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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Tweak and cIAP1 Mediate Alternative NF-κB Signalling to Promote Myogenesis

Adam, Nadine Jessica January 2016 (has links)
The NF-κB family of transcription factors can be activated through canonical (classical) or non-canonical (alternative) signalling pathways, which are regulated by the redundant ubiquitin ligases, cellular inhibitor of apoptosis 1 and 2 (cIAP1 and cIAP2). While the canonical NF-κB pathway is needed for myoblast proliferation, it is inactivated during myoblast differentiation. However, the non-canonical NF-κB pathway is a major factor in promoting myoblast fusion, which is crucial to the processes of myogenesis and muscle repair. Ablation of cIAP1 levels through a chemical antagonist such as a SMAC- mimetic compound (SMC) activates non-canonical signalling to enhance myogenesis. The cytokine TNF-like weak inducer of apoptosis (TWEAK) has also been shown to activate primarily the alternative NF-κB pathway when signalling through its receptor Fn14. Here I show that alternative NF-κB signalling activity, stimulated by the addition of TWEAK or loss of cIAP1, can promote myogenesis. I also demonstrate that TWEAK is an endogenous myokine produced by myoblasts to promote their own differentiation, and suggest that targeting the alternative NF-κB pathway, with SMAC-mimetics or recombinant TWEAK for example, would be of therapeutic value in the repair and regeneration of muscle for various myopathies.
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Testování slabé formy efektivnosti devizového trhu / Testing of weak-form efficiency of the exchange market

Havel, Radek January 2009 (has links)
The goal of my thesis is to verify the weak form of the efficiency of the exchange market. The paper results from the presumptions for efficient price movements on the financial markets. They are applied to the time series of exchange rates of five currency pairs. After definitions of testing methodology, the given exchange rates series are analysed with the help of correlation and autocorrelation test, runs test and a test based on technical analysis. The conclusion of the thesis anwers the question if the exchange rates movements are suitable with the efficient market hypothesis.
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Proper and weak-proper trees in edges-colored graphs and multigraphs / Arbres proprement et faiblement arêtes-coloriées dans les graphes et multigraphes arêtes-coloriées

Borozan, Valentin 30 September 2011 (has links)
Dans la présente thèse nous étudions l'extraction d'arbres dans des graphes arêtes-coloriés.Nous nous concentrons sur la recherche d'arbres couvrants proprement arête-coloriés et faiblement arête-coloriés, notée PST et WST. Nous montrons que les versions d'optimisation de ces problèmes sont NP-Complete dans le cas général des graphes arêtes-coloriés, et nous proposons des algorithmes pour trouver ces arbres dans le cas des graphes arêtes-coloriés sans cycles proprement arêtes-coloriés.Nous donnons également quelques limites de nonapproximabilité. Nous proposons des conditions suffisantes pour l'existence de la PST dans des graphes arêtes-coloriés (pas forcément propre), en fonction de différents paramètres de graphes, tels que : nombre total de couleurs, la connectivité et le nombre d'arêtes incidentes dedifférentes couleurs pour un sommet. Nous nous intéressons aux chemins hamiltoniens proprement arêtes-coloriés dans le casdes multigraphes arêtes-coloriés. Ils présentent de l'intérêt pour notre étude, car ce sontégalement des arbres couvrants proprement arêtes-coloriés. Nous établissons des conditions suffisantes pour qu'un multigraphe contienne un chemin hamiltonien proprement arêtes-coloriés, en fonction de plusieurs paramètres tels que le nombre d'arêtes, le degré d'arêtes, etc. Puisque l'une des conditions suffisantes pour l'existence des arbres couvrants proprement arêtes-coloriés est la connectivité, nous prouvons plusieurs bornes supérieures pour le plus petit nombre de couleurs nécessaires pour la k-connectivité-propre. Nous énonçons plusieurs conjectures pour les graphes généraux et bipartis, et on arrive à les prouver pour k = 1. / In this thesis, we investigate the extraction of trees from edge-colored graphs. We focus on finding trees with properties based on coloring. Namely, we deal with proper and weak proper spanning trees, denoted PST and WST.- We show the optimization versions of these problems to be NP-hard in the general case of edge-colored graphs and we provide algorithms to find these trees in the case of edge-colored graphs without properly edge-colored cycles. We also provide some nonapproximability bounds.- We investigate the existence of a PST in the case of edge-colored graphs under certain conditions on the graph, both structural and related to the coloration. We consider sufficient conditions that guarantee the existence of a PST in edge-colored (not necessarily proper) graphs with any number of colors. The conditions we consider are combinations ofvarious parameters such as : total number of colors, number of vertices, connectivity and the number of incident edges of different colors to the vertices.- We then consider properly edge-colored Hamiltonian paths in the edge-colored multigraphs, which are relevant to our study since they are also PST. We establish sufficient conditions for a multigraph to contain a proper edge-colored Hamiltonian path, depending on several parameters such as the number of edges, the degree of edges, etc.- Since one of the sufficient conditions for the existence of proper spanning trees is connectivity, we prove several upper bounds for the smallest number of colors needed to color a graph such that it is k-proper-connected. We state several conjectures for general and bipartite graphs, and we prove them for k = 1.
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Toward harnessing a Java high-level language virtual machine for supporting software testing / Utilizando uma máquina virtual Java como apoio à atividade de teste de software

