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2. Why do we guess better in negative feedback situations ? An experiment on beauty contest games with negative feedback
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Sutan, Angela, Willinger, Marc, Université de Tunis - El Manar [Tunis], Burgundy School of Business, Laboratoire Montpelliérain d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée (LAMETA), Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Université Montpellier 1 (UM1), and Université de Tunis
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cognition ,stratégie ,EQUILIBRE INTERIEUR ,concours ,JEU ,INTUITION ,RETROACTION NEGATIVE ,raisonnement ,information ,[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences - Abstract
International audience; We here introduce a beauty contest game with negative feedback and interior equilibrium in a multi-period experiment. This game is isomorphic to classical BCG but fit economic situations such as crop production or professional investment better. The game is still being analysed from the eductive point of view and with respect to the attempt to establish a typology of players according to their depths of reasoning. Our main contribution to the understanding of this game is the formalization of the process by which the information is processed. Using the Shannon entropy criterion, we evaluated information and made a link between the Sperber analysis of reflective and intuitive beliefs and numerical psychological research (Dehaene, 1993). Information that players take into account in their choices is denoted useful information. As this depends on the exploitation of the strategy interval, it will be higher in BCG- than in BCG+ in the first iterations, because strategies are numbers that are naturally scanned several times. As argued by Sperber (1997), there is a point in the reasoning process starting from which reflective beliefs become intuitive. In order to determine the exact location of the specific point from which players in the BCG- can jump to the REE, we assume that sophisticated reasoning is costly. Therefore, an agent stops calculating at step k which is obtained by the intersection between his marginal cost function and his marginal benefit (information) function. However, there are individuals who are not able to reach that point, because their cognitive constraint is saturated beforehand. There are also individuals for whom the cognitive constraint is saturated for a value higher that k, but who stop at step k because, given the structure of the population, they can win the game at a smaller cost. Therefore, a guess in this game corresponds to the solution of the system comprising these two constraints. For our experiments, we found a depth of reasoning smaller than 3, which can, however, be optimal. Results show that the k-step thinking with k
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3. Incentives for sustainability: the common property resource case with market shares
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Roussel, Sébastien, Université Strasbourg 1, ., Institut de Hautes Etudes Internationales et du Développement, ., Université de Tunis el Manar, ., Laboratoire Montpelliérain d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée (LAMETA), Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Université Montpellier 1 (UM1), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA), Institut de Hautes Etudes Internationales et du Développement (IHEID), Université de Tunis, and ProdInra, Migration
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[SHS] Humanities and Social Sciences ,PROPRIETE COMMUNE ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences - Abstract
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- 2005
4. The law of growth and attraction: an endogenous model of absorptive capacities, FDI and income for MENA countries
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Alaya MAROUANE (Université de Tunis), Dalila NICET-CHENAF (GREThA-GRES), and Eric ROUGIER (GREThA-GRES)
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FDI, Human capital, Growth, simultaneous equations, MENA ,jel:F1 ,jel:O11 - Abstract
In this paper, we build a structural model of growth and we estimate it on panel data. We go further than the previous studies of Bende et al. (2000, 2003) or Li & Liu (2005), because we not only control for the endogenity of FDI towards growth, but we also control for the endogenity of FDI towards the other variables (trade openness, domestic investment, human development) that are likely to increase the effects of foreign investments on growth through the absorption capacities building. We show that this model brings in new and interesting results about the interactions between attraction, FDI and growth in MENA countries (Middle East and North Africa countries).
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- 2008
5. Sectoral patterns of innovation in a developing country: The Tunisian case
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Murat Yildizoglu (GREThA), Mohamed AYADI (UAQUAP, Université de Tunis), Mohieddine RAHMOUNI (UAQUAP et GREThA), Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée (GREThA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bordeaux (UB), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Merlette, Anne-Laure, and Robert, Sandrine
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jel:O30 ,jel:O12 ,[SHS.ECO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance ,[SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Industry dynamics ,Innovation systems ,Development economics ,Sectoral systems of innovation - Abstract
We analyze in this article main determinants of technology dynamics in Tunisian manufacturing sectors. The data from the industrial survey provided by Ministry of Scientific Research, Technology and Competency Development (MSRTCD) for the period 2002-2004 is explored using regression trees and Probit models in order to discover main factors that favor the innovative capacity of Tunisian firms. Our results show that we must distinguish process and product innovations because they are driven by different mechanisms. Moreover, we observe that sectoral heterogeneity should not be neglected and we study more in detail fours sectors that are particularly well represented in our sample. This analysis allows us to suggest some differentiated policy indications for fostering innovative capacity in these sectors.
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- 2007
6. The effect of scattering calculations on non-LTE modelling of the C3O and C5O abundances in TMC-1
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C T Bop, F Khadri, K Hammami, Institut de Physique de Rennes (IPR), Université de Rennes (UR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Atomique, Moléculaire et Applications (LSAMA), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Faculté des Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles de Tunis (FST), and Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)
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[PHYS]Physics [physics] ,ISM: molecules -molecular data -scattering ,Space and Planetary Science ,Astronomy and Astrophysics - Abstract
Tricarbon and pentacarbon monoxides have been detected towards the Taurus Molecular Cloud (TMC-1) with relatively important abundances. Understanding the chemical formation of these molecules requires interpreting their observational spectra by mean of non-local thermodynamical equilibrium modelling. For this purpose, we report rate coefficients of C3O and C5O induced by collision with He for temperatures up to 100 K. These data are obtained by calculating inelastic cross sections for the 31 low-lying rotational levels of C3O and C5O using the close-coupling approach. The comparison of the new rate coefficients with those of HC3N and HC5N, previously used to interpret the observational spectra of C3O and C5O, reveals differences of up to an order of magnitude. The effect of the new collisional rate coefficients in radiative transfer calculations is checked by computing the excitation temperatures for some transitions and simulating the C3O and C5O column densities observed towards TMC-1. Our findings suggest that the use of HCnN as template for CnO may lead to local thermodynamic equilibrium conditions for gas densities as low as ∼103 cm−3. Regarding the interpretation of the observational spectra, using radiative transfer modelling based on the actual CnO collisional rate coefficients instead of rotational diagram analysis leads to underestimate the column densities reported in the literature by up to 25 per cent and accordingly the C3O/ C5O abundance ratio by up to 50 per cent. We expect that the new rate coefficients and the radiative transfer calculations presented in this work will encourage further modellings of the CnO abundance and accordingly constrain the chemistry.
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- 2022
7. A distributed and incremental algorithm for large-scale graph clustering
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Wissem Inoubli, Sabeur Aridhi, Haithem Mezni, Mondher Maddouri, Engelbert Mephu Nguifo, Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Computational Algorithms for Protein Structures and Interactions (CAPSID), Inria Nancy - Grand Est, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Department of Complex Systems, Artificial Intelligence & Robotics (LORIA - AIS), Laboratoire Lorrain de Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications (LORIA), Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Laboratoire Lorrain de Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications (LORIA), Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Strategies for Modelling and ARtificial inTelligence Laboratory (SMART-LAB), Université de Tunis, University of Jeddah, Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Modélisation et d'Optimisation des Systèmes (LIMOS), Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de St Etienne (ENSM ST-ETIENNE)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), This work was partially supported by the CNRS-INRIA/FAPs project 'TempoGraphs' (PRC2243)., Tallinn University, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Jendouba (UJ), Taibah University, Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de St Etienne (ENSM ST-ETIENNE)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)-Institut national polytechnique Clermont Auvergne (INP Clermont Auvergne), Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), and Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de St Etienne-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Big Data ,[INFO.INFO-DB]Computer Science [cs]/Databases [cs.DB] ,Community detection ,Computer Networks and Communications ,Graph processing ,Outliers detection ,Graph processing Structural graph clustering Big Graph Analysis Community detection Outliers detection hubs detection ,hubs detection ,Distributed computing ,[INFO.INFO-AI]Computer Science [cs]/Artificial Intelligence [cs.AI] ,[INFO.INFO-LG]Computer Science [cs]/Machine Learning [cs.LG] ,Structural graph clustering ,Graph clustering ,Big graph ,Hardware and Architecture ,Distributed graph clustering ,[INFO.INFO-BI]Computer Science [cs]/Bioinformatics [q-bio.QM] ,[INFO.INFO-DC]Computer Science [cs]/Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing [cs.DC] ,SCAN ,Software ,Big Graph Analysis - Abstract
International audience; Graph clustering is one of the key techniques to understand structures that are presented in networks. In addition to clusters, bridges and outliers detection is also a critical task as it plays an important role in the analysis of networks. Recently, several graph clustering methods are developed and used in multiple application domains such as biological network analysis, recommendation systems and community detection. Most of these algorithms are based on the structural clustering algorithm. Yet, this kind of algorithm is based on the structural similarity. This latter requires to parse all graph’ edges in order to compute the structural similarity. However, the height needs of similarity computing make this algorithm more adequate for small graphs, without significant support to deal with large-scale networks. In this paper, we propose a novel distributed graph clustering algorithm based on structural graph clustering. The experimental results show the efficiency in terms of running time of the proposed algorithm in large networks compared to existing structural graph clustering methods.
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- 2022
8. Assessment of an accidental hydrogen leak from a vehicle tank in a confined space
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Yassine Hajji, Mourad Bouteraa, Philippe Bournot, Mohamed Bououdina, Laboratoire d’Énergétique et des Transferts Thermiques et Massiques [Tunis] (LETTM), Faculté des Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles de Tunis (FST), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Laboratoire d'Etude des Microstructures et de Mécanique des Matériaux (LEM3), Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies, HESAM Université - Communauté d'universités et d'établissements Hautes écoles Sorbonne Arts et métiers université (HESAM)-HESAM Université - Communauté d'universités et d'établissements Hautes écoles Sorbonne Arts et métiers université (HESAM), Institut universitaire des systèmes thermiques industriels (IUSTI), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Prince Sultan university (saudi Arabia), Riyadh
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Fuel Technology ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,Energy Engineering and Power Technology ,[PHYS.MECA.MEFL]Physics [physics]/Mechanics [physics]/Fluid mechanics [physics.class-ph] ,Condensed Matter Physics - Abstract
International audience; This study aims to characterize some safety aspects by examining the geometries of the infrastructure, currently used by societies, against the accumulation of hazardous hydrogen clouds during an accidental leak in areas with limited ventilation. Using ANSYS FLUENT as a modeling tool, the influence of garage roof shape; pyramidal and domed roof compared with the basic model (flat roof), for different leak times, on dispersion and stratification of hydrogen layers, is analyzed. As a result, the domed roof promotes to have a lower hydrogen concentration and presents two remarkable peaks of the Richardson number (Ri) with the highest value more than 2 × 105, which is three times higher than the flat roof. Besides, the influence of the leak time on the dynamic of the flow, concentration, and stratification process are observed: the mole fraction of hydrogen is more than 0.25 after 1 h of leak, whereas it is lower than 0.05 after 100 s. The volume flow and therefore the flammable volume increase. This study highlights the importance of geometrical and sizing parameters on the characteristics of hydrogen leaks and subsequently gives insights to establish performance standards for the availability and reliability of safety critical systems.
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- 2022
9. L^p Carleman estimates for elliptic boundary value problems and applications to the quantification of unique continuation *
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Dehman, Belhassen, Ervedoza, Sylvain, Thabouti, Lotfi, Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, 2092 El Manar & Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis, ENIT-LAMSIN, B.P. 37, 1002 Tunis, Tunisia., Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse UMR5219 (IMT), Université Toulouse Capitole (UT Capitole), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux, UMR 5251, Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, F-33400 Talence, France & Faculté des sciences de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, 2092 El Manar, Tunisia, and PHC Utique 46359ZJ, code CMCU: 21G1502
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Carleman estimates boundary value problem elliptic equations Fourier restriction theorems ,boundary value problem ,elliptic equations ,Fourier restriction theorems ,[MATH]Mathematics [math] ,Carleman estimates - Abstract
The aim of this work is to prove global L p Carleman estimates for the Laplace operator in dimension d 3. Our strategy relies on precise Carleman estimates in strips, and a suitable gluing of local and boundary estimates obtained through a change of variables. The delicate point and most of the work thus consists in proving Carleman estimates in the strip with a linear weight function for a second order operator with coefficients depending linearly on the normal variable. This is done by constructing an explicit parametrix for the conjugated operator, which is estimated through the use of Stein Tomas restriction theorems. As an application, we deduce quantified versions of the unique continuation property for solutions of ∆u = V u+W1•∇u+div (W2u) in terms of the norms of V in L q 0 (Ω), of W1 in L q 1 (Ω) and of W2 in L q 2 (Ω) for q0 ∈ (d/2, ∞] and q1 and q2 satisfying either q1, q2 > (3d − 2)/2 and 1/q1 + 1/q2 < 4(1 − 1/d)/(3d − 2), or q1, q2 > 3d/2.
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- 2023
10. Aspergillus flavus genetic structure at a turkey farm
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Ghaya Cherif, Ines Hadrich, Myriam Harrabi, Aicha Kallel, Nejla Fakhfekh, Mariem Messaoud, Hajer Ben Abdallah, Ons Azeiz, Kalthoum Kallel, Stéphane Ranque, Hôpital La Rabta [Tunis], Université de Monastir - University of Monastir (UM), Laboratoire de Bioinformatique, biomathématiques, biostatistiques (BIMS) (LR11IPT09), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Vecteurs - Infections tropicales et méditerranéennes (VITROME), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées [Brétigny-sur-Orge] (IRBA), and Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection (IHU Marseille)
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General Veterinary ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] - Abstract
The ubiquitous environmental fungus Aspergillus flavus is also a life-threatening avian pathogen.This study aimed to assess the genetic diversity and population structure of A. flavus isolated from turkey lung biopsy or environmental samples collected in a poultry farm.A. flavus isolates were identified using both morphological and ITS sequence features. Multilocus microsatellite genotyping was performed by using a panel of six microsatellite markers. Population genetic indices were computed using FSTAT and STRUCTURE. A minimum-spanning tree (MST) and UPGMA dendrogram were drawn using BioNumerics and NTSYS-PC, respectively.The 63 environmental (air, surfaces, eggshells and food) A. flavus isolates clustered in 36 genotypes (genotypic diversity = 0.57), and the 19 turkey lung biopsies isolates clustered in 17 genotypes (genotypic diversity = 0.89). The genetic structure of environmental and avian A. flavus populations were clearly differentiated, according to both F-statistics and Bayesian model-based analysis' results. The Bayesian approach indicated gene flow between both A. flavus populations. The MST illustrated the genetic structure of this A. flavus population split in nine clusters, including six singletons.Our results highlight the distinct genetic structure of environmental and avian A. flavus populations, indicative of a genome-based adaptation of isolates involved in avian aspergillosis.
