Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:32:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2004-08Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:44:42Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 lopes_abrc_dr_botfmvz.pdf: 812380 bytes, checksum: ddab19b874f77950395dc0a6733cba09 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) / Para avaliar os efeitos da ensilagem e da preservação química dos grãos úmidos de milho e sorgo sobre as modificações no endosperma e nos grânulos de amido, foram estudados os seguintes tratamentos (T): T1- Milho seco (variedade A) inteiro; T2- Milho seco (variedade A) moído; T3- Milho úmido (variedade A) moído e ensilado, T4- Milho úmido(variedade A) moído, acidificado com 1,2% de propionato de cálcio e ensilado; T5- Milho úmido (variedade B) moído e ensilado; T6 - Milho úmido (variedade B) moído e preservado quimicamente (2,4% de propionato de cálcio); T7- Sorgo seco (baixo tanino) moído, T8- Sorgo seco (alto tanino) moído; T9- Sorgo úmido (baixo tanino) moído e ensilado;. T10- Sorgo úmido (alto tanino) moído e ensilado. Os processamentos de ensilagem e preservação química dos grãos úmidos, determinaram redução no teor de amido em relação ao milho ou sorgo secos. No processo de ensilagem ocorreu rompimento da matriz protéica que envolve os grânulos de amido e alterações estruturais nos grânulos, como aumento no diâmetro dos poros e concavidade central, semelhante ao que ocorre nos processos de digestão enzimática, sendo que estas alterações foram mais intensas nos grânulos de amido de milho do que de sorgo. A temperatura máxima no interior do silo não é suficiente para geleificar o amido. / To evaluate the effect of ensiling or chemical preservation of high-moisture corn and sorghum grain on the modifications occurring in the endosperm and starch granules, the following treatments (T) were studied were studied: T1 - whole dry corn grain (variety A); T2 - ground dry corn grain (variety A); T3 - high-moisture corn grain(variety B), ground and ensiled; T4 - high-moisture corn grain (variety A), ground, acidified with 1.2 % calcium propionate and ensiled; T5 - high-moisture corn grain (variety B), ground and ensiled; T6 - high-moisture corn grain (variety B), ground and chemically preserved with 2.4 % calcium propionate; T7 - dry and ground low-tannin sorghum; T8 - dry and ground high-tannin sorghum; T9 - high-moisture, low-tannin sorghum, ground and ensiled; T10 - high-moisture, high-tannin sorghum, ground and ensiled. Ensiling or chemically preserving reduced the starch content, as compared to dry corn or sorghum. A rupture of the protein matrix (which covers the starch granules) was observed during the ensiling process; structural changes were also detected, such as the increase in pore diameters and in the central concavity, similar to what occurs during enzymatic digestion. These changes were more intense in the corn starch granules than in the sorghum granules. Even the highest temperature detected inside the silos was not enough to gelatinize starch.

