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James, William. "Closed set logic in categories /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1996. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phj29.pdf.
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Brickhill, Hazel. "Generalising the notions of closed unbounded and stationary set." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2017. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.730854.
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Gedik, Berk. "Evaluation of Text-Independent and Closed-Set Speaker Identification Systems." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-239625.
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Speaker recognition is the task of recognizing a speaker of a given speech record and it has wide application areas. In this thesis, various machine learning models such as Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM), k-Nearest Neighbor(k-NN) Model and Support Vector Machines (SVM) and feature extraction methods such as Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC) and Linear Predictive Cepstral Coefficients (LPCC) are investigated for the speaker recognition task. Combinations of those models and feature extraction methods are evaluated on many datasets varying on the number of speakers and training data size. This way, the performance of methods in different settings are analyzed. As results, it is found that GMM and KNN methods are providing good accuracies and LPCC method performs better than MFCC. Also, the effect of audio recording duration, training data duration and number of speakers on the prediction accuracy is analyzed.Talarigenkänning är en benämning på tekniker som syftar till att identifiera en talare givet en inspelning av dennes röst; dessa tekniker har ett brett användningsområde. I det här examensarbetet tillämpas ett antal maskininlärningsmodeller på uppgiften att känna igen talare. Modellerna är Gaussian Mixture Model(GMM), k-Nearest Neighbour(k-NN) och Support Vector Machine(SVM). Olika tekniker för att ta fram variabler till modelleringen provas, såsom Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC) och Linear Predictive Cepstral Coefficients (LPCC). Teknikernas lämplighet för talarigenkänning undersöks. Kombinationer av ovan nämnda modeller och tekniker utvärderas över många olika dataset som skiljer sig åt i antalet talare samt mängden data. På så sätt utvärderas och analyseras de olika metoderna för olika förut- sättningar. Resultaten innehåller bland annat utfallen att både GMM och kNN ger hög träffsäkerhet medan LPCC ger högre träffsäkerhet än MFCC. Även effekten av inspelningslängden för de olika rösterna, den sammanlagda längden på träningsdatan samt antalet talare på de olika modellerna analyseras och presenteras.
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Al-Kaltakchi, Musab Tahseen Salahaldeen. "Robust text independent closed set speaker identification systems and their evaluation." Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/3978.
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This thesis focuses upon text independent closed set speaker identi cation. The contributions relate to evaluation studies in the presence of various types of noise and handset e ects. Extensive evaluations are performed on four databases. The rst contribution is in the context of the use of the Gaussian Mixture Model-Universal Background Model (GMM-UBM) with original speech recordings from only the TIMIT database. Four main simulations for Speaker Identi cation Accuracy (SIA) are presented including di erent fusion strategies: Late fusion (score based), early fusion (feature based) and early-late fusion (combination of feature and score based), late fusion using concatenated static and dynamic features (features with temporal derivatives such as rst order derivative delta and second order derivative delta-delta features, namely acceleration features), and nally fusion of statistically independent normalized scores. The second contribution is again based on the GMM-UBM approach. Comprehensive evaluations of the e ect of Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN), and Non-Stationary Noise (NSN) (with and without a G.712 type handset) upon identi cation performance are undertaken. In particular, three NSN types with varying Signal to Noise Ratios (SNRs) were tested corresponding to: street tra c, a bus interior and a crowded talking environment. The performance evaluation also considered the e ect of late fusion techniques based on score fusion, namely mean, maximum, and linear weighted sum fusion. The databases employed were: TIMIT, SITW, and NIST 2008; and 120 speakers were selected from each database to yield 3,600 speech utterances. The third contribution is based on the use of the I-vector, four combinations of I-vectors with 100 and 200 dimensions were employed. Then, various fusion techniques using maximum, mean, weighted sum and cumulative fusion with the same I-vector dimension were used to improve the SIA. Similarly, both interleaving and concatenated I-vector fusion were exploited to produce 200 and 400 I-vector dimensions. The system was evaluated with four di erent databases using 120 speakers from each database. TIMIT, SITW and NIST 2008 databases were evaluated for various types of NSN namely, street-tra c NSN, bus-interior NSN and crowd talking NSN; and the G.712 type handset at 16 kHz was also applied. As recommendations from the study in terms of the GMM-UBM approach, mean fusion is found to yield overall best performance in terms of the SIA with noisy speech, whereas linear weighted sum fusion is overall best for original database recordings. However, in the I-vector approach the best SIA was obtained from the weighted sum and the concatenated fusion.
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Bishop, Gregory J. "Ultrafilters generated by a closed set of functions and K- covering sets /." The Ohio State University, 1992. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487779914823645.
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Maringanti, Rajaram Seshu. "INVERSE-DISTANCE INTERPOLATION BASED SET-POINT GENERATION METHODS FOR CLOSED-LOOP COMBUSTION CONTROL OF A CIDI ENGINE." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1253553419.
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Patterson, Karen Ann. "Discrimination of Time-Compressed Speech Stimuli: a Comparison Study Using a Closed-Set Task With Older Adults." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1987. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330682/.
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Use of time-compressed speech stimuli has been found to be clinically effective in differential diagnosis of lesions of the temporal lobe. However, notably absent from the literature is information concerning performance of adults on time-compressed closed-set speech discrimination tasks. The goal of this study mas to compare performance of 12 males and 12 females between age 50 and age 70 on a time-compressed closed-set speech discrimination test against the performance of 12 males and 12 females between age 10 and age 28 on the same task. The Word Intelligibility by Picture Identification test (WPI) was presented in both non-compressed and time-compressed conditions to all subjects. Previous research suggests that a difference in performance between age groups and between males and females in the older age group should be expected. Average results indicated negligible differences between age or gender groups under any of the conditions tested. Additionally, the test yielded perfect or near perfect scores for all subjects in the non-compressed condition. Lack of differentiation of results suggests that the Word Intelligibility by Picture Identification CUIPI) may be insensitive to the discrimination disorders expected in older adults, that the subjects included in the study were atypical of older adults in general and therefore such discrimination disorders did not exist in the sample, or that the subjects in the study uiere able to apply some type of compensatory strategies which resulted in the unexpected performance.
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Whisenant, Christopher. "Parity Domination in Product Graphs." VCU Scholars Compass, 2011. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2522.
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An odd open dominating set of a graph is a subset of the graph’s vertices with the property that the open neighborhood of each vertex in the graph contains an odd number of vertices in the subset. An odd closed r-dominating set is a subset of the graph’s vertices with the property that the closed r-ball centered at each vertex in the graph contains an odd number of vertices in the subset. We first prove that the n-fold direct product of simple graphs has an odd open dominating set if and only if each factor has an odd open dominating set. Secondly, we prove that the n-fold strong product of simple graphs has an odd closed r-dominating set if and only if each factor has an odd closed r-dominating set.
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Felippe, Alana Cavalcante. "Invariantes globais de aplicações estáveis de superfícies fechadas em S²." Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 2013. http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/4920.
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This dissertation is devoted to the study of stable maps from closed surfaces to the sphere, from a global viewpoint. Associated of such maps domain, we study grafs with integers positive weight in the vertices as invariants, based in the Hacon, Mendes and Romero and works. And associated the image of these maps, we study the minimal contour based in the Kamenosono-Yamamoto work.
Essa dissertação é dedicada ao estudo de aplicações estáveis de superfícies fechadas na esfera, do ponto de vista global. Associado ao domínio de tais aplicações, estudamos grafos com pesos inteiros positivos nos vértices como invariantes, baseado nos trabalhos e de Hacon, Mendes e Romero. E associado à imagem dessas aplicações, estudamos o contorno minimal baseado no trabalho de Kamenosono-Yamamoto.
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Daniels, Marilyn Christine Johanne. ""291" and cultural criticism : to see through closed eyes." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26804.
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Alfred Stieglitz and the members of '291' are most often remembered in the art historical literature for introducing modernism into America through the work of European artists and through the integration of current European formal experiments into the work of American artists. While some authors have referred to the fact that this modernism, as presented by 291, was intended to critique society, any analysis of that critique is conspicuously missing. Also absent is an analysis of what one contemporary critic referred to as the "queer symbolism lurking at the Post-Impressionist hypothesis." In this thesis the following questions are asked: what was 291's critique and why did they insist upon the expression of the 'irrational' states of the psyche — passion, intuition and imagination, in their art. By situating 291 within its particular set of contexts I attempt to explain what their position represented — to the members themselves and to their rivals.Arts, Faculty of
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Sertkaya, Baris. "Formal Concept Analysis Methods for Description Logics." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2008. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-ds-1215598189927-85390.
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This work presents mainly two contributions to Description Logics (DLs) research by means of Formal Concept Analysis (FCA) methods: supporting bottom-up construction of DL knowledge bases, and completing DL knowledge bases. Its contribution to FCA research is on the computational complexity of computing generators of closed sets.
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Sertkaya, Baris. "Formal Concept Analysis Methods for Description Logics." Doctoral thesis, Technische Universität Dresden, 2007. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A23613.
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This work presents mainly two contributions to Description Logics (DLs) research by means of Formal Concept Analysis (FCA) methods: supporting bottom-up construction of DL knowledge bases, and completing DL knowledge bases. Its contribution to FCA research is on the computational complexity of computing generators of closed sets.
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Stuart, Denis G. "The early Quaker movement in Staffordshire, 1651-1743 : from open fellowship to closed sect." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/31048.
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This study provides a history of the early years of the Quaker movement in Staffordshire. It takes cognizance of research into the history of the movement generally and discusses how far Quakerism in Staffordshire supports or challenges the conclusions of modern scholars. A preliminary chapter outlines the local scene and the political and religious background out of which Quakerism emerged. The work of George Fox and other Quaker preachers in the county between 1651 and 1660 is examined in detail, together with their itineraries and preaching methods. An explanation of the subsequent spread of the movement locally is offered. Special chapters deal with the 'sufferings' of local Quakers for their defiance of the anti-dissent laws, their occupations, numbers, organisation, burial grounds and meeting houses. The history of each of the two monthly meetings in the county, is outlined and there is a chapter on local Quaker literacy. The development of Quakerism in Staffordshire is seen as the transformation of what was originally an open and informal movement into a closed and disciplined sect. The causes of this change are explained as the result of persecution and the need to control the individualistic interpretation of the 'Inward Light', the basic Quaker belief, if the movement was to survive. The sharp decline in the numbers of Friends is seen as the result of the effects of death, departure and disownment from what had become an endogamous sect, compounded by the abandonment of all efforts at local proselytisation. The main primary sources used are the local Quaker archives in the Stafford County Record Office plus other material in the Friends' House Library in London and in Woodbrooke College, Birmingham. The main methodology was the use as a database of about 500 mini-biographies of early Staffordshire Quakers.
