Disputats. Rheinische Friedrick-Wilhelms-Universität, 2001. / Haves kun i elektronisk udg.

Le phénomène de résonance sol (PRS) est une instabilité pouvant survenir lorsque l’hélicoptère est au sol et le rotor est en marche ; elle peut vite aboutir à la destruction de l’appareil. L’origine de l’instabilité est un couplage entre les mouvements de roulis du fuselage posée sur le train d’atterrissage et le mouvement asymétrique de l’ensemble des pales dans le plan du rotor principal. Etudier théoriquement des alternatives de stabilisation par des absorbeurs de vibration linéaires (tuned mass dampers - TMD) et non linéaires (nonlinear energy sinks - NES) c’est le sujet de ce travail de thèse. Ces possibilités sont étudiées en ajoutant à un modèle minimal d’un hélicoptère à quatre pales identiques (rotor isotrope),précédemment étudié par l’équipe de l’ISAE, d’abord, un TMD au fuselage, puis des TMD identiques auniveau de l’articulation des pales du rotor. Ensuite, des dispositifs à raideur purement non linéaire (NES)sont considérées, d’abord, au fuselage, puis, aux pales du rotor (NES identiques). / Helicopter ground resonance (HGR) is an instability phenomenon that can occur when helicopters exhibit a spinning rotor when grounded; it can lead the structure to rapidly break apart. The phenomenon originates from a coupling between asymmetric modes of in plane blade oscillations (lead/ lag) and the roll of a grounded fuselage. The verification of alternative stabilization devices such as tuned mass dampers (TMD) and nonlinear absorbers (nonlinear energy sinks - NES) is the objective of this thesis. These possibilities are theoretically investigated by embedding a four-bladed helicopter minimal model - proposed and previously studied by the ISAE team - first, with a TMD in the fuselage, then with four identical TMDs in each blade lag hinge. Then, a NES attached to the fuselage is considered and eventually a set of four identical NES attached to the blade lag hinges of the model is proposed and analyzed.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:06:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 5631.pdf: 1787133 bytes, checksum: c363525148fa6a5fe71608e7a8ffcf4c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-09-28 / Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos / The Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) and Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks (MWSNs) are being increasingly used by different applications, such as monitoring of animals, monitoring of vital signs, environmental monitoring, surveillance and protection of critical infrastructure, leaking gas, among many others. Some of these applications are already making use of mobile sensor nodes, such as underwater monitoring, precision agriculture, among many others. Due to restricted resources of sensor nodes, especially in relation to energy consumption, the development for solutions based on WSN and MWSN becomes limited. The use of mobile sensor nodes, which typically has more computational resources, power and communication, can help to reduce the energy consumption of fixed nodes, increasing the lifetime of the network. Networks that use mobile sensor nodes (fixed and mobile) with different types of hardware are called Wireless Sensor Networks Heterogeneous Mobile. This paper presents the RAHMoN (Routing Algorithm for Heterogeneous Mobile Networks), which makes use of data aggregation technique to reduce the traffic transmissions on the network, hierarchy of nodes (clustering), and use of sensor nodes (fixed and mobile) that collaborate to deliver data to a sink node at high speed. In RAHMoN, the network is configured using the techniques of inundation (flooding) and inundation reverse (reverse flooding) to collect the fixed position of sensor nodes and form an adjacency matrix. This matrix helps to build routes for data delivery to the sink and is stored in the mobile sensor nodes. Results show that our solution can guarantee a high packages delivery rate, low latency and reduce the delay of packet delivery. The solution was compared with the WHISPER, present in the literature and also focused on the delivery of data to sink node at high speed. / As Redes de sensores sem Fio (RSSFs) e Redes de Sensores Sem Fio Móveis (RSSFMs) estão sendo cada vez mais utilizadas por diferentes aplicações, tais como: monitoramento de animais, monitoramento de sinais vitais, monitoramento ambiental, vigilância e proteção de infraestruturas críticas, vazamento de gás, dentre inúmeras outras. Algumas dessas aplicações já fazem uso de nós sensores móveis. Devido aos recursos restritos dos nós sensores, principalmente em relação ao consumo energético, o desenvolvimento de soluções baseadas em RSSF e RSSFM torna-se limitado. O uso de nós sensores móveis, que tipicamente têm mais recursos computacionais, de energia e de comunicação, pode ajudar a reduzir o consumo de energia dos nós fixos, aumentando o tempo de vida da rede. Redes