Des barres en acier à section ouverte sont, dans la majorité des cas, soumises à une combinaison d’effort normal et de flexion bi-axiale. Cependant, en raison de leur utilisation elles peuvent également être soumises à un moment de torsion. Même si les barres à section ouverte peuvent être soumises à des charges de torsion en pratique, l’Eurocode 3, ne définit pas comment la résistance de la barre peut être déterminée dans ces conditions. Ce pourquoi, l’objectif principal de cette thèse est de remplir cette lacune. Pour atteindre cet objectif, le comportement des barres métalliques soumises à une combinaison complexe de charges est étudié par voie théorique, expérimentale et numérique. Tout d’abord, la résistance plastique des barres est étudiée. En cas de torsion, il a été montré que les barres à section ouverte possèdent une réserve plastique importante qui ne peut pas être mise en évidence à l’aide d’une simple analyse élastique. Afin de tenir compte de l’effet bénéfique de la réserve plastique en torsion, une méthode d’analyse simplifiée est développée et validée par des analyses numériques. Ensuite, l’interaction plastique entre les efforts internes est étudiée. Des essais en laboratoire ont été réalisés afin de caractériser l’interaction entre l’effort tranchant et le moment de flexion. L’étude est ensuite étendue à l’aide de simulations numériques sur des cas d’interaction plus complexes incluant notamment des moments de torsion. Les essais accompagnés par l’étude numérique ont permis de mettre au point un modèle de résistance basé sur la méthode « Partial Internal Force Method » développée dans le passé. La dernière partie de la thèse concerne la résistance des barres à l’instabilité. Un modèle de résistance incluant l’effet de l’instabilité élasto-plastique est développé pour les barres métalliques en présence de torsion. Cette méthode est basée sur une extension des formules d’interaction proposées dans l’Eurocode. Afin de franchir certaines limitations liées à cette méthode, un deuxième modèle de résistance est développé pour les barres en I dans le format du « Overall Interaction Concept » / Structural steel members with open cross-section are, in the majority of cases, subject to a combination of axial forces and mono- or bi-axial bending. Nonetheless, owing to specific use they may be subject to torsion as well. Even if torsional loads are of practical interest for steel members of open section, the European standard for the design of steel structures, Eurocode 3, does not contain a generally accepted design method addressing the resistance of these members. Consequently, the main objective of this thesis is to close the lack in the current standard. So as to attain this objective the behaviour of members of open section subject to a complex load combination has been studied theoretically, experimentally and numerically. First, the plastic resistance of steel members has been analysed. It has been shown that members subject to torsion may possess a high plastic system reserve that cannot be predicted by simple elastic analysis. So as to account for the beneficial effect of the plastic reserve, a simplified analysis method has been developed and validated with numerical simulations. After this, the plastic interaction between all internal forces and moments has been studied. Several laboratory tests have been performed to characterise the interaction between bending moments and the shear force. The study is then extended to more complex interaction cases including torsion by means of numerical simulations. The laboratory test and the numerical simulations allowed the development of a precise resistance model based on the “Partial Internal Force Method” developed in the past. The last part of this thesis was dedicated to the member resistance including instability. A resistance model has been developed based on the Eurocode 3 interaction equations. So as to overcome some of the limitations linked to this method, a second design approach is developed based on the “Overall Interaction Concept”

Introdução: A cesárea vem aumentando progressivamente no Brasil e no mundo. Dentre os fatores associados a esse evento, destaca-se a cesárea prévia. Embora a maioria dos partos realizados em mulheres com história de cesárea seja cirúrgico, autores tem demonstrado altos índices de partos vaginais após cesárea - PVAC com baixa incidência de complicações. Diante do alarmante crescimento das taxas de cesárea, o presente estudo objetiva identificar a proporção e o perfil das mães com história de repetição de cesárea - RC no Estado de São Paulo, em 2012. Métodos: Os dados provenientes do Sistema de Informações Sobre Nascidos Vivos foram vinculados aos do Cadastro Nacional de Estabelecimentos de Saúde. Os resultados a respeito das características das mães com história de RC foram analisados segundo características da gestação, do