Receiver systems utilising planar technologies are prevalent in telescopes observing at radio to sub-millimetre wavelengths. Receiver components using planar technologies are generally smaller, have reduced mass and are cheaper to manufacture than waveguide-based alternatives. Given that modern-day detectors are capable of reaching the fundamental photon noise limit, increases in the sensitivity of telescopes are frequently attained by increasing the total number of detectors in the receivers. The development of components utilising planar technologies facilitates the demand for large numbers of detectors, whilst minimising the size, mass and manufacturing cost of the receiver. After a review and study of existing concepts in radio to sub-mm telescopes and their receivers, this thesis develops planar components that couple the radiation from the telescope's optics onto the focal plane. Two components are developed; a W- band (75-110 GHz) planar antenna-coupled flat mesh lens designed for the receiver of a Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) B-mode experiment, and an L-band (1- 2 GHz) horn-coupled planar orthomode transducer designed for the receiver of the FAST telescope. The first developments of a planar antenna-coupled flat mesh lens are presented. The design is driven by the requirement to mitigate beam systematics to prevent pollution of the CMB B-mode signal. In the first instance, a waveguide-coupled mesh lens is characterised. The radiation patterns of the waveguide-coupled mesh lens have -3 dB beam widths between 26 and 19 degrees, beam ellipticity <10%, and cross-polarisation.

The goal of the thesis "The economic and social aspects of casinos and slot machines in the border areas" was to design an economically and socially beneficial policy towards gaming rooms and casinos in the area of the town Cheb. The work is divided into several parts. The first part deals with the experience of economic and social aspects of casinos and slot machines. In the practical part is described the situation of casinos, slot machines and gaming rooms in Cheb. Under the terms of economic factors of gambling was made the comparison of their incomes and expenditures, observations focused on tourism, the local multiplier calculation and proving the depending between unemployment and number of slot machines. In the section of social factors are characterized socio-pathological phenomena. In the last part there was suggested the policy for gambling in the town Cheb.

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The dogs were also monitored clinically and radiographically for up to 120 days, according to the groups. In this study, all dogs tolerated the surgical procedure, without detectable postoperative pain, neurological deficit or alteration of the conscience state. In the radiographic evaluation, it was observed consistent disk space narrowing 24 hours after the procedure and total absence of space from the eighth to the 90th day after chemonucleolysis in the area of all treated disks. However, at 120 days of postoperative there was an increase in disk height, corresponding, on average, to 59.13% of the preinjection value. Also, on the 30th day of postoperative, it was noted absorption of the vertebral bodies adjacent to the treated disks that progressed to healing, with evidences of vertebral fusion 120 days after the treatment. In the histological evaluation, it was observed 24 hours after disk injection nuclear digestion, characterized by cavitations and decrease of safranin-O staining intensity, indicating loss of proteoglycans. At eight days, the nuclear content was still vacuolated but more fibrillar. At 30 days, it was noted lesions and hemorrhage in the cartilaginous endplates. An irregularly defined mass in the nuclear space was observed on days 60th and 90th, but it seemed fibrocartilaginous tissue on day 120th. It was also observed microfractures and bone necrosis on day 90th, which were healed by day 120th. Chemonucleolysis with chymopapain associated to the ventral slot in the cervical column of dogs determines lysis of intervertebral disks, cervical instability and lesions of cartilaginous and bone adjacent structures that tend to repair with fibrocartilaginous tissue along the time. / Foram avaliados os aspectos clínico-cirúrgicos, radiográficos e histológicos de discos intervertebrais cervicais após quimionucleólise com quimiopapaína associada à fenda ventral. Foram utilizados 24 cães separados, aleatoriamente, em seis grupos iguais e de acordo com o tempo de observação pós-operatório. A fenda ventral foi realizada na região do disco intervertebral C2-C3 e as quimionucleólises nos demais discos cervicais. Cada grupo de quatro animais foi eutanasiado por sobredose anestésica 24 horas, oito, 30, 60, 90 e 120 dias após aplicação da enzima e foram obtidos cortes sagitais dos discos intervertebrais tratados, associados a estruturas cartilaginosas e ósseas adjacentes, para análise histológica. Os cães foram também avaliados, de acordo com o grupo, clinica e radiograficamente por até 120 dias. Todos os cães toleraram bem o procedimento cirúrgico, não apresentando déficit neurológico, alteração do estado de consciência e dor aparente na região cervical. Na avaliação radiográfica, com 24 horas, observou-se marcada redução da espessura dos espaços intervertebrais. Do oitavo ao 90º dia, foi verificada ausência total de espaço intervertebral na região de todos os discos tratados. Aos 120 dias, entretanto, as espessuras dos espaços intervertebrais correspondiam, em média, a 59,13% da espessura anterior ao procedimento. Ainda, radiograficamente, verificou-se aos 30 dias, absorção das porções dos corpos vertebrais adjacentes aos discos tratados, que progrediu para reparação, inclusive com evidências de fusão vertebral aos 120 dias. Na avaliação histológica, 24 horas após a quimionucleólise, foi observada digestão nuclear caracterizada por cavitações e redução da intensidade de coloração pela safranina-O, indicando perda de proteoglicanos. Aos oito dias, o conteúdo nuclear apresentou-se ainda vacuolizado, contudo mais fibrilar. Aos 30 dias, foram observadas lesões e áreas de hemorragia nas placas terminais cartilaginosas. A partir do 60º dia, notou-se a presença de material amorfo no espaço nuclear, que, aos 120 dias, tinha aparência de tecido fibrocartilaginoso. Aos 90 dias, verificou-se presença de microfraturas e osteonecrose, que estavam reparadas aos 120 dias. A quimionucleólise com quimiopapaína concomitante à fenda ventral na coluna cervical de cães determinou a lise dos discos intervertebrais, instabilidade cervical e lesões nas estruturas cartilaginosas e ósseas adjacentes, que tendem à reparação por tecido fibrocartilaginoso ao longo do tempo. Os trabalhos apresentados como parte integrante desta tese estão seguindo as normas de publicação do Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, indexada ao ISI, AGRIS, BIOSIS, CAB, CAS, MEDLARS e LILACS. ISSN 01020935.

