<p>U disertaciji su prikazani rezultati sopstvenog eksperimentalnog istraživanja na osnovu kojih je izvršena komparativna analiza uticaja različitih vrsta lakih agregata i vrste i količine cementa na osnovna fizičko-mehanička svojstva lakoagregatnih betona. Takođe, analizirana je i mogućnost zamene dela cementa mineralnim dodacima u cilju smanjenja negativnih uticaja proizvodnje betona na životnu sredinu. Rezultati su pokazali da je primenom svih analiziranih vrsta agregata moguće dobiti konstrukcijski lakoagregatni beton, čak i sa manjim količinama cementa, odnosno sa zamenom dela cementa mineralnim dodacima, kao i da je moguće uspostaviti pouzdane korelacione veze između pojedinih svojstava betona i primenjenih komponentnih materijala.</p> / <p>In dissertation are presented results of own experimental research of a<br />comparative analysis of the impact of different types of lightweight<br />aggregates and the type and quantity of cement on basic physical and<br />mechanical properties of structural lightweight concrete. Also, the possibility<br />of replacing part of cement with mineral admixtures is analyzed in order to<br />reduce the negative impact of concrete production on the environment. The<br />results showed that it is possible to obtain structural lightweight aggregate<br />concrete with all types of lightweight aggregates and even with lower<br />quantities of cement or with a replacement of part of a cement with mineral<br />admixtures. Also, it is possible to establish a reliable correlation between<br />certain properties of concrete and used component materials.</p>

The thesis "Addictive Substances and their Possible effect on Child Development" deals with the effects of addictive drugs used by pregnant women on their child's development. Firstly, the text focuses on common valid definitions and characteristics of addictive substances. The addictive substances are divided into two categories - illegal and legal drugs. Initially, key groups of addictive substances are described and then their individual representatives are portrayed briefly. Furthermore, the thesis focuses on the period of prenatal development, which will serve as a comprehensive overview on the subject and will logically connect individual chapters. Another part of the thesis focuses on the characteristics of drug-addicted mothers, describes the specific traits of drug addicted pregnant women. Moreover, in this part pregnant women with dual diagnosis are described. Last but not least, the theoretical part of the thesis will explain complications that arise in infants right after childbirth, especially the fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) or infection. There will also be discussed the long-term consequences such as disorders associated with attention, behavior disorders, learning or congenital malformation. This work aims to find out whether children of...

In this thesis, a method of optimization of nonuniform pulse repetition interval for pulse Doppler radars is investigated. PRI jittering technique is used for the selection of inter-pulse intervals. An environment with white Gaussian noise and clutter interference is defined and applying generalized likelihood ratio test, a sufficient statistic function for the detection of the target is derived. The effect of jitter set selection on range and Doppler ambiguity resolution and clutter rejection is investigated. Jitter sets for Doppler ambiguity resolution are investigated by the minimization of the sufficient statistic function value at other estimated target velocities. Jitter sets for range ambiguity resolution are investigated by minimization of the number of ambigous hits at other estimated ranges. The clutter rejection properties of jitter sets are evaluated by defining a constraint function on zero velocity clutter rejection. The problems stated are solved using MATLAB with genetic algorithms. It is observed that there is a trade off between Doppler ambiguity resolution and clutter rejection properties of jitter sets. Low jitter values are needed for good clutter rejection. The performance of jitter sets are optimized according to range ambiguity resolution and clutter rejection properties by defining cost functions. It is observed that good range ambiguity resolution and clutter rejection can be achieved by an optimized PRI jittering technique. Finally, the effects of quantization of Doppler filter coefficients and target returns using improvement factor as the performance criterion are evaluated.

This thesis argues that the curricula distributed among the newly founded, rural socialist schools in Mexico after the Revolution of 1910 created a new narrative about one of the most explosive moments in Latin American history. It describes the ways that women's work was increased by charging mothers with additional burdens of raising revolutionary citizens and developing the ideals of the revolution at home. The thesis gives a close read of one major children's novel of the time as well as articles from a teachers' magazine to discuss the ways that the post-revolutionary state government promoted indigenous ethnocide in the wake of the 1910 revolution and consolidated political power to the hands of the official state party which has dominated Mexican politics ever since.

This master’s thesis dissertate the possibilities of the linkage between Asterisk softswitch and the 4th generation private branch exchange. This should create a new generation’s network, so-called NGN, by the convergence of existing telecommunication networks with an IP computer network. This master’s thesis is divided into several chapters. In introduction is described the evolution of the private branch exchanges as well as the principles of the voice digitizing, codecs and signaling commonly used in both TDM and VoIP networks. The main aim of this project is the configuration of Asterisk software exchange for connection with PBX Alcatel 4400 as well as public phone network PSTN. Another goal of this master’s thesis was the configuration of Alcatel PBX and diagnostics of CCS and CAS signaling on E1 interface. In conclusion there are summarized advantages of NGN networks and their utilization in the future.

L’apparition de plusieurs maladies, telles que le cancer, le diabète, l'hypertension artérielle et la propagation d'infections de type virus mutagènes peuvent être liées à la qualité et au mode de vie que nous menons aujourd’hui. En effet, plusieurs études sur les facteurs déclenchant ces maladies dites "morbides" à long ou à court terme, sont liées au stress et à la qualité des aliments consommés, qu'ils soient d'origine végétale ou animale. Ces maladies deviennent un phénomène courant, elles touchent différentes races et toutes les catégories de la société. D'après les recherches ethnobotaniques, les substances d’origine naturelle, ont permis à des civilisations de survivre à des maladies mortelles. A titre d'exemple, on retrouve ainsi des références à des périodes de fièvre paludique en Chine et à des symptômes de cette maladie dans le «Huangdi Neijiang» Le Canon de Médecine datant des environs du premier siècle avant notre ère, plus de 2000 ans, qui relate de l'emploi de plantes médicinales, pour soulager les fièvres (Desgrouas et al., 2014).Vers 186 avant J.-C. apparaît, dans certaines régions de Chine, l'utilisation en tisane, du Qing hao su, appelé plus tard artémisinine en Occident et extrait d'une plante médicinale utilisée comme antipyrétique appelée "Qing hao", Artemisia annua ou Armoise annuelle. L'artemisinine bloque une enzyme qui permet au parasite de pomper le calcium et l'empêche ainsi de se développer. Au jour d'aujourd'hui l’Artemisinin-based combination therapy, en français Thérapie combinée à base d'artémisinine et en sigle ACT, est une thérapie et une prévention tertiaire dans les cas de paludisme simple.Dans cette optique notre étude vient s'ajouter à une longue série d'études menées sur les plantes médicinales et les substances naturelles extraites. Elle a pour objectif de révéler de nouvelles biomolécules, de mettre en évidence leurs activités biologiques grâce à des techniques de biotechnologies d'une part. D'autre part ces investigations permettront de valoriser les ressources naturelles qui se distinguent par leur endémicité.Pour se faire, notre choix s'est porté sur deux plantes médicinales endémiques à l'Algérie Cyclamen africanum Boiss. & Reuter et Zygophyllum cornutum Coss. , après une recherche ethnobotanique sur la pharmacopée traditionnelle du Nord de l'Afrique, et qui a révélé l’efficacité de ces plantes dans les problèmes inflammatoires minimes chez les autochtones, nous avons entrepris des investigations pharmaco- biochimiques.Ces dernières nous ont permis d'isoler : cinq composés à partir de l'extrait méthanolique des racines de l'espèce Cyclamen africanum Boiss. & Reuter, deux nouvelles saponines triterpéniques de type Oleanane, Afrocyclamin A et B (1, 2), ainsi que trois saponines triterpénoïdes connus sous le nom de lysikokianoside (3), deglucocyclamin I (4) et de son dérivé d'acide dicrotalique (5); et Sept saponosides connus à partir de l'extrait méthanolique de la plante entière de Zygophyllum cornutum Coss., ces saponosides sont de type ursane, ce type de triterpène est rapporté dans cette espèce pour la première fois et peuvent être considérés comme un marqueur chimio-taxonomique (chemotype) du genre Zygophyllum. Les structures ont été élucidées, sur la base de l'analyse des spectres de l'expérience RMN-1D et RMN- 2D (COSY, TOCSY, NOESY, HMBC et HSQC) et spectrométrie de masse en source FAB mode ion négatif. Des activités biologiques, des fractions saponosidiques Fr.1 et Fr.2, ont été testées sur des lignées de Rats mâles et femelles, de la race Winstar pour évaluer l'activité anti inflammatoire.La fraction saponosidique Fr.1 de Cyclamen africanum à la dose 5 mg, a montré un effet significatif sur l'inflammation causé par la carragénine, en réduisant l'oedème et la réponse immunitaire, qui s'est traduite par la concentration des protéines de la réponse inflammatoire (PRI) à travers leurs action sur les pro-médiateurs de l'inflammation (COX-2, PGE2, TNF -α, iNOS). / The appearance of several diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure and spread of infections mutagenic virus type can be linked to the quality and lifestyle that we lead today. Indeed, several studies on the factors triggering these so-called "morbid" long-or short-term illnesses are related to stress and quality of food consumed, whether of plant and animal origin. These diseases are becoming a common occurrence, they affect different races and all classes of society. According ethnobotanical research, naturally occurring substances, allowed civilizations to survive deadly diseases. For example, we thus find references to periods of malarial fever in China and one of the symptoms of this disease in the "Huangdi Neijiang" The Canon of Medicine dating from around the first century BC, more than 2000 years, which relates to the use of herbal medicines to relieve fevers (Desgrouas et al., 2014).Around 186 BC appears, in some parts of China, the use in herbal tea, Qing hao su, later known as artemisinin in the West and extracted from a medicinal plant used as antipyretic called "Qing hao" Artemisia annua or annual wormwood. Artemisinin blocks an enzyme which enables the parasite to pump calcium and prevents it from developing. As of today the Artemisinin-based combination therapy in French Combination therapy of artemisinin and ACT acronym, is a therapy and tertiary prevention in cases of uncomplicated malaria.From this perspective our study adds to a long series of studies on medicinal plants and natural substances extracted. It aims to reveal new biomolecules, highlighting their biological activities through techniques of biotechnology on the one hand. Moreover, these investigations will develop natural resources that are characterized by endemic.To do this, our choice is focused on two endemic medicinal plants in Algeria Cyclamen africanum Boiss. & Reuter and Zygophyllum cornutum Coss. After an ethnobotanical research on traditional medicine in Northern Africa, which showed the effectiveness of these plants in minimal inflammatory problems among Aboriginal, we undertook biochemical pharmacological investigations.The latter allowed us to isolate, five compounds from the methanol extract of the roots of the species Cyclamen africanum Boiss. Reuter & two new oleanane triterpene saponins type, Afrocyclamin A and B (1, 2) and three triterpenoid saponins known lysikokianoside of (3), deglucocyclamin I (4) and its derivative dicrotalique acid (5) September and known from the methanol extract saponins from the whole plant of Zygophyllum cornutum Coss. these saponins are ursane type, type triterpenes are reported in this species for the first time and can be considered a chemotherapy marker Taxonomic (chemotype) of Zygophyllum kind. The structures were elucidated on the basis of the analysis of NMR spectra of the experience-1D and 2D-NMR (COSY, TOCSY, NOESY, HSQC and HMBC) and mass spectrometry method negative ion FAB source. The biological activities of saponosidiques FR.1 and Fr.2 fractions were tested on lines of male and female rats of the Winstar rats to evaluate the anti-inflammatory activity. The saponosidique fraction FR.1 Cyclamen africanum the 5 mg dose, showed a significant effect on inflammation caused by carrageenan, reducing edema and immune response, which resulted in the concentration of protein the inflammatory response (PRI) through their action on the pro-inflammatory mediators (COX-2, PGE2, TNF -α, iNOS). The fraction of Fr.2 saponosidique Zygophyllum dose 20 mg did not show a significant effect on inflammation in general.

<p>U disertaciji su prikazani rezultati sopstvenog eksperimentalnog istraživanja mogućnosti primjene biopepela, nastalog sagorjevanjem žetvenih ostataka, kao mineralnog dodatka u cementnim kompozitima: malterima i betonima. Istraživanje je zasnovano na komparativnoj analizi 27 vrsta maltera u kojima je varirana vrsta biopepela i vrsta sitnozrnog agregata i 12 vrsta betona koje se razlikuju u vrsti veziva i u krupnom agregatu. Na očvrslom malteru su ispitani: konzistencija, čvrstoća pri pritisku i kapilarno upijanje vode, a na očvrslom betonu ispitivani su kapilarno upijanje vode, skupljanje pri sušenju, čvrstoća pri pritisku, dinamički modul elastičnosti, otpornost na habanje, vodonepropustljivost i čvrstoća na savijanje. Istaknuto je da se primjenom biopepela kao zamjene dijela cementa mogu dobiti konstrukcijski malteri i betoni, odnosno betoni sa zadovoljavajućim fizičkim i mehaničkim karakteristikama.</p> / <p>The dissertation presents the results of an own experimental research on the possibility of using biomass ash as a mineral additive in cement composites: mortar and concrete. The research is based on a comparative analysis of 27 types of mortars in which the type of biomass ash and the type of fine-grained aggregate were varied, as well as 12 types of concrete that differ in the type of binder and coarse aggregate. Following properties were tested on hardened mortars: consistency, compressive strength and capillary water absorption, and on hardened concrete: capillary water absorption, drying shrinkage, compressive strength, dinamic modulus of elasticity, wear resistance, waterpermeability and flexural strength. It was pointed out that biomass ash can be used as a replacement of a part of cement, thereby obtaining satisfactory physical and mechanical characteristics.</p>

abstract: This study explores the potential risks associated with the 65 U.S.-based commercial nuclear power plants (NPPs) and the distribution of those risks among the populations of both their respective host communities and of the communities located in outlying areas. First, I examine the relevant environmental justice issues. I start by examining the racial/ethnic composition of the host community populations, as well as the disparities in socio-economic status that exist, if any, between the host communities and communities located in outlying areas. Second, I estimate the statistical associations that exist, if any, between a population's distance from a NPP and several independent variables. I conduct multivariate ordinary least square (OLS) regression analyses and spatial autocorrelation regression (SAR) analyses at the national, regional and individual-NPP levels. Third, I construct a NPP potential risk index (NPP PRI) that defines four discrete risk categories--namely, very high risk, high risk, moderate risk, and low risk. The NPP PRI allows me then to estimate the demographic characteristics of the populations exposed to each so-defined level of risk. Fourth, using the Palo Verde NPP as the subject, I simulate a scenario in which a NPP experiences a core-damage accident. I use the RASCAL 4.3 software to simulate the path of dispersion of the resultant radioactive plume, and to investigate the statistical associations that exist, if any, between the dispersed radioactive plume and the demographic characteristics of the populations located within the plume's footprint. This study utilizes distributive justice theories to understand the distribution of the potential risks associated with NPPs, many of which are unpredictable, irreversible and inescapable. I employ an approach that takes into account multiple stakeholders in order to provide avenues for all parties to express concerns, and to ensure the relevance and actionability of any resulting policy recommendations. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Environmental Social Science 2014

The work focuses on limitation of public officials' reelection eligibility in Mexican political system. The question of reelection is put into the context of both Latin American region and history of Mexico itself and of its constitution. It offers an overview of specific constitutional clauses that define the reelection rules, historical background and motivation of their genesis and also analyses their practical implementation and consequences. The topic is examined primarily with regard to the influence of reelection limitation on previous and future democratic development of the country.

Práca sa zaoberá automatizáciou testovania technickej dokumentácie napísanej v značkovacom jazyku AsciiDoc pomocou open-source frameworku testovania technickej dokumentácie Emender implementovaného na CI/CD platforme. Framework bol rozšírený o webovú aplikáciu emenderwebservice s REST API, ktorá poskytuje užívateľské grafické rozhranie s výsledkami testov a mechanizmom na odrieknutie falošne pozitívnych výsledkov testov. Webová aplikácia bola vytvorená pomocou WSGI frameworku na tvorbu webových aplikácií Flask s databázou ktorá umožňuje agregáciu výsledkov testov a ich unikátnu identifikáciu. Aplikácia uľahčuje prístup ku výsledkom testov vygenerovaných frameworkom Emender v CI/CD systémoch a poskytuje technical writer-om ucelené užívateľské prostredie.