recém-nascido RN e segundo tipo do hospital do parto. Os dados foram descritos na forma de medidas de proporção (frequências), com diferenças entre variáveis de interesse verificadas pelos testes de proporção e de médias (nível de significância de 5 por cento ). Resultados: Foram estudados 273.329 nascidos vivos de mães com pelo menos um filho anterior. Destes, 43 por cento nasceram por RC e 7,4 por cento por PVAC. As mães que realizaram CR são mais velhas e mais escolarizadas e os RNs nascidos desse grupo apresentaram menor proporção de baixo peso ao nascer. O início do pré-natal no primeiro trimestre e a realização de 7 ou mais consultas de pré-natal foi mais frequente no grupo CR. Termo precoce foi a classificação mais frequente para idade gestacional dos que nasceram por CR. Em contrapartida, os RNs por parto vaginal apresentaram maiores proporções de termo tardio do que aqueles por repetição de cesárea. A RC foi mais frequente nos hospitais sem vínculo com o Sistema Único de Saúde - SUS (44,1 por cento ). Dentre esses, a maioria (54,3 por cento ) teve idade gestacional classificada como termo precoce. Somente o grupo SUS alcança uma melhor proporção de termo pleno (46,5 por cento ), contudo esse grupo tem a frequência mais elevada de termos tardios (10,9 por cento ). Conclusão: As altas taxas de cesárea de repetição, principalmente no setor privado, evidenciam a necessidade de melhoras no modelo de atenção ao parto no Estado de São Paulo. / Background: Cesarean section has been progressively increasing in Brazil and worldwide. Among the factors associated with this event stands out a prior cesarean delivery. Although most deliveries in women with a prior cesarean delivery is surgical, authors have demonstrated high levels of vaginal births after cesarean - VBAC with low incidence of complications. Given the alarming increase in cesarean rates, this study aims to identify the proportion and profile of mothers with repeat cesarean delivery - RCD in the State of São Paulo, in 2012. Methods: Data from Live Births Information Systems were linked to the National Health Establishments Registration. The results about the characteristics of mothers with RCD were analyzed according to characteristics of pregnancy, newborn and type of maternity hospital. Data were presented in the form of proportion measures (frequencies), with differences between variables of interest verified by the proportion and average tests (5 per cent significance level). Results: 273 329 live births of mothers with at least one previous child were studied. 43 per cent of these were born by RCD and 7.4 per cent by PVAC. Mothers who underwent RCD are older and more highly educated and newborn infants in this group had a lower incidence of low birth weight. The beginning of prenatal care in the first trimester and the realization of 7 or more prenatal visits was more frequent in the RCD group. Early term was the most frequent rating for gestational age born by RCD. In contrast, newborns by vaginal delivery had greater proportions of late term than those by repeat cesarean. The RCD was more common in hospitals not affiliated with the Unified Health System - UHS (44.1 per cent ). In these, the majority (54.3 per cent ) of newborn had gestational age of early term. Only the UHS group achieves a better proportion of full term (46.5 per cent ), however, this group has the highest frequency of late terms (10.9 per cent ). Conclusion: The high repeat cesarean rates, especially in the private sector, highlight the need for improvements in childbirth care model in São Paulo.

Caesarean section is one of the most frequently performed surgery in medicine. The Cesarean section scar in the uterus can lead to a number of pathological conditions which affect the women reproductive health. In industrialized countries, this issue relates to at least 30% of women, which means that it is a major medical problem. Ultrasound examination of the uterus after Cesarean section includes some specific features, resulting from the rapidly changing dimensions of the uterus, as well as from patient compliance in early puerperium. When dealing with postpartum complications, it is necessary to know the normal ultrasound findings and the dynamic changes of the uterus during puerperium, so that we can better distinguish between the pathological course and the normal course of puerperium. The clinical significance of ultrasound assessment of uterine size and area of the scar after Caesarean section during the postpartum is not yet adequately described. The knowledge of normal ultrasound findings in the uterus after Caesarean section could be helpful in choosing the right treatment in severe cases. We were watching the clinical outcomes of treatment of abnormal Cesarean section scars after their laparoscopic reconstruction. In our study, we have shown that the examination of uterus in early...

