Nous assistons aujourd’hui à une croissance vertigineuse des volumes de données. Cela exerce une pression sur les infrastructures de stockage et les logiciels de traitement de données comme les Systèmes de Gestion de Base de Données (SGBD). De nouvelles technologies ont vu le jour et permettent de réduire la pression exercée par les grandes masses de données. Nous nous intéressons particulièrement aux nouvelles technologies de mémoires secondaires comme les supports de stockage SSD (Solid State Drive) à base de mémoire Flash. Les supports de stockage SSD offrent des performances jusqu’à 10 fois plus élevées que les supports de stockage magnétiques. Cependant, ces nouveaux supports de stockage offrent un nouveau modèle de performance. Cela implique l’optimisation des coûts d’E/S pour les algorithmes de traitement et de gestion des données. Dans cette thèse, nous proposons un modèle des coûts d’E/S sur SSD pour les algorithmes de traitement de données. Ce modèle considère principalement le volume des données, l’espace mémoire alloué et la distribution des données. Nous proposons également un nouvel algorithme de tri en mémoire secondaire : MONTRES. Ce dernier est optimisé pour réduire le coût des E/S lorsque le volume de données à trier fait plusieurs fois la taille de la mémoire principale. Nous proposons enfin un mécanisme de pré-chargement de données : Lynx. Ce dernier utilise un mécanisme d’apprentissage pour prédire et anticiper les prochaines lectures en mémoire secondaire. / The growing volume of data poses a real challenge to data processing software like DBMS (DataBase Management Systems) and data storage infrastructure. New technologies have emerged in order to face the data volume challenges. We considered in this thesis the emerging new external memories like flash memory-based storage devices named SSD (Solid State Drive).SSD storage devices offer a performance gain compared to the traditional magnetic devices.However, SSD devices offer a new performance model that involves 10 cost optimization for data processing and management algorithms.We proposed in this thesis an 10 cost model to evaluate the data processing algorithms. This model considers mainly the SSD 10 performance and the data distribution.We also proposed a new external sorting algorithm: MONTRES. This algorithm includes optimizations to reduce the 10 cost when the volume of data is greater than the allocated memory space by an order of magnitude. We proposed finally a data prefetching mechanism: Lynx. This one makes use of a machine learning technique to predict and to anticipate future access to the external memory.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T13:45:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MARLUCE ZACARIOTTI.pdf: 2083024 bytes, checksum: 56ab12a3c01ab835ddfb8f860d180688 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-08-28 / This text addresses the (in) visibility of youths (tribes) in postmodernity, with the assumption that in the virtual spaces of confluence between technology and art they can gain visibility. The approach is anchored in theory, especially in the French thinker Michel Maffesoli, whose method the comprehensive sociology. The theoretical framework articulated the maffesoliano thought to youths as a category or metaphor way of being youthful and technological implications in the process of interaction, mediation and empowerment of youth aesthetic expressions. We use Maffesoli notions as categories to understand the new forms of tribes sociality through their various art forms in cyberspace. Flash Mobs descriptions and analyzes demonstrations posted on YouTube videos and groups that maintain website - Facebook pages for dissemination of artistic and cultural meetings mediated by cyberspace allowed realize that not all tribes operate through the same dynamic, which it led us to develop the idea of intensity of youth practices both in terms of the forms of ownership, such as how to relate to what was appropriate. The aestheticemotional bias leads to identify the mode of being youthful with a Dionysian spirit. As Aphrodite s metaphor (sensuality referred not only to sexuality, but freedom is sought in living without rules, a return to nature) that, for us, also round the being-together of the tribes. Therefore we find in the artistic frames a visibility of youths plenty the dialogue on physical and virtual interface and occupy public spaces in the city. / Este trabalho aborda a (in) visibilidade das juventudes (tribos) na pós-modernidade, tendo como pressuposto que nos espaços virtuais de confluência entre a tecnologia e a arte elas podem ganhar visibilidade. A abordagem ancora-se teoricamente, principalmente, no pensador francês Michel Maffesoli, tendo como método a sociologia compreensiva. A sustentação teórica articulou o pensamento maffesoliano às juventudes como categoria ou metáfora de um modo de ser juvenil e às implicações tecnológicas no processo de interação, mediação e potencialização das expressões estéticas juvenis. Utilizamos as noções de Maffesoli como categorias para compreender as novas formas de socialidade das tribos por meio de suas diversas manifestações artísticas na cibercultura. As descrições e análises das manifestações de Flash Mobs postadas em vídeos do Youtube e grupos que mantêm Site-páginas de Facebook destinados à divulgação de encontros artísticoculturais mediados pelo ciberespaço permitiram perceber que nem todas as tribos funcionam por meio da mesma dinâmica, o que nos levou a elaborar a ideia de intensidade das práticas juvenis tanto em termos das formas de apropriar-se, como do modo de relacionar-se com o que foi apropriado. O viés estético-emocional conduz a identificação do modo de ser juvenil com um espírito dionisíaco. Assim como a metáfora de Afrodite (sensualidade que se refere não apenas à sexualidade, mas à liberdade que se busca na vivência sem regras, a um retorno à natureza) que, para nós, também ronda o estar-junto das tribos. Deparamos, portanto, com muitas possibilidades de visibilidade das juventudes nas tramas artísticas que dialogam na interface físico-virtual e ocupam os espaços públicos da cidade.

