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Amos, Michelle L. "Candy-Coated." The Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1423579765.
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Kaspar, Kerrie L. "Identification and quantification of flavanols and methylxanthines in chocolates with different percentages of chocolate liquor." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2006. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2006/2006kaspark.pdf.
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Söderholm, Elin, and Sofia Flankkumäki. "How dark patterns affect desirability in Candy Crush Saga." Thesis, Tekniska Högskolan, Jönköping University, JTH, Datateknik och informatik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-49111.
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Dark game design patterns are features used by game creators to manipulate the player to make certain choices. These patterns can lead to unintentional player actions causing negative experiences. In this descriptive user experience study, focused on the mobile game Candy Crush Saga, the dark patterns’ effect on desirability (whether something is fun and engaging) and the players’ decision to quit or continue to be a player due to the patterns were investigated. An online survey, where the participants were asked about their feelings towards five different dark patterns identified within Candy Crush Saga, was conducted and distributed by using Google Forms and Facebook. The survey received 60 responses from current and previous players of the game. The sample was not controlled and rather homogeneous, therefore it was not necessarily representative of the entire Candy Crush Saga audience. The analysis of the gathered data indicated correlation between the use of certain types of dark patterns and decreased desirability. Some variation could be detected between the effects of different dark patterns. Similarly, certain patterns had a stronger impact on the players’ decision to quit being a player and other patterns on the choice to continue. Four out of the five patterns studied were indicated as both a reason to quit for some and a reason to continue for others. The results offer insight to game developers and businesses about the previously insufficiently studied connection between the dark game design patterns and their direct effects to the users’ perceived experience. It is apparent that a decrease in the use of certain dark patterns would contribute to a more positive playing experience.
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Sinclair, Jillian L. "A comparison of material preferences by chocolatiers and consumers /." Online version of thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/3932.
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Stein, Peter J. "The Demand for Advertising on Television: What Guides Firms' Decisions and How Their Choices Change During Highly Rated Telecasts." Thesis, Boston College, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:106764.
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Thesis advisor: Julie Holland MortimerTelevision ads have become as much a part of watching TV as the programs themselves. They are such a ubiquitous component of network and cable television that they have developed their own sub-culture; popular commercials get brought up in conversation, and many commercial actors become famous for portraying their respective characters. For how prevalent television advertising is and always has been, though, it’s amazing how little is known about advertiser demand. While many academics have conducted studies on the effects of advertising, little research has been steered towards understanding why advertisers choose to advertise when they do, especially within the context of advertising on TV. My research revolves around answering this question, as I attempt to establish patterns that can predict when firms will choose to advertise. By looking at data on past advertising trends, I try to find a sense of consistency across firms and across industries and then use that information to analyze and explain any observed changes in behavior during highly rated telecasts
Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2016
Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Departmental Honors
Discipline: Economics
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Haeseler, Bethany. "Cake Or Death – That’s an Easy Question." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1253891174.
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Stangl, Kimberly. "Impact of ingredient selection on rheological properties of a semi-liquid syrup model for use in pulp/paste candy." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/32904.
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Master of ScienceFood Science
Sajid Alavi
Pulp/paste candy is popular in Mexico and is gaining popularity around the world. Pulp/paste candy is characterized as a soft, semi-fluid candy with particles in a colloidal suspension, typically squeezed out of the package for consumption. It is made by hydrating gums in water and mixing them with corn syrup, acid, powdered/pulverized sugar, and other minor ingredients yielding a product around 80°Brix and pH between 2-3. Over time the sucrose in the candy tends to invert, causing two types of failure: package leakage and solidification in package. Based on the findings of previous work from Molina-Rubio et al. (2010), a modified semi-liquid syrup model system was created with corn syrup, sugar, gums, and water. The model system was used to identify the influence these ingredients had on viscosity and texture since these factors are linked to the typical modes of failure in pulp/paste candy. An oscillatory sweep was used on a controlled force rheometer to identify the linear viscoelastic range. Oneway ANOVA with Tukey HSD was used to compare % total solids levels with complex viscosity at 0.1 rad/sec (there was a significant difference between all levels) and minimum tan (delta) (mid and high level were similar). Using a stepwise method, ANOVA models were generated that showed statistically significant effects on complex viscosity for gum level and sugar level as well as interactions (p < 0.05) between invert syrup-water, gum-water, and sugar type-water. The type of gum and the amount of corn syrup used didn’t significantly impact on the viscosity of the system. Using probe tests helped to analyze samples that were too thick for the rheometer. Analysis showed an inflection point for exponentially increased hardness (85-93%TS) that should be further investigated. The stepwise regression model generated for stickiness showed that the invert syrup-water interaction was significant along with gum type. These results are applicable to the confectionery industry and can help companies test and create a candy that meets the packaging and shelf life constraints that they desire. Targeting invert syrup-water levels and the hydration of the gum will have the most impact on the final product’s viscosity and stickiness, which are important for primary package filling and storage. To create an easy to eat candy, no invert syrup should be used in formulation and gellan gum would be better to use than xanthan. Higher solids (> 85%) should also be avoided since it would create a candy that is harder to squeeze out of the package due to higher viscosity and textural hardness.
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Brown, Jessica Elise. "Assessment of Similarity in Chemically Complex Samples." PDXScholar, 2014. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1954.
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Concern within the public health community is mounting regarding what some deem as "candy-flavored tobacco". A recent study by King et al. (2014) found that >40% of middle and high school student smokers use flavored cigarettes or flavored little cigars. This study investigated the validity of the "candy-flavored tobacco" designation by comparing flavor profiles of 18 flavored tobacco products with 15 candy and Kool-Aid products using gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Significant compositional overlap was found; nearly 75% of the compounds detected were present in at least one flavored tobacco and one candy or Kool-Aid product. Benzaldehyde and or benzyl alcohol were measured in cherry candies, Kool-Aid and tobacco. Similar levels of benzaldehyde were measured in the cherry Kool-Aid and wild cherry Cheyenne cigars at 3338 ± 623 and 3937 ± 251 μg/serving. Methyl anthranilate, 1-hexanol, [lowercase gamma]-decalactone, and raspberry ketone were found in all grape, apple, peach and berry products, respectively. Vanillin and or ethyl vanillin were constituents of all flavored tobacco products analyzed.
Many flavorants, such as limonene, are also volatilizable biogenic organic compounds (VBOCs). A more comprehensive understanding of the identities and properties of VBOCs, precursors to secondary organic aerosol (SOA), would support air quality and climate change research and management. Our knowledge is limited by extreme compositional diversity within the VBOC class. Only recently have techniques such as two-dimensional gas chromatography time of flight mass spectrometry (GCxGC/TOFMS) been employed, and the complexity of the data poses analysis challenges. To address this, agglomerative hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) was performed on data generated by GCxGC/TOFMS analysis of air samples collected during the Particle Investigations at a Northern Ozarks Tower: NOx, Oxidant, Isoprene Research (PINOT NOIR) study. HCA resulted in the assignment of 204 compounds into 27 clusters: these clusters were grouped into 4 distinct types making the data significantly more manageable. The assignment of a cluster to a type was mostly based on the frequency with which compounds appeared in samples. Type I clusters contained compounds that were present in only one sample, suggesting meteorological influence.
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Siegwein, Alexander Martin. "THE EFFECTS OF SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE ADDITION ON THE PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF GUMMI CONFECTIONS." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1276883276.
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Böhm, Christian. "Dynamik des Stickstoffhaushaltes einer Sand-Braunerde nach vierjähriger Brache in Abhängigkeit von der landwirtschaftlichen Nutzungsintensität." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2005. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:swb:14-1127215398022-54219.