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Magister Legum - LLM / South Africa

Les travaux de cette thèse portent sur l'analyse des comportements chaotiques dans les convertisseurs multicellulaires séries. Ces systèmes à commutationpeuvent présenter une variété de phénomènes complexes liés à des bifurcationset au chaos. Sachant qu'un convertisseur de puissance qui a une charge purementdissipative, ne peut générer un comportement chaotique, nous avons dans la première partie de cette thèse, connecté un hacheur à deux cellules à une charge non linéaire non strictement dissipative et nous avons analysé ses comportements à l'aide des propriétés dynamiques de base et présenté les routes vers le chaos. La fin de cette partie a été consacrée à l'étude du hacheur à cinq cellules qui est une généralisation du hacheur à deux cellules. Afin de supprimer le comportement chaotique, la deuxième partie du travail a été consacrée à la synthèse d'une loi de commande hybride basé sur la modélisation par réseaux de Petri pour la régulation des tensions des condensateurs flottants et du courant de charge. / This thesis deals with the analysis of chaotic behaviors in serial multicellularconverters. These switching systems can have a variety of complex phenomenaassociated with bifurcations and chaos. Knowing that a power converter that has a purely dissipative load cannot generate chaotic behavior, we've in the first part of this thesis, we connected a two-cell chopper to a nonlinear load not strictly dissipative and we've analyzed its behaviors by using some basic dynamic properties and thus presented the routes to chaos. The end of this part was devoted to the study of the 5-cell chopper which is a generalization of the two-cell chopper. In order to eliminate the chaotic behavior, the second part was devoted to the synthesis of a controlled law based on hybrid modeling of Petri nets for the regulation of capacitor voltages and current load.

The need to transform education from its apartheid past resulted in the introduction of school governing bodies (SGBs). SGBs are democratic structures that allow for stakeholder participation in school matters in line with the demands of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. Section 21 of the South African Schools Act (SASA) (84 of 1996) stipulates specific functions for SGBs. These functions are allocated only on the basis of significant growth in the performance of an SGB. SGBs must apply to be allocated these functions, after satisfying themselves first that they can self–manage their school, and after the MEC has certified the said performance. Schools in the Mpumalanga province were all allocated these functions simultaneously without applying for them. One of the functions that SGBs perform is the establishment and administration of school funds. Because schools are state institutions, SGBs are expected by law to be accountable for the funds they manage. They must account to all stakeholders who contribute to the school fund. To be able to administer the funds, as well as to give proper accountability thereof, SGBs need to have particular financial management and accounting skills. The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which SGBs are able to account to stakeholders for the school funds they manage. The study further investigated whether the kind of accountability given to parents and the state is “hard” or “soft”. A case study involving three schools: a rural school, a semi-urban school and an urban school, was conducted. SGB members of these schools and officials from the department of education were interviewed for information and also to solicit their opinion on current financial accountability processes. An analysis of official SGB documents was also conducted to strengthen the information gathered through interviews. It has emerged from the findings of the study that some SGBs in Mpumalanga are still experiencing difficulties in following the correct procedures in giving a financial account to parents and the state. There is an indication from the study that capacity to handle finances is still a big challenge for schools that are not in the rich quintile. / Dissertation (MEd (Education Management))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Education Management and Policy Studies / MEd / unrestricted