Vinicius Humberto Serapilha Durelli 01 October 2013 (has links)
High-level language virtual machines (HLL VMs) have been playing a key role as a mechanism for implementing programming languages. Languages that run on these execution environments have many advantages over languages that are compiled to native code. These advantages have led HLL VMs to gain broad acceptance in both academy and industry. However, much of the research in this area has been devoted to boosting the performance of these execution environments. Few eorts have attempted to introduce features that automate or facilitate some software engineering activities, including software testing. This research argues that HLL VMs provide a reasonable basis for building an integrated software testing environment. To this end, two software testing features that build on the characteristics of a Java virtual machine (JVM) were devised. The purpose of the rst feature is to automate weak mutation. Augmented with mutation support, the chosen JVM achieved speedups of as much as 95% in comparison to a strong mutation tool. To support the testing of concurrent programs, the second feature is concerned with enabling the deterministic re-execution of Java programs and exploration of new scheduling sequences / Máquinas virtuais de linguagens de programação têm desempenhado um papel importante como mecanismo para a implementação de linguagens de programação. Linguagens voltadas para esses ambientes de execução possuem várias vantagens em relação às linguagens compiladas. Essas vantagens fizeram com que tais ambientes de execução se tornassem amplamente utilizados pela indústria e academia. Entretanto, a maioria dos estudos nessa area têm se dedicado a aprimorar o desempenho desses ambientes de execução e poucos têm enfocado o desenvolvimento de funcionalidades que automatizem ou facilitem a condução de atividades de engenharia de software, incluindo atividades de teste de software. Este trabalho apresenta indícios de que máquinas virtuais de linguagens de programação podem apoiar a criação de ambientes de teste de software integrado. Para tal, duas funcionalidades que tiram proveito das características de uma máquina virtual Java foram desenvolvidas. O propósito da primeira funcionalidade e automatizar a condução de atividades de mutação fraca. Após a implementação de tal funcionalidade na máquina virtual Java selecionada, observou-se um desempenho até 95% melhor em relação a uma ferramenta de mutação forte. Afim de apoiar o teste de programas concorrentes, a segunda funcionalidade permite reexecutá-los de forma determinística além de automatizar a exploração de que novas sequências de escalonamento
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Estabilidade de sistemas detetáveis com custo médio a longo prazo limitado / Stability of detectable systems with bounded long run average cost

