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Jonsson, Inga-Lill. "Grävlingar : En studie om grävlingar i fångenskap, deras naturliga beteenden och fysiologi." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Thematic Studies, 2003. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-2317.
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I det här arbetet presenteras en studie från ett projekt som ägde rum i Kolmården djurpark sommaren och hösten år 2003. Projektet bygger på ett uppdrag från jordbruksdepartementet. Det handlade om huruvida grävlingar i fångenskap reagerar i olika stressande situationer. För att kunna undersöka detta har grävlingarnas naturliga beteende studerats under fyra perioder från juni till september samma år. Det som studerats under perioden är grävlingarnas olika beteenden, lokationen i grävlingshägnet samt fysiologiska parametrar så som hjärtfrekvens och kroppstemperatur hos grävlingarna.
Observationerna har i huvudsak skett nattetid och då genom filmning med kamera med IR-belysning. För att kunna mäta hjärtfrekvens och kroppstemperatur opererades en sändare in i grävlingarna. Grävlingarna är nattaktiva djur som vanligtvis vilar under dagen. De är mest aktiva under våren och sommaren och därefter avtar aktiviteten successivt fram till vintern när den går i vila. De tillbringar minst tid i sina bohyddor under sommarperioden och när hösten kommer uppehåller de sig mer och mer i hyddorna. Grävlingarnas kroppstemperatur ligger på ca 37 ° C men sjunker när hösten och vintern närmar sig. Hjärtfrekvensen varierar mellan 50 och 120 slag per minut beroende på hur aktiva de är.
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West-Rosenthal, Jesse Aaron. "“We are all going into log huts – a sweet life after a most fatiguing campaign”: The Evolution and Archaeology of American Military Encampments of the Revolutionary War." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2019. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/581517.
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This dissertation focuses on the history and archaeology of the American military encampments of the American Revolution. The organization of this dissertation reflects the purpose and methodology of the study to create context — both historically and archaeologically — for the American military encampments of the American Revolution, in order to understand the encampments’ design, implementation, and evolution over the course of the war. By employing a multifaceted approach towards the documentary record, this dissertation illustrates as many perspectives as possible by consulting a diverse collection of primary source material to construct a historical framework that explores how the military and the individual soldiers involved negotiated the theater of war during the encampment periods. Specific attention is paid to the orders that were handed down from the military hierarchy and how the soldiers reacted. This dissertation further refines the discussion of the American military encampments of the American Revolution by examining the physical remains of the encampments through the archaeological record. Utilizing information collected from nearly a century of archaeological investigations at places such as Middlebrook, New Jersey, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, Pluckemin, New Jersey, Redding, Connecticut, Morristown, New Jersey, and New Windsor, New York, this dissertation will provide a review and assessment of the archaeology of American military encampments of the American Revolution. In doing so, this dissertation examines the results these investigations have yielded and evaluates whether different approaches or a reevaluation of the results obtained from these investigations can provide new avenues of information to further interpret these historic sites. A case study is presented based on the author’s own excavations within the Valley Forge winter encampment on the grounds of the modern Washington Memorial Chapel. Through this case study, the physical and material remains of this encampment site are interpreted as expressions of the Continental Army’s adaptation to the landscape, as well as an expression of their status and training during this early stage of the war. Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben’s work is presented as a determining factor in this development. This dissertation uses the archaeological remains of these military landscapes to provide insight into the lifeways and power structures of the military as well as the soldiers who defined the social and economic disposition of this diverse community. Viewing each of these sites as a particular marker in time, this dissertation provides case studies of events over the course of the American Revolution to examine how the Army and its soldiers interact with the then-contemporary conflict, training, and the environment. Each of these influences played a role in the evolution of this military force.
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Postlethwaite, Rosa. "Exploring the field of autotopography through live art practice : The frieze, The anatomy lecture theatre and The security hut." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12963.
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Includes bibliographical references.This paper presents: The Frieze, The Anatomy Lecture Theatre and The Security Hut as outcomes of my practice-based research project into strategies of making autotopographical performance. Departing from Gonzalez’s theory of autotopography (1995), which focuses on objects belonging to individuals that are seen to signify their identity, and drawing on Heddon’s (2002; 2008), Bal’s (2002) and Arlander’s (2012) subsequent discussions around the term, I unpack the process of making live art performances in response to a site. During the process of making I examined the relationships between the material landscape, my processes of memory and my sense-of-self.
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Duncan, Shona Margaret. "Fungal Diversity and Cellulytic Activity in the Historic Huts, Ross Island, Antarctica." The University of Waikato, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2563.