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Glenn, Errol Mac. "Close-proximity vessel towing in six degree-of-freedom motions in short crested seas /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2002. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2002/Sep/02Sep_Glenn.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Mechanical Engineering)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2002."September 2002". Thesis advisor(s): Papoulias, Fotis A. Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-66). Also available online.
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Fabrèges, Dimitri. "Phenotypic Variations In Animal Morphogenesis : Sea Urchin Twins And Cloned Rabbits." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016SACLS010/document.
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La variabilité est une propriété intrinsèque aux systèmes biologiques, essentielle pour l'évolution et l'embryogénèse. Souvent considérée comme du bruit, ce n'est que récemment que l'aléatoire des processus biologiques a commencé à être systématiquement étudié. Cette thèse pose les questions suivantes : qu'est-ce qu'un développement normal ? Quel est l'étendue et le rôle de la variabilité dans la robustesse et la résilience du développement embryonnaire ?Ces questions sont posées pour le lapin (Oryctolagus cuniculus) et l'oursin (Paracentrotus lividus et Sphaerechinus granularis).Nous nous sommes aussi intéressé à la quantification du déterminisme de la variabilité embryonnaire à l'aide d'oursins jumeaux et de lapins clonés.La mesure des comportements cellulaires est effectuée sur des lignages cellulaires obtenus à partir d'imagerie 3D+temps. Nous montrons que les oursins jumeaux peuvent se développer selon trois phénotypes différents, jamais observés chez le normal, avant de converger vers une blastula d'apparence normale. De plus, les comparaisons entre et au sein des pairs de jumeaux montrent que le phénotype et la survie ne dépend que de l'histoire individuelle des embryos.Nos mesures quantitatives des pairs de jumeaux amènent des questions ouvrant de nouveaux horizons de recherche : les jumeaux sont-ils robustes ou résilient ?Le développement pré-implantatoire des lapins a été étudié sur cinq embryons numériques (trois sauvages et deux clones), du stade 32-cellules à l'éclosion.Nous montrons que les divisions asymétriques internes et externes régulent la variation du nombre de cellules internes ainsi que la taille de la masse cellulaire.De plus, la variation du nombre de cellules internes est plus grande que pour les cellules externes, ce qui semble directement lié au taux de morts cellulaires.Notre hypothèse est que le potentiel de bon développement des clones est assuré par une grande plasticité épigénétique des cellules donneuses.Ce travail espère définir des méthodes et des concepts fondateurs pour une exploration quantitative et une modélisation multi-échelle de la morphogénèse animaleVariability is an intrinsic characteristic of biological systems, essential for evolution and embryogenesis.Considered as noise for centuries, it is only recently that the stochasticity of biological processes has began to be systematically explored.The present thesis addresses the following questions: What is a normal development?What is the extent and role of variability in developmental robustness and resilience?We tackle these issues in rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus and Sphaerechinus granularis).We also aimed to quantify determinism and stochasticity of developmental variability by means of sea urchin twins and cloned rabbits.Variations in cell behaviors were investigated through reconstruction of cell lineage from 3D+time imaging.We showed that sea urchin twins can follow three different developmental paths never observed in normal embryo, before converging to normal looking blastula.Moreover, comparisons between and within pairs of twins revealed that phenotype and survival depend on individual history alone.Our quantitative observation of twin pairs raises question opening a future line of research: are twins robust or resilient?Rabbit preimplantation development was explored with five digital specimens (three wild-types and two clones) from the 32-cell stage to hatching.We showed that inner and outer asymmetric divisions regulate the variation of inner cell number and may control inner cell mass size.In addition, the variation of inner cell number in clones is higher than outer cells which seems to be directly correlated to their cell death ratio.Our current hypothesis is that the potential to lead to viable clones requires plasticity of donor's epigenetic state.This work is expected to ground concepts and methods for a quantitative exploration and further multilevel modeling of morphogenetic processes
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Nyhus, Ole Jonny. "Life Cycle Assessment of Farmed Salmon, Comparing a Closed with an Open Sea Cage System." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for marin teknikk, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-26547.
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Ole Jonny Nyhus, Marine Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology.Abstract of Master's Thesis, levert 8. juni, 2014:Life Cycle Assessment of Farmed Salmon, Comparing a Closed with an Open Sea Cage System.The goal of this Master's Thesis is to do a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) on a closed fish farm system and compare it to an open fish farm system, for so to make recommendations based on the results.Life Cycle Assessment is a method to calculate the environmental impacts that comes from producing a product or a service. In this case the product is one tonne of salmon at farm gate. We compare this with the impacts from producing one tonne at an open fish farm.In the first part of the thesis we describe the reasons for carrying out the LCA, and the theory used. Closed fish farm systems might be the solution to the salmon lice problem the industry is facing, the developer Akvafuture in Brønnøysund is developing such a system, and the have agreed to deliver numbers for use in the LCA. These and numbers from big actors in the industry makes up the data used in the LCA. The foreground processes included in the study is smolt and feed production, smolt and feed transport, and the fish farm. The categories covered in the study is climate change, terrestrial acidification, freshwater eutrophication, and marine ecotoxicity.The LCA showed that the closed system used alot more electric energy than the open system, this mainly from pumps and production of oxygen. This makes the impacts from the closed system sensitive to changes in impacts from the electric energy, it is therefore important to know what power is used on the fish farm. For farms in Norway this have little impacts due to the clean energy from Norwegian hydro power, but it increases for the climate and acidification category when the energy gets dirtier, e.g. by using Eurpean electricity mix.The feed production is by far the most contributing process in all four categories. For freshwater eutrophication and marine ecotoxicity the contribution is almost a hundred percent of the impacts.In conclusion we can see that for use in Norwegian waters and with Norwegian el-mix, the closed fish farm system is a environmentally good alternative to open fish farm systems when looking on the categories in this LCA. I can be argued that closed systems have other positive aspects like no lice, better feed factor, healthier fish and more, but has yet to be shown, and the closed systems have much yet to prove. It should be noted this LCA used data from early testing, and for that period the salmon was lice free.
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Lange, John David. "An Evaluation of Closed Area Boundaries of the Sea Scallop Stock in the Middle Atlantic Bight." W&M ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539617796.
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Axelsson, Mimi. "Rules in Heaven : A closer look at a set of regulations for air navigation service from a Resilience Engineering perspective." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för datavetenskap, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-74297.
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Air Traffic controllers are responsible for navigating aircraft and sustaining a safe and efficient traffic flow in a four-dimensional air space. They apply separation rules to keep aircraft apart from each other and their wellcoordinated work and complete awareness of risks have made possible the combination of increased traffic intensity and strong safety records. Rules and procedures make up a significant part of the work and the locus of this study was to examine how the air traffic controllers, employed at the Swedish state enterprise LFV, perceive their current set of regulations. At each Traffic Service Unit operators are equipped with two operations manuals, and a particular focus was put on the design, use and management of the manuals. Furthermore, this study involved two observation sessions in two Air Traffic Service Units and twelve interviews with operators and domain experts. With the aid of the theory of Resilience Engineering, four essential functions have been identified in order to account for the underlying and interconnected functions behind rule implementation: monitoring, learning, anticipation and responding. Thereafter, each function has been divided into sub-categories that all are aimed to describe in what ways, individual as organizational, current rule management supports the air traffic controllers. Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that there is need for a reorganization of the set of regulations at LFV, and that the maintenance of the operations manuals has been reduced because of constrained resources. An additional factor, which complicates the possibility to change the procedures, is that a major part of the content originates from international regulations. In addition, this thesis claims that safe and successful use of rules depends on more than the physical look and design of the operations manuals. Therefore, support of current set of regulations will be discussed in terms of document distribution, education, communication, purpose of procedures and approaches to rulefollowing.
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Dutta, Somnath. "Moving Least Squares Correspondences for Iterative Point Set Registration." Technische Universität Dresden, 2019. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A35721.
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Registering partial shapes plays an important role in numerous applications in the fields of robotics, vision, and graphics. An essential problem of registration algorithms is the determination of correspondences between surfaces. In this paper, we provide a in-depth evaluation of an approach that computes high-quality correspondences for pair-wise closest point-based iterative registration and compare the results with state-of-the-art registration algorithms. Instead of using a discrete point set for correspondence search, the approach is based on a locally reconstructed continuous moving least squares surface to overcome sampling mismatches in the input shapes. Furthermore, MLS-based correspondences are highly robust to noise. We demonstrate that this strategy outperforms existing approaches in terms of registration accuracy by combining it with the SparseICP local registration algorithm. Our extensive evaluation over several thousand scans from different sources verify that MLS-based approach results in a significant increase in alignment accuracy, surpassing state-of-theart feature-based and probabilistic methods. At the same time, it allows an efficient implementation that introduces only a modest computational overhead.
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Kopec, David M., Armando Suarez, Mohammed Pessarakli, and Jeff J. Gilbert. "ET Rates of Distichlis (Inland Saltgrass) Clones A119, A48,Sea Isle 1 Sea Shore Paspalum and Tifway Bermudagrass." College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/216564.
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The ET rate of bermudagrass is relatively well known. The ET rate of Seashore paspalum in an arid environment is not, nor is there any information on the ET of Distichlis as a mowed turf. A greenhouse test using gravimetric lysimeters was conducted in the late summer of 2004 to measure and compare the ET of two Distichlis clones and Sea Isle 1 seashore paspalum to that of Tifway 419 bermudagrass. This test showed that under glass house conditions when soil moisture was not limiting: (1)Seashore paspalum had a higher ET rate than A119 saltgrass in terms of mm/day, and total consumptive water use for the 19 day test period, (2) A48 saltgrass and Tifway bermudagrass had similar daily ET rates and similar total water use, (3) total water use between two select saltgrass clones was not significantly different . Saltgrass A48 and A119 had a total consumptive water use of 84.2 and 76.5 mm, respectively over the 19 day test period. Tifway Bermuda totaled 82.2 mm, and Sea Isle 1 used 92.1 mm over 19 days.
