Este trabalho apresenta os resultados de um estudo laboratorial que teve por objetivo avaliar o efeito produzido pelo teor e granulometria da borracha reciclada de pneumáticos sobre as propriedades de uma mistura asfáltica densa. Foram preparadas misturas asfálticas com duas granulometrias de borracha, substituindo parte dos agregados pétreos em algumas frações da curva granulométrica (\"processo seco\"). Essas misturas foram comparadas a uma mistura de controle, sem borracha. Para avaliação das propriedades mecânicas, as misturas foram submetidas ao ensaio de compressão diametral dinâmico para determinação do módulo de resiliência, ao ensaio de resistência à tração por compressão diametral e ao ensaio de afundamento em trilha de roda em equipamento simulador de tráfego em laboratório. Os resultados mostram que a adição de partículas mais finas propicia a melhoria no desempenho quanto à deformação permanente. As misturas modificadas com borracha apresentam menores valores de módulo de resiliência e de resistência à tração quando comparadas à mistura de controle. Os resultados dos ensaios mostram que o tamanho e o teor de borracha influem nas propriedades de mistura: quanto maior o teor e o tamanho de borracha, menor o módulo de resiliência; quanto maior o teor de borracha, menor a resistência à tração. A granulometria da borracha não influenciou nos resultados de resistência à tração. A adição de borracha de pneus em obras de pavimentação asfáltica pode contribuir para a minimização dos problemas relacionados à disposição final dos pneus inservíveis e, ao mesmo tempo, melhorar algumas propriedades de engenharia das misturas asfálticas. / This work presents the findings of a laboratory study that aimed to evaluate the effects of recycled tire rubber content and gradation on the properties of dense asphalt mixtures. It was considered two ranges of rubber particle sizes, which substituted part of mineral aggregates in the mixture gradation. The rubber modified asphalt mixtures (\"dry process\") were compared to a control mixture without rubber. For the evaluation of mechanical properties, the asphalt mixtures were submitted to three laboratory tests: dynamic indirect tension for the determination of the resilient modulus; tensile strength under indirect tension; and resistance to rutting in a wheel-tracking device. The results show that smaller rubber particles increase the resistance to rutting. The rubber modified asphalt mixtures presented smaller values of resilient modulus and tensile strength than the control mixture. The tests results showed that the size and percentage of rubber affected the mixture properties: the higher the rubber size and the rubber content, the smaller the resilient modulus; the higher the rubber content, the smaller the tensile strength. The rubber gradation had no influence on the tensile strength values. The use of tire rubber in the asphalt paving industry can contribute to minimize the problems related to the disposal of used tires and, at the same time, improve some engineering properties of asphalt mixtures.

Este trabalho tem como objetivo estudar, a partir de ensaios de laboratório, o comportamento mecânico de misturas de fosfogesso e cal destinadas à construções de bases e sub-bases rodoviárias. O fosfogesso é um resíduo resultante da produção do ácido fosfórico, principal componente de fertilizantes fosfatados. O fosfogesso é gerado em grande escala, originando sérios problemas de armazenagem. Restrições de leis ambientais e o aumento do custo de espaço para a armazenagem do fosfogesso têm estimulado pesquisas para a aplicação desse material. Entre as pesquisas, encontra-se, o aproveitamento desse resíduo como material de construção de bases e sub-bases rodoviárias. As amostras destas misturas foram submetidas a ensaios de compressão simples, compressão diametral e CBR. Nos ensaios de compressão simples e compressão diametral, os corpos de prova foram ensaiados sem imersão e após imersão prévia em água por quatro horas. Para todos os teores de cal utilizados (0%, 3%, 5%, 7% e 10%) os corpos-de-prova foram compactados na energia equivalente ao Proctor modificado. Para cada teor de cal os corpos-de-prova passaram por processo de cura de 0, 3, 7 e 28 dias. Quatro réplicas foram moldadas para cada condição de ensaio, obtendo-se a média dos resultados pelo método estatístico de GRUBBS. Concluiu-se com esses ensaios que valores crescentes de tempo de cura e de teor de cal conduziram a maiores valores de resistência e de rigidez. Além disso, ensaios realizados após a imersão em água apresentaram valores de resistência à compressão simples, resistência à compressão diametral e rigidez menores do que os obtidos sem imersão. Observou-se também que as misturas de fosfogesso e cal, no geral, apresentaram melhores resultados de resistência à compressão simples, resistência à compressão diametral e coesão do que as misturas de solo cal. Entretanto as misturas compostas por fosfogesso e cimento obtiveram valores superiores de resistência e rigidez se comparada com as misturas de fosfogesso e cal. / This work has the aim of study, considering laboratory experiments, the mechanical behavior of a mixture of phosphogypsum and lime to be used in bases and sub-bases of road construction. The phosphogypsum is a solid waste result of the phosphoric acid production, main component of phosphor fertilizers. The phosphogypsum is generated in large scale, causing serious problems of storage. Restriction of environment laws and the increasing cost of the area needed for the phosphogypsum storage have stimulated researches to this material application. Among these researches, there is the reutilization of this waste as construction material of road bases and sub-bases. The samples of theses mixtures were submitted to tests of unconfined compressive strength, indirect tensile strength and California bearing ratio. In the tests of unconfined compressive strength and indirect tensile strength, the specimens were submitted to two test conditions: without immersion and with immersion in water for four hours. It was used 0%, 3%, 5%, 7% e 10% of lime in the mixtures. All specimens were compacted in the energy modified Proctor. Each specimens get through to a process of curing time of the 0, 3, 7 and 28 days. For each condition test 4 copies were molded and the result got by the statistic method of GRUBBS. With this tests, it was concluded that higher values of time of cure and the line content led to higher strength and stiffness values. Besides, test performed after immersion in water presented strength values for the unconfined compressive, diametral compression strength and stiffness lower than those obtained without immersion. It also can be observed that phosphogypsum and lime mixtures got better results of unconfined compressive strength and diametral compression strength than soil and lime mixtures. However, phosphogypsum and cement mixtures got better results of strength and stiffness than phosphogypsum and lime mixtures.