Abstract This dissertation presents wideband and multi-element antennas for mobile applications. It is divided into the following main parts: modal theory, wideband antennas, multi-element antennas, and wideband multi-element antennas. The radiating fields are first studied in terms of spherical scalar and vector modes, and it is shown how these modes correlate with the characteristic current modes on a planar mobile ground plane. The theory part shows how it is possible to excite the same modes on a conventional sphere and a rectangular planar mobile ground plane. The theory refers to the novel wideband antenna structures presented in this dissertation, in terms of current and radiating modes. After studying the modes, the dissertation shows how to excite a radiating antenna mode within a wide frequency bandwidth. To gain this, two main approaches are taken. First, a quasi-complementary antenna (QCA) structure with an electric conductor and magnetic slot is presented, and its characteristics are studied. A QCA UWB antenna, and a QCA element excited with a monopole or a dipole, is presented. The QCA structure compensates for the imaginary part of the input impedance on wide frequency bandwidth, when, at the same time, the fundamental mode is excited to ensure good radiating properties. The second approach uses a symmetrical feeding with two antenna elements to gain a wide frequency bandwidth, the relative -6 dB impedance bandwidth between 37.5–80%. When a field is symmetrically coupled to the conducting ground plane, the excitation avoids the awakening of higher order modes which might disturb the performance of the antenna. It is also shown, by using multiple feeding elements, that the excitation of orthogonal higher order modes on a small radiating ground plane is possible. As the modes are orthogonal to each other, they present a very low correlation. By using this kind of approach, radiation pattern diversity can be obtained in mobile applications within a small volume. On the other hand, when combining two QCA elements to a one multi-element antenna structure, a wideband diversity antenna with an 87.5% relative -6 dB impedance bandwidth, and a wideband MIMO antenna with a 95.0% relative -6 dB impedance bandwidth, are presented with excellent radiation and correlation properties. Also mutual coupling is need to be counted when multi-element antennas are designed. When designing an efficient radiator, it is important to consider an antenna feeding in terms of wideband impedance matching and wideband baluns, not to spoil the antenna performance. The efficient antenna structures and feeding mechanisms are obtained by using commercial 3D electromagnetic simulators to find the desired wideband antenna characteristics. Prototype antennas are measured in most of the presented structures to show their functionality in real. In general, the dissertation presents wideband antenna structures with radiating antenna modes excited on a planar conducting ground plane. The idea is to find structures and feeding mechanisms to excite the fundamental mode, or a certain radiating antenna mode, at a wide frequency bandwidth, by avoiding the excitation of higher order modes which might disturb the antenna performance. It is also shown that, by using multiple feeding elements, it is possible to excite higher order modes on a small antenna. / Tiivistelmä Väitöskirjassa esitetään uusia laajakaistaisia ja monielementtiantenneja matkaviestimiin. Väitöskirja koostuu neljästä pääalueesta: pintavirtojen muototeoria, laajakaistaiset antennit, monielementtiantennit sekä laajakaistaiset