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- 2023
11. IP Impairment Models for Performance Evaluation of Wireless Systems in Railway Environments
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Berbineau, Marion, Clavier, Laurent, Sabra, Ali, Kharbech, Sofiane, Torrego, Raul, Soler, José, Vizzarri, Alessandro, García-Loygorri, Juan Moreno, Laboratoire Électronique Ondes et Signaux pour les Transports (COSYS-LEOST ), Université Gustave Eiffel, Institut de Recherche sur les Composants logiciels et matériels pour l'Information et la Communication Avancé - USR 3380 (IRCICA), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ecole nationale supérieure Mines-Télécom Lille Douai (IMT Nord Europe), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT), Circuits Systèmes Applications des Micro-ondes - IEMN (CSAM - IEMN ), Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 (IEMN), Centrale Lille-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF)-JUNIA (JUNIA), Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Centrale Lille-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF)-JUNIA (JUNIA), Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Université catholique de Lille (UCL), Laboratoire des Systèmes de Communications [Tunis] (LR-Sys’Com-ENIT), Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis (ENIT), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), IK4 - IKERLAN [Mondragón], Danmarks Tekniske Universitet = Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Guglielmo Marconi University [Roma], European Union in the Framework of H2020 Emulradio4Rail Project through the Shift2Rail JU (Grant Number: 826152)The authors would like to thank Keysight warmly for allowing them to realize the tests with the powerful PROPSIM equipment and also would like to thank Nathalie Rolland and Rédha Kassi for their help in the final integration of the platform at IRCICA (Research Institute on Software and Hardware Devices for Information and Advanced Communication, a Service and Research Unit (USR-3380) associated with CNRS and the University of Lille)., PCMP SigmaCom, and European Project: 826152,H2020,H2020-S2RJU-OC-2018,EMULRADIO4RAIL(2018)
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LTE ,open air interface ,[INFO.INFO-NI]Computer Science [cs]/Networking and Internet Architecture [cs.NI] ,tapped-delay-line models ,railway communications ,channel emulator ,IP metrics - Abstract
International audience; Validation measurements for the Future Railway Communication System in railway environments is a very challenging task and should be reduced to a minimum for cost and time efficiency. “Zero-on-site testing” consists of using simulation/emulation tools and testing procedures to allow validation and verification activities in the laboratory to avoid complex and expensive trials with trains on real-world sites. A solution to test a communication network in a laboratory under realistic conditions consists of injecting perturbations at the IP level (such as additional delay, packet losses, or jitters). It is essential to correlate the IP impairments with the radio environment, their effects on end-to-end transmission, and how the network and its elements react. To do so, IP impairments (or the conditions that lead to them) should be generated in such a way that allows assessing their impact on the performance of transmissions. This paper presents the results of an experimental research based on an original emulation platform (Emulradio4Rail platform), able to emulate and test wireless systems taking into account both physical layer as well as IP traffic in realistic railway environments. Different types of IP traffics are injected at the application layer and go through the platform. The work aimed at extracting various statistical distributions of classical IP metrics (delay, packet loss, jitter, throughput) versus time, as a function of radio channel conditions for Wi-Fi and LTE transmissions in typical railway environments. Then, the modeled IP impairments statistical distributions can be considered at the IP level to test very easily wireless system modems. The results and methodology can be considered for the evaluation of the Future Railway Mobile Communication System modems.
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- 2023
12. Operating diagrams for a three-tiered microbial food web in the chemostat
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Sarra Nouaoura, Radhouane Fekih-Salem, Nahla Abdellatif, Tewfik Sari, Laboratoire de Modélisation Mathématique et Numérique dans les Sciences de l'Ingénieur [Tunis] (LR-LAMSIN-ENIT), Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis (ENIT), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Information – Technologies – Analyse Environnementale – Procédés Agricoles (UMR ITAP), Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), and Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)
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Food Chain ,Phenols ,Applied Mathematics ,Modeling and Simulation ,[MATH.MATH-DS]Mathematics [math]/Dynamical Systems [math.DS] ,Models, Biological ,Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) ,Chlorophenols ,Hydrogen - Abstract
In this paper, we consider a three-tiered food web model in a chemostat, including chlorophenol, phenol, and hydrogen substrates and their degraders. The model takes into account the three substrate inflowing concentrations, as well as maintenance, that is, decay terms of the species. The operating diagrams give the asymptotic behavior of the model with respect to the four operating parameters, which are the dilution rate and the three inflowing concentrations of the substrates. These diagrams were obtained only numerically in the existing literature. Using the mathematical analysis of this model obtained in our previous studies, we construct the operating diagrams, by plotting the curves that separate their various regions. Hence, the regions of the operating diagrams are constructed analytically and there is no requirement for time-consuming algorithms to generate the plots, as in the numerical method. Moreover, our method reveals behaviors that have not been detected in the previous numerical studies. The growth functions are of Monod form with the inclusion of a product inhibition term. However, our method applies for a large class of growth functions. We construct operating diagrams with and without maintenance showing the role of maintenance on the stability of the system.
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- 2022
13. Maker movement contribution to fighting COVID‐19 pandemic: insights from Tunisian FabLabs
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Helmi Ben Rejeb, Wyssal Abbassi, Wafa Belkahla, Aida Harmel, Laboratoire de Materiaux, d'optimisation et d'energie pour la durabilité (LAMOED), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis (ENIT), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), National Engineering School of Tunis = Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis [University of Tunis El Manar] (ENIT), University of Tunis El Manar, Conception Produit Process (G-SCOP_CPP ), Laboratoire des sciences pour la conception, l'optimisation et la production (G-SCOP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), and Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
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[SPI.OTHER]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Other ,Civil society ,Strategy and Management ,Collaborative model ,Participant observation ,Order (exchange) ,Management of Technology and Innovation ,Political science ,Special Issue Paper ,0502 economics and business ,Business and International Management ,Empirical evidence ,Research question ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Open innovation ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,1. No poverty ,Public relations ,Private sector ,General Business, Management and Accounting ,3. Good health ,[SHS.GESTION]Humanities and Social Sciences/Business administration ,050211 marketing ,business ,050203 business & management - Abstract
COVID‐19 is an unexpected and brutal pandemic that requires new innovation models to overcome the constraints of this crisis and address its multiple challenges. Open innovation does not replace a traditional closed R&D model; but in the current crisis situation, it can support an ecosystem stakeholders’ effort by leveraging several collaborations. Based on the Tunisian experience, this study illustrates how a crisis can spontaneously create these collaborations between the maker’s community, the users (public healthcare professionals) and key stakeholders (universities, civil society and the private sector among others). To investigate this research question, we adopted a qualitative approach based on a single embedded case study and collected data through participant observation technique. The case study describes a process of crisis‐driven innovation based on 3D printing technologies in order to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) to healthcare professionals. It highlights two distinct phases describing the evolution from a local collaborative model to the creation of a national ecosystem able to design, manufacture and address the growing need of the public healthcare system. Our findings show with empirical evidence the crucial roles played by the makers’ community, FabLabs and engineers in the fight against the COVID‐19 pandemic. This study draws lessons on how a large health crisis can trigger national crisis‐driven innovation (CDI) initiatives, which helped structure the makers’ network and promote collaboration towards a common national goal. A collaborative framework for CDI initiated by the Tunisian makers’ community is proposed in this study and could be adopted in similar crisis contexts, in Global South and North settings.
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- 2021
14. Whole genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of six SARS-CoV-2 strains isolated during COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia, North Africa
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Aurélia Kwasiborski, Dorra Rezig, Zina Meddeb, Nissaf Ben Alaya, Wasfi Fares, Henda Touzi, Meriam Gdoura, Véronique Hourdel, Anissa Chouikha, Amel Sadraoui, Walid Hammami, S. Boubaker, Nahed Hogga, Guillain Mikaty, Imen Ben Dhifallah, Jean Claude Manuguerra, Kais Ghedira, Imen Abouda, Henda Triki, Valérie Caro, Laboratoire de Virologie Clinique, Référence Régional OMS pour la Poliomyélite et la Rougeole - Laboratory of Clinical Virology, WHO Regional Reference Laboratory on Poliomyelitis and Measles, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Organisation Mondiale de la Santé / World Health Organization Office (OMS / WHO), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Laboratoire de Bioinformatique, biomathématiques, biostatistiques (BIMS) (LR11IPT09), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Cellule d'Intervention Biologique d'Urgence (Centre National de Référence) - Laboratory for Urgent Response to Biological Threats (National Reference Center) (CIBU), Environnement et Risques infectieux - Environment and Infectious Risks (ERI), Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP), Ministère de la santé Publique [Tunisie], and This work was supported by the Tunisian Ministry of High Education and Research and the MediLabSecure Project, founded by the European Commission (DEVCO: IFS/2018/402–247).
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0301 basic medicine ,MESH: Pandemics ,Tunisia ,Genotype ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Genome, Viral ,Biology ,QH426-470 ,Genome ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Phylogenetics ,Genetics ,MESH: COVID-19 ,Humans ,MESH: SARS-CoV-2 ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Genetic variability ,MESH: Phylogeny ,Pandemics ,Phylogeny ,Whole genome sequencing ,MESH: Humans ,Molecular epidemiology ,Phylogenetic tree ,SARS-CoV-2 ,COVID-19 ,Outbreak ,030104 developmental biology ,MESH: Genome, Viral ,MESH: Tunisia ,MESH: Whole Genome Sequencing ,TP248.13-248.65 ,Research Article ,SNPs ,Biotechnology - Abstract
Background In Tunisia a first SARS-CoV-2 confirmed case was reported in March 03, 2020. Since then, an increase of cases number was observed from either imported or local cases. The aim of this preliminary study was to better understand the molecular epidemiology and genetic variability of SARS-CoV-2 viruses circulating in Tunisia and worldwide. Methods Whole genome sequencing was performed using NGS approach on six SARS. CoV-2 highly positive samples detected during the early phase of the outbreak. Results Full genomes sequences of six Tunisian SARS-CoV-2 strains were obtained from imported and locally transmission cases during the COVID-19 outbreak. Reported sequences were non-identical with 0.1% nucleotide divergence rate and clustered into 6 different clades with worldwide sequences. SNPs results favor the distribution of the reported Tunisian sequences into 3 major genotypes. These SNP mutations are critical for diagnosis and vaccine development. Conclusions These results indicate multiple introductions of the virus in Tunisia and add new genomic data on SARS-CoV-2 at the international level.
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15. Fading regularization FEM algorithms for the Cauchy problem associated with the two‐dimensional biharmonic equation
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Franck Delvare, Saber Amdouni, Mohamed Aziz Boukraa, Laboratoire de Mathématiques Blaise Pascal (LMBP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), Laboratoire de Mathématiques Nicolas Oresme (LMNO), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Modélisation Mathématique et Numérique dans les Sciences de l'Ingénieur [Tunis] (LR-LAMSIN-ENIT), Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis (ENIT), and Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)
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General Mathematics ,General Engineering ,[MATH]Mathematics [math] - Abstract
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16. Liquid Crystal Films as Active Substrates for Nanoparticle Control
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Habib Ayeb, Randall D. Kamien, Dominique Demaille, Viviana Palacio-Betancur, Emmanuelle Lacaze, Ines Gharbi, Juan J. de Pablo, Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique de la Matiere Molle et de la Modélisation Electromagnétique [Tunis] (LP3ME), Faculté des Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles de Tunis (FST), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory [Lemont] (ANL), and University of Pennsylvania [Philadelphia]
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Materials science ,Scanning electron microscope ,Nanoparticle ,nanoparticle control ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,Optical microscope ,Liquid crystal ,law ,Electric field ,Spectrophotometry ,Monolayer ,medicine ,spectrophotometry ,Molecule ,General Materials Science ,liquid crystal ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,plasmon extinction ,[CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,0104 chemical sciences ,Chemical physics ,SEM ,AFM ,0210 nano-technology ,gold nanoparticle - Abstract
International audience; Organizing nanoparticles in a controlled way allows us to monitor their optical properties. It is particularly interesting to organize them on top of liquid crystal films to take advantage, in a second step, of the easy actuation of liquid crystals with external parameters such as temperature, electric fields, and so forth. We show that despite their fluidity, nematic and smectic films allow the formation of well-ordered hexagonal domains of gold spherical nanoparticles (AuNPs) at their surface, but we also show that both nematic films and AuNP domains impact each other. Using optical microscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and spectrophotometry, we compare nematic, polymer-stabilized nematic, and smectic films with AuNP domains made of NPs of diameter 6 nm. On the liquid crystal films, depressions are revealed below the AuNP domains, whereas the AuNP domains appear well-organized but with a hexagonal period shortened with respect to AuNP monolayers formed on hard substrates. We interpret these features by the anchoring tilt imposed by the AuNP domains on the liquid crystal molecules. The smectic-A layers characteristic of the nematic surface transform into smectic-C layers, which induce the formation of depression. The energy penalty associated with the local smectic-A/smectic-C transition induces the shortening of the AuNP domain period in order to decrease the AuNP domain surface. The observed large depth of the polymer-stabilized nematic depressions below AuNP domains may be explained either by an increased size of the polymer-stabilized smectic layers close to the surface or by an increased number of polymer-stabilized smectic liquid crystal smectic layers close to the surface with respect to pure nematic films.