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Um für ertragsschwache, sandige Böden des mitteldeutschen Agrarraumes Aussagen bzw. Empfehlungen hinsichtlich einer ökologisch vertretbaren Wiederinbetriebnahme brachgefallener Flächen treffen zu können, wurden auf einem leichten Sandstandort Nordsachsens die Gehalte, Vorräte, Bindungsformen und Dynamik des Kohlen- und Stickstoffs im Boden, nach Inkulturnahme stillgelegter Flächen, bestimmt und quantifiziert. Hierfür erfolgte die Einrichtung von zwei Bewirtschaftungssystemen mit unterschiedlicher Nutzungsintensität. Während sich die Versuchsvariante "Extensive Bewirtschaftung" durch typische Merkmale des ökologischen Landbaus auszeichnete, wurde sich bei der Versuchsvariante "Intensive Bewirtschaftung" an den Methoden der konventionellen Ackerbewirtschaftung orientiert. Um diese Bewirtschaftungsformen mit stillgelegten Flächen vergleichen zu können, wurden Teile des Untersuchungsareals erneut der Sukzession überlassen. Diese bildeten die Versuchsvariante "Brache". Die Erhebung der Daten erstreckte sich über einen dreijährigen Zeitraum. Neben der Ermittlung von Bodenazidität und ausgewählten C- und N Fraktionen erfolgte die Bestimmung wichtiger bodenmikrobiologischer und biochemischer Kenngrößen. Weitere Untersuchungen bezüglich des C- und N Kreislaufes wurden an Probenmaterial der oberirdischen Phytomasse, des mittels Saugkerzen gewonnenen Sickerwassers sowie des Niederschlagswassers durchgeführt. Zur Prognostizierung nutzungsspezifischer mittel- bis langfristiger Veränderungen des im Boden gebundenen Kohlen- und Stickstoffs wurden Teile der erhobenen Parameter in das Simulationsmodell CANDY eingebunden. Auf Grundlage der erhobenen Daten konnten folgende wichtige Schlußfolgerungen getroffen werden: 1.) Der heißwasserextrahierbare Stickstoff (TNhwe) besitzt eine hohe Differenzierungsgüte zur Unterscheidung verschiedener landwirtschaftlicher Nutzungsintensitäten. Er stellt einen geeigneten Sensitivitätsparameter dar, um nutzungsspezifische Einflüsse hinsichtlich des N, aber auch des C Kreislaufes quantitativ beurteilen zu können. 2.) Die untersuchte Sand-Braunerde ist durch ein beachtliches C und N Nachlieferungspotential gekennzeichnet, welches auf hohe Umsetzungsgeschwindigkeiten der organischen Substanz hindeutet. Hierbei scheinen sich Quantität und Schnelligkeit des Stoffumsatzes mit zunehmender Nutzungsintensität zu erhöhen. 3.) Unter Berücksichtigung eines fachgerechten Managements stellt die Begründung von Sukzessionsbracheflächen für einen dreijährigen Zeitraum eine ökologisch tragbare Alternative dar, um landwirtschaftlich genutzte Flächen zeitweilig aus der ackerbaulichen Nutzung herauszunehmen. Während der Brachephase sollten jedoch Schnitt- und Umbruchmaßnahmen unbedingt vermieden werden. 4.) Der Anbau von Leguminosen als integraler Bestandteil des Ökolandbaus erwies sich aus ertragssteigernder Sicht nicht effizient und war bezüglich der Umweltwirkung als nicht nachhaltig zu bewerten. Für leichte Sandböden des mitteldeutschen Trockengebietes ist daher die extensive Bewirtschaftungsweise aus ökologischen und höchstwahrscheinlich auch aus ökonomischen Gesichtspunkten nicht vertretbar. Deshalb ist bei der Wahl zwischen den angewandten Bewirtschaftungssystemen die intensive Bewirtschaftungsform der extensiven Nutzungsart vorzuziehen.
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Mercure, Tammy. "Big Rock Candy Mountain: Photographs of the Great Smoky Mountain Tourist Towns." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2009. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1815.
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The photographer discusses the work in Big Rock Candy Mountain: Photographs from the Great Smoky Mountain Tourist Towns, her Master of Fine Arts exhibition held at the Reece Museum, Johnson City, Tennessee from September 22 to December 18, 2009. The exhibition consists of 17 large-scale color Archival Inkjet Prints edited from a large body of work done in the tourist towns surrounding the Great Smoky Mountains.
Topics include the historical and contemporary artistic influences on the work, examining the work of Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Weegee, Martin Parr, and Joel Sternfeld. A short history of the area, the subject of tourism pertaining to the work, and works from the exhibition are also discussed.
Included is the complete catalogue of the Big Rock Candy Mountain exhibit.
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Olson, Lindsay Ellen. ""The Candy Problem, Solved!": White Children and White Parents Grappling With Dysconscious Whiteness." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1632253950073055.
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Karnsund, Alice. "DQN Tackling the Game of Candy Crush Friends Saga : A Reinforcement Learning Approach." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-263313.
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This degree project presents a reinforcement learning (RL) approach called deep Q-network (DQN) for learning how to play the game Candy Crush Friends Saga (CCFS). The DQN algorithm is implemented together with three extensions, which in 2015 resulted in a new state-of-the-art on the Atari 2600 domain. This thesis shows that DQN in combination with the three extensions is an appropriate method for learning how to play CCFS. The influence that each of the extensions has on the performance is investigated separately, and reasoning for why or why not these extensions make sense in this environment is provided. CCFS is a stochastic game environment with many new features per level. This leads to a challenge when designing the reward function. This thesis investigates the impact of three different reward functions and reflects over why a certain type of design is more relevant. The results presented show that the DQN approach is able to learn a policy that increases its performance compared to that of random game-play. However, at this stage the performance is not yet reaching that of human game-play, but with further research we believe that it is possible.Det här examensarbetet introducerar djupt Q-nätverk (DQN), ett tillvägagångssätt med förstärkande inlärning (RL), för att lära sig att spela spelet Candy Crush Friends Saga (CCFS). DQN implementeras tillsammans med tre tillägg, som 2015 resulterade i ett nytt toppresultat på Atari 2600-domänen. Detta examensarbete visar att DQN i kombination med de tre tilläggen är en lämplig metod för att lära sig att spela CCFS. Inverkan varje tillägg har på prestationen analyseras separat, och argument för och emot varför dessa tillägg är bra alternativ presenteras. CCFS är ett stokastiskt spel med flera nya element per nivå. Detta inför svårigheter i modelleringen av belöningsfunktionen. Detta examensarbete undersöker tre olika belöningsfunktioner och reflekterar över varför en viss typ av design är mer lämplig. Resultaten visar att DQN kan lära sig beslutstaganden som ökar dess prestation i jämförelse med slumpmässigt spel. Resultaten når i nuläget inte upp till mänsklig prestanda, men medytterligare forskning så tror vi att detta går att uppnå.
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Neumanová, Lucie. "Perspektiva vstupu Hershey na český trh." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-191915.
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The main goal of the Master's thesis is to find out if the Hershey Company, a traditional American producer of chocolate products, has a chance to succeed on the Czech market. In the first section we are introduced to methods of marketing situation analysis and market research. In the next part of the thesis is described the Hershey Company, its marketing mix and main competition on the market. The analytic part researches preferences of Czech consumers when buying chocolate products and also their attitude to broaden range of chocolate products caused by the entry of a new chocolate producer. The final part of the thesis provides recommendations for the company that result from analytic part of the Master's thesis.
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macivor, Erin. "Assessing the Impact of Game Dynamics in the Classroom: Eye Candy or Learning Gains?" Ohio University Honors Tutorial College / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1366966527.
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Bunce, Matthew G. "Anthocyanin and tea extract enriched hard candy to increase visual appeal and total phenolics." The Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1406642018.
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García, Hernández Mònica, and Madeleine Volter. "Incremental digital product innovation in social mobile games : A case study of King Digital Entertainment." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för informatik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-90205.
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The aim of this thesis was to increase understanding of King company success in the social mobile game industry by asking the question: How does a company manage to organize the innovation work in successful casual games within social mobile gaming industry? In order to answer it, we conducted a case study research with secondary data in which we examined the company to discover the elements that contribute to this success, despite a lack of research in how these kind of companies build their business model and strategies, highlighting the players' behaviour. Our findings conclude it is possible to success in social mobile game industry using incremental innovation in different aspects: games design, implementation of the games, and in the business model. By applying this innovation, with a good viral strategy and giving the player the decision to play by free or purchasing virtual goods, King has been able to become the largest developer game company on Facebook.
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Dunn, Corey Garland. "Habitat and Imperilment of the Candy Darter Etheostoma osburni in the New River Drainage, USA." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/89084.
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The streams of the southeastern United States are both hotspots for biodiversity and centers of imperilment. The specific spatiotemporal scales at which stressors impact biota are often unknown, partly due to inadequate knowledge about many species' life-histories. I conducted two complementary studies to investigate the habitat associations of an imperiled highland stream fish, the Candy Darter Etheostoma osburni. In Chapter 2, I asked (1) does micro-habitat suitability correlate with the "robustness" (i.e., viability) of four distinct populations? In Chapter 3, I expanded the extent of investigation, and asked (2) which environmental factors, expressed at what spatial scales, best explain in-stream conditions, and (3) do stream segments where Candy Darters persist have cooler temperatures and less fine-sediment than segments where the species is extirpated or historically went undetected? Chapter 2 revealed Candy Darters demonstrate ontogenetic habitat shifts, with age-0 individuals selecting slower water velocities than adults. Despite, clear habitat selection for multiple habitat variables, suitability attributed to fine-sediment avoidance most strongly correlated with population robustness across streams. Chapter 3 indicated Candy Darters are extirpated from most areas in Virginia and southern West Virginia. Land use and natural catchment features, including geology, elevation, and stream geomorphology, predominantly explained instream conditions. Populations persist in segments with cool stream temperatures and low embeddedness year-round. To recover Candy Darters, managers will need to remedy pervasive land-use threats and restore stream habitat, while operating within the impending context of warming air and water temperatures and the existential threat of the introduced Variegate Darter E. variatum.M. S.