Brenno Gustavo Barbosa 28 March 2012 (has links)
Neste trabalho estudamos a estabilidade assintótica de Lagrange para duas classes de sistemas, sob as hipóteses de detetabilidade fraca e de limitação do custo medio a longo prazo. Para sistemas lineares com saltos markovianos com rudo aditivo, a equivalência entre estabilidade e as condições mencionadas sera provada. Para sistemas dinâmicos generalizados, provaremos a estabilidade sob uma condição adicional / In this work we study Lagrange asymptotic stability for two classes of systems, under conditions of weak detectability and boundedness of the long run average cost. For Markov jump linear systems with additive noise, the equivalence between stability and the aforementioned conditions is proved. For generalized dynamical systems, we prove stability under an additional condition
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Calcul fonctionnel non-anticipatif et applications aux processus stochastiques / Non-anticipative functional calculus and applications to stochastic processes

Lu, Yi 06 December 2017 (has links)
Cette thèse est consacrée à l’étude du calcul fonctionnel non-anticipatif, qui est basé sur la notion de dérivée verticale d'une fonctionelle. Nous étendons le cadre classique de ce calcul à des fonctionnelles ne possédant pas de dérivée directionnelle classique. Dans la première partie, nous montrons comment une classe importante de fonctionelles, définie par une espérance conditionnelle, peuvent être approchées de façon systématique par des fonctionnelles régulières. Dans la deuxième partie, nous introduisons une notion de dérivée verticale faible qui couvre une plus grande classe de fonctionnelles, et notamment toutes les martingales locales. Dans la première partie, nous nous sommes intéressés à la représentation d'une espérance conditionnelle par une fonctionnelle non-anticipative. L'idée est d'approximer ces fonctionnelles par une suite des fonctionnelles régulières dans un certain sens. Cette approche fournit une façon systématique d'obtenir une approximation explicite de la représentation des martingales pour une grande famille de fonctionnelles Browniennes. Nous obtenons également un ordre de convergence explicite. Quelques applications au problème de la couverture dynamique sont données à la fin de cette partie.Dans la deuxième partie, nous étendons la notion de dérivée verticale pour des fonctionnelles qui n'admettent pas nécessairement de dérivée directionnelle. Cette notion nous permet également d'obtenir une caractérisation fonctionnelle d'une martingale locale par rapport à un processus de référence fixé, ce qui donne lieu à une notion de solution faible pour des équations aux dérivées partielles dépendant de la trajectoire. / This thesis focuses on various mathematical questions arising in the non-anticipative functional calculus, which is based on a notion of pathwise directional derivatives for functionals. We extend the scope and results of this calculus to functionals which may not admit such derivatives, either through approximations (Part I) or by defining a notion of weak vertical derivative (Part II). In the first part, we consider the representation of conditional expectations as non-anticipative functionals. We show that it is possible under very general conditions to approximate such functionals by a sequence of smooth functionals in an appropriate sense. This approach provides a systematic method for computing explicit approximations to martingale representations for a large class of Brownian functionals. We also derive explicit convergence rates of the approximations. These results are then applied to the problem of sensitivity analysis and dynamic hedging of (path-dependent) contingent claims. In the second part, we propose a concept of weak vertical derivative for non-anticipative functionals which may fail to possess directional derivatives. The definition of the weak vertical derivative is based on the notion of pathwise quadratic variation and makes use of the duality associated to the associated bilinear form. We show that the notion of weak vertical derivative leads to a functional characterization of local martingales with respect to a reference process, and allows to define a concept of pathwise weak solution for path-dependent partial differential equations.
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Prédiction structurée pour l’analyse de données séquentielles / Structured prediction for sequential data