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17. Experimental-based mechanobiological modeling of the anabolic and catabolic effects of breast cancer on bone remodeling
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Imane Ait Oumghar, Abdelwahed Barkaoui, Patrick Chabrand, Abdellatif El Ghazi, Charlotte Jeanneau, Daphne Guenoun, Peter Pivonka, Institut des Sciences du Mouvement Etienne Jules Marey (ISM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Internationale de Rabat (UIR), Laboratoire de Mécanique Appliquée et Ingénierie [Tunis] (LR-MAI-ENIT), Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis (ENIT), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Laboratoire des Energies Renouvelables et Matériaux Avancés (LERMA), and Queensland University of Technology [Brisbane] (QUT)
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Mechanical Engineering ,Biophysics ,[SDV.NEU.SC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]/Cognitive Sciences ,Breast Neoplasms ,Bone volume fraction ,Bone and Bones ,Breast cancer ,Modeling and Simulation ,Humans ,Mathematical modeling ,[SDV.IB]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Bioengineering ,Female ,Bone Remodeling ,Bone ,Biotechnology - Abstract
Bone is a biological tissue characterized by its hierarchical organization. This material has the ability to be continually renewed, which makes it highly adaptative to external loadings. Bone renewing is managed by a dynamic biological process called bone remodeling (BR), where continuous resorption of old bone and formation of new bone permits to change the bone composition and microstructure. Unfortunately, because of several factors, such as age, hormonal imbalance, and a variety of pathologies including cancer metastases, this process can be disturbed leading to various bone diseases. In this study, we have investigated the effect of breast cancer (BC) metastases causing osteolytic bone loss. BC has the ability to affect bone quantity in different ways in each of its primary and secondary stages. Based on a BR mathematical model, we modeled the BC cells' interaction with bone cells to assess their effect on bone volume fraction (BV/TV) evolution during the remodeling process. Some of the parameters used in our model have been determined experimentally using the enzyme-linked immune-sorbent assay (ELISA) and the MTT assay. Our numerical simulations show that primary BC plays a significant role in enhancing bone-forming cells' activity leading to a 6.22% increase in BV/TV over 1 year. On the other hand, secondary BC causes a noticeable decrease in BV/TV reaching 15.74% over 2 years.
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18. Bicomplex numbers as a normal complexified f-algebra
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Gargoubi, Hichem, Kossentini, Sayed, Université de Tunis, Université de Tunis - El Manar II, Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), and GAR, Hich
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Bicomplex gamma function ,Mathematics::Complex Variables ,General Mathematics ,[MATH.MATH-RA]Mathematics [math]/Rings and Algebras [math.RA] ,Riesz space ,[MATH] Mathematics [math] ,Lattices ,Mathematics - Rings and Algebras ,Bicomplex numbers ,Functional Analysis (math.FA) ,Mathematics - Functional Analysis ,Nonlinear Sciences::Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems ,Rings and Algebras (math.RA) ,Mathematics::K-Theory and Homology ,[MATH.MATH-RA] Mathematics [math]/Rings and Algebras [math.RA] ,FOS: Mathematics ,f -algebra ,Hyperbolic numbers ,[MATH]Mathematics [math] ,Bicomplex zeta function - Abstract
The algebra B of bicomplex numbers is viewed as a complexification of the Archimedean f-algebra of hyperbolic numbers D. This lattice-theoretic approach allows us to establish new properties of the so-called D-norms. In particular, we show that D-norms generate the same topology in B. We develop the D-trigonometric form of a bicomplex number which leads us to a geometric interpretation of the nth roots of a bicomplex number in terms of polyhedral tori. We use the concepts developed, in particular that of Riesz subnorm of a D-norm, to study the uniform convergence of the bicomplex zeta and gamma functions. The main result of this paper is the generalization to the bicomplex case of the Riemann functional equation and Euler's reflection formula., 23 pages, 1 figure. Submitted
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19. Adaptive Droop based Control Strategy for DC Microgrid Including Multiple Batteries Energy Storage Systems
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Ferahtia, Seydali, Djeroui, Ali, Rezk, Hegazy, Chouder, Aissa, Machmoum, Mohamed, Amirouche, Elyazid, Iffouzar, Koussaila, Ghedamsi, Kaci, Aouzellag, Djamal, Abdelkareem, Mohammad Ali, Zeghlache, Samir, Liu, Zhuo, Tang, Tianhao, Benkhoris, Mohamed Fouad, Bourogaoui, Manef, Sethom, Houda Ben Attia, Mesbahi, Tedjani, Paul, Théophile, Houari, Azeddine, Centre de Recherche en Informatique, Signal et Automatique de Lille - UMR 9189 (CRIStAL), Centrale Lille-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherche en Energie Electrique de Nantes Atlantique UR 4642 (IREENA), Institut Universitaire de Technologie - La Roche-sur-Yon (Nantes Univ - IUT La Roche-sur-Yon), Nantes Université - pôle Sciences et technologie, Nantes Université (Nantes Univ)-Nantes Université (Nantes Univ)-Nantes Université - pôle Sciences et technologie, Nantes Université (Nantes Univ)-Nantes Université (Nantes Univ)-Nantes Université - Institut Universitaire de Technologie Saint-Nazaire (Nantes Univ - IUT Saint-Nazaire), Nantes Université (Nantes Univ)-Nantes Université (Nantes Univ)-Nantes Université - Ecole Polytechnique de l'Université de Nantes (Nantes Univ - EPUN), Nantes Université (Nantes Univ)-Nantes Université (Nantes Univ), Shanghai Maritime University, Laboratoire des Systèmes Electriques - LSE (Tunis, Tunisie), Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis (ENIT), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Laboratoire des sciences de l'ingénieur, de l'informatique et de l'imagerie (ICube), École Nationale du Génie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement de Strasbourg (ENGEES)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Strasbourg (INSA Strasbourg), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Les Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg (HUS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Matériaux et Nanosciences Grand-Est (MNGE), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Réseau nanophotonique et optique, and Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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International audience; This paper aims at presenting an energy management strategy (EMS) based upon optimal control theory for a battery–supercapacitor hybrid power system. The hybrid power system consists of a lithium-ion battery and a supercapacitor with associated bidirectional DC/DC converters. The proposed EMS aims at computing adaptive gains using the salp swarm algorithm and load following control technique to assign the power reference for both the supercapacitor and the battery while achieving optimal performance and stable voltage. The DC/DC converter model is derived utilizing the first-principles method and computes the required gains to achieve the desired power. The fact that the developed algorithm takes disturbances into account increases the power elements’ life expectancies and supplies the power system with the required power.
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20. Performance of self‐compacting rubberized concrete against carbonation and chloride penetration
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Jihen Mallek, Amara Loulizi, Atef Daoud, Othman Omikrine-Metalssi, Laboratoire de Génie Civil [Tunis] (LR-LGC-ENIT), Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis (ENIT), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax | National School of Engineers of Sfax (ENIS), Formulation, Microstructure, Modélisation et Durabilité des Matériaux de Construction (MAST-FM2D ), Université Gustave Eiffel, National Engineering School of Tunis = Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis [University of Tunis El Manar] (ENIT), and University of Tunis El Manar
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Materials science ,POROSITE ,Carbonation ,DURABILITY ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,02 engineering and technology ,Chloride ion penetration ,complex mixtures ,CARBONATION ,[SPI.MAT]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Materials ,Natural rubber ,021105 building & construction ,CARBONATATION ,General Materials Science ,Composite material ,Civil and Structural Engineering ,CHLORIDE ION PENETRATION ,Chloride penetration ,technology, industry, and agriculture ,RUBBER ,DURABILITE ,Building and Construction ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Durability ,body regions ,Mechanics of Materials ,visual_art ,BETON AUTOPLACANT ,BETON AUTO-PLACANT ,visual_art.visual_art_medium ,SELF-COMPACTING CONCRETE ,PENETRATION ,0210 nano-technology ,CAOUTCHOUC - Abstract
This study assessed the performance of self-compacting rubberized concrete against carbonation and chloride penetration. In addition to fresh-state and compressive strength tests, durability of the studied mixes was evaluated by measuring carbonation and chloride penetration depths, total porosity, and pores'size distribution. It was found that an increase in rubber content leads to a decrease in compressive strength. However, stadequate strength for structural applications was achieved up to an incorporation of 15% rubber byvolume. As for durability, the presence of rubber was found to enhance performance against carbonation, but to worsen the resistance to chloride ion penetration.
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21. In silico comparative study of SARS-CoV-2 proteins and antigenic proteins in BCG, OPV, MMR and other vaccines: evidence of a possible putative protective effect
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Houcemeddine Othman, Imen Ben Mustapha, Maher Kharrat, Kais Ghedira, Henda Triki, Rabeb Touati, Sondes Haddad-Boubaker, Kaouther Ayouni, Marwa Lakhal, Laboratoire de Virologie Clinique, Référence Régional OMS pour la Poliomyélite et la Rougeole - Laboratory of Clinical Virology, WHO Regional Reference Laboratory on Poliomyelitis and Measles, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Organisation Mondiale de la Santé / World Health Organization Office (OMS / WHO), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Virus, Vecteurs et Hôtes [Tunis], Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), University of the Witwatersrand [Johannesburg] (WITS), Laboratoire de Transmission, Contrôle et Immunobiologie des Infections - Laboratory of Transmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infection (LR11IPT02), Laboratoire de Bioinformatique, biomathématiques, biostatistiques (BIMS) (LR11IPT09), Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), This study was funded by the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Research laboratory: Virus, Vectors and Hosts, LR20IPT10). It was also partially supported by the European project PHINDaccess: Strengthening Omics data analysis capacities in pathogen-host interaction (Grant Agreement ID: 811034)., and European Project: 811034,H2020-EU.4.b.,PHINDaccess(2018)
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Protein Conformation ,Cross Protection ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,OPV ,Biochemistry ,0302 clinical medicine ,MESH: Protein Conformation ,Structural Biology ,MESH: COVID-19 ,BCG ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Antigens, Viral ,lcsh:QH301-705.5 ,0303 health sciences ,Tetanus ,Applied Mathematics ,Viral Vaccine ,Immunogenicity ,Hepatitis B ,MMR ,Computer Science Applications ,3. Good health ,MESH: BCG Vaccine ,MESH: COVID-19 Vaccines ,BCG Vaccine ,lcsh:R858-859.7 ,MESH: Antigens, Viral ,Research Article ,Antigenicity ,COVID-19 Vaccines ,In silico ,Putative protection ,Biology ,lcsh:Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics ,Measles ,03 medical and health sciences ,Viral Proteins ,Antigen ,MESH: Computer Simulation ,MESH: Viral Vaccines ,medicine ,Humans ,Computer Simulation ,MESH: SARS-CoV-2 ,Molecular Biology ,030304 developmental biology ,MESH: Humans ,SARS-CoV-2 ,COVID-19 ,Viral Vaccines ,medicine.disease ,Virology ,MESH: Viral Proteins ,MESH: Cross Protection ,lcsh:Biology (General) ,Vaccine - Abstract
Background Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a viral pandemic disease that may induce severe pneumonia in humans. In this paper, we investigated the putative implication of 12 vaccines, including BCG, OPV and MMR in the protection against COVID-19. Sequences of the main antigenic proteins in the investigated vaccines and SARS-CoV-2 proteins were compared to identify similar patterns. The immunogenic effect of identified segments was, then, assessed using a combination of structural and antigenicity prediction tools. Results A total of 14 highly similar segments were identified in the investigated vaccines. Structural and antigenicity prediction analysis showed that, among the identified patterns, three segments in Hepatitis B, Tetanus, and Measles proteins presented antigenic properties that can induce putative protective effect against COVID-19. Conclusions Our results suggest a possible protective effect of HBV, Tetanus and Measles vaccines against COVID-19, which may explain the variation of the disease severity among regions.
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22. Person Re-Identification from different views based on dynamic linear combination of distances
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Walid Barhoumi, Hassen Drira, Amani Elaoud, Ezzeddine Zagrouba, Laboratoire Limtic, Université de Tunis - El Manar II, Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Ecole nationale supérieure Mines-Télécom Lille Douai (IMT Lille Douai), and Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)
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Computer Networks and Communications ,Computer science ,business.industry ,[SHS.INFO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Library and information sciences ,Rank (computer programming) ,Process (computing) ,[INFO.INFO-CV]Computer Science [cs]/Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition [cs.CV] ,020207 software engineering ,02 engineering and technology ,Invariant (physics) ,Ranking ,Hardware and Architecture ,Grassmannian ,Metric (mathematics) ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Media Technology ,Trajectory ,Computer vision ,Artificial intelligence ,Linear combination ,business ,Rotation (mathematics) ,Software - Abstract
International audience; Person re-identification from videos taken by multiple cameras from different views is a very challenging problem that has attracted growing interest in last years. In fact, the same person from significant cross-view has different appearances from clothes change, illumination, and cluttered background. To deal with this issue, we use the skeleton information since it is not affected by appearance and pose variations. The skeleton as an input is projected on the Grassmann manifold in order to model the human motion as a trajectory. Then, we calculate the distance on the Grassmann manifold, in order to guarantee invariance against rotation, as well as local distances allowing to discriminate anthropometric for each person. The two distances are thereafter combined while defining dynamically the optimal combination weight for each person. Indeed, a machine learning process learns to predict the best weight for each person according to the rank metric of its re-identification results. Experimental results, using challenging 3D (IASLab RGBD-ID and BIWI-Lab RGBD-ID) and 2D (Prid-2011 and i-LIDS-VID) benchmarks, show that the proposed method can boost re-id ranking thanks to its ability to define the optimal weight for each person independently of view and pose changes.
