Cette recherche s’inscrit dans le cadre de l’évaluation des compétences langagières en français chez des adultes immigrants en vue de leur placement dans des cours de français. Elle porte sur la dimensionnalité, de même que sur la difficulté objective et subjective de tâches discrètes ou intégrées de compréhension écrite, à différents niveaux de maîtrise. Elle propose des analyses de l’estimation de la maîtrise linguistique en fonction de l’appartenance des candidats à des groupes linguistiques distincts. Pour mener à bien la recherche, un test de six textes et de 30 items a été créé. Il a été administré à 118 immigrants. Ces immigrants suivaient les cours de français proposés par le Ministère de l’immigration et des communautés culturelles du Québec (MICC) dans les écoles de langues de l’Université de Montréal et de l’Université du Québec à Montréal. Après administration, ce test a été soumis à des analyses portant sur la dimensionnalité et la difficulté des tâches discrètes et intégrées ainsi que sur les interactions entre ces tâches et les différents groupes de candidats. Des études plus précises ont été faites sur l’interaction entre le type de tâche, l’appartenance à un groupe linguistique pour des candidats et des items de niveau similaire. Enfin, des analyses ont permis d’étudier la perception de la difficulté des tâches par les candidats. L’étude, même si elle porte sur un test en rodage, permet de distinguer la dimensionnalité de tâches discrètes de celle de tâches intégrées. Elle permet également de constater les différences de fonctionnement entre ces deux types de tâches. Enfin, elle permet de comprendre l’interprétation de la difficulté par les candidats et, par ricochet, leur vision du test. In fine, des propositions sont formulées quant à l’opportunité d’utiliser des tâches discrètes et intégrées dans un test de positionnement adaptatif en français langue seconde. / This research has been conducted within the assessment procedure of the language competence of adult immigrants, for placement purposes in French courses. It relates to the dimensionality as well as the objective and subjective difficulty of discrete or integrated reading tasks at different proficiency levels. Analyses of linguistic proficiency estimates are proposed in relation with candidates’ linguistic groups. In order to conduct this study successfully, a 6-text and 30-item test has been constructed and administered to 118 immigrants. These immigrants were enrolled in French courses offered by the Ministry of Immigration and Cultural Communities (MICC) in language schools at the Université de Montreal and the Université du Québec à Montréal. After the administration, analyses have been made on the dimensionality and difficulty of the discrete and integrated tasks and on the interactions between the tasks and different groups of candidates. More detailed analyses have been made on candidates and items at similar levels. Finally, we were able to study the candidates’ perceptions of task difficulty. Although the study is based on a provisional test, the dimensionality of discrete and integrated tasks has been distinguished. Differences in the way the 2 types of task work have been shown. Finally, the candidates’ interpretation of difficulty and therefore, their view of the test, are better understood. In fine, proposals are made in regard with the proper use of discrete and integrated tasks in an adaptive placement test in second language.

Les pays occidentaux ont connu un accroissement des consultations des services d'urgence (SU). Les deux causes avancées sont la modification du comportement des usagers avec l'augmentation des demandes de soins « non-urgentes » (NU) et l'insuffisance de l'offre de soins dans le secteur libéral. L'objectif de cette thèse est d'analyser la hausse de la fréquentation des SU à travers la problématique des patients NU. Pour répondre aux questionnements, une analyse de la littérature internationale et une étude des comportements des usagers ont été réalisées.Le pourcentage de consultations NU se situerait autour de 30%. Les tendances résultent de l'hétérogénéité de la définition de la NU, qui se traduit par l'hétérogénéité des critères de tri et des méthodes de recueil. Le profil du consultant NU n'est pas celui attendu, tel qu'il est décrit classiquement dans les représentations collectives. L'usager est une personne rationnelle. La décision du recours est le fruit d'un arbitrage entre risques concurrents, par un individu acteur de sa propre existence, qui prend une décision individuelle dans un système de soins qu'il connaît et dont il identifie les limites. L'absence de définition consensuelle de ce qui constitue une « urgence », le manque d'outils de triage fiables pour la reconnaître et de consensus sur le rôle exact des SU, expliquent la difficulté à identifier le patient NU et conduit actuellement à l'incapacité de légitimer la réorientation des patients vers des structures de soins alternatives. Face à ce constat, faut-il poursuivre les actions visant à diminuer le nombre de consultations NU dans les SU ou, au contraire, les accepter et les gérer ? / Emergency Departments (ED) utilization has increased inducing ED overcrowding in many countries. The reasons for ED overcrowding are related partly to misuse of EDs on the part of patients who seek care for nonurgent (NU) problems, and inaccessibility to primary care services. Because the problem of NU ED visits is quite complex, the objective of this thesis was to conduct a critical review of the literature to better understand the conceptual and methodological questions of NU, and to explore why people with NU complaints choose to come to the EDs instead of their primary care provider. The proportion of NU ED visits would be around 30%. The review has highlighted the lack of reliability and reproducibility of methods of categorization. The profile of the consultant NU is not the expected one, as described usually in the collective social representations. The patient behaved as “rational person” when choosing to go to the ED. Among all health care resources available, the ED is the most suitable place and the most efficient provider for their medical needs. ED patients were willing to optimize their medical care by considering the most efficient health care resources. The lack of consensus on methods of categorization and criteria and the confusion between the concepts of NU and inappropriate ED visits explain the difficulty to identify the NU patient. Therefore none methods of categorization should be used to redirected patients outside the ED.