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Aragão, Marcelo Mattos de Castro de. "Caracterização e dimensionamento de um sistema de cabotagem industrial." Universidade de São Paulo, 2009. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3148/tde-01072009-142706/.
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Surgiu em 2003 no Brasil uma modalidade de transporte aquaviário, destinada à movimentação de madeira na costa do país, cuja frota de embarcações navega entre dois portos, geralmente com carga em um sentido e vazio em outro. Esta modalidade permite a operação com um pequeno tempo de parada nos portos, operando com poucas interrupções e movimentando expressiva demanda. Dado que a frota serve exclusivamente a uma empresa e a uma carga homogênea denominouse esse sistema como cabotagem industrial. No Brasil atualmente três empresas operam na cabotagem industrial: Aracruz Celulose, Veracel e Arcelor Mittal Tubarão, empresas estas que serviram de base para delinear o presente trabalho, cujo principal propósito consiste em examinar as premissas básicas desde a elaboração do projeto até a implantação do sistema de cabotagem industrial, fornecendo diretrizes básicas para a adoção e utilização deste sistema de transporte. A premissa fundamental deste sistema é basicamente a substituição de um transporte puramente rodoviário por outro em que as pontas, quando rodoviárias, são menores, menos significativas em relação aos custos envolvidos e aos impactos gerados no tráfego de caminhões por rodovias estaduais e federais, quando comparadas ao sistema original, além de impactos ambientais. Para a realização do trabalho foi utilizada a abordagem do enfoque sistêmico, onde o sistema foi dividido em diversos subsistemas, e após a determinação das diretrizes e fatores críticos da cabotagem industrial, identificou-se que a principal dificuldade está relacionada com o dimensionamento do sistema, por envolver inúmeras atividades complexas e aleatórias. Com o intuito de se atenuar esta dificuldade, desenvolveu-se um modelo de simulação como ferramenta de auxílio à decisão no que tange ao dimensionamento do sistema. Além disso, foram avaliados os casos existentes, e nestes identificou-se ganhos oriundos da implementação da cabotagem industrial, tais como: reduções do tráfego nas estradas, dos índices de acidentes, nos custos de transporte, nas emissões de gases poluentes, além da economia com combustível. Adicionalmente, esse sistema apresentou um melhor histórico de sinistro e de integridade de carga, quando comparado ao transporte rodoviário.It appeared in 2003, in Brazil, a modality of waterway transport, intended for the wooden transport at the Brazilian coast, which fleet of vessels navigates between two ports, full in one direction and empty in the other one. This modality has as characteristics a low time at the ports, operating with few interruptions and transporting a huge demand. Once that the fleet is used exclusively by a company and the cargo is homogenous, this system is called industrial short sea. In Brazil, nowadays, three companies operate in the industrial short sea: Aracruz Cellulose, Veracel and Arcelor Mittal Tubarão. These companies have been used as source of information to delineate the present study, which intends to analyze the basic premises since the elaboration of the project until the implementation of the industrial short sea system, supplying basic guidelines for the adoption of this transport system. The main premise of this system is the substitution of one purely road transport for another one where the distance between the extremes, when road, are lower, less significant in relation to the involved costs and the traffic of trucks at the state and federal highways, when compared with the original system. This study has utilized the systemic approach, dividing the system in several subsystems, and after the determination of the guidelines and critical factors of the industrial short sea, it was identified that the main difficulty is related with the sizing of the system, because of the uncountable complex and random activities. With the intention of attenuating this hassle, simulation software was developed as a support tool to the decision regarding the sizing of the system. Moreover, case studies have been analyzed, and it has been found vantages when industrial short sea was adopted, such as reduction of: road traffic, road accident rate, transport costs, emission of pollutant gases and fuel expenditure. Additionally, this system has presented a better description concerning theft and cargo integrity, when compared with the road transport.
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Chakraborty, Suryadip. "Data Aggregation in Healthcare Applications and BIGDATA set in a FOG based Cloud System." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1471346052.
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Liu, Yongwen. "Cloud services selection based on rough set theory." Thesis, Troyes, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016TROY0018/document.
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Avec le développement du cloud computing, de nouveaux services voient le jour et il devient primordial que les utilisateurs aient les outils nécessaires pour choisir parmi ses services. La théorie des ensembles approximatifs représente un bon outil de traitement de données incertaines. Elle peut exploiter les connaissances cachées ou appliquer des règles sur des ensembles de données. Le but principal de cette thèse est d'utiliser la théorie des ensembles approximatifs pour aider les utilisateurs de cloud computing à prendre des décisions. Dans ce travail, nous avons, d'une part, proposé un cadre utilisant la théorie des ensembles approximatifs pour la sélection de services cloud et nous avons donné un exemple en utilisant les ensembles approximatifs dans la sélection de services cloud pour illustrer la pratique et analyser la faisabilité de cette approche. Deuxièmement, l'approche proposée de sélection des services cloud permet d’évaluer l’importance des paramètres en fonction des préférences de l'utilisateur à l'aide de la théorie des ensembles approximatifs. Enfin, nous avons effectué des validations par simulation de l’algorithme proposé sur des données à large échelle pour vérifier la faisabilité de notre approche en pratique. Les résultats de notre travail peuvent aider les utilisateurs de services cloud à prendre la bonne décision et aider également les fournisseurs de services cloud pour cibler les améliorations à apporter aux services qu’ils proposent dans le cadre du cloud computingWith the development of the cloud computing technique, users enjoy various benefits that high technology services bring. However, there are more and more cloud service programs emerging. So it is important for users to choose the right cloud service. For cloud service providers, it is also important to improve the cloud services they provide, in order to get more customers and expand the scale of their cloud services.Rough set theory is a good data processing tool to deal with uncertain information. It can mine the hidden knowledge or rules on data sets. The main purpose of this thesis is to apply rough set theory to help cloud users make decision about cloud services. In this work, firstly, a framework using the rough set theory in cloud service selection is proposed, and we give an example using rough set in cloud services selection to illustrate and analyze the feasibility of our approach. Secondly, the proposed cloud services selection approach has been used to evaluate parameters importance based on the users’ preferences. Finally, we perform experiments on large scale dataset to verity the feasibility of our proposal.The performance results can help cloud service users to make the right decision and help cloud service providers to target the improvement about their cloud services
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Wang, Zhen, Ramirez Marco Mora, Hossein Dadashazar, Alex B. MacDonald, Ewan Crosbie, Kelvin H. Bates, Matthew M. Coggon, et al. "Contrasting cloud composition between coupled and decoupled marine boundary layer clouds." AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622150.
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Marine stratocumulus clouds often become decoupled from the vertical layer immediately above the ocean surface. This study contrasts cloud chemical composition between coupled and decoupled marine stratocumulus clouds for dissolved nonwater substances. Cloud water and droplet residual particle composition were measured in clouds off the California coast during three airborne experiments in July-August of separate years (Eastern Pacific Emitted Aerosol Cloud Experiment 2011, Nucleation in California Experiment 2013, and Biological and Oceanic Atmospheric Study 2015). Decoupled clouds exhibited significantly lower air-equivalent mass concentrations in both cloud water and droplet residual particles, consistent with reduced cloud droplet number concentration and subcloud aerosol (D-p>100nm) number concentration, owing to detachment from surface sources. Nonrefractory submicrometer aerosol measurements show that coupled clouds exhibit higher sulfate mass fractions in droplet residual particles, owing to more abundant precursor emissions from the ocean and ships. Consequently, decoupled clouds exhibited higher mass fractions of organics, nitrate, and ammonium in droplet residual particles, owing to effects of long-range transport from more distant sources. Sodium and chloride dominated in terms of air-equivalent concentration in cloud water for coupled clouds, and their mass fractions and concentrations exceeded those in decoupled clouds. Conversely, with the exception of sea-salt constituents (e.g., Cl, Na, Mg, and K), cloud water mass fractions of all species examined were higher in decoupled clouds relative to coupled clouds. Satellite and Navy Aerosol Analysis and Prediction System-based reanalysis data are compared with each other, and the airborne data to conclude that limitations in resolving boundary layer processes in a global model prevent it from accurately quantifying observed differences between coupled and decoupled cloud composition.
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Guenole, Nigel Raymond. "A Close Look at the Nomology of Support for National Smoking Bans amongst Hospitality Industry Managers: An application of Growth Mixture Modeling." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Psychology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1498.
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Politicians and social marketers considering whether, and how, to implement a national smoking ban in their countries require sound evidence regarding what the causes of support are amongst key stakeholders, how this support will develop over the short to medium term in which they seek to be re-elected, and how support relates to critical outcomes like enforcement. In response to this need, I use structural equation models to develop a model of the antecedents of support, based on theories of self interest and common sense justice, amongst hospitality industry managers. I show that support is determined more by fairness related constructs than self interest constructs, that support for national smoking bans increases consistently over time, and that the initial level of support, and the rate at which support increases, is positively related to subsequent enforcement behaviour by bar managers, in the year after implementation of such a ban, in New Zealand. I use growth mixture modeling to identify two subgroups of bar managers whose support changes at different rates. First, a class of bar managers with a high proportion of smokers who reported fewer instances of respiratory related health problems, showed low initial support, and whose support for the legislation slowly decreased. And second, a class of bar managers comprised of fewer smokers, but reporting more instances of respiratory related health problems. This class began with a high degree support, and steadily increased in support for the national smoking ban. I discuss the implications of these findings for social marketers, health educationalists, and politicians interested in introducing a similar ban in other countries.
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Roque, Simone Cristina da Silva. "Parecer técnico-científico uso do conector sem agulha para sistema fechado de infusões vasculares /." Botucatu, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/180611.