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23. Convolutional neural network for smoke and fire semantic segmentation
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Moez Bouchouicha, Jean-Marc Ginoux, Mounir Sayadi, Eric Moreau, Sebastien Frizzi, Laboratoire d'Informatique et Systèmes (LIS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Signal, Image et Maitrise de l’Energie [Tunis] (SIME-ENSIT), Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'ingénieurs de Tunis (ENSIT), and Université de Tunis-Université de Tunis
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Smoke ,Network architecture ,Haze ,Computer science ,Real-time computing ,ComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISION ,020206 networking & telecommunications ,02 engineering and technology ,Convolutional neural network ,Rgb image ,[SPI]Engineering Sciences [physics] ,QA76.75-76.765 ,13. Climate action ,Signal Processing ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Photography ,020201 artificial intelligence & image processing ,Segmentation ,Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition ,Computer software ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Architecture ,TR1-1050 ,Software - Abstract
International audience; In recent decades, global warming has contributed to an increase in the number and intensity of wildfires destroying millions hectares of forest areas and causing many casualties each year. Firemen must therefore have the most effective means to prevent any wildfire from breaking out and to fight the blaze before being unable to contain and extinguish it. This article will present a new network architecture based on Convolutional Neural Network to detect and locate smoke and fire. This network generates fire and smoke masks in an RGB image by segmentation. The purpose of this work is to help firemen in assessing the extent of fire or monitor an incipient fire in real time with a camera embedded in a vehicle. To train this network, a database with the corresponding images and masks has been created. Such a database will allow to compare the performances of different networks. A comparison of this network with the best segmentation networks such as U-Net and Yuan networks has highlighted its efficiency in terms of location accuracy, reduction of false positive classifications such as clouds or haze. This architecture is also efficient in real time.
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24. A Mathematical Model of Anaerobic Digestion with Syntrophic Relationship, Substrate Inhibition, and Distinct Removal Rates
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Radhouane Fekih-Salem, Nahla Abdellatif, Yessmine Daoud, Tewfik Sari, Laboratoire de Modélisation Mathématique et Numérique dans les Sciences de l'Ingénieur [Tunis] (LR-LAMSIN-ENIT), Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis (ENIT), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), École Nationale des Sciences de l'Informatique [Manouba] (ENSI), Université de la Manouba [Tunisie] (UMA), Institut Supérieur d’Informatique de Mahdia (ISIMa), Université de Monastir - University of Monastir (UM), Information – Technologies – Analyse Environnementale – Procédés Agricoles (UMR ITAP), Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), National Engineering School of Tunis = Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis [University of Tunis El Manar] (ENIT), University of Tunis El Manar, Euro-Mediterranean research network TREASURE, University of Tunis El Manar, LAMSIN-ENIT, Tunisia, Mathématiques, Informatique et STatistique pour l'Environnement et l'Agronomie (MISTEA), Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Laboratoire de Modélisation Mathématique et Numérique dans les Sciences de l'Ingénieur (LAMSIN), Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tarbes (ENIT), Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Ecole Nationale des sciences de l'informatique [Manouba] (ENSI), Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Université de Montpellier (UM), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), and Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)
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anaerobic digestion ,[SDV.BIO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biotechnology ,operating diagram ,[MATH.MATH-DS]Mathematics [math]/Dynamical Systems [math.DS] ,Bi stability ,Chemostat ,01 natural sciences ,03 medical and health sciences ,Syntrophy ,[MATH.MATH-AP]Mathematics [math]/Analysis of PDEs [math.AP] ,0101 mathematics ,030304 developmental biology ,chemostat ,0303 health sciences ,[SDE.IE]Environmental Sciences/Environmental Engineering ,Chemistry ,Substrate (chemistry) ,bi-stability ,inhibition ,010101 applied mathematics ,Anaerobic digestion ,Biochemistry ,Modeling and Simulation ,syntrophy ,[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology ,Analysis - Abstract
International audience; In this work, we consider a mathematical model of syntrophic relationship between two microbial species of the anaerobic digestion process including mortality (or decay) terms. We focus on the acetogenesis and hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis phases. Our study gives a quite comprehensive analysis of a syntrophic model by analyzing the joined effects of syntrophy relationship, mortality, substrate inhibition and input concentrations that were neglected in previous studies. Using a general class of growth rates, the necessary and sufficient conditions of existence and local stability of all steady states of the four-dimensional system are determined according to the operating parameters. This general model exhibits a rich behavior with the coexistence of two microbial species, the bi-stability, the multiplicity of coexistence steady states, and the existence of two steady states of extinction of the first species. The operating diagram shows how the model behaves by varying the control parameters and illustrates the effect of the inhibition and the new input substrate concentration (hydrogen) on the reduction of the coexistence region and the emergence of a bi-stability region. Similarly to the classical chemostat model, including the substrate inhibition can destabilize a two-tiered microbial 'food chain' where the stability depends on the initial condition.
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25. QM/MM Study of the H2 Formation on the Surface of a Water Ice Grain Doped With Formaldehyde: Molecular Dynamics and Reaction Kinetics
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Boutheïna Kerkeni, Malek Boukallaba, Mariem Hechmi, Denis Duflot, Céline Toubin, Institut Supérieur des Arts Multimédia de la Manouba (ISAMM), Université de la Manouba [Tunisie] (UMA), Laboratoire de Physique de la matière Condensée [Tunis] (LPMC), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Faculté des Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles de Tunis (FST), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique et Atmosphères = Laboratory for Studies of Radiation and Matter in Astrophysics and Atmospheres (LERMA), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-CY Cergy Paris Université (CY), Physico-Chimie Moléculaire Théorique (PCMT), Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), PCMI (Programme National de Physique et Chimie du Milieu Interstellaire), Centre de Ressources Informatiques (CRI) of the Université of Lille for providing computing time, Région Hauts de France, the Ministre de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche (CPER Climibio) and the European Fund for Regional Economic Development for their support, This work used HPC resources from GENCI-TGCC (Grant No. 2020–A0050801859), ANR-11-LABX-0005,Cappa,Physiques et Chimie de l'Environnement Atmosphérique(2011), and ANR-16-IDEX-0004,ULNE,ULNE(2016)
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[CHIM.THEO]Chemical Sciences/Theoretical and/or physical chemistry ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-CHEM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Chemical Physics [physics.chem-ph] - Abstract
Formaldehyde has been widely observed in the icy mantle of interstellar grains. H2CO may be formed from successive hydrogenations of CO and may further contribute to the chemical complexity of the Interstellar medium (ISM) participating to heterogeneous reactions with colliding gas phase atoms. Within this context, Eley-Rideal and Langmuir-Hinshelwood rate constants of H2 formation on a formaldehyde doped amorphous water ice grain model of the ISM, were computed over a wide temperature range [15–2000 K]. We used classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to build the model of the H2CO doped ice surface. Then we studied theoretically by means of hybrid QM/MM ab initio and molecular mechanics methodology (ONIOM) H atoms abstraction from formaldehyde molecules and the H2 formation. Specifically, we investigate the reactivity of the gas phase H atom toward one formaldehyde molecule lying at one of the slab surfaces. The reaction path and the energetics are predicted, the mechanism is found to be exothermic by 14.89 kcal/mol and the barrier is 6.75 kcal/mol at the QM level CBS/DLPNO-CCSD(T)//ONIOM/aug-cc-pVTZ. We employ two approaches that take into account tunnelling and non-classical reflection effects by means of the Zero Curvature Tunnelling (ZCT), and the Small Curvature Tunnelling (SCT) which all provided comparable results to predict the kinetics of the reaction path. The rate constants show important quantum tunnelling effects at low temperatures when compared to rates obtained from the purely classical transition-state theory (TST) and from the canonical variational transition state theory (CVT). Corner cutting effects are highlighted in the SCT calculations by 4 to 5 orders of magnitude with respect to ZCT rate constants at low temperatures.
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26. Stability estimate for an inverse problem for the time harmonic magnetic Schr\'odinger operator from the near and far field pattern
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Bellassoued, Mourad, Haddar, Houssem, Labidi, Amal, Laboratoire de Modélisation Mathématique et Numérique dans les Sciences de l'Ingénieur [Tunis] (LR-LAMSIN-ENIT), Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis (ENIT), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Inversion of Differential Equations For Imaging and physiX (IDEFIX), Inria Saclay - Ile de France, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Unité de Mathématiques Appliquées (UMA), École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA Paris)-École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA Paris), and Haddar, Houssem
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Mathematics - Analysis of PDEs ,inverse problems ,[INFO.INFO-NA] Computer Science [cs]/Numerical Analysis [cs.NA] ,magnetic Shrodinger equation ,FOS: Mathematics ,stability estimate ,[INFO.INFO-NA]Computer Science [cs]/Numerical Analysis [cs.NA] ,Analysis of PDEs (math.AP) - Abstract
International audience; We derive conditional stability estimates for inverse scattering problems related to time harmonic magnetic Schrödinger equation. We prove logarithmic type estimates for retrieving the magnetic (up to a gradient) and electric potentials from near field or far field maps. Our approach combines techniques from similar results obtained in the literature for inhomogeneous inverse scattering problems based on the use of geometrical optics solutions.
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27. Association of HNF1A gene variants and haplotypes with metabolic syndrome: a case–control study in the Tunisian population and a meta-analysis
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Hamza Dallali, Meriem Hechmi, Imane Morjane, Sahar Elouej, Haifa Jmel, Yosra Ben Halima, Abdelmajid Abid, Afef Bahlous, Abdelhamid Barakat, Henda Jamoussi, Sonia Abdelhak, Rym Kefi, Laboratoire de Génomique Biomédicale et Oncogénétique - Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics Laboratory (LR11IPT05), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Université de Carthage - University of Carthage, Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire Humaine, Institut Pasteur du Maroc, National Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology - Institut National « Zouhair Kallel » de Nutrition et de Technologie Alimentaire [Tunis] (INNTA), Laboratoire central de biologie médicale, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), This work was supported by the E.C. Grant agreement no. 279171–1 for FP7 project MEDIGENE and by the Tunisian Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (LR11IPT05)., and European Project: 279171,EC:FP7:HEALTH,FP7-HEALTH-2011-two-stage,MEDIGENE(2012)
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endocrine system ,RC620-627 ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Research ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,Metabolic disorders ,SNP ,Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor-1-Alpha gene ,North Africa ,Lipids ,3. Good health ,Haplotype ,Internal Medicine ,Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases - Abstract
BackgroundVariants in the Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1 Alpha gene (HNF1A) are associated with lipoproteins levels and type 2 diabetes. In this study, we aimed to assess the association ofHNF1Agene and haplotypes with the metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components through an association study in the Tunisian population as well as by a meta-analysis.MethodsA total of 594 Tunisian individuals were genotyped for three variants (rs1169288, rs2464196 and rs735396) located inHNF1Agene using KASPar technology. Statistical analyses were performed with R software. The association was furthermore evaluated through a meta-analysis of our results with those obtained in a Moroccan population.ResultsOur results showed no association betweenHNF1Avariants and MetS in the Tunisian population. However, a significant association was observed between the variant rs735396 and a higher waist circumference. The stratified analysis according to the sex highlighted a significant association between the variant rs1169288 and high cholesterol levels only in women. Similarly, Haplotype analysis showed an association between theHNF1Aminor haplotype and high total cholesterol mainly in women. Finally, our meta-analysis showed no association betweenHNF1Avariants and MetS.ConclusionsOur findings exclude the involvement of the threeHNF1Avariants rs1169288, rs2464196 and rs735396 in the susceptibility to MetS in our studied Tunisian population but emphasize the role of these variants in the cholesterol homeostasis with sex-specific differences, which may serve to rise clinical consideration to early statin therapy in women carrying these genetic variants.
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28. Fatty Acid Profiles of Leishmania major Derived from Human and Rodent Hosts in Endemic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Areas of Tunisia and Algeria
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Cyrine Bouabid, Yoshiki Yamaryo-Botté, Sameh Rabhi, Haifa Bichiou, Chaima Hkimi, Wafa Bouglita, Melek Chaouach, Naouel Eddaikra, Kais Ghedira, Lamia Guizani-Tabbane, Cyrille Y. Botté, Imen Rabhi, Laboratoire de Parasitologie Médicale, Biotechnologies et Biomolécules (LR11IPT06), Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Institute for Advanced Biosciences / Institut pour l'Avancée des Biosciences (Grenoble) (IAB), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire [Grenoble] (CHU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Etablissement français du sang - Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (EFS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Laboratoire de Bioinformatique, biomathématiques, biostatistiques (BIMS) (LR11IPT09), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Université de la Manouba [Tunisie] (UMA), Laboratoire d’Eco-Epidémiologie Parasitaire et Génétique des Populations [Alger], Institut Pasteur d'Algérie, This work was funded by the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Research LR06IPT16 (2018–2019) National annual grant, and by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche, France (Project ApicoLipiAdapt grant ANR-21-CE44-0010), the Atip-Avenir and Finovi programs (CNRS-INSERM-Finovi Atip Avenir Apicolipid projects), CEFIPRA (Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research), IDEX-Université Grenoble Alpes, Region Auvergne Rhone-Alpes (IRICE Grant, Project GEMELI), the Laboratoire d’Excellence ParaFrap, France (Grant number ANR-11-LABX-0024), LIA-IRP CNRS Program (Apicolipid project), and the Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (FRM EQU202103012700)., ANR-21-CE44-0010,ApicoLipidAdapt,Elucider les mécanismes d'adaptation métaboliques et lipidiques du parasite Toxoplasma gondii en fonction de l'environnement nutritionnel de son hôte(2021), ANR-11-LABX-0024,ParaFrap,Alliance française contre les maladies parasitaires(2011), Ben Hassine, AbdelHakim, Elucider les mécanismes d'adaptation métaboliques et lipidiques du parasite Toxoplasma gondii en fonction de l'environnement nutritionnel de son hôte - - ApicoLipidAdapt2021 - ANR-21-CE44-0010 - AAPG2021 - VALID, and Laboratoires d'excellence - Alliance française contre les maladies parasitaires - - ParaFrap2011 - ANR-11-LABX-0024 - LABX - VALID
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Microbiology (medical) ,Leishmania ,General Immunology and Microbiology ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,rodent ,promastigote ,human ,lipids ,fatty acids ,[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Infectious Diseases ,Immunology and Allergy ,Medicine ,Molecular Biology - Abstract
Leishmaniasis is a protozoal vector-borne disease that affects both humans and animals. In the Mediterranean Basin, the primary reservoir hosts of Leishmania spp. are mainly rodents and canids. Lipidomic approaches have allowed scientists to establish Leishmania spp. lipid profiles for the identification of cell stage specific biomarkers, drug mechanisms of action, and host immune response. Using an in silico approach of global network interaction between genes involved in fatty acid (FA) synthesis followed by the GC-MS approach, we were able to characterize the fatty acid profiles of L. major derived from human and rodent hosts. Our results revealed that the lipid profile of L. major showed similarities and differences with those already reported for other Leishmania species. Phospholipids are the predominant lipid class. FA composition of rodent parasites was characterized by a lower abundance of the precursor C18:2(n-6). One of the rodent clones, which also expressed the lowest lipid abundance in PL and TAG, was the least sensitive clone to the miltefosine drug and has the lowest infection efficiency. Our findings suggest that the lipid composition variation may explain the response of the parasite toward treatment and their ability to infect their host.
