Organic transistors are a core component for basically all relevant types of fully organic circuits and consumer electronics. The Organic Permeable Base Transistor (OPBT) is a transistor with a sandwich geometry like in Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) and has a vertical current transport. Therefore, it combines simple fabrication with high performance due its short transit paths and has a fairly good chance of being used in new organic electronics applications that have to fall back to silicon transistors up to now. A detailed understanding of the operation mechanism that allows a targeted engineering without trial-and-error is required and there is a need for universal optimization techniques which require as little effort as possible. Several mechanisms that explain certain aspects of the operation are proposed in literature, but a comprehensive study that covers all transistor regimes in detail is not found. High performances have been reported for organic transistors which are, however, usually limited to certain materials. E. g., n-type C60 OPBTs are presented with excellent performance, but an adequate p-type OPBT is missing. In this thesis, the OPBT is investigated under two aspects: Firstly, drift-diffusion simulations of the OPBT are evaluated. By comparing the results from different geometry parameters, conclusions about the detailed operation mechanism can be drawn. It is discussed where charge carriers flow in the device and which parameters affect the performance. In particular, the charge carrier transmission through the permeable base layer relies on small openings. Contrary to an intuitive view, however, the size of these openings does not limit the device performance. Secondly, p-type OPBTs using pentacene as the organic semiconductor are fabricated and characterized with the aim to catch up with the performance of the n-type OPBTs. It is shown how an additional seed-layer can improve the performance by changing the morphology, how leakage currents can be defeated, and how parameters like the layer thickness should be chosen. With the combination of all presented optimization strategies, pentacene OPBTs are built that show a current density above 1000 mA/cm^2 and a current gain of 100. This makes the OPBT useful for a variety of applications, and also complementary logic circuits are possible now. The discussed optimization strategies can be extended and used as a starting point for further enhancements. Together with the deep understanding obtained from the simulations, purposeful modifications can be studied that have a great potential.:1 Introduction and Motivation 2 Theory 2.1 Organic Semiconductors 2.1.1 Organic Molecules and Solids 2.1.2 Charge Carrier Transport 2.1.3 Charge Carrier Injection 2.1.4 Doping 2.2 Organic Permeable Base Transistors 2.2.1 Structure 2.2.2 Basic Operation Principle 3 Overview of Different Transistor Architectures 3.1 Organic Field Effect Transistors 3.2 Organic Permeable Base Transistors 3.2.1 Development of the Permeable Base Transistor 3.2.2 Optimization Strategies 3.3 Comparison to Inorganic Transistors 3.4 Other Emerging Transistor Concepts 3.4.1 OSBT 3.4.2 Step-Edge OFET 3.4.3 VOFET 3.4.4 IGZO Devices 4 Experimental 4.1 Materials and their Properties 4.1.1 Pentacene 4.1.2 F6TCNNQ 4.1.3 Aluminum Oxide 4.2 Fabrication 4.2.1 Thermal Vapor Deposition 4.2.2 Chamber Details and Processing Procedure 4.2.3 Sample Structure 4.3 Characterization Methods and Tools 4.3.1 Electrical Characterization 4.3.2 Morphology 4.3.3 XPS 5 Simulations and Working Mechanism 5.1 Simulation Setup 5.1.1 Overview 5.1.2 OPBT Model 5.1.3 Drift-Diffusion Solver 5.1.4 Post-Processing of Simulation Data 5.2 Basic Concept 5.2.1 Base Sweep Regions 5.2.2 Correlation with charge carrier density and potential 5.3 Charge Carrier Accumulation 5.3.1 Accumulation at Emitter and Collector 5.3.2 Current Flow 5.3.3 Area contributing to the current flow 5.4 Current Limitation Mechanisms 5.4.1 Varying Size of the Opening 5.4.2 Channel Potential 5.4.3 Limitation of Base-Emitter Transport 5.4.4 Intrinsic Layer Variation 5.5 Opening Shapes 5.5.1 Cylindrical Opening and Symmetry 5.5.2 Truncated Cone Setup 5.6 Base Leakage Currents 5.6.1 Description of the Insulator 5.6.2 Top and Bottom Contribution 5.6.3 Validity of Calculation 5.7 Analytical Description of the OPBT base sweep 5.7.1 Description of operation regions 5.7.2 Transition Voltages and Full Characteristics 5.7.3 Comparison to Experiment 5.8 Output Characteristics 5.8.1 Saturation region 5.8.2 Linear region 5.8.3 Intrinsic Gain 5.9 Summary of Operation Mechanism 6 Nin-Devices and Structuring 6.1 Effect of Accumulation and Scalability 6.1.1 Active Area and Electrode Overlap 6.1.2 Indirect Structuring 8 Contents 6.1.3 Four-Wire Measurement 6.1.4 Pulsed Measurements 6.2 Mobility Measurement 6.2.1 Mobility Extraction from a Single IV Curve 6.2.2 Verification of the SCLC using Thickness Variations 6.3 Geometric Diode 7 Optimization of p-type Permeable Base Transistors 7.1 Introduction to p-type Devices 7.2 Characteristics of OPBTs 7.2.1 Diode characteristics 7.2.2 Base sweep 7.2.3 Output characteristics 7.3 Seed-Layer 7.3.1 Process of Opening Formation 7.3.2 Performance using different Seed-Layers 7.4 Built-in