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Orientador: Silvana Andréa Molina LimaResumo: Introdução: A terapia intravenosa é um procedimento rotineiro nas instituições de saúde, requerendo, portanto, acessórios que favoreçam a realização da técnica. Dentre eles destacam-se os conectores para acesso ao sistema de infusão, uma inovação tecnológica com potencial influência nos resultados das infecções nosocomiais. Objetivo: Avaliar a evidência científica disponível sobre o uso do conector sem agulha para sistema fechado de infusões vasculares em pacientes hospitalizados em instituições de saúde. Metodologia: Foi realizada uma busca até 01 de agosto de 2017 nas bases de dados The Cochrane Library, EMBASE, PubMed e Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS). Foram incluídos estudos de Revisões Sistemáticas (RS) e Ensaios Clínicos Randomizados (ECR). Não houve restrição de idioma e ano de publicação do artigo. Os resultados das bases de dados foram agrupados e eliminados os estudos em duplicatas. Em seguida, aplicados os critérios de elegibilidade para os títulos e resumos, restando 23 estudos para leitura completa. Após leitura dos artigos na íntegra, foram selecionados 3 estudos que comparassem os conectores sem agulha para acesso por sistema fechado e oclusores/conectores convencionais por sistema aberto e os conectores sem agulha para acesso por sistema fechado e oclusores/conectores convencionais por sistema fechado. Resultados: Para os desfechos infecção de corrente sanguínea relacionada ao cateter, colonização da ponta de cateter e col... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: Introduction: Intravenous therapy is a routine procedure in health institutions, requiring, therefore, accessories that favor the performance of the technique. Among them, the connectors for access to the infusion system, a technological innovation with potential influence on the results of nosocomial infections, stand out. Objective: To evaluate the available scientific evidence on the use of the needleless connector for closed system of vascular infusions in patients hospitalized in health institutions. Methodology: A search was performed until August 1, 2017 in the databases The Cochrane Library, EMBASE, PubMed and Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS). We included studies of Systematic Reviews (RS) and Randomized Clinical Trials (RCTs). There was no language restriction and year of publication of the article. The results of the databases were grouped and the duplicate studies were eliminated. Then, the eligibility criteria for the titles and abstracts were applied, leaving 23 studies for complete reading. After reading the articles in full, 3 studies comparing needleless connectors for closed system access and conventional open system occluders / connectors and needleless connectors for closed system access and conventional closed system occluders / connectors were selected. Results: For catheter-related bloodstream infection, catheter-tip colonization, and colonization / contamination of the hub entrance, no significant differences were foun... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Dadashazar, Hossein, Zhen Wang, Ewan Crosbie, Michael Brunke, Xubin Zeng, Haflidi Jonsson, Roy K. Woods, Richard C. Flagan, John H. Seinfeld, and Armin Sorooshian. "Relationships between giant sea salt particles and clouds inferred from aircraft physicochemical data." AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623941.
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This study uses airborne data from multiple field campaigns off the California coast to determine the extent to which a size distribution parameter and a cloud water chemical measurement can capture the effect of giant cloud condensation nuclei (GCCN), specifically sea salt, on marine stratocumulus cloud properties. The two GCCN proxy variables, near-surface particle number concentration for diameters >5 mu m and cloud water chloride concentration, are significantly correlated (95% confidence) with each other, and both exhibit expected relationships with other parameters (e.g., surface wind) that typically coincide with sea salt emissions. Factors influencing the relationship between these two GCCN proxy measurements include precipitation rate (R) and the standard deviation of the subcloud vertical velocity owing likely to scavenging effects and improved mixing/transport of sea salt to cloud base, respectively. When comparing 12 pairs of high and low chloride cloud cases (at fixed liquid water path and cloud drop number concentration), the average drop spectra for high chloride cases exhibit enhanced drop number at diameters exceeding 20 mu m, especially above 30 mu m. In addition, high chloride cases coincide with enhanced mean columnar R and negative values of precipitation susceptibility. The difference in drop effective radius between high and low chloride conditions decreases with height in cloud, suggesting that some GCCN-produced raindrops precipitate before reaching cloud tops. The sign of cloud responses (i.e., R) to perturbations in giant sea salt particle concentration, as evaluated from Modern Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications version 2 reanalysis data, is consistent with the aircraft data.
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Neto, Horst Bremer. "Desempenho horticultural de clones de lima ácida `Tahiti´ enxertados em citrumelo `Swingle´ cultivados com e sem irrigação." Universidade de São Paulo, 2012. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11136/tde-14082012-110529/.
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A partir da década de 1990, em função da valorização da fruta no mercado interno e do aumento das exportações da fruta in natura, observou-se aumento da importância da lima ácida Tahiti (Citrus latifolia (Yu. Tanaka) Tanaka) sob os aspectos econômico e social no agronegócio brasileiro. A diversidade genética da espécie é pequena e os cultivos comerciais são baseados, predominantemente, nos clones IAC 5 e Quebra-galho. Atualmente, existem novos clones para a diversificação de copas. Entretanto, a baixa disponibilidade de informações sobre os mesmos dificulta a diversificação dos pomares. Além da baixa diversificação de copas, grande parte dos pomares utilizam o limão Cravo (Citrus limonia Osbeck) como porta-enxerto, por induzir maior produtividade e tolerância à deficiência hídrica. Por outro lado, a combinação dos clones IAC 5 e Quebra-galho com o limoeiro Cravo tem levado à produção de plantas de porte elevado e baixa longevidade devido às elevadas taxas de mortalidade causadas por gomose de Phytophthora (Phytophthora spp.) e à presença de estirpes severas do vírus da tristeza dos citros e do viróide da exocorte. Dessa forma, este trabalho avaliou o desempenho horticultural de clones de limeira ácida Tahiti enxertados em citrumelo Swingle [Citrus paradisi Macfad. cv. Duncan x Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf.] em Bebedouro, SP. Tendo em vista as restrições do uso comercial do citrumelo Swingle em ambientes que apresentam deficiência hídrica prolongada, os clones foram avaliados em duas áreas distintas, diferenciadas pelo uso da irrigação. Foram avaliados os clones IAC 5, IAC 5-1, CNPMF/EECB, CNPMF 2000 e CNPMF 2001. O experimento foi instalado em março de 2005 e as avaliações foram realizadas entre 2007 e 2011. Foram avaliados o crescimento vegetativo, produção, eficiência produtiva, qualidade dos frutos, fotossíntese e potencial da água na folha em ambas as áreas. Adicionalmente, na área não irrigada, a tolerância à deficiência hídrica, condutância estomática e transpiração foram avaliados visando à seleção de clones mais adequados para cultivos não irrigados. A análise de variância dos dados obtidos na área irrigada e não irrigada foi realizada conjuntamente e as médias foram comparadas pelo teste de Duncan (P<0,05). O clone CNPMF/EECB apresentou maior produção acumulada de frutos e maior eficiência produtiva, independentemente da condição de cultivo. Sob cultivo irrigado, o clone CNPMF/EECB apresentou maior produção de frutos na entressafra. Os clones IAC 5-1, CNPMF/EECB, CNPMF 2000 e CNPMF 2001 apresentaram maior crescimento vegetativo em relação ao clone IAC 5, independentemente da condição de cultivo. O clone IAC 5-1 induziu maior porcentagem de frutos adequados à exportação, maior tolerância à deficiência hídrica e maior suscetibilidade à podridão floral dos citros. A irrigação induziu maior crescimento vegetativo, maior precocidade de produção, maior produção de frutos na safra e entressafra, maior eficiência produtiva, maior rendimento de suco, maior acidez e maior porcentagem de frutos exportáveis.Since the 90s, Tahiti lime (Citrus latifolia (Yu. Tanaka) Tanaka) has increased its importance in the Brazilian agribusiness with economic and social impacts, due to higher fruit value recorded both on domestic and international markets. Genetic diversity of this species is restricted, and in Brazil, most of the commercial orchards are predominantly based on IAC 5 and Quebra-galho selections. Currently, new selections are available for scion diversification. Nonetheless, technical information about these materials is very limited, thus restricting the studies on scion diversification. Besides the low diversification of scions, most of the orchards are established onto the Rangpur lime (Citrus limonia Osbeck), because of higher yield and tolerance to water deficit induced by this rootstock. IAC 5 and Quebra-galho selections grafted onto the Rangpur lime result in large-sized plants of low longevity, because of their high susceptibility to Phytophthora gummosis (Phytophthora spp.), and the endemic presence of severe Citrus Tristeza Virus strains and the Exocortis Citrus Viroid. Restricted scion and rootstocks diversification increase the risks associated with outbreaks of new and more severe diseases and pests that threaten the whole Tahiti lime production chain. This study evaluated the horticultural performance of five Tahiti\' lime selections grafted on Swingle citrumelo [Citrus paradisi Macfad. cv. Duncan x Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf.], in Bebedouro, São Paulo State, Brazil. Due to constraints for the commercial use of Swingle citrumelo as rootstock in environments under prolonged water deficit conditions, two trials were conducted for evaluation of Tahiti lime selections under irrigated and non irrigated conditions. The following Tahiti lime selections were studied: IAC 5, IAC 5-1, CNPMF/EECB, CNPMF 2000 and CNPMF 2001. The experiment was installed in March 2005 and the evaluations were performed between 2007 and 2011, involving the following variables: plant growth, yield, yield efficiency, fruit quality, photosynthesis rate and leaf water potential in both irrigated and non-irrigated trials. In addition, plant water deficit tolerance, stomatal conductance, transpiration rate and water use efficiency were evaluated in the non-irrigated trial for selecting suitable selections for non-irrigated plantings. Data obtained in the irrigated and non-irrigated trials were submitted to individual and joint analyses of variance, and the comparisons among means were performed by Duncan test (P<0.05). The CNPMF/EECB selection had larger cumulative fruit yield and yield efficiency both in the irrigated and non-irrigated plantings. In the irrigated trial, the CNPMF/EECB selection presented larger offseason fruit yield. The IAC 5-1, CNPMF/EECB, CNPMF 2000 and CNPMF 2001 selections had larger tree size than the IAC 5 selection, both in the irrigated and non-irrigated plantings. The IAC 5-1 selection induced larger percentage of fresh fruit for export under irrigated and non-irrigated plantings, conferring higher water deficit tolerance and lower tolerance to postbloom fruit drop. Irrigation increased plant growth, early bearing, main-season and off-season fruit production, yield efficiency, juice percentage, juice acidity and the percentage of fresh fruit classified for export.