Lajugie, Rémi 18 September 2015 (has links)
Dans cette thèse nous nous intéressons à des problèmes d’apprentissage automatique dans le cadre de sorties structurées avec une structure séquentielle. D’une part, nous considérons le problème de l’apprentissage de mesure de similarité pour deux tâches : (i) la détection de rupture dans des signaux multivariés et (ii) le problème de déformation temporelle entre paires de signaux. Les méthodes généralement utilisées pour résoudre ces deux problèmes dépendent fortement d’une mesure de similarité. Nous apprenons une mesure de similarité à partir de données totalement étiquetées. Nous présentons des algorithmes usuels de prédiction structuré, efficaces pour effectuer l’apprentissage. Nous validons notre approche sur des données réelles venant de divers domaines. D’autre part, nous nous intéressons au problème de la faible supervision pour la tâche d’alignement d’un enregistrement audio sur la partition jouée. Nous considérons la partition comme une représentation symbolique donnant (i) une information complète sur l’ordre des symboles et (ii) une information approximative sur la forme de l’alignement attendu. Nous apprenons un classifieur pour chaque symbole avec ces informations. Nous développons une méthode d’apprentissage fondée sur l’optimisation d’une fonction convexe. Nous démontrons la validité de l’approche sur des données musicales. / In this manuscript, we consider structured machine learning problems and consider more precisely the ones involving sequential structure. In a first part, we consider the problem of similarity measure learning for two tasks where sequential structure is at stake: (i) the multivariate change-point detection and (ii) the time warping of pairs of time series. The methods generally used to solve these tasks rely on a similarity measure to compare timestamps. We propose to learn a similarity measure from fully labelled data, i.e., signals already segmented or pairs of signals for which the optimal time warping is known. Using standard structured prediction methods, we present algorithmically efficient ways for learning. We propose to use loss functions specifically designed for the tasks. We validate our approach on real-world data. In a second part, we focus on the problem of weak supervision, in which sequential data are not totally labeled. We focus on the problem of aligning an audio recording with its score. We consider the score as a symbolic representation giving: (i) a complete information about the order of events or notes played and (ii) an approximate idea about the expected shape of the alignment. We propose to learn a classifier for each note using this information. Our learning problem is based onthe optimization of a convex function that takes advantage of the weak supervision and of the sequential structure of data. Our approach is validated through experiments on the task of audio-to-score on real musical data.
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Hållbar utveckling i Skåne? En kritisk diskursanalys av Region Skånes tre regionala utvecklingsprogram 1999–2016

Christensson, Joanna January 2018 (has links)
I denna studie undersöktes regionala policydokument utifrån ett fokus på hållbar utveckling och förhållandet mellan hög tillväxt och förbättrad miljö. Det empiriska material utgjordes av Region Skånes tre regionala utvecklingsprogram, vilka behandlar hur myndigheten såg på regionens utveckling åren 1999–2004, 2004–2009 och 2009–2016. Studiens mål var att studera den diskursiva omdefinieringsprocessen av begreppet hållbar utveckling, genom att analysera hur detta relateras till och används i programmen. Metoden som användes var kritisk diskursanalys. Studien syftade till att synliggöra programmens diskursiva sammanhang och utveckla en förståelse för vilka synsätt och föreställningar som kan ses ligga till grund för dokumentens innehåll och utformning.Studien kom fram till att det fanns ingen tydlig förståelse kring hållbar utveckling i programmen utan det förekom yttringar av både starka och svaga hållbarhetsdiskurser. Resonemang kring ekologisk modernisering är dominerande, baserade på föreställningar om att miljöproblem kan lösas utan några stora samhällsförändringar. Denna diskurs presenterar attraktiva lösningar på eventuella motsättningar mellan hög tillväxt och förbättrad miljö, vilket möjliggör policydokument med visionära målbilder tillsammans med breda lösningar där målkonflikter och eventuella avvägningar inte belyses nämnvärt.Studiens teoretiska ramverk och metoden kritisk diskursanalys gav möjlighet att lyfta fram och belysa hur ekologisk moderniseringsdiskursen inkorporerar resonemang från tillväxtkritiska hållbarhetsdiskurser samtidigt som den marginaliserar och tar udden av dem. På så vis kan studien bidra till en vidare diskussion om olika sätt att förhålla sig till hållbar utveckling och konsekvenser av den ekologiska moderniseringens diskursiva dominans. / This study investigates regional policy documents with a focus on sustainable development and the relationship between high economic growth and an improved environment. The study’s empirical material is based on Region Skåne’s three regional development programs which put forward how the authority viewed development in the region for the years 1999–2004, 2004– 2009 and 2009–2016. The objective was to study the discursive process of redefining the concept of sustainable development by analysing how it is referred to and used in the programs. The method utilised was critical discourse analysis. The study aimed towards exposing the2programs’ discursive context and developing an understanding of the viewpoints underlying the documents’ contents.The study concluded that there was no clear understanding around sustainable development in the programs and there were statements of both strong and weak sustainable development discourse. Goal conflicts and eventually trade-offs were not particularly highlighted. Ecological modernisation was the dominating discourse as per the reasoning that environmental problems can be solved without any major societal changes. This discourse presents attractive solutions to potential conflicts which enables the policy document to provide visionary goals along with broad solutions. The study’s theoretical framework and the method critical discursive analysis allowed for the bringing forward and highlighting of how ecological modernisation incorporates reasonings from sustainable discourses critical of economic growth, at the same time marginalising and neutralising them. As a result, this study can contribute to the discussion of different ways of achieving sustainable development and the consequence of the domination of ecological modernisation discourse.
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Search for the Higgs boson decaying to two photons and produced in association with a pair of top quarks in the CMS experiment / Recherche du boson de Higgs se désintégrant en deux photons et produit en association avec une paire de quarks top dans l'expérience CMS au LHC