field 7.4.1 Effect on Performance 7.4.2 Explanation for the Transmission Improvement 7.5 Base Insulation 7.5.1 Importance of Base Insulation 7.5.2 Additional Insulating Layers and Positioning 7.5.3 Enhancement of Native Aluminum Oxide 7.6 Complete Optimization 7.6.1 Indirect Structuring in OPBTs 7.6.2 Combination of different Optimization Techniques 7.7 Potential of the Technology 7.7.1 Future Improvements 7.7.2 Achievable Performance 7.8 Demonstration of the Organic Permeable Base Transistor 7.8.1 Simple OLED driver 7.8.2 An Astable Oscillator using p-type OPBTs 7.8.3 An OLED Driver using n-type OPBTs controlled by Organic Solar Cells 8 Conclusion / Organische Transistoren stellen eine Kernkomponente für praktisch jede Art von organischen Schaltungen und Elektronikgeräten dar. Der “Organic Permeable Base Transistor” (OPBT, dt.: Organischer Transistor mit durchlässiger Basis) ist ein Transistor mit einem Schichtaufbau wie in organischen Leuchtdioden (OLEDs) und weist einen vertikalen Stromfluss auf. Somit wird eine einfache Herstellung mit gutem Verhalten und Leistungsfähigkeit kombiniert, welche aus den kurzen Weglängen der Ladungsträger resultiert. Damit ist der OPBT bestens für neuartige organische Elektronik geeignet, wofür andernfalls auf Siliziumtransistoren zurückgegriffen werden müsste. Notwendig sind ein tiefgehendes Verständnis der Funktionsweise, welches ein zielgerichtetes Entwickeln der Technologie ohne zahlreiche Fehlversuche ermöglicht, sowie universell einsetzbare und leicht anwendbare Optimierungsstrategien. In der Literatur werden einige Mechanismen vorgeschlagen, die Teile der Funktionsweise betrachten, aber eine umfassende Untersuchung, die alle Arbeitsbereiche des Transistors abdeckt, findet sich derzeit noch nicht. Ebenso gibt es einige Veröffentlichungen, die Transistoren mit hervorragender Leistungsfähigkeit zeigen, aber meist nur mit Materialien für einen Ladungsträgertyp erzielt werden. So gibt es z.B. n-typ OPBTs auf Basis von C60, für die bisher vergleichbare p-typ OPBTs fehlen. In dieser Arbeit werden daher die folgenden beiden Aspekte des OPBT untersucht: Einerseits werden Drift-Diffusions-Simulationen von OPBTs untersucht und ausgewertet. Kennlinien und Ergebnisse von Transistoren aus verschiedenen Parametervariationen können verglichen werden und erlauben damit Rückschlüsse auf verschiedenste Aspekte der Funktionsweise. Der Fluss der Ladungsträger sowie für die Leistungsfähigkeit wichtige Parameter werden besprochen. Insbesondere sind für die Transmission von Ladungsträgern durch die Basisschicht kleine Öffnungen in dieser nötig. Die Größe dieser Öffnungen stellt jedoch entgegen einer intuitiven Vorstellung keine Begrenzung für die erreichbaren Ströme dar. Andererseits werden p-typ OPBTs auf Basis des organischen Halbleiters Pentacen hergestellt und charakterisiert. Das Ziel ist hierbei die Leistungsfähigkeit an die n-typ OPBTs anzugleichen. In dieser Arbeit wird gezeigt, wie durch eine zusätzliche Schicht die Morphologie und die Transmission verbessert werden kann, wie Leckströme reduziert werden können und welche Parameter bei der Optimierung besondere Beachtung finden sollten. Mit all den Optimierungen zusammen können Pentacen OPBTs hergestellt werden, die Stromdichten über 1000 mA/cm^2 und eine Stromverstärkung über 100 aufweisen. Damit kann der OPBT für eine Vielzahl von Anwendungen eingesetzt werden, unter anderem auch in Logik-Schaltungen zusammen mit n-typ OPBTs. Die besprochenen Optimierungen können weiterentwickelt werden und somit als Startpunkt für anschließende Verbesserungen dienen. In Verbindung mit erlangten Verständnis aus den Simulationsergebnissen können somit aussichtsreiche Veränderungen an der Struktur des OPBTs zielgerichtet eingeführt werden.:1 Introduction and Motivation 2 Theory 2.1 Organic Semiconductors 2.1.1 Organic Molecules and Solids 2.1.2 Charge Carrier Transport 2.1.3 Charge Carrier Injection 2.1.4 Doping 2.2 Organic Permeable Base Transistors 2.2.1 Structure 2.2.2 Basic Operation Principle 3 Overview of Different Transistor Architectures 3.1 Organic Field Effect Transistors 3.2 Organic Permeable Base Transistors 3.2.1 Development of the Permeable Base Transistor 3.2.2 Optimization Strategies 3.3 Comparison to Inorganic Transistors 3.4 Other Emerging Transistor Concepts 3.4.1 OSBT 3.4.2 Step-Edge OFET 3.4.3 VOFET 3.4.4 IGZO Devices 4 Experimental 4.1 Materials and their Properties 4.1.1 Pentacene 4.1.2 F6TCNNQ 4.1.3 Aluminum Oxide 4.2 Fabrication 4.2.1 Thermal Vapor Deposition 4.2.2 Chamber Details and Processing Procedure 4.2.3 Sample Structure 4.3 Characterization Methods and Tools 4.3.1 Electrical Characterization 4.3.2 Morphology 4.3.3 XPS 5 Simulations and Working Mechanism 5.1 Simulation Setup 5.1.1 Overview 5.1.2 OPBT Model 5.1.3 Drift-Diffusion Solver 5.1.4 Post-Processing of Simulation Data 5.2 Basic Concept 5.2.1 Base Sweep Regions 5.2.2 Correlation with charge carrier density and potential 5.3 Charge Carrier Accumulation 5.3.1 Accumulation at Emitter and Collector 5.3.2 Current Flow 5.3.3 Area contributing to the current flow 5.4 Current Limitation Mechanisms 5.4.1 Varying Size of the Opening 5.4.2 Channel Potential 5.4.3 Limitation of Base-Emitter Transport 5.4.4 Intrinsic Layer Variation 5.5 Opening Shapes 