Le rôle des restrictions de vente sur l’évaluation de l’offre et l’intention d’achat reste controversé. La littérature marketing est divisée à ce sujet et met en avant différents cadres conceptuels et théories susceptibles d’expliquer les effets de ces restrictions. Face à ce manque d’unanimité dans la littérature et dans un contexte où la rentabilité des promotions de vente n’est pas établie, cette thèse vise une meilleure compréhension de l’impact des limites temporelles sur l’évaluation d’une offre promotionnelle de vente et l’intention d’achat du consommateur. Cette étude a été réalisée à l’aide d’une méthodologie mixte, basée sur une étude exploratoire, et une étude quantitative conduite selon la méthode des vignettes. Les résultats soulignent un comportement ambivalent des consommateurs face aux restrictions temporelles et mettent en évidence un rôle modérateur de la marque pouvant atténuer la perception des inconvénients dans le cadre d’une restriction temporelle de vente. / The role of the sales restrictions on the evaluation of the offer and the intention of purchase still stays controversial. The marketing literature is divided over the subject and sets up different conceptual frames and theories explaining the effects of these restrictions. Facing the lack of unanimity in literature, in a context where the rentability of sales promotions is not established, this thesis aims to a better comprehension of the impact of the temporal limits on the evaluation of a promotional sales offer and the intention of the consumer's purchase. This survey was made through a mixed methodology made by an exploratoring study lead by focus groups and by a quantitative study lead by the scanario method. The results of our explorating survey underline an ambivalent behaviour versus the temporal restriction of sales. Our empiric study reveals a moderating role of the brand able to limit the perception of the drawbacks in the space of the time restrictions of sales.

Organismos são capazes de diferenciar estímulos sensoriais gerados independentemente pelo ambiente dos estímulos causados por sua própria ação no mundo. Esse processo depende de mecanismos neurais e cognitivos que unam suas ações às percepções por elas geradas. Objetivo desse trabalho foi investigar a interação da ação com a percepção visual no domínio temporal. Em cinco experimentos psicofísicos, foi estudado o efeito modulatório da ação no efeito flash-lag e em tarefas envolvendo estimativas de intervalos temporais. Nossos resultados mostraram que o planejamento e/ou execução de atos motores voluntários são capazes de reduzir em algumas dezenas de milissegundos as latências com que estímulos visuais são percebidos e também de reduzir as estimativas de intervalos temporais. A redução dessas latências é maior quando a conseqüência sensorial da ação é apresentada na fóvea, assim como quando existe um atraso entre a ação e o estímulo por ela causado. / Organisms are able to distinguish between sensory stimuli from the environment and sensory stimuli they cause. This process depends on neural and cognitive mechanisms that link actions to perceptions generated by these actions. This work aimed to investigate the interaction of action and perception in the temporal domain. In five psychophysical experiments, we have assessed the modulation of action in the flash-lag effect and in tasks involving temporal interval estimations. Our results showed that the planning and execution of a voluntary motor action are capable of reducing both visual perceptual latencies and temporal interval estimations. This reduction increases when the sensory consequences of motor actions are presented on the fovea and when a delay is injected between the action and the stimuli caused by it.