que utilizam nós sensores (fixos e móveis) com diferentes tipos de hardware são denominadas Redes de Sensores Sem Fio Móvel Heterogênea. Neste trabalho é apresentado o RAHMoN (Routing Algorithm for Heterogeneous Mobile Networks), que faz uso da técnica de agregação de dados para reduzir o tráfego de transmissões na rede, da hierarquização de nós (clustering), da utilização de nós sensores (fixos e móveis) e de um sink em alta velocidade. No RAHMoN, a rede é configurada utilizando flooding e flooding reverse para coletar a posição dos nós sensores fixos e formar uma matriz de adjacência. Essa matriz auxilia na construção de rotas durante a entrega dos dados para o sink e será armazenada nos nós sensores móveis. Resultados de avaliação mostram que a nossa solução consegue garantir uma alta taxa de entrega de pacotes, diminuir a latência e reduzir o atraso de entrega dos pacotes. A solução foi comparada com o WHISPER, presente na literatura e também voltado à entrega de dados para o nó sink em alta velocidade.

Cette thèse présente la première étude Source-to-Sink de la marge Atlantique Equatoriale africaine au Méso-Cénozoïque. Nous avons dans un premier temps produit, à partir d'une nouvelle méthode intégrant les limites d'érosion des dépôts préservés dans les bassins et leur extension initiale minimum, une nouvelle reconstruction paléogéographique et structurale couplant pour la première fois le continent ouest africain et l'Atlantique Equatoriale au cours du Méso-Cénozoïque. Ceci nous permet de suivre l'évolution depuis 200 Ma des domaines en érosion (sources) et en sédimentation (puits) à l'échelle continentale. Nous montrons en particulier qu'au Crétacé supérieur la zone correspondait à un grand bassin intracratonique Saharien qui exportaient ses sédiments à la fois vers la Téthys et vers l'Atlantique Equatoriale. La fragmentation de ce bassin a eu lieu à l'Oligocène par le soulèvement du bouclier du Hoggar qui a isolé les petits dépôt-centres résiduels actuels. Le développement de cette topographie particulière est issu de la superposition de différentes longueurs d'onde de déformation à l'échelle continentale combinant les bourrelets marginaux longeant la marge équatoriale et un bombement de type " point chaud ".Nous avons ensuite caractérisé, à partir de l'interprétation des données sismiques et des puits, la segmentation de la marge continentale équatoriale en segments transformants et divergents et l'architecture stratigraphique post-rift du prisme stratigraphique associée au Crétacé Supérieur. Nous montrons que les parties proximales (dépôts de plateforme et pente continentale) des prismes stratigraphiques du Crétacé Supérieur ne sont préservés que le long des segments divergents de la marge, et pas le long des segments transformants. Nous interprétons cette différence de préservation comme résultant de mouvements verticaux post-rift plus importants dans les domaines proximaux des segments transformants empêchant la préservation des termes proximaux des systèmes sédimentaires. La caractérisation des architectures stratigraphiques post-rifts a ensuite permis la quantification des volumes sédimentaires préservés dans ces bassins de marges passives. En parallèle, de nouvelles données de thermochronologie basse-température (AFTA et (U-Th-Sm/He sur apatite) acquises à l'Université de Glasgow sur les échantillons de trois profils perpendiculaires à la marge équatoriale ont permis de quantifier l'histoire de l'érosion et les volumes dénudés sur le domaine continental au cours du Méso-Cénozoïque. Ces données montrent que le seul événement thermique majeur enregistré correspond au refroidissement lié à la dénudation d'une topographie syn-rift le long de la marge. Le bilan d'érosion et d'accumulation montre que les ordres de grandeur des volumes dénudés et accumulés sont comparables à l'échelle de la marge équatoriale au cours du Méso-Cénozoïque. Certaines périodes (Crétacé Supérieur et depuis le Miocène Supérieur), montrent cependant un excès d'accumulation qui pourrait être associé à la remobilisation de sédiments précédemment stockés dans des bassins intracontinentaux ou sur la plateforme de la marge. / This PhD thesis presents the first source-to-sink study of the African Atlantic Equatorial margin. We established new Meso-Cenozoic paleogeographic and structural reconstructions, integrating the West African sub-continent and the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean, based on a new mapping method defining both erosion limits of preserved deposits and their minimum original extension. We show the evolution over 200 Myrs of the eroding (sources) and accumulating domains (sinks) at continental scale. We demonstrate in particular that during the Cretaceous, a large Saharan intracratonic basin was exporting sediments toward both the Tethys and the future Atlantic Equatorial Ocean. The fragmentation of this basin occurred in the Oligocene, by the growth of the Hoggar swell that isolated the present-day small