5.5.1 Cylindrical Opening and Symmetry 5.5.2 Truncated Cone Setup 5.6 Base Leakage Currents 5.6.1 Description of the Insulator 5.6.2 Top and Bottom Contribution 5.6.3 Validity of Calculation 5.7 Analytical Description of the OPBT base sweep 5.7.1 Description of operation regions 5.7.2 Transition Voltages and Full Characteristics 5.7.3 Comparison to Experiment 5.8 Output Characteristics 5.8.1 Saturation region 5.8.2 Linear region 5.8.3 Intrinsic Gain 5.9 Summary of Operation Mechanism 6 Nin-Devices and Structuring 6.1 Effect of Accumulation and Scalability 6.1.1 Active Area and Electrode Overlap 6.1.2 Indirect Structuring 8 Contents 6.1.3 Four-Wire Measurement 6.1.4 Pulsed Measurements 6.2 Mobility Measurement 6.2.1 Mobility Extraction from a Single IV Curve 6.2.2 Verification of the SCLC using Thickness Variations 6.3 Geometric Diode 7 Optimization of p-type Permeable Base Transistors 7.1 Introduction to p-type Devices 7.2 Characteristics of OPBTs 7.2.1 Diode characteristics 7.2.2 Base sweep 7.2.3 Output characteristics 7.3 Seed-Layer 7.3.1 Process of Opening Formation 7.3.2 Performance using different Seed-Layers 7.4 Built-in field 7.4.1 Effect on Performance 7.4.2 Explanation for the Transmission Improvement 7.5 Base Insulation 7.5.1 Importance of Base Insulation 7.5.2 Additional Insulating Layers and Positioning 7.5.3 Enhancement of Native Aluminum Oxide 7.6 Complete Optimization 7.6.1 Indirect Structuring in OPBTs 7.6.2 Combination of different Optimization Techniques 7.7 Potential of the Technology 7.7.1 Future Improvements 7.7.2 Achievable Performance 7.8 Demonstration of the Organic Permeable Base Transistor 7.8.1 Simple OLED driver 7.8.2 An Astable Oscillator using p-type OPBTs 7.8.3 An OLED Driver using n-type OPBTs controlled by Organic Solar Cells 8 Conclusion

My thesis addresses a systematic approach to stochastic models in population genetics; in particular, the Wright-Fisher models affected only by the random genetic drift. I used various mathematical methods such as Probability, PDE, and Geometry to answer an important question: \"How do genetic change factors (random genetic drift, selection, mutation, migration, random environment, etc.) affect the behavior of gene frequencies or genotype frequencies in generations?”. In a Hardy-Weinberg model, the Mendelian population model of a very large number of individuals without genetic change factors, the answer is simple by the Hardy-Weinberg principle: gene frequencies remain unchanged from generation to generation, and genotype frequencies from the second generation onward remain also unchanged from generation to generation. With directional genetic change factors (selection, mutation, migration), we will have a deterministic dynamics of gene frequencies, which has been studied rather in detail. With non-directional genetic change factors (random genetic drift, random environment), we will have a stochastic dynamics of gene frequencies, which has been studied with much more interests. A combination of these factors has also been considered. We consider a monoecious diploid population of fixed size N with n + 1 possible alleles at a given locus A, and assume that the evolution of population was only affected by the random genetic drift. The question is that what the behavior of the distribution of relative frequencies of alleles in time and its stochastic quantities are. When N is large enough, we can approximate this discrete Markov chain to a continuous Markov with the same characteristics. In 1931, Kolmogorov first introduced a nice relation between a continuous Markov process and diffusion equations. These equations called the (backward/forward) Kolmogorov equations which have been first applied in population genetics in 1945 by Wright. Note that these equations are singular parabolic equations (diffusion coefficients vanish on boundary). To solve them, we use generalized hypergeometric functions. To know more about what will happen after the first exit time, or more general, the behavior of whole process, in joint work with J. Hofrichter, we define the global solution by moment conditions; calculate the component solutions by boundary flux method and combinatorics method. One interesting property is that some statistical quantities of interest are solutions of a singular elliptic second order linear equation with discontinuous (or incomplete) boundary values. A lot of papers, textbooks have used this property to find those quantities. However, the uniqueness of these problems has not been proved. Littler, in his PhD thesis in 1975, took up the uniqueness problem but his proof, in my view, is not rigorous. In joint work with J. Hofrichter, we showed two different ways to prove the uniqueness rigorously. The first way is the approximation method. The second way is the blow-up method which is conducted by J. Hofrichter. By applying the Information Geometry, which was first introduced by Amari in 1985, we see that the local state space is an Einstein space, and also a dually flat manifold with the Fisher metric; the differential operator of the Kolmogorov equation is the affine Laplacian which can be represented in various coordinates and on various spaces. Dynamics on the whole state space explains some biological phenomena.