Doctor of Philosophy / Department of Mechanical Engineering / Steven J. Eckels / Byron W. Jones / Poor air quality in commercial aircraft cabins can be caused by volatile organophosphorus (OP) compounds emitted from the jet engine bleed air system during smoke/fume incidents. Tri-cresyl phosphate (TCP), a common anti-wear additive in turbine engine oils, is an important component in today’s global aircraft operations. However, exposure to TCP increases risks of certain adverse health effects. This research analyzed used aircraft cabin air filters for jet engine oil contaminants and designed a jet engine bleed air simulator (BAS) to replicate smoke/fume incidents caused by pyrolysis of jet engine oil. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) with X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and neutron activation analysis (NAA) were used for elemental analysis of filters, and gas chromatography interfaced with mass spectrometry (GC/MS) was used to analyze used filters to determine TCP isomers. The filter analysis study involved 110 used and 74 incident filters. Clean air filter samples exposed to different bleed air conditions simulating cabin air contamination incidents were also analyzed by FESEM/EDS, NAA, and GC/MS. Experiments were conducted on a BAS at various bleed air conditions typical of an operating jet engine so that the effects of temperature and pressure variations on jet engine oil aerosol formation could be determined. The GC/MS analysis of both used and incident filters characterized tri-m-cresyl phosphate (TmCP) and tri-p-cresyl phosphate (TpCP) by a base peak of an m/z = 368, with corresponding retention times of 21.9 and 23.4 minutes. The hydrocarbons in jet oil were characterized in the filters by a base peak pattern of an m/z = 85, 113. Using retention times and hydrocarbon thermal conductivity peak (TCP) pattern obtained from jet engine oil standards, five out of 110 used filters tested had oil markers. Meanwhile 22 out of 74 incident filters tested positive for oil fingerprints. Probit analysis of jet engine oil aerosols obtained from BAS tests by optical particle counter (OPC) revealed lognormal distributions with the mean (range) of geometric mass mean diameter (GMMD) = 0.41 (0.39, 0.45) [mu]m and geometric standard deviation (GSD), [sigma][subscript]g = 1.92 (1.87, 1.98). FESEM/EDS and NAA techniques found a wide range of elements on filters, and further investigations of used filters are recommended using these techniques. The protocols for air and filter sampling and GC/MS analysis used in this study will increase the options available for detecting jet engine oil on cabin air filters. Such criteria could support policy development for compliance with cabin air quality standards during incidents.