Récemment, les recherches scientifiques ont attiré son attention sur les domaines liés à l'énergie en raison de la consommation croissante d'énergie qui a affecté les dernières décennies. Les matériaux magnétiques sont déterminants dans les applications basées sur l'énergie et l'amélioration de leurs performances joue un rôle primordial dans le développement technologique. Le présent travail explore la possibilité de préparer des composites céramiques magnétiques hétéro-nano-structurés à base de constituants d'oxydes. Un oxyde ferromagnétique (F) a été couplé à un antiferromagnétique (AF) à l'échelle nanométrique pour étudier les propriétés magnétiques résultantes, en accordant une importance primordiale au couplage d'échange entre les deux phases. L’établissement de l’effet de biais d’échange à l’interface des phases F-AF est souhaitable pour augmenter l’anisotropie magnéto-cristalline du système et le produit énergétique relatif BHmax. Dans ce but, deux oxydes F différents ont été pris en compte, le Fe3O4 et le CoFe2O4, et trois oxydes différents de la AF, CoO, NiO et l'hématite α-Fe2O3. Des nanoparticules d'oxyde de chaque composant ont été préparées par synthèse de polyol, avec une bonne qualité cristalline et une morphologie uniforme. Ils ont ensuite été utilisés pour préparer des échantillons de céramique de consolidation par la technique SPS. Pour chaque échantillon, un oxyde F a été mélangé à l'un des oxydes AF. Les céramiques résultantes ont été formées selon différents rapports de masse F / AF, variant entre 0,75 / 0,25, 0,5 / 0,5 et 0,25 / 0,75, et selon différentes combinaisons entre les oxydes F et AF considérés. Tous les échantillons ont été frittés à 500 ° C et 100 MPa pendant 5 minutes. Toutes les céramiques ont été étudiées en profondeur, notamment en ce qui concerne leur structure, leur microstructure et leurs propriétés magnétiques. L’analyse HR-TEM réalisée sur des lames raffinées de céramiques Fe3O4-CoO, Fe3O4-NiO et CoFe2O4-NiO, ainsi que des résultats de diffraction XR, a mis en évidence une importante variation de la composition des échantillons après frittage. Une nouvelle phase métallique est formée après frittage dans l'atmosphère fortement réductrice au cours du processus SPS, modifiant ainsi la composition relative des phases F et AF individuelles. L’établissement d’effets de biais d’échange n’a guère été observé à cause de la diffusion des atomes qui affecte l’échantillon. En effet, les nanoparticules AF d'hématite se sont révélées instables dans une large plage de températures et donc inappropriées pour ce type d'application. En particulier, une transformation de phase se produisant à environ 380 ° C a été observée lorsqu'un champ magnétique externe est appliqué. Une telle transition a été étudiée au moyen d’une caractérisation par magnétomètre, d’une analyse HR-TEM et d’une analyse EELS et a révélé qu’elle impliquait la transformation de l’hématite en magnétite. Le mécanisme de cette transformation n’a pas encore été compris et fait l’objet d’une enquête plus approfondie. / Recently the scientific research led its attention towards energy related fields because of the increasing energy consumption that affected the last few decades. Magnetic materials are determining in energy-based applications and the enhancement of their performances has a primary role on the technological development. The present work explores the possibility to prepare hetero-nano-structured magnetic ceramic composites based on oxide constituents. A ferromagnetic oxide (F) was coupled with an antiferromagnetic one (AF) at a nanometric size scale to study the resulting magnetic properties, above all concerting the exchange coupling between the two different phases. The establishing of the exchange-bias effect at the F-AF phases interface is desirable in order to increase the magneto-crystalline anisotropy of the system and the relative energy product BHmax. At this aim, two different F oxides were took into account, the Fe3O4 and the CoFe2O4, and three different AF oxides, CoO, NiO and hematite α-Fe2O3. Oxide nanoparticles of each component were prepared by polyol synthesis, with