Cette thèse introduit une nouvelle notion de solution pour des équationsd'évolution non-linéaires déterministes, appellées solutionsmild découplées.Nous revisitons les liens entre équations différentielles rétrogrades(EDSRs) markoviennes browniennes et EDPsparaboliques semilinéaires en montrant que, sous de très faibles hypothèses,les EDSRs produisent une unique solution mild découplée d'une EDP.Nous étendons ce résultat à de nombreuses autres équations déterministestelles que des Pseudo-EDPs, des Equations Intégrales aux Dérivées Partielles(EIDPs), des EDPs à drift distributionnel, ou des E(I)DPs à dépendancetrajectorielle. Les solutions de ces équations sont représentées via des EDSRs qui peuvent être sans martingale de référence, ou dirigées par des martingales cadlag. En particulier, cette thèse résout le problème d'identification,qui consiste, dans le cas classique d'une EDSR markovienne brownienne, à donner un sens analytique au processus Z, second membre de la solution (Y,Z) de l'EDSR. Dans la littérature, Y détermine en général une solution de viscosité de l'équation déterministe et ce problème d'identification n'est résolu que quand cette solution de viscosité a un minimum de régularité. Notre méthode permet de résoudre ce problème même dans le cas général d'EDSRs à sauts (non nécéssairement markoviennes). / This thesis introduces a new notion of solution for deterministic non-linear evolution equations, called decoupled mild solution.We revisit the links between Markovian Brownian Backward stochastic differential equations (BSDEs) and parabolic semilinear PDEs showing that under very mild assumptions, the BSDEs produce a unique decoupled mild solution of some PDE.We extend this result to many other deterministic equations such asPseudo-PDEs, Integro-PDEs, PDEs with distributional drift or path-dependent(I)PDEs. The solutions of those equations are represented throughBSDEs which may either be without driving martingale, or drivenby cadlag martingales. In particular this thesis solves the so calledidentification problem, which consists, in the case of classical Markovian Brownian BSDEs, to give an analytical meaning to the second component Z ofthe solution (Y,Z) of the BSDE. In the literature, Y generally determinesa so called viscosity solution and the identification problem is only solved when this viscosity solution has a minimal regularity.Our method allows to treat this problem even in the case of general (even non-Markovian) BSDEs with jumps.

Robotics has been the subject of academic study from as early as 1948. For much of this time, study has focused on very specific applications in very well controlled environments. For example, the first commercial robots (1961) were introduced in order to improve the efficiency of production lines. The tasks undertaken by these robots were simple, and all that was required of a control algorithm was speed, repetitiveness and reliability in these environments. Now however, robots are being used to move around autonomously in increasingly unpredictable environments, and the need for robotic control algorithms that can successfully react to such conditions is ever increasing. In addition to this there is an ever-increasing array of robots available, the control algorithms for which are often incompatible. This can result in extensive redesign and large sections of code being re-written for use on different architectures. The thesis presented here is that a new generic approach can be created that provides robust high quality smooth paths and time-optimal path tracking to substantially increase applicability and efficiency of autonomous motion plans. The control system developed to support this thesis is capable of producing high quality smooth paths, and following these paths to a high level of accuracy in a robust and near time-optimal manner. The system can control a variety of robots in environments that contain 2D obstacles of various shapes and sizes. The system is also resilient to sensor error, spatial drift, and wheel-slip. In achieving the above, this system provides previously unavailable functionality by generically creating and tracking high quality paths so that only minor and clear adjustments are required between different robots and also be being capable of operating in environments that contain high levels of perturbation. The system is comprised of five separate novel component algorithms in order to cater for five different motion challenges facing modern robots. Each algorithm provides guaranteed functionality that has previously been unavailable in respect to its challenges. The challenges are: high quality smooth movement to reach n-dimensional goals in regions without obstacles, the navigation of 2D obstacles with guaranteed completeness, high quality smooth movement for ground robots carrying out 2D obstacle navigation, near time-optimal path tracking, and finally, effective wheel-slip detection and compensation. In meeting these challenges the algorithms have tackled adherence to non-holonomic constraints, applicability to a wide range of robots and tasks, fast real-time creation of paths and controls, sensor error compensation, and compensation for perturbation. This thesis presents each of the above algorithms individually. It is shown that existing methods are unable to produce the results provided by this thesis, before detailing the operation of each algorithm. The methodology employed is varied in accordance with each of the five core challenges. However, a common element of methodology throughout the thesis is that of gradient descent within a new type of potential field, which is dynamic and capable of the simultaneous creation of high-quality paths and the controls required to execute them. By relating global to local considerations through subgoals, this methodology (combined with other elements) is shown to be fully capable of achieving the aims of the thesis. It is concluded that the produced system represents a novel and significant contribution as there is no other system (to the author’s knowledge) that provides all of the functionality given. For each component algorithm there are many control systems that provide one or more of its features, but none that are capable of all of the features. Applications for this work are wide ranging as it is comprised of five component algorithms each applicable in their own right. For example, high quality smooth paths may be created and followed in any dimensionality of space if time optimality and obstacle avoidance are not required. Broadly speaking, and in summary, applications are to ground-based robotics in the areas of smooth path planning, time optimal travel, and compensation for unpredictable perturbation.