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The goal of this study was to undertake a microbial investigation of the Historic Huts areas on Ross Island, to gain knowledge of the fungal biodiversity and biochemical framework, focusing on the wood degrading potential of these fungi at both psychrophilic (cold) and mesophilic (moderate) temperatures. Eight hundred and forty nine samples were collected from three Heroic Era Historic Huts of Antarctica, from a variety of substrates but predominantly structural wood. The huts, Discovery Hut at Hut Point, Terra Nova Hut at Cape Evans and Nimrod Hut at Cape Royds, are located on Ross Island and were all assembled in the early 20th century by the Heroic Era explorers to house the expeditions, stores and animals. These wooden huts were abandoned when the expeditions left. The introduction of wood and other organic material to a pristine environment along with the creation of a microclimate within the harsh Antarctica environment created interesting sites for studying fungal diversity, wood decay and fungal cellulase enzymes in an extreme environment. Each hut can be classified as offering different conditions and circumstances for fungal propagules. Of the three huts, Terra Nova Hut is the only hut where there are visible fungal blooms within the hut and it, with Discovery Hut, had the greatest number of samples that contained fungi compared to Nimrod Hut which had the least. Discovery Hut, at less than 500 metres from the United States McMurdo Station, is the most visited by scientist and base staff and has been the most demonstrably affected by human impact of the three huts due to its closeness to the research stations on Ross Island To ensure a full understanding of the fungal diversity of the Historic Hut sites, a variety of sampling techniques were used along with a variety of culture media. Two thousand and seventy six isolates consisting of 1177 filamentous fungi and 899 single celled microorganisms (yeast and bacteria) were isolated; all these cultures were frozen and now form the University of Waikato Antarctic Culture Collection. Five genera dominated the fungal isolates that were identified and these were Cladosporium, Geomyces, Cadophora, Penicillium and Thelebolus. The fungal diversity of these Historic Huts' communities is low but the members present are metabolically active, consistent with other microbial communities in the Antarctic. The Historic Huts and surroundings contain a diverse array of provision in the way of wood and supplies, which provide nutrient sources for fungal growth. Endemic organisms present in the soil could have been enriched by using the introduced nutrient sources as primary and/or second metabolic substrates. In addition, fungi could have been introduced with the wooden huts and supplies when they were brought to Antarctica by the Heroic Era explorers, or introduced in the subsequent years with visitors and conservation work conducted at the sites. These introduced organisms, though, would have had to adapt to the change in climate and conditions posed by the Antarctic in order to survive and be subsequently isolated in this study. A screen for carboxymethylcellulase (CMCase) activity was done on a selection of the fungal isolates as the first step to understand the cellulytic potential of the Antarctica fungal community inhabiting the huts. One hundred and six fungal isolates from a total of 404, that were screened were deemed to be CMCase positive, 27 fungal isolates were chosen for further study including quantifying the activity of extracellular endo-1,4-β-glucanase at psychrophilic and mesophilic incubation temperatures. All but one isolate could produce endo-1,4-β-glucanase activity at 4 C and many produced more endo-1,4-β-glucanase activity at 4 C than at 15 C. Cadophora malorum 182, Cadophora malorum 242, Penicillium roquefortii 405, Penicillium roquefortii 408, Geomyces sp. 711, Geomyces sp. 824 and Cladosporium oxysporium 805 were selected for in-depth study of growth characteristics including growth temperature preferences, growth on a variety of cellulose substrates, water activity, and carbon sources, the latter done by using a commercially available microtitre plate containing 95 carbon sources. All seven of the fungal isolates were classified as psychrotolerant and produced, when cultured at either 4 C or at 15 C, cellulase, protease, amylase, xylanase, and pectinase and mannanase enzyme activities. The range of water activity that the Antarctic Penicillium roquefortii isolates could grow at was distinctive when compared with food Penicillium roquefortii isolates. The utilisation of different carbon sources showed that like many studies of Antarctica organism they have a diverse range of enzymatic activity, but interestingly the activity does not differ greatly with incubation temperature with most carbon sources being used or not used at both incubation temperatures tested. Although it took longer for the fungi to grow at the psychrophilic temperatures, the range of carbon sources they utilised was not reduced. The protein composition of the extracellular supernatants was visualised using various electrophoretic and staining techniques. The cellulase activity of the protein bands was visualised by cellulose-containing zymograms, which illustrated that the cellulase complex in all fungi tested was multi-enzyme and differed between species, isolates and temperatures of culturing. The cellulase activity of Cadophora malorum 182 was enriched by purification techniques including ion exchange chromatography and native preparative electrophoresis. The protein complex was not purified to homogeneity, but enriched for a mixture of proteins and the mixture was described as having the following properties; a temperature range of β-1,4-glucan cellobiohydrolase activity from 20 C to 80 C with the optimum activity seen at 60 C, β-1,4-glucan cellobiohydrolase activity that is stable at 4, 25 and 40 C for at least 24 hrs, lost at 50 C and 80 C within 24 hrs and 2 minutes respectively. Along with β-1,4-glucan cellobiohydrolase activity, the protein mixture contained Avicelase, CMCase, xylanase and mannanase activity. The thesis research showed that there was limited fungal diversity in the Historic Huts and artefacts (a total of five dominant genera were identified) but the fungi are actively growing and producing viable spores in the cold of Antarctica and producing the necessary enzymes for degradation of wood. Although the metabolism and growth rate is slower at psychrophilic temperatures, the fungal isolates studied as part of this thesis research could still function enzymatically at cold temperatures and this includes the degradation of wood as evidenced by in vitro wood decay studies examined by scanning electron microscopy where two isolates of one species demonstrated the ability to degrade wood. The cellulase complex of the investigated fungal isolate was multi-enzymed and although the components were not purified to homogeneity, an enriched mixture of proteins had enzyme activity and stability in a broad temperature range, and activity to a variety of cellulosic substrates. This thesis research adds to the knowledge of the fungal biodiversity in the Antarctic and increases the understanding of the biochemical framework, participating in relation to wood decay potential of these Antarctic fungal isolates.
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Gierow, Kristine. "The Protovillanova culture in San Giovenale : A study of ceramics and huts." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Antikens kultur och samhällsliv, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-353421.
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This study presents an overview of the spreading of the Protovillanovan culture on the Acropolis of San Giovenale through a typological study of the materials such as the oval huts and the ceramics of this period. Through a typological study of ceramics this study will be able to define what type of ceramic vessels are more common during the Protovillanova period. The oval huts are included in this study in order to see the size and the spreading of the proto-urban society of San Giovenale.
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Kobets-Singkh, Olena. "Two mountain huts : architecture of interactive environments through the development of the prototype." Virtual Press, 2008. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1390312.
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To build for living is to understand that built form exists only in relationship to the life that occupies it and that human life is better when it is in constant interaction with the built environment; we design it, build it, and change it as we design, build, and change our selves. Making your own place and changing it over time is an important component of living one's life to its fullest. To explore these issues, designs were made for an adaptable building type - the "mountain hut," a temporary accommodation for its wandering inhabitants. Designing it twice, as well as relocating the initial building type across the globe, from the mountains of Sierra Nevada to the Himalayas in Nepal, provided an opportunity to compare and understand the influences of local environmental and cultural conditions on the building's adaptability, as well as the level of interactivity its inhabitants could experience as they occupied and transformed the dwelling. Both designs incorporate sustainable design principles, which strengthen the overall comparison of climatic responses and the use of local materials and building technologies.Department of Architecture
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Fletcher, Paul. "'I know you can't see it but it hurts' : a research study into the experiences of young people, their parents and healthcare professionals, who live and work with medically unexplained physical symptoms." Thesis, University of East London, 2014. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/4154/.