Kucher, Inna 17 July 2017 (has links)
Dans cette thèse, la mesure des propriétés du boson de Higgs dans le canal de désintégration en deux photons avec l'expérience CMS au Grand Collisionneur de Hadrons (LHC) est présentée. L'objectif de ce travail est l’étude du mode de production associé à une paire de quark top (tṫH). Ce mode représente le seul accès direct au couplage de Yukawa du quark top, un paramètre fondamental du Modèle Standard. Le mode de production tṫH est un processus très rare. Il est de l'ordre de deux ordres de grandeur plus petits que la production principale du boson de Higgs par fusion de gluons. À 13 TeV, le mode de production ttH est environ 4 fois plus grand qu'à 8 TeV. Cette thèse reprend les études réalisées à 8 TeV, où l’échantillon de données ne suffisait pas pour établir une observation de ce mode de production. Bien que le canal en deux photons ne soit pas celui qui présente le plus grand rapport de branchement (seulement 0,2%), il est très prometteur en raison de son excellente résolution en masse (1%). De plus, sa signature est très propre dans le détecteur. Le canal de désintégration en deux photons est particulièrement intéressant puisqu'il s'agit du seul canal permettant l'étude de tous les modes de production : la fusion de gluons, la fusion de bosons vecteurs, les productions associées avec des bosons W ou Z ou avec une paire de quarks top. Le document commence par une introduction théorique du Modèle Standard et la physique du boson de Higgs au LHC, suivie d'une description du détecteur CMS. Pour obtenir une excellente résolution de masse dans le canal de désintégration en deux photons , le calorimètre électromagnétique doit être calibré. Le système de monitorage de la transparence des cristaux du calorimètre électromagnétique de CMS par le système laser joue un rôle important dans la chaîne d'étalonnage et est décrit en détail. Sur le long terme, le système de monitorage laser devra être amélioré car le niveau de rayonnement influence son électronique. Je présente mon travail sur l'amélioration possible du système de monitorage laser, ainsi que l'étude de sa précision possible. L'analyse inclusive H → ᵞᵞ a eu plusieurs itérations pour les conférences en 2016 et 2017. La stratégie pour 2017 est décrite dans ce document. Une classification des événement sert à maximiser la significance du signal et à étudier les modes spécifiques de production du boson de Higgs. Mes contributions à l'analyse H → ᵞᵞ consistent en l'identification du vertex primaire, l'identification du photon et l'étude du mode de production tṫH. Chaque contribution est décrite en détail dans des chapitres dédiés. L'analyse tṫH, H → ᵞᵞ est présentée pour deux itérations en 2016 et 2017, en mettant l'accent sur les améliorations dans l'analyse de 2017. Enfin, les résultats de l'analyse inclusive et tṫH, H → ᵞᵞ, en utilisant l'ensemble complet de données 2016 correspondant à une luminosité intégrée de 35,9 fb-1, sont présentés. / In this thesis, the measurement of the Higgs boson properties in the diphoton decay channel with the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is presented. The focus of this work is the tṫH production mode, as it is the only direct access to the top quark Yukawa coupling, a fundamental parameter of the Standard Model. tṫH is a very rare process, two orders of magnitude smaller than the dominant Higgs boson production by gluon fusion. At 13 TeV, ttH production is about 4 times larger than at 8 TeV. This thesis takes over the studies performed at 8 TeV, where the statistics was not enough for an observation of ttH. Despite a very small branching ratio (only about 0.2%), the two photons decay channel of the Higgs boson is very promising, because of its excellent mass resolution (about 1%). Moreover, its signature in the detector is very clear. The diphoton decay channel is also of particular interest as it is the only channel allowing the study of all production modes: gluon fusion, vector boson fusion, associated productions with a W or a Z bosons, or with a top quark pair.The document starts with a theoretical introduction about the Standard Model and Higgs boson physics at LHC, followed by a description of the CMS detector. To achieve an excellent mass resolution in the H → ᵞᵞ channel, the electromagnetic calorimeter has to be calibrated. The laser monitoring system plays an important role in the calibration chain and it is described in details. On the long term, the laser monitoring system will have to be upgraded as level of radiation influences its electronics. I present my work on the possible upgrade of the laser monitoring system, along with the study of its possible precision.H → ᵞᵞ inclusive analysis had several iterations for conferences in 2016 and 2017. The strategy for 2017 is described in this document. An event classification is used to maximize the signal significance and to study specific Higgs boson production modes. My contributions to the H → ᵞᵞ analysis are primary vertex identification, photon identification and the study of the tṫH production mode. Each contribution is described in details in dedicated chapters. The tṫH, H → ᵞᵞ analysis is shown for two iterations in 2016 and 2017, with the emphasis on improvements in 2017 analysis. Finally, the results of the inclusive and tṫH, H → ᵞᵞ analysis, using the full 2016 dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb-1, are shown.
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Development of separation method for analysis of oligonucleotides using LC-UV/MS