residual depot-centers. The development of this specific "basin and swell" topography results from the superimposition of various deformation wavelength at continental scale combining a marginal upwarp along the equatorial margin and a hot spot swell. We then characterized, from the interpretation of seismic data and well logs, the segmentation of the Equatorial Atlantic passive margin and the stratigraphic architecture of the post-rift Upper Cretaceous sedimentary wedge. We show that the proximal parts of the Late Cretaceous sedimentary wedge are only preserved along divergent segments of the margin and not along transform segments. We interpret this differential preservation as the result of a greater uplift, during the early post-rift, in the proximal parts of the transform segments preventing the preservation of the proximal terms of the sedimentary systems. The transform segments are associated with narrow necking zone, resulting in greater flexural uplift than divergent segments showing wider necking zones, in particular during the early post-rift. The characterization of the stratigraphic architecture of the post-rift sedimentary wedge then allowed for the quantification of accumulation history in the passive margin basins. New low-temperature thermochronological data (AFTA and Apatite (U-Th-Sm)/He) acquired at the University of Glasgow on the samples of three regional transects perpendicular to the margin allowed for the quantification of the denudation history and eroded volume on the continental domain. These data shows that the major thermal event recorded by those samples is the cooling phase related to the erosion of a rift-related topography along the margin. Erosion and accumulation budgets fall within the same order of magnitude. During some given periods (Late Cretaceous and since the Late Miocene), excess in accumulation may be associated with the reworking of sediments previously stored within intracontinental basins or on the shelf of the margin.

During the summers of 2007-2009, I studied the population growth and reproductive and foraging ecology of the Razorbill (Alca torda) at Matinicus Rock (MR), Maine. This medium-sized marine bird in the family Alcidae (auks) was extirpated from the Gulf of Maine in the late 19th century by hunting, collecting, and colony disturbance. Following legislation protecting seabirds and their nesting habitats, the Razorbill has recolonized probable former nesting habitat in the Gulf of Maine during the past several decades. Six small colonies comprise the Maine population, which is listed as threatened and forms the southern extension of the species breeding distribution. In Chapter 1, I present a population model of the MR breeding colony, based on studies of population growth and reproductive success, and supplemented with previously collected data from the National Audubon Society Seabird Restoration Program (Project Puffin), with whom I collaborated. I also describe chick diet (supplemented with Project Puffin data) and draw connections between diet and reproductive success. I found that reproductive success was too low to account for the observed population growth rate, and conclude that the colony is a sink population supported by substantial immigration. Because annual fledging success was positively associated with prey quality, I suggest that substandard chick diet may contribute to the sink population dynamic via diet-driven depressed fledging success. In Chapter 2, I report on the foraging behavior of chick-rearing Razorbills fitted with bird-borne data-loggers at MR in 2008-2009. I describe diving behavior including depth, duration, and profile shape of dives, as well as diel patterns. Diving activity was restricted to daylight hours, and dives were shallowest and most frequent in the evening. Though generally similar to diving behavior reported at four European and Canadian colonies, Razorbills at MR performed three times as many dives per day as at the Gannet Islands, Labrador, and the mean dive depth was greater than three of four previous studies. Deeper and more frequent dives may indicate higher foraging effort and lower prey availability. Reproductive success would suffer if parents cannot buffer chicks against the effects of low prey availability through increased foraging effort or other behavioral modifications. Together, the pieces of our research indicate that prey availability may be negatively affecting reproduction and population growth at MR. Rapid colony growth cannot be explained by local reproductive success, and is likely the result of substantial immigration from other colonies. Chick diet is varied and includes multiple high-quality forage fish species, yet chicks also consume poor-quality prey (larval fish and euphausiids) that may signal periods of very poor prey availability. Frequency and depth of dives made by chick-provisioning adults are also suggestive of parents allocating extra effort to foraging, relative to other colonies.