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29. Dans les méandres de la littérature dystopique: le pouvoir de l’art contre l’art du pouvoir
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Ayed, Kawthar, Koźluk, Magdalena, Staroń, Anita, Université de Tunis, Laboratoire IMIAC, FSHST de Tunis, and Kawthar Ayed est docteure en littérature comparée, spécialiste en littérature d’anticipation dystopique et de science-fiction, maître-assistante à l’Université de Tunis et membre actif du laboratoire IMIAC. Elle a publié de nombreux articles en Tunisie, France, Espagne, Syrie, Canada. Mène actuellement des recherches sur la dimension subversive de la littérature d’anticipation utopique.
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power ,dystopia ,dissent ,totalitarianism ,speculative fiction ,art - Abstract
In this paper, the author examines the distortion of the past and the perversion of art in works of speculative dystopian fiction. Without history, there is no longer a past or a future; only the present persists as a perpetual replication of the same structures. In “1984”, everything is constantly rewritten in minute detail. In “Globalia”, the system wages a fierce war against history. Art is either recuperated or condemned to burn at the stake of state power (“Fahrenheit 451”). However, discovering art objects from past times and reading literary works signal a change of course which raises conscience and even leads to acts of resistance. In dystopian speculative literature, resistance acquires a symbolic dimension: Despite reigning darkness, there seems to appear a gleam of hope thanks to art and to literature.
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30. Analysis of sampling methods for imaging a periodic layer and its defects
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Yosra Boukari, Houssem Haddar, Nouha Jenhani, Haddar, Houssem, Laboratoire de Modélisation Mathématique et Numérique dans les Sciences de l'Ingénieur [Tunis] (LR-LAMSIN-ENIT), Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis (ENIT), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Inversion of Differential Equations For Imaging and physiX (IDEFIX), Inria Saclay - Ile de France, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Unité de Mathématiques Appliquées (UMA), and École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA Paris)-École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA Paris)
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Applied Mathematics ,[INFO.INFO-NA] Computer Science [cs]/Numerical Analysis [cs.NA] ,Signal Processing ,[INFO.INFO-NA]Computer Science [cs]/Numerical Analysis [cs.NA] ,Mathematical Physics ,Computer Science Applications ,Theoretical Computer Science - Abstract
We revisit the differential sampling method introduced in (Haddar and Nguyen 2017 Comput. Math. Appl. 74 2831–55) for the identification of a periodic domain and some local perturbation. We provide a theoretical justification of the method that avoids assuming that the local perturbation is also periodic. Our theoretical framework uses functional spaces with continuous dependence with respect to the Floquet–Bloch variable. The corner stone of the analysis is the justification of the generalized linear sampling method in this setting for a single Floquet–Bloch mode.
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31. ITS Traffic Violation Regulation Based on Blockchain Smart Contracts
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Nihed Yousfi, Mourad Kmimech, Imed Abbassi, Hedi Hamdi, Mohamed Graiet, UR-OASIS Laboratory, University of Tunis El Manar, Institut Supérieur d'Informatique et de Mathématiques de Monastir (ISIMM), Université de Monastir - University of Monastir (UM), Optimisation des systèmes industriels et de services [Tunis] (OASIS), Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis (ENIT), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Laboratoire de Tribologie et Dynamique des Systèmes (LTDS), École Centrale de Lyon (ECL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État (ENTPE)-Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Saint Etienne (ENISE)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Software Stack for Massively Geo-Distributed Infrastructures (STACK), Inria Rennes – Bretagne Atlantique, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Laboratoire des Sciences du Numérique de Nantes (LS2N), Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-École Centrale de Nantes (Nantes Univ - ECN), Nantes Université (Nantes Univ)-Nantes Université (Nantes Univ)-Nantes université - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques (Nantes univ - UFR ST), Nantes Université - pôle Sciences et technologie, Nantes Université (Nantes Univ)-Nantes Université (Nantes Univ)-Nantes Université - pôle Sciences et technologie, Nantes Université (Nantes Univ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique (IMT Atlantique), and Nantes Université (Nantes Univ)
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Vehicle re-identification ,Blockchain ,Smart contract ,[INFO]Computer Science [cs] ,ITS ,Traffic violation - Abstract
International audience; In the intelligent transportation system, many challenges have been identified to achieve a fully functional, practical and integrable ITS network. Some of these challenges include the regulation of traffic violations. Therefore, a proposed blockchain smart contract-based method has been formulated to address this challenge. This method includes vehicle speed detection, vehicle information collection through vehicle re-identification technique and a blockchain part containing smart contracts. The smart contract is a conditioned filter that follows regulatory rules from reporting violation points and fines for each violation to penalties. We have implemented the proposed algorithm and presented an evaluation of the proposed method, which gives satisfactory results and finally compare it with other known methods.
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32. On Hyperbolic Integers
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Gargoubi, Hichem, Kossentini, Sayed, GAR, Hich, Université de Tunis, and Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)
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Hyperbolic Gaussian integers ,f -ring ,Mathematics::Commutative Algebra ,Lattice ,Regular toroid ,group ,[MATH] Mathematics [math] ,[MATH]Mathematics [math] ,Hyperbolic numbers - Abstract
The algebra D of hyperbolic numbers is endowed with its standard f-algebra structure [7]. We introduce the ring of hyperbolic integers Z h as a sub f-ring of Z D the ring of integers of D. We prove that Z h is the unique, up to ring isomorphism, Archimedean f-ring of quadratic integers. Our study focuses on arithmetic properties of Z h related to its lattice-ordered structure. We show that many of basic properties of the ring of integers Z such as primes, unique factorization theorem and the notions of floor and ceiling functions can be extended to Z h. In particular, Some properties of the hyperbolic Gaussian integers are obtained. As an application, we discuss the Dirichlet divisor problem using hyperbolic intervals and introduce the notion of toroidal groups.
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33. The genetic diversity of blood parasites within the freshwater turtles Mauremys leprosa and Emys orbicularis in Tunisia reveals coinfection with Haemogregarina spp
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Rahma Attia El Hili, Mohamed Sghaïer Achouri, Olivier Verneau, 25588427 - Verneau, Olivier, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis (University of Tunis), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Université de Tunis, Centre de Formation et de Recherche sur les Environnements Méditérranéens (CEFREM), and Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Haemogregarina ,Mauremys leprosa ,Tunisia ,Emys orbicularis ,Zoology ,Emydidae ,Geoemydidae ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,03 medical and health sciences ,medicine ,030304 developmental biology ,[SDV.GEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics ,0303 health sciences ,Genetic diversity ,General Veterinary ,biology ,18S rRNA gene ,Host (biology) ,General Medicine ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Infectious Diseases ,Insect Science ,Coinfection ,Parasitology - Abstract
International audience; Haemogregarina species are apicomplexan blood parasites infecting vertebrates such as fish, lizards, and turtles. Due to the high morphological similarity of the erythrocytic stages infecting host species, it has always been a challenge to identify the true diversity of these parasites. Therefore, taxonomic studies are presently based on the combination of morphological and molecular data. In Tunisia, two species of Haemogregarina have been reported within the freshwater turtle Mauremys leprosa (Geoemydidae) for more than 40 years. Since M. leprosa occurs in the same aquatic environments as Emys orbicularis (Emydidae) in Tunisia, our objectives were to assess parasite diversity and specificity on the basis of both morphological and molecular approaches. The turtles were surveyed and sampled across six aquatic areas of Tunisia. Among the 39 specimens of M. leprosa and seven of E. orbicularis that were trapped and investigated, the presence of haemogregarines was detected in the blood of turtles only at sites where leeches were observed. Three 18S variants were identified, which corresponded to three distinct Haemogregarina species, among which one was identified as Haemogregarina stepanowi. The two other species that were detected are likely new to science. Because we show the occurrence of more than one blood parasite species within a single host specimen, our study provides the first report of coinfection with molecularly distinct Haemogregarina spp.
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34. LTR-expand: query expansion model based on learning to rank association rules
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Eric Gaussier, Ahlem Bouziri, Chiraz Latiri, Université de la Manouba [Tunisie] (UMA), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Laboratoire d'Informatique, Programmation, Algorithmique et Heuristique (LIPAH), Faculté des Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles de Tunis (FST), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble (LIG), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Analyse de données, Modélisation et Apprentissage automatique [Grenoble] (AMA), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), and ANR-19-P3IA-0003,MIAI,MIAI @ Grenoble Alpes(2019)
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Association Rule ,Association rule learning ,Computer Networks and Communications ,Computer science ,Formal Concept Analysis ,InformationSystems_INFORMATIONSTORAGEANDRETRIEVAL ,02 engineering and technology ,[INFO.INFO-AI]Computer Science [cs]/Artificial Intelligence [cs.AI] ,Ranking (information retrieval) ,Set (abstract data type) ,Query expansion ,Artificial Intelligence ,020204 information systems ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Generic basis ,Relevance (information retrieval) ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Information retrieval ,SVM rank ,Query Expansion ,Term (time) ,Task (computing) ,Learning to rank ,Hardware and Architecture ,020201 artificial intelligence & image processing ,Software ,Information Systems - Abstract
Query Expansion (QE) is widely applied to improve the retrieval performance of ad-hoc search, using different techniques and several data sources to find expansion terms. In Information Retrieval literature, selecting expansion terms remains a challenging task that relies on the extraction of term relationships. In this paper, we propose a new learning to rank-based query expansion model. The main idea behind is that, given a query and the set of its related ARs, our model ranks these ARs according to their relevance score regarding to this query and then selects the most suitable ones to be used in the QE process. Experiments are conducted on three test collections, namely: CLEF2003, TREC-Robust and TREC-Microblog, including long, hard and short queries. Results showed that the retrieval performance can be significantly improved when the ARs ranking method is used compared to other state of the art expansion models, especially for hard and long queries.