a good crystalline quality and uniform morphology. They were then employed to prepare consolidate ceramic samples by SPS technique. For each sample, one F oxide was mixed with one of the AF oxides. The resulting ceramics were formed by different F/AF mass ratio, varying between 0,75/0,25, 0,5/0,5 and 0,25/0,75, and by different combinations between the considered F and AF oxides. All the samples were sintered at 500°C and 100 MPa for 5 minutes. All the ceramics were deeply studied, above all concerning their structure, microstructure and magnetic properties. HR-TEM analysis performed on FIB-refined slides of the Fe3O4-CoO, Fe3O4-NiO and CoFe2O4-NiO ceramic samples, together with XRD results, highlighted an important variation of samples’ composition after sintering. A new metallic phase is formed after sintering cause to the strongly reductive atmosphere during the SPS process, thus modifying the relative composition of the single F and AF phases too. The establishing of exchange-bias effects was hardly observed exactly because of the atoms diffusion that affects the sample. The hematite AF nanoparticles, indeed, were found to be unstable in a wide temperature range and thus unsuitable for this kind of application. In particular, a phase transformation occurring at about 380°C was observed when an external magnetic field is applied. Such a transition was studied by mean of magnetometer characterisation, HR-TEM and EELS analysis and was found to involve hematite transforming into magnetite. The mechanism of such transformation hasn’t been understood yet and is under further investigation

Heme-copper oxidases are transmembrane proteins that are found in aerobic and anaerobic respiratory chains. During aerobic respiration, these enzymes reduce dioxygen to water. The energy released in the reaction is used to transport protons across a biological membrane. Stored as proton electrochemical gradient, the energy can be used to regenerate ATP. It is known that aa3 oxidases, which are the most common oxidases, transport pumped protons and protons used for the catalytic reaction using two proton pathways. However, the molecular mechanism of pumping is still being debated. When oxygen is available in very small quantities, oxygen reductases with high affinity for oxygen are expressed by organisms like Thermus thermophilus. The proton pumping mechanism in the ba3 oxidase is slightly different from that of aa3 oxidases as this enzyme only uses a single proton uptake pathway. Here we analyzed the reaction mechanism of ba3 oxidase and found evidence that the first proton taken up by the four-electron reduced ba3 oxidase is transferred to a site distant from the catalytic site, the pump site, and that only every second proton taken up from solution is pumped. Data obtained from studies using site-directed mutagenesis and flow-flash spectroscopy suggest a probable location of the pump site. Under anaerobic conditions, some organisms are able to generate a proton- motive force using nitrate and nitrite as electron acceptors. In this process, the cytotoxic reaction intermediate nitric oxide is produced. Nitric oxide reductase (NOR), a deviant heme-copper oxidase that reduces NO to the rather harmless N2O, does not pump any protons. The catalytic mechanism of nitric oxide reduction by NOR is very poorly understood. Here we demonstrate that substrate inhibition, which occurs in NOR from Paracoccus denitrificans above 5 μM NO, can already be observed before the electrons from the low-spin hemes re-distribute to the active site. Furthermore, we found that a single specific proton pathway is used for proton-transfer leading from the periplasm to the active site.

The main aim of this contribution is to introduce the potential that modern information technologies open to authors converting a teaching material from a printed to an electronic version. The authors come out of their own experience and propose options that are suitable especially for creation of study materials in mathematics education. Among others the contribution presents the use of flash animations, java scripts and Computer Algebra Systems.

