L'huile d'olive est la principale source d’apports lipidique dans le régime méditerranéen. Elle est reconnue comme une source de nutriments et est à l’origine de plusieurs effets biologiques bénéfiques pour la santé. Plusieurs études montrent notamment que la consommation d'huile d'olive peut être efficace dans le traitement de maladies cardiovasculaires. Cependant, peu d'études mettent en évidence un effet antiinflammatoire, antiallergique et anti-Alzheimer de l’huile d’olive. De même, aucune étude n’a déterminé un lien entre ces effets et les variétés d’olives dont sont issues les huiles ainsi que les composés présents responsables de ces effets. Le but de ce travail est donc d'évaluer l'effet biologique, et plus particulièrement le potentiel antiinflammatoire et antiallergique des composés hydrophiles obtenus après extraction en phase solide (SPE-Diol), à partir de plusieurs variétés d’huiles d'olive extra vierge (EVOO) issues de trois années de récolte différentes. L'effet neuroprotecteur de la variété Picholine, contre la maladie d'Alzheimer a également été évalué. Les résultats montrent que l'effet anti-inflammatoire et l’effet anti-allergique varies de façon concentration dépendante et en fonction de la variété d’EVOO. De plus, nous avons mis en évidence que la variété de Picholine a un effet neuroprotecteur. L’ensemble de ce travail a établi une corrélation entre des activités anti-inflammatoire, anti-allergique et anti-Alzheimer des huiles d’olives issues de plusieurs variétés et les différents composés présents, ce qui a permis de mettre en avant la variété Picholine. / Olive oil is the primary source of fat in the Mediterranean diet. It is not only known as a distinctive source of nutrients but also as an origin of several biological effects that represent a very important factor for the health. Several studies demonstrate that olive oil consumption has to be effective against heart and cardiovascular diseases. Few studies show up the anti-inflammatory, the anti-allergic and the anti-Alzheimer effects of olive oil but there is no study about the cultivar effect and the interference that could occur between the different olive oil compounds. The aim of this work is to evaluate the biological effect and more particularly the potential anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic of hydrophilic components obtained by solid phase extraction (SPE-Diol) of different extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) cultivars and from three different harvest years. Moreover the neuroprotective effect of Picholine cultivar against Alzheimer’s disease was also studied. The results show that the anti-inflammatory and the anti-allergic activities differ depending on the EVOO cultivar and they are concentration-dependent. The results show also that Picholine cultivar has an anti-Alzheimer activity. All of these studies have established a correlation between the anti-inflammatory, the anti-allergic and the anti-Alzheimer effects of different EVOO cultivars and different compounds present, which enabled us to highlight the Picholine cultivar.

<p>Design of products permits to yield goods and services to produce satisfaction on customers, which is measured as value. However, it is at this stage in which most of the environmental impact, from a lifecycle perspective, is added to the product. Eco-design aims at increasing value of products while reducing the burdens on the environment by means conscious design towards efficient use of resources. That efficiency, referred to as eco-efficiency, can be increased in a number of manners within environmental engineering. Traditionally, different fields have tackled materials, energy flows and products from different angles or approaches. In this thesis we describe Functional Sales (FS) and Industrial Ecology (IE) as examples of these. Within this latter, we put emphasis on Industrial Symbiosis (IS) and Eco-effectiveness. We consider these approaches are suitable to work in the framework of eco-design to increase ecoefficiency. By adding services to material products, and managing material and energy flows with a more ecological consciousness, we expect to increase value of products while reducing the impact on the environment.</p><p>To analyse this potential improvement, we developed a method involving a new eco-efficiency index (VERI), that recursively intends to ease decisions on possible eco-efficient alternatives. This index and its method are applied to a case study on management of olive oil supply in region of Murcia, Spain. Here, we propose three scenarios that will involve the implementation of FS and IE to compare the outcomes in value and environmental performance against an idealised current supply chain. The results obtained, although not accurate, suggest that FS and EI should be more taken into account in eco-design and, this latter, to also consider holistic viewpoints to find more eco-efficient alternatives for a product development.</p>

Design of products permits to yield goods and services to produce satisfaction on customers, which is measured as value. However, it is at this stage in which most of the environmental impact, from a lifecycle perspective, is added to the product. Eco-design aims at increasing value of products while reducing the burdens on the environment by means conscious design towards efficient use of resources. That efficiency, referred to as eco-efficiency, can be increased in a number of manners within environmental engineering. Traditionally, different fields have tackled materials, energy flows and products from different angles or approaches. In this thesis we describe Functional Sales (FS) and Industrial Ecology (IE) as examples of these. Within this latter, we put emphasis on Industrial Symbiosis (IS) and Eco-effectiveness. We consider these approaches are suitable to work in the framework of eco-design to increase ecoefficiency. By adding services to material products, and managing material and energy flows with a more ecological consciousness, we expect to increase value of products while reducing the impact on the environment. To analyse this potential improvement, we developed a method involving a new eco-efficiency index (VERI), that recursively intends to ease decisions on possible eco-efficient alternatives. This index and its method are applied to a case study on management of olive oil supply in region of Murcia, Spain. Here, we propose three scenarios that will involve the implementation of FS and IE to compare the outcomes in value and environmental performance against an idealised current supply chain. The results obtained, although not accurate, suggest that FS and EI should be more taken into account in eco-design and, this latter, to also consider holistic viewpoints to find more eco-efficient alternatives for a product development.