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35. On the necessity of combining ethnobotany and genetics to assess agrobiodiversity and its evolution in crops: A case study on date palms (Phoenix dactyliferaL.) in Siwa Oasis, Egypt
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Sarah Ivorra, Jean-Frédéric Terral, Summar Abbas Naqvi, Frédérique Aberlenc, Laure Paradis, Muriel Gros-Balthazard, Souhila Moussouni, Vincent Battesti, Claire Newton, Salwa Zehdi, Oumarou Zango, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (UMR ISEM), École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR226, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Diversité, adaptation, développement des plantes (UMR DIADE), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]), Université de Zinder - University of Zinder [Zinder, Niger], Université de Tunis - El Manar II, Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Zones Arides (LRZA), Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene [Alger] (USTHB), Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF), Laboratoire d’Archéologie et de Patrimoine [Rimouski], Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University Abu Dhabi, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR226-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Éco-Anthropologie (EA), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Zinder, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, Immunologie et Biotechnologie, Université Tunis El Manar (UTM), University of Agriculture Faisalabad - UAF (PAKISTAN), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR226-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Tunis El Manar, Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene = University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene [Alger] (USTHB), and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)
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0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,Population genetics ,lcsh:Evolution ,Ethnobotany ,Biodiversity ,Phoenix theophrasti Greuter ,Marqueurs microsatellites ,01 natural sciences ,MESH: Egypt ,Domestication ,ethnobotany ,Génétique des populations ,agrobiodiversity ,Ethnobotanique ,lcsh:QH359-425 ,Pratiques agricoles ,MESH: Anthropology, Cultural ,2. Zero hunger ,Agroforestry ,Greuter ,Siwa (Égypte) ,date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) ,Folk categorization ,MESH: Biological Variation, Population ,Oasis ,Original Article ,Phoenix theophrasti ,General Agricultural and Biological Sciences ,MESH: Agriculture ,MESH: Ethnology ,Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) ,Microsatellite markers ,MESH: Gene Pool ,MESH: Nature ,folk categorization ,MESH: Genetics, Population ,MESH: Popular Culture ,Biology ,010603 evolutionary biology ,[SDV.GEN.GPL]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Plants genetics ,domestication ,03 medical and health sciences ,Genetics ,anthropology ,Siwa Oasis (Egypt) ,Farming practices ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Agrobiodiversité ,MESH: Egypt, Ancient ,[SDV.GEN.GPO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Populations and Evolution [q-bio.PE] ,population genetics ,Original Articles ,microsatellite markers ,[SHS.ANTHRO-SE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Social Anthropology and ethnology ,15. Life on land ,MESH: Crops, Agricultural ,biology.organism_classification ,Anthropologie ,Agrobiodiversity ,030104 developmental biology ,Crop diversity ,Anthropology ,Phoenix dactylifera ,farming practices ,Palmier dattier (Phoenix dactylifera L.) ,Agricultural biodiversity ,[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology ,evolutionary history ,Catégorisation populaire ,MESH: Arab World - Abstract
International audience; Crop diversity is shaped by biological and social processes interacting at different spatiotemporal scales. Here we combined population genetics and ethnobotany to investigate date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) diversity in Siwa Oasis, Egypt. Based on interviews with farmers and observation of practices in the field, we collected 149 date palms from Siwa Oasis and 27 uncultivated date palms from abandoned oases in the surrounding desert. Using genotyping data from 18 nuclear and plastid microsatellite loci, we confirmed that some named types each constitute a clonal line, i.e. a true-to-type cultivar. We also found that others are collections of clonal lines, i.e. ethnovarieties, or even unrelated samples, i.e. local categories. This alters current assessments of agrobiodiversity, which are visibly underestimated, and uncovers the impact of low-intensity, but highly effective, farming practices on biodiversity. These hardly observable practices, hypothesized by ethnographic survey and confirmed by genetic analysis, are enabled by the way Isiwans conceive and classify living beings in their oasis, which do not quite match the way biologists do: a classic disparity of etic vs. emic categorizations. In addition, we established that Siwa date palms represent a unique and highly diverse genetic cluster, rather than a subset of North African and Middle Eastern palm diversity. As previously shown, North African date palms display evidence of introgression by the wild relative Phoenix theophrasti Greuter, and we found that the uncultivated date palms from the abandoned oases share even more alleles with this species than cultivated palms in this region. The study of Siwa date palms could hence be a key to the understanding of date palm diversification in North Africa. Integration of ethnography and population genetics promoted the understanding of the interplay between diversity management in the oasis (short-time scale), and the origins and dynamic of diversity through domestication and diversification (long-time scale).; La diversité des plantes cultivées est façonnée par des processus biologiques et sociaux qui interagissent à différentes échelles spatiotemporelles. Nous avons ici combiné la génétique des populations et l’ethnobotanique pour étudier la diversité du palmier-dattier (Phoenix dactylifera L.) dans l’oasis de Siwa, en Égypte. Sur la base d’entretiens avec des agriculteurs et de l’observation des pratiques sur le terrain, nous avons collecté 149 palmiers dattiers de l’oasis de Siwa et 27 palmiers dattiers non cultivés provenant d’oasis abandonnées dans le désert environnant. En utilisant les données de génotypage de 18 loci microsatellites nucléaires et plastidiques, nous avons confirmé que certains types nommés constituent chacun une ligne clonale, c’est-à-dire un « cultivar vrai » (true-to-type). Nous avons également constaté que d’autres sont des collections de lignes clonales, c’est-à-dire des « ethnovariétés », voire même des échantillons non apparentés, c’est-à-dire des « catégories locales ». Cela modifie les évaluations existantes de l’agrobiodiversité, qui sont visiblement sous-estimées, et révèle l’impact des pratiques agricoles de faible intensité, mais très efficaces, sur la biodiversité. Ces pratiques difficilement observables, supposées par l’enquête ethnographique et confirmées par l’analyse génétique, sont rendues possibles par la façon dont les Isiwans conçoivent et classifient les êtres vivants dans leur oasis, qui ne correspond pas tout à fait à la façon dont les biologistes le font : une disparité classique des catégorisations étiques vs. émiques. En outre, nous avons établi que les palmiers dattiers de Siwa représentent un groupe génétique unique et très diversifié, plutôt qu’un sous-ensemble de la diversité des palmiers d’Afrique du Nord et du Moyen-Orient. Comme nous l’avons montré précédemment, les palmiers dattiers d’Afrique du Nord présentent des signes d’introgression par le parent sauvage Phoenix theophrasti Greuter, et nous avons constaté que les palmiers dattiers non cultivés des oasis abandonnées partagent encore plus d’allèles avec cette espèce que les palmiers cultivés de cette région. L’étude des palmiers dattiers de Siwa pourrait donc être une clé pour la compréhension de la diversification des palmiers dattiers en Afrique du Nord. L’intégration de l’ethnographie et de la génétique des populations a permis de comprendre l’interaction entre la gestion de la diversité dans l’oasis (l’échelle du court terme) et les origines et la dynamique de la diversité au travers de la domestication et de la diversification (l’échelle du long terme).
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36. Copper-induced changes in growth, photosynthesis, antioxidative system activities and lipid metabolism of cilantro (Coriandrum sativum L.)
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Faiza Mejri, Wafa Zaouali, Zeineb Ouerghi, Imène Ben Salah, Hervé Casabianca, Hela Mahmoudi, Karim Hosni, Laboratoire Product Vegetale Contraintes Abiot, Université de Tunis - El Manar II, Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Institut National de Recherche et d'Analyse Physico-Chimique (INRAP), PNBS - Produits naturels et biosourcés - Natural & Bio-based Products, Institut des Sciences Analytiques (ISA), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), and Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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0106 biological sciences ,Stomatal conductance ,Coriandrum ,Plant Science ,Photosynthesis ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,Lipid peroxidation ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,[CHIM.ANAL]Chemical Sciences/Analytical chemistry ,Genetics ,Food science ,Molecular Biology ,Carotenoid ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,030304 developmental biology ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,0303 health sciences ,biology ,Fatty acid ,Cell Biology ,APX ,biology.organism_classification ,6. Clean water ,chemistry ,Chlorophyll ,Animal Science and Zoology ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
The present study aims to investigate the effect of copper (as CuSO4, 5H2O) supply (0, 25 and 50 μM) on performance of cilantro (Coriandrum sativum L.) plants grown under hydroponic conditions. All applied Cu concentrations drastically reduced the biomass production, length of the shoots and the roots and disturbed the ions (Cu, Ca, Fe, Zn and Mg) homeostasis. Either Cu-starvation (0 μM) or Cu-toxicity (25 and 50 μM) significantly reduced the net photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance and transpiration rate resulting in reduced water use efficiency. Under Cu-toxicity, the variations in gas exchange parameters were associated with a remarkable decline in the photosynthetic pigments including Chlorophyll a, Chlorophyllb, Chlorophyll (a + b) and carotenoids. Additionally, an enhanced lipid peroxidation (evaluated as Malondialdehyde (MDA) contents) with a concomitant increase in proline, total soluble sugars and melanoidins contents were observed under these conditions. The increased MDA levels resulted in decrease in total lipid content and alteration of the fatty acid profiles in both shoots and roots with a general tendency toward the accumulation of saturated fatty acids that mirrors a decline in the desaturases activity. Although the increased activity of enzymatic antioxidants including catalase (CAT), gaiacol peroxidase (GPX) and ascorbate peroxidase (APX), the oxidative-induced injuries caused by 25 and 50 μM Cu were found to be irreversible and the optimal growth parameters were not achieved.
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37. Proton-Induced Charge Transfer on Imidazole and 2-Aminoimidazole. Role of the Substituent and Influence of Stepwise Hydration
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Marie-Christine Bacchus-Montabonel, Boutheïna Kerkeni, Laboratoire de Physique de la matière Condensée [Tunis] (LPMC), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Faculté des Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles de Tunis (FST), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Institut Supérieur des Arts Multimédia de la Manouba (ISAMM), Université de la Manouba [Tunisie] (UMA), Physico-chimie théorique (THEOCHEM), Institut Lumière Matière [Villeurbanne] (ILM), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), and Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Proton ,Static Electricity ,Substituent ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Ion ,Chemical calculations ,[SPI]Engineering Sciences [physics] ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Computational chemistry ,[CHIM]Chemical Sciences ,Molecule ,Imidazole ,Collisions ,Reactivity (chemistry) ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Density Functional Theory ,[PHYS]Physics [physics] ,Range (particle radiation) ,Molecular Structure ,Cluster chemistry ,010405 organic chemistry ,Chemistry ,Imidazoles ,Water ,Molecules ,0104 chemical sciences ,Models, Chemical ,13. Climate action ,Density functional theory ,Heterocyclic compounds ,Protons - Abstract
International audience; The behavior of potential prebiotic species in space is of main concern in the chemistry at the origin of life. Their reactivity or stability in spatial conditions, under strong UV radiations or ion bombardments, remains an open question and needs wide investigations. As protons are by far the most abundant ions in space, we focus presently on proton-induced collisions on imidazole and 2-aminoimidazole evidenced as important prebiotic RNA intermediates. Unconstrained full optimization of the structures was performed with B3LYP/cc-pVTZ model chemistry. The calculations were performed in a wide collision energy range in order to model various astrophysical environments, from eV in the interstellar medium, up to keV for solar winds or supernovae shock-wave protons. Such a study provides for the first time a theoretical insight on the influence of the amino substituent on the proton-induced charge transfer. We evaluated the role of icy grain environments through a cluster approach modeling the effect of a stepwise microhydration on the process. Comparisons with oxygenated and sulfurated analogues address further qualitative trends on the respective stability or reactivity of such heterocycles which may be of tremendous interest in prebiotic chemistry. Charge transfer appears to be quite efficient for imidazole compounds and their sulfurated analogue compared to the oxygenated heterocycle.
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38. Dichlorine peroxide (ClOOCl), chloryl chloride (ClCl(O)O) and chlorine chlorite (ClOClO): very accurateab initiostructures and actinic degradation
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Thibaud Cours, Najoua Derbel, Olfa Ferchichi, Alexander Alijah, Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Atomique, Moléculaire et Applications (LSAMA), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Faculté des Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles de Tunis (FST), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Groupe de spectrométrie moléculaire et atmosphérique (GSMA), and Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Ab initio ,General Physics and Astronomy ,chemistry.chemical_element ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,Photochemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Chloride ,Peroxide ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Chlorine ,medicine ,[CHIM]Chemical Sciences ,Molecule ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Chlorite ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,[PHYS]Physics [physics] ,Electronic correlation ,Concerted reaction ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,0104 chemical sciences ,chemistry ,13. Climate action ,0210 nano-technology ,medicine.drug - Abstract
The structural parameters of the three most stable isomers with formula Cl2O2, dichlorine peroxide, chloryl chloride and chlorine chlorite, were determined by high-level ab initio theory. The effects of core-valence electronic correlation as well as relativistic corrections were included in the calculations, and vibrational averaging of the so-obtained structures was performed. The bond distances agree with experimental data, where available, to within 0.01 Å, an unprecedented accuracy in particular for the floppy dichlorine peroxide molecule. The UV spectra of the three molecules were computed and decay pathways investigated. Under actinic UV radiation at 248 nm dichlorine peroxide decomposes principally according to ClOOCl → 2Cl + O2, in a synchronous concerted mechanism. In the low-energy tail region of this signal, the decay proceeds in a non-synchronous manner. There is also a low probability of the decay channel towards ClOO + Cl, whereas ClO molecules were not found. Chloryl chloride absorbs strongly around 300 nm. It disintegrates into ClO2 + Cl, where ClO2 seems to be formed mainly in excited electronic states which decompose further into Cl + O2. Hence chloryl chloride, though much less abundant in the stratosphere than dichlorine peroxide, also contributes to ozone depletion.
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39. IO(X2Π)–Ar cluster: ab initio potential energy surface and dynamical computations
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Majdi Hochlaf, Muneerah Mogren Al Mogren, M. Ben El Hadj Rhouma, S. Marzouk, François Lique, Yosra Ajili, Unité d’Éude des Milieux Ionisés et Réactifs [Monastir] (EMIR), Institut Préparatoire aux Etudes d'Ingénieurs de Monastir (IPEIM), Université de Monastir - University of Monastir (UM)-Université de Monastir - University of Monastir (UM), Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Atomique, Moléculaire et Applications (LSAMA), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Faculté des Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles de Tunis (FST), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Laboratoire Ondes et Milieux Complexes (LOMC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Le Havre Normandie (ULH), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU), King Saud University [Riyadh] (KSU), Laboratoire Instrumentation, Simulation et Informatique Scientifique (COSYS-LISIS), and Université Gustave Eiffel
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ABSORPTION CROSS-SECTION ,PHOTOELECTRON-SPECTROSCOPY ,Ab initio ,BASIS-SET ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Iodine oxide ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Molecular physics ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,symbols.namesake ,KINETIC ,IODINE OXIDE ,0103 physical sciences ,SCATTERING ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Basis set ,Physics ,010304 chemical physics ,Degenerate energy levels ,Potential energy ,INELASTIC-COLLISION ,STATE ,0104 chemical sciences ,IO RADICAL ,BRO ,Coupled cluster ,chemistry ,13. Climate action ,Potential energy surface ,symbols ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-CHEM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Chemical Physics [physics.chem-ph] ,van der Waals force - Abstract
Iodine oxide (IO) is an important tropospheric molecule. In the present paper, we mapped the potential energy surfaces (PESs) of the doubly degenerate IO(X-2 pi)-Ar van der Waals system using single- and double-excitation coupled cluster approaches with non-iterative perturbation treatment of triple excitations [RCCSD(T)] extrapolated to the complete basis set (CBS) limit. In addition to bent local minima, we identified a linear Ar-IO complex as a global minimum. Afterwards, we performed scattering calculations on these PESs, considering the non-zero spin-orbit contribution and the Renner-Teller effect. The integral cross-sections exhibit an oscillatory structure vs. the final rotational state, as already observed for the NO(X-2 pi)-Ar system. Moreover, computations reveal that the Ar-IO complex is stable toward dissociation into IO and Ar. Therefore, it can be found in the atmosphere and participates in iodine compound physical chemical processes occurring there.