Le Modèle Standard de la physique des particules décrit les interactions des particules sub-atomiques à travers les interactions fortes, faibles et électromagnétiques.Toutefois, il est clair que cette théorie ne constitue pas une description complète de la Nature. Mais le fait expérimental que les neutrinos changent de saveur au cours de leur propagation(oscillation des neutrinos) implique qu'ils ont une masse non nulle. Le travail de cette thèse se concentre sur l'expérience d'oscillation T2K : une expérience à longue ligne de base installée au Japon. % qui est détaillés dans le Chapitre 2. Pour la première fois T2K a pu observer l'apparition de neutrinos de saveur électronique dans le faisceau principalement composé de neutrinos muoniques etobtenir les premières contraintes sur la violation de la symétrie Charge-Parité. Il permet également de mesurer précisément les paramètres d'oscillations θ₁₃ , θ₂ ₃ et Δm²₂ ₃ .Cela nécessite une excellente compréhension du détecteur et des modèles d'interactions des neutrinos. Cette thèse se concentre sur ces deux objectifs : réduire les systématiques liées audétecteur et approfondir nos connaissances sur l'interaction des neutrinos avec la matière.Le groupe CEA, dans lequel je suis impliqué, est responsable de la maintenance et de l'opération des Chambres à Projections Temporelles (TPC) du détecteur proche (ND280).Elles permettent l'identification des particules chargées produites par l'interaction des neutrinos dans le detecteur et la mesure de leur impulsion.Une partie de mon travail a consisté en l'étude des TPCs et en particulier de l'alignement des modules MicroMegas installés sur les plans de lecture. En effet tout défaut d'alignement entre différents modules peut causer un biais sur la mesure del'impulsion des particules traversant la TPC. Les neutrinos sont étudiés grâce à l'observation de l'état final de leur interaction avec la matière. Les modèles d'interactions doivent alors être parfaitement bien compris,car les expériences d'oscillation présentes et futures approchent d'une phase où notre connnaissance des interactionsdes neutrinos devient un facteur limitant pour la détermination des paramètres d'oscillations. L'interaction quasi élastique par courant chargé (CCQE) est le processus dominant pour T2K. Ce manuscrit décrit la mesure durapport des sections efficaces d'interaction des neutrinos sur les noyaux de Carbone et d'Oxygène. Cette mesure contribue à la réduction des incertitudes pour l'analyse d'oscillation, liéesà l'utilisation d'une différente cible pour le détecteur proche et le détecteur lointain. / The Standard Model of particle physics describes the interactions of subatomic particles through the strong, weak and electromagneticinteractions. However, it is known that this theory is not a complete description of the nature. Indeed the observation that neutrinos can change their flavor alongtheir propagation path (neutrino oscillation) proves that they actually have a mass. The work of this thesis has been performed in the T2K oscillation experiment: a long baseline experiment located in Japan. % detailed in Chapter ref{sec_t2k_res}.Using the data collected so far, T2K has been able to observe for the first time the $nu_{mu} rightarrow nu_e$ appearance and to give first results on the Charge-Paritysimmetry in neutrino oscillation. It provides also precise measurements of the oscillation parameters θ₁₃ , θ₂ ₃, Δm²₂ ₃.The precise measurement of oscillation parameters requires a good understanding of the detector and of the neutrino interaction model. This thesis is thus focused on boththese aspects: reduce the detector uncertainties and improve our knowledge of neutrino interactions with matter.The CEA Saclay group where I am involved, is in charge of the maintenance and operation of the Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) of the T2K near detector (ND280)which are used to identify and measure the kinematics of the charged particles produced in neutrino interactions.Part of my work was focused on the study of the TPC and in particular on the alignment of the MicroMegas modules instrumenting their readout planes.Indeed, misalignments between modules may cause a bias on the momentum measurement of the particles crossing the TPC.Neutrinos are studied through the observation of the final state of their interactions with matter. Therefore, the interactionmodels need to be extremely well understood to infer the neutrino properties correctly.Indeed current and next future oscillation experiments are approaching the phase of precise measurements of the mixing parameters becominglimited by our knowledge of neutrino interactions.The charged current quasi-elastic (CCQE) interaction is the most relevant process at T2K.This manuscript describes the measurement of CCQE cross-section ratio between oxygen and carbon nuclei. It can contribute to reduce the uncertainties on the oscillation analysis arisingfrom the different target between the near and far detector.

