THE INTERNATIONAL LAW FOUNDATIONS OF PALESTINIAN NATIONALITY A Legal Examination of Palestinian Nationality under the British Rule

présentée à l'Université de Genève pour l'obtention du grade de Docteur en relations internationales (droit international) par Mutaz QAFISHEH (Palestine – France

ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE POUR L’OBTENTION DU GRADE DE DOCTEUR ÈS SCIENCES TECHNIQUES PAR

Ingénieur de systèmes électroniques de l’Université de Mondragón de nationalité espagnole acceptée sur proposition du jury: Prof. Alain Wegmann, directeur de thès

ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE POUR L’OBTENTION DU GRADE DE DOCTEUR ÈS SCIENCES PAR

de nationalité suisse et originiaire de Cugy (Fribourg) acceptée sur proposition du jury

PROGRAMME DOCTORAL EN SCIENCE ET GÉNIE DES MATÉRIAUX ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE POUR L'OBTENTION DU GRADE DE DOCTEUR ÈS SCIENCES PAR

ingénieur en science des matériaux diplômé EPF de nationalité suisse et originaire de Salquenen (VS) acceptée sur proposition du jury: Prof. H. J. Mathieu, président du jury Prof. M. Rappaz, directeur de thès

PROGRAMME DOCTORAL EN INFORMATIQUE, COMMUNICATIONS ET INFORMATION ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE POUR L'OBTENTION DU GRADE DE DOCTEUR ÈS SCIENCES PAR

acceptée sur proposition du jury: Prof. P. Dillenbourg, président du jury Prof. P. Fua, directeur de thès

POUR L'OBTENTION DU GRADE DE DOCTEUR ÈS SCIENCES PAR

The main goal of the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is the management of all the data associated to a product during its lifecycle. Lifecycle data is being generated by events and actions (of various lifecycle agents which are humans and/or software systems) and it is distributed along the product’s lifecycle phases: Beginning of Life (BOL) including design and manufacturing, Middle of Life (MOL) including usage and maintenance and End of Life (EOL) including recycling, disposal or other options. Closed-Loop PLM extends the meaning of PLM in order to close the loop of the information among the different lifecycle phases. The idea is that information of MOL could be used at the EOL stage to support deciding the most appropriate EOL option (especially to make decision for re-manufacturing and re-use) and combined with the EOL information it could be used as feedback in the BOL for improving the new generations of the product. Several PLM models have been developed utilising various technologies and methods towards providing aspects of the Closed-Loop PLM concept. Ontologies are rapidly becoming popular in various research fields. There is a tendenc

Prof. L. Berglund, rapporteur

The aim of this thesis was to investigate the process-structure-property relationships of UV-curable hyperbranched polymer (HBP)/silica nanocomposites. Special attention was paid to the interplay between photo-conversion, rheological behavior, shrinkage, and stress dynamics. This knowledge was used to maximize the shape fidelity and dimensional stability of imprinted nano-patterns made with these nanocomposites. Two different processing routes, resulting in different nanocomposite morphologies, were compared. The first and more conventional approach was ultrasonic, solvent-assisted mixing with solid silica nanoparticles followed by UV curing, which led to a discrete dispersion of silica particles in the matrix. The second and more novel approach was a dual-cure process combining UV and sol-gel processing with liquid tetraethyl orthosilicate. The sol-gel process, using a low-viscosity organometallic precursor, overcame the potential processing issue of the highly viscous particulate nanocomposites and led to a hybrid material with a homogeneous silica network at nanometer scale. Rheological analysis of silica nanoparticle suspensions up to the concentrate

PROGRAMME DOCTORAL EN INFORMATIQUE, COMMUNICATIONS ET INFORMATION ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE POUR L'OBTENTION DU GRADE DE DOCTEUR ÈS SCIENCES PAR

2013 A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new — Albert Einstein To my parents...Acknowledgments This thesis is only partially my work. It would not be possible without my friends, relatives, colleagues who were helping me (knowingly or unknowingly) during this PhD journey. I am hugely grateful to all of you! Denis Gillet and Christophe Salzmann. Thank you for accepting me into your research family, for giving me the freedom in choosing and shaping the research directions according to my interests, for being my mentors. After our discussions I was always leaving your office inspired and highly motivated. This is indeed something! I would like to thank my thesis committee members for reading my thesis and being m

UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE Département d’Informatique FACULTE DES SCIENCES

Emotion assessment for affective computing based on brain and peripheral signals THESE présenté à la faculté des sciences de l’Université de Genève pour obtenir le grade de Docteur ès sciences, mention informatique pa

Université de Montpellier 2

Titre de la thèse Le tronc de la locomotion à la commande Membres du jur