L’exode rural des Maori suivant la seconde guerre mondiale a bouleversé le paysage socioculturel néo-zélandais. Cette thèse explore une de ses conséquences directes : l’émergence de gangs maori comme tentative de re-territorialisation de l’espace environnant dans une logique de différentiation par rapport à l’ordre établi. La rupture avec la ville européenne et les traditions ancestrales maori s’imposait. Le gang dit « maori » ne pouvait, et ne peut plus, dès lors être pensé dans le prolongement du tribalisme et du bellicisme maori pré-colonial, analyse figeant le Maori dans des considérations essentialistes. Cette thèse présente le gang maori comme un produit historique contingent et vise, sans cautionner l’approche essentialiste, à déterminer les effets de cette posture analytique sur les pratiques quotidiennes du membre de gang, ainsi que ses rapports au public.Les gangs, qui souhaitaient inventer un espace qui leur était propre, finirent par admettre leur héritage maori, si bien que les membres allaient non seulement réécrire l’histoire de leur organisation en lui trouvant d’autres origines, mais aussi celle du passé maori pré-colonial en y introduisant des éléments propres au gang de rue contemporain / The Maori urban drift after the Second World War has deeply altered New Zealand’s sociocultural landscape. This thesis explores one of its direct aftermath: the emergence of Maori gangs as an attempt to reterritorialise the surrounding space in a logic of differen-tiation from the established order. Therefore, breaking off with the European city and Maori ancestral traditions was required. In this respect, so called “Maori” gangs could and can no longer be thought as the extension of Maori tribalism and precolonial belli-cism. This type of analysis freezes the Maori into essentialist considerations. This thesis introduces the Maori gang in its historical contingent dimension and aims – without sup-porting the essentialist approach – at pinpointing its very effects on gang members’ daily practices and also on their relationship with wider society.The same gangs that wanted to create their own space ended up acknowledging their Maori heritage. As a result, the members were not only to rewrite the history of their or-ganisation, as they found out other origins, but also precontact Maori history as they in-troduced elements that are typical of contemporary street gangs

O palmiteiro (Euterpe edulis Mart.) é uma espécie nativa da Mata Atlântica cujas populações naturais encontram-se degradadas pelo extrativismo. Considerando a escassez de informações relativas às conseqüências genéticas da exploração de palmito, o objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o impacto do processo de exploração sobre os níveis de diversidade, estrutura genética e tamanho efetivo de populações da espécie. Também foram estudados aspectos genéticos do recrutamento de plantas e o sistema reprodutivo da espécie. O estudo foi realizado em duas localidades do Estado de Santa Catarina, nos municípios de São Pedro de Alcântara e Ibirama. Em cada localidade foram escolhidas duas áreas de ocorrência natural de E. edulis, uma sem influência antrópica e outra que sofreu exploração de palmito, totalizando quatro populações. Os sistemas de exploração foram: (i) extrativismo - onde todos os indivíduos acima de 2 m de altura são cortados, incluindo plantas reprodutivas; and (ii) manejo - onde somente indivíduos acima de 9 cm de DAP são cortados, com a manutenção de 50 plantas reprodutivas por hectare. Em cada população foram examinadas plântulas, jovens e adultos, usando oito locos microssatélites e dez locos alozímicos. Os resultados revelaram que a espécie se reproduz por alogamia ( m tˆ = 0,996 para microssatélites e m tˆ = 1,000 para isoenzimas), porém a ocorrência de cruzamentos entre indivíduos aparentados (até 5%) e cruzamentos biparentais (10%) indica a ocorrência de cruzamentos não aleatórios. Em locos alozímicos, observaram-se as seguintes amplitudes de variação das estimativas de diversidade entre as categorias: Aˆ : 3,05 a 3,15; e Hˆ : 0,416 a 0,431; o Hˆ : 0,378 a 0,403. Em locos microssatélites, a variação observada foi a seguinte: Aˆ : 14,12 a 14,72; e Hˆ : 0,781 a 0,785; o Hˆ : 0,678 a 0,709. Nas populações não exploradas, houve um aumento na freqüência de heterozigotos na direção do estádio adulto, o que sugere a ação da seleção favorecendo o aumento de heterozigotos. Valores altos e significativos do índice de fixação ( fˆ ) foram observados, especialmente nos marcadores microssatélites, indicando desvios do equilíbrio de Hardy-Weinberg. De modo geral, ambos os marcadores revelaram um aumento dos valores de fˆ nas populações exploradas, especialmente entre as plântulas. As estimativas ST Gˆ e ST Rˆ não revelaram alterações na estrutura genética das populações exploradas e demostraram uma divergência genética inferior a 5% na maioria das comparações aos pares, em ambos os marcadores. O tamanho efetivo ( e Nˆ ) dos indivíduos adultos por hectare foi superior a 110 nas populações não pertubadas, enquanto nas populações exploradas, o tamanho efetivo por hectare foi reduzido para 45, sob manejo, e 14, sob extrativismo. Porém, o tamanho efetivo total das populações exploradas ainda é elevado, o que explica a manutenção dos altos níveis de diversidade nessas populações. Finalmente, a informação genética conjunta desses marcadores demonstrou que os efeitos da exploração foram pouco pronunciados até o momento em relação aos níveis de diversidade e estrutura genética das populações de E. edulis. Entretanto, a redução da população de cruzamentos resultou em alterações no comportamento reprodutivo dos indivíduos, promovendo um aumento nos níveis de endogamia nas coortes mais jovens das populações exploradas. Contudo, os resultados obtidos neste estudo indicaram questões adicionais a serem estudadas. Em função do elevado nível de variabilidade dos locos microssatélites observado em E. edulis, recomenda-se aumentar o tamanho das amostras visando otimizar a informação genética proporcionada por esses marcadores. Além disso, novos estudos são necessários sobre os efeitos do manejo tecnificado, uma vez que os resultados obtidos podem ter sido influenciados por outros eventos de exploração ocorridos no passado e pelas populações existentes nas proximidades devido ao elevado fluxo gênico da espécie. / Heart-of-palm tree (Euterpe edulis Mart.; Arecaceae) is a native species of the Atlantic forest whose natural populations are degraded by extractivism. Regarding the