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Vice, President Research Office of the. "Sea Change." Office of the Vice President Research, The University of British Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/9510.
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Natsheh, Sufian H. "A NEW ORTHOTROPIC STEEL DECKS CONCEPT." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron162765539662849.
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Sturesson, Emma. ""Ska vi skriva bokrecension sen, eller?" : En studie om arbete med läsförståelse på högstadiet." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för utbildningsvetenskap (UV), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-65999.
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The aim of the study is to investigate how theories of close reading and literature conversations can be used in the practice of teaching. As a way to achieve insight into this, I have applied the method of action research to study different strategies for reading comprehension. Action research is a suitable method to acquire knowledge about one’s own work for purposes of development. The result indicates that a classroom where more than one voice can be heard and where different forms of conversation can be represented can further the pupils’ experience of and engagement in the teaching. The pupils’ evaluations allow me to draw the conclusion that the methods by which I worked – close reading, whole-class discussions and group discussions, and individual writing – appear to have had a positive effect on the development of the pupils’ reading comprehension.
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Cremer, Roxana, Johannes Quaas, and Johannes Mülmenstädt. "Interactions between clouds and sea ice in the Arctic." Universität Leipzig, 2017. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A16773.
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The feedback between clouds and sea ice got more importance in the last years, because of the declining Arctic sea ice extent. Previous observations
show the formation of low clouds over newly formed open water. These low clouds are very important for the Arctic Energy Budget, because they warm the surface. This leads to increasing temperatures and stronger sea ice loss. To assess the relationship between sea ice cover and cloudiness, satellite observations by DARDAR were compared with both global climate reanalyses ERA–Interim and MACC. The analysis focuses on 2007 – 2010 and the relationship between different parameters from the different datasets. It is found that the reanalyses only poorly approximate the cloud cover in the Arctic. Consequently no strong correlation was found for the time period 2007 – 2010.Das Wolken–Albedo–Feedback in der Arktis gewann in den letzten Jahren immer mehr an Bedeutung aufgrund des Rückganges der Meereisfläche. Vorhergehende Arbeiten zeigten die Bildung von tiefer Bewölkung über kürzlich aufgebrochenen Meereisstellen. Diese tiefen Wolken sind sehr wichtig für das arktische Energiebudget, wegen des Erwärmens der Oberfläche. Daraus folgt ein Anstieg in der bodennahen Temperatur und ein verstärkter Rückgang des Meereises. Um den Einfluss der Meereiskonzentration auf die Wolkenbildung zu untersuchen, werden in dieser Arbeit Satellitendaten von DARDAR mit den beiden globalen Klimareanalysen Era–interim und MACC verglichen. Analysiert werden Daten aus den Jahren 2007 bis 2010 und für verschiedene Oberflächenbedingungen werden Korrelationen der einzelnen Datensätze erstellt. Es hat sich gezeigt, dass die Darstellung der Wolkenbedeckung in der Arktis durch die Reanalyse Daten nicht geeignet ist. Aus diesem Grund wurden keine signifikanten Korrelationen in der Zeitspanne von 2007 bis 2010 gefunden.
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Kapodistrias, Georgios. "A theoretical and experimental study on multiple scattering from bubbles, with emphasis on scattering from a bubble located close to the air-sea interface /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7150.
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Piovesan, Sandra Dutra. "U-SEA: UM AMBIENTE DE APRENDIZAGEM UBÍQUO UTILIZANDO CLOUD COMPUTING." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2011. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/5388.
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível SuperiorThe diffusion of the learning virtual environments use shows a great potential to the applications development that meet the needs in the education area. In view of the importance of a more dynamic application and one that can adapt itself to the needs of the students, it was proposed and developed the U-SEA (oblique adapted teaching system). This system was built based on the learning virtual environment Moodle and on the module Mle-Moodle, available in an infrastructure of Cloud-Computing and has as a main finality the adaptation to the student's computing context, envisioning technical characteristics as the adequacy of the environment to the user's speed connection. The results gotten showed the feasibility of working with systems that are sensitive to the context, bringing improvements to the students' access to the materials and tools.
A difusão do uso dos ambientes virtuais de aprendizagem apresenta um grande potencial para desenvolvimento de aplicações que atendam necessidades na área da educação. Tendo em vista a importância de uma aplicação mais dinâmica e que consiga se adaptar continuamente as necessidades dos estudantes, foi proposto e desenvolvido o U-SEA (Sistema de Ensino Adaptado Ubíquo). Esse sistema foi construído com base no ambiente virtual de aprendizagem Moodle e no Módulo Mle-Moodle, disponibilizado em uma infraestrutura de Cloud Computing e tem como principal finalidade a adaptação ao contexto computacional do aluno, vislumbrando características técnicas como a adequação do ambiente a velocidade de conexão do usuário. Os resultados obtidos demonstraram a viabilidade de se trabalhar com sistemas sensíveis ao contexto, trazendo melhorias no acesso dos estudantes aos materiais e ferramentas.
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Cavalier, Vincent. "SCENE STIR: How we begin to see the biosphere in David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Engelska institutionen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-114800.
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This essay marks the degrading biosphere in David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas and argues that its narrative disclosure is meaningfully explored using the idea of a growing ecological awareness. The book depicts agentive nonhumans that are unseen or under-attended by the novel’s humans. I suggest this literary presentation of the biosphere is best understood as after the discovery of global warming when matters of ecological concern “intruded,” to use Timothy Morton’s word, on a human-only society with underequipped modes of historical thought. To construct my reading, I motivate recent work in object-oriented philosophies that would eschew anthropocentric metaphysics. I unpack Cloud Atlas’ ecological vision using Morton’s philosophy in which he explores the conceptual and aesthetic consequences of the hyperobject – a thing that is massively distributed in time and space relative to humans. My analysis will examine passages and techniques that construct Cloud Atlas’ “scenery,” and I argue that they evoke a degrading biosphere that interacts substantially with the human-only personal dramas. Features of the book’s formal construction allow for the animation of this scenery in the reader’s cross-novel interpretation. I look at how characters narrate this scenery to build my argument that the novel’s ecological vision makes claims on its storytelling characters. But as those characters still miss the long-view historical perspectives afforded the reader, they are shown to want community. I end by ruminating on how Cloud Atlas, which would “stretch” the literary novel, questions what the novel is at this ecological moment.
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Cravigan, Luke T. "Sources and composition of sub-200 nm sea spray aerosol inferred from volatility and hygroscopicity." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2015. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/80835/11/Luke_Cravigan_Thesis.pdf.
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Enrichment of marine organics in remote marine aerosols can influence their ability to act as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN), which are sites for water vapour to condense into cloud droplets. This project identified the composition and hygroscopicity of sea spray aerosol (SSA) formed at the ocean surface due to bursting of entrained air bubbles. SSA from organically enriched waters in the southwest Pacific and Southern Oceans were investigated. Results indicate that current emission schemes may not adequately predict SSA CCN, influencing the representation of cloud formation in climate modelling.
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Goff, Kevin D. "Ring Diameter and Closed Area Scallop Fisheries: The Performance of a Dredge with 4" Rings in the Atlantic Sea Scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) Fishery, in the Context of an Area Rotation Management Scheme." W&M ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539617790.
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Franquez, Gustavo Giménez. "Seleção e multiplicação de clones de morangueiro (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.)." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2008. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/3165.
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The objectives of this research were to select new strawberry clones for the estate of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and to develop methods of multiplication to obtain
disease-free transplants with high physiological quality. Five advanced strawberry clones from the Breeding Program and two controls were evaluated in an annual hill system in low tunnels from April to December, 2006. A closed soilless system was developed, based on a growing bed with substrate over a cement tile. A nutrient solution was delivered from a reservoir to the upper end of the tile and drained off back by gravity. An inert substrate (sand) and an organic substrate (Plantmax®) and two advanced strawberry clones were tested. In another experiment fruit yield of plug transplants of different sizes was compared to that of bare-root transplants. Plug transplants were produced rooting runner tips in plastic trays with different volumes of organic substrate. Bare-root transplants were produced in the closed soilless growing
system described above. Clones LBD 15.1, LBH 27.2, LBD 35.2 and LBG 121.4 were identified as having potential to be used in the estate of RS. These clones combine earliness, high yield and fruit quality, high content of bioactive compounds and resistance to diseases. A high number of healthy bare-root and runner tips with high quality were obtained with both substrates and both clones. A higher early fruit yield
during fall and winter was obtained with plug transplants. Both plug and bare-root transplants reached a high total yield. It was concluded that selected strawberry clones
of this research can be recommended to substitute commercial cultivars now planted in the RS or used in combination with them and that disease-free bare-root transplants and runner tips for plug transplants, both with high physiological quality can be produced in the closed soilless system, providing a sustainable alternative for nurseries.Os objetivos deste trabalho foram selecionar novos clones de morangueiro para o RS e desenvolver um sistema de multiplicação para a obtenção de mudas com alta qualidade fisiológica e sanitária. Foram avaliados cinco clones avançados do Programa de Melhoramento e duas testemunhas, em túneis baixos, durante os meses de abril e dezembro de 2006. Para a multiplicação foi utilizado um sistema fechado sem solo, baseado em um leito de cultivo com substrato sobre telhas de fibrocimento. A circulação da solução nutritiva foi feita a partir de um reservatório até a extremidade mais alta da telha, drenando por gravidade. Como substrato, testou-se a areia na categoria inerte e o Plantmax® na categoria orgânica, com dois clones. Em outro experimento foi comparada a produtividade de mudas com torrão de diferentes tamanhos e com raízes nuas. As mudas com torrão foram produzidas a partir de pontas de estolão enraizadas em bandejas com diferentes volumes de substrato orgânico. As mudas com raízes nuas foram provenientes do sistema fechado sem solo. Foram identificados os clones LBD 15.1, LBH 27.2, LBD 35.2 e LBG 121.4 com potencial para serem cultivados no RS. Esses clones combinam alta produtividade precoce e total, qualidade de fruta, conteúdo de componentes bioativos na fruta e resistência às doenças. Um alto número de mudas e pontas de estolão sadias e de alta qualidade foi obtido no sistema fechado sem solo com ambos os substratos e clones. As mudas com torrão apresentaram maior produtividade precoce no outono e inverno. Tanto as mudas com torrão como as de raízes nuas alcançaram elevada produtividade total. Concluiu-se que os novos clones selecionados podem ser indicados em substituição ou em combinação com as cultivares atualmente em uso no RS e que o sistema fechado sem solo é uma alternativa sustentável para ser empregada na produção de mudas com raízes nuas e de pontas de estolão para mudas com torrão.