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In this study I have explored first-person stories of young people, parents and healthcare professionals about their experiences of living and working with medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS). MUPS claims large amounts of healthcare professionals’ time and technological resources in primary and secondary healthcare. As a consequence there has been an increasing amount of research interest in MUPS sufferers in recent years. However, few studies have explored the experience of MUPS sufferers from a social constructionist, dialogical and narrative epistemological standpoint. A cross-disciplinary review of the literature on MUPS revealed the experiences of young people and their families to be similar to those with a diagnosis of chronic illness and their families. A dearth of qualitative studies have explored the first-person accounts of young people, their parents, and healthcare professionals who live and work with the condition. Research aims were generated following the review of the literature: To explore the meanings that young people, their parents and healthcare professionals attach to their experience of MUPS in the absence of a medical diagnosis To explore stories constructed from these experiences by young people, their parents, and healthcare professionals about the impact of MUPS upon identity and significant relationships To discover the discourses and narrative templates that inform healthcare professionals’ practice with young people and their families who live with MUPS To identify cultural and institutional discourses and narrative templates from focus group members’ stories of experience; that position or marginalise MUPS sufferers and their families. The focus group method was chosen for data collection. Seven focus groups were held in a Paediatric Liaison Department (PLS) in a Regional Hospital in the East Midlands, U.K. Young people and parents were recruited to the focus groups from historical casework of the PLS Department. Healthcare professionals were recruited from the hospital paediatric and PLS teams. The focus groups involved two groups for adolescents with MUPS and two groups of parents of adolescents with MUPS. Three other focus groups involved healthcare professionals who work with adolescents and their families with MUPS. The focus group discussions were videotaped and transcribed by the researcher and two forms of analysis were employed: Thematic Analysis (TA) and Dialogical Narrative Analysis (DNA). The two forms of analysis produced multiple literal themes and implicit stories abstracted from focus group members’ accounts. A major theme for young people and parents was their feelings of anger and frustration following the initial medical interview with their doctors. Young people and parents reported they were not only disbelieved by the doctor about the existence and severity of the symptoms, but the doctor attributed negative attributions about their presentation such as ‘You’re lazy’, ‘It’s psychosomatic’, ‘All in your head’, ‘Fussy parent’. Without a diagnosis concerns of the young people and their parents were not legitimised. Young people and parents lost confidence in medical institutions. Young people responded by withdrawal and increasing social isolation. Many parents took on the role of advocacy in an attempt to restore their child’s credibility and the family’s integrity. Some of the doctors interviewed spoke about the dearth of training in MUPS in both paediatrics and psychiatry. They suggest that managing MUPS patients can be very time-consuming for hard-pressed clinicians. Within the medical encounter they sometimes feel pressured or ambivalent about whether to continue to investigate despite previous negative results. Doctors also stated that MUPS patients can generate anxiety and uncertainty in clinicians. More main themes emerged including recognising MUPS as primarily ‘an idiom of distress’ and the shortcomings of the biomedical paradigm in addressing the problems and dilemmas of MUPS sufferers, their parents and healthcare professionals. In the Discussion Chapter I propose a model of training and CPD for healthcare professionals. The model proposes introducing a hermeneutic approach and open emotional postures to compliment the deductive role of the diagnosing physician. It is proposed that by accessing concepts from both the scientific and phenomenological paradigms healthcare professionals will reduce the possibility of incongruence and potential for impasse within the physicianpatient relationship. In the conclusion of the report a number of recommendations are given based upon the outcomes of the study to introduce the benefits for professionals in adding theoretical concepts from systemic family psychotherapy, dialogical and narrative theory to inform and promote a hermeneutic discursive centred practice with MUPS sufferers and their families.
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Draper, Karey Lee. "Wartime huts : the development, typology, and identification of temporary military buildings in Britain, 1914-1945." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/270649.
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The use of temporary, prefabricated buildings in Britain during the twentieth century arose from wartime need to provide better, and perhaps more importantly, portable shelter for troops and equipment. This thesis provides the first comprehensive list of hut designs for the First and Second World Wars. The full lists and descriptions of each hut are given in the appendices. These lists, 20 types for the First World War and 52 from the Second World War, show the huge range and scope of the huts used and is the major contribution of this thesis. The concentration here is on generic types. Some huts were designed as one-offs and there is no possible way to catalogue these. This thesis has focused instead on those designs or industrially-produced types, which were meant to be produced en-masse as generic solutions to the problem: the sort of hut that might justifiably be given a name (such as a ‘Tarran’, a ‘Seco’, etc.). This thesis provides essential information enabling historians to be able to identify these types. It uses primary and secondary sources to trace the development of these huts and the effect that wartime shortages had on their design. Beginning with the earliest examples of temporary military building, it then focuses on the huts of the First and Second World Wars followed by a study of huts grouped in chapters by material. This research shows that the wartime period pushed industry to make giant leaps forward with construction methods and materials in just a few short years, where otherwise it may have taken decades. This thesis aims to provide the first overview of this process and to enable future researchers to identify and understand the development of these important wartime structures, many of which survive to this day.
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Tsai, Michael SKN. "You'll Live." Thesis, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/7092.
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Armstrong, Christopher J. "Live Surface." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2007. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1029.
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Live Surface allows users to segment and render complex surfaces from 3D image volumes at interactive (sub-second) rates using a novel, Cascading Graph Cut (CGC). Live Surface consists of two phases. (1) Preprocessing for generation of a complete 3D watershed hierarchy followed by tracking of all catchment basin surfaces. (2) User interaction in which, with each mouse movement, the 3D object is selected and rendered in real time. Real-time segmentation is ccomplished by cascading through the 3D watershed hierarchy from the top, applying graph cut successively at each level only to catchment basins bordering the segmented surface from the previous level. CGC allows the entire image volume to be segmented an order of magnitude faster than existing techniques that make use of graph cut. OpenGL rendering provides for display and update of the segmented surface at interactive rates. The user selects objects by tagging voxels with either (object) foreground or background seeds. Seeds can be placed on image cross-sections or directly on the 3D rendered surface. Interaction with the rendered surface improves the user's ability to steer the segmentation, augmenting or subtracting from the current selection. Segmentation and rendering, combined, is accomplished in about 0.5 seconds, allowing 3D surfaces to be displayed and updated dynamically as each additional seed is deposited. The immediate feedback of Live Surface allows for the segmentation of 3D image volumes with an interaction paradigm similar to the Live Wire (Intelligent Scissors) tool used in 2D images.
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Blažíček, Martin. "Live Cinema." Doctoral thesis, Akademie múzických umění v Praze.Filmová a televizní fakulta. Knihovna, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-252308.
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This work provides contextual analysis of contemporary live cinema practise.Based on reflection of selected works by czech artists it points to various aspects of contemporary live cinema practice in context of media and fine arts.
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Varadi, Keith Jason. "Live Attitude." VCU Scholars Compass, 2011. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2471.