relative scarcity of information on the genetic consequences of palm heart exploitation, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of two exploitation systems - extractivism and management - on the levels of variability, genetic structure and effective size of Euterpe edulis Mart. populations. We also investigated genetic aspects of the plant recruitment and the reproductive system of the species. Four natural populations of E. edulis with different histories of disturbance were surveyed in the districts of São Pedro de Alcântara and Ibirama, Santa Catarina, Brazil. At both sites, we sampled an undisturbed and an exploited population. The exploitation systems were: (i) extractivism - where most individuals higher than 2 m are harvested, including reproductive plants; and (ii) management - where only individuals with more than 9 cm of DBH are harvested, with the maintainance of 50 reproductive plants per ha. Three categories of plants, from seedlings to adults, were examined using eight microsatellite loci and ten allozyme loci. Results demonstrated the preferentially allogamic behaviour of the species ( m tˆ = 0.996 for microsatellites and m tˆ = 1.000 for allozymes), but the occurrence of matings among related individuals (5%) and biparental matings (10%) indicated the existence of non-random matings in this species. For allozymic loci, the following diversity estimates were obtained among the categories: Aˆ : 3.05 to 3.15; e Hˆ : 0.416 to 0.431; o Hˆ : 0.378 to 0.403. For microsatellites, the estimates were as follows: Aˆ : 14.12 to 14.72; e Hˆ : 0.781 to 0.785; o Hˆ : 0.678 to 0.709. In undisturbed populations, there was an increase in heterozygote frequency towards the adult stages, suggesting the action of natural selection favouring such heterozygote increase. Highly significant values of fixation index ( fˆ ) were observed, mainly at microsatellite loci, indicating departures from Hardy-Weinberg expectation. Both markers displayed an increase of fˆ values in the exploited populations, especially for seedlings. The estimates of interpopulation genetic variation ( ST Gˆ ; ST Rˆ ) revealed that more than 95% of the molecular genetic variability of the species is distributed within populations, and there was no evidence of changes in genetic structure of the exploited populations. Effective size ( e Nˆ ) per hectare of the adult individuals was higher than 110 in the two undisturbed populations, while in the exploited populations the effective size per hectare was reduced to 45 under management, and 14 under extractivism. However, the total effective size of the exploited populations was still high, which explains the maintenance of high diversity levels in these populations. Finally, the genetic information from both markers displayed small pronounced effects of the exploitation process on variability and population genetic structure of E. edulis, with the exception of an increase in the inbreeding levels among seedlings and juveniles of the exploited populations. However, our results raised further questions for study. Because of the hypervariability of microssatellite loci used in this work, we would recommend an increase in the sample size (>100) in order to optimize the genetic information provided by these markers. Moreover, new investigations are necessary on the effects of management, since the results from this study could have been influenced by other exploitation events that have occurred in the past and by the existence, due to the high gene flow of the species, of surrounding undisturbed populations.

Les systèmes électroniques embarqués dans les véhicules ont une complexité sans cesse croissante. Cependant, il est crucial d'en maîtriser le comportement temporel afin de garantir la sécurité ainsi que le confort des passagers. La vérification des contraintes temporelles de bout-en-bout est donc un enjeu majeur lors de la conception d'un véhicule. Dans le contexte de l'architecture logicielle AUTOSAR standard dans les véhicules, nous décomposons la vérification d'une contrainte de bout-en-bout en sous-problèmes d'ordonnancement sur les calculateurs et sur les réseaux de communication que nous traitons ensuite séparément. Dans un premier temps, nous présentons une approche permettant d'améliorer l'utilisation des calculateurs exécutant un grand nombre de composants logiciels, compatible avec l'introduction progressive des plateformes multi-coeurs. Nous décrivons des algorithmes rapides et efficaces pour lisser la charge périodique sur les calculateurs multi-coeurs en adaptant puis en améliorant une approche existant pour les bus CAN. Nous donnons également des résultats théoriques sur l'efficacité des algorithmes dans certains cas particuliers. Enfin, nous décrivons les possibilités d'utilisation de ces algorithmes en fonction des autres tâches exécutées sur le calculateur. La suite des travaux est consacrée à l'étude des distributions de temps de réponse des messages transmis sur les bus CAN. Dans un premier temps nous présentons une approche de simulation basée sur la modélisation des dérives d'horloges des calculateurs communicant sur le réseau. Nous montrons que nous obtenons des distributions de temps de réponse similaires en réalisant une longue simulation avec des dérives d'horloge ou en faisant un grand nombre de courtes simulations sans dérives d'horloge. Nous présentons enfin une technique analytique pour évaluer les distributions de temps de réponse des trames CAN. Nous présentons différents paramètres d'approximation permettant de réduire le nombre très important de calculs à effectuer en limitant la perte de précision. Enfin, nous comparons expérimentalement les résultats obtenus par analyse et simulation et décrivons les avantages et inconvénients respectifs de ces approches / The complexity of electronic embedded systems in cars is continuously growing. Hence, mastering the temporal behavior of such systems is paramount in order to ensure the safety and comfort of the passengers. As a consequence, the verification of end-to-end real-time constraints is a major challenge during the design phase of a car. The AUTOSAR software architecture drives us to address the verification of end-to-end real-time constraints as two independent scheduling problems respectively for electronic control units and communication buses. First, we introduce an approach, which optimizes the utilization of controllers scheduling numerous software components that is compatible with the upcoming multicore architectures. We describe fast