Le capricorne asiatique Anoplophora glabripennis est un exemple d’insecte ayant bénéficié du commerce international depuis l’Asie pour envahir une partie de l’Amérique du Nord où il est présent depuis les années 1990, et de l’Europe où sa présence a été détectée au début des années 2000. Cette espèce hautement polyphage se développe dans les arbres urbains et peut causer leur mort, soulignant l’importance du contrôle de sa population. En utilisant une approche pluridisciplinaire sur la base du modèle A. glabripennis, cette thèse vise à apporter de nouveaux éléments pour la compréhension globale des invasions biologiques. Dans un premier temps, j’ai cherché à retracer son cheminement dans le monde. Dans un second temps, j’ai cherché à savoir si certaines de ses caractéristiques biologiques avaient contribué au succès de son invasion. Enfin, j’ai abordé la question de l’impact écologique d’A.glabripennis en me focalisant sur les modifications de la faune de xylophages que sa présence aurait pu entrainer. Les résultats obtenus au cours de cette thèse ont permis de mettre en évidence une invasion complexe incluant plusieurs introductions ainsi qu’un scénario de tête de pont entre l’Amérique du Nord et l’Europe. Il apparait également que certains traits de l’espèce ont contribué à modeler son schéma de distribution. Sa résistance au stress thermique notamment a probablement favorisé son installation sous des climats variés. Par ailleurs, la dispersion naturelle d’A. glabripennis semble très limitée, mais mes résultats indiquent que l’espèce n’est pas restreinte par ses capacités physiologiques pour disperser. Enfin, l’étude préliminaire des faunes envahies ne révèle pas pour le moment d’effet de l’espèce sur les autres Cérambycidés. Au regard des autres cas d’invasion documentés, le cas d’A.glabripennis souligne donc la diversité des caractéristiques des espèces devenant invasives, et confirme la difficulté d’en dresser un portrait type. / The Asian longhorned Beetle Anoplophora glabripennis provides a good example of insects that benefited from international trade from Asia. It partly invaded North America, where it has been present since the 1990s, and Europe where its presence was detected in the early 2000s. This highly polyphagous species develops in urban trees and can cause their death, highlighting the importance of its management. The aim of this thesis was to use a multidisciplinary approach to study the invasion of A. glabripennis in order to bring new elements to the global understanding of biological invasions. I therefore first wanted to retrace its invasion route through the world. Secondly, I sought to know whether some of its biological characteristics had contributed to the success of its invasion. Finally, I addressed the question of the ecological impact of A. glabripennis by focusing on the alterations of the xylophagous fauna that its presence could have caused. The results obtained in this thesis revealed a complex invasion which includes several introductions as well as a bridgehead scenario between North America and Europe. It also appeared that some traits of the species contributed to shaping its distribution pattern. Notably, its resistance to thermal stress probably favored its installation in various climates. Furthermore, the natural dispersion of A. glabripennis seems very limited, but my results indicated that the species is not limited by its physiological capacities to disperse. Finally, the preliminary study of the invaded fauna did not reveal any effects of the species on the other Ceramycidae for the moment. In the light of the other cases of invasion documented, the case of A. glabripennis highlights the diversity of the characteristics of species becoming invasive, and confirms the difficulty of drawing a typical portrait.

Orientador: Antônio Rubens Britto de Castro / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Fisica Gleb Wataghin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-16T08:21:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Grizolli_WalanCesar_M.pdf: 22164883 bytes, checksum: 87cb39dcd42129ec1d9a3f9ec6fcba09 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: Diversas áreas da ciência moderna têm sido beneficiadas pelo uso da radiação síncrotron. As técnicas disponveis em laboratórios deste tipo abrangem pesquisas em ciências básicas como Física, Química e Biologia bem como em áreas como engenharia de materiais e farmacologia. Em particular, o uso do espectro de raios-x duros (8-20keV) das fontes síncrotron atuais e crucial para técnicas estruturais como difração e cristalografia. Estas técnicas estão disponíveis para a comunidade científica brasileira no Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron (LNLS), cujas linhas de luz estão abertas a usuários externos desde 1997. As instalações do LNLS vem sendo constantemente aperfeiçoadas, permitindo o estudo de novos casos científicos como consequência destas melhorias. Neste trabalho estudamos as propriedades da fonte de radiação síncrotron do LNLS e realizamos um projeto óptico para uma linha de luz direcionada a cristalografia de proteínas. Com uso de simulações computacionais propomos opções para melhoria do fluxo de flotons nas linhas de cristalografia de proteínas já existentes. Nossos estudos apontam para a viabilidade de construção de uma linha lateral a linha de luz MX2, utilizando a mesma fonte Wiggler já instalada, com fluxo proporcional à linha central. / Abstract: Distinct research fields in modern science have taken advantage of synchrotron radiation. The techniques that are available in such laboratories have a very broad scope, ranging from basic sciences such as Physics, Chemistry and Biology, to applied fields as engineering and pharmacology. In particular, the use of hard x-ray spectrum (8-20keV) from modern synchrotron sources is crucial for structural techniques such as diffraction and crystallography. These techniques have been available to the Brazilian scientific community since 1997, when the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS) facilities were opened to external users. The LNLS beamlines have constantly evolved , allowing the users to perform novel experiments as a consequence of instrumental improvements. In this work we study the properties of the LNLS sources and propose solutions for the optics of a beamline dedicated to protein crystallography. By using computer simulations we propose options to enhance the photon flux in the pre-existing protein crystallography beamlines. Our results point out to the feasibility of a lateral beamline using the MX2 wiggler source, with similar flux to the central beamline. / Mestrado / Física / Mestre em Física

Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-20T13:49:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LILIAN MOURA DE LIMA.pdf: 1272342 bytes, checksum: e6c136314886322d6aa38853685abd38 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-10-07 / Household contacts of index cases tuberculosis have an increased risk of developing the disease due to the closeness and the time duration of exposure to the bacillus. For this reason the evaluation of these individuals is decisive to controlling the disease, since the early diagnosis and timely treatment stop the transmission chain of the disease reflecting on the reduction of incidence rates. To this purpose there are protocols and targets proposed by the World Health Organization in which the health services should be based in the proper evaluation of the contacts. The study aimed investigate the health services that diagnosticate tuberculosis in Pelotas in relation to the service offered to household contacts of the index case. It consists of a descriptive, quantitative and transversal cut study linked to the multicentric project entitled "Delay in the diagnosis of tuberculosis: analysis of causes in different regions of Brazil". The study sample was composed of 85 index cases of tuberculosis interviewed in the origin study in Pelotas and their 163 household contacts. The collection of these data took place between July and December 2009 in the control of tuberculosis program in Pelotas and the collection of medical records has occurred in January 2011 in this same service. It was used the database research of the multicentric study and it was built a database in Excel software with the data from medical records. The analysis of data was performed using descriptive statistics. The results show that attention to tuberculosis in Pelotas need to be rethought with the of involving primary care in the evaluation of household contacts in order to facilitate early diagnosis, appropriate clinical evaluation of contacts and interruption of transmission chain of TB in appropriate time. / Os contatos intradomiciliares dos casos índices de tuberculose têm risco aumentado de desenvolver a doença em virtude da proximidade e do tempo de exposição ao bacilo. Por este motivo a avaliação destes indivíduos é determinante para o controle da doença, já que o diagnóstico precoce e o tratamento oportuno interrompem a cadeia de transmissão da doença repercutindo na redução das taxas de incidência. Para tanto existem protocolos e metas propostos pela Organização Mundial da Saúde, nos quais, os serviços de saúde devem basear-se na avaliação adequada dos contatos. O estudo objetivou investigar os serviços de saúde que fazem o diagnóstico da tuberculose em Pelotas quanto ao atendimento oferecido aos contatos intradomiciliares do caso índice. Constitui-se de um estudo descritivo, quantitativo de corte transversal, vinculado ao projeto multicêntrico intitulado Retardo no diagnóstico da tuberculose: análise das causas nas diferentes regiões do Brasil . A amostra do estudo foi composta por 85 casos índices de tuberculose entrevistados no estudo de origem em Pelotas e seus 163 contatos intradomiciliares. A coleta destes dados deu-se entre julho e dezembro de 2009 no programa de controle da tuberculose de Pelotas e a etapa de coleta do prontuário em janeiro de 2011, neste mesmo serviço. Utilizou-se o banco de dados da pesquisa do estudo multicêntrico e com os dados do prontuário construiu-se um banco no software Excel. A análise dos dados foi realizada por meio da estatística descritiva. Os resultados evidenciam que a atenção a tuberculose em Pelotas necessita ser repensada no intuito de envolver a atenção primária na avaliação dos contatos intradomiciliares, visando facilitar o diagnóstico precoce, a avaliação clínica adequada dos contatos e a interrupção da cadeia de transmissão da TB em tempo oportuno.