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This thesis serves as an open-ended document of a young artist attempting to sift through his accumulated opinions in order to figure out what it means to accept complicity in the face of auspicious authority, rapid turnover, and paper-thin irony and nihilism, while still striving to stake a claim at something worth making and defending.
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Falcão, Alexandre Xavier 1966. "Paradigmas de segmentação de imagens guiada pelo usuario : live-wire, live-lane e 3D-live-wire." [s.n.], 1997. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/261117.
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Orientadores: Roberto de Alencar Lotufo, Jayaram K. UdupaTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Eletrica e de Computação
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Resumo: Este trabalho trata o problema de segmentação de imagens em situações onde os métodos automáticos falham requerendo extensiva assistência do usuário no processo. Como solução são propostos três paradigmas de segmentação interativa, denominando live-wire, live-lane, e 3D-live-wire que têm como metas i) prover ao usuário, tão completo quanto for possível o controle sobre o processo de segmentação enquanto este estiver em andamento e ii) minimizar o envolvimento do usuário e o tempo total do usuário requeridos para segmentação. Os métodos podem ser usados para extrair objetos 2D, 3D e 4D de dados de imagens multidimensionais (e.g. imagens tomográficas). A estratégia usada pelos métodos é a de explorar a superior habilidade do operador humano (comparada com a dos algoritmos de computador) em reconhecer o objeto desejado na imagem e a superior habilidade dos algoritmos de computador (comparada com a do operador humano) em delinear este objeto. Os métodos oferecem três mecanismos de interação com o usuário, a segmentação é feita delineando cada borda 2D de um dado objeto de interesse fatia por fatia e a escolha entre os métodos depende da necessidade de envolvimento do usuário com o processo. Em live-wire e live-lane, o usuário interage ativamento na seleção de segmentos ótimos de borda em cada fatia. O método live-lane oferece ao usuáriio maior controle sobre o processo do que o live-wire, mas requer maior envolvimento ... Observação: O resumo, na íntegra, poderá ser visualizado no texto completo da tese digital
Abstract: In multidimensional imaging there are and will continue to be situations wherein automatic image segmentation methods fail and extensive user assistence in the process is needed. For such situations we purpose a novel user-steered image boundary segmentation paradigm under three new methods, live-wire, live-lame and 3D-live-wire where the main goals are i) to provide as complete a control as possible to the user on the segmentations process while it is being executed and ii) to minimize the user involvement and the total user¿s time required for segmentation. The strategy to reach these goals is to esploit the synergy between the superior abilities of human observers (compared to computer algorithms)) in object recognition and of computer algorithms (compared to human observers) in object delineation. The methods are designed to delineate 2D boundaries of 2D, 3D and 4D objects in a slice-by-slice fashion. The methods provide three mechanism of user interaction ant the best choise among them depends on the need of user involvement. In live-wire and live-lane the user actively interacts in selection process of optimum boundary segments in each slice. The method live-lane allows more user control than live-wire although it requires more user involvement ...Note: The complete abstract is available with the full electronic digital thesis or dissertations
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Boyd, Rebecca. ""Anything Dead Coming Back to Life Hurts": Ghosts and Memory in Hamlet and Beloved." TopSCHOLAR®, 1998. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/334.
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Ghost stories are an ingrained part of most cultures because, typically, humans must be forced to confront those elements of their individual and communal past that they would prefer to ignore. Accordingly, ghosts have embodied weaknesses and hidden evils that must be assimilated and transcended, and writers have embroidered a variety of subtexts upon the traditional fabric of ghostlore. Specifically, both William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Toni Morrison's Beloved employ ghosts as symbols of man's archetypal desire to hide his past. A careful examination of the texts in these ghost stories, of the cultural folklore included, and of the ghosts' influence on individual characters reveals both writers' insistence that man must find the delicate balance between ignoring/evading the past and being consumed by that past. Both writers also explain that the individual's identity must integrate the past, but not be stifled by it. These works differ in that Shakespeare illustrates how man is destroyed when he does not find that balance and does not incorporate his past into his identity, while Morrison depicts the psychic balm that results from confrontation with and acceptance of the past as her characters face a new, more authentic life. While Shakespeare draws upon his society's widely accepted belief system, Morrison, operating in a culture alienated from its own mythic heritage, consciously constructs a mythic framework acceptable to the skeptical twentieth century reader.
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Buescher, Nathan P. "Live Axis Turning." NCSU, 2005. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-12012005-170722/.
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The goal of this research is to develop a new method to create Non-Rotationally Symmetric (NRS) optical surfaces that overcomes the limitations of the current techniques and is fast, accurate and inexpensive. The term Live-Axis turning (LAT) has been coined to describe a lightweight, linear-motor driven, air bearing slide that can be used to fabricate NRS surfaces. The system described was developed at the Precision Engineering Center (PEC) in an effort to create a long-range fast tool servo to fabricate future NASA optics. The slide designed for the system is a triangular cross-section, lightweight (0.6 kg) honeycomb aluminum slide driven by a linear motor (64 N maximum force) resulting in an acceleration capability of 10 g. Additionally, a damper was added to the system to investigate the effects of physical damping on surface quality. The LAT axis was mounted on a Nanoform 600 diamond turning machine and both flat surfaces and tilted flat surfaces were machined to assess the performance of the system, which has a rise time of less than 2 msec. The 12.5 mm diameter flat surfaces had surface finishes of 16 nm without damping and 14 nm with damping, with both having a figure error of less than ½ wave. 25 mm diameter tilted flat surfaces, using a maximum stroke of +/- 1 mm at 5 Hz, had a surface finish of 24 nm without damping and 20 nm with damping. The figure error for the damped and undamped parts was +/- 25 microns.
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Parola, Patricia C. "Settings to live." Thesis, This resource online, 1995. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08182009-040554/.
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Vrzáková, Barbora. "Live Low Framerate." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta výtvarných umění, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-377189.
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In my diploma project I work with a topic of "watching" and arranging of view through digital media, especially the internet. The society got used to permanent presence of CCTV cameras at city squres, banks and shopping centres. The take of tracked locations is much bigger though. I was suprised by the amount of streams from totally unexpected places, which are possible to watch online. It is not a problem to visit a kitchen of columbian bistro, japanise barber shop or italian church, all from the comfort of home. The stream is running constantly and the viewer is limited only by the setting of the camera and a timezone of the particular country. Considering the fact, that separate streams are supplemented by almost no information, we are not able to define, who is the watchman, why is he watching and what is the actuall reason for watching. The whole situation of observing something in limited framerate without any context is just funny and creepy at the same time. My diploma project, which I named Live Low Framerate, is some kind of a reaction of those bizzare aspects of watching the public space.