Les travaux proposés portent sur la caractérisation par rayons X des matériaux, en vue du tri de certains d'entre eux dans un flux de déchets. L'objectif final du tri est la valorisation de certains matériaux par le biais des circuits de recyclage. Deux méthodes d'analyse utilisant les rayons X sont décrites : la méthode par transmission bi-énergie et la fluorescence X. Ces deux méthodes sont abordées sous un angle théorique et expérimental. Le mémoire se compose de trois parties. La première partie présente le contexte général de l'étude, les différents scénarios de tri envisagés, les différentes méthodes existantes ainsi que les machines de tri industrielles déjà commercialisées. La seconde partie est consacrée à l'analyse par transmission X bi-énergie. Dans cette partie nous présentons tout d'abord le principe de la décomposition d'un matériau dans une base de deux autres matériaux. Ensuite nous utilisons un code de simulation analytique développé au laboratoire afin d'une part d'optimiser la géométrie du détecteur mais également de prévoir les performances de cette méthode en fonction des scénarios et des matériaux recherchés. Nous avons introduit un critère permettant de quantifier la performance d'un scénario donné. Cette méthode a permis de montrer que plusieurs scénarios de tri et en particulier celui du tri des retardateurs de flamme dans un flux de plastiques sont envisageables par cette méthode. Un prototype de machine industrielle a été construit par la société Bertin Technologies et installé dans les locaux de la société Pellenc ST pour réaliser des tests en conditions réelles de tri. Les résultats de simulation ont été comparés aux essais en conditions réelles. Cette partie se conclue avec une introduction aux méthodes multi-énergie. La troisième et dernière partie s'intéresse à la fluorescence X. L'objectif est de mettre au point une méthode permettant d'identifier la nature du matériau en tenant compte des contraintes industrielles (temps d'acquisition faible), c'est-à-dire lorsque le niveau de signal contenu dans le spectre de fluorescence est faible et bruité. Un banc expérimental a été mis au point au laboratoire et a permis de définir la limite de détection qui dépend du matériau analysé et du temps d'acquisition pour réaliser la mesure. Le second point développé dans cette partie est la mise au point d'une technique de simulation de fluorescence combinant le calcul analytique et le calcul par méthode Monte Carlo. L'avantage de cette technique est d'avoir une méthode de simulation plus rapide par rapport à un calcul qui serait réalisé entièrement par Monte Carlo. En conclusion, nous discutons de la complémentarité des informations issues de ces différentes techniques ainsi que leurs avantages et inconvénients. / The proposed work focuses on the characterization of materials by X-ray to sort some of them in a waste stream. The main aim is the valorization of certain of these materials through recycling loops. Two methods of analysis using X-rays are described : dual energy X-ray transmission and X-ray fluorescence. These two methods are discussed from a theoretical and experimental point of view. The memory consists of four parts. The first part presents the general context of the study, the different sorting scenarios considered, the existing methods and industrial sorting systems already in application. The second part is devoted to analysis by dual energy X-ray transmission. In this section we first present the principle of decomposition of a material in a basis of two other materials. Then we use the VXI simulation tool to optimize the geometry of the detector and to predict the performances of the method according to the scenarios and refined materials. This method showed that several sorting scenarios and particularly sorting of flame retardants in plastic flow are possible by this method. An industrial prototype was built by Bertin Technologies and installed in the premises of Pellenc ST to realize sorting tests under actual conditions. Then the results of simulation have been compared to these tests. This section concludes with an introduction of multi-energy methods. The third part deals with X-ray fluorescence. The aim is to develop a method to identify the nature of the material even if the signal contained in its fluorescence spectrum is low and noisy. A experimental bench was developed in the laboratory to define the limit of detection wich depends on the material analyzed and the acquisition time of the measurement. The second point developed in this part is the development of a simulation technique that combines fluorescence analytical calculation and Monte Carlo calculation. The advantage of this technique is to have a faster simulation method compared to a calculation that would be fully realized by Monte Carlo. In conclusion, we discuss the complementarity of information extracted from these different techniques and their respective advantages and drawbacks.

L’infertilité concerne 8 à 12% des couples en âge de procréer. Face à ce problème, des prises en charge médicales peuvent être proposées comme la fécondation in vitro (FIV) et l’injection intracytoplasmique de spermatozoïde (ICSI). Toutefois, le taux d’échec de ces techniques reste relativement élevé. Dans la première partie, l’impact des facteurs maternels et paternels sur les résultats de 194 cycles de FIV et 586 cycles d’ICSI a été étudié. L’âge maternel, le nombre d’ovocytes ponctionnés et matures influencent principalement les résultats. Ni l’âge paternel ni les paramètres spermatiques (numération et mobilité) ne s’associent significativement à l’échec des techniques d’assistance médicale à la procréation (AMP). Seule la morphologie du spermatozoïde injecté a une influence sur la fécondation en ICSI. En deuxième partie, l’apoptose, la fragmentation de l’ADN et le contenu chromosomique avant et après tri cellulaire à l’aide des microbilles magnétiques ont été étudiés chez des hommes avec un taux de fragmentation de l’ADN spermatique anormal et chez des hommes porteurs d’une anomalie chromosomique constitutionnelle. Une diminution significative des spermatozoïdes apoptotiques avec un ADN fragmenté et chromosomiquement déséquilibrés a été observée. Le tri cellulaire aboutissant à une sélection de spermatozoïdes de meilleure qualité pourrait s’avérer une méthode de référence pour l’AMP. Dans une troisième partie, un protocole fiable a été élaboré pour étudier le transcriptome des spermatozoïdes. La mise au point de ces technologies permettra de mieux comprendre les causes d’échec des techniques d’AMP et ainsi améliorer leur taux de réussite. / Infertility concerns 8-12% of couples of reproductive age. Various medical treatments such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) are available to address this problem. However the rate of failure of these procedures remains relatively high.In the first part of this work the impact of maternal and paternal factors on the results of 194 IVF cycles and 586 ICSI cycles was studied. Results are mainly affected by maternal age, the number of oocytes retrieved and the number of mature oocytes collected. Neither paternal age nor spermatic parameters (number and mobility) are significantly associated with the failure of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART). Only the morphology of the sperm injected during ICSI influences fertilization rate.In the second part of this work apoptosis, DNA fragmentation and the chromosomal content before and after cell sorting with magnetic micro beads were studied in men with an abnormal level of sperm DNA fragmentation and in men with a constitutional chromosome abnormality. A significant decrease of apoptic spermatozoa with fragmented DNA and chromosome imbalance was observed. Thus cell sorting leading to the selection of better quality spermatozoa could become a reference method for ART.In a third part of the work a reliable protocol for the study of spermatic transcriptomes is designed.The development of these technologies will lead to a better understanding of the underlying causes ofART failure and thus increase the success rate.