Les composés perfluorés possèdent des propriétés à la fois hydrophobes et lipophobes et sont commercialisés depuis les années 1950. Ils ont été depuis largement utilisés dans de nombreuses applications industrielles. Cependant, il s’agit de composés persistants, bioaccumulatifs, avec de grandes durées de vie atmosphérique. Ces espèces sont considérées comme de puissants gaz à effet de serre, et seraient principalement dégradées par photolyse, dans la haute atmosphère. Un travail de caractérisation physicochimique de deux composés perfluorés, le PFOA et le PFOS, produits de dégradation ultime des composés perfluorés les plus utilisés, a été réalisé. Des expériences de spectroscopie VUV et spectrométrie de masse ont permis d’identifier les voies de relaxation de ces composés après photoactivation. Une méthodologie par couplage rayonnement synchrotron/spectrométrie de masse permettant la mesure de sections efficaces absolues a été développée puis appliquée aux composés d’intérêt. Ces mesures ont ensuite été reliées à leur taux de photolyse et durées de vie atmosphérique selon l’altitude. / Perfluorocarbons compounds have both hydrophobic and lipophobic properties. They have been manufactured since the 1950s, and widely used in many industrial applications. However, they are persistent, bioaccumulative compounds with long atmospheric lifetimes. They are considered to be potent greenhouse gases, and are supposed to be mainly degraded by photolysis in the upper atmosphere. A work of physicochemical characterization of two perfluorinated compounds was realized on the PFOA and PFOS. They have been found to be the final compounds of degradation of the majority of perfluororinated compounds. VUV spectroscopy and mass spectrometry experiences have been undertaken to identify their relaxation pathways after photoactivation. A methodology based on the coupling of synchrotron radiation and mass spectrometry was developed to perform absolute cross section measurements and was apply to the compounds of interest. These measurements have been used to determine their photolysis rates and atmospheric lifetimes according to the altitude.

La connaissance actuelle de la distribution angulaire de la fission induite par neutrons est limitée à une énergie maximum de 15~MeV, avec de grands écarts autour de 14~MeV. Seulement 238U et 232Th ont été étudiés jusqu'à 100 MeV et un seul jeu de données existe. Nous avons réalisé une expérience à n_TOF au CERN pour mesurer les distributions angulaires de fragments de fission jusqu'à 1~GeV pour les isotopes 232Th, 235U , 238U , 237Np.L'expérience a été réalisée à l'aide d'un dispositif expérimental à base de compteurs à avalanche à plaques parallèles (PPAC). La méthode basée sur la détection des 2 fragments en coïncidence permet d'identifier sans ambiguïté la fission des autres réactions, notamment dans le domaine de spallation. Au-dessous de 10 MeV nos résultats sont cohérents avec les données existantes. Par exemple, dans le cas de 232Th , en dessous de 10 MeV ils montrent clairement la variation d'anisotropie se produisant dans les résonances vibrationnelles (1.6 MeV) correspondant à des états de transition de J et K donnés (spin total et sa projection sur l'axe de fission), et après l'ouverture de la deuxième chance de fission (7 MeV). Ils apportent une meilleure précision autour de la troisième chance de fission (14 MeV). Aux énergies intermédiaires, au-dessus de 20 MeV nous avons constaté une anisotropie significative mais bien inférieure à l'unique résultat antérieur. Notre résultat est en accord avec la systématique en fissilité du système composite et avec un modèle incluant les phénomènes essentiels, en particulier le preéquilibre. Dans le cadre de cette comparaison l'anisotropie plus grande que pour la fission induite par protons s'explique parfaitement. J'ai par ailleurs exploré et simulé les expériences de criticité qui permettent de tester la précision des données nucléaires. La section efficace de fission de 237Np induite par neutrons avait été mesurée sur l'installation n_TOF au CERN. Par rapport aux résultats antérieurs la section efficace de fission n_TOF était apparue plus élevée de 6-7% au-delà du seuil de fission. Pour vérifier la pertinence des données de