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Birk, Juliette, and González Daniella Laplechade. "Live & Sleep." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2014. http://www.repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/129910.
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Tesis para optar al grado de Magíster en MarketingAutor no autoriza el acceso a texto completo de su documento (Parte I)
Birk, Juliette [Parte I], Laplechade González, Daniella [Parte II]
El objetivo de este trabajo es desarrollar un plan de marketing que sirva como una herramienta de gestión, que ayude a la empresa a conseguir los objetivos planteados. La empresa Live & Sleep se especializa en el diseño, la fabricación y comercialización de camas de muro, un producto que optimiza el espacio y que se combina con muebles modulares como por ejemplo: veladores, estanterías, escritorios, mesas plegables, sofás, etc. El estudio parte por el análisis del entorno externo, los factores que afectan a la empresa y al sector para lo cual se hace uso del modelo de las cinco fuerzas; además se analiza la situación competitiva, y se toman en cuenta los resultados de dos investigaciones de mercado realizadas como parte de este trabajo. Luego se analiza el entorno interno aplicando modelos como la cadena de valor, el modelo VRIO, la matriz de BCG y la de Ansoff para poder definir los factores críticos del éxito con la ayuda del análisis FODA. Debido al alto valor agregado que entrega nuestro producto que optimiza el espacio en los hogares de los consumidores, la estrategia genérica es de diferenciación haciendo ganancias por márgenes altos. Por lo tanto la segmentación del mercado se realizará por las comunas de la Región Metropolitana con mayores ventas de departamentos del estrato socioeconómico ABC1 y C2. Teniendo definida la misión, visión y propuesta de valor de la empresa, se establecen los objetivos de venta y de marketing a corto, mediano y largo plazo y las respectivas estrategias. Como resultado de la evaluación de los flujos obtenidos se puede concluir que la empresa genera ganancias a partir del segundo año y se recupera la inversión inicial en el tercero. Para medir los logros obtenidos respecto los objetivos planteados y para medir la efectividad del plan de medios se desarrollará un plan de control y además un plan de contingencia, en caso que nuestros resultados no sean los esperados.
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Wärn, Morgan. "Ett Live-Album." Thesis, Kungl. Musikhögskolan, Institutionen för jazz, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kmh:diva-2440.
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Danjuma, Benjamin Angyu. "House form in the Nigerian savanna : an analysis of housing and city structure in the Housa tradition." Thesis, McGill University, 1988. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=61691.
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Thibodeaux, Sandra Therese. "Live : the single mother /." St. Lucia, Qld, 2002. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17391.pdf.
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Strasbaugh, Charles E. "Can these bones live?" Chicago, Ill : McCormick Theological Seminary, 1996. http://www.tren.com.
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Chatzidrossos, Ilias. "P2P Live Video Streaming." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Communication Networks, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-12373.
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The ever increasing demand for video content directed the focus of researchfrom traditional server-based schemes to peer-to-peer systems for videodelivery. In such systems, video data is delivered to the users by utilizing theresources of the users themselves, leading to a potentially scalable solution.Users connect to each other, forming a p2p overlay network on top of theInternet and exchange the video segments among themselves. The performanceof a p2p system is characterized by its capability to deliver the videocontent to all peers without errors and with the smallest possible delay. Thisconstitutes a challenge since peers dynamically join and leave the overlay andalso contribute different amounts of resources to the system.The contribution of this thesis lies in two areas. The first area is theperformance evaluation of the most prominent p2p streaming architectures.We study the streaming quality in multiple-tree-based systems. We derivemodels to evaluate the stability of a multiple tree overlay in dynamic scenariosand the efficiency of the data distribution over the multiple trees. Then, westudy the data propagation in mesh-based overlays. We develop a generalframework for the evaluation of forwarding algorithms in such overlays anduse this framework to evaluate the performance of four different algorithms.The second area of the thesis is a study of streaming in heterogeneous p2poverlays. The streaming quality depends on the aggregate resources that peerscontribute to the system: low average contribution leads to low streamingquality. Therefore, maintaining high streaming quality requires mechanismsthat either prohibit non-contributing peers or encourage contribution. In thisthesis we investigate both approaches. For the former, we derive a model tocapture the evolution of available capacity in an overlay and propose simpleadmission control mechanisms to avoid capacity drainage. For the latter, inour last work, we propose a novel incentive mechanism that maximizes thestreaming quality in an overlay by encouraging highly contributing peers tooffer more of their resources.
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Trachsel, William S. "We Live in Waves." Digital Commons @ Butler University, 2015. http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/grtheses/260.
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Ernst, Wolfgang. "Die Scheinbarkeit des "Live"." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-140730.
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Der Begriff „live“, wie er in Zusammenhang mit audiovisuellen Arrangements verwendet wird, bezieht sich weniger auf menschliche Verhältnisse, sondern beschreibt eine spezifische zeitliche Dimension medientechnologischer Übertragung. Die Frage „What is live“ wird daher eher unter medienarchäologischen und epistemologischen Aspekten untersucht. Worauf beruht die Gegenwarts-generierende Macht von Medien? Neo-kybernetisch gesehen bewegt sich die Untersuchung also von den Medien inhärenten performativen und dramaturgischen Fragen weg. Elektrisch generierte Kommunikation – in der angelsächsischen Medienwissenschaft gern „Hertzean media“ genannt – zeichnet sich gerade dadurch aus, Gegenwart (also „liveness“) herzustellen. Auf der kognitiven Ebene herrscht jedoch beim Menschen weiterhin das Bewusstsein von der Distanz vor, die symbolischen Codes wie Texten und Alphabet eignet. Daraus entsteht eine affektiv-kognitive Dissonanz.
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Grubbs, Cortney Michelle. "Where the Gods live." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0004781.
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Willcock, Ian. "Multimedia and live performance." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/7988.