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Ritter, Carlos Evandro Leite. "Micropropagação e aclimatização de plântulas de morangueiro do clone Ivahé." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2009. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/5002.
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The objectives of this work were to test different salt and sucrose concentrations in the in vitro medium and acclimatizing systems for production of strawberry stock plants. One experiment was conducted at the Breeding and Plant Propagation Laboratory and two experiments inside a screen house at the Department of Fitotecnia UFSM, from February to October, 2008. In the first experiment, sucrose 15; 30; 45 and 60g/L and salt ½; ¾ and 1 MS concentrations were compared, in a 3x4 factorial randomized experimental design, with five replications of five plantlets. Two evaluations were made, the first after plantlets were extracted from the in vitro medium and the second at the end of the acclimatizing period. In the first evaluation, the rate of survival, shoot height, number of roots, length of the bigger root and number of leaves of plantlets were determined. In the second evaluation, the same evaluations were done and also dry matter. In the second experiment, the effect of sucrose
and salt concentrations on initial growth of stock plants was determined. Six plantlets of each in vitro medium of the previous experiment were used. The number of days from planting to the beginning of the stolon emission period, number of leaves and stolons, crown diameter and dry matter were determined 30 days after the acclimatizing period. In the third experiment, the acclimatizing systems
made up by 128 cells polystyrene trays using organic substrate, polyethylene trays filled with sand and
polyethylene trays filed with nutrient solution upon that plantlets floated were compared. The entirely randomized experimental design was used, with four replications of 10 plantlets. The rate of survival, shoot height, number of roots, length of the bigger root, number of leaves and shoot and root dry mass were determined. At the first evaluation of the first experiment, only number of leaves differed significantly, being higher in the 1 MS concentration. At the second evaluation, shoot height was
higher in 1 MS, without difference from ¾ MS concentration. At the second experiment, the length of
the bigger root was higher in ¾ MS, which did not differed from ½ MS. Dry mater and number of leaves of stock plants were higher by rooting plantlets in the 45 g/L sucrose and 1 MS salt concentrations. About acclimatizing systems, shoot height and number of leaves were higher in the
128 cells polystyrene trays using organic substrate while shoot and root dry matter were higher in the polyethylene trays filled with sand. It was concluded that for the clone Ivahé, the salt concentration may be reduced from 1 MS to ¾ MS and sucrose may be increased from 30 g/L to 45 g/L. About acclimatizing systems, the 128 cells polystyrene trays using organic substrate and the polyethylene trays filled with sand may be either used for acclimatizing plantlets of the Ivahé strawberry clone.Este trabalho teve como objetivos testar diferentes concentrações de sais e de sacarose no meio de cultura e sistemas de aclimatização para a produção de mudas matrizes de morangueiro. Foi conduzido um experimento no Laboratório de Melhoramento e Propagação Vegetativa de Plantas e dois em abrigo telado, no Departamento de Fitotecnia da UFSM, entre fevereiro e novembro de 2008. No primeiro experimento, foram comparadas as concentrações de sacarose de 15, 30, 45 e 60g/L e de sais de ½, ¾ e 1 MS, em esquema fatorial 3x4 no delineamento inteiramente casualizado, com cinco repetições de cinco plântulas. Foram realizadas duas avaliações, uma na saída das plântulas do laboratório e outra após a aclimatização. Na primeira avaliação foi determinada a sobrevivência de plântulas, altura da parte aérea, número de raízes, comprimento da maior raiz e número de folhas. Na segunda avaliação essas determinações foram repetidas e foi também determinada a matéria seca de planta. No segundo experimento, foi determinado o efeito das concentrações de sais e sacarose no crescimento inicial das plantas matrizes. Foram utilizadas seis plântulas de cada concentração de meio empregadas no experimento anterior. Foi determinado o número de dias do transplante ao início do estolonamento, o número de folhas, número de estolões, diâmetro da coroa e matéria seca de plantas 30 dias após a aclimatização. No terceiro experimento, foram comparados os sistemas de aclimatização constituídos por bandejas alveoladas de poliestireno de 128 células com substrato orgânico, bandejas não alveoladas de polietileno com areia e bandejas não alveoladas com uma placa de poliestireno flutuante na solução nutritiva. O delineamento inteiramente casualizado foi empregado, com quatro repetições de 10 plântulas. Foi determinada a sobrevivência de plântulas, altura da parte aérea, número de raízes, comprimento da maior raiz, número de folhas e matéria seca de parte aérea e de raízes. No primeiro experimento, na primeira avaliação somente o número de folhas mostrou diferença significativa, sendo mais elevado na concentração 1 MS. Na segunda avaliação, a altura da parte aérea foi maior na concentração 1 MS, sem diferença de ¾ MS. No segundo experimento, o comprimento da maior raiz foi superior no tratamento ¾ MS, que não diferiu de ½ MS. A matéria seca e o número de folhas das plantas matrizes foram superiores quando as plântulas foram enraizadas na concentração de sacarose de 45gL e 1 MS de sais. Com relação aos sistemas de aclimatização, a altura da parte aérea e o número de folhas foram mais elevados no sistema de aclimatização em bandejas alveoladas com substrato, enquanto a matéria seca da parte aérea e das raízes foram superiores no sistema de bandejas não alveoladas com areia. Concluiu-se que para o clone Ivahé, a concentração de sais pode ser reduzida de 1 MS para ¾ MS e que a concentração de sacarose pode ser aumentada de 30 g/L para 45 g/L. Quanto aos sistemas de aclimatização, as bandejas alveoladas de poliestireno com substrato orgânico e as bandejas não alveoladas de polietileno com areia podem ser empregadas para aclimatizar plântulas do clone Ivahé.
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Davis, Michael A. "Cloud-Radiative Feedback and Ocean-Atmosphere Feedback In the Southeast Pacific Ocean Simulated by IPCC AR4 GCMs." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1313350254.
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Seger, Johanna. "Coagency of humans and artificial intelligence in sea rescue environments : A closer look at where artificial intelligence can help humans maintain and improve situational awareness in search and rescue operations." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för datavetenskap, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-157439.
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This paper aims to answer the question of how artificial intelligence could help humans maintain and/or improve situational awareness in search and rescue operations at sea, as well as where in such processes artificial intelligence could be incorporated to most efficiently compensate for human vulnerabilities and support human strengths. In order to answer this, a joint cognitive system perspective has been adopted whilst joining in search and rescue practice operations. These operations have been observed and persons participating in them have been interviewed, in order to gather insights about the process and the persons conducting it. The results from these insights coupled with experience with artificial intelligence and automation, show that artificial intelligence could help improve and/or maintain situational awareness by adopting functions which take up unnecessary time from man. According to the joint cognitive system view, these functions should never be solely performed by artificial intelligence however, but in coagency with man; allocated functions should overlap between man and machine. Suggestions have been given regarding which functions in particular an artificial intelligent agent could perform in terms of search and rescue and where these functions occur in the process. None of these suggestions are without man involvement, as they should not be. To summarise, these suggestions include; a UAV equipped with an infrared camera to search large areas quickly, a decision support system equipped with image recognition to analyse images gathered from the UAV, as well as a communication tool which allows for shared search patterns and hotspots between search and rescue units.WARA-PS
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Alroe, Joel. "Emission sources, cloud-relevant properties and variability of aerosol over the Southern and Pacific Oceans." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2021. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/209152/1/Joel_Alroe_Thesis.pdf.
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Cloud-forming aerosol over the Southern Ocean currently contribute a major source of uncertainty in global atmospheric models. This work presents the seasonal changes in marine aerosol over the Southern Ocean, between the summer and winter months. The observations, obtained during two ship-based voyages south of Australia and New Zealand, revealed the impact of meteorology and marine biological productivity on the concentration and cloud-relevant properties of the marine aerosols. Comparison was made against an array of published empirical models for sea spray production to investigate their relevance for this region.
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Trinh, Bich Ngoc. "Cycles de l'eau, de la chaleur et du sel en mer de Chine méridionale, de la variation saisonnière à la variabilité interannuelle : modélisation océanique à haute résolution et à bilan fermé." Thesis, Toulouse 3, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020TOU30290.