monielementtiantennit. Teoriaosassa säteilykenttiä on aluksi tutkittu pallon pinnalla sekä skalaaripotentiaaleina että pintavirtavektoreina, jonka jälkeen niitä on verrattu mobiilin laitteen maatason ominaispintavirtojen synnyttämiin säteilykenttiin. Teoriaosassa osoitetaan, että pallon pinnalla sekä tasomaisella suorakaiteen muotoisella pinnalla on mahdollista herättää samat säteilykentät. Myöhemmin väitöskirjassa esitettävien uudenlaisten antennirakenteiden ominaisuuksia verrataan teoriaosassa esitettyihin pintavirtoihin ja säteilykenttiin. Teoriaosuuden jälkeen osoitetaan miten säteilevä sähkömagneettinen kenttä saadaan herätettyä laajalla taajuusalueella. Tähän on otettu kaksi eri lähestymistapaa, joista ensimmäisessä esitellään ja tutkitaan kvasikomplementaarista antennirakennetta (QCA). Kvasikomplementaarisessa antennirakenteessa sisääntuloimpedanssin imaginaariosa kompensoidaan yhdistämällä sähköinen johde ja magneettinen rako samaan antenniin. Samanaikaisesti perusmuoto herätetään laajalla taajuusalueella, jolla varmistetaan antennin hyvät säteilyominaisuudet koko toimintataajuusalueella. Toisessa lähestymistavassa käytetään kahta symmetrisesti asetettua antennielementtiä, joita syötetään symmetrisesti samalla amplitudilla ja vaiheella. Kun sähkömagneettinen kenttä herätetään symmetrisesti, korkeamman kertaluvun muotojen herättäminen voidaan välttää laajalla taajuusalueella. Symmetrisesti syötetyillä antennirakenteilla saavutettu -6 dB suhteellinen impedanssikaistanleveys on 37.5–80 %. Useita syöttöelementtejä käytettäessä voidaan mobiilin laitteen maatasossa herättää yhdellä pistetaajuudella monta toisistaan riippumatonta säteilykenttää. Koska herätetyt kentät ovat toisistaan riippumattomia, on niiden välinen korrelaatio myös pieni. Kyseisellä rakenteella on mahdollista toteuttaa säteilykuviodiversiteetti erittäin pienessä tilassa, kuten matkapuhelimessa. Toisaalta, kun yhdistetään kaksi QCA-elementtiä yhdeksi monielementtiratkaisuksi, voidaan toteuttaa laajakaistainen diversiteettiantenni, jonka suhteellinen -6 dB impedanssikaistanleveys on 87.5 %. Vastaavasti kahdella laajakaistaisella QCA-elementillä toteutetulla MIMO-ratkaisulla päästään 95 % suhteelliseen -6 dB impedanssikaistanleveyteen. Molemmilla ratkaisuilla on erittäin hyvät säteilyominaisuudet sekä alhainen korrelaatio ja pieni keskinäiskytkentä antennielementtien välillä. Suunniteltaessa toimivaa laajakaistaista antennirakennetta, on tärkeää ottaa huomioon antennisyötön impedanssisovitus, jotta antennin suorituskyky ei heikkenisi. Lisäksi balansoidussa rakenteissa tulee olla laajakaistainen baluni, jolla vältetään säteilykuvion vääristyminen. Väitöskirjan syöttöratkaisuissa on käytetty kaupallisia sähkömagneettisia simulaattoreita, joilla antennirakenne voidaan mallintaa kolmiulotteisesti, ja joilla laajakaistainen syöttö saadaan optimoitua haluttuun antenniin. Suurin osa esitellyistä antennirakenteista on simulointien lisäksi myös mitattu, jolloin niiden toimivuus käytännössä pystytään todentamaan rakentamalla prototyyppiantenni. Yleisesti väitöskirjassa esitellään tasomaisia antenniratkaisuja johtavassa maatasossa, joissa säteilevät pintavirrat herätetään mahdollisimman laajalla taajuusalueella. Ideana on löytää laajakaistaisia antenni- ja syöttörakenteita, joilla saadaan herätettyä perusmuoto tai jokin muu haluttu muoto. Ajatuksena on välttää korkeamman kertaluvun muotojen herättäminen, jotka voivat pilata antennin suorituskyvyn. Väitöskirjassa osoitetaan myös, että pienikokoisella antennilla on mahdollista herättää korkeamman kertaluvun muotoja pistetaajuudella käyttämällä useita heräte-elementtejä.