La pyrolyse flash (PF) en un procédé thermochimique qui permet de convertir la biomasse en bio-huiles. Ces dernières sont des vecteurs énergétiques-matériaux avec un haut potentiel pour la substitution du pétrole. Néanmoins, l’acidité et la forte teneur en particules de charbon et en oxygène des bio-huiles issues d’un procédé de PF conventionnel limitent leurs utilisations à l’échelle industrielle.L’objectif principal de ce travail était d’améliorer la qualité des bio-huiles par le biais d’une unité de post-traitement ex-situ des vapeurs de PF couplant un filtre à particules à haute température (FHT) et un réacteur catalytique.Dans un premier temps, une campagne d’essais dédiée au FHT a permis de valider son efficacité et de mieux comprendre : (i) l’impact de trois paramètres (température de filtration, épaisseur de la couche de charbon déposée et teneur en matières inorganiques de la biomasse), sur la nature et l’avancement des réactions secondaires et, (ii) ses limites opérationnelles vis-à-vis de cycles de régénération.Dans un deuxième temps, différents matériaux catalytiques ont été testés sous forme d’extrudés. La zéolite microporeuse HMFI-90 s’illustre par une forte activité sur les molécules légères oxygénées (acides, aldéhydes, cétones). Une étude paramétrique a permis d’identifier un bon compromis entre gain de PCI et pertes de rendement, puis de tester sa stabilité.Finalement, nous avons testé une nouvelle gamme de catalyseur par imprégnation de nanoparticules de fer sur un support d’alumine gamma de porosité bimodale afin d’améliorer la performance du traitement catalytique vis-à-vis de la composition complexe (multicomposante et multi phasique) des vapeurs de PF. A titre exploratoire, ce deux catalyseur ont été associés en cascade et ouvrent des perspectives prometteuses pour améliorer la performance du traitement catalytique de vapeurs de PF. / Flash pyrolysis (FP) is an efficient thermochemical route to convert biomass in bio-oils. Bio-oils are energetic and material renewable vectors with a high potential to replace fossil fuel. Nevertheless, bio-oils are high oxygenated and acidic liquids with a high content of solid particles. These particular physico-chemical properties are the main drawbacks that hinder the development of industrials bio-oil applications. The main goal of this work has been to upgrade the quality of flash pyrolysis oils. To reach this goal, we developed an ex-situ post-treatment unit composed of: a hot has filter unit (HGF) and a fixed bed catalytic reactor.Firstly, several experimental campaigns, conducted at laboratory and pilot scale, shown the impact of three HGF parameters (HGF temperature, HGF char thickness, and inorganic content of raw biomass) in the nature and extension of secondary reactions inside the HGF unit. In addition, limitations concerning to long-term process operation of HGF units were identified. Secondly, the catalytic activity of several materials in the form of pellets was investigated. Micro porous zeolite HMFI-90 showed a high activity on the conversion of light oxygenated molecules such as: acids, aldehydes and ketones. A parametric study allowed us to identify a compromise between the rise in the energy content of catalytic bio-oils and the loss in the organic yield. Lastly, taking into consideration the complex (multicomponent and multiphase) composition of FP vapors we explored a new cascade catalytic strategy. For that, we first tested a new catalyst formulation based on iron nanoparticles supported on hierarchical porous gamma-alumina pellets (Fe/bi-Al2O3). Then, we used both catalyst (zeolite HMFI90 and Fe/bi-Al2O3) in a cascade configuration. Our results suggested that this new cascade strategy could enhance the overall catalyst treatment performance.

Titel:  Flash-krascher – ett allvarligt problem på Stockholmsbörsen? Författare:  Madelene Söderström & Sebastian Roth Handledare: Bo Sjö Ämne:  Nationalekonomi – Kandidatuppsats inom finans Syfte:  Syftet med arbetet är att fördjupa förståelsen kring flash-krascher och vilken påverkan dessa har på handeln av värdepapper som sker på Stockholmsbörsen. Vi hoppas också att studien ger en klarare bild av hur flash-krascher påverkar olika aktörer med koppling till aktiehandeln i Sverige. Metod:  Uppsatsen är baserad på en kvalitativ studie utförd med intervjurespondenter med varierande koppling till Stockholmsbörsen och den svenska finansmarknaden. Teori:  Uppsatsen utgår främst från tidigare forskning inom ämnet bestående av studier baserade på händelser och data från USA. Annan ekonomisk teori som presenteras i studien är adverse selection. Empiri:  Uppsatsen är bestående av sju semistrukturerade intervjuer med aktörer på finansmarknaden. Intervjuerna jämförs med tidigare inträffade händelser i USA för att diskutera möjliga slutsatser om flash-krascher på Stockholmsbörsen. Slutsats:  Studien kommer fram till att det är osannolikt att flash-krascher av den magnituden som inträffat i USA 6 maj 2010 inträffar på Stockholmsbörsen idag. Vidare så verkar flash-krascher inte ha särskilt stor påverkan på aktörer på Stockholmsbörsen, däremot kan det finnas en viss oros- och förtroendeproblematik kopplad till flash-krascher som bör tas på allvar. I studien av tidigare forskning finner vi intressanta teorier för hur flash-krascher kan förutses. Vi kan däremot inte dra några slutsatser kring dessa teorier kopplat till Stockholmsbörsen. / Title:  Flash crashes – a severe problem at Nasdaq OMX Stockholm? Authors:  Madelene Söderström & Sebastian Roth Advisor:  Bo Sjö Subject:  Bachelor thesis in finance Purpose:  The purpose of this study is to understand and critically examine the impact flash crashes might have on the market for securities at Nasdaq OMX Stockholm. Our goal is to provide a clearer view on how flash crashes affect the trade and the market participants. Method:  This thesis is a qualitative study based on interviews with respondents with different approach to both Nasdaq OMX Stockholm and the financial market in Sweden. Theory:  The thesis is based on earlier studies within the subject made from data and events from United States of America. Other economic theories that the thesis involve is adverse selection. Empirics:  The study is predicated around seven semi structured interviews with participants on the financial market in Sweden. The interviews are compared with the earlier events from USA to make for conclusions about flash crashes on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm. Conclusion:  We find that it is unlikely that a flash crash of the same magnitude as the May 6, 2010 flash crash will occur on the Nasdaq OMX Stockholm exchange today. Furthermore, flash crashes appear to have little impact on the market participants at Nasdaq OMX Stockholm, though there may be concerns about trust issues following flash crashes that should be considered. While studying some of the earlier research we find interesting theories about ways to predict flash crashes before they have occurred, we can’t make any conclusions about these theories connected to Nasdaq OMX Stockholm though.