Utilising tidal currents as a renewable energy resource is presently under consideration to meet the requirements of increasing worldwide energy demand and the need to reduce carbon emissions. In this respect, in-stream tidal devices are proposed to convert the kinetic energy of currents into useful extractable power. In order to extract a useful amount of energy from tidal currents, the proposed devices need to be deployed in an array or farm-like format. Due to the thrust exerted by the devices within an array, the natural flow regime will inevitably be changed. In light of this, this study aims to estimate the maximum power that can be extracted by tidal turbine arrays and assess the far-field effects of energy extraction in the designated areas around the UK for various array configurations. In this thesis, the ocean tides are modelled using the long wave equations, commonly referred as the shallow water equations (SWEs). A numerical solver based on a Runge-Kutta discontinuous Galerkin finite element method is employed to solve the SWEs. One main advantage of the discontinuous Galerkin method is that it approximates the solution individually at each element, which allows for discontinuities within the solution system while ensuring mass conservation locally and globally. The selected numerical solver has been verified against several benchmark tests. It is then modified to include a line discontinuity to represent the effect of tidal turbine array(s) in a coastal basin. The algorithm implemented in the numerical solver involves a sub-grid model, which is based on Linear Momentum Actuator Disk Theory (LMADT) to approximate the local flow-field in the presence of the turbines. This near-field approach allows the flow velocity at the turbine to be estimated with a greater accuracy. As the power available to the turbines is related to the velocity at the turbine blades, the characterisation of the designated tidal site as a resource using LMADT may be more accurate than previously proposed methods. An additional advantage of using LMADT is that it provides a distinction between the power extracted by the turbines and the total amount of power that is removed from the tidal stream, including the wake mixing losses. The methodology employed in this thesis has been applied to two tidal basins around the UK; the Anglesey Skerries (a headland) and the Bristol Channel (an oscillating bay). A comprehensive unstructured triangular finite element model has been constructed to simulate the naturally occurring tides at these regions. The constructed model has then been validated against field measurement. The validated model is used to conduct parametric studies, which evaluate the importance of tidal array locations, configurations and operating conditions on the available power at the Anglesey Skerries and the Bristol Channel sites. The parametric study aims to evaluate a realistic upper limit of available power at each site considered. This study also provides a unique analysis to examine the potential tidal farm interactions by deploying several tidal arrays at both Anglesey Skerries and the Bristol Channel.

Thesis (MScAgric)--Stellenbosch University, 2013. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The relationships between leaf and fruit represent a fundamental concept in perennial plants. This concept allows to understand and to manage, with regard to farming, the balance of a vine, which is important in terms of fruit quality (i.e. fruit composition), mainly when it comes to producing wines of different categories and styles. The understanding of vine structure, physiology and vine functioning ultimately allows for appropriate recommendations to be given with regard to farming procedures. These include the adaptation of the canopy architecture to achieve a certain yield per vine, the determination of an appropriate fruit microclimate as well as the prediction of harvest dates. One of the central notions of vine balance involves the relationship between the source and the sink organs. The definition of source-sink relationships incorporates several concepts, including the ability of a source tissue to produce carbohydrates through photosynthesis, the transport of these carbohydrates to various plant organs-tissues via appropriate transport channels, and the assimilation and storage of the carbohydrates in the sink organs. In past years, a number of simple ratios have been created to incorporate the relationship between source and sink organs and thereby define vine balance in order to aid in practical management decisions (choice of a training system, irrigation, canopy manipulation etc.). However, vine functioning is very complex and cannot be defined accurately by simple, static ratios. More integrated and dynamic physiological indicators of vine balance and functioning are needed in order to understand the complex communication between organs and ultimately improve on farming practices. In order to achieve this, a better grasp of source-sink relationships, including the signalisation between organs and the functioning of the transport tissues is required. A two year experiment was proposed to study the interaction between source and sink organs using a combination of both primary shoot girdling methods and berry classification according to size. Girdling removes the bark and phloem tissue, thereby interrupting carbon import as well as water flow to the bunch to a certain degree. The aim of the study was to demonstrate the complexity of vine functioning by investigating the dynamics of berry sugar and water accumulation (used as physiological indicators) and the influence thereof on berry fresh mass evolution. Furthermore, the use of berry sugar loading was proposed as an improved physiological indicator of vine balance as it is directly linked to source and sink functioning. Sugar production and the dynamics of berry sugar accumulation rely on photosynthesis which in turn is dependent on stomatal conductance and therefore also incorporates the effects of external abiotic factors (temperature, light and water). It furthermore gives a direct indication of sink functioning as it shows the progressive accumulation of sugar throughout the ripening period and the possible consequences on berry volume evolution. A primary shoot which bore two bunches was used to represent a biological replicate. The lower bunches were girdled above and below in order to completely isolate them from any carbohydrate import. These bunches, along with the upper ungirdled bunches and two control bunches from another shoot were sampled. The berries from these bunches were classified according to diameter, thereby providing the unique opportunity to study berries of the same volume/size. Measurements were done to determine the fresh and dry masses of the sampled berries, as well as to analyse the concomitant sugar concentrations. It was found that girdling clearly had an effect on berry sugar dynamics and the method was improved in the second year of the trial. Girdling in interaction with berry classification according to diameter demonstrated that berries from the same size could have different sugar concentrations. It further showed that, to a certain degree, a relationship exists between the first rapid phase of sugar accumulation and the post véraison increase in berry fresh mass, until the plateau of fruit sugar accumulation, which generally occurs around a sugar concentration of 20 Brix. Additionally, and more importantly, it was found that vine functioning and the balance between the source and the sink organs may be controlled to a certain degree. There is a strong degree of compensation within a vine which results from signalling between and within organs. When taking the results of this study into consideration, it becomes clear that the classical ratios used to quantify the complex relationships between the fruit and the leaves may not be completely adequate to do so. The current way of looking at source-sink relationships and thereby determining whether a vine is balanced or not is over-simplified and there are numerous limitations involved in this approach. The vine is far more complex and various aspects must be taken into consideration before any claims can be made concerning source-sink relationships and consequently leaf to fruit balance. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die verhoudings tussen blaar en vrug verteenwoordig ‘n fundamentele konsep in meerjarige plante. Begrip van hierdie konsep maak dit moontlik om in boerdery die balans van ‘n wingerdstok te verstaan en bestuur. Hierdie wingerdbalans is belangrik in terme van vrugkwaliteit (d.w.s. vrugsamestelling), hoofsaaklik met betrekking tot die produksie van wyne van verskillende kategorieë en style. Begrip van die wingerdstok se struktuur, fisiologie en funksionering maak dit moontlik om gepaste aanbevelings te maak rakende boerdery prosedures. Dit sluit in die aanpassing van die lower argitektuur om ‘n sekere opbrengs per wingerdstok te verkry, die vasstel van ‘n geskikte vrug mikroklimaat asook die voorspelling van oesdatums. Een van die sentrale denkwyses rondom wingerdstok funksionering behels die die bron-vragpunt verhouding. Die definisie van bron-vragpunt verhoudings inkorporeer verskeie konsepte, insluitende die vermoë van ‘n bronweefsel om koolhidrate te produseer deur fotosintese, die vervoer van hierdie koolhidrate na verskeie plantorgaan weefsels via die gepaste vervoerkanale asook die opname en berging van hierdie koolhidrate in die vragpunt organe. In die verlede is ‘n aantal eenvoudige verhoudings geskep om die verband tussen die bron en vragpunt organe te beskryf en sodoende die wingerdstokbalans te definieer met die doel om ondersteuning te bied in praktiese bestuursbesluite (die keuse van opleistelsel, besproeiing, lowermanipulasie, ens.). Wingerdstok funksionering is egter baie kompleks en kan nie akkuraat gedefinieer word deur eenvoudige, statiese verhoudings nie. Meer geïntegreerde en dinamiese fisiologiese aanwysers van wingerdstokbalans en funksionering is nodig om die komplekse kommunikasie tussen organe te verstaan en uiteindelik boerdery praktyke te verbeter. Om dit te bereik is ‘n beter begrip van bron-vragpunt verhoudings asook die seinoordrag tussen organe en die werking van die vervoerweefsels nodig. ‘n Twee jaar lange eksperiment is voorgestel om die interaksie tussen bron- en benuttingsorgane te ondersoek deur gebruik te maak van beide die primêre loot ringelering metode en korrel klassifikasie volgens grootte. Ringelering verwyder die bas en floëem weefsel en onderbreek sodoende koolstof invoer sowel as watertoevoer na die tros tot ‘n sekere mate. Die doel van die studie was om die kompleksiteit van wingerdstok funksionering aan te toon deur die dinamika van suiker en water akkumulasie in die korrel te ondersoek asook die invloed daarvan op korrel vars massa ontwikkeling. Verder is die gebruik van korrel suikerlading voorgestel as ‘n beter fisiologiese aanduiding van wingerdstok funksionering aangesien dit direk geassosieer is met bron-vragpunt funksionering. Suikerproduksie en die dinamika van suiker akkumulasie in die korrel berus op fotosintese wat weer afhanklik is van stomatale geleiding en daarom ook die effek van eksterne abiotiese faktore (temperatuur, lig en water) inkorporeer. Dit gee verder ‘n direkte aanduiding van die funksionering van die vragpunt organe omdat dit die progressiewe akkumulasie van suiker gedurende die rypwordingsperiode aantoon, asook die moontlike gevolge op korrelvolume ontwikkeling. ‘n Primêre loot wat twee trosse dra is gebruik om ‘n biologiese herhaling te verteenwoordig. Die laer trosse is bo en onder geringeleer om hulle heeltemal te isoleer van enige koolhidraat invoer. Hierdie trosse, tesame met boonste ongeringeleerde trosse en twee kontrole trosse vanaf ‘n ander loot is gemonster. Die korrels van hierdie trosse is geklassifiseer volgens hulle deursnee, om sodoende die unieke moontlikheid daar te stel om korrels van dieselfde volume/ grootte te bestudeer. Metings is gedoen om die vars en droë massas van die gemonsterde korrels te bepaal, asook om die gepaardgaande suikerkonsentrasies te analiseer. Daar is gevind dat ringelering duidelik ‘n effek gehad het op korrelsuiker dinamika en die metode is verbeter in die tweede jaar van die proef. Ringelering in wisselwerking met korrel klassifikasie volgens korrel deursnee het aangetoon dat korrels met dieselfde grootte verskillende suikerkonsentrasies kon hê. Dit het verder aangedui dat daar, tot ‘n sekere mate, ‘n verhouding bestaan tussen die vinnige fase van suiker akkumulasie en die na-véraison toename in korrel vars massa, totdat die plato in suiker akkumulasie bereik word, gewoonlik rondom ‘n suikerkonsentrasie van 20 Brix. Daarbenewens, en van groter belang, is gevind dat wingerdstok funksionering en die balans tussen die bron en vragpunt organe onder ‘n mate van beheer is. Daar is ‘n sterk mate van kompensasie binne ‘n wingerdstok wat die gevolg is van seinoordrag tussen en binne organe in die wingerdstok. Wanneer die resultate van hierdie studie in aanmerking geneem word, word dit duidelik dat die klassieke verhoudings, wat gebruik word om wingerdstok funksionering en balans mee te bepaal, moontlik nie beduidend betekenisvol is nie. Die wyse waarop bron-vragpunt verhoudings tans beskou word is, tot ‘n mate, ‘n oorvereenvoudiging en daar is heelwat beperkinge betrokke by hierdie benadering. Die wingerd is baie meer kompleks en verskeie aspekte moet in aanmerking geneem word voordat enige bewering gemaak kan word rakende bron-vragpunt verhoudings. / The University of Stellenbosch and Winetech for financial support

The purpose of this study is to investigate witch knowledge and thoughts children will have about the term of floating and sinking, and witch possibilities there is to make various knowledge visible in preschool physics through playing with water. The study also concern the differences and similarities between two different groups of age who have participated in the study. The study was carried out by an activity with participant observation and feedback interviews afterwards. The result shows that the possibilities to physics are many in preschool. The children expressed new thoughts and ideas who concern other phenomena in physics during the investigation and discussed similar experiments and material to examine. The result shows that the children used previous experience and knowledge to explain and ask hypotheses. They also used their language through interaction with each other to understand, create and recreate knowledge. / Syftet med studien är att undersöka vilka kunskaper och tankar barn har kring begreppen flyta och sjunka, och vilka möjligheter det finns att synliggöra de olika kunskaperna inom fysik i förskolan genom vattenlek. Studien berör även skillnader och likheter mellan två åldersgrupper som deltagit i undersökningen. Studien genomfördes genom en aktivitet med deltagande observation samt återkoppling med intervjuer efter aktivitetstillfället. Resultatet visar på att möjligheterna till fysik i förskolan är många. Under undersökningen gav barnen uttryck för nya tankar och idéer som berör andra fenomen inom fysiken samt diskuterade vidare om liknande experiment och material de ville undersöka. Resultatet visar att barnen använde sig av tidigare erfarenheter och kunskaper för att förklara och ställa hypoteser. De använde sig även av språket genom samspelet med varandra för att förstå, skapa och omskapa kunskap.

La vigueur initiale (accumulation de biomasse aérienne) est déterminante pour un rapide établissement de la culture et l'accès aux ressources, contribuant ainsi à un évitement du stress hydrique. Cette thèse vise à caractériser la diversité phénotypique chez le riz (Oriza Sativa.L) des traits constituant la vigueur initiale et sa plasticité sous stress hydrique. L'étude à démontrée que la vigueur initiale dépend de caractères relatifs aux forces de puits et à la demande en assimilats carbonés, tels que le taux de développement (DR), le tallage et la taille potentielle des feuilles. Une relation négative entre DR et la taille des feuilles a été observée et reliée à des différences d'utilisation des sucres par la plante au niveau des organes source et puits. En particulier des plantes à fort DR ont montré la tendance à stocker très peu d'amidon dans les feuilles source, inversement aux génotypes à grande feuilles. Sous stress hydrique des faibles tolérances à la sécheresse ont été liés à des réductions des activités des organes puits. Cette étude a montré l'existence d'une grande diversité génétique pour des trais liés à la tolérance au stress hydrique chez le riz. De plus des fortes réductions de croissance sous stress ont été observées pour les génotypes vigoureux. En effet de forts DR étaient aussi associés à une forte sensibilité du taux de transpiration foliaire (fermeture stomatique) et à une faible efficience d'utilisation de l'eau sous stress, de plus les génotypes à grandes feuilles ont montré un fort taux de sénescence foliaire. La diversité phénotypique observée dans le panel des riz Japonica est prometteuse pour des analyses génétiques d'association permettant l'amélioration de la tolérance au stress hydrique du riz ; cependant, les éventuelles limitations génétiques liées aux relations négatives observées entre vigueur initiale et tolérance au stress hydrique et donc, la facilité d'une co-sélection pour ces deux caractères complexes, devront être explorées. / Early vigour (ie.shoot biomass accumulation) is essential for rapid crop establishment, resource acquisition and can thus contribute to drought avoidance. This work aims at characterizing the diversity of component traits constituting early vigor and its plasticity under drought for rice (Oriza Sativa L.). This study demonstrated that sink dynamics: Developmental Rate (DR, inverse of phyllochron, in °C.d-1); tillering capacity and potential leaf size which together constitute incremental demand for assimilates are mayor drivers of early vigor. A tradeoff between DR and leaf size was explained by differences in carbon concentrations in source and sink leaves, in particular high DR genotypes stored low starch in source leaves compared to large leaf genotypes under well watered conditions. Low drought tolerance was related to a reduction in sink activity under drought. This study demonstrates that rice has a great genetic diversity in terms of drought tolerance. Under drought both high DR and large leaves vigorous genotypes had the strongest growth reduction. Indeed, DR was associated to high stomatal sensibility to drought and low WUE, while large leaves genotypes showed high leaf senescence rates. Finally, the phenotypic diversity observed within the studied japonica panel is promising for genetic association studies in order to improve rice drought resistance. The genetic limitations of the negative, phenotypic linkages observed between early vigor and drought tolerance, and thus the easiness to co-select for both traits will have to be explored.

Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) nutrient demand depends on fruit load and intensity of the annual variation of vegetative growth. However, nutrient rates recommended for this crop are based only on bean yield, manily yields of old crops. Therefore, this research aimed to determine the source-sink relationship, through the effect of fruit load on vegetative growth, to understand coffee nutritional demand. The hypotheses were (i) the annual biomass of stem, branches and leaves should have a strong negative linear relationship regarding fruit load, (ii) the average nutrients concentration changes in the vegetative plant part due to the number of fruits, and (iii) the plant nutrient demand varies in years of high and low production due to the different proportions between fruiting and annual vegetation. The study was carried out from November 2015 to June 2016 in coffee trees in the municipality of Jacuí - MG, Brazil. The experimental design was completely randomized with one factor (fruit load), six factor levels (100%, 80%, 60%, 40%, 20% and 0%) and five replicates. After flowering, in early November 2015, six fruit loads were manually imposed and the base of the last pair of fully expanded leaf was labeled with wire on all branches of the trees. In early June 2016, during the coffee harvest, branches were cut from the wire-label and characterized. The variables analyzed were: numbers of nodes, leaf area, dry vegetation yield, dry bean yield, volume of fruits and concentration of macro and micro nutrients in vegetation and fruiting. The study revealed that fruit load strongly affects vegetative growth in Coffee arabica L. For each liter of fruit produced, ~ 103 g of dry vegetation yield decreases per tree. Furthermore, the concentration of the macronutrients N, P, K, Mg and S and the micronutrients Mn, Fe, Cu and Zn in vegetation and fruiting not dependent on fruit load. Nutrient demand of a given plant density varies in years of high and low production due to the different yield proportions of mass between fruiting and annual vegetation. / A demanda de nutrients do cafeeiro (Coffea arabica L.) depende da carga de frutos e da intensidade da variação anual do crescimento vegetativo. No entanto, as doses de nutrientes recomendadas para a cultura são baseadas apenas na produtividade de frutos, especialmente produtividades de lavouras antigas. Portanto, o objetivo principal desta pesquisa foi determinar a relação fonte-dreno, por meio do efeito da carga de frutos no crescimento vegetativo, para compreender a demanda nutricional do café. As hipóteses foram (i) a biomassa vegetativa anual teria uma forte relação linear negativa em função da carga de frutos, (ii) a concentração média de nutrientes seria variável na parte vegetativa da planta devido à quantidade de frutos e (iii) a demanda de nutrientes variaria em anos de alta e baixa produção devido às diferentes proporções entre frutificação e vegetação anual. O experimento foi realizado de novembro de 2015 a junho de 2016 em Jacuí - MG, Brasil. O delineamento experimental foi inteiramente casualizado com um fator (carga de frutos), seis níveis do fator (100%, 80%, 60%, 40%, 20% e 0%) e cinco repetições. Após o florescimento, no início de novembro de 2015, as seis cargas de frutos foram aplicadas manualmente e a base do último par de folhas totalmente expandidas foi marcada com um arame indicador em todos os ramos das plantas. No início de junho de 2016, durante o período de colheita do café, os ramos foram cortados a partir do arame indicador e caracterizados. As variáveis analisadas foram: número de nós, área foliar, massa seca da vegetação, massa seca de frutos, volume de frutos e concentração de macro e micronutrientes na vegetação e na frutificação. O estudo revelou que a carga de frutos afeta fortemente o crescimento vegetativo de Coffee arabica L. Para cada litro de fruto produzido a planta deixa de vegetar ~ 103 g de massa seca. Além disso, as concentrações dos macronutrientes N, P, K, Mg e S e os micronutrientes Mn, Fe, Cu e Zn na vegetação e na frutificação não dependeram da carga de frutos. A demanda de nutrientes de uma dada densidade de plantas varia em anos de alta e baixa produção devido às diferentes proporções de produção de massa entre frutificação e vegetação anual.