[pt] Neste trabalho, foi desenvolvido um algoritmo para a solução de uma equação integral que possa ser aplicado de forma eficiente na previsão da cobertura de sistemas celulares. Este algoritmo compara-se com o algoritmo proposto originalmente e com a mesma aplicação baseada na técnica de traçado de raios. A técnica de traçado de raios utiliza o método das imagens no traçado dos raios pertencentes a trinta diferentes classes, caracterizadas pela multiplicidade e pelos tipos e ordens das interações com o terreno. Os coeficientes de reflexão e de difração são calculados pelas equações clássicas de Fresnel e pelas equações da Teoria Uniforme da Difração, respectivamente, modificadas para considerar a rugosidade do terreno. Ambos os algoritmos foram aplicados para calcular a intensidade de campo ao longo de um perfil de terreno e em uma região montanhosa do sul do Estado de Minas Gerais. Os resultados são comparados entre si e com os resultados de medidas, quando disponíveis. Esta comparação considera tanto os resultados obtidos quanto os tempos de processamento necessários em ambos os casos. / [en] In this work an algorithm for the solution of an integral equation, which can efficiently be applied to estimate the coverage areaof a cellular system, has been developed. This algorithm is compared with the original proposed algorithm and also woth Ray tracing Techiniques for the same applications. The Ray Tracing Tecniques uses the image Tecnique to trace thirty different classes of rays, which are characterised by multiplicity of the paths and also the nature of graund. The coefficients of reflection and diffraction have been calculeted by using the classical Fresnel and the Uniform Theory of Diffraction equations respectively, and have been modified to include the roufhness of the ground. Both algorithms have been used to calculate the fiels intensity along a land profile and also a mountainous region South comparison takes into consideration the quality of the results as well as the processing time of both algorithms.

The game industry have always looked for rendering techniques that makes the games as good looking and realistic as possible. The common approach is to use triangles built up by vertices and apply many different techniques to make it look as good as possible. When triangles are used to draw objects, there is always edges and those edges often make the objects look less realistic than desired. To reduce these visible edges the amount of triangles for an object have to be increased, but with more triangles more processing power from the graphics cards is needed. Another way to approach rendering is ray tracing which can render an extremely photo realistic image but to the cost of unbearable low performance if you would use it in a realtime application. The reason raytracing is so slow is the massive amount of calculations that needs to be made. In DirectX 11 a few new shaders where announced and one of them were the compute shader, the compute shader allows you to calculate data on the graphics card which is not bound to the pipeline. The compute shader allows you to use the hundreds of cores that the graphic card has and is therefore well suited for a raytracing algorithm. One application is used to see if the hypothesis is correct. A flag is used to define if the application runs on the CPU and the GPU. The same algorithm is used in both versions. Three test where done on each processing unit to confirm the hypothesis. Three more tests where done on the GPU to see how the performance scaled on the GPU depending on the number of rendered objects. The tests proved throughout that the compute shader performs considerably better than the CPU when running our ray tracing algorithm.

In recent years there has been an increasing interest in dynamic taint tracing of compiled software as a powerful analysis method for security and other purposes. Most existing approaches are highly application specific and tends to sacrifice precision in favor of performance. In this thesis project a generic taint tracing tool has been developed that can deliver high precision taint information. By allowing an arbitrary number of taint labels to be stored for every tainted byte, accurate taint propagation can be achieved for values that are derived from multiple input bytes. The tool has been developed for x86 Linux systems using the dynamic binary instrumentation framework Valgrind. The basic theory of taint tracing and multi-label taint propagation is discussed, as well as the main concepts of implementing a taint tracing tool using dynamic binary instrumentation. The impact of multi-label taint propagation on performance and precision is evaluated. While multi-label taint propagation has a considerable impact on performance, experiments carried out using the tool show that large amounts of taint information is lost with approximate methods using only one label per tainted byte.