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Sott, Kedestad Andreas. "Butikschefers strategier kring hälsa och hälsoperspektiv : En studie inriktad på godis och läsk." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-32947.
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Summary Overweight and obesity in Sweden and in the rest of the industrialized world continues to increase. This results in increased costs both to society and the healthcare system. Part of this development is the increasing consumption of sugar and that is what should be restricted to tackle this growing social problem. Part of the increased consumption of sugar in Sweden was the launch of pick and mix ingrocery stores. This study aims to examine how store managers look at their public health responsibilities, and investigate how managers of grocery stores think about health and health aspects in general and about the sugar consumption in particular. Semi-structured "face to face" interviews was used to collect data and seven grocery store managers participated in the study. The interviews were analyzed using concentration of sentences that involves compiling the interviewees' statements into shorter formulations. Results of the study showed that all the store managers claimed to take the health responsibilities that can be expected of them. The health aspects taken into account by the store managers were that they provided good organic and locally produced groceries and that some of them had collaboration with a dietician or people with other professions related to food. It was considered easy to buy good and healthy food by all store managers. The question regarding the introduction of a sugar tax divided the store managers, 4 of them were positive to taxation, while 3 of them were more hesitant about its effects. The conclusion of this study is that store managers are taking some responsibility to the public health by providing healthy alternatives. However there is much more they can do to reduce sugar consumption among the population, thus contributing to an important public health work.
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Poromaa, Erik Ragnar. "Crushing Candy Crush : Predicting Human Success Rate in a Mobile Game using Monte-Carlo Tree Search." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-206595.
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The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the possibility of predicting difficulty, measured in average human success rate (AHSR), across game levels of a mobile game using a general AI algorithm. We implemented and tested a simulation based bot using MCTS for Candy. Our results indicate that AHSR can be predicted accurately using MCTS, which in turn suggests that our bot could be used to streamline game level development. Our work is relevant to the field of AI, especially the subfields of MCTS and single-player stochastic games as Candy, with its diverse set of features, proved an excellent new challenge for testing the general capabilities of MCTS. The results will also be valuable to companies interested in using AI for automatic testing of software.
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Kalles, Caroline, and Marie Eriksson. ""Det får ju inte vara Candy Crush" : En intervjustudie om förskollärares val av applikationer i förskolan." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Utbildningsvetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-23153.
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Syftet med detta examensarbete är att undersöka innehåll och urval av applikationer i förskolan samt vilket syfte förskollärare har med sina val av applikationer. Frågeställningarna i studien berör vilka applikationer som används på förskolan och hur de är utformade och designade, hur urval av applikationer sker samt syftet bakom urvalen. Som metod för att få svar på våra undersökningsfrågor genomfördes intervjuer med sju förskollärare där vi fick ta del av deras resonemang kring urval av applikationer samt dess innehåll och struktur. Studiens resultat visar att applikationers innehåll och struktur har betydelse för vilka möjligheter eller begränsningar som skapas för barns lärande. När det handlar om val av applikationer framkom av resultatet att förskollärarna har ett syfte med deras val och att valen sker utifrån vad barnen och barngruppen behöver samt vad barnen är intresserade av. Val av applikationer sker även i samklang med förskolans läroplan och strävansmål samt utifrån olika teman som förskolorna arbetar med. Dock framkom att tid, pengar och kompetens är begränsningar som förskollärarna anser kan påverka deras val av applikationer och vilket innehåll barnen får tillgång till.
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Vega, Ortega Guadalupe, and Prado Marcos Bulmaro Tapia. "Propuesta de plan de negocios para una empresa de Candy Bar en el Municipio de Ecatepec." Tesis de Licenciatura, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11799/67553.
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La tesis esta integrada en siete capítulos para su análisis (estudio de mercado, técnico, administrativo, financiero y de impacto), presentando evidencias de la viabilidad que BocaDream tendría en el Municipio de Ecatepec de Morelos.Hoy en día el emprender un negocio en México es una de las principales fuentes de empleo, ya que son negocios nuevos que ofrecen una solución a problemáticas o necesidades de la sociedad, brindando nuevos productos y fuentes de trabajo. BocaDream es un servicio innovador que ofrece al mercado una amplia gama de mesas de snacks con productos de consumo general para hacer más ameno cualquier tipo de evento social. En el presente plan de negocios se explican las partes fundamentales que materializan este proyecto, como por ejemplo, se da respuesta a las siguientes cuestiones: ¿Quién es?, ¿Qué ofrece?, y ¿Hacia dónde se dirige? De igual manera se puede percibir que el servicio que se ofrece es aceptado por la sociedad, ya que en la investigación de mercado se encontraron respuestas favorables para poner en marcha dicho proyecto. Con ello se muestra que este proyecto es rentable, además de divertido y sin igual, gracias a la amplia variedad de productos y servicios adicionales que se ofrecen y sirven como una ventaja competitiva en el mercado, y así captar la atención de más clientes.
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Chaisirivichien, Nutnaree, and Vuthi Tansomsakul. "The Perception of Thai Consumer toward Loose Candy (Lösgodis) : The Study of Product Selection for Thai Market." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-12460.
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Problem: What are Thai consumers’ perceptions toward sugar confectionery products, which are sold as loose candy (lösgodis) in Sweden? Purpose: The aim of this study is to identify and describe the perception of Thai consumers toward sugar confectionery products with the concept of loose candy (lösgodis) by putting an emphasis on the preferences of product features and the choices of product as well as explore the similarities and differences of each demographic and psychographic group. Method: Method included a collection of information concerning theories. model and confectionery market information from different sources; interview with the candy store owner to figure out market insight as well as related information and the survey with a sample of respondents in order to investigate their perception and preferences of the sugar confectionery products. The retrieved data was analyzed statistically and theoretically in accordance with the conceptual framework. Result: The findings indicated that the majority of Thai people like to consume candy. By allowing consumers to perceive and evaluate candy features through different senses, the result revealed that colorful soft gummy fruity flavors candy with a shape of eatable product together with a uniquely stand-out sweets smell are most preferable. After examining the similarities and differences among the demographic and psychographic groups of consumer regarding their perception and preferences of sugar confectionery products, only minimal differences were found.
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Fernandes, David J. (David James). "Catalytic development on the East Boston waterfront : an analysis of development opportunities for the former Deran candy factory." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66376.
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Johansson, Moa. "Werkin' girls : a critical viewing of femininity constructions in contemporary rap." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för kultur och lärande, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-19121.
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This thesis sets out to examine the making of femininity in hip-hop, with a special focus on the performances of three artists - Mykki Blanco, Angel Haze, and Brooke Candy - and their representations made through music videos and lyrics. The thesis is structured around critical femininity studies, and created through a somatechnics perspective. I am investigating how femininity and the feminine body is made through and in relation to technology and different expressions of race, class, and sexuality. By questioning how structures of femininity is made and re-made through a somatechnical perspective, this thesis offers alternatives to interpret feminine representations in hip-hop, and bases its conversation in both culture studies and critical femininity studies. In the paper‘s conclusion, questions regarding active feminist resistance in hip-hop are raised, with hope to widen the discussions about female identified artists and their performances in this specific discourse.
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Nunez, Chanda. "Just like Ole' Mammy used to Make: Reinterpreting New Orleans African-American Praline Vendors as Entrepreneurs." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2011. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/128.
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Women commonly sold goods on the streets of New Orleans throughout the city‘s colonial and antebellum history. Forming a significant presence among the city‘s market places, they sold various food items which included coffee, calas, and pralines. Perhaps the most popular of the African-American street vendors was the praline women. They attracted the attention of visitors as well as residents. Despite the popularity of these treats, the highly visible and enterprising praline vendors were simultaneously celebrated and caricatured by white observers who depicted them as mammy figures not only in store advertisements and logos, but also in everyday annotations.
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Fischer, Max. "Using Reinforcement Learning for Games with Nondeterministic State Transitions." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Statistik och maskininlärning, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-158523.
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Given the recent advances within a subfield of machine learning called reinforcement learning, several papers have shown that it is possible to create self-learning digital agents, agents that take actions and pursue strategies in complex environments without any prior knowledge. This thesis investigates the performance of the state-of-the-art reinforcement learning algorithm proximal policy optimization, when trained on a task with nondeterministic state transitions. The agent’s policy was constructed using a convolutional neural network and the game Candy Crush Friends Saga, a single-player match-three tile game, was used as the environment. The purpose of this research was to evaluate if the described agent could achieve a higher win rate than average human performance when playing the game of Candy Crush Friends Saga. The research also analyzed the algorithm's generalization capabilities on this task. The results showed that all trained models perform better than a random policy baseline, thus showing it is possible to use the proximal policy optimization algorithm to learn tasks in an environment with nondeterministic state transitions. It also showed that, given the hyperparameters chosen, it was not able to perform better than average human performance.