O trabalho teve por objetivo o desenvolvimento de bases gordurosas para margarinas utilizando o método de modificação por interesterificação, como alternativa ao processo de hidrogenação parcial, que forma isômeros trans. / The aim of the study was to develop soft margarines by using intertesterification, as an alternative of hydrogenation, which forms trans isomers.

Os objetivos deste trabalho são avaliar o comportamento de asfaltos peruanos convencional CAP PEN 60/70 e modificados por polímero SBS tipo I 60/60 e PG 76-22, em misturas asfálticas densas, sem e com envelhecimento em curto prazo, e estabelecer a distribuição do grau de desempenho (PG) de ligantes asfálticos com base nas condições climáticas de cada região do Peru. Para a classificação por desempenho os ligantes asfálticos procedentes de Peru foram submetidos aos ensaios convencionais e da especificação Superpave: penetração, ponto de amolecimento, viscosidade Brookfield, ponto de fulgor, retorno elástico, estabilidade a estocagem, envelhecimento em curto prazo (RTFOT), envelhecimento em longo prazo (PAV), cisalhamento dinâmico (DSR) e rigidez à fluência na flexão (BBR). Para a avaliação das propriedades mecânicas, sem envelhecimento e com envelhecimento em curto prazo, foram moldados um total de 196 corpos de prova, submetidos aos ensaios Marshall, resistência à tração, resistência à tração após umidade induzida, módulo de resiliência, fluência por compressão uniaxial estática, fluência por compressão uniaxial dinâmica e vida de fadiga. Os resultados dos ensaios mostram que o proceso de modificação dos asfaltos por polímero melhora as caracteristicas reológicas do ligante, apresentando menor índice de susceptibilidade térmica e maior resistência ao envelhecimento e melhorando o comportamento das misturas asfálticas em todos os ensaios mecânicos. Esses resultados foram confirmados pela análise estrutural com o programa computacional Elsym5, nas duas condições de envelhecimento estudadas. / The main goal of this work is the evaluation of the behavior of conventional peruvian asphalt binder AC PEN 60/70 and SBS polymer-modified asphalts I 60/60 and PG 76-22, when used in hot-mix asphalt (HMA), under both conditions with and without short-term aging. It aims also to establish the asphalt binder performance grade (PG), which is based on the weather conditions, for different peruvian regions. The peruvian asphalt binders were submitted to conventional and Superpave laboratory tests: penetration, softening point, Brookfield viscosity, flash point, elastic recovery, storage stability, rolling thin film oven test (RTFOT), pressure aging vessel (PAV), dynamic shear rheometer (DSR) and bending beam rheometer (BBR). For the evaluation of mechanical properties 196 specimen were sumitted to Marshall, indirect tensile strength under static loading, indirect tensile strength under static loading after induced moisture, resilient modulus under dynamic diametric compression, static and dynamic creep and fatigue tests. The result show that polymer-modified asphalt binder improve rheological characteristic, in terms of thermal susceptibility and resistance to aging, and also improve the asphalt mixtures behavior, which was verified in all of the mechanical tests and after the structural analysis performed with the Elsym5 program, for all of the short-term aging conditions studied in this work.