Métodos de produção eficientes que economizam tempo e energia são sempre exigidos e novos processos de sinterização de baixo custo têm sido desenvolvidos para materiais cerâmicos e implementados por empresas e pesquisadores em todo o mundo. Com este objetivo, uma nova abordagem conhecida como Flash Sintering está atraindo grande interesse. Esta nova técnica de sinterização envolve a aplicação de campo elétrico através de uma amostra durante o aquecimento, gerando assim aceleração abrupta da cinética de densificação, diminuindo o tempo de sinterização de horas para segundos e diminuindo o aquecimento do forno em até centenas de graus Celsius. Frequentemente descritas para cerâmicas policristalinas e compósitos de cerâmica e vidro, a sinterização auxiliada por campo elétrico com apenas vidro não foi encontrado na literatura. A sinterização assistida por campo elétrico foi controlada com sucesso, sem que ocorresse o escoamento da amostra, obtendo uma elevada densidade relativa do vidro comercial. Um vidro de janela soda-cal-sílica não estequiométrica foi usado na pesquisa devido à sua importância comercial, por ser um material de partida de baixo custo, por apresentar condução iônica e haver na literatura dados de propriedades físicas e de cinética de sinterização convencional. O campo elétrico também influencia fortemente a cinética de sinterização do vidro soda-cal-sílica. Os resultados experimentais foram comparados com cálculos analíticos realizados a partir do modelo de Clusters não-isotérmico de sinterização de vidro por fluxo viscoso com cristalização concorrente. O aumento de temperatura nos compactos de pó de vidro durante o aquecimento do forno e aplicação de campo elétrico foi estimado usando um modelo de radiação de corpo negro. Preliminarmente, o aumento da temperatura devido ao efeito Joule pode explicar a diminuição da temperatura de amolecimento em comparação com a temperatura do forno e a sinterização rápida do vidro estudado. / Efficient production methods saving time and energy are always demanded and novel reduced-cost sintering processes have being developed for ceramic materials and implemented by companies and researchers of all over the world. With this aim, a new sintering approach generally known as flash sintering is attracting great interest. This new sintering technique involves the application of electric field through a sample while heating, thereby generating abrupt acceleration of the densification kinetics, decreasing the sintering time from hours to seconds and decreasing the oven heating in up to hundreds of degrees Celsius. Well described for polycrystalline ceramics and ceramic-and-glass composites, the sintering of pure glass aided by electric field is still lacking in the literature. The sintering assisted by electric field, was successfully controlled, without sample flow, achieved a high relative density of a commercial glass. A non-stoichiometric soda-lime-silica window glass was used due to its commercial importance, low cost starting material, ionic conduction, and literature on physical properties and conventional sintering kinetics. Electric field was observed to also strongly influence window glass sintering kinetics. The experimental results were compared with analytical calculations obtained from the non-isothermal Clusters model of glass sintering by viscous flow with concurrent crystallization. The temperature increase in the glass powder compacts during oven heating and electric field application was estimated by using a black-body radiation model. Preliminary, the temperature increase due to Joule effect can explain the softening temperature decrease compared with the oven temperature, and the fast sintering of the studied glass.