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Vergara, Lisiane Pintanela. "Balas mastigáveis convencionais e de reduzido valor calórico formuladas com polpa de araçá vermelho, de araçá amarelo e de pitanga vermelha." Universidade Federal de Pelotas, 2016. http://repositorio.ufpel.edu.br:8080/handle/prefix/3056.
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Bala mastigável é um produto obtido da cocção de açúcares que se caracteriza por ser mastigável (gomoso) e de dissolução relativamente lenta na boca e cuja cor, sabor, aroma e/ou textura devem-se aos aditivos químicos. A inserção de frutas na formulação de balas mastigáveis pode eliminar ou reduzir o uso destes aditivos, além de incorporar compostos da fruta associados a benefícios à saúde. Neste trabalho, objetivou-se desenvolver balas mastigáveis convencionais e de reduzido valor calórico utilizando polpas de araçás e de pitanga, avaliando suas características físico-químicas, fitoquímicas, microbiológicas e apresentando características sensoriais agradáveis, além da estabilidade no armazenamento. Com relação à composição centesimal este estudo mostrou que as balas sofreram modificações ao longo do armazenamento ocorrendo o fenômeno da “mela”. Os parâmetros físico-químicos avaliados demonstraram estar adequados para este tipo de produto. O processamento e armazenamento por 180 dias influenciaram na composição fitoquímica e antioxidante das balas, onde se observou maior conteúdo nas formulações convencionais devido ao maior percentual de polpa (7,2 %) nesta bala. As balas de reduzido valor calórico apresentaram menor teor de lipídios que as balas convencionais e podem ser categorizadas como bala light em lipídios. As balas elaboradas neste estudo não apresentaram contaminação por coliformes termotolerantes e Salmonella sp. Na avaliação sensorial com crianças (consumidores usuais deste tipo de produto) entre 5 a 10 anos, obteve-se índice de aceitabilidade superior a 70 % indicando que os produtos balas têm um bom potencial para consumo.
Chewable candy is a product obtained from the cooking sugar which is characterized by being chewy (gummy) and relatively slow dissolution in the mouth and whose color, taste, flavor or texture and are due to the chemical additives. The inclusion of fruits in formulating chewable candy can eliminate or reduce the use of these additives, as well as incorporating fruit compounds associated with health benefits. This study aimed to develop conventional chewable candies and reduced calorie using pulps araçás and cherry, assessing their physicochemical properties, phytochemical, microbiological and featuring pleasant sensory characteristics, as well as storage stability. With respect to composition proximate this study showed that candies were modified during the storage occurring the phenomenon of "mela". The physicochemical parameters evaluated demonstrated to be suitable for this type of product. The processing and storage for 180 days influenced the phytochemical composition and antioxidant candies where there was a greater content in conventional formulations due to the higher percentage of pulp (7.2 %) in this candy. The reduced caloric value candies had a lower lipid content than the conventional ones and they can be categorized as light candies in lipids. The candies developed in this study showed no contamination by fecal coliforms and Salmonella sp. The sensory evaluation with children (usual consumers of this type of product) from 5 to 10 years, we obtained higher acceptance rate to 70 % indicating that candies products have good potential for consumption.
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Silva, Vinicius Ferrasso da. "Volatilidade estatística determinística : uma avaliação para o retorno da ação "Vale do Rio Doce"." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/9996.
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Esta dissertação estima os modelos de volatilidade para a série de preços da Vale do Rio Doce, para uma série de sub-períodos de 1998 até 2004. Está organizada em quatro capítulos, icluindo a introdução e aconclusão. O primeiro capítulo, faz uma apresentação geral do trabalho. O capítulo segundo, faz um histórico da Vale do Rio Doce e discute o mercado de capitais, bem como a sua relação com o desenvolvimento econômico. O terceiro capítulo faz referência aos procedimentos empíricos que serão utilizados no último capítulo e faz uma revisão empírica para o Brasil. Por fim, no quarto e último capítulo é realizada uma análise econométrica para a ação da Vale do Rio Doce.This work of conclusion esteem the models of volatileness for the series of prices of the Valley of the River Candy, for a series of sub-periods of 1998 up to 2004. It is organized in four chapters, having icluindo the introduction and the conclusion. The first chapter, makes a general presentation of the work. The chapter second, makes a description of the Valley of the River Candy and argues the stock market, as well as its relation with the economic development. The third chapter make reference to reference the empirical procedures that will be used in the last chapter and makes an empirical revision for Brazil. Finally, in the room and last chapter a econometrical analysis for the action of the Valley of the River is carried through Candy.
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Harami, Juliana Bolfarini. "Desenvolvimento de cereal em barra com gelado comestível simbiótico." Universidade de São Paulo, 2009. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/9/9133/tde-26012017-133420/.
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Os alimentos funcionais suplementados com microrganismos probióticos e ingredientes prebióticos se destacam por seus impactos positivos sobre a saúde do consumidor, representando uma categoria em ascensão: os produtos alimentícios simbióticos. O presente trabalho objetivou desenvolver um produto alimentício, para consumo em porções individuais, a partir da associação de uma barra de cereais a um gelado comestível com baixo teor de gordura e adicionado dos microrganismos probióticos LactobaciIlus acidophilus La-5 e Bifidobacterium animalis Bb-12, suplementado ou não com o ingrediente prebiótico inulina, verificar a viabilidade dos probióticos, avaliar a aceitabilidade sensorial do produto e suas características físico-químicas durante o seu armazenamento a -18°C. Utilizando um planejamento fatorial 22, foram produzidos (em triplicata) quatro tratamentos da porção gelado comestível, todos adicionados de probióticos: T1 (controle), T2 (adição de inulina), T3 (teor reduzido de gorduras) e T4 (adição de inulina e teor reduzido de gorduras). Os produtos foram armazenados a -18°C por até 168 dias. Os parâmetros avaliados na porção gelado comestível foram: pH (antes e após a maturação da calda e após 168 dias de armazenamento), Overrun (após o congelamento), viabilidade dos probióticos (na mistura final e após 1, 2, 7, 14, 21, 28, 84 e 168 dias), dureza instrumental (texturômetro TA-XT2) e fração de derretimento (após 14 dias). Os quatro tratamentos do produto final (barra de cereal em conjunto com a porção gelado comestível) foram avaliados sensorialmente por provadores não treinados, após 7, 28 e 84 dias de armazenamento, utilizando-se teste de aceitabilidade, com escala estruturada de nove pontos. As análises para determinação da composição centesimal da porção gelado comestível e da barra de cereais foram realizadas, para cada porção individualmente. As populações de L. acidophilus e B. animalis foram superiores a 7 log UFC/g, por até 168 dias nas formulações suplementadas com inulina e/ou substituto de gordura e é adição de inulina contribuiu para a manutenção da viabilidade de B. animalis ao longe do armazenamento. A adição e/ou substituição de ingredientes da formulação de gelado comestível não interferiu nos parâmetros físico-químicos pH e overrun. Para a dureza e a velocidade de derretimento, foi verificada diferença significativa (p<0,05). Entretanto, tais diferenças não se refletiram na aceitação do produto pelo consumidor uma vez que não foi verificada diferença para a aceitabilidade sensorial entre o: quatro tratamentos avaliados, com notas sempre superiores a 7 e sem a interferência: do período de armazenamento sobre essa aceitabilidade. O presente trabalho mostrou que a associação de uma barra de cereais a um gelado comestível probiótico não fermentado, com 1,5% de gordura láctea e adicionado de 8% de inulina, tecnologicamente viável para disponibilizar ao consumidor uma alternativa de alimento funcional simbiótico para consumo em porções individuais.Functional foods supplemented with probiotic microorganisms and prebiotic ingredients are increasingly popular as they improve consumer health, and these foods nowadays form a new group of food products called synbiotic products. The present study aimed to develop a food product for consumption in individual portions, associating a cereal bar and a low fat ice cream bar containing the probiotic microorganisms Lactobacillus acidophilus La-5 and Bifidobacterium animalis Bb-12, supplemented or not with the prebiotic ingredient inulin, to verify the viability of the probiotics and to evaluate the sensory acceptability of the products and their physical-chemical characteristics during storage at -18°C. Employing a 22 design, four trials of the ice cream portion were produced in triplicate, all of them supplemented with probiotics: T1 (control), T2 (with inulin), T3 (with reduced fat content) and T4 (with inulin and reduced fat). The products were stored at -18°C for up to 168 days. The parameters evaluated in the ice cream portion included: pH (before and after the aging of the mix, and after 168 days of storage); overrun (after the freezing stage); viability of the probiotics (in the final mixture and after 1,2, 7, 14, 21, 28, 84, and 168 days); instrumental hardness (TA-XT2 texturometer); and melting rate (after 14 days). The four trials of the final product (cereal bar associated with ice cream bar) were submitted to sensory evaluation by an untrained panel, employing the acceptability test, with a 9-point structured hedonic scale, after 7, 28, and 84 days of storage. The compositional analyses of the ice cream and cereal bars were carried out individually for each portion. The populations of L. acidophilus e B. animalis were above 7 log CFU/g, for up to 168 days for the formulations supplemented with inulin and/or fat substitute, and the addition of inulin contributed to the maintenance of the viability of B. animalis throughout storage. The addition and/or substitution of ingredients in the ice cream formulations did not significantly affect pH and overrun. As for hardness and melting rate, significant differences were observed (p<0.05). However, such differences did not influence the product acceptance by the consumer, as no differences for sensory acceptability between the four trials evaluated was observed, and scores were always above 7, without any interference of the storage period on this acceptability. The study showed that the association of a cereal bar and a low fat non-fermented probiotic ice cream, containing 1.5% milk fat and supplemented with 8.0% inulin, is technologically feasible to provide consumers with a synbiotic functional food product, as an option for consumption of individual portions.
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Jones, Benjamin S. "The Other Side of the Fence." VCU Scholars Compass, 2006. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/843.
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I pull from what I see in my urban surroundings. There is always a sense of dread fused with optimism that prevails. Is it beautiful? Fragments of low-riders and tricked-out cars become symbols of desire and the glowing red lens of a stop light becomes a Cyclops poised to defend his garden. Candy-coated, blooming, dripping and seductively slick confronts you with the obvious warning: STOP! You could be next
The grass really is greener on The Other Side of the Fence. At least until winter comes.
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Khosa, Mbokota Candy. "An investigation into the potential of crude and partially separated material of selected non-crop plant species as control agents of root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne incognita) in tomato / Mbokota Candy Khosa." Thesis, North-West University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8705.
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Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPN) are a serious problem in vegetable production and can
cause severe damage to several crops. In rural, low-input farming nematode damage is
much higher and yields can be completely destroyed. Some Commercial nematicides have
been withdrawn from the market due to health and environment concerns. These need to
be replaced by alternative nematode control strategies of which soil amendments is one
alternative. Nine non-crop plant species used in various forms in traditional healing, viz.
Cassia abbreviata, Cissus cactiformis, Euphorbia ingens, Ipomoea kituiensis, Maerua
angolensis, Senna petersiana, Synadenium cupulare, Tabernaemontana elegans and Urginea
sanguinea were screened under glasshouse conditions for their effect on the plant-parasitic
nematode (PPN) (Meloidogyne incognita) on tomato. Subsequent assessments in microplots
and in the field supported the glasshouse results in terms of suppression of root-knot
nematode numbers with crudely milled soil amendments of C. cactiformis, M. angolensis
and T. elegans. Tomato growth responses in these trials showed a tendency of phytotoxic
effects after treatment of soil with crude leaf meal of E. ingens and S. cupulare. In the
microplot study, the overall soil-amendment treatment effect was greater than that of three
soil types on the performance of the tomato, although soil type might have had an effect on
nematode suppression. Due to lack of correspondence between tomato leaf nutrient
contents and the nutrient contents of the soil amendments it is suggested that these noncrop
materials had negligible soil fertilization effects.
In vitro bioassay studies confirmed that extracts of varying polarity of both plant products
M. angolensis and T. elegans might be toxic to J2 stages of the root-knot nematode M.
incognita. All extracts tested of M. angolensis caused immobility of J2, whereas only three
extracts of T. elegans affected mobility of J2 adversely. Duration to 50 % effect, as well as
extract concentration to cause immobility of the J2 varied but where movement ceased the
J2 did not recover for up to 98 hours.
This study has demonstrated the potential of locally available botanical materials for use as
amendments in plant-parasitic nematode management and tomato growth and productivity
improvement. This would particularly be true for small-scale application in subsistence agriculture. It is believed that these amendments could be used as control measures in
integrated nematode control strategies. Their potential use could be adopted by small-scale
farming communities, domestic gardeners and commercial farmers in the Mpumalanga,
Limpopo and Kwazulu/Natal Provinces of South Africa where the relevant materials are
available in useful quantities. Over-exploitation of natural resources should be avoided at all
cost, however.Thesis (PhD (Environmental Sciences))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013
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Buriti, Flávia Carolina Alonso. "Sobremesa aerada simbiótica: desenvolvimento do produto e resistência do probiótico in vitro." Universidade de São Paulo, 2009. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/9/9133/tde-18102016-103240/.
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O presente trabalho visou o desenvolvimento de uma sobremesa aerada simbiótica tipo musse, com baixo teor de gordura, processada com a adição da cultura probiótica de Lactobacillus acidophilus La-5, dos ingredientes prebióticos oligofrutose e inulina e de concentrado protéico de soro de leite (WPC), para ser armazenada sob refrigeração e congelamento, e a comparação do efeito desses ingredientes sobre as características do produto e a resistência in vitro do probiótico adicionado. Utilizando o delineamento experimental para misturas de três fatores e um ponto central, 7 formulações de musses de goiaba foram estudadas durante o armazenamento a 4°C, durante 28 dias, e a -18°C, durante 112 dias. As maiores populações de L. acidophilus foram alcançadas nas musses congeladas, com valores sempre superiores a 7 log UFC/g por até 12 semanas de armazenamento a -18°C. A viabilidade de L. acidophilus se mostrou satisfatória até o 28º dia nas musses refrigeradas adicionadas de WPC, com populações variando entre 7,7 e 6,2 log UFC/g. Para as demais musses, a população do probiótico chegou a reduzir, em média, até 2 log após 28 dias. L. acidophilus apresentou grande redução da viabilidade, tanto para as musses refrigeradas como para as congeladas, nos ensaios de sobrevivência às condições gastrintestinais simuladas in vitro. Nas musses refrigeradas, a substituição total ou parcial da gordura láctea por inulina resultou em melhor sobrevivência do probiótico durante o ensaio in vitro na primeira semana. Ao considerar o período completo de armazenamento, a menor redução da viabilidade de L. acidophilus ao longo dos ensaios in vitro foi observada para as musses congeladas. A substituição da gordura láctea por inulina e WPC e o congelamento resultaram em diferenças significativas nos parâmetros de textura das musses (p<0,05), não interferindo, porém, na sua aceitabilidade sensorial. Considerando as populações máximas do probiótico ao longo do armazenamento e a sua sobrevivência às condições gastrintestinais simuladas in vitro, observou-se os melhores resultados com a substituição parcial da gordura láctea adicionada no produto refrigerado por WPC, na proporção de 2 a 3% da formulação. A adição simultânea de WPC e inulina para musses armazenadas sob refrigeração e congelamento é recomendada desde que a proporção conjunta desses ingredientes não ultrapasse 2,6%, no sentido de não prejudicar a textura e as características sensoriais do produto. De modo especial para as musses congeladas, também é aconselhada a proporção de 2% de gordura láctea e 2% de inulina, para a qual foram obtidos os melhores resultados nos ensaios de sobrevivência in vitro do probiótico.The aim of the present study was to develop a mousse-type synbiotic aerated dessert with low fat content, supplemented with the Lactobacillus acidophilus La-5 probiotic culture, the prebiotic ingredients oligofructose and inulin and whey protein concentrate (WPC), to be stored refrigerated and frozen, and to compare the effect of these ingredients on the product characteristics and the in vitro resistance of the added probiotic microorganism. Using a simplex centroid design, seven guava mousse-making trials were studied during storage at 4°C for 28 days and at -18°C for 112 days. The highest populations of L. acidophilus were achieved in frozen products, always above 7 log CFU/g at up to 12 weeks of storage at -18°C. L. acidophilus viability was satisfactory up to 28 days in the refrigerated mousses supplemented with WPC, with populations between 6.2 and 7.7 log CFU/g. For the other mousses, the populations decreased around 2 log cycles afier 28 days of refrigerated storage. Reductions in L. acidophilus survival during the in vitro assays were high both for refrigerated and frozen mousses. For the refrigerated mousses, the total or partial substitution of milk fat by inulin increased the probiotic survival during the in vitro assays in the first week. In terms of the whole storage, L. acidophilus survival decreased less during the in vitro assays for the frozen mousses. The substitution of milk fat by inulin and WPC and the frozen storage lead to significant differences in the texture of mousses (p<0.05), without affecting their sensory acceptability. Considering the maximum probiotic populations during storage and the survival under the in vitro simulated gastrointestinal conditions, the best results for the refrigerated product were obtained with the partial substitution of milk fat by WPC at 2 to 3%. The simultaneous addition of inulin and WPC is recommended. However, the total proportion of both ingredients together should not exceed 2.6%, so as to obtain a texture profile and a sensory acceptance similar to the traditional product. Particularly for frozen mousses, the mixture of 2% milk fat and 2% inulin in the formulation is also suggested, for which the best results on probiotic survival in the in vitro assays were observed.
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Strange, Lisa S. "The more things change, the more they remain the same: the feminist rhetoric of Elizabeth Cady Stanton /." View online, 1993. http://repository.eiu.edu/theses/docs/32211998853230.pdf.
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Richter, Marissol. "Desenvolvimento de formulações de recheio para bombons para fins especiais com características funcionais." Universidade de São Paulo, 2005. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/9/9133/tde-15122017-103707/.
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Bombom é o produto constituído por massa de chocolate ou por um núcleo formado de recheios diversos, recobertos por uma camada de chocolate. Alimentos para fins especiais (diet) são aqueles nos quais ocorrem modificações no conteúdo de nutrientes, e são adequados à utilização em dietas diferenciadas, atendendo às necessidades de pessoas em condições metabólicas e fisiológicas específicas. O termo light pode ser utilizado quando for cumprido o atributo de redução mínima de 25% no valor energético total ou no conteúdo de nutrientes de alimentos comparados. Propriedade funcional é aquela relativa ao papel metabólico ou fisiológico que o nutriente ou não nutriente tem nas funções do organismo humano. O presente trabalho visou o desenvolvimento de recheios diet e light para bombons com adição de ingrediente com propriedade funcional (inulina). Foram desenvolvidos um bombom controle e dez formulações de bombom diet e light, sendo apenas uma (F9) selecionada. Um bombom comercial foi utilizado como referência. Foram feitas as análises de atividade de água, pH, umidade, lipídios totais, proteína, fibra alimentar, carboidrato por diferença, perfil de textura (dupla compressão, em analisador de textura TA-XT2) em diferentes temperaturas e tempos de armazenamento. Os bombons (controle e F9) foram comparados através de análise sensorial, sendo apresentados como amostras independentes em um teste de aceitação com escala hedônica híbrida. A substituição dos açúcares por edulcorantes e agentes de corpo foi satisfatória, assim como o uso do substituto de gordura Benefat®. A inulina Raftiline® ST apresentou textura melhor que a inulina Raftiline® HP-Gel, não sendo percebida na boca. A análise do perfil de textura mostrou que o bombom comercial e o de controle apresentaram maior durabilidade que o bombom F9, que apresentou perda de dureza e aumento da mastigabilidade. Na análise sensorial, o bombom F9 obteve altos níveis de intenção de compra, podendo nesta análise ser considerado como um produto de grande potencial de mercado.Chocolate confectionery is a product consisting of either chocolate mass or a nucleus containing several fillings covered with a chocolate layer. Food for special purposes are those in which modifications are made in what is related to the nutrients content, adapted to the utilization in differentiated diets, in order to fulfill the needs of people showing specific metabolic and physiological disorders. The term light is applied to a product providing it accomplishes the attribute of a 25% minimum reduction in the total energetic value or nutrients content if compared to a similar, standard product. The functional property is relative to the metabolic or physiological role (function) the nutrient or the non-nutrient plays in the human organism o The present work aimed at the development of diet and light fillings for chocolate confectionery using an ingredient (inulin) with a functional property. Two series of chocolate confectionery samples were prepared: a control sample and ten diet and light formulations. One of these formulations, F9, was selected. A commercial chocolate confectionery was used as reference. Analyses were performed to evaluate the water activity, pH, humidity, total lipids, protein, carbohydrate per difference (including fibers), texture profile (double compression, using a texturometer HAS-XT2) in several controlled environments at different temperatures and stored during different periods of time. The chocolate confectionery samples (Control and F9) were compared using sensorial analysis. Independent samples were offered in an acceptance test with hedonic hybrid scale. The substitution of sugars by sweeteners and body agents was satisfactory, as well as the use of a fat substitute, Benefat®. The Inulin Raftiline® ST presented better texture than the Inulin Raftiline® HP-Gel, but no difference was noticed on the mouth feel test. The texture profile showed that both the commercial and the control chocolate confectionery samples presented longer durability than the F9 sample, which presented increased hardness and loss of chewiness. In the sensorial analysis, the chocolate confectionery F9 obtained high levels of purchase intention and thus can be considered as a great product from a market potential point of view.
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Vyas, Shivang. "Feature detection in an indoor environment using Hardware Accelerators for time-efficient Monocular SLAM." Digital WPI, 2015. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/923.
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" In the field of Robotics, Monocular Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (Monocular SLAM) has gained immense popularity, as it replaces large and costly sensors such as laser range finders with a single cheap camera. Additionally, the well-developed area of Computer Vision provides robust image processing algorithms which aid in developing feature detection technique for the implementation of Monocular SLAM. Similarly, in the field of digital electronics and embedded systems, hardware acceleration using FPGAs, has become quite popular. Hardware acceleration is based upon the idea of offloading certain iterative algorithms from the processor and implementing them on a dedicated piece of hardware such as an ASIC or FPGA, to speed up performance in terms of timing and to possibly reduce the net power consumption of the system. Good strides have been taken in developing massively pipelined and resource efficient hardware implementations of several image processing algorithms on FPGAs, which achieve fairly decent speed-up of the processing time. In this thesis, we have developed a very simple algorithm for feature detection in an indoor environment by means of a single camera, based on Canny Edge Detection and Hough Transform algorithms using OpenCV library, and proposed its integration with existing feature initialization technique for a complete Monocular SLAM implementation. Following this, we have developed hardware accelerators for Canny Edge Detection & Hough Transform and we have compared the timing performance of implementation in hardware (using FPGAs) with an implementation in software (using C++ and OpenCV). "
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Dubédat, Julien. "Sur le processus de Schramm-Loewner et la limite continue de la percolation critique plane." Paris 11, 2004. http://www.theses.fr/2004PA112030.
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L'objet de ce travail est l'étude de certaines propriétés de l'Evolution de Schramm-Loewner (SLE), en particulier en relation avec la limite continue de la percolation critique plane. On considère d'abord les martingales holomorphes du SLE, les géométries planes associées, et dans le cas du SLE(6) la famille de systèmes holonomes satisfaits par des événements naturels pour la percolation critique. On étudie ensuite une famille de mouvements browniens plans réfléchis liés au SLE; en particulier, on interprète la formule de Watts, énoncée dans le contexte de la percolation critique, en termes de mouvement brownien réfléchi. Puis on examine les formules de percolation liées à des configurations annulaires; la convergence des interfaces de percolation vers le SLE(6) permet d'exprimer ces questions comme des problèmes de première sortie pour un processus de Markov à valeurs dans un espace de modules. La conjecture de dualité pour le SLE porte sur la loi de la frontière du SLE lorsque celui-ci n'est pas une courbe simple; on formule des conjectures précises, basées sur l'étude des formules de restriction. Enfin, on prouve l'existence de décompositions en excursions pour le SLE par rapport aux points de frontière et aux points de coupure. Incidemment, ceci permet de prouver rigoureusement une formule de percolation, la formule de WattsThe subject of this work is the study of several properties of the Schramm-Loewner Evolution (SLE), particularly in relation with the scaling limit of critical plane percolation. Firstly, one considers holomorphic martingales of SLE, the associated plane geometries, and, in the case of SLE(6), the family of holonomic systems satisfied by some natural events for critical percolation. Then, one studies a family of plane reflected Brownian motions connected with SLE; in particular, one gives an interpretation of Watts formula, which was enunciated in the critical percolation context, in terms of reflected brownian motion. One also examinates percolation formulae attached to annular configurations; the convergence of critical percolation interfaces to SLE(6) leads to an expression of these questions as first exit problems for a Markov process taking values in a modular space. The duality conjecture for SLE pertains to the law of the SLE boundary when this SLE is not a simple path; one formulates precise conjectures based on the analysis of restriction formulae. Lastly, one proves the existence of excursion decompositions for SLE with respect to frontier points and cutpoints respectively. Incidentally, this leads to a rigorous proof of a percolation formula, Watts formula
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Reese, William Jerome. "Feminist theology its socio-political origins and its prototypical use of the Word of God /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.
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SILVA, Maria do Socorro Santos da. "Avaliação reologica e sensorial de doce cremoso produzido com soro de leite de cabra, leite de vaca e polpa de umbu." Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, 2011. http://dspace.sti.ufcg.edu.br:8080/jspui/handle/riufcg/1101.
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O leite de cabra oferece vantagem competitiva em relação ao leite de vaca, devido à sua melhor digestibilidade e por se prestar para a produção de queijos especiais de alto valor comenjial. A produção de queijo gera soro, em grandes quantidades, como subproduto. O soro é um alimento rico em proteínas de alto valor biológico mas sofre com a baixa aceitabilidade em virtude do sabor e do odor, ainda mais quando derivado de leite caprino. A estratégia economicamente mais viável para o aproveitamento do soro de leite caprino é a incorporação de ingredientes que mascarem ou anulem seu sabor, com ganhos maiores se forem usados ingredientes locais, como a polpa de umbu. Neste trabalho se utilizaram soro de leite de cabra, leite de vaca e polpa de umbu na produção de doces cremosos. As amostras foram elaboradas com a mistura de soro de leite de cabra e leite de vaca, na proporção de 1:1, sacarose e polpa de umbu variando nas concentrações de 10, 15 e 20%. A polpa de umbu e os doces foram avaliados quanto ao pH, teor de sólidos solúveis totais, ácido ascórbico, acidez total titulável, cinzas, açúcares redutores, proteínas totais, lipídios, densidade, atividade de água e cor. Os doces foram estudados quanto ao comportamento reológico e submetidos a avaliações sensoriais. Nas análises sensoriais os provadores avaliaram as amostras por meio de escala hedônica na qual julgaram os atributos cor, aonsistência, sabor, doçura, odor, aparência, acidez e intenção de consumo. Os dados experimentais utilizados no estudo do comportamento reológico foram coletados em viscosímetip Brookfíeld, nas temperaturas de 20, 30 e 40 °C, e os modelos de Ostwaldde-Waelle (Leil da Potência), Casson, Herschel-Bulkley e Mizrahi-Berk foram ajustados aos reogramas A polpa de umbu apresentou-se muito ácida. A amostra com menor quantidade de polpa de umbu obteve a melhor aceitação. Todos os doces apresentaram comportamentoi pseudoplástico; as viscosidades aparentes diminuíram com o aumento da velocidade de lotação e as viscosidades diminuíram com o aumento da temperatura. Os modelos reológicos da Lei-da-Potência, Herschel-Bulkley, Casson e Mizrahi-Berk, se ajustaram bem aos dados de tensão de cisalhamento e taxa de deformação, e o modelo de Mizrahi-Berk n sultou nos melhores ajustes
Goat milk offers a competitive advantage over cow's milk due to its better digestibility and suitability in the production of high-value cheeses. Large-scale production of cheese generates whey as a by-product. Whey is rich in proteins with high biological value, but low acceptability because of its unpleasant odor and taste, especially when derived from goat's milk. The most economically viable economic strategy for goat milk whey is to incorporate ingredients that mask or neutralize its taste, with added gains if local ingredients such as umbu pulp are used. In this study goat milk whey, cow's milk and umbu pulp were used in the production of sweet creamy desserts. Samples were elaborated with a mixture of goat milk whey and cow's milk at a ratio of 1:1, plus sucrose and umbu pulp at concentrations of 10, 15 and 20%. Umbu pulp and the sweets were assessed for pH, soluble solids, ascorbic acid, titratable acidity, ash, reducing sugars, total proteins, lipids, density, water activity and color. Creamy sweet desserts were studied for rheological behavior and submitted to sensory evaluation. In sensory analyses judges assessed samples according to the hedonic scale, judging color, consistency, taste, sweetness, odor, appearance, acidity and intention to consume. Experimental data used in the study of rheological behavior were collected in a Brookfield viscometer, at temperatures of 20, 30 and 40 °C, and Ostwald-de-Waelle (Power Law), Casson, Herschel-Bulkley and Mizrahi-Berk models were fit to rheograms. Umbu pulp exhibited considerable acidity. The sample with the lowest amount of umbu pulp was the most accepted. All the creamy sweet desserts displayed pseudoplastic behavior; apparent viscosities decreased with an increase in rotation speed; and viscosities decreased with an increase in temperature. Power Law, Herschel-Bulkley, Casson and Mizrahi-Berk rheological models fit shear stress and strain rate data well, with the Mizrahi-Berk model resulting in the best fit.
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Haun, Sharla R. "BROKESVILLE GOLF CLUB." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1523208681345663.
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Larsson, Mathias. "Machine vision for finding a joint to guide a welding robot." Thesis, University West, Department of Engineering Science, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-1783.
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This report contains a description on how it is possible to guide a robot along an edge, by using a camera mounted on the robot. If stereo matching is used to calculate 3Dcoordinates of an object or an edge, it requires two images from different known positions and orientations to calculate where it is. In the image analysis in this project, the Canny edge filter has been used. The result from the filter is not useful directly, because it finds too many edges and it misses some pixels. The Canny edge result must be sorted and finally filled up before the final calculations can be started. This additional work with the image decreases unfortunately the accuracy in the calculations. The accuracy is estimated through comparison between measured coordinates of the edge using a coordinate measuring machine and the calculated coordinates. There is a deviation of up to three mm in the calculated edge. The camera calibration has been described in earlier thesis so it is not mentioned in this report, although it is a prerequisite of this project.
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Don, Armel. "Structure of Turbulent Flow in a Rod Bundle." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/34154.
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The structure of turbulence in the subchannels of a large-scale 60 degree section of a CANDU 37-rod bundle was studied at Reynolds numbers equal to 50,000, 100,000 and 130,000. Measurements were conducted at roughly 33.81 rod diameters from the inlet of the rod bundle using single-point, two-component hot-wire anemometry. Analysis of the axial velocity signal indicated a weak effect of Reynolds number on the axial velocity distribution and a bulging of axial velocity contours toward the narrow gaps. The normalised normal Reynolds stresses and the normalised turbulent kinetic energy were found to decrease as the Reynolds number increased. The radial Reynolds shear stress varied linearly with radial distance from the rod, crossing zero at the location of local maximum of the axial velocity. This stress was symmetric about the central rod whereas the azimuthal Reynolds shear stress was anti-symmetric. The Reynolds number effect was weak but measurable on the integral length scales of the axial and radial velocity fluctuations but negligible on the integral length scale of the azimuthal velocity fluctuations, especially in the gap regions. The Taylor and Kolmogorov microscales increased from the wall toward the centre of the subchannel and decreased as the Reynolds number increased. The wall shear stress stress distribution around the central rod indicated no effect of Reynolds number, when normalized by the corresponding average. The wall shear stress reached local minima at rod-wall and rod-rod gaps and local maxima in the open flow regions. Vortex streets were generated within the subchannels very close to the inlet of the rod bundle. The convection speed and frequency of the vortex street were found to increase proportionately to Reynolds number, whereas the vortex spacing was not affected by the Reynolds number.
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Leger, Robert P. "Analysis and monitoring of a CANDU nuclear power plant using multivariate statistical process control methods." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape8/PQDD_0032/NQ66218.pdf.
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Suhardjo, St Roesyanto. "Analysis of a corrugated aluminum box culvert." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 1989. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1182522042.
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Yusro, Muhammad. "Development of new algorithm for improving accuracy of pole detection to the supporting system of mobility aid for visually impaired person." Thesis, Université Clermont Auvergne (2017-2020), 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017CLFAC107/document.
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Ces travaux de recherche visaient à développer un système d'aide à la mobilité pour les personnes ayant une déficience visuelle (VIP ‘Visually Impaired Person’) appelé ‘Smart Environment Explorer Stick (SEES)’. Le but particulier de cette recherche était de développer de nouveaux algorithmes pour améliorer la précision de la détection de la présence de poteaux de la canne SEE-stick en utilisant la méthode de calcul de distance et la recherche de paires de lignes verticales basées sur l'optimisation de la technique de détection de contour de Canny. Désormais, l'algorithme de détection des poteaux est appelé l’algorithme YuRHoS. Le SEES développé comme système de support d'aide à la mobilité VIP a été intégré avec succès à plusieurs dispositifs tels que le serveur distant dénommé iSEE, le serveur local embarqué dénommé SEE-phone et la canne intelligente dénommée SEE-stick. Les performances de SEE-stick ont été améliorées grâce à l'algorithme YuRHoS qui permet de discriminer avec précision les objets (obstacles) en forme de poteau parmi les objets détectés. La comparaison des résultats de détection des poteaux avec ceux des autres algorithmes a conclu que l'algorithme YuRHoS était plus efficace et précis. Le lieu et la couleur des poteaux de test d’évaluation étaient deux des facteurs les plus importants qui influaient sur la capacité du SEE-stick à détecter leur présence. Le niveau de précision de SEE-stick est optimal lorsque le test d’évaluation est effectué à l'extérieur et que les poteaux sont de couleur argentée. Les statistiques montrent que la performance de l'algorithme YuRHoS à l'intérieur était 0,085 fois moins bonne qu'à l'extérieur. De plus, la détection de la présence de poteaux de couleur argentée est 11 fois meilleure que celle de poteaux de couleur noirThis research aimed to develop a technology system of mobility aid for Visually Impaired Person (VIP) called Smart Environment Explorer Stick (SEES).Particular purpose of this research was developing new algorithm in improving accuracy of SEE-stick for pole detection using distance calculation method and vertical line pair search based on Canny edge detection optimization and Hough transform. Henceforth, the pole detection algorithm was named as YuRHoS algorithm.The developed SEES as supporting system of VIP mobility aid had been successfully integrated several devices such as global remote server (iSEE), embedded local server (SEE-phone) and smart stick (SEE-stick). Performance of SEE-stick could be improved through YuRHoS algorithm, which was able to fix the accuracy of SEE-stick in detecting pole. Test comparison of pole detection results among others algorithm concluded that YuRHoS algorithm had better accuracy in pole detection.Two most significant factors affecting SEE-stick ability in detecting pole was test location and pole color. Level of accuracy of SEE-stick would be optimum once the test location was performed outdoor and pole color was silver. Statistics result shown that YuRHoS algorithm performance indoor was 0.085 times worse than outdoor. Meanwhile, silver-pole-color as object detection could increase YuRHoS algorithm performance as much as 11 times better compare to black-pole-color
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Pšenák, Patrik. "Zpracování otisků prstu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-374739.
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My master's thesis deals with the different techniques used in fingerprints processing for identifying fingerprints. Using the software tool Visual C++ and functions of OpenCV library I programmed a separate application, that is able to select from a database of fingerprints the most consistent with a comparative fingerprint images, even when they are mutually shifted in the direction of axes X and Y. The next step in my program is to gather the edges of the fingerprint image. Those obtained using Canny edge detector. Furthermore, getting the contours of the image edges. To determine, whether the contours are the same, just compare some characteristic points of contours. Next I use a histogram function to determine the number of points for approximation of contours and evaluating compliance fingerprints. Since the processing of the input fingerprint image (or rather the approximation of the contour points) remains in the picture as black (background) and red (the approximation of the contour points), this means, that zero and the last element of the histogram represent the number of black and red points. Comparison is in percentage and is obtained by subtracting the approximated points of contours image from the original fingerprint image of approximated contour points of matched fingerprints. It determined, what percentage of red points have disappeared, so as to match two fingerprint images. If on the resulting figure is not left neither a red point, that corresponds to 100% of the fingerprints Compliance.
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Medeiros, Neto Francisco Gerardo. "Extração automática de características de asas de mosca da espécie Drosophila melanogaster." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFC, 2017. http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/25382.
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MEDEIROS NETO. F. G. Extração automática de características de asas de mosca da espécie Drosophila melanogaster. 2017. 59 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Engenharia Elétrica e da Computação) - Campus de Sobral, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Sobral, 2017.Submitted by Programa de Pós-Graduação Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação (secretaria_ppgeec@sobral.ufc.br) on 2017-08-24T13:13:22Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_dis_fgmneto.pdf: 2887253 bytes, checksum: 71db95333b633d65ae536330c8799d28 (MD5)
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Biometrics techniques are used in studies of several animal species, such as the Drosophila melanogaster, popularly known as fruit fly. This species has become a model organism for the study of the impacts that other insects produce to the environment. In addition, these flies have proteins and genes similar to those of humans. A challenge for specialists in the study of these individuals is the similarity of the wings between males and females, which may be affected by mutations or variations in the genotype. This work proposes a method of discrimination for gender and genotype of flies of the species Drosophila melanogaster from features extracted from images of the wings. This approach is based on the fractal dimension extracted from the Canny filter segmentation of the components of the Stationary Wavelet Transform. The methodology is validated by dividing the data into groups with variable training and test rates and using six different classifiers: Random Forest, Support Vector Machines, Multi-layer Perceptron, Linear Discriminant Analysis, Quadratic Discriminant Analysis and K Nearest Neighbors. Then, the classification is repeated with data reduction, only females for genotype or only individuals without mutation for gender. The results were satisfactory, surpassing works of the literature with automatic methodologies. For genotype, the hit rates were lower due to the physical similarity between the wings.
Técnicas de biometria são utilizadas nos estudos de diversas espécies de animais, como exemplo a Drosophila Melanogaster, popularmente conhecida como mosca da fruta. Essa espécie tornou-se um organismo modelo para o estudo dos impactos que outros insetos produzem ao meio ambiente. Ademais, essas moscas possuem proteínas e genes similares aos dos seres humanos. Uma dificuldade para especialistas no estudo desses indivíduos é a semelhança das asas entre machos e fêmeas, que podem ser afetadas por mutações ou variações no genótipo. Este trabalho propõe um método de discriminação de gênero e genótipo de moscas da espécie Drosophila melanogaster a partir de características extraídas de imagens das asas. Essa abordagem se baseia na dimensão fractal extraída da segmentação por filtro de Canny das componentes da Transformada Wavelet Estacionária. A metodologia é validada com a divisão dos dados em grupos com taxas de treinamento e teste variáveis e na utilização de seis classificadores de abordagens diferentes: Floresta Aleatória, Máquinas de Vetor de Suporte, Perceptron Multicamadas, Análise por Discriminante Linear, Análise por Discriminante Quadrático e K Vizinhos Mais Próximos. Em seguida, a classificação é repetida com redução dos dados, apenas fêmeas para genótipo ou apenas indivíduos sem mutação para gênero. Os resultados obtidos foram satisfatórios, superando trabalhos da literatura com metodologias que não utilizam interação humana. Para genótipo, as taxas de acerto foram mais baixas devido à semelhança física entre as asas.
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Zavistanavičiūtė, Rasa. "Object detection algorithms analysis and implementation for augmented reality system." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2013. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2012~D_20131105_093556-36296.
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Object detection is the initial step in any image analysis procedure and is essential for the performance of object recognition and augmented reality systems. Research concerning the detection of edges and blobs is particularly rich and many algorithms or methods have been proposed in the literature. This master‟s thesis presents 4 most common blob and edge detectors, proposes method for detected numbers separation and describes the experimental setup and results of object detection and detected numbers separation performance. Finally, we determine which detector demonstrates the best results for mobile augmented reality system.Objektų aptikimas yra pagrindinis žingsnis vaizdų analizės procese ir yra pagrindinis veiksnys apibrėžiantis našumą objektų atpažinimo ir papildytosios realybės sistemose. Literatūroje gausu metodų ir algoritmų aprašančių sričių ir ribų aptikimą. Šiame magistro laipsnio darbe aprašomi 4 dažniausiai naudojami sričių ir ribų aptikimo algoritmai, pasiūlomas metodas aptiktų skaičių atskyrimo problemai išspręsti. Pateikiami atliktų eksperimentų rezultatai, palyginmas šių algoritmų našumas. Galiausiai yra nustatoma, kuris iš jų yra geriausias.
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Vápeník, Radovan. "Automatická optická inspekce." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-217913.
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This work deals with the technical possibilities for automated optical inspection and the arrangements for monitoring the implementation of established elements. There are used methods of detection elements, including advanced algorithm processing. With the described methods was created program and each method was tested. The aim was on the clear description of the problem, the optimal design and processing program with objective results with the lowest number of false detection.
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Pecha, Michel. "Le doyenné de Candé aux XIe et XIIe siècles : Organisation de l'espace et structures sociales." Phd thesis, Université d'Angers, 2006. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00337159.
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La disparition de la romanité entraîne la dislocation des villae. L'habitat rural se disperse. La concentration des hommes débute sous les carolingiens pour culminer aux XIe et XIIe siècles. Les paroisses, émergentes au VIIIe siècle en cette région, se fragmentent et se multiplient dans les espaces reconquis. L'évêque Ulger, vers 1140, obtient la restitution des paroisses par les laïcs. La possession épiscopale est temporaire, les paroisses revenant aux abbayes. Des villages se créent autour de l'enceinte sacrée église cimetière, plus nettement dans le voisinage des châteaux, comtaux devenus seigneuries châtelaines par l'usurpation des droits du ban (affaiblissement du pouvoir comtal entre 1060 et 1109). A la fin de la période, le pouvoir politique est détenu par le sénéchal du lointain comte-roi, l'évêque contrôle les abbayes, celles-ci privilégient la longue durée, investissent, contrôlent et dominent l'espace et les hommes, les nobles, sacrifiant l'avenir au présent, abandonnent une part de revenus. Le peuple arrive à survivre par l'extension de l'ager. L'économie et la démographie progressent discrètement. Le territoire est, à la fin du XII siècle, entièrement humanisé.