The performance of commercial Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags is primarily limited by present techniques used for tag antenna design. Currently, industry techniques rely on identifying the RFID tag application (books, clothing, etc.) and then building antenna prototypes of different configurations in order to satisfy minimum read range requirements. However, these techniques inherently lack an electromagnetic basis and are unable to provide a low cost solution to the tag antenna design process. RFID tag performance characteristics (read-range, chip-antenna impedance matching, surrounding environment) can be very complex, and a thorough understanding of the RFID tag antenna design may be gained through an electromagnetic approach in order to reduce the tag antenna size and the overall cost of the RFID system. The research presented in this thesis addresses RFID tag antenna design process for passive RFID tags. With the growing number of applications (inventory, supply-chain, pharmaceuticals, etc), the proposed RFID antenna design process demonstrates procedures to design tag antennas for such applications. Electrical/geometrical properties of the antennas designed were investigated with the help of computer electromagnetic simulations in order to achieve optimal tag performance criteria such as read range, chip-impedance matching, antenna efficiency, etc. Experimental results were performed on the proposed antenna designs to compliment computer simulations and analytical modelling.

Dans cette thèse nous étudions les propriétés d'ondes stationnaires dans des structures composées d'une couche diélectrique nonlinéaire de type Kerr et des couches métalliques et diélectriques linéaires. Nous élaborons différents modèles pour étudier les propriétées de plasmons-solitons dans deux types de structures : (i) une région diélectrique nonlinéaire semi-infinie, des couches de métal et de diélectrique linéaires et (ii) une couche de diélectrique nonlinéaire d'épaisseur finie entre deux régions métalliques (guide d'onde métallique à coeur nonlinéaire). Pour le premier type de structures, nous montrons qu'en utilisant une structure à quatre couches, il est possible d'obtenir des plasmons-solitons de basses puissance. Pour des guides d'onde métalliques à coeur nonlinéaire, nous trouvons de modes d'ordres supérieurs. Pour certains des modes symétriques, nous observons une bifurcation par brisure de symétrie donnant naissance à des modes asymétriques dans une structure symétrique. / In this PhD thesis, we study the properties of stationary transverse magnetic polarized waves in structures composed of a Kerr-type nonlinear dielectric layer, metal and linear dielectric layers. We develop several models to study the properties of plasmon-soliton waves in two types of structures: a semi-infinite nonlinear dielectric in contact with metal and linear dielectric layers and a finite-size nonlinear dielectric layer sandwiched between two metal regions (nonlinear slot waveguide). Our models allow us to compute the nonlinear dispersion relations and the corresponding field profiles. For the first type of structure, we prove that using the four-layer structures that we propose, it is possible to obtain plasmon-soliton waves at the power levels. For nonlinear slot waveguide structures, we discover the existence of new, higher order modes. For some of the symmetric modes, we observe a symmetry breaking bifurcation giving birth to asymmetric modes in symmetric structure.

The final thesis analyzes the actual situation of air transport in North America and the EU. New Open skies treaty signed by EU and USA (also EU and Canada) is the objective of the final thesis. An other goal is its influence on transatlantic flights. Moreover the final thesis treats of the allocation of the airport's slots and the actual safety situation as well. Finally there is a small part about alternative jet fuels and the perspectives of air freight transport.

The flow of polymer solutions in the high Elasticity number, El, regime in complex geometries may lead to strong viscoelastic behaviour and eventually become unstable as the Weissenberg number, Wi, is increased beyond a critical level. So far, the success of numerical simulations in predicting the highly non-linear behaviour of polymer solutions in complex flows has been limited. In this thesis, selected constitutive models are evaluated under the high El flow regime in the cross-slot and contraction benchmark flows using a numerical technique based on the finite volume method. The numerical technique is implemented within the OpenFOAM framework and thoroughly validated in the benchmark flow. A modification to the FENE dumbbell model based on the non-affine deformation of polymer solutions is proposed, which enabled the prediction of some non-linear material functions and also enhanced numerical stability, allowing a higher Wi to be attained. Asymmetric flow instability in the cross-slot flow has been studied. Time-dependent stability diagrams were constructed based on Wi and the strain, ε, both of which govern the stretching of a polymer chain. In the contraction flow, elastic instability is simulated for the first time in this geometry. Substantial time-dependent asymmetric flow patterns were predicted as seen in experiments. The effect of the contraction ratio is investigated through a stability diagram. Three-dimensional finite element simulations were also carried out to study the effect of the aspect ratio in the contraction flow of a Phan-Thien-Tanner fluid. The simulations suggest that a lip vortex mechanism is a signature for the onset of strong viscoelastic behaviour.