Finite Mixture model has been studied for a long time, however, traditional methods assume that the variables are measured without error. Mixtures-of-regression model with measurement error imposes challenges to the statisticians, since both the mixture structure and the existence of measurement error can lead to inconsistent estimate for the regression coefficients. In order to solve the inconsistency, We propose series of methods to estimate the mixture likelihood of the mixtures-of-regressions model when there is measurement error, both in the responses and predictors. Different estimators of the parameters are derived and compared with respect to their relative efficiencies. The simulation results show that the proposed estimation methods work well and improve the estimating process.

A travers leur alimentation, les consommateurs sont exposés à plusieurs substances chimiques simultanément qui peuvent avoir des effets combinés délétères sur la santé. Six mélanges de contaminants alimentaires auxquels la population française est exposée ont été définis en couplant des données individuelles de consommation et de contamination des aliments. L'objectif de cette thèse était d'étudier in vitro les effets génotoxiques de ces mélanges en utilisant de nouvelles approches. L'étude a montré que deux mélanges étaient génotoxiques et mutagènes, à des concentrations où les composés pris individuellement n'ont aucun effet, suggérant un effet combiné non additif. Nous avons également observé que, pour ces mélange, les effets sont conduits par deux métaux lourds et que leurs effets sont synergiques. Enfin, nous avons achevé cette étude en fournissant des informations détaillées sur les mécanismes d'action des mélanges permettant de mieux comprendre les interactions observées. / Through diet, people are exposed simultaneously to a variety of contaminants that could have combined adverse effects on human health. Six food contaminant mixtures to which the French population is exposed were defined based on individual food consumption data and data on the concentration of chemicals in foodstuff. The purpose of this work was to investigate the genotoxic effects of mixtures in vitro using novel approaches. We demonstrated that two mixtures could be genotoxic and mutagenic, at concentrations for which each individual compound did not induce any DNA damage, suggesting that the combined effect was not additive. We also concluded that, for the two mixtures, the effects were driven by two heavy metals and displayed a great synergy. Finally, we achieved our work by providing detailed information on the mechanisms of action of mixtures to better understand interaction.

Multi-services cover crops (MSCC) grown during fallow period between two cash crops provide various ecosystem services. Among species used as MSCC, crucifers can efficiently prevent nitrate and sulphate leaching by catching residual soil mineral nitrogen (N) and sulphur (S) afterthe preceding cash crop (N and S catch crop services). Crucifers also have a unique capacity to suppress pathogens due to the biocidal hydrolysis products of endogenous secondary metabolites called glucosinolates (GSL). The aim of our study was to assess the provision of various ecosystem services linked to N, S cycles and biocontrol potential for a wide range of bispecific crucifer-legume mixtures in comparison to sole cover crops of legume and crucifer. We carried out experiments in 2 contrasted sites (Toulouse and Orléans regions, France) during 2 years in order to assess these services and the compatibility of various bi-specific crucifer-legume mixtures. We tested a great diversity of species, such as i) crucifers : rape, white mustard, Indian mustard, Ethiopian mustard, turnip, turnip rape, radish and rocket, and ii) legumes: Egyptian clover, crimson clover, common vetch, purple vetch, hairy vetch, pea, soya bean, faba bean, and white lupin. Our study demonstrated that crucifer-legume mixtures can provide and mutualize various ecosystem services by reaching from 2 thirds (GSL production, S and N green manure) to the same level ofservice (N and S catch crop) than the best sole family of species. GSL profile and concentration did not change in mixtures meaning that crucifer-pests interactions were identical. Through a literature review we also illustrated that biocontrol services of crucifers could be largely maintained in crucifer-legume mixtures for a wide range of pathogens and weeds while reducing potential disservices on beneficials and increasing N related service

