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In Tunisia, oil extraction industry generates high amount of two by-products: an aqueous effluent (Olive Mill WasteWater) and a solid residue (Olive Mill Solid Waste)....

In order to model the blood flow through vessels, the Stokes equation with the nonconstant viscosity is considered in a thin tube structure, i.e., in a connected union...

Our visual-haptic system is requested as soon as our arms interact with our external environment. There is a coupling between visual and haptic modalities, so that the...

Despite their heterogeneity, African immigrants in France share common difficulties in terms of labor market and housing market access. As such, they may be studied as...

Many industrial applications require the deposition of metal thin films on polymer surfaces in order to confer electrical conductive function to these insulating...

Scientific and academic recognition of the benefits of regular physical activity (PA) in the prevention of overweight and obesity has made possible the development of...

The risk of exhaustion of fossil natural resources from which count of polymers are made, allowed the development of new polymer materials, renewable 100 % were called...

The direct functionalization of C-H bonds represents an atom- and step-economical alternative to more traditional synthetic methods based on functional group...

Dendritic cells, among them Langerhans cells, are recognized as presenters of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) to CD4 + T lymphocytes. The recruitment of Langerhans...

One of the major advantages of using biocatalysts in organic synthesis is that water constitutes the reaction medium. However, water becomes a serious problem when...

This dissertation examines the economic impacts of Civil Union (pacs) and marriage in France. It is divided into three chapters. Chapter 2 evaluates the effect of...

The Greenland ice sheet represents a potential sea level rise contribution of 7.3 meters. When drastic changes are recently observed, multi-centennal futur projections...

Cotutelle avec l'Università degli Studi di Firenze. Qui a délivré le titre de docteur, école doctorale Gestione Sostenibile delle Risorse Agrarie e Forestali.

Many thermodynamic changes occur in reservoir rock when oil is produced. These changes enable scale formation on micrometric rock pores that can block them and...

Background and purpose The validation of a treatment plan is based on the analysis of dose distributions. The dose distributions are calculated by algorithms implanted...

Le but de ce travail est de développer des outils pour la déterminalion des caractéristiques vibratoires des structures de Génie Civil. et leur application en vue...

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as filler are particularly interesting because they possess very high aspect ratio (length/diameter), typically up to 10,000. Hence, they can...

Pre-mRNA alternative splicing is a major mechanism of diversification of genetic information in evolued eukaryotes. The expression of about 70% of genes is regulated...

During the realization of the mechanism pieces, the manufacturer must respect the customer geometrical requirements. These requirements arise from functional needs of...

Nowadays, avatars and re-writings of the myth of the Grail take their inspiration from Literature because the first literary mention of the scheme appears at the end...