and efficient algorithms in order to balance the periodic load over time on multicore controllers by adapting and improving an existing approach used for the CAN networks. We provide theoretical result on the efficiency of the algorithms in some specific cases. Moreover, we describe how to use these algorithms in conjunction with other tasks scheduled on the controller. The remaining part of this research work addresses the problem of obtaining the response time distributions of the messages sent on a CAN network. First, we present a simulation approach based on the modelisation of clock drifts on the communicating nodes connected on the CAN network. We show that we obtain similar results with a single simulation using our approach in comparison with the legacy approach consisting in numerous short simulation runs without clock drifts. Then, we present an analytical approach in order to compute the response time distributions of the CAN frames. We introduce several approximation parameters to cope with the very high computational complexity of this approach while limiting the loss of accuracy. Finally, we compare experimentally the simulation and analytical approaches in order to discuss the relative advantages of each of the two approaches

Devido à sua importância em turbulência causada por ondas de deriva e à aplicação com propósitos em diagnósticos de plasma, a investigação de fluxos zonais (ZF) e modos acústicos geodésicos (GAM) tem atraído bastante atenção na literatura em física de plasmas. Nesta tese, primeiramente consideramos efeitos de equilíbrio com rotação poloidal e toroidal nestes modos, posteriormente investigamos efeitos diamagnéticos em GAM a partir de um modelo de dois fluido, no qual incluímos viscosidade paralela de íons e, na parte final, consideramos amortecimento de Landau e efeitos diamagnéticos simultaneamente no estudo de GAM, porém, a partir do modelo girocinético. Efeitos diamagnéticos são causados por termos que envolvem gradientes de densidade e de temperatura provenientes da função Maxwelliana de equilíbrio. O acoplamento entre os harmônicos poloidais, $m = \\pm1$, e as derivadas radiais de quantidades macroscópicas do plasma é responsável pelo aumento no valor da frequência no GAM de alta frequência e pela instabilidade no GAM de baixa frequência. Este tipo de instabilidade, que é proporcional à frequência diamagnética de elétrons e à razão entre os gradientes de temperatura e de densidade, é mais propenso a ocorrer em posições radiais em que o fator segurança é alto. Modos geodésicos são fracamente amortecidos devido a um mecânismo não colisional conhecido por amortecimento de Landau, o qual é causado pela interação entre a onda eletrostática e partículas carregadas, íons no caso, e a taxa de amortecimento é maior próximo ao centro da coluna de plasma, onde o fator de segurança assume valores mais baixos. O equilíbrio MHD com rotação foi investigado em três regimes com relação às superfícies magnéticas: isotérmico, adiabático e isométrico. Foi observado que o gradiente de temperatura possui sentido oposto em relação à velocidade de rotação poloidal apenas no regime isométrico. Ao considerar equilíbrio com rotação e superfícies magnéticas isotérmicas e incluir fluxo de calor na equação da energia, observamos que ZF apresentam frequência não-nula, a qual é proporcional à velocidade de rotação poloidal e inversamente proporcional ao fator de segurança. Como direções futuras ressaltamos que é importante considerar efeitos eletromagnéticos, estudar automodos geodésicos e incluir o efeito de partículas aprisionadas para o desenvolvimento da física de ZF e GAM. Tal desenvolvimento beneficiará tanto a área de transporte em tokamaks como a área de diagnósticos, na qual a obtenção do perfil radial da temperatura de íons e do fator de segurança é um dos objetivos. Nesta área, um novo tipo de diagnóstico conhecido como espectroscopia em modos acústicos geodésicos está sendo desenvolvido baseado no estudo de automodos. / Due to the important role in drift wave turbulence and applications for plasma diagnostic purposes, the investigation of zonal flows (ZF) and associated geodesic acoustic modes (GAM) has arisen much attention in the plasma physics literature. In this thesis, first we consider equilibrium poloidal and toroidal rotation effects on these modes using the ideal MHD model, then we investigate diamagnetic effects on GAM using a two fluid model that includes parallel ion viscosity, and, in the final step, we include both Landau damping and diamagnetic effects on the study of GAM within the framework of the gyrokinetic model. By diamagnetic effects we mean the density and temperature radial gradients terms coming from the equilibrium Maxwellian distribution function. The effects caused by the coupling between the $m = \\pm1$ poloidal harmonics and the radial derivatives of equilibrium macroscopic quantities are responsible for an increase in the frequency value of the high frequency GAM and for an instability in the low frequency GAM. This instability, which is proportional to the electron drift frequency and the ratio between ion temperature and density gradients, are more likely to occur in radial positions where the safety factor is high. We observe that geodesic modes are slowly damped by a collisionlees mechanism known as Landau damping which is caused by the wave particle interaction between the eletrostatic potential and the íons. This damping is enhanced near the center of the plasma column, where the safety factor has lower values. Equilibrium MHD with plasma rotation were investigated in three regimes regarding the magnetic surfaces: isotherm, adiabatic and isometric. It is found that the temperature gradient has opposite directions compared to the poloidal rotation only for the isometric regime. By considering equilibrium rotation with isotherm magnetic surfaces and including heat flux we observed that ZF has a non-zero frequency which is proportional to the poloidal velocity and the inverse of the safety factor. For future directions we point out that electromagnetic effects, geodesic eigenmodes and trapped particles physics should be important for the development of the ZF and GAM physics, either in the area of anomalous transport caused by drift wave turbulence or for diagnostic purposes for obtaining the radial profile of the ion temperature and the safety factor. In this area, a new kind of diagnostic known as geodesic acoustic mode spectroscopy is being developing based on the study of eigenmodes.