L'exploitation, le contrôle et la signalisation des systèmes de métros modernes et en particulier les métros sans conducteur, reposent sur deux familles de systèmes de communication radio sans fil : les transmissions vitales pour la signalisation et le contrôle des trains à faible débit et les transmissions non vitales très haut débit pour la vidéo surveillance embarquée, le télé-diagnostic,l'information des clients, etc. Lors de la mise en œuvre de tels systèmes de transmission, l'industriel doit donc garantir à l'exploitant de métro des performances concernant les débits et la qualité de la transmission en termes de perte de paquets d'information. Dès lors, appréhender le comportement du canal de propagation est un élément clé pour prédire et améliorer les performances des systèmes de transmission.L'objectif de ces travaux de thèse est double et concerne :• D'une part, la réduction des temps de calcul d'un simulateur de canal à tracé de rayons 3D qui prédit avec précision le comportement du canal de propagation, mais reste coûteux en temps de calculs pour les simulations dynamiques. Nous proposons dans cette thèse une méthode qui s'appuie sur trois critères de visibilité pour simplifier la description de lagéométrie de l'environnement sans pénaliser la prédiction des paramètres caractéristiques du canal de propagation ;• D'autre part, la mise en œuvre d'un nouveau modèle de canal de propagation MIMO dynamique en tunnel rectiligne de section rectangulaire qui permettra d'optimiser des systèmes de transmission multi antennaires (MIMO) pour des applications de transmissions sans fil pour les métros en tunnel. Ce modèle s'inspire globalement du modèle de canal utilisé / The exploitation, control and signalling systems for metro and especially modern driverless metros, are based on two families of radio communication systems Wireless : vital transmissions for signalling and train control low-flow and nonvital transmissions with very high bandwidth for video-tracking systems, telediagnosis, customer information, etc.. During the implementation ofsuch transmission systems, the industrial must therefore ensure the metro operator performance on throughput and transmission quality in terms of packet loss information. Therefore, understanding the behavior of the propagation channel is a key to predict and improve performance of transmission systems.The aim of this thesis is twin and concerns :• On the one hand, the computation time reduction of a 3D ray tracing simulator that accurately predicts the behavior of the propagation channel, but it is expensive in times of calculation for dynamic simulations. We propose here a new method based on three visibility criteria to simplify the geometry description of the environment without degrading the characteristic parameters prediction of the propagation channel ;• On the other hand, the construction of a new model for MIMO propagation channel dynamics in straight tunnel of rectangular section which will optimize transmission systems multi-antennary (MIMO) applications for wireless transmission in metros tunnel. This model draws broadly from the channel model used in the standard WINNER and is fed by the results extracted from the 3D ray tracing channel simulator. The results obtained in this thesis are encouraging and offer many opportunities.

La croissance rapide dans le domaine des semi-conducteurs fait que les circuits digitaux deviennent de plus en plus complexes. La capacité à identifier la cause réelle d'une défaillance dans un circuit digital est donc critique. Le diagnostic logique est une procédure qui permet de localiser une erreur observée dans un circuit fautif, l'analyse de défaillance peut être ensuite appliquée pour déterminer la cause réelle de cette erreur. Un diagnostic efficace et précis est donc fondamental pour améliorer les résultats de l'analyse de défaillance et augmenter éventuellement le rendement de production."Effet à Cause" et "Cause à Effet" sont deux approches classiques pour le diagnostic logique. Ce diagnostic fournit une liste de suspects au niveau porte logique. Cependant, cette approche n'est pas précise dans le cas où le défaut est localisé à l'intérieur de la cellule logique.Dans cette thèse, nous proposons une nouvelle méthode de diagnostic intra-cell basé sur l'approche "Effet à Cause" pour améliorer la précision de la localisation de défaut au niveau transistor. L'approche proposée utilise l'algorithme CPT (Traçage de chemins critiques) appliqué au niveau transistor. Pour chaque cellule suspecte, nous appliquons un CPT avec les vecteurs de test fautifs. Le résultat obtenu est une liste de suspects préliminaires. Chaque suspect peut être un noeud (G, S, D) de transistor. Par la suite, nous appliquons un CPT avec les vecteurs de test non-fautifs pour minimiser la liste de suspects. La méthode proposée donne la localisation précise du défaut pour une erreur observée. Par ailleurs, la méthode est indépendante du modèle de faute invoqué. / The rapid growth in semiconductor field results in an increasing complexity of digital circuits. The ability to identify the root cause of a failing digital circuit is becoming critical for defect localization. Logic diagnosis is the process of isolating the source of observed errors in a defective circuit, so that a physical failure analysis can be performed to determine the root cause of such errors. Effective and precise logic diagnosis is crucial to speed up the failure analysis and eventually to improve the yield.“Effect-Cause” and “Cause-Effect” are the two classical approaches for logic diagnosis. Logic diagnosis provides a list of gates as suspects. However, this approach may not leads to accurate results in the case of the defect is inside a gate.We propose a new intra-cell diagnosis method based on “Effect-Cause” approach to improve the defect localization accuracy at transistor level. The proposed approach exploits the CPT (Critical Path Tracing) applied at transistor level. For each suspected cell, we apply the CPT for every given failing test vector. The result is a preliminary list of candidates. Each candidate can be a net or a transistor drain, gate or source. After that, we apply the CPT for each passing test vector in order to narrow down the the list of candidates. The proposed method gives precise localization of the root cause of the observed errors. Moreover, it does not require the explicit use of a fault model.