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40. The Energy-Aware Matrix Completion-Based Data Gathering Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks
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Manel Kortas, Jean-Pierre Cances, Oussama Habachi, Tahar Ezzedine, Vahid Meghdadi, Ammar Bouallegue, Systèmes et Réseaux Intelligents (XLIM-SRI), XLIM (XLIM), Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Syscom (Lab. Syscom), Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis (ENIT), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), and Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)
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General Computer Science ,data gathering ,Computer science ,Real-time computing ,02 engineering and technology ,Data loss ,01 natural sciences ,spatial data interpolation ,[SPI]Engineering Sciences [physics] ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,General Materials Science ,Cluster analysis ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,energy efficiency ,Node (networking) ,010401 analytical chemistry ,General Engineering ,020206 networking & telecommunications ,Data compression ratio ,Energy consumption ,Missing data ,Wireless sensor networks ,0104 chemical sciences ,lcsh:Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering ,Wireless sensor network ,[SPI.SIGNAL]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Signal and Image processing ,matrix completion ,lcsh:TK1-9971 ,Efficient energy use - Abstract
In the Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), ensuring long-term survival of the sensor devices is crucial, especially for non-energy harvesting networks where the sensors have to deal with the available limited power. Thus, there is a huge need to efficiently select, in each time-slot, a small set of source nodes to monitor the network area and deliver their data to the sink. Note that there is a trade-off between energy efficiency, achieved through data-compression, and the informative quality received by the sink. Moreover, although applying a high data compression ratio extremely reduces the overall network energy consumption, the network lifetime is not necessarily extended due to the uneven energy depletion of the nodes' batteries. To this end, in this paper, we propose the Energy-Aware Matrix Completion based data gathering approach (EAMC), which designates the active nodes according to their residual energy levels. To collect data readings, the proposed EAMC relies on a nodes clustering phase and a MC based data sampling. Then, the interpolation of all the missing data is performed by the sink thanks to a Three-stage MC based recovery framework. Since we are interested in high data loss scenarios, the limited amount of delivered data must be sufficient in terms of informative quality it holds in order to reach a satisfactory recovery accuracy for the entire data. Hence, the EAMC selects the nodes depending on their inter-correlation as well as the network energy efficiency, with the use of a combined energy-aware and correlation-based metric. This introduced active node cost function changes with the type of application one wants to perform with the intention to reach a longer lifespan for the network. Therewith, the numerical results show that the EAMC achieves an attractive and competitive trade-off between the data reconstruction quality and the network lifetime for all the investigated scenarios.
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41. Experimental determination of GFRC tensile parameters from three-point bending tests using an analytical damage model
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Panagiotis Kotronis, Marwa Loukil, Wiem Ben Hassine, Oualid Limam, Laboratoire de Génie Civil [Tunis] (LR-LGC-ENIT), Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis (ENIT), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Institut de Recherche en Génie Civil et Mécanique (GeM), Université de Nantes - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques (UN UFR ST), and Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-École Centrale de Nantes (ECN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Glass-fiber-reinforced concrete GFRC ,Timoshenko beam theory ,Materials science ,Three point flexural test ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,020101 civil engineering ,02 engineering and technology ,Bending ,Span (engineering) ,[SPI.MAT]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Materials ,0201 civil engineering ,021105 building & construction ,Ultimate tensile strength ,Ultimate bending moment capacity ,Tensile parameters ,General Materials Science ,Bending test ,Civil and Structural Engineering ,business.industry ,Building and Construction ,Structural engineering ,Bending moment ,Slab ,business ,Beam (structure) ,Damage behavior law - Abstract
International audience; Glass-fiber-reinforced concrete (GFRC) has been emerging as a widely used construction material that is suitable for many structural elements and particularly flat slabs. This paper presents mix design proportions of GFRC with 0%, 2% and 3% weight fractions of fibers and experimental tests including the 3-point bending tests (NT 21.123 (NF P18-407)) which are usually used in practice. These tests provide indirect information on tensile behavior. They are completed by an identification of the tensile behavior made by inverse analysis to obtain it from their bending response. For this purpose, an analytical damage model is developed to obtain bending moment–curvature constitutive behavior. The deduction of load–deflection relationship is established using different beam theories. It is shown that the classical beam theory is sufficient to estimate the behavior of short beams having a span to height ratio equal to 3 according to NT 21.123 recommendations. Finally, the developed model is applied in order to determine ultimate bending moment capacity as function of GFRC flat slab and beam thickness.
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42. Can small reservoirs be used to gauge stream runoff?
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Insaf Mekki, Cécile Dagès, Maroua Bouteffeha, Jérôme Molénat, Laboratoire d'étude des Interactions Sol - Agrosystème - Hydrosystème (UMR LISAH), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Laboratoire de Modélisation en Hydraulique et Environnement [Tunis] (LR-LMHE ENIT), Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis (ENIT), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Institut National de Recherche en Génie Rural Eaux et Forêts (INRGREF), Ecole Nationale du Génie Rural, des Eaux et des Forêts (ENGREF)-Institution de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement Supérieur Agricoles [Tunis] (IRESA), The Kamech catchment belongs to the OMERE observatory (www. obs-omere.org), which is funded by the French organizations INRAE and IRD and coordinated by INAT (Tunis, Tunisia), INRGREF (Tunis, Tunisia), UMR Hydrosciences (Montpellier, France) and UMR LISAH (Montpellier, France). The OMERE observatory belongs to OZCAR-RI, which is supported by the French Ministry of Education and Research through the Allenvi Alliance, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro - Montpellier SupAgro, and Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Reservoir water balance ,0207 environmental engineering ,Drainage basin ,02 engineering and technology ,Gauging stream runoff ,01 natural sciences ,Water balance ,Hydrology (agriculture) ,Bathymetry ,Drainage ,020701 environmental engineering ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Water Science and Technology ,Hydrology ,geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Uncertainty ,6. Clean water ,Global sensitivity analysis ,13. Climate action ,Percolation ,Temporal resolution ,[SDE]Environmental Sciences ,Environmental science ,Surface runoff - Abstract
International audience; Understanding stream runoff generation processes requires distributed stream runoff estimates; however the acquisition of such estimates remains challenging in hydrology, especially in remote areas. In regions with a high spatial density of small reservoirs, those reservoirs could be employed to gauge stream runoff (Liebe et al., 2009). Using a water balance approach, the stream runoff flowing into a reservoir from a drainage catchment could be estimated. Accordingly, this work aims to address the following two questions: i) what is the error in the estimated stream runoff and ii) what are the main estimation uncertainty factors? Based on a case study of the Kamech catchment, Tunisia, stream runoff was estimated at different temporal resolutions (1–32 days), and a global sensitivity analysis was performed to estimate the contributions of the reservoir water balance terms (evaporation, rainfall, percolation, reservoir water level and level-area-volume relations) to the estimated stream runoff uncertainty.The results reveal that stream runoff can be reliably estimated based on small reservoirs using a mass balance approach. The error and global stream runoff estimation uncertainties decrease as the temporal resolution increases. The bathymetric relationships (level-area and level-volume relations) constitute a strong factor of uncertainty for all temporal resolutions, and even the dominant factor for temporal resolutions ranging from 4 to 23 days. The estimation uncertainty for the shortest temporal resolutions (1–8 days) mainly originates from reservoir level uncertainty. As the temporal resolution increases, the contribution of percolation uncertainty increases. The general (not site-specific) conclusions of this study are that stream runoff gauging based on small reservoirs requires the determination of the bathymetric relations and that small reservoirs could be used as reliable stream runoff gauges at short temporal resolutions if the reservoir level is measured with limited uncertainty and at long temporal resolutions as long as the percolation rate from the reservoir is known with limited uncertainty
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43. ATOMIUM: halide molecules around the S-type AGB star W Aquilae
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Taissa Danilovich, Raghvendra Sahai, Pierre Kervella, Tom J. Millar, Manali Jeste, Malcolm Gray, Bannawit Pimpanuwat, Pierre Royer, Theo Khouri, L. B. F. M. Waters, E. Cannon, Carl A. Gottlieb, Lieven Decock, Kamel Hammami, Karl M. Menten, K. T. Wong, M. A. Amor, E. De Beck, Albert A. Zijlstra, Leen Decin, J. Bolte, J. A. Yates, Sandra Etoka, Holger S. P. Müller, Sofia Wallström, Fabrice Herpin, A. de Koter, Alain Baudry, F. De Ceuster, S. Maes, Iain McDonald, A. M. S. Richards, D. Gobrecht, E. Lagadec, W. Homan, Miguel Montargès, J. Malfait, John M. C. Plane, M. Van de Sande, Institute of Astronomy [Leuven], Catholic University of Leuven - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), School of Chemistry [Leeds], University of Leeds, Astrophysics Research Centre [Belfast] (ARC), Queen's University [Belfast] (QUB), Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Atomique, Moléculaire et Applications (LSAMA), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Faculté des Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles de Tunis (FST), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Center for Astrophysics (emeritus), Harvard-Smithsonian, Cambridge, MA, USA, Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics (JBCA), University of Manchester [Manchester], Onsala Space Observatory (OSO), Chalmers University of Technology [Göteborg], Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] (LAB), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Physics and Astronomy [UCL London], University College of London [London] (UCL), Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek (AI PANNEKOEK), University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA), National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand, Thailand, puji.irawati@gmail.com, Institut d'Astronomie et d'Astrophysique [Bruxelles] (IAA), Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIFR), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA (UMR_8109)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), The Open University [Milton Keynes] (OU), Universität zu Köln, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON), Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud university [Nijmegen], Institut de RadioAstronomie Millimétrique (IRAM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratory for Space Research [Hong Kong] (LSR), The University of Hong Kong (HKU), and Low Energy Astrophysics (API, FNWI)
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astro-ph.SR ,astro-ph.GA ,Astronomy ,Continuum (design consultancy) ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Context (language use) ,Astrophysics ,stars: AGB and post-AGB ,01 natural sciences ,7. Clean energy ,Computer Science::Digital Libraries ,circumstellar matter ,Spectral line ,stars: individual: χ Cyg ,0103 physical sciences ,Radiative transfer ,Asymptotic giant branch ,010306 general physics ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR) ,Physics ,[SDU.ASTR.SR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR] ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Circumstellar envelope ,stars: individual: W Aql ,Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies ,submillimeter: stars ,Stars ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,13. Climate action ,Space and Planetary Science ,Excited state ,Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA) - Abstract
S-type asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars are thought to be intermediates in the evolution of oxygen- to carbon-rich AGB stars. The chemical compositions of their circumstellar envelopes are also intermediate, but have not been studied in as much detail as their carbon- and oxygen-rich counterparts. We aim to determine the abundances of AlCl and AlF from rotational lines, which have been observed for the first time towards an S-type AGB star, W Aql. In combination with models based on PACS observations, we aim to update our chemical kinetics network based on these results. We analyse ALMA observations towards W Aql of AlCl in the ground and first two vibrationally excited states and AlF in the ground vibrational state. Using radiative transfer models, we determine the abundances and spatial abundance distributions of Al$^{35}$Cl, Al$^{37}$Cl, and AlF. We also model HCl and HF emission and compare these models to PACS spectra to constrain the abundances of these species. AlCl is found in clumps very close to the star, with emission confined within 0.1$^{\prime\prime}$ of the star. AlF emission is more extended, with faint emission extending 0.2$^{\prime\prime}$ to 0.6$^{\prime\prime}$ from the continuum peak. We find peak abundances, relative to H$_2$, of $1.7\times 10^{-7}$ for Al$^{35}$Cl, $7\times 10^{-8}$ for Al$^{37}$Cl and $1\times 10^{-7}$ for AlF. From the PACS spectra, we find abundances of $9.7\times 10^{-8}$ and $\leq 10^{-8}$, relative to H$_2$, for HCl and HF, respectively. The AlF abundance exceeds the solar F abundance, indicating that fluorine synthesised in the AGB star has already been dredged up to the surface of the star and ejected into the circumstellar envelope. From our analysis of chemical reactions in the wind, we conclude that AlF may participate in the dust formation process, but we cannot fully explain the rapid depletion of AlCl seen in the wind., Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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44. Optical properties of polymerized ethylene thin films deposited by PECVD technique
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Michael Lejeune, Habib Bouchriha, D. Gamra, A. Sakli, A. Lelong, M. Clin, R. Amri, Faculté de pharmacie [Tunis], Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée - UR UPJV 2081 (LPMC), Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV), Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 (IEMN), Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF)-Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut-Cambrésis (UVHC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Institut supérieur de l'électronique et du numérique (ISEN)-Centrale Lille, Laboratoire de physique de la matière condensée, Faculté des Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles de Tunis (FST), and Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)
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Permittivity ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics] ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Band gap ,Physics::Optics ,Optical conductivity ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Dispersion (optics) ,Optoelectronics ,[PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat] ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Thin film ,Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) ,business ,Refractive index ,Plasmon - Abstract
International audience; Optical properties of polymerized polyethylene layers deposited on glass substrates by PECVD technique at different radio frequency powers are studied through transmission and reflection spectra. Analysis of the experimental spectra by using conventional classic models which permit the determination of optical constants as the refractive index n, the dielectric permittivity \epsilon, the extinction k and absorption coefficients α which leads to the optical parameters characterizing the layers such as static refractive index ns,permittivity \epsilons, plasmon frequency ωp, carrier density to effective mass ratio N/m*e,optical conductivity σop, optical band gap Eg and dispersion diffusion energies E0 and Ed. These different values permit to select the suitable power for elaborate layers with performant properties for various applications in the field of communication, electrical isolation, and miniaturized optoelectronics and sensors devices. \textcopyright 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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45. Alpha-mannosidosis in Tunisian consanguineous families: Potential involvement of variants in GHR and SLC19A3 genes in the variable expressivity of cognitive impairment
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Soumeya Bekri, Olfa Messaoud, Cherine Charfeddine, Hela Boudabbous, Amel Tounsi, Meriem Hechmi, Lotfi Zekri, Rahma Mkaouar, Ghazi Besbes, Ahlem Ben Hmid, Christine Petit, R. M’rad, Neji Tebib, Sami Bouchoucha, Fabrice Giraudet, Rym Kefi, J. Marrakchi, Crystel Bonnet, Imen Chelly, Ichraf Kraoua, Hamza Dallali, Ilhem Turki Ben Youssef, Sonia Abdelhak, Nadia Zitouna, Zied Riahi, Sonia Maalej, Mediha Trabelsi, Laboratoire de Génomique Biomédicale et Oncogénétique - Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics Laboratory (LR11IPT05), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Faculté des Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles de Tunis (FST), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Department of Gastroenterology, Habib Bougatfa Hospital, Bizerte, Tunisia, Hôpital La Rabta [Tunis], Institut de l'Audition [Paris] (IDA), Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU), Abderahman Mami Hospital, Laboratoire d'immunologie clinique [Institut Pasteur de Tunis], Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), University of Tunis El Manar, RM is a recipient of a MOBIDOC (http://www.anpr.tn/resultat-mobidoc-session-2017/) fellowship, funded by the EU through the EMORI program and managed by the ANPR., and We would like to thank the patients and their families for their participation in this work. The authors also thank Mrs. Rowan Ben Dakhlia for her critical reading of the manuscript.