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The use of interactive multimedia within live performance is now well established and a significant body of exciting and sophisticated work has been produced. However, almost all work in the field seems to start by creating at least some of the software and hardware systems that will provide the infrastructure for the project, an approach which might involve significant duplication of effort. The research described in this thesis sets out to discover if there are common features in the practice of artists from a range of performance backgrounds and, if so, whether the features of a system which might support these common aspects could be established. Based on evidence from a set of interviews, it is shown that there are indeed common factors in work in this field, especially the intensive linking of elements in performances and the use of triggering or cuing. A statement of requirements for a generic system to support work in digital performance is then established based on interview analysis and personal creative work. A general model of live performance, based on set theory, is described which provides a rationale for the integration of digital technology within live performance. A computational model outlining the formal requirements of a general system for use in live performance is then presented. The thesis then describes the creation of a domain specific language specifically for controlling live performance and the development of a prototype reference implementation of a generic system, the Live Interactive Multimedia Performance Toolkit (LIMPT). The system is then evaluated from a number of standpoints including a set of criteria established earlier in the study. It is concluded that, while there are many resources currently used by artists working in digital performance (a comprehensive survey of current resources is presented), none offer the combination of functionality, usability and scalability offered by the prototype LIMPT system. The thesis concludes with a discussion of possible future work and the potential for increased creative activity in multimedia and live performance.
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Niño, Cáceres Roxana, Aguilar Sara Ortiz, Villarreal Carol Osorio, and López Miriam Sotelo. "Shoes to live 4." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/622219.
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Propuesta de negocio de calzado que ofrece un calzado bonito, elegante, cómodo, práctico y versátil, que permite cambiar el tamaño de su tacón con tan solo un dispositivo imantado, además de brindar la posibilidad de decorarlo con los accesorios que más le guste. Dirigido a mujeres de entre 25 a 39 años de los sectores A-B de Lima, amantes de la moda, acostumbradas a la calidad y el confort. Nuestro producto irá dirigido a esas mujeres que valoran una marca por su calidad, comodidad, diseño y exclusividad y que están dispuestas a apostar por la innovación. El objetivo es posicionarnos en el mercado en un lapso de dos años, contando con un eficiente servicio de venta y postventa desde el inicio de las operaciones para fortalecer la lealtad de las consumidoras y mantener un índice de nivel de satisfacción del 85% y así alcanzar rentabilidad en un año para poder afrontar nuevos proyectos de inversión, ofreciendo un servicio y un producto de calidad en el mercado. Finalmente concluimos que este mercado es potencialmente nuevo, viable y escalable, ya que las mujeres de este estrato social adquieren en promedio 5 pares de zapatos al año, además tienen las necesidades de comodidad por cubrir.Trabajo de investigación
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Lundahl, Robin. "Påläggsinspelning eller live-inspelning." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Musikhögskolan, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-86673.
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Neupane, Bishal, and Pooya Moazzeni. "Live 3D-TV Streaming." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-4016.
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The world is not flat as a pancake. It has height, width and depth. So we should see it even on TV. So far we cannot see three-dimensional programs directly into our TVs. Not even in cinemas with 3D cinema works "for real". For still there the magic sits in those glasses. The glasses of different colors allow distinguishing right and left eye impression tightened so that one sees different images with each eye. That is what creates the illusion of three dimensions. The goal of this thesis is to be on track to change that. Then you should achieve the same feeling without having required glasses, however, with a different technique. Do you remember those pictures that used to accompany the cereal packets? When angled in one direction, it was Donald Duck and angled it the other way it was Mickey Mouse. Our work is in the same way, though not with different images but with different perspectives. Same ribbed surface that existed at the pictures in cereal packets, are used as matter of fact on our 3D TV screen. Depending from which angle you look certain image information is hiding as it falls behind the ribbed surface. It thus separates views through the screen. This thesis project is focused on a prototyping of live 3D TV streaming application where a live video of a scene is viewed on a 3D auto-stereoscopic display that gives two different perspectives, or views, simultaneously. The TV uses a face search (eye tracking) system to set up the television optimal for those who want to see 3D without glasses. During thesis a simple 3D studio was built where the focus has been to show depth perception. For scene capturing two cameras were used. We have found an engineering solution to take pictures simultaneously from the cameras. The input images from two cameras are sent to an analog to digital converter (frame grabber) as two channels of a virtual color camera, which means real time and synchronized capturing in a simple way. The project has several applications written in C++ using various open source libraries, which essentially grab stereo image sequences from cameras using frame grabber, transfer image sequences to other applications via server communication, and display the live video in 3D display by exclusive rendering method. The communications between different applications for the purposes of transmission and receiving of video data is done using socket programming. The results of the project are very promising in which the live video of a scene can be viewed with noticeable depth despite obvious lagging in video timing.
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Nilsson, Olof. "Visualization of live search." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Interaktiva och kognitiva system, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-102448.
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The classical search engine result page is used for many interactions with search results. While these are effective at communicating relevance, they do not present the context well. By giving the user an overview in the form of a spatialized display, in a domain that has a physical analog that the user is familiar with, context should become pre-attentive and obvious to the user. A prototype has been built that takes public medical information articles and assigns these to parts of the human body. The articles are indexed and made searchable. A visualization presents the coverage of a query on the human body and allows the user to interact with it to explore the results. Through usage cases the function and utility of the approach is shown.
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Bjelm, Petter, and Mark Wibom. "Live Video Exploration - Exploring environments using live video, mobile devices and unacquainted users." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23385.
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The live video streaming market is, as some research suggests, a difficult one to develop.Comparing it to other media it has the disadvantage of being available during a limitedperiod of time. This thesis explores how mobile devices can be used as an exploratorytool through live video streaming. The opportunity of control in the moment is studiedand examined in this report. This research will suggest a mobile device platform in whichpeople can assist other people exploring new environments around the globe. It also triesto evaluate whether this exploring interaction can occur between unacquainted people andat the same time not be hindered by any language barriers. The motivation behind thissubject is the human need and curiosity of exploring new environments and places.The foundation of the research approach was based on interaction design principles andmethods. This created a chain of methods used with the intent of better understandingwhat is to be considered when designing for live video experiences focusing onenvironments. The process lead to important understandings and key aspects to beconsidered when designing live experiences focusing on environments. The results thatemerged, showed that the most important encouragement is; to be presented with anenvironment that includes novel elements. Furthermore, the results could also concludethat by giving access to directional controls, and some means of expressing appreciation,can help to influence and shape exploration with live video.
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Hunt, Rachel. "Huts, bothies and buildings out-of-doors : an exploration of the practice, heritage and culture of 'out-dwellings' in rural Scotland." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2016. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/8057/.