A debate over environmental policies and trade competitiveness, “Do environmental policies really matter to impact trade competitiveness?” still exists during the past decade. The thesis aims at investigating the impact of WTO-EU environmental policies for the international olive oil market on production and export competitiveness of developing countries. In particular, we focus our analysis on the agro-industrial sector in the Arab countries, and we take specific reference to the case of the olive oil agro-industrial sector in Syria. In the frame of a partial equilibrium trade model, we incorporate the “end-of-the-pipe” environmental policies which in turn enhance the productivity of the polluting input. Moreover, a part of the burden of environmental compliance may be shifted onto foreign consumers. The most novel part of our model consists of the augmented effect of compliance with environmental policies, which includes not only the standard impact on the effective product price, but also on the input shadow price. The empirical findings, based on Syrian data, provide strong support to the Porter Hypothesis and its application to international markets for agro-industrial products. Accordingly, the study disproves the legitimacy of concerns that stricter environmental policies in developing economies may have negative impacts on their production and export competitiveness. In contrast, our results show that compliance with environmental policies under the large country assumption has positive effects on their international competitiveness of environmentally sensitive sectors, in particular. Therefore, the policy implications suggest the implementation of strict environmental regulatory policies supporting environmentally sound technologies.

Oxidative stress and inflammation are important factors involved in the progression of heart failure. An important cytokine produced during myocardial infarction (MI) is tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α). TNF-α may induce oxidative stress, cell damage, apoptosis and cardiac dysfunction. Considering the anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties of extra-virgin olive oil and its major component (80%) oleic acid (OA), and their benefits to the cardiovascular system, we hypothesized that the negative effects of TNF-α in the pathogenesis of heart failure will be mitigated by olive oil consumption. This hypothesis was tested by examining the effects of a special diet supplemented with 10% olive oil, in coronary artery ligated animal model of MI. Corn oil (10%) supplementation was used as a control for matching caloric intake. Animals in the sham and ligated groups fed regular chow, olive oil, and corn oil were studied at 4 and 16 weeks post myocardial infarction (PMI). Mortality, diet consumption, weight gain and conduction system abnormalities were comparable among all ligated groups. Echocardiography showed that MI deteriorated cardiac function, and olive oil restored the function. At 16 weeks PMI, only corn oil fed groups showed significant increase in both total cholesterol and HDL. Corn oil was not able to offer protection to the heart, suggesting that the beneficial effects of olive oil are not due to increased caloric intake or increased HDL. MI increased myocardial TNF-α, oxidative stress, lipid peroxidation, pro-apoptotic protein expression (Bax, cleaved Caspase 3, cleaved PARP, TGFβ, Bnip3), cytochrome C release, MAP kinase activation (p38, JNK) and decreased anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-xL expression at both 4 and 16 weeks PMI, and these changes were modulated by olive oil. In order to further test the central role of TNF-α PMI, we examined the possible miti-gation of TNF-α induced changes by OA in isolated adult rat cardiomyocytes. TNF-α in-creased oxidative stress, cell damage, cell death, and apoptosis, while OA treatment miti-gated these TNF-α induced effects. We concluded that TNF-α is implicated in the progression of heart failure subsequent to MI and that OA in olive oil may prevent this progression, through its anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-hypertensive, and inotropic effects.

Thesis (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1994. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 206-212).