Ida, Björs January 2018 (has links)
Introduction Oligonucleotides are short nucleic acid chains, usually 19-27mer long. They bind to their corresponding chain, making a specific inhibition possible. In pharmaceuticals, this can be used to inhibit the expression of a gene or protein of interest. Oligonucleotides are usually analyzed based on separation using both hydrophobic and ion-exchange properties. In this project, the possibility to use a mixed-mode column to separate these oligonucleotides and their impurities were explored. Method Liquid chromatography is used as the separation method and the method of detection is both mass spectrometry and UV. Three different columns are evaluated; C18, DNAPac RP, and mixed-mode RP/WAX. Results and discussion Different compositions of mobile phases and gradients are evaluated based on a literature study. Triethylamine, triethylammonium acetate, ammonium formate, hexafluoroisopropanol is used along with both methanol and acetonitrile. Phosphate buffer is evaluated on LC-UV. The results from the C18 column displays a good separation of the oligonucleotides, whilst the DNAPac RP is not as sufficient using the same mobile phases. The mixed-mode column provides good separation and selectivity using phosphate buffer and UV detection. Conclusion Mixed-mode column has the potential to be used for separation of oligonucleotides and one future focus would be to make the mobile phase compatible with mass spectrometry. Phosphate buffer and UV detection seems to be the go-to mobile phase using mixed-mode column even though MS is a more powerful tool for the characterization and identification of oligonucleotides. This provides a hint about the challenge in making the mobile phase MS compatible.

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