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This project provides an insight into the culture and practice of what has been termed ‘out-dwelling’, a cumulative term for huts and bothies. In doing so it draws attention to Scottish rural leisure and seeks to explore the materialities, experiences and practices of the ‘out-dwelling’ scene. As such, it focuses upon both the buildings and their users, speaking to the intimate geographies of this culture, as well as to its broader cultural significance. Part of this task involves an exploration of landscape, and of the means by which out-dwellings facilitate an engagement with physical surrounds beyond their built form. Just as this thesis seeks to situate the intimate interior of being in buildings, it also displays the ‘out-dwelling’ world through a broader lens, viewing these buildings and their users as part of a broader cultural movement, informed by the social history of land-use and ownership in rural Scotland. Inspired by an interest in hutting as a political act, this thesis also explores the critical edge to this potentially radical culture and situates ‘out-dwelling’ within a broader international hutting history. In doing so, this thesis enables a fuller understanding of the past, present and, to a certain extent, the future of such practice within rural Scotland.
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Domes, Stefan. "Mikrorille, Silberscheibe und Live-Stream." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-61166.
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Die Musikbibliothek der Städtischen Bibliotheken Dresden verfügt über ein historisch gewachsenes und umfassendes Angebot an Noten, Musikliteratur und Tonträgern. Bis zur Fusion mit der Hauptbibliothek 1997 enthielt die Musikbibliothek nur Platten klassischer Musik. Unterhaltungsmusik dagegen wurde nur in der Hauptbibliothek und den Zweigstellen angeboten. Nach dem Umzug bietet die Musikbibliothek nun alle Genres der Musik an.
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Hook, Jonathan David. "Interaction design for live performance." Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/1945.
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The role of interactive technology in live performance has increased substantially in recent years. Practices and experiences of existing forms of live performance have been transformed and new genres of technology-‐mediated live performance have emerged in response to novel technological opportunities. Consequently, designing for live performance is set to become an increasingly important concern for interaction design researchers and practitioners. However, designing interactive technology for live performance is a challenging activity, as the experiences of both performers and their audiences are shaped and influenced by a number of delicate and interconnected issues, which relate to different forms and individual practices of live performance in varied and often conflicting ways. The research presented in this thesis explores how interaction designers might be better supported in engaging with this intricate and multifaceted design space. This is achieved using a practice-‐led methodology, which involves the researcher’s participation in both the investigation of, and design response to, issues of live performance as they are embodied in the lived and felt experiences of individual live performers’ practices during three interaction design case studies. This research contributes to the field of interaction design for live performance in three core areas. Understandings of the relationships between key issues of live performance and individual performers’ lived and felt experiences are developed, approaches to support interaction designers in engaging individual live performers’ lived and felt experiences in design are proposed and innovative interfaces and interaction techniques for live performance are designed. It is anticipated that these research outcomes will prove directly applicable or inspiring to the practices of interaction designers wishing to address live performance and will contribute to the ongoing academic discourse around the experience of, and design for, live performance.
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Lenz, Henry. "NARRATIVE IN LIVE VISUAL PERFORMANCE." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2010. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/3996.
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For purposes of this thesis, live visual performance is defined as the accompaniment of music using projected or televised visual stimuli to achieve a supplemental interpretation of the music to tell its 'story' in a visual way. In my research I have found that, while complex narrative in a song can be conveyed through various means, the attention span of those listening and watching in a club setting is not conducive for patrons to sit down and engage in watching the visuals for a protracted period of time. Most patrons are dancing and socializing and do not choose to watch the video to derive complex meaning or context. My research has shown that, while introducing complex visual storylines may be the ultimate goal for a live visual performance in a studio or orchestral setting, the best way to convey an artist s message in a club environment is through the use of repetitive symbols and visuals that move according to the beats of the music, light up the darkened atmosphere, and/or create a social metronome. This thesis presents the process by which the visual symbols were created and then chosen for specific, targeted performances and discusses the results of patron surveys that assess their initial responses to the accompanying live visual performance.M.F.A.
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Peng, Rui. "Live video database management systems." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2010. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4609.
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With the proliferation of inexpensive cameras and the availability of high-speed wired and wireless networks, networks of distributed cameras are becoming an enabling technology for a broad range of interdisciplinary applications in domains such as public safety and security, manufacturing, transportation, and healthcare. Today's live video processing systems on networks of distributed cameras, however, are designed for specific classes of applications. To provide a generic query processing platform for applications of distributed camera networks, we designed and implemented a new class of general purpose database management systems, the live video database management system (LVDBMS). We view networked video cameras as a special class of interconnected storage devices, and allow the user to formulate ad hoc queries over real-time live video feeds. In the first part of this dissertation, an Internet scale framework for sharing and dissemination of general sensor data is presented. This framework provides a platform for general sensor data to be published, searched, shared, and delivered across the Internet. The second part is the design and development of a Live Video Database Management System. LVDBMS allows users to easily focus on events of interest from a multitude of distributed video cameras by posing continuous queries on the live video streams. In the third part, a distributed in-memory database approach is proposed to enhance the LVDBMS with an important capability of tracking objects across cameras.ID: 029049951; System requirements: World Wide Web browser and PDF reader.; Mode of access: World Wide Web.; Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Central Florida, 2010.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-101).
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Dao, Darren Duc. "Live debugging of distributed systems." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2008. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p1457315.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of California, San Diego, 2008.Title from first page of PDF file (viewed November 6, 2008). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Includes bibliographical references (p. 43-44).
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Du, Bois Craig A. "The relationships we live by." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.
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Leijding, Robin. "LIVE TO LEARN ANOTHER DAY." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-8626.
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Studies have shown that there are several advantages to armed forces in having a well-developed learning organization. Scholars mainly argue two things on the subject, firstly, the military organization with the stronger organizational learning capability will win contemporary wars and conflicts. Secondly, the academic interest on the subject have been small and thus studies on military learning organizations are lacking in numbers. The organizational learning capability of the Swedish naval forces might be built in peacetime, but by testing theories on organizational learning in combat we might get a chance to see how it could or could not hold up in a wartime setting. With a theory consuming research design the purpose of this study is to use Frank Hoffman and Meir Finkel’s theoretical frameworks to investigate the Swedish naval forces more closely. The result of the analysis shows that the Swedish naval forces have a strong ability to engage lower level learning which leads to adaptation. The analysis also shows that the ability to engage higher level learning in combat situations are lacking. Adaptation without an ability for organizational learning have shown to almost always lead to organizational forgetting, the price of which historically have shown to be dire both economically and in human lives.