L'objectif de cette thèse est de caractériser l'influence de la présence d'obstacles dans les passes à poissons à fentes verticales. Deux types d'éléments sont couramment insérés, à l'heure actuelle, dans les passes : les seuils et les macro-rugosités. Dans un premier temps, l'effet de ces deux dispositifs à la fois sur l'écoulement et sur le comportement des poissons est étudié. Dans le but de favoriser le passage des petites espèces à travers le dispositif de franchissement, une solution technique est ensuite proposée, sous la forme de plusieurs rangées de cylindres flexibles placées en sortie de fente. La caractérisation du comportement hydraulique d'une passe à poissons équipée de ces obstacles est effectuée par des mesures expérimentales de niveau d'eau à l'aide de sondes acoustiques et des mesures de vitesses tridimensionnelles avec un vélocimètre acoustique à effet Doppler (ADV). La base de données générée par ces mesures est ensuite utilisée pour définir une loi de dimensionnement, qui prend en compte les paramètres influençant le fonctionnement hydraulique de l'ouvrage en vue d'améliorer sa conception. Les simulations numériques 3D instationnaires URANS et LES de l'écoulement permettent une analyse volumique fine des grandeurs caractéristiques de la turbulence qui règne dans les bassins en fonction du type d'obstacle inséré. En obstruant une partie de la fente, la présence d'un seuil accentue la tridimensionnalité de l'écoulement tandis que les macro-rugosités créent une zone de plus faible vitesses et des abris utilisables par les espèces de fonds. L'insertion des structures souples permet une meilleure dissipation de l'énergie du jet et réduit l'énergie cinétique turbulente dans une partie du volume des bassins. Les manipulations réalisées avec différentes espèces de poissons, permettent de mieux comprendre l'effet de la modification des grandeurs cinématiques de l'écoulement, par l'insertion d'obstacles, sur le comportement des poissons pour pouvoir adapter les passes à poissons existantes aux espèces dotées de faibles capacités de nage. / The aim of this work is to characterize the influence of two kinds of obstacles, sills and macro-roughnesses, on the flow inside a vertical slot fishway (VSF) and the behavior of several species of fish. Another objective is to study a technical solution to allow the passage of small fish species, which take the form of flexible cylinders placed in the jet at the entrance of each pool of the VSF. A hydraulic characterization is made by experimental measurements of the water level in each pool with acoustic sensors and by measurements of three-dimensional velocity components with an acoustic Doppler velocimeter (ADV). The data acquired by these measurements are then used to define a predictive law that takes into account the presence of sills or macro-roughnesses, to help the design of devices that are as efficient as possible. Unsteady RANS and LES three-dimensional numerical simulations of the flow allow performing a careful volume analysis of the turbulence characteristics inside the pools when obstacles are presents in the flow. By obstructing a part of the slot, sills enhance the three-dimensionality of the flow while macro-roughnesses generate a low velocity layer and shelters for benthic species. Flexible elements produce a better dissipation of the energy of the jet and reduce the turbulent kinetic energy in a part of the volume of the pools. The effect of the modification of the flow kinematic properties, by the presence of obstacles, on the behavior of various fish species is evaluated. It provides important insights on how to adapt the flow in existing fishways to fish species with low swimming capacity.

The main idea that lead to the development of EC (electronic commutation) motors is to remove from commutation motors, called DC (direct current) motors, the mechanical commutation system i.e. the cylinder brushes and the commutator that limits in most of the applications the longevity of direct current motors. The commutator is the source of electromagnetic interference and it limits the motor speed. At the same time it is required to keep the outstanding features of DC motors, mainly the multiple overload capacity, high starting torque, low time constant and small dimensions. Thesis introduces the problematic of electrically switched machines and their possible construction versions. Based on obtained findings there is performed an analytical calculation of EC-machine with classical stator (made with two grooves on pole and phase) and with segmental stator for given parameters. With the known parameters of the machines from personal design there were created models of both machine types, and the results obtained from the program FEMM were compared to those of analytical calculations.