Diss. (sammanfattning) Uppsala : Sveriges lantbruksuniv., 2008. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Σκοπός της παρούσας διπλωματικής εργασίας είναι η μελέτη της επίδρασης της θερμικής κόπωσης στη μηχανική συμπεριφορά κοκκωδών συνθέτων υλικών πολυμερικής μήτρας ενισχυμένης με κόκκους ελαιοπυρήνα υπό μορφή σκόνης. Τα σύνθετα υλικά που κατασκευάσθηκαν μελετήθηκαν πειραματικά και τα αποτελέσματα αναλύθηκαν και προβλέφθηκαν θεωρητικά. Αρχικά πραγματοποίηθηκε η κατασκευή των συνθέτων υλικών σε διάφορες περιεκτικότητες σε κόκκους ελαιοπυρήνα. Από τον μηχανικό χαρακτηρισμό με στατικά πειράματα κάμψης τριών σημείων όλων των συνθέτων υλικών που κατασκευάστηκαν, διαπιστώθηκε η ενισχυτική ικανότητα του ελαιοπυρήνα σε μορφή σκόνης όταν αυτή χρησιμοποιείται ως υλικό ενίσχυσης για την κατασκευή συνθέτων υλικών. Ενώ, στη συνέχεια μελετήθηκε και η επίδραση της θερμικής κόπωσης στη μηχανική συμπεριφορά των συνθέτων υλικών που κατασκευάστηκαν. Τέλος, εφαρμόστηκαν δύο διαφορετικά μοντέλα πρόβλεψης του μέτρου ελαστικότητας συναρτήσει της περιεκτικότητας καθώς και της εναπομείνουσας αντοχής και δυσκαμψίας συναρτήσει των κύκλων θερμικής κόπωσης και έγινε σύγκριση των πειραματικών αποτελεσμάτων με τις αντίστοιχες προβλέψεις. Από τη σύγκριση αυτή παρατηρούμε ότι τα θεωρητικά μοντέλα που εφαρμόστηκαν που είναι το Μ.P.M (Modulus Predictive Model) και το R.P.M (Residual Properties Model) έδωσαν πολύ καλές προβλέψεις για την μεταβολή των ιδιοτήτων. Σαν γενικό συμπέρασμα από την παρούσα εργασία προκύπτει το γεγονός ότι το φθηνό και ελαφρύ υλικό του ελαιοπυρήνα μπορεί να χρησιμοποιηθεί αποτελεσματικά σαν υλικό ενίσχυσης ρητινών με πολύ καλά αποτελέσματα ενίσχυσης. / The aim of the present master thesis is to investigate the effect of thermal fatigue on the mechanical properties of particulate composites reinforced with olive pit’s powder. The composites materials that have been manufactured were investigated both; experimentally and theoretically. First, we manufactured composites reinforced with olive pits at different volume fractions of the filler particles. From the mechanical characterization of the materials investigated by means of static three-point bending experiments. It was found that the olive pits can reinforce the mechanical properties of composites materials when used as reinforced fillers. Next, the effect of thermal fatigue on the mechanical behaviour of the composites materials was investigated and theoretical predictions for their properties with and without thermal fatigue were made. More precisely, the Μ.P.M (Modulus Predictive Model) and the R.P.M (Residual Properties Model) models have been applied. A fair aggreement between experimental findings and theoretical predictions was found in all cases.

