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Radiation in low density hypervelocity flows
This thesis investigates the radiative heat transfer encountered in rarefied, hypervelocity flow conditions such as would be experienced during an aerocapture mission... -
Study of a nonlinear system with shocks under broadband excitation : applicat...
The steam generator is a heat exchanger and participates to the nuclear safety. Energy is transferred from the primary to the secondary fluid through many U-tubes... -
Approche sémantique basée sur les intentions pour la modélisation, la négocia...
This work adresses the service level agreements (SLA) life cycle in service- oriented architectures. This life cycle starts with a specification and a modeling phase... -
List Decoding and application to information security
This thesis studies some aspects of error-correcting codes and their applications to information security. We focused more specifically on the maximum-likelyhood and... -
Discrete Image Registration : a Hybrid Paradigm
This thesis is devoted to dense deformable image registration/fusion using discrete methods. The main contribution of the thesis is a principled registration framework... -
Bodily expertise on trial : telephony, physiology, epilepsy : body and techni...
This work focuses on three research projects in which technologies are worn on the body and produce information about it. At the crossroads of sociology of the body... -
BOILING ON A SINGLE NUCLEATION SITE : EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE BUBBLE GROWTH...
Boiling phenomenon, from an energetic point of view, presents a real stake in many fields. This thesis presents an experimental study of a single vapour bubble created... -
Design, realization and characterization of an optical modulator with a plasm...
Future optical modulators have to satisfy requirements that current electro-optical modulators fail to do, such as very low command voltage, small size and ability to... -
Experimental study of phase relationships in metasediments at high pressure a...
Experiments have been carried out on a metagreywacke and a petapelite in a large P-T range in order to study phase relationships of such rocks in the subducted... -
Eeffect oh a host ecology on its main parasitoid evolution
Each living organism is an active actor of a complex interaction web. Interactions between species imply selective pressures on their raits, driving their coevolution... -
Contribution to numerical and experimental studies of flutter in space turbin...
Modern turbomachines are designed towards thinner, lighter and highly loaded blades. This gives rise to increased sensitivity to flow induced vibrations such as... -
Effect of the relationship to knowledge on the choice of training and the pur...
Since about fifty years, the dynamics of orientation is in the center of the social, political and educational concerns. Numerous researchers conceptualized... -
From error analysis to a multilingual didactics
In today's world, we are more and more faced with a multilingual audience. In an academic background, teaching languages has to adapt to this evolution. From the... -
New venture strategy : the role of cognitif factors
We describe the cognitive factors at each stage of a new venture strategic decision making. Bias and heuristics are integrated in a comprehensive framework. 9 cases... -
Structure and Dynamics of Conducting Poly(aniline) based Compounds
This thesis concerns one full study of structural and dynamical properties ofone family of conducting compounds of “plastdoped” polyaniline. Various experimental... -
Multiphase modelling and interface capturing for numerical simulation of prop...
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Business Value of the CRM Approach : the Case of 5 Stars Hotels in Lebanon
Business Value of the CRM Approach – the Case of 5 Stars Hotels in Lebanon Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is an organizational-wide ongoing process. It... -
New approach of ionizing radiation dosimetry using the time correlated single...
The purpose of this study relies on a new approach of the ionizing radiation dosimetry through fluorescence measurement. We showed the existence of a correlation... -
Étude des courants et tensions d'arbre et de phases dans les grands alternateurs
To increase the profit of large generators, production management seeks to reduce maintenance costs. To achieve this, they are in need of surveillance facilities ever...