Généralement les modèles QSPR ne sont utilisés que pour prédire des propriétés des corps purs. Dans cette thèse nous avons développé une approche QSPR permettant de prédire des propriétés non additives de mélanges binaires, plus précisément leur caractère azéotropique/zéotropique. Pour parvenir à ce résultat, plusieurs types de modèles quantitatifs et qualitatifs ont été développés. L’approche est originale pour deux raisons. Premièrement, peu de travaux de recherche ont été publiés sur des mélanges dont les propriétés sont non-additives. Deuxièmement, plusieurs nouveaux aspects méthodologiques ont été introduits dans ce travail. Tout d'abord des descripteurs "spéciaux", capables de décrire des mélanges ont été proposés. De plus, un protocole robuste d'obtention et de validation des modèles a été utilisé, et un domaine d'applicabilité des modèles fiable a été proposé. La méthodologie développée pendant cette thèse démontre la fiabilité d'un nouveau concept – les modèles QSPR pour les mélanges. Elle est comparable à d'autres méthodes classiques, quoique n'utilisant qu'un faible nombre de données en comparaison. / Generally, QSPR models are limited to individual compounds. In this thesis we have developed a QSPR approach to predict non-additive properties of binary mixtures, more explicitly their azeotropic behavior. To achieve this, several types of quantitative and qualitative models have been developed. This approach is original for two reasons. First, little research has been published on mixtures whose properties are no additive. Second, several new methodological aspects have been introduced in this work. First of all "special" descriptors able to describe mixtures have been proposed. In addition, a robust protocol for obtaining and validating models was used, and a reliable models applicability domain was proposed. The methodology developed during this thesis demonstrates the consistency of a new concept - the QSPR models for mixtures. It is comparable to other conventional methods, though using only limited data.

Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in the ambient air is associated with various health effects. There is increasing evidence which implicates the central role played by specific chemical components such as heavy metals of PM2.5. Given the fact that humans are exposed to complex mixtures of environmental pollutants such as PM2.5, research efforts are intensifying to study the mixtures composition and the emission sources of ambient PM, and the exposure-related health effects. Factor analysis as well source apportionment models are statistical tools potentially useful for characterizing mixtures in PM2.5. However, classic factor analysis is designed to analyze samples of independent data. To handle (spatio-)temporally correlated PM2.5 data, a Bayesian approach is developed and using source apportionment, a latent factor is converted to a mixture by utilizing loadings to compute mixture coefficients. Additionally there have been intensified efforts in studying the metal composition and variation in ambient PM as well as its association with health outcomes. We use non parametric smoothing methods to study the spatio-temporal patterns and variation of common PM metals and their mixtures. Lastly the risk of low birth weight following exposure to metal mixtures during pregnancy is being investigated.

Statistical analyses and modeling have contributed greatly to our understanding of the pathogenesis of HIV-1 infection; they also provide guidance for the treatment of AIDS patients and evaluation of antiretroviral (ARV) therapies. Various statistical methods, nonlinear mixed-effects models in particular, have been applied to model the CD4 and viral load trajectories. A common assumption in these methods is all patients come from a homogeneous population following one mean trajectories. This assumption unfortunately obscures important characteristic difference between subgroups of patients whose response to treatment and whose disease trajectories are biologically different. It also may lack the robustness against population heterogeneity resulting misleading or biased inference. Finite mixture models, also known as latent class models, are commonly used to model nonpredetermined heterogeneity in a population; they provide an empirical representation of heterogeneity by grouping the population into a finite number of latent classes and modeling the population through a mixture distribution. For each latent class, a finite mixture model allows individuals in each class to vary around their own mean trajectory, instead of a common one shared by all classes. Furthermore, a mixture model has ability to cluster and estimate class membership probabilities at both population and individual levels. This important feature may help physicians to better understand a particular patient disease progression and refine the therapeutical strategy in advance. In this research, we developed mixture dynamic model and related Bayesian inferences via Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC). One real data set from HIV/AIDS clinical management and another from clinical trial were used to illustrate the proposed models and methods. This dissertation explored three topics. First, we modeled the CD4 trajectories using a finite mixture model with four distinct components of which the mean functions are designed based on Michaelis-Menten function. Relevant covariates both baseline and time-varying were considered and model comparison and selection were based on such-criteria as Deviance Information Criteria (DIC). Class membership model was allowed to depend on covariates for prediction. Second, we explored disease status prediction HIV/AIDS using the latent class membership model. Third, we modeled viral load trajectories using a finite mixture model with three components of which the mean functions are designed based on published HIV dynamic systems. Although this research is motivated by HIV/AIDS studies, the basic concepts and methods developed here have much broader applications in management of other chronic diseases; they can also be applied to dynamic systems in other fields. Implementation of our methods using the publicly- vailable WinBUGS package suggest that our approach can be made quite accessible to practicing statisticians and data analysts.