Le secteur du tri des déchets est en pleine expansion. De par la nature de leurs activités, les centres de tri des déchets sont une source d’émission de bioaérosols dont l’exposition peut entrainer diverses troubles sur la santé des travailleurs. La composition des bioaérosols dans les centres de tri est peu documentée. Dans ce contexte, les objectifs de la thèse étaient de caractériser et de déployer dans un centre de tri (pour un suivi d’un an) une méthode d’analyse de la biodiversité microbienne dans les bioaérosols par séquençage à haut débit. Les travaux ont permis de connaitre les avantages et les limites de plusieurs méthodes d’analyse de la biodiversité et de mettre en lumière la nécessité de standardiser un processus de mesure dans le cadre d’études de comparaison. Le suivi de la biodiversité microbienne dans les bioaérosols émis en centre de tri a permis de mettre en évidence la grande complexité et la variabilité des taxons bactériens et fongiques à différents postes de l’entreprise. L’analyse statistique a mis en évidence le caractère multifactoriel de la variation et de la composition des bioaérosols émis en environnement professionnel. La quantité importante de données a permis d’améliorer les connaissances sur la composition des bioaérosols émis en centre de tri des déchets et sur la stratégie de prélèvement à adopter pour une évaluation du risque biologique représentative de l’entreprise / The waste sorting activities is constantly increasing. Due to the nature of their activities, waste sorting plants are a source of bioaerosol emissions whose exposure can lead to various health problems for workers. The composition of bioaerosols in sorting centers is poorly documented. In this context, the aims of the thesis were to characterize and deploy in a sorting center (for a follow- up of one year) a method of analysis of microbial biodiversity in bioaerosols using high throughput sequencing. The work provided information about the advantages and the limits of several methods of analysis of the biodiversity and highlighted the need to standardize a process of measurements for comparative studies. The monitoring of microbial biodiversity in bioaerosols emitted in a sorting plant revealed the high complexity and the variability of bacterial and fungal taxa at different places in the company. Statistical analysis highlighted the multifactorial nature of the variation and composition of bioaerosols emitted in this occupational environment. The large amount of collected data improved the knowledge on the composition of bioaerosols emitted in the waste sorting plant and the sampling strategy to be conducted for a representative biological risk assessment in the company

Avaliaçõs educacionais, de distúrbios psicológicos e da aceitação de um produto no mercado são exemplos de estudos que buscam quantificar um construto de interesse através de questionários compostos por itens de múltipla escolha. A Teoria de Resposta ao Item (TRI) é muito utilizada na análise de dados provenientes da aplicação desses questionários. Há vários modelos da TRI já muito utilizados na prática com tal finalidade, tanto para respostas dicotômicas aos itens (certo/errado, presente/ausente, sim/não), quanto para itens com mais de duas categorias de resposta (nominais ou ordinais). No entanto, a grande maioria supôe que apenas um traço latente é necessário para explicar a probabilidade de resposta ao item (modelos unidimensionais). Como as situações práticas são usualmente caracterizadas por várias aptidões (traços latentes) influenciando a probabilidade de um indivíduo apresentar certa resposta ao item, os modelos multidimensionais são de grande importância. Neste trabalho, após um levantamento bibliográfico dos principais modelos multidimensionais da TRI existentes na literatura, realizou-se um estudo detalhado de um deles: o modelo logístico multidimensional de dois parâmetros. O método de estimação dos parâmetros dos itens por máxima verossimilhança marginal e dos traços latentes por máxima verossimilhança são explicitados assim como a estimação por métodos bayesianos. Todos os métodos foram implementados em R, comparados e aplicados a um conjunto de dados reais para avaliação do Inventário de Depressão de Beck (BDI) e do Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio (ENEM) / Educational evaluations, psychological testing and market surveys are examples of studies aiming to quantify an underlying construct of interest through multiple choice item tests. Item Response Theory (IRT) is a class of models used to analyse such data. There are several IRT models already being used in applied studies to such end, either for dichotomical answers (right/wrong, present/ absent, Yes/No) or for itens with nominal or ordinal answers. However, the large majority of those models make the assumption that only one latent trait is sufficient to explain the probability of a correct answer to an item (unidimensional models). Since many situations in practice are characterized by multiple aptitudes (latent traits) in uencing such probabilities, multidimensional models that take such traits into consideration gain great importance. In the present work, after a thorough review of the litterature regarding multidimensional IRT models, we studied in depth one model: the two parameter multidimensional logistic model for dichotomical items. The marginal maximum likelihood method used to estimate the item parameters and the maximum likelihood method used for the latent traits as well as bayesian methods for parameter estimation were studied, compared, implemented in the R software and then applied to a real dataset to infere depression using the Beck Depression Inventory(BDI)and the Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio (ENEM)

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-10T10:29:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Goiany Segismundo Roriz Junior.pdf: 1114293 bytes, checksum: 0f37795e1c29b7ef7d17a6489397ea36 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-03-15 / This thesis presents a method for assessing a company s maturity to implement Business to Business (B2B). The items under analysis are the inhibitors of Industrial Management, which trouble the B2B implementation. We have interviewed people in different posts in the companies so we could visualize the points of view of several positions in each single company as to obtain how strongly these elements inhibit a B2B implementation. Through the Item Response Theory the proposed method allows to evaluate how prepared the company is or is not to overcome Industrial Management difficulties and the maturity degree for a B2B e-Commerce implementation. The research also provides directions to help unravel the inhibiting elements against the B2B e-Commerce. Such directions allow companies to improve their processes, and, ultimately, reach higher maturity levels to implement B2B e- Commerce. The method has been applied in eight pharmaceutical industries affiliated to the Syndicate of Pharmaceutical Industries in the State of Goiás - Brazil (Sindicato das Indústrias farmacêuticas do Estado de Goiás), and has led to the conclusion that it is possible to assess the maturity degree of a company intended for the implementation of the B2B e-Commerce through the evaluation of the inhibiting elements of the Industrial Management. / A Dissertação apresenta uma forma de avaliar a maturidade da indústria em implantar o business to business (B2B) a partir dos itens inibidores da Gestão Industrial que dificultam a sua implantação. Foram entrevistados cargos da alta direção, gerentes de compras, gerentes de TI, gerentes de vendas, compradores e vendedores, visualizando o ponto de vista de vários cargos dentro de uma única indústria, obtendo, assim, a intensidade dos fatores da gestão industrial que inibem o (B2B). O método possibilita, através da Teoria da Resposta ao Item (TRI), avaliar o quanto a indústria está preparada ou não para superar essas dificuldades, obtendo assim, a maturidade da indústria para implantar o comércio eletrônico B2B. A pesquisa também fornece diretrizes para auxiliar na resolução dos fatores que inibem o emprego do comércio eletrônico B2B. Estas diretrizes possibilitam às Indústrias melhorarem seus processos e, conseqüentemente, alcançarem níveis mais elevados de maturidade para implantação do comércio eletrônico B2B. O método foi aplicado em oito indústrias do ramo farmacêutico, filiadas ao Sindicato das Indústrias Farmacêutica do Estado de Goiás, chegando-se à conclusão de que é possível avaliar a maturidade das indústrias para a implantação do comércio eletrônico B2B, a partir de avaliação interna relativa aos fatores inibidores da gestão industrial.

Les mégacaryocytes sont des cellules de la moelle osseuse, à l’origine de la production des plaquettes sanguines. Quand elles arrivent à maturité, elles grossissent et émettent des prolongements de cytoplasme à travers la paroi des vaisseaux irriguant la moelle. Dans la circulation sanguine, ces prolongements, soumis aux forces de l’écoulement, s’allongent et se rompent pour former des plaquettes. Des techniques microfluidiques capables de produire des plaquettes in vitro existent et sont une alternative prometteuse au don. Mais le rendement reste à améliorer. Pour cela, il est nécessaire de mieux comprendre la fragmentation des mégacaryocytes en plaquettes. Ce travail de doctorat s’inscrit dans ce contexte et sera développé en deux axes principaux dans ce manuscrit. Dans une première partie nous développons une méthode pour trier des cellules en fonction de leur déformabilité, afin de savoir si les propriétés mécaniques d’un mégacaryocyte sont liées à leur stade de maturité. La méthode a d’abord été mise au point avec des microcapsules. Leurs propriétés mécaniques sont déterminées par analyse inverse à partir de la mesure de leur forme en écoulement dans des constrictions droites. Puis le dispositif utilisé a été miniaturisé pour s’adapter à la taille des cellules. Pour la caractérisation de leurs propriétés mécaniques, deux outils ont été utilisés: l’analyse inverse et la microscopie à force atomique sans pointe. Une deuxième partie porte sur l’étude de l’élongation et de la rupture de mégacaryocytes soumis écoulement. Nous avons quantifié les variations spatiotemporelles du taux d’élongation et développé un protocole d’ablation laser pour étudier les mécanismes de rupture de cellules en élongation. / When they mature in the bone marrow, the precursors of platelets, called megakaryocytes, grow and extend protrusions able to join blood circulation. There these protrusions elongate and break into platelets. Microfluidic techniques for in vitro platelet production represent a promising alternative to donation. In order to enhance platelet production and match the needs of clinical applications such as transfusion, we need to better understand the fragmentation of megakaryocytes into platelets. Our contribution will be described in this manuscript in two main axes. First, in order to know if mechanical properties of megakaryocytes can indicate their maturity stage, we develop a cell sorting method based on deformability. The method is first validated with microcapsules. Their mechanical properties are determined by inverse analysis from their shape under flow in straight microchannels. Then the device is downscaled. The characterization of cell mechanical properties are performed using inverse analysis and tipless atomic force microscopy. Second, we study megakaryocyte elongation and rupture in a microfluidic device. We quantify the spatial and temporal variations of the elongation rate and develop a laser ablation protocol to trigger and study the rupture of elongating cells.

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo analisar os processos de inserção do terrorismo na agenda de segurança sul-americana. Ele se enquadra nas Resoluções nº 114/2014 e 115/2014 da Câmara de Pós-Graduação da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul e, portanto, é dividido em três partes. A PARTE I consiste em uma contextualização do objeto de pesquisa, composta por uma descrição geral do objetivo do trabalho, bem como a delimitação do objeto, marco teórico e marco temporal. A PARTE II apresenta o artigo em si, o qual analisa os processos de securitização do terrorismo no Norte Andino, a partir da associação entre os movimentos guerrilheiros colombianos e o narcotráfico com o terrorismo, e no Cone Sul, através das suspeitas de financiamento de grupos extremistas islâmicos decorrente de atividades ilícitas na região da tríplice fronteira entre Argentina, Brasil e Paraguai. O objetivo consiste em demonstrar as maneiras com as quais o terrorismo foi inserido na agenda regional de segurança e as influências dos atores externos e internos nestes processos. Para tanto, foram utilizadas técnicas de analise qualitativa, com base nas contribuições da Escola de Copenhague, no âmbito dos Estudos de Segurança Internacional, no exame de documentos oficiais e mídias locais dos países envolvidos. A PARTE III apresenta a descrição da agenda de pesquisa a ser seguida. / This paper aims to analyze the processes of the insertion of terrorism in the South American security agenda. It is in accordance with Resolutions 114/2014 and 115/2014 of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and is therefore divided into three parts. PART I consists in a contextualization of the object of research, composed by a general description of the paper’s objectives, as well as the delimitation of the object, theoretical framework, and timeframe. PART II presents the article itself, which analyzes the processes of securitization of terrorism in the Andean North, throughout the association between Colombian guerrilla movements and narcotrafficking with terrorism, and in the Southern Cone, through the suspicions of Islamic extremist groups financing due to illicit activities in the tri-border area between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. The main goal is to demonstrate the means through which terrorism was inserted in the regional security agenda and the influences of external and internal actors in these processes. In order to do so techniques of qualitative analysis were used, based on the contributions of the Copenhagen School, under the scope of International Security Studies, in the examination of official documents and local medias. PART III presents the description of the research agenda to be followed.