Orientador: Ciniro Costa / Resumo: Esta pesquisa avaliou os efeitos dos processamentos ensilagem, extrusão e secagem do milho e de sorgo sem tanino e com tanino sobre a composição química e a cinética de digestão ruminal da matéria seca e da proteína bruta. O delineamento experimental foi o inteiramente casualizado, com arranjo fatorial de tratamentos 3 X 3, sendo três tipos de grãos (milho, sorgo sem tanino e sorgo com tanino) e três processamentos (seco, ensilado e extrusado). Para a avaliação da composição química e do tanino e para o experimento de degradabilidade utilizou-se delineamento em blocos casualizados, em um esquema fatorial 3 x 3 x 3, sendo três tipos de grãos (milho, sorgo com tanino e sorgo sem tanino), três formas de processamentos (moído seco, ensilagem e extrusão) e três blocos (animais) com a técnica de degradação ruminal in situ. Os valores encontrados para os teores de proteína bruta estiveram entre 8,7 e 10,7% para o milho e entre 9,9 e 11,1% para o sorgo. Os teores de extrato etéreo sofreram modificações com o processamento nos três tipos de grãos, onde se constatou redução significativa com a secagem, a ensilagem e a extrusão em relação ao material úmido nos três grãos. Para os teores de fenóis, tanino total e tanino condensado houve efeito de híbrido, de processamento e da interação entre eles. O sorgo com tanino apresentou teores mais elevados de fenóis, tanino total e tanino condensado do que o sorgo sem tanino. Embora a composição do milho e dos dois híbridos de sorgo tenha sido similar a interação desses ingredientes no ambiente ruminal associada a presença do tanino, proporcionou diferenças na degradabilidade da matéria seca. Conclui-se que o sorgo sem tanino deve ser ensilado ou extrusado, enquanto o sorgo com tanino deve ser extrusado por melhorar a degradabilidade e a disponibilidade de nutrientes no rúmen. / Abstract: This research evaluated the effects of the high moisture silage processing, extrusion and drying of corn and of sorghum with and without tannin on the chemical composition and dry matter degradability ruminal. The assay design was entirely randomized arranged in a factorial (3x3), with three types of grains (corn, sorghum without tannin and sorghum with tannin) and three types of processing (dry, high moisture silage and extruded). Tannin chemical evaluation and the degradability were evaluated in a blocks randomized design. The treatments were arranged in a factorial (3x3x3), with three types of grains (corn, sorghum with tannin and sorghum without tannin), three forms of processing (dry, high moisture silage and extrusion) and three animals. Degradation ruminal in situ technique was used. The values crude protein ranged between 8,7 and 10,7% for corn and between 9,9 and 11,1% for sorghum. The ethereal extract values of the three types of grains changed with the processing. Significant reduction was verified, in the three grains, with drying, high moisture silage and extrusion correlated to the moisture material. Phenol values, total tannin and condensed tannin was affected by the hybrid, processing and by the interaction among them. Sorghum with tannin showed elevated phenol values, total tannin and condensed tannin than sorghum without tannin. Although the composition of corn and the two hybrid of sorghum it has been similar, the interaction of those ingredients in the ruminal ambient associated with the presence of tannin provided differences in dry matter degradability. It is ended that sorghum without tannin should be ensiled or extruded, while sorghum with tannin should be extruded for improving degradability and readiness of dry matter in the rumen. / Doutor

La mobilité de l’hydrogène dans les métaux est un paramètre clef pour la compréhension des mécanismes de base de la fragilisation par l’hydrogène (FPH). Cette problématique est directement associée aux mécanismes de diffusion et de piégeage de l’hydrogène au sein d’un réseau cristallin. Ces derniers dépendent des diverses hétérogénéités microstructurales et en particulier des défauts cristallins présents au sein du matériau. Dans le cadre de nos travaux nous nous sommes restreints à étudier la diffusion et le piégeage de l’hydrogène au sein de deux systèmes élémentaires : des monocristaux et des bi-cristaux de nickel. Nous avons développé une méthodologie associant des outils expérimentaux (Perméation électrochimique/TDS, METHR, EBSD) et numériques (FEM-COMSOL/EAM-LAMMPS). Les résultats obtenus sur monocristaux montrent une dépendance du coefficient de diffusion de l’hydrogène avec l’orientation cristallographique et la teneur en hydrogène. L’analyse thermodynamique du système nickel-hydrogène-lacune démontre une dépendance du potentiel chimique de l’hydrogène à l’état de contrainte induit par la formation d’amas de lacunes associés à la présence de l’hydrogène. Le caractère anisotrope de la diffusion est alors expliqué par l’anisotropie des propriétés d’élasticité du réseau cristallin et la présence de ces amas. D’autre part nous avons caractérisé les processus de diffusion et de piégeage de l’hydrogène pour des bi-cristaux de nickel présentant différents volumes libres. L’énergie de ségrégation de l’hydrogène dépend de la nature du site (volume libre local et énergie mécanique associée à l’incorporation du soluté). La diffusion de l’hydrogène est influencée directement par la nature de joint de grain (excès de volume et distribution des sites). Nos résultats, à l’échelle atomique, montrent une corrélation entre la solubilité et le volume libre du joint de grain. Les joints de grains avec un volume libre important présentent des chemins de diffusion plus favorables pour l'hydrogène que dans le réseau cristallin et dans le même temps un nombre plus important de sites de ségrégation. / The mobility of hydrogen in metals is a key parameter for understanding the basic mechanisms of hydrogen embrittlement (HE). This problem is directly related to the mechanisms of diffusion and trapping of hydrogen within a crystal lattice. These mechanisms depend on the various microstructural heterogeneities and in particular the crystalline defects. In our work, we have focused on the diffusion and trapping of hydrogen in two elementary systems: nickel single crystals and bi-crystals. We developed a methodology combining experimental tools (electrochemical permeation / TDS, HRTEM, EBSD) and numerical methods (FEM-COMSOL / EAM-LAMMPS). The results obtained on the single crystals show a dependence of the diffusion coefficient of hydrogen with the crystallographic orientation and the hydrogen content. The thermodynamic analysis of the nickel-hydrogen-vacancy system shows a dependence of the chemical potential of hydrogen with the stress state induced by the formation of clusters of vacancies associated with the presence of hydrogen. The anisotropic character of the diffusion is then explained by the anisotropy of the elastic properties of the crystal lattice and the presence of these clusters. Moreover, we have characterized the processes of diffusion and trapping of hydrogen for nickel bi-crystals with different free volumes. The segregation energy of hydrogen depends on the nature of the site (the local free volume and the mechanical energy associated with the incorporation of solute). The diffusion of hydrogen is directly influenced by the nature of the grain boundary (the free volume and the distribution of the segregation sites). Our results, at the atomic scale, show a correlation between the solubility and the free volume of the grain boundary. The grain boundaries with a higher free volume have more favorable diffusion paths for hydrogen than in the crystal lattice and at the same time more segregation sites.