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Morfeldt, Camilla. "HOUSE M : SPACE. LIVE. CHANGE." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-223635.
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Veri, Michael. "Dead/Live Microbial Culture Technique." Scholar Commons, 2015. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5790.
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New methodology has been utilized to provoke or increase targeted metabolic pathways in microbes. The low hanging fruit of natural products has been discovered over the last 50 years. To continue finding new metabolites to be used as possible drug candidates, methodology development such as those proposed herein are necessary. This methodology uses extracts from known pathogenic bacteria to elicit production of latent biosynthetic pathways from environmental bacterial isolates that may be active against the original pathogenic strains. A new compound, MAV-1 (1) of the diketopiperazine family (Figure 1) was isolated and identified utilizing these techniques. The structure of MAV-1 (1) was defined by a combination of mass spectroscopy (MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Discovery of MAV-1 (1), a possible precursor to other known compounds, demonstrates the continuing utility of microbial sources with new chemodiversity.
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Zioga, Polina. "Live brain-computer cinema performance." Thesis, Glasgow School of Art, 2017. http://radar.gsa.ac.uk/5304/.
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Artists have been interested in the human brain’s anatomy and physiology since at least the Renaissance, while in the twentieth century, the technological revolution enabled them to include in their practices methods adopted from the sciences and engineering, like Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs). The use of BCIs originates in the 1960s, with musicians, performers and artists being amongst the pioneers in the design of BCI applications. In recent years, after a period of little progress in the field, the introduction of new commercial-grade Electroencephalography (EEG)-based BCIs has led to a phenomenal development of applications across health, entertainment and the arts. At the same time, in the fields of neuroscience and experimental psychology, has emerged a new increasing interest in the mechanisms and processes of the interaction between multiple subjects and their brain-activity, referred to as multi-brain interaction. Although the vast majority of the applications in the arts and entertainment use the brain-activity of a single participant, there are earlier as well as an increasing number of recent examples that involve the simultaneous interaction of more than one participants, mainly in the context of installations, computer games and music performances. This dissertation investigates the use of multi-brain EEG-based BCIs in the context of live cinema and mixed-media performances, which is a rather new field bearing distinct characteristics. Using an interdisciplinary approach, a critical overview of the development of the main BCI hardware, software and modes of interaction is presented and relevant works are examined. The aim is to identify the neuroscientific, computational, creative, performative and experimental challenges of the design and implementation of multi-brain BCIs in mixed-media performances, which leads to the main research question: What might be an effective model for the simultaneous multi-brain interaction of performers and audiences using EEG-based BCIs in the context of live cinema and mixed-media performances? In order to address the main research enquiry, scientific and practice-based methodologies were combined and a new passive multi-brain EEG-based BCI system was developed. The system was further implemented in the context of the research case study, Enheduanna – A Manifesto of Falling, the first demonstration of a live brain-computer cinema performance (CCA Glasgow 29-31 July 2015). This new work enabled for the first time the simultaneous real-time interaction with the use of EEG-based BCIs of more than two participants, including both a performer as well as members of the audience in the context of a mixed-media performance. The analysis of the participants’ data has most interestingly revealed a correlation between the elements of the performance, which they identified as most special, and their indicators of attention and emotional engagement that were increased during the last two scenes, when their brain-activity was interacting with the live visuals, proving the efficiency of the interaction design, the importance of the directing strategy, dramaturgy and narrative structure. Accordingly, the original contributions of the research include the new passive multi-brain EEG-based BCI system, the live brain-computer cinema performance as a new format of performative work and as a complete combination of creative and scientific solutions. This dissertation also presents the new trends in the field, such as hybrid BCIs, the combination with virtual and mixed reality systems, together with future work.
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Bernard, Jacques-Emmanuel. "Le portrait chez Tite-Live." Paris 4, 1996. http://www.theses.fr/1995PA040193.
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La thèse aborde les problèmes littéraires et épistémologiques soulevés par le portrait dans l'œuvre de Tite-Live. La première partie étudie l'ensemble des procédés stylistiques et rhétoriques qui permettent d'élaborer formellement le portrait historique : narration, représentation dramatique, discours. La technique utilisée par Tite-Live aboutit à un type de portrait d'une grande cohérence, où se reflète le dessein didactique et persuasif de son œuvre. La seconde partie élabore une typologie des 2000 personnages de l'Ab Urbe condita étudiés en fonction de trois catégories majeures : référence familiale, référence à la fonction sociale, référence ethnique. L'idéologie morale et politique qui sous-tend la caractérisation de tous les personnages, tant barbares que romains, s'explique par le désir de créer un seul portrait, celui du peuple de Rome, populus princeps, unifié autour des valeurs nationales qui furent celles de la république. La troisième et dernière partie de la thèse montre comment l'auteur a réussi a dépasser sa propre vision idéale des romains et les lieux communs des portraits pour rendre compte de la singularité historique des personnages, et de l'évolution de Rome. L'on voit en particulier que la description des protagonistes oscille entre une conception collective de l'héroïsme, conforme au mos maicrum, et une conception hellénistique, davantage centrée sur l'individuel. L'esthétique du portrait, à la fois tragique et sublime, fondée sur un équilibre fragile entre la vérité et la vraisemblance, et entre l'histoire et la poésie, permet de réduire l'opposition entre le lieu commun et le singulier : en mettant en relief l'influence de l'homme dans le devenir historique, la beauté des portraits devient l'expression d'un humanisme qui s'est voulu universelThis thesis deals with the literary and epistemological problems raised by the historical portrait in the work of Livy. The first section studies all the stylistic and rhetorical figures and methods that constitute an historical portrait: narration, dramatic portrayal, speeches. The technique of Livy produces a consistent kind of portrait, in which the didactic and persuasive aim of his work is reflected. The second section proposes a typological classification of the 2000 people in his Ab Urbe condita, according to three main categories: family, social role, ethnic group. The moral and political ideology that lies behind the characterization of all these people, whether barbarian or roman, is readily understandable. Livy's wishes to create a unique portrait, that of the romans, populus princeps, united around national values which are those of the republic. The final section of this thesis demonstrates how Livy has succeeded in going beyond the common traits of the portraits and that of his own idealistic vision of the romans, and has given us a description of the historical uniqueness of these people and of the true evolution of Rome. In particular, it can be seem that the description of the protagonists vacillates between a collective notion of heroism, according to the mos maicrum, and a Hellenistic concept, which centers more on the individual. The esthetic value of these portraits, which at the same time are both tragