La première année de thèse a permis de mettre en avant deux aspects concernant la problématique de gestion de l’énergie, à savoir le contrôle court terme et le contrôle long terme de l’énergie respectivement. La première problématique a été étudiée pendant la deuxième année de thèse et a débouché sur la proposition d’une architecture de contrôle multi-actionneurs utilisant les moteurs et les aérofreins dans l’objectif d’augmenter l’autorité de contrôle de l’énergie de l’avion. La seconde problématique a été étudiée pendant la troisième année et a débuté par une étude préliminaire reposant sur le calcul d’une séquence optimale de commandes des becs/volets et train d’atterrissage permettant d’amener l’avion à un certain niveau d’énergie en approche tout en minimisant l’utilisation des moteurs et des aérofreins. Par la suite, l’étude a été étendue afin de prendre en compte la régulation des moteurs, l’utilisation des aérofreins et la modification de la trajectoire verticale. Finalement,une solution basée sur un calcul d’optimisation a été développée puis intégrée au sein d’un simulateur de bureau temps-réel, testée avec une interface homme machine adéquat et pour finir présentée à des pilotes d’essais pour validation. / The first year of thesis allowed to foreground two aspects of the energy management issue,namely the short term control and the long term control, respectively. The first issue was studied during the second year and ended with the proposition of a solution mixing both the airbrakes and engines. The second and last issue started with a preliminary study which consisted of computing an optimal slat/flap command sequence bringing the aircraft to theright energy level in approach while minimizing the use of engines and airbrakes. Then, this study was extended in order to take into account the regulation of engines and airbrakes aswell as vertical trajectory modification. Finally, this optimization-based solution has been integrated within an accurate real-time desktop simulator, tested with a human-machine interface, and then presented to flight test pilots for validation.

This study seeks to investigate the trends and interactions of market volatility as a source of instability in the South African financial markets. Financial instability can be manifested in the form of banking and currency crisis, institutional failures and extreme asset price volatility. This study, however, focuses on a single aspect of financial instability - asset price volatility. Asset price volatility reflects changes in market expectations as investors react to such changes, and thus on its own is not necessarily a source of instability. However, volatility spillovers can propagate volatility shocks across the market, increasing the risk of widespread instability. Using a combination of graphical and trend analysis as well as more formal estimation techniques, the study examined volatility in the stock, money and foreign exchange markets. To obtain estimates of market volatility, the study experimented with various volatility models that include the GARCH, TARCH and EGARCH. An analysis of volatility interactions and the transmission of volatility shocks across the market is crucial to understanding financial instability. To examine volatility interaction and the transmission of volatility shocks, a VAR model was estimated. This framework allowed us to examine the propagation of shocks across the markets. Volatility in the financial markets was found to be highly persistent and in the case of exchange rates, volatility was also characterised by an increasing trend. Significant linkages between the financial markets were found. The links also extended to the volatility relationship as evidenced by significant volatility spillovers across the markets. While volatility spillovers from the money market were found in the stock market and the foreign exchange market, no volatility spillovers from these markets were found in the money market. Thus the money market was identified as the major source of volatility spillovers and shocks in the financial markets. These results highlighted the role of monetary policy in the financial system, specifically the need to make monetary policy stable and predictable to ensure that interest rate shocks are not an additional source of instability. / KMBT_363 / Adobe Acrobat 9.54 Paper Capture Plug-in

Dans les zones portuaires un dragage régulier des sédiments est indispensable afin de maintenir une profondeur satisfaisante des voies de navigation. Dans ce travail, nous avons cherché à étudier la faisabilité d'un traitement de stabilisation en mélangeant 5% et 20% les résidus de bauxite (Bauxaline®, Bauxsol et Bauxaline® neutralisé) avec les sédiments marins de dragage pollués. L'efficacité de cette méthode de traitement a été évaluée en mesurant la concentration en éléments traces lixiviés et la toxicité des lixiviats des sédiments. L’application d’amendements de 20% résidus de bauxite a permis une réduction significative la concentration des éléments traces cationiques de 40 à 80%, et la toxicité des lixiviats. Quel que soit l’amendement, une faible efficacité de la stabilisation a été observée pour les éléments anioniques (As, Mo) / Marine sediments concentrate various pollutants and subsequent sedimentation of harbors and ports require periodic dredging to maintain satisfactory depth of waterways. Direct land deposition of contaminated marine dredged sediments pose risk to the environment due to possible leaching of trace elements. In this context, we aimed to study the feasibility of trace elements stabilization by mixing 5% and 20% of bauxite residues (bauxaline®, bauxsol and neutralized bauxaline®) with composted dredged marine sediment. The treatment efficiency was evaluated by monitoring the leached trace elements concentration and toxicity of sediment leachates. 20% amendment application successfully stabilized cationic pollutants (Cu, Cd, Zn) up to 40-80%, and decreased the toxicity of sediment leachates. Whereas, anionic pollutants (As, Mo) were less immobilized require further investigation

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This thesis is focused on identification and evaluation of stabilization effects of municipal budgetary policy. Stabilization policy of state and municipalities is outlined in the first part of this thesis. Its second part is concerned with relation between stabilization and regional policy and possibilities of Czech municipalities to raise financial support for their development projects within regional policy of Czech Republic. The third part is focused on instruments used by municipalities to reach their objectives within their stabilization and development policy. Particular attention is paid to budgetary policy of municipalities, their revenues and expenditures. The fourth and fifth part of this thesis deal with concrete municipalities, i.e. small village Sedlec and midsized town Hluboká nad Vltavou, their budgetary policy, their stabilization effects and development projects implemented by them. Finally, in the sixth part, important correspondences and differences between these two municipalities are recorded.

Les ciments phosphomagnésiens sont des ciments inorganiques de la famille des ciments activés par des acides. Malgré le fait qu'ils soient connus depuis le début du XXème siècle, leur utilisation reste assez limitée dans le génie civil. Ces matériaux sont utilisés dans le cadre de réparation notamment pour des réparations routières qui nécessitent un développement rapide des résistances en compression. Plus récemment, ces ciments ont été utilisés pour des applications de stabilisation/solidification (S/S) des déchets et notamment de certains types de déchets chimiquement incompatibles avec le ciment Portland. Toutefois, les défis de mise en œuvre de ce type de ciment sont liés à la nature même de la réaction, très exothermique et très rapide. La phase liante de ces ciments, la k-struvite (MgKPO4.6H2O), est obtenue par un mélange de magnésie (MgO) et de dihydrophosphate de potassium (KH2PO4) en présence d'eau. MgO + KH2PO4 + 5H2O  MgKPO4.6H2OLes mécanismes qui régissent la prise de ce ciment sont encore mal connus et plusieurs théories, mettant en jeu ou non la formation de produits secondaires, ont été proposées. Nos travaux de recherche ont porté sur la compréhension des mécanismes de prise des ciments phosphomagnésiens ainsi que sur l'influence des paramètres de formulation sur les propriétés de ces ciments. L'étude a montré que la formation de la k-struvite passe par une réaction de précipitation-dissolution d'un produit intermédiaire, la newberyite (MgHPO4.3H2O). Les réactions de formation de ces deux produits sont contrôlées par le taux de sursaturation des espèces en solution et le pH du milieu réactionnel. L'étude met également en lumière la forte sensibilité de ces ciments à la quantité d'eau introduite. Avec un rapport E/C très faible comparativement à un ciment Portland (rapport E/C compris entre 0,1 et 0,25), une faible variation (0,02) entraine la ségrégation de la pâte de ciment et une hétérogénéité à la surface du matériau. Parmi les paramètres de formulation, le rapport molaire MgO/KH2PO4 (Mg/P) est le plus important. En effet, il influe sur la quasi-totalité des propriétés du ciment : résistance en compression, temps de prise, chaleur de réaction, fluidité de la pâte, …. L'utilisation de faibles rapports Mg/P entraine une mauvaise tenue à l'eau du ciment, la formation de cristaux à l'intérieur de la microstructure et visibles à la surface de l'échantillon (apparition d'une efflorescence) ainsi qu'un gonflement important de la pâte de ciment (pouvant aller jusqu'à la fissuration des échantillons). A l'issue de l'étude paramétrique une formulation d'une pâte a pu être définie. Des mesures de variations dimensionnelles, ainsi que des mesures de retrait chimique ont été effectuées, afin de mieux comprendre les mécanismes mis en jeu pour induire les phénomènes de gonflement. En support, des analyses de la microstructure (MEB, DRX, ATG) ainsi que des essais de lixiviation viennent compléter la campagne expérimentale. Ces résultats viennent confirmer l'influence d'un rapport Mg/P faible sur le gonflement et la tenue à l'eau du ciment phosphomagnésien. Pour finir, une étude sur l'influence des divers ajouts, dans le but d'améliorer ses performances, a montré que les fillers inertes (sable siliceux ou cendres volantes) retardent le temps de prise et réduisent la chaleur d'hydratation / Magnesium phosphate cements are the most representative cements of the activated-by-acid cements family. Despite the fact that they are known since the early 20th century, their use in civil engineering is fairly limited. These materials are used for road repairs where the fast compressive strength development is an advantage. Recently they have also been used in wastes stabilization/solidification (S/S), especially with wastes incompatible with Portland cement. The challenges of the use of these cements are related to the nature of their formation reaction: fast, very exothermic, with a very short setting time (only a few minutes).The bonding phase, k-struvite (MgKPO4.6H2O), is obtained from magnesium oxide mixed in water with monopotassium phosphate (KH2PO4).MgO + KH2PO4 + 5H2O  MgKPO4.6H2OThe setting mechanisms are still poorly known and various theories, involving or not secondary product formation, have been suggested. Our researches have aimed to understand the setting mechanisms, as well as the influence of the formulation parameters on the properties of the magnesium phosphate cement. Results show that the formation of k-struvite involved a precipitation-dissolution reaction of an intermediate product, the newberyite (MgHPO4.3H2O). Formation reactions of these two products are controlled by the supersaturation rate and the pH of the solution. The study highlights the strong effect of water on the properties of fresh cement paste. With a low mass ratio e/c in comparison of Portland cement (ratio e/c between 0,1 and 0,25), a slight modification of the ratio (0,02) leads to a segregation and a surface heterogeneity of the cement paste. Among the formulation parameters, the molar ratio MgO/KH2PO4 (Mg/P) seems the most important parameter. Indeed, it impacts most of the properties of the magnesium phosphate cement (compressive strength, setting time, reaction heat, paste fluidity …). Low Mg/P ratios lead to poor water resistance, to crystals formation inside the microstructure that can be seen on the surface of the sample (an efflorescence appearance), and to important swelling of the paste, leading to the cracking of the samples. After the parametric study, a magnesium phosphate cement paste has been defined. Dimensional changes and chemical shrinkage measurement were conducted to understand the mechanisms involved in this swelling phenomenon. In support, microstructural analyses (SEM, XRD, TGA) and leaching tests complete the experimental campaign. The results confirm the influence of a low Mg/P ratio on cement swelling and water resistance. Finally, a study on various additions to the paste has been conducted, with the purpose of improving the cement paste performances. It shows that the addition of an inert filler (siliceous sand or fly ashes) has a retarding effect and reduced the reaction heat

Les systèmes implicites (dits aussi « descripteurs ») peuvent décrire des processus régis à la fois par des équations dynamiques et statiques et permettent de préserver la structure des systèmes physiques. Ils comportent trois types de modes : dynamiques finis, infinis (réponse temporelle impulsive (en cas continu) ou acausale (en cas discret)) et statiques. Dans le cadre du formalisme descripteur, les contributions de cette thèse sont triples : i) revisiter des résultats existants pour les systèmes d’état, ii) étendre certains résultats classiques au cas des systèmes implicites, iii) résoudre rigoureusement des problèmes de commande non standard. Ainsi, le présent mémoire commence par revisiter les résultats concernant la caractérisation LMI stricte de la dissipativité, les caractérisations de l’admissibilité et des performances H2 ou H∞ par LMI étendues et les équations de Sylvester et de Riccati généralisées. Il aborde dans un deuxième temps, le problème de stabilisation simultanée, avec ou sans critère H∞, à travers l’extension de certains résultats récents au cas des systèmes implicites. La solution proposée s’appuie sur la résolution combinée d’une équation algébrique de Riccati généralisée (GARE) et d’un problème de faisabilité sous contrainte LMI stricte. Il traite enfin des problèmes H2 et H∞ non standards : i) en présence de pondérations instables voire impropres, ii) sous contraintes de régulation; dans le cas des systèmes implicites. Ces dernières contributions permettent désormais de traiter rigoureusement, sans approximations ou transformations, de nombreux problèmes H2 ou H∞ formalisant des problèmes pratiques de commande, dont ceux faisant intervenir une pénalisation haute fréquence de la commande ou un modèle interne instable des signaux exogènes. / The descriptor systems have been attracting the attention of many researchers over recent decades due to their capacity to preserve the structure of physical systems and to describe static constraints and impulsive behaviors. Within the descriptor framework, the contributions of this dissertation are threefold: i) review of existing results for state-space systems, ii) generalization of classical results to descriptor systems, iii) exact and analytical solutions to non standard control problems. A realization independent Kalman-Yakubovich-Popov (KYP) lemma and dilated LMI characterizations are deduced for descriptor systems. The solvability and corresponding numerical algorithms of generalized Sylvester equations and generalized algebraic Riccati equations (GARE) associated with descriptor systems are provided. In addition, the simultaneous H∞ control problem is considered through extending recently reported results. A sufficient condition is proposed through a combination of a generalized algebraic Riccati equation and a set of LMIs. Moreover, the nonstandard H2 and H∞ control problems with unstable and/or nonproper weighting functions or subject to regulation constraints are addressed. These contributions allow, without approximation or transformation, dealing with many practical problems defined within H2 or H∞ control methodologies, where the control signals are penalized at high frequency or unstable internal models specified by external signals is involved.

Foram analisadas amostras de farelo de arroz fornecidas pela EMBRAPA e Agroindústrias, provenientes de sistemas de terras altas e irrigado, submetidas a diferentes técnicas de estabilização. A avaliação da variação dos teores de nutrientes, relacionados a composição centesimal, minerais, ácidos graxos e amilose, teve como objetivo contribuir com dados que permitam a caracterização da qualidade do produto e por conseqüência o melhor aproveitamento do farelo de arroz para o consumo humano. Os resultados obtidos mostraram que a origem e as diferentes técnicas de estabilização influem na composição das amostras, sendo que o farelo obtido do arroz de terras altas apresentou maiores teores de lipídeos, proteínas e ácidos graxos, enquanto aquele do arroz irrigado mostrou-se com os maiores teores de minerais e fibras. Os métodos de estabilização empregados foram os definidos como caseiros (torração em forno de microondas e fogão) e os tratamentos industriais de estabilização direta (extrusão termoplástica) ou indireta (proveniente do beneficiamento do arroz, após a parboilização). Entre as técnicas de estabilização, a realizada em fogão mostrou-se a mais adequada, enquanto a parboilização permitiu a valorização da composição nutricional. / Samples of rice bran from low land and upland systems, provided by EMBRAPA and several rice industries, and submitted to different stabilization techniques, were analyzed. The evaluations of variations in nutrient contents related to the centesimal composition, minerals, fatty acids and amylose had the objective of contributing to data that allow a better characterisation of the product quality and consequently a better utilization of rice bran for human consumption. The obtained results show that the origin and different stabilization techniques influence the composition of the samples. Production system for upland rice released a rice bran with higher contents of lipids, proteins and fatty acids, while irrigated rice bran contained more minerals and dietary fibres. The employed stabilization methods were those defined as homemade (toasted in a microwave oven or cooker) and industrial treatments such as direct (thermoplastic extrusion) or indirect stabilization (based on rice milling after parboiling). Within the stabilization methods, the toasting with a cooker was the most adequate, while parboilization allowed a valorization of the nutritional composition of rice bran.

The topic researched for this project will be foreigh exchange hedging; the available forms, the uses, the procedures, and the value. This project will expand beyond the typical research and examine the value of hedging through the use of different foreign exchang currency trading strategies to small multinationational corporations.