n_TOF, nous avons simulé une expérience de criticité effectuée à Los Alamos avec une sphère contenant 6 kg de 237Np. Cette sphère est entourée par de l'uranium hautement enrichi en 235U de façon à approcher la criticité avec des neutrons rapides. La simulation prédit un facteur de multiplication keff en meilleur accord avec l'expérience (l'écart de -0.75% est réduit à +0.25%) quand on remplace la section efficace de fission de 237Np des bibliothèques évaluées par celle de n_TOF. Nous avons également exploré d'autres effets pouvant expliquer l'écart qui existait entre la mesure de criticité et sa prédiction par les simulations, en particulier nous avons testé la section inélastique de 235U et la multiplicité de neutrons de fission de 237Np. Dans les 2 cas la modification requise pour réconcilier l'écart de criticité n'est pas en accord avec les mesures. Des mesures de taux de fission dans des flux de neutrons dont le spectre est connu indiquent également que la section de fission du 237Np pourrait être plus grande de 4 à 5% par rapport à ce qui était admis aujourd'hui. / The present knowledge of angular distributions of neutron-induced fission is limited to a maximal energy of 15 MeV, with large discrepancies around 14 MeV. Only 238U and 232Th have been investigated up to 100 MeV in a single experiment. The n_TOF Collaboration performed the fission cross section measurement of several actinides (232Th, 235U, 238U, 234U, 237Np) at the n_TOF facility using an experimental set-up made of Parallel Plate Avalanche Counters (PPAC), extending the energy domain of the incident neutron above hundreds of MeV. The method based on the detection of the 2 fragments in coincidence allowed to clearly disentangle the fission reactions among other types of reactions occurring in the spallation domain. I will show the methods we used to reconstruct the full angular resolution by the tracking of fission fragments. Below 10 MeV our results are consistent with existing data. For example in the case of 232Th, below 10 MeV the results show clearly the variation occurring at the first (1 MeV) and second (7 MeV) chance fission, corresponding to transition states of given J and K (total spin and its projection on the fission axis), and a much more accurate energy dependence at the 3rd chance threshold (14 MeV) has been obtained. In the spallation domain, above 30 MeV we confirm the high anisotropy revealed in 232Th by the single existing data set. I'll discuss the implications of this finding, related to the low anisotropy exhibited in proton-induced fission. I also explore the critical experiments which is valuable checks of nuclear data. The 237Np neutron-induced fission cross section has recently been measured in a large energy range (from eV to GeV) at the n TOF facility at CERN. When compared to previous measurements, the n TOF fission cross section appears to be higher by 5-7 % beyond the fission threshold. To check the relevance of n TOF data, we simulate a criticality experiment performed at Los Alamos with a 6 kg sphere of 237Np. This sphere was surrounded by enriched uranium 235U so as to approach criticality with fast neutrons. The simulation predicts a multiplication factor keff in better agreement with the experiment (the deviation of 750 pcm is reduced to 250 pcm) when we replace the ENDF/B- VII.0 evaluation of the 237Np fission cross section by the n TOF data. We also explore the hypothesis of deficiencies of the inelastic cross section in 235U which has been invoked by some authors to explain the deviation of 750 pcm. The large distortion that should be applied to the inelastic cross sections in order to reconcile the critical experiment with its simulation is incompatible with existing measurements. Also we show that the nubar of 237Np can hardly be incriminated because of the high accuracy of the existing data. Fission rate ratios or averaged fission cross sections measured in several fast neutron fields seem to give contradictory results on the validation of the 237Np cross section but at least one of the benchmark experiments, where the active deposits have been well calibrated for the number of atoms, favors the n TOF data set. These outcomes support the hypothesis of a higher fission cross section of 237Np.