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La dynamique océanique en Mer de Chine Méridionale (SCS pour "South China Sea") joue un rôle important à l'échelle locale pour le système climatique régional, mais aussi pour la circulation océanique et le climat à l'échelle globale. Les eaux de surface de la circulation thermohaline globale transitent en effet de l'océan Pacifique à l'océan Indien à travers la SCS par plusieurs détroits ("South China Sea Throughflow", SCSTF), et sont modifiées de manière significative au cours de ce transit. La dynamique océanique gouverne en outre le transport et le mélange des composants des écosystèmes marins planctoniques, et influence donc les écosystèmes marins. L'objectif central de cette thèse est de contribuer à la compréhension de la dynamique océanique en SCS et de ses interactions avec les autres compartiments du système régional, en s'intéressant au fonctionnement et à la variabilité des bilans hydrique, thermique et halin, avec pour perspective d'étudier leur impact sur les écosystèmes planctoniques pélagiques. Pour cela, une configuration à haute résolution d'un modèle océanique régional couplé physique-biogéochimie couvrant la SCS et où les bilans sont rigoureusement fermés a été développée pour réaliser des simulations sur la période récente 2009-2018. Nous montrons d'abord, par comparaison aux données satellitaires et observations in-situ, la capacité de notre simulation physique à reproduire les caractéristiques de surface des masses d'eau et de la circulation, ainsi que la distribution thermohaline verticale, aux échelles climatologiques, saisonnière et interannuelle. Nous examinons ensuite la moyenne climatologique et le cycle saisonnier de toutes les composantes impliquées dans les bilans d'eau, de chaleur et de sel en SCS : variations internes et flux latéraux, atmosphériques et fluviaux. Les apports d'eau et de sel sont principalement liés aux flux latéraux d'eau du Pacifique par le détroit de Luzon. La moitié de ces apports s'écoule par le détroit de Mindoro vers la mer de Sulu, un quart par le détroit de Taiwan vers la mer de Chine orientale et un quart par le détroit de Karimata vers la mer de Java. Le gain de chaleur provient principalement de l'entrée latérale à Luzon (~3/4) et de l'apport atmosphérique (~1/4), et s'écoule de manière équivalente par les détroits de Mindoro, Taïwan et Karimata. Sur la période étudiée, la SCS stocke respectivement 0,3% et 2,5% des apports totaux de sel et de chaleur (le volume ne varie pas significativement). Le cycle saisonnier des bilans hydrique et halin est principalement gouverné par le flux d'eau latéral, tandis que celui du bilan thermique est principalement régi par le flux de chaleur atmosphérique. A l'échelle interannuelle, les flux d'eau, de chaleur et de sel à travers les détroits de Luzon et de Mindoro sont fortement corrélés et présentent la plus forte variabilité de tous les transports aux détroits, ainsi que des corrélations élevées avec ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) et la PDO (Pacific Decadal Oscillation). Le flux atmosphérique annuel d'eau régit la variabilité interannuelle du bilan hydrique en SCS : une variation de l'apport atmosphérique d'eau douce induit une variation équivalente du débit sortant latéral, de sorte que le volume de la SCS varie très peu à l'échelle interannuelle. Le bilan salin en SCS est piloté au premier ordre par la variabilité interannuelle du flux d'eau latéral, puis par la salinité des eaux entrantes/sortantes. La variabilité interannuelle du bilan thermique est pilotée d'abord par le flux thermique latéral net, lui-même piloté par la variabilité de la température des eaux sortantes/entrantes, puis par la variabilité du flux d'eau latéral et du flux thermique de surface. Les bilans d'eau et de sel ainsi que le SCSTF sont fortement affectés par ENSO et la PDO, alors que le bilan thermique n'est affecté que par ENSOThe South China Sea (SCS) ocean dynamics play an important role at the local scale for the regional climate system, but also in global ocean circulation and climate. Surface waters of the global thermohaline circulation indeed transit from the Pacific to the Indian Oceans across the SCS through several interocean straits (the South China Sea Throughflow, SCSTF), and are significantly modified during this transit. Ocean dynamics moreover influences the SCS marine life through its role in the transport and mixing of the pelagic planktonic ecosystems' components. The general objective of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of the SCS ocean dynamics and of their interactions with the other compartments of the regional system, by focusing on the functioning and variability of the SCS water, heat and salt budgets with the perspective to study their impact on the pelagic planktonic ecosystems. For that, a high resolution (4 km) configuration of a regional physical-biogeochemical ocean model covering the SCS with rigorously closed budgets is developed and used to perform and analyze simulations over the recent period 2009 - 2018. We first show by comparison with available satellite data and in-situ observations the ability of our physical simulation to reproduce the surface water masses and circulation characteristics as well as thermohaline vertical distribution, at the climatological, seasonal and interannual scales. We then examine the climatological average and seasonal cycle of all components involved in the water volume, heat and salt budgets over the SCS: internal variations and lateral, atmospheric and river fluxes. Water and salt inputs to the SCS are mostly related to the lateral inflow of Pacific water through the Luzon strait. About 1/2 of those inputs is released through the Mindoro strait to the Sulu sea, 1/4 through the Taiwan strait to the East China Sea and 1/4 through the Karimata strait to the Java Sea. Heat gain mostly comes for the Luzon lateral input (~ 3/4) and from the atmosphere (~1/4), and is equivalently released through the Mindoro, Taiwan and Karimata straits. Over the studied period, the SCS stores respectively 0.3% and 2.5% of the total salt and heat inputs. The seasonal cycle of water and salt budgets is mainly driven by the net lateral water flux through interocean straits, whereas the seasonal cycle of heat budget is mainly governed by the atmospheric heat flux. On the interannual time scale, water, heat and salt fluxes at Luzon and Mindoro straits are highly correlated together and show the strongest variability of all straits' transports, and high correlations with ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) and PDO (Pacific Decadal Oscillation). The annual atmospheric water flux governs the interannual variability of SCS water budget: a variation of annual atmospheric freshwater input induces a mirror variation of lateral outflow so that the SCS volume hardly varies at the interannual scale. The SCS salt budget is regulated at the first order by the interannual variability of net lateral water flux, then by the salinity of the in/outflowing interocean waters. In particular, we show that the recent SCS saltening was mainly induced by the increase in the inflow of salty Pacific water which compensated a deficit of rainfall freshwater over the area. The heat budget interannual variability is driven first by the total lateral heat flux, itself driven by the variability of the temperature of the out/inflowing waters, then by the variability of the lateral water flux and surface heat flux. Water and salt budgets as well as the SCSTF are strongly affected by ENSO and PDO, whereas the heat budget is only affected by ENSO
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Bhandari, Purushottam. "The Design of a Polarimeter and its Use for the Study of the Variation of Downwelling Polarized Radiance Distribution with Depth in the Ocean." Scholarly Repository, 2011. http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_dissertations/605.
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The spectral polarized radiance distribution provides the most complete description of the light field that can be measured. However, this is a very difficult parameter to measure near the surface because of its large dynamic range, dependence on incoming sky conditions, and waves at the air-sea interface. The measurement of the Stokes vector of the downwelling polarized light field requires the combination of at least four images, all of which must be obtained simultaneously. To achieve this, a new polarimeter (which we call DPOL) has been designed, characterized, calibrated and deployed. The description of the DPOL, its calibrations and characterizations are discussed. The uncertainties in the retrieval of Stokes vector and other derived parameters are also discussed. This instrument is equipped with four fish-eye lenses (180° field of view) with polarizers behind each lens in a different orientation, a coherent optical fiber bundle with 4 arms, a spectral filter changer assembly and a charged coupled-device (CCD) imaging camera. With this system, a single image contains 4 separate fisheye images, each a whole hemisphere of the same scene, each with different polarization information. Using these 4 images and applying appropriate calibration parameters allows us to calculate the four-element Stokes vector and then the total degree of polarization and the angle of plane of polarization of the incoming light field in a hemisphere of desired directions. Under the Office of Naval Research RaDyO (Radiance under a Dynamic Ocean) program, DPOL has been used in the Santa Barbara Channel and Hawaii field experiments. In most cases, data on sky polarization were collected with a separate camera (Sky-Cam) simultaneously with the DPOL. The data and results with these two camera systems in these experiments are presented and are compared. Data on the inherent optical properties of water from the same field experiments collected by collaborators will be shown. Our measurements show that very near the surface, for clear sky conditions, the dominant source of polarization is the refracted sky light. As one progresses in the water column, the polarization due to light scattering by the water increases and polarization due to the water becomes dominant. The dependence of the in-water light field polarization on the sky and surface wave conditions, solar zenith and azimuth angles, the depth of the instrument, the viewing angle, the wavelength of light, the inherent optical properties (IOP’s) of water are discussed.
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Tonial, Liliane Sibila Schmaedecke. "Estrutura populacional do camarão sete-barbas Xiphopenaeus kroyerl (Heller, 1862) na foz do rio São Francisco, nordeste do Brasil." Universidade Federal de Alagoas, 2011. http://repositorio.ufal.br/handle/riufal/964.
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Xiphopenaeus kroyeri (Heller, 1862) has a wide marine distribution, occurring from North Carolina (EUA) to Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), being the only Penaeidae found in the Western Atlantic. The species inhabits sandy or muddy ground in shallow waters. It s an important fishery resource to communities that live on the coast. The population structure analysis of sea-bob shrimp from São Francisco River mouth, Alagoas-Brazil, was the main objective of this study, and specifically the growth rate of the species. Along the research 4267 specimens of Xiphopenaeus kroyeri were collected, from which 47.93% males and 52.07% females, proportion differing from expected (1:1). The total length for males varied from 28.27 to 108.44mm (77.16 ± 0.27) with width of 80.17mm. The female reached higher length, varying from 11.20 to 125.51mm (82.03 ± 0.33) with width of 114.31mm. The average being significantly different (p> 0.0001). The weigh/length rate has showed exponential tendency, with allometric growth pattern. Moreover, the growth curves plotted in this study show that, after 24 months, the individuals from São Francisco River mouth had not reached the total length expected to the species yet, registering inferior values compared to other regions. Recruitment peaks differ from the ones established to the region, being the main peak in August/10 and the secondary in January/10, therefore the legal protection period to the species requires a review. Data evaluated in this study suggest the importance of further research, more specifically to evaluate the sustainability of the Xiphopenaeus kroyeri population, as well as to verify the efficiency of the laws applied to juvenile protection purposes.Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
O camarão Xiphopenaeus kroyeri (Heller, 1862) apresenta distribuição geográfica extensa, ocorrendo da Carolina do Norte (EUA) ao estado do Rio Grande do Sul e é a única espécie do gênero do Atlântico Ocidental. Habita águas costeiras rasas com fundo de areia e lama e é um recurso pesqueiro extremamente importante para as populações em sua área de ocorrência. O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a estrutura populacional do camarão sete-barbas na região da foz do rio São Francisco Alagoas, assim como o crescimento dos indivíduos da espécie em questão. Foram coletados 4.267 exemplares, dos quais 47,93 % eram machos e 52,07 % fêmeas, diferindo do esperado para a população (1:1). O comprimento total dos machos variou de 28,27 a 108,44 mm (77,16 ± 0,27) com amplitude de 80,17 mm. As fêmeas atingiram comprimentos maiores variando de 11,20 a 125,51 mm (82,03 ± 0,33) com amplitude de 114,31 mm. As médias foram significativamente diferentes (p> 0,0001). A relação peso/comprimento para Xiphopenaeus kroyeri apresentou tendência exponencial, com padrão de crescimento alométrico. No entanto, as curvas de crescimento plotadas neste estudo mostram que, ao fim de 24 meses, exemplares da espécie na região da foz do Rio São Francisco ainda não alcançaram o comprimento máximo teórico esperado, registrando valores inferiores aos de outras regiões. Com relação ao recrutamento, os períodos diferem daqueles que norteiam a época de defeso da espécie no Estado, sendo o pico principal registrado em agosto/10 e o secundário em janeiro/10. Os dados registrados sugerem a importância de estudos mais específicos para avaliar os níveis de sustentabilidade da população de Xiphopenaeus kroyeri assim como a necessidade de verificar a eficiência do defeso na proteção dos juvenis.