Dans cette étude menée sur la côte méditerranéenne du Maroc, de l’Algérie, et de la Tunisie à une échelle spatiale et temporelle étendue (2200 km de côte et sur 100 ans environ), nous déterminons, par une approche « Source-to-sink », les relations existantes entre l’érosion produite dans les bassins versants et les sédiments transportés en suspension par les oueds, avec la redistribution de ces sédiments le long du rivage. Nous proposons un nouveau modèle empirique de transport sédimentaire en suspension le long des bassins versants de notre site d’étude. Nous déterminons alors l’impact des barrages sur les sédiments, puis nous estimons quantitativement quels sont les apports sédimentaires s’effectuant jusqu’à la mer. Nous analysons les caractéristiques morphologiques du littoral selon sa géométrie et les indices morphodynamiques issus de la littérature. Après avoir cartographié la position du trait de côte à différentes périodes, la cinématique du rivage est déterminée, ainsi que la dérive littorale. Ces analyses se basent sur le concept de cellule littorale. Nous terminons par une synthèse globale avant de tirer les conclusions principales sur les relations entre les bassins versants et les cellules littorales, telles que (1) le rôle de précurseur et de tampon sédimentaire joué par les deltas pour limiter l’érosion des plages en secteur aval de la cellule littorale, (2) les liens entre les apports sédimentaires des oueds avant-barrage avec le type de barre littorale, et (3) les liens entre les apports sédimentaires des oueds avant-barrage, minorés du volume de sédiment déplacé par la dérive littorale, avec la taille des deltas et le nombre de barres littorales. / In this study conducted on the Mediterranean coast of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia at an extended spatial and temporal scale (2200 km of coastline and about 100 years), we determine, using a "source-to- sink ", the existing relationships between erosion produced in watersheds and sediment transported in suspension by wadis, with the redistribution of these sediments along the shoreline. We propose a new empirical model of suspended sediment transport along the watersheds of our study site. We then determine the impact of dams on the sediments, and then quantitatively estimate the sedimentary contributions to the sea. We analyze the morphological characteristics of the littoral according to its geometry and the morphodynamic indices from the literature . After mapping the position of the coastline at different periods, the kinematics of the shoreline is determined, as well as the shoreline drift. These analyzes are based on the concept of a littoral cell. We conclude with a general synthesis before drawing the main conclusions on the relations between watersheds and coastal cells, such as (1) the role of precursor and sediment buffer played by deltas to limit the erosion of beaches in the sector (3) the links between sediment inputs from pre-barrage wadis, minus the volume of sediment moved by the coastal drift, with the size of the deltas and the number of coastal bars.

Le Canal de Corse est un bassin confiné asymétrique localisé entre l’Île de Corse et l’Archipel de la Toscane, dont le flanc ouest est dominé par des processus turbiditiques et hémipélagiques et le flanc est par des mouvements en masse et des processus contouritiques. Le présent projet de doctorat a pour objectif de comprendre plus précisément les mécanismes contrôlant la formation des glissements sous-marins dans les contourites vaseuses (dépôts sédimentaires formés par les courants) pendant la période Plio-Quaternaire. Le vaste jeu de données disponible pour ce projet de doctorat inclut : la bathymétrie multifaisceaux, la sismique réflexion, les mesures géotechniques in situ, les mesures de vitesse de courant et les résultats d’un modèle hydrodynamique.Les contourites du Canal de Corse sont principalement composées de vase avec la présence de couches de sable formées par de forts courants de fond pendant les périodes de baisse du niveau marin. La croissance des dépôts contouritiques dépend de la disponibilité de sédiment fourni par le système turbiditique. Ainsi, cette croissance est lente pendant les périodes interglaciaires de haut niveau marin et rapide pendant les bas niveaux marins. Les courants contrôlent la morphologie du fond et génèrent les plastered drifts de forme convexe avec des pentes plus raides dans la partie avale, limités par une incision créée par les courants (moat). Le Pianosa Slump a été initié dans cette partie basse du plastered drift. Les moats pourraient être érodés préférentiellement pendant les périodes froides passées déclenchant ainsi certains glissements observés. Un autre facteur prédisposant l’instabilité de pente sur la Ride de Pianosa est la faiblesse d’une couche dont le comportement mécanique se caractérise par du radoucissement (perte de résistance avec le cisaillement). Cette propriété particulière est due à la présence de zéolites (produit de l’altération des roches volcaniques). Cette couche a formé la surface basale de rupture du Pianosa Slump. En conclusion, les deux principaux facteurs prédisposant la formation de glissements sous-marins sur la Ride de Pianosa sont : la morphologie du plastered drift avec une pente plus raide en aval et la couche faible composée de sédiment vaseux riche en zéolites. Le principal facteur déclenchant semble être l’érosion basale. / The Corsica Trough is an asymmetric confined basin located between the Corsica Island and the Tuscan Ar-chipelago, with the western flank dominated by turbiditic and hemipelagic processes and the eastern flank by mass transport and contouritic processes. The present PhD project aims to develop our understanding of the mechanisms that control the formation of submarine landslides within muddy contourites (sediment deposits related to bottom currents) during the Plio-Quaternary. The broad data set available for this PhD project includes: multibeam bathymetry, seismic reflection data, sediment cores, in situ geotechnical measurements, current ADCP measurements and results of a hydrodynamic model.The contourites of the Corsica Trough are mainly composed of mud with sandy layers formed by enhanced bottom currents during periods of sea level fall. The contourite drifts grow slowly during sea level high-stands and rapidly during sea level low-stands due to the high sediment availability provided by an active turbidite sys¬tem. Bottom currents control the seafloor morphology and generate plastered drifts on the slope. This is a con¬vex-shaped contourite with steep slope gradients in the lower part limited by a moat (incision created by bottom currents). The Pianosa Slump was initiated in this lower part of the plastered drift. The occurrence of continuous erosive processes during cold periods could undercut the slope and trigger submarine landslides. Another predis¬posing factor for slope instability identified is the presence of a potential weak layer with a post-peak strain soften¬ing behaviour (strength loss with increasing strain). This particular property is caused by the presence of zeolites (product of the alteration of volcanic rocks). This layer originated the basal failure surface of the Pianosa Slump.In summary, the two main factors predispose the formation of submarine landslides in the Pianosa Ridge are: the morphology of the plastered drift with steep slopes in the lower part and a potential weak layer composed of zeolitic muddy sediment. The main triggering factor seems to be undercutting by bottom currents.