Οι Μεσογειακές χώρες ετησίως, κατά την παραγωγή του ελαιολάδου, έρχονται αντιμέτωπες με τη διαχείριση των υγρών αποβλήτων των ελαιοτριβείων, τα οποία περιέχουν μεγάλες ποσότητες οργανικών ουσιών και αιωρούμενων στερεών, προερχόμενα από τον καρπό και το χρησιμοποιούμενο νερό κατά τη μεταποιητική διαδικασία. Η απόρριψή τους στο περιβάλλον ρυπαίνει υδροφόρους ορίζοντες και επιφανειακά ύδατα, υποβαθμίζει το έδαφος, προκαλεί τοξικότητα και δυσάρεστη οσμή. Πλήθος φυσικοχημικών, αλλά και βιολογικών μεθόδων έχουν δοκιμασθεί στην προσπάθεια εξάλειψης των δυσμενών τους χαρακτηριστικών, χωρίς να έχουν δώσει σε ευρεία κλίμακα λύση, προσκρούοντας κυρίως σε προβλήματα κόστους εγκατάστασης και λειτουργίας καθώς και στη διακύμανση της σύστασης τους. Στόχος της παρούσας έρευνας είναι η μελέτη της συμπεριφοράς των υγρών ελαιουργικών λυμάτων κατά τη διοχέτευση τους σε μονάδα επεξεργασίας αστικών λυμάτων, ώστε να είναι δυνατή η συνεπεξεργασία των δύο αυτών διαφορετικών ειδών λυμάτων και να διερευνηθεί η δυνατότητα χρήσης ενός αντιδραστήρα ενεργού ιλύος με προσροφητικό υλικό, PVA-gels Biocarriers. Δημιουργήθηκαν 6 αντιδραστήρες με συγκεκριμένες αραιώσεις κατσίγαρου προς αστικά λύματα, σε συγκεντρώσεις ½, 1/10 και 1/100. Στο υπερκείμενο των συνθετικών λυμάτων πραγματοποιούνταν μετρήσεις των φυσικοχημικών χαρακτηριστικών του ανεπεξέργαστου και επεξεργασμένου συνθετικού λύματος περιοδικά έως το τέλος της πειραματικής διαδικασίας (16/1/2011). Επίσης εξετάστηκε η μικροβιακή χλωρίδα του επεξεργασμένου συνθετικού λύματος και η αποκατάστασή της. Παρατηρήθηκε ότι όλα τα συστήματα επεξεργάζονταν ικανοποιητικά απόβλητα που περιείχαν ελαιουργικά λύματα σε αναλογία 1/100 κατ’ όγκο, ότι η μικροβιακή τους χλωρίδα αποκαθίσταται, και θα μπορούσαν να διατεθούν σε φυσικό αποδέκτη, ικανοποιώντας τα περισσότερα κριτήρια της οδηγίας 91/271/ΕΕC. Στα συστήματα με αναλογία ½ και 1/10 κατ’ όγκο, παρατηρήθηκε αξιόλογη επεξεργασία σε κάποιες παραμέτρους αλλά και πάλι ήταν υψηλότερη από τα όρια διάθεσης. Τέλος, δεν παρατηρήθηκε κάποια αξιόλογη διαφοροποίηση μεταξύ των δύο συστημάτων ενεργού ιλύος με και χωρίς Biocarriers, τουλάχιστον για αυτό το πρώτο στάδιο εισαγωγής των Biocarriers. / Every year Mediterranean countries face the same problem of the olive oil mill wastewater management. This type of wastewater contains high concentration of organic loads and particulate suspended matter originating from the olives and the production water. Dumping this kind of wastewater untreated to the environment pollutes both surface and groundwater, degrades the soil quality and creates toxic environments and unpleasant odors. Several physicochemical as well as biological methods have been tested unsuccessfully due to the construction and operational costs as well as the variability of the wastewater characteristics. The goal of the present research is to study the behavior of the olive oil mill wastewater while it is introduced in a municipal wastewater treatment plant. The use of PVA-gels as Biocarriers in such a system is also tested. Six bioreactors were used with constant ratios of olive oil mill wastewater to municipal wastewater equal to ½, 1/10, and 1/100. The physicochemical parameters of the supernatant were measured periodically till the end of the experiment (16/1/2011). In addition the microbial communities of the different reactors were monitored especially after the return to the normal operation with municipal wastewater. Both systems treat the olive oil mill wastewater mixed with municipal wastewater in a ratio of 1/100 satisfactorily with outflow that could be discarded to natural receiver being close to the requirements set by the European directive 91/271/ΕΕC. Also, after the return to the normal operation with municipal wastewater the microbial community was easily restored. In systems with such ratios equal to ½ and 1/10, the treatment is effective but the outflow is high over the limits set for municipal wastewater treatment plants. Finally, no significant deviation was observed for activated sludge systems with and without Biocarriers for this initial stage of Biocarriers introduction.

L'objectif principal de ce travail était de répondre à la question suivante : la montée de l'insécurité alimentaire a-t-elle un impact sur les Systèmes Agroalimentaires Localisés (Syal) ? Et, plus particulièrement, les Syal sauront-ils substituer à la logique de « produire peu et mieux » celle de « produire assez et mieux » sans perdre leur identité et reproduire le modèle agricole productiviste ? Deux analyses ont été menées pour y répondre. La première a porté sur les principaux facteurs de l'insécurité alimentaire ainsi que sur les bases conceptuelles et théoriques des Syal resitués dans cette problématique. La seconde a été consacrée à l'évolution de ce dernier face à la nécessité d'accroître les disponibilités alimentaires, et ce à travers l'étude du Système Oléicole dans l'Espace de Saïs-Meknès au Maroc (SOM). Les analyses ont révélé qu'il existe des « solutions médianes » qui conjuguent « produire assez » et « produire mieux » : il s'agit d'une agriculture écologiquement intensive, appuyée par l'entretien et la modernisation des unités traditionnelles – les maâsras - et semi-modernes de trituration. De telles solutions permettraient d'améliorer les disponibilités alimentaires et d'offrir en même temps des produits de qualité, tout en restant lié au territoire et aux valeurs sociétales, notamment en matière environnementale / This study aims at answering the following question: does the rise of food security issues have an impact on Localized Agrifood Systems (Syals)? More precisely, will the Syals succeed in replacing the logic of "producing little but better" by "producing enough and better" without losing their identity in productivist agricultural models? Two analyses have been conducted to find an answer to these questions. The first one focused on the determinants of food security and on the theoretical foundations of Syals as potential response to this challenge. The second one is devoted to the evolution of Syals given the needs for increases of food supply, more particularly in the case of the Olive System in the Saïs-Meknes Area in Morocco (SOM). These analyses led to the identification of "median solutions" which combine the logics of "producing enough" and of "producing better": ecologically intensive agriculture connected with the maintenance and the modernization of the traditional maâsras and the semi-modern crushing units. Such solutions would enable to improve food supply and, in the same time, to provide quality products while remaining linked to a territory and to the societal values including environmental dimension