Title: The Role of Secondary Electron Emission in Dust Grain Charging Author: Ivana Richterová Department: Department of Surface and Plasma Science Supervisor: Prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Němeček, DrSc. Abstract: This work presents a secondary emission model focused on micron and submicron dust grains. The results allowed us to predict surface potentials of grains charged by 50 eV -- 15 keV electron beams. The probability that such electrons penetrate through grains increases with their energy and decreases with a grain size and depends on a grain shape. Model predictions were experimentally verified for glass, gold, and carbon spherical grains and for lunar regolith simulants. In dusty plasmas, charge accumulated on dust grains and plasma parameters govern the ensemble dynamics. The model can be thus utilised in calculations of phenomenon in planet magnetospheres (e.g. spokes in Saturn's rings), in tokamak edge plasmas, etc. Keywords: Secondary emission, dust grains, dust charging

Title: Sputtering of dust grains and its consequences for space processes Author: Marek Vyšinka Department: Department of Surface and Plasma Science Supervisor: prof. RNDr. Jana Šafránková, DrSc., Department of Surface and Plasma Science Abstract: A great part of matter in a space has a form of dust grains, tiny pieces of rocks with the dimensions of hundreds nanometers to hundreds micrometers. In this environment dust grains undergo collisions with energetic particles (electron, ions, UV photons) that leads to their charging and modification. The presented thesis studies ion-dust interactions and is focussed on dust grain modification through ion implantation and its destruction via sputtering process. Two compu- ter models are presented - first for computing the ion implantation profile in the grain and second, for the shape of the sputtered grain lying on the surface of a bigger object. The resulting shape of the grain is compared with that obtained experimentally. Important results of the thesis are measured sputtering yields for spherical SiO2 grains at several surface potentials obtained by simultaneous ion and electron bombardments. Keywords: ions, dust grains, sputtering, sputtering yield, implantation profile 1

The 17;18O(p,α)14;15N nuclear reactions play an important role in several astrophysical scenarios, and in Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars in particular. These stars are the site of several mixing and recirculating processes that transport matter from their hot cores to their cooler surfaces, and vice versa. Some of these mixing processes are still not well understood. Constraining them would improve our knowledge of stars that are in, or will enter, the AGB phase, including our own Sun. An ideal way to trace these poorly understood mixing processes are provided by the rare, stable 17;18O isotopes. Their abundances are strongly sensitive to the 17;18O(p,α)14;15N reactions. At temperatures of astrophysical interest, the 17O(p,α)14N reaction is dominated by a narrow, isolated resonance at Eproton=70 keV. This resonance has been studied several times in the past, using both direct and indirect methods. However, the picture painted in the literature is still not completely satisfying. The situation is more complex for the 18O(p,α)15N, for which an interference pattern between at least three resonances dominates the reaction rate at the temperatures of interest. This thesis work concerns an experimental campaign aimed at measuring both reactions at energies of astrophysical interest. These challenging measurements were performed by exploiting the low radiation background at the underground LUNA accelerator in Gran Sasso Laboratories, Italy. The two reactions were investigated in direct kinematics. A proton beam was accelerated onto solid Ta2O5 targets and the alpha particles produced were detected at backward angles using an array of silicon detectors mounted in a purpose-built scattering chamber. Our results indicate that the 17O(p,α)14N reaction rate at temperatures of astrophysical interest is approximately a factor of two higher than previously reported, solving a long standing puzzle on the origin of some pre-solar grains. For the 18O(p,α)15N reaction, we find a reaction rate largely in agreement with previous investigations, but with a significantly reduced uncertainty which could help improve the accuracy of stellar models of a number of stellar sites.

The topic of the thesis: Comparison of the seed and biomass yields of breeding vegetation cover This thesis was focused on yield ability of the selected ryegrass species grown in the Czech Republic. Experimental fields were based on the land of private working farmer Mr. Pavel Mimra in Slatina u Vysokého Mýta. There were grown three species of ryegrass on the farm in vegetational period of 2013/2014. Monitoring was primarily focused on the formation of yield aspects - the number of the ears, the number of the grains in the ear and the weight of thousand grains. In the vegetational period was also monitored presence of weeds, pests and diseasases and was evaluated total amount of plants and their offsets. The total amount and subsequent use of remaining biomass from breeding covers was also monitored. In the end, there were discovered results compared with theoretical yield. Costs, profits and economical relevance were evaluated in the final part of thesis

Objective of the work was to identify with using pollen analysis botanical origin of bee-colected pollens collected from beehive station Lískovec near the town Volary in the Protected Landscape Area of Šumava. Bee-collected pollens were collected once a week from one honey bee colony with using of a pollen trap. The time of collection was summer and late summer period from 22 June to 11 September 2010. Bee-collected pollens were dried, categorized by color, weighed and observed using the microscope. Pollen grains were determined by the number and type of apertures, shape, sculpture and size. Size of pollen grains was measured on at least 50 pollen grains of one type. In each microscopic slide were counted at least 500 pollen grains. The proportion of plant species in the sample was expressed as a percentage and the importace of plant species was evaluated in the diet of honey bees in the area of interest. Selected samples of bee-collected pollens from beehive station Lískovec and also from beehive station Dobčice were investigated for protein content and amino acid composition. Pollen belonging to Polemonium coeruleum, Trifolium pratense and Trifolium repens was evaluated as an important source of protein and amino acids for honey bees. The concentration of essential amino acids expressed as percentages of total amount of amino acids did not differ significantly between samples of bee-collected pollen. Another objective of the work was to compare the results from the area of interest with the results processed in the similar study from beehive station Dobčice in the northern area of the landscape Blanský les. The work also includes statistical evaluation of dominance, frequency, Shannon-Wiener index of diversity and variability between samples and species. The work is complemented by photographs of selected pollen grains.

Objective of the work was to identify with using pollen analysis botanical origin of bee pollens. Pollen analysis consisted in the distribution of samples to individual sub-samples . Samples were weighed and a part of them was dissolved in a solution of glycerin and water. Dissolved samples were viewed under a microscope. Pollen was removed by the beekeeper Mgr .Milan Trhlín with using a device called pollen catcher. The samples were collected in the year 2011 in the spring and early summer period from beehive location on the hill Lískovec, of the protected landscape Šumava 1,8 km west of city Volary, at a time of 25. march to 24. june. Another objective of the work was with using phytocenology study, in the distance 1,5 km from the beehive habitat, evaluate the structure of plant association from the point of nutrition honeybees. The work also includes evaluation preference bees for individual plant species. There were detected, that bees prefer the plants that provide the best digest pollen and the plants which grows up to 1,5 km from beehive habitat. There were distinguised 32 types of pollen grains.

Les gaz rares sont d’excellents traceurs des hétérogénéités géochimiques et isotopiques présentes dans le manteau terrestre. Cependant, le stockage et le transport de ces éléments dans les minéraux mantelliques restent mal compris. Cette thèse est centrée sur les sites de stockage de l’hélium et l’argon, et leurs mécanismes de diffusion dans les roches mantelliques. Des échantillons d’olivine polycristalline ont été dopés en hélium et argon à haute température (1150 ± 25 and 1050 ± 25 °C) et haute pression (0.30 ± 0.01 GPa), et analysés par chauffage par paliers de température avec un spectromètre de masse. L’influence d’une concentration initiale hétérogène dans l’échantillon sur les diffusivités calculées a également été testée, démontrant la robustesse des paramètres de diffusion obtenus dans cette étude. Les résultats montrent que deux domaines de diffusion sont présents dans l’olivine polycristalline : (i) un domaine à haute température avec une énergie d’activation (Ea) élevée où la diffusion est contrôlée par la diffusion dans la maille cristalline, et (ii) un domaine à plus basse température avec une Ea plus faible où la diffusion est contrôlée par à la fois la diffusion dans la maille cristalline et celle dans les joints de grains. Ces deux domaines sont séparés par une température de transition qui a lieu au moment où les joints de grains ont été vidés. Mes résultats confirment que les joints de grains peuvent représenter un site de stockage significatif pour l’hélium et l’argon. Pour l’hélium, deux populations d’Ea ont été observées dans le domaine de la maille cristalline de l’olivine, interprétées comme correspondant à la diffusion de l’hélium dans les sites interstitiels (Ea = 95 ± 15 kJ.mol-1) et dans les sites vacants du Mg (Ea = 168 ± 19 kJ.mol-1). Pour l’argon, une valeur moyenne des paramètre de diffusion dans la maille cristalline (Ea = 166 ± 44 kJ.mol-1 et logD0 = −7.04 ± 1.13 avec D0 en m2.s-1) a été obtenue à partir des données de la littérature et de notre étude. De plus, les paramètres de diffusion dans les joints de grains ont été déterminés : Ea = 45 ± 12 kJ.mol-1 et D0 = 5.30 ± 1.53 * 10-13 m2.s-1 pour l’hélium, et Ea = 22 ± 5 kJ.mol-1 et log(D0) = -12.33 ± 0.3 pour l’argon avec D0 en m2.s-1. En appliquant ces résultats au manteau supérieur, il s’avère qu’une quantité conséquente d’hélium et d’argon peut être stockée aux joints de grains (~ 22% pour une taille de grain de 1 mm). En conséquence, les diffusivités globales peuvent être significativement plus élevées que celles de la maille cristalline, induisant des implications importantes pour la géochimie et la géodynamique du manteau terrestre / Noble gases are key tracers of mantle geochemical and isotopic heterogeneities and can constrain our understanding of mantle geodynamics. Nevertheless, the basic mechanisms of noble gas storage and transport in mantle minerals remain poorly understood. In this PhD thesis, I focused on helium and argon to constrain their storage sites and the diffusive mechanisms, which occur in mantle rocks. Polycrystalline olivine was doped with helium and argon at high temperature (1150 ± 25 and 1050 ± 25 °C) and high pressure (0.30 ± 0.01 GPa), followed by step heating extraction experiments. I also tested the effect of heterogeneous initial concentrations on the extracted diffusivities, and demonstrate the robustness of diffusion parameters obtained in this study. My results show that two diffusion domains are present in polycrystalline olivine: (i) a high temperature domain with high activation energy (Ea) where diffusion is only controlled by lattice diffusion, and (ii) a lower temperature domain with lower Ea where diffusion is controlled by both grain boundary and lattice diffusion. These two domains are separated by a transition temperature that depends on the depletion of helium or argon hosted in grain boundaries, i.e., the amount of helium or argon stored at grain boundaries and the temperature and duration of the step heating sequence. The results confirm that grain boundaries can represent a significant storage site for helium and argon. Moreover, I constrained argon and helium diffusion in olivine lattice. For helium, I report two different populations of Ea in the lattice diffusion domain, which are interpreted as diffusion in interstitials (Ea = 95 ± 15 kJ.mol-1) and Mg vacancies (Ea = 168 ± 19 kJ.mol-1). For argon, a mean value of diffusion parameters in olivine lattice (Ea = 166 ± 44 kJ.mol-1 and logD0 = −7.04 ± 1.13 with D0 in m2.s-1) is obtained for data from literature and this study. Furthermore, I determine grain boundary diffusion parameters: Ea = 45 ± 12 kJ.mol-1 and D0 = 5.30 ± 1.53 * 10-13 m2.s-1 for helium, and Ea = 22 ± 5 kJ.mol-1 and log(D0) = -12.33 ± 0.3 for argon with D0 in m2.s-1. Applying these results to the upper mantle reveals that high content of helium and argon can be stored at grain boundaries. As a consequence, bulk diffusivities can be significantly higher than lattice diffusivities, inducing important implications for mantle geochemistry and geodynamics