the meso-cortico-limbic system respectively.To study the involvement of ghrelin in the potential adaptive mechanisms, and even in the worsening of the disease, we have developed an animal model of chronic food restriction associated or not with physical activity, mimicking the physiological symptoms of AN. Our first objective was to characterize and to phenotype the mouse model by evaluating various physiological (metabolic, endocrine) factors in order to study in our second objective the role of ghrelin as a potential predictor of disease progression.We showed that our mouse model constitutes a pertinent model to study on a long term duration the physiological and central altérations described in the restrictive type AN. Moreover, we showed that moderate physical activity associated with food restriction had stabilizing effects on numerous metabolic parameters that may reduce an early exhaustion of energy stocks. Concerning the role of ghrelin in such model, its plasma concentrations were increased like in AN patients and were suggested to contribute to the adaptive regulation of energy metabolism.

Le GIEC (groupe d’expert Intergouvernemental sur l’Evolution du Climat) dans leur 4 ème rapport souligne que les villes européennes seront impactées par des épisodes caniculaires plus fréquents et plus intenses dû aux modifications climatiques ayant lieu au cours du XXI ème siècle. La ville, espace climatique particulier, sensiblement plus chaud que son espace environnant amplifie le phénomène de l’îlot de chaleur urbain (ICU). Pour la ville de Paris, les îlots de chaleur urbains peuvent dépasser de 8 à 10°C les températures relevées quelques kilomètres plus loin. Cet effet est d’autant plus néfaste lors de période caniculaire comme a connu la France en 2003, 2006, 2010 ou bien même en 2015. La connaissance sur le phénomène de la canicule nécessite de mettre en relation des données autant spatiales que temporelles afin de définir des zones à risques .Pour pouvoir simuler une canicule, le modèle SURFEX-TEB, conçu par Météo-France, CNRS, a été choisi. Il permet d’estimer la température en ville à partir de conditions climatiques des plus hautes atmosphères. Ces prévisions sont importantes notamment en période de canicule où les écarts de température entre la ville et sa banlieue peuvent dépasser 8C°. Le risque caniculaire, induit par les ICU, est complexe à appréhender et à représenter.Pour caractériser, appréhender et représenter la canicule, avec l’aide du modèle SURFEX-TEB, nous avons effectué une assimilation avec des mesures réalisées pendant la canicule de 2015 sur Paris. Cette assimilation met en évidence par exemple les phénomènes d’accumulation et l’impact des configurations des appartements sur les températures intérieures et extérieures. Nos différentes configurations ont permis de confirmer l’importance de considérer les températures intérieures lors de périodes caniculaires.Ce travail de recherche propose donc un éclairage spécifique et technique de la représentation des canicules. Son objectif est une meilleure représentation des canicules et l’estimation de leur dangerosité en fonction de la durée du phénomène, de son intensité et des caractéristiques urbaines et humaines. Des cartes décrivant la canicule et sa dangerosité sont mises en valeur grâce à l’élaboration d’un site web grand public.Les résultats de cette recherche soulèvent une interrogation sur les seuils de canicule. Ils soulignent l’importance d’introduire un seuil de canicule intérieur et démontrent le rôle de la configuration urbaine et en particulier des types d’habitation pour mieux prendre en compte la dangerosité des canicules et espérer mieux atténuer leurs effets / The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) in its 4th report underlines that the European cities will be impacted by more frequent and more intense scorching episodes due to the climatic modifications taking place during the XXIth century. Peculiar climatic areas, significantly hotter than their surroundings, cities amplify the phenomenon of the urban heat island (UHI). In the example of Paris, the urban islands of heat can exceed by 8°C to 10°C the temperatures measured a few kilometers away. This effect is all the more fatal as heat wave periods become more and more regular (2003, 2006, 2010, 2015). The knowledge on the heat wave phenomenon requires to put in relation spatial and temporal data so as to define high-risk areas.To be able to simulate a heat wave, the SURFEX-TEB model, designed by Météo-France, and CNRS, was chosen. It allows to estimate the temperature in town from weather conditions of the highest atmospheres. These forecasts are particularly important in heat wave periods where temperature differences between cities and suburban areas can exceed 8°C. The heat wave risk, resulting from the UHI, is complex to both understand and represent.To characterize, understand and represent the heat wave by the means of the SURFEX-TEB model, we made a data fusion with measures realized during the 2015 heat wave in Paris. This assimilation highlights, for instance, the accumulation phenomena and the impact of the apartments configuration on the inside and outside temperatures. Our various configurations allowed to confirm the importance of taking into account the internal temperatures during heat waves periods.This research thus proposes a specific and technical perspective of the heat waves representation. Its objectives are a better representation of heat waves and a sharper estimation of their dangerousness according to the phenomenon duration, its intensity and the urban and human features. Maps describing the heat wave and its dangerousness are highlighted thanks to the elaboration of a public Web site.The results of this research rise an interrogation on the thresholds of heat wave. They underline the importance to introduce an internal threshold of heat wave and demonstrate the role of the urban configuration, particularly the types of house. This should contribute to better take into account the dangerousness of heat waves and to improve the mitigation of their effects

The dissertation thesis is primarily focused on the analysis of the properties of openings constructions with respect to infiltration in constructions, specifically related to the permeability of opening fillings and the permeability of buildings. The main aim of this work is to find out how the overall air permeability of a building can be influenced in relation to the openings and their properties, which are related specifically to the air permeability at the specified tightening degree of the used all-round fitting. In relation to the overall air permeability of the building, the energy balance of a particular building will be calculated in cooperation with the determined results of the air permeability of the building at a defined degree of tightening of used all-round fitting at levels 0%, 50% and 100%. The results of tests and measurements will be reflected in a concrete calculation of the energy balance of the assessed building in the form of numerical simulation.

Created methodology for calculating the potential deformation energy parts is described in this thesis. Calculation method uses the outputs of modal analysis, which is performed using computational modelling. The potential deformation energy parts are calculated for three cases. Two benchmark problems and one case of blade model. Blade geometry is received by 3D scanning and reconstruction of given specimen. Results of the potential deformation energy parts calculations are analyzed and conclusions are formulated.

Ett passivhus är byggt av stomentreprenör företaget Strängbetong i Vara med ventilation och uppvärmning i samma system som kallas för Termodeck. Uppvärmningen sker genom att tilluft från ett FTX-aggregat förs igenom håldäcksbjälklag som värmer upp bjälklaget. Med det erhålls ett ”värmegolv och värmetak”. För ett sådant system behövs en byggnad med tung betongstomme. Energibalans beräkning har gjorts med IDA program och schablon värden från olika kravspecifikationer som visar simulerade värden. Målet med det här arbetet är att jämföra dessa simulerade värden med uppmätta värden för det senaste året av husets existens. Därefter genom beräkningar analysera skillnader som uppstod vid olika energiposter av huset. Schablonvärden från kravspecifikations program som FEBY och SVEBY har ändrats i beräkningar för bland annat viktiga poster som varmvatten och uppvärmningssystem för att få ett närmare värde till det verkliga resultatet. Resultatet av total energianvändning visade ett ungefärlig liknande värde men olika energi poster av energianvändningen avvek där vissa poster förbrukade mer energi än simulerad och vissa mindre. I helhet blev det beräknade behovet av köpt energi till 94 % av det verkliga behovet. / A passive house is constructed by framing Entrepreneur Company Strängbetong in Vara with ventilation and heating in the same system that is called TermoDeck. Heating is provided by supply from an FTX-system which passes through the hollow-core slabs that heat up the floor structure who makes it into a "heated floor and heated ceilings". For such a system requires a building with a concrete frame. Energy balance calculation has been made with an IDA program and standard values ​​from different specifications that show the simulated values. The objective of this work is to compare the simulated values ​​with measured values ​​for the last year of the building's existence. Then by calculations analyze the differences that arose at different energy parts of the house. Standard values ​​from requirements specification program FEBY and SVEBY has been changed in the calculations for including important items like hot water and heating system to get a closer value to the actual result. The result of total energy showed approximately similar values ​​but different energy parts of energy usage deviated. Some parts consumed more energy than simulated and some parts less. In total it was estimated that the need for purchased energy was 94% of the actual need.