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Male ,MESH: Geography ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Otology ,Deafness ,MESH: Base Sequence ,MESH: Cognitive Dysfunction ,MESH: Membrane Transport Proteins ,Consanguinity ,Database and Informatics Methods ,Medical Conditions ,MESH: Audiometry ,Gene duplication ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,Missense mutation ,Cognitive decline ,Hearing Disorders ,Exome ,Cognitive Impairment ,Sanger sequencing ,Genetics ,Multidisciplinary ,Geography ,Cognitive Neurology ,MESH: Genetic Predisposition to Disease ,Genomics ,Genomic Databases ,Pedigree ,Phenotype ,Neurology ,symbols ,Medicine ,Female ,Cellular Structures and Organelles ,MESH: Tunisia ,Research Article ,Tunisia ,MESH: Mutation ,MESH: Exome Sequencing ,MESH: Pedigree ,Science ,Cognitive Neuroscience ,Disabilities ,Alpha-mannosidosis ,MESH: Carrier Proteins ,MESH: alpha-Mannosidosis ,Biology ,Research and Analysis Methods ,MESH: Phenotype ,Frameshift mutation ,symbols.namesake ,Audiometry ,Intellectual Disability ,Exome Sequencing ,medicine ,Humans ,Cognitive Dysfunction ,Family ,Genetic Predisposition to Disease ,MESH: Family ,MESH: Consanguinity ,MESH: Humans ,Base Sequence ,Membrane Transport Proteins ,Biology and Life Sciences ,Computational Biology ,Human Genetics ,Cell Biology ,Genome Analysis ,medicine.disease ,Human genetics ,MESH: Male ,Biological Databases ,Otorhinolaryngology ,Mutation ,alpha-Mannosidosis ,Mutation Databases ,Cognitive Science ,Carrier Proteins ,Lysosomes ,MESH: Female ,Neuroscience - Abstract
Alpha-Mannosidosis (AM) is an ultra-rare storage disorder caused by a deficiency of lysosomal alpha-mannosidase encoded by the MAN2B1 gene. Clinical presentation of AM includes mental retardation, recurrent infections, hearing loss, dysmorphic features, and motor dysfunctions. AM has never been reported in Tunisia. We report here the clinical and genetic study of six patients from two Tunisian families with AM. The AM diagnosis was confirmed by an enzymatic activity assay. Genetic investigation was conducted by Sanger sequencing of the mutational hotspots for the first family and by ES analysis for the second one. In the first family, a frameshift duplication p.(Ser802GlnfsTer129) was identified in the MAN2B1 gene. For the second family, ES analysis led to the identification of a missense mutation p.(Arg229Trp) in the MAN2B1 gene in four affected family members. The p.(Ser802GlnfsTer129) mutation induces a premature termination codon which may trigger RNA degradation by the NMD system. The decrease in the levels of MAN2B1 synthesis could explain the severe phenotype observed in the index case. According to the literature, the p.(Arg229Trp) missense variant does not have an impact on MAN2B1 maturation and transportation, which correlates with a moderate clinical sub-type. To explain the intra-familial variability of cognitive impairment, exome analysis allowed the identification of two likely pathogenic variants in GHR and SLC19A3 genes potentially associated to cognitive decline. The present study raises awareness about underdiagnosis of AM in the region that deprives patients from accessing adequate care. Indeed, early diagnosis is critical in order to prevent disease progression and to propose enzyme replacement therapy.
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46. Combining task scheduling and data replication for SLA compliance and enhancement of provider profit in clouds
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Tarek Hamrouni, Riad Mokadem, Amel Khelifa, Faouzi Ben Charrada, Laboratoire d'Informatique, Programmation, Algorithmique et Heuristique (LIPAH), Faculté des Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles de Tunis (FST), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Optimisation Dynamique de Requêtes Réparties à grande échelle (IRIT-PYRAMIDE), Institut de recherche en informatique de Toulouse (IRIT), Université Toulouse 1 Capitole (UT1), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Toulouse 1 Capitole (UT1), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, and Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)
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Data replication ,Operations research ,Computer science ,Cloud computing ,02 engineering and technology ,Bottleneck ,Scheduling (computing) ,Service-level agreement ,Artificial Intelligence ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Economic model ,Resource management ,[INFO]Computer Science [cs] ,business.industry ,Service level agreement ,Service level objective ,Triadic concept analysis ,Replication (computing) ,Correlation ,Task scheduling ,[INFO.INFO-PF]Computer Science [cs]/Performance [cs.PF] ,Data access ,Cloud provider ,Profit ,020201 artificial intelligence & image processing ,business - Abstract
International audience; Task scheduling and data replication are highly coupled resource management techniques that are widely used by cloud providers to improve the overall system performance and ensure service level agreement (SLA) compliance while preserving their own economic profit. However, balancing the trade-off between system performance and provider profit is very challenging. In this paper, we propose a novel scheduling algorithm called Bottleneck and Cost Value Scheduling (BCVS) algorithm coupled with a novel dynamic data replication strategy called Correlation and Economic Model-based Replication (CEMR). The main goal is to improve data access effectiveness in order to meet service level objectives in terms of response time SLORT and minimum availability SLOMA, while preserving the provider profit. The BCVS algorithm focuses on reducing system bottleneck situations caused by data transfer when the CEMR focuses on preventing future SLA violations and guaranteeing a minimum availability. An economic model is also proposed to estimate the cloud provider profit. Simulation results indicate that the proposed combination of scheduling and replication algorithms offers higher monetary profit for the cloud provider by up to 30% compared to existing strategies. Moreover, it allows better performance.
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47. Global Lipschitz stability of multiple space dependent ionic parameters for the MEA/hiPSC-CM assays
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MAHJOUB Moncef, Nejib Zemzemi, Hamza Ammar, Laboratoire de Modélisation Mathématique et Numérique dans les Sciences de l'Ingénieur [Tunis] (LR-LAMSIN-ENIT), Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis (ENIT), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Modélisation et calculs pour l'électrophysiologie cardiaque (CARMEN), Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux (IMB), Université Bordeaux Segalen - Bordeaux 2-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux (Bordeaux INP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Bordeaux Segalen - Bordeaux 2-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux (Bordeaux INP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Inria Bordeaux - Sud-Ouest, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-IHU-LIRYC, Université Bordeaux Segalen - Bordeaux 2-CHU Bordeaux [Bordeaux]-CHU Bordeaux [Bordeaux], SPICY, and LIRIMA
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In this paper, we consider an inverse problem of determining two space dependent ionic parameters of a strongly coupled parabolic-elliptic reaction–diffusion system arising in cardiac electrophysiology modeling when simulating drugs action with multi-electrode array/human induced pluripotent stem cells-cardiomyocytes assays. We use the bidomain model coupled to an ordinary differential equation and we consider the classical phenomenological model in cardiac electrophysiology of FitzHugh–Nagumo to describe the ionic exchanges at the microscopic level. Our main result is the uniqueness and a Lipschitz stability estimate for two ionic parameters ( k , γ ) of the model using sub-boundary observations over an interval of time. The key ingredients are a global Carleman-type estimates with a suitable observations acting on a part of the boundary.
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48. Recent advances on semiconductor/MXene hybrids for harvesting light and photoelectrochemical water oxidation: A mini review
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Ben Ali, Monaam, Elhouichet, Habib, Szunerits, Sabine, Boukherroub, Rabah, Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Raman, Faculté des Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles de Tunis (FST), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 (IEMN), Centrale Lille-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF)-JUNIA (JUNIA), Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Université catholique de Lille (UCL), NanoBioInterfaces - IEMN (NBI - IEMN), Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Centrale Lille-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF)-JUNIA (JUNIA), and no funding
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Semiconductor materials ,Water oxidation ,[SPI]Engineering Sciences [physics] ,General Chemical Engineering ,Heterostructures ,Environmental Chemistry ,General Chemistry ,Photoelectrochemical activity ,MXene ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering - Abstract
International audience; Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting has drawn great attention of scientists as an appreciated approach for converting solar energy into renewable fuels. So far, semiconductor-based photoanodes are considered as promising candidates for conventional light harvesters due to their chemical robustness, earth abundance and adequate band gap. However, single semiconductor usually suffers from short diffusion length, fast recombination of photogenerated electron-hole pairs, difficulty to accelerate the interfacial charge transfer, poor electrical conductivity and sluggish oxygen evolution reaction kinetics, which limit their efficacy in PEC devices. Transition metal carbides, nitrides and carbonitrides (MXenes) is a new class of two-dimensional materials that has brought new opportunities to design synergistic systems for energy storage and conversion because of their interesting characteristics including rich interlayers groups, functional terminal groups and tunable optical and electronic properties. Therefore, decoration of semiconductors by MXene nanolayers or hybridization of MXene with semiconductor materials may facilitate to overcome the common obstacles including carriers’ separation efficiency, and poor electrochemical properties. MXene/semiconductor hybrid materials can boost the photogenerated carriers’ separation and transport and importantly revealed a significant performance as photoanodes. In fact, the new concept based on exploitation of MXene properties is crucial to generate enough space for accommodating charges (depletion zone, Schottky barriers) and enhance the electrical conductivity. Herein, an overview on MXene/semiconductor photoanodes current challenges and promising technologies for effective water oxidation is provided.
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49. GA-PPI-Net Approach vs Analytical Approaches for Community Detection in PPI Networks
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Marta Rukoz, Sana Ben Hamida, Marwa Ben M'Barek, Amel Borgi, Laboratoire d'analyse et modélisation de systèmes pour l'aide à la décision (LAMSADE), Université Paris Dauphine-PSL, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Informatique, Programmation, Algorithmique et Heuristique (LIPAH), Faculté des Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles de Tunis (FST), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Université Paris Nanterre - UFR Sciences économiques, gestion, mathématiques, informatique (UPN SEGMI), and Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)
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0303 health sciences ,Genetic Algorithm ,Community detection ,Computer science ,business.industry ,02 engineering and technology ,Net (mathematics) ,Machine learning ,computer.software_genre ,Semantic Similarity ,Clustering ,Protein-protein interaction networks ,[INFO.INFO-AI]Computer Science [cs]/Artificial Intelligence [cs.AI] ,03 medical and health sciences ,ComputingMethodologies_PATTERNRECOGNITION ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,020201 artificial intelligence & image processing ,Artificial intelligence ,[INFO.INFO-BI]Computer Science [cs]/Bioinformatics [q-bio.QM] ,business ,computer ,030304 developmental biology ,General Environmental Science - Abstract
International audience; Community detection has become an important research direction for data mining in complex networks. It aims to identify topological structures and discover patterns in complex networks, which presents an important problem of great significance. Prediction of communities from Protein-Protein Interaction (PPI) networks is important problem in system biology as they control different cellular functions. These networks represent a set of proteins that collaborate at the same cellular function. With the increment of genome-scale protein-protein interaction data for different species, various computational methods focus on identifying protein community from PPI networks. In this paper, we are interested in evaluating the proposed genetic algorithm GA-PPI-Net and three clustering methods for community detection. In the computational tests carried out in this work, the proposed genetic algorithm achieved excellent results to detect existing or even new communities from PPI networks.
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50. From Vietnam to Tunisia, anthropogenic pressure, risks and forest plantations during the recent history
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Robert, Amélie, Jaziri, Brahim, Institut d'Asie Orientale (IAO), École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-Sciences Po Lyon - Institut d'études politiques de Lyon (IEP Lyon), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Cités, Territoires, Environnement et Sociétés (CITERES), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Tours (UT), Université de Tunis, UR Régionalisation et Développement Régional et Urbain (UR REDRU), Université de Tunis (TUNISIE), IGU (International Geographical Union), Turkish Geographical society and T.C. Istanbul üniversitesi, École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-Sciences Po Lyon - Institut d'études politiques de Lyon (IEP Lyon), Université de Tours (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Tours, and Robert, Amélie
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[SDE] Environmental Sciences ,forest ,Tunisia ,Vietnam ,[SHS.GEO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography ,[SDE]Environmental Sciences ,[SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography ,forest plantations ,landscape dynamics ,risks ,anthropogenic pressure - Abstract
International audience; Vietnam and Tunisia are southern countries, which both knew a tumultuous history, especially marked by the French colonization. But they are different, first from climate viewpoint (tropical for the one, Mediterranean for the other). We intend to compare their landscape dynamics since the beginning of the 20th century. We will based our talk on results, we obtained at local scale: Thua Thien-Hue province in Central Vietnam; the coastal dunes of the Governorate of Bizerte in northern Tunisia. The land use dynamics were mapped thanks to maps, satellite images and aerial photographs. We also conducted field studies and interviews with local people and forest managers.We will show that, beyond climate differences, common points can be identified in terms of anthropogenic pressure and its links with risks. With a time difference, both countries knew a decline of their forest area, due to a strong pressure. The inhabitants, poor, needed forest resources for their survival and forests represented a land reserve. The consequence was an increase of poor ecosystems: spatial extension of savannahs in Vietnam, dunes moving in Tunisia. By destroying their environment, people put themselves at risk. In fact, due to the forests decline, risks increase and threaten the local population. Soil erosion is stronger, floods become more dramatic and fires are more frequent and important. The growth of the exposed population increases more again risks. In Tunisia, these ones were perceived at the beginning of the 20th century and the solution was to reforest dunes. The positive effects are now visible and encourage to continue in this direction. In Vietnam, the main plantation programs were launched from 1990’s. Ambitious, they now concern considerable areas. Today, both countries know an increase of their forest area. They can serve as examples as forest plantations are encouraged worldwide to mitigate climate change.
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