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Duvall, Emily M. "Factors influencing the structures of the Monterey Bay sea breeze." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Mar%5FDuvall.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2004.Thesis advisor(s): Wendell A. Nuss. Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-60). Also available online.
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Makhalova, Tatiana. "Contributions à la fouille d'ensembles de motifs : des données complexes à des ensembles de motifs signifiants et réutilisables." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Université de Lorraine, 2021. http://www.theses.fr/2021LORR0124.
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Nous étudions différents aspects de l’exploration ou fouille de motifs dans des jeux de données tabulaires binaires et numériques. L’objectif de l’exploration de motifs est de découvrir un petit ensemble de motifs non redondants qui peuvent recouvrir presque entièrement un ensemble de données et être interprétés comme des unités de connaissances significatives et utiles. Nous nous concentrons sur les questions clés telles que la définition formelle de l’intérêt des motifs, la minimisation de l’explosion combinatoire des motifs, la définition de mesures pour évaluer les performances des méthodes d’exploration de motifs, et le rapprochement entre l’intérêt et la qualité des ensembles de motifs. Nous proposons une structure dite “de niveaux de fermetures” et l’algorithme GDPM qui la calcule. Cette structure nous permet d’estimer à la fois la complexité des données et celle des motifs. En pratique, cette structure peut être utilisée pour représenter la topologie des données par rapport à une mesure d’intérêt. Du point de vue conceptuel, cette structure autorise un analyste à comprendre la configuration intrinsèque des données avant de sélectionner une mesure d’intérêt plutôt que de comprendre les données au moyen d’une mesure d’intérêt choisie arbitrairement. Nous discutons également de la différence entre l’intérêt et la qualité des ensembles de motifs. Nous proposons d’adopter les bonnes pratiques de l’apprentissage supervisé et de les adapter à la fouille de motifs. Ainsi, nous avons développé un algorithme d’exploration d’ensembles de motifs appelé KeepItSimple, qui met en relation l’intérêt et la qualité des ensembles de motifs et qui permet de retrouver de façon efficace un ensemble de motifs intéressants sans craindre d’explosion combinatoire. De plus, nous proposons un algorithme glouton d’énumération de motifs susceptibles d’intérêt qui remplace les méthodes classiques d’énumération de motifs fermés fréquents lorsque les motifs sont trop nombreux. Enfin une dernière contribution porte sur le développement d’un algorithme qui s’appuie sur le principe MDL appelé Mint qui a pour objectif d’extraire des ensembles de motifs dans les données numériques. Il repose sur des bases théoriques solides tout en ayant l’objectif pratique de retourner un ensemble concis de motifs numériques qui sont non redondants et informatifs. Les expérimentations montrent que Mint surpasse généralement ses concurrents en efficacité et qualité des motifs retournésIn this thesis, we study different aspects of pattern mining in binary and numerical tabular datasets. The objective of pattern mining is to discover a small set of non-redundant patterns that may cover entirely a given dataset and be interpreted as useful and significant knowledge units. We focus on some key issues such as (i) formal definition of pattern interestingness, (ii) the minimization of pattern explosion, (iii) measure for evaluating the performance of pattern mining, and (iv) the discrepancy between interestingness and quality of the discovered pattern sets. Moreover, we go beyond the typical perspectives of pattern mining and investigate the intrinsic structure underlying a tabular dataset. The main contributions of this research work are theoretical, conceptual, and practical. Regarding the theoretical novelty, we propose a so-called closure structure and the GDPM algorithm for its computing. The closure structure allows us to estimate both the data and pattern complexity. Furthermore, practically the closure structure may be used to represent the data topology w.r.t. an interestingness measure. Conceptually, the closure structure allows an analyst to understand the intrinsic data configuration before selecting any interestingness measure rather than to understand the data by means of an arbitrarily selected interestingness measure. In this research work, we also discuss the difference between interestingness and quality of pattern sets. We propose to adopt the best practices of supervised learning in pattern mining. Based on that, we developed an algorithm for itemset mining, called KeepItSimple, which relates interestingness and the quality of pattern sets. In practice, KeepItSimple allows us to efficiently mine a set of interesting and good-quality patterns without any pattern explosion. In addition, we propose an algorithm for a greedy enumeration of likely-occurring itemsets that can be used when frequent closed itemset miners return too many itemsets. The last practical contribution consists in developing an MDL-based algorithm called Mint for mining pattern sets in numerical data. The Mint algorithm relies on a strong theoretical foundation and at the same time has a practical objective in returning a small set of numerical, non-redundant, and informative patterns. The experiments show that Mint has very good behavior in practice and usually outperforms its competitors
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Hui, Fei. "Visual Tracking of Deformation and Classification of Object Elasticity with Robotic Hand Probing." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/36477.
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Performing tasks with a robotic hand often requires a complete knowledge of the manipulated object, including its properties (shape, rigidity, surface texture) and its location in the environment, in order to ensure safe and efficient manipulation. While well-established procedures exist for the manipulation of rigid objects, as well as several approaches for the manipulation of linear or planar deformable objects such as ropes or fabric, research addressing the characterization of deformable objects occupying a volume remains relatively limited. The fundamental objectives of this research are to track the deformation of non-rigid objects under robotic hand manipulation using RGB-D data, and to automatically classify deformable objects as either rigid, elastic, plastic, or elasto-plastic, based on the material they are made of, and to support recognition of the category of such objects through a robotic probing process in order to enhance manipulation capabilities. The goal is not to attempt to formally model the material of the object, but rather employ a data-driven approach to make decisions based on the observed properties of the object, capture implicitly its deformation behavior, and support adaptive control of a robotic hand for other research in the future. The proposed approach advantageously combines color image and point cloud processing techniques, and proposes a novel combination of the fast level set method with a log-polar mapping of the visual data to robustly detect and track the contour of a deformable object in a RGB-D data stream. Dynamic time warping is employed to characterize the object properties independently from the varying length of the detected contour as the object deforms. The research results demonstrate that a recognition rate over all categories of material of up to 98.3% is achieved based on the detected contour. When integrated in the control loop of a robotic hand, it can contribute to ensure stable grasp, and safe manipulation capability that will preserve the physical integrity of the object.
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Zhang, Qin. "Estimation du couple généré par un muscle sous SEF à la base de l'EMG évoquée pour le suivi de la fatigue et le contrôle du couple en boucle fermée." Phd thesis, Université Montpellier II - Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, 2011. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00820474.
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La stimulation éléctrique fonctionnelle (SEF) peut améliorer de manière significative la mobilité des blessés médullaires ainsi que la stabilité et la prévention des effets secondaires. Dans le domaine de la SEF pour les membres inférieurs, le couple articulaire doit être fournie de façon appropriée pour effectuer le mouvement prévu afin de maintenir l'équilibre postural. Toutefois, les changements d'état du muscle telle que la fatigue musculaire est une cause majeure qui dégrade ses performances. En outre, la plupart des patients, dont la blessure médulaire est complète, n'ont pas le retour sensorielle qui permet de détecter la fatigue. De plus, et les capteurs de couples in-vivo ne sont pas disponibles à l'heure actuelle. Les systèmes conventionnels de commande SEF sont soit en boucle ouverte ou en boucle fermée mais cependant pas assez robustes aux changements d'état du muscle. L'objectif de cette thèse est le développement de la prédiction du couple articulaire et de la commande en boucle fermée afin d'améliorer les performances de la commande SEF en termes de précision, de robustesse et de sécurité pour les patients. Afin de prédire le couple articliare induit de la SEF, l'électromyographie (EMG) induit est utilisée pour corréler l'activité musculaire éléctrique et mécanique. Bien que la fatigue musculaire représente une variation dans le temps, une dépendance aux sujets et aux protocoles, la méthode proposée d'identification adaptative, basée sur le filtre de Kalman, est capable de prédire le couple articlaire variant dans le temps de manière systématique. La robustesse de la prédiction du couple articulaire a été evaluée lors d'une tâche de suivi de la fatigue en expérimentation chez des sujets blessés médullaires. Les résultats montrent une bonne performance de suivi des variations d'état des muscles en présence de fatigue et face à d'autres perturbations. Basée sur les performances de precision de la méthode prédictive proposée, une nouvelle stratégie de commande utilisant le retour EMG, "EMG-Feedback Predictive Control (EFPC)", est proposée afin de contrôler de manière adaptative les séquences de stimulation en compensant la variation dans le temps de l'état du muscle. De plus, cette stratégie de commande permet explicitement d'éviter d'appliquer une stimulation excessive aux patients, et de générer les séquences de stimulation appropriées pour obtenir la trajectoire désirée des couples articulaires.
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Cravigan, Luke. "The role of marine biota on the composition and concentration of potential cloud condensation nuclei." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2019. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/132173/1/Luke_Cravigan_Thesis.pdf.
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Aerosol-cloud interactions in remote marine environments are poorly represented in atmospheric modelling, which contributes to uncertainties in climate prediction. This work reports on in-situ observations which highlight the importance of biogenic marine aerosols, and their spatial and seasonal variability, to the uncertainty in modelled aerosol-cloud interactions. Measurements were taken during four voyages in the Southern and South Pacific Ocean spanning summer to winter. The observations were used to test the applicability of existing empirical models for the Southern Hemisphere.