La croissance en début de cycle des grandes cultures est principalement influencée par la température et la teneur en eau du sol. Nous avons développé un modèle capable de prédire ces variables grâce à l’utilisation de données climatiques largement disponibles. Des analyses de la sensibilité du modèle nous ont permis d’identifier les composants qui contribuent à son incertitude. Après calibration, une erreur moyenne relative de moins de 10 % est constatée pour la température et la teneur en eau à 30 cm de profondeur.Dans des conditions de semis standard en Suisse, l’émergence du maïs a été mieux prédite en utilisant notre température de sol simulée plutôt que la température de l’air, plus couramment utilisée. Ce travail est une application d’un modèle biophysique complexe à un problème agronomique. Les résultats participeront à l’optimisation de l’effort de sélection des variétés tolérantes au froid. Deux pistes de recherche peuvent être considérées pour des futurs travaux: une meilleure modélisation de l’évaporation et une décomposition de l’émergence. / The beginning of crop growth is influenced by soil temperature and water content near the surface. We have developed a model that predicts the local temperature and water content surrounding the seed using easily available meteorological data. Our global sensitivity analysis helped us identify the components of the model with the largest contribution to the output uncertainty. After calibration, the model showed less than 10 % relative error for temperature and water content at 30 cm. In standard sowing conditions in north-western Switzerland, the emergence was better predicted when using our simulated seed bed temperature than air temperature, the classical proxy variable. Combining the emergence model with soil temperature simulation, an accurate prediction of emergence was achieved. This work is an example of applying complex biophysics model for understanding an agronomic problem. The results of this work will participate in optimising breeding efforts for cold-tolerant crop varieties. Future investigations should consider a finer modelling of processes for evaporation and emergence.

Purpose: This degree project aims to study how different choices regarding the size, location and type of windows affect daylight entry in an apartment building in Västerås. We have chosen to calculate the energy requirement when changing the window type, size and shielding factor. The purpose is also to come up with solution proposals that balance daylight input and energy for a smaller energy need in the apartment building. Method: The research method is based on a literature study that will lay the foundation for the work and a case study where a visit to the concerned building has been carried out. Interviews have also been conducted with experts in daylight and energy issues. Energy calculations and daylight- related calculations have also been made using the computer program Daylight Visualizer. The goal of the program is to find out the value of the daylight factor in two different apartments on two different floors. In each apartment, three different rooms in three different latitudes (north, west, and south) have been studied. Results: The results present several factors that affect daylight intake. These are screening angles, orientation, room height, room depth, building structure and placement of balconies. The properties of the windows in terms of daylight transmittance (LT value) and solar heat gain (g value) are very important to get a good result regarding both daylight and heat in the building. The balance between daylight and solar heat gain to reducing the energy needs for heating during the winter and cooling during the summer. The result based on the computer program for the first window alternative show that that the value of the daylight factor in all three rooms on the 12th floor (third floor) was between 0.59–0.31% and on the 19th floor (tenth floor) 1.01– 0.91%. The calculations of the energy balance show as monthly results, and the calculated annual need for active heating is about 27 MWh / year. The corresponding result according to calculations by the consulting company Kadesjös is approximately 59 MWh / year, but the difference between its calculations has not been studied further in this degree project. Conclusions: The calculation results indicate that the building has a very limited energy requirement for active heating in relation to its size and this is logical given that the heat losses are relatively small in terms of transmission, Exhaust and supply air ventilation with heat recovery (FTX system), and air leakage. The heat losses through window glazing in this case constitute to only about 12% of the building's total heat losses.