Le cortex cingulaire antérieur (CCA) est une région préfrontale située au centre d’un réseau permettant l’échange d’informations cognitives, motrices, limbiques et viscérales, la plaçant ainsi comme un sujet incontournable dans l’étude de pathologies complexes telles que les troubles anxio-dépressifs. Afin de pouvoir aborder ces pathologies chez la souris, nous avons établi par traçage neuronal le connectome complet des différentes aires composant le CCA. Nous avons ainsi montré qu’une grande majorité des structures de ce connectome communique de manière réciproque avec cette région et que, selon les aires cingulaires, des spécificités de densité d'innervation et de topographie peuvent exister. Ceci suggère des fonctions partagées mais également des rôles plus spécifiques à chaque aire. A partir de ce connectome, nous avons ensuite montré, par une approche optogénétique associée à des tests comportementaux, que l'activation répétée de la projection de l’amygdale au CCA est susceptible d'induire des comportements de type anxio-dépressif chez des souris naïves. Ce travail met donc en évidence le rôle d'une partie du connectome du CCA dans l'établissement des troubles de l'humeur. / The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is a prefrontal region located at the center of a network allowing the sharing of cognitive, motor, limbic and visceral information, placing it as an interesting target for the study of complex pathologies like mood disorders. To investigate these diseases in mice, we provided the complete connectome of each ACC areas by a tract-tracing approach. We demonstrated that the majority of structures constituting this connectome are reciprocally connected with the ACC and that some density and topographical connection specificities were observed among cingulate areas. These results potentially suggest some shared functions between cingulate areas, also completed by specific roles inherent to each area. Using this connectome, we demonstrated that the repeated activation of the amygdala projection to the ACC was able to induce anxiodepressive-like behaviors in naïve mice, by using optogenetics combined with behavioral tests. This study highlights for the first time the implication of a portion of the ACC connectome in the establishment of mood disorders.

Chlamydia trachomatis infections are associated with a spectrum of clinical diseases including urethritis, prostatitis and epididymitis among men and cervicitis and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), with an increased risk of infertility and ectopic pregnancy (EP), among women. In the search for other pathogens causing urethritis, Mycoplasma genitalium was isolated from urethral specimens from two men with acute urethritis (1980). Mycoplasma bacteria are extremely difficult to isolate by culture, and clinical studies have been possible only after the advent of the first PCR-based detection method. M. genitalium has been found to be associated with lower genital tract infections in both men and women. Finding evidence for a connection between M. genitalium and upper genital tract infections in women is still of major importance. The aim in papers I and II was to develop a PCR method for genetic characterization of clinical C. trachomatis isolates by sequence analysis of the omp1 gene, and to study the distribution of genotypes within sexual networks and determine if genotyping would improve partner notification. The method was used to determine the genotypes of C. trachomatis in 237 positive urogenital and/or urine specimens from men and women attending the STDClinic in Örebro during one year. Sequence analysis of the omp1 gene revealed that the most prevalent genotypes corresponded to C. trachomatis serovar E (47%), followed by F (17%), and K (9%). There were 161 networks found and specimens were sequenced from at least two patients in 47 networks. In seven of these 47 networks there were discrepant genotypes. In the largest network comprising 26 individuals two different C. trachomatis genotypes were found, and one partner had urethritis due to a Mycoplasma genitalium infection but was C. trachomatis negative. The need for a new method for M. genitalium DNA detection was one reason for study III. An existing conventional PCR protocol for detection of M. genitalium DNA was further developed into a real-time PCR (RT-PCR) with hybridisation probes. In order to evaluate the RT-PCR assay with clinical material, specimens from 398 men and 301 women attending the STD Clinic in Örebro were analysed, using the RT-PCR assay, and also by the well established conventional PCR in Copenhagen. Using the conventional PCR method as “gold standard”, the sensitivity for the RT-PCR assay was 72.2% and 68.2% and the specificity was 99.7% and 98.6%, respectively, in urogenital specimens from men and women. The aim in paper IV was to adapt a Triton X-114 extracted Lipid-Associated Membrane Protein (LAMP) Enzyme Immuno Assays (EIA) method to detect antibodies against M. genitalium and to evaluate the association between M. genitalium and PID and EP, using sera sampled in Örebro during the 1980s, and also to compare the number of sera having M. genitalium antibodies against those having C. trachomatis antibodies, using a commercial anti- Chlamydia trachomatis EIA assay. No statistical significant association could be demonstrated between M. genitalium antibodies and PID or EP in our serum material. However, a slight trend toward association was found when focusing on younger individuals. Antibodies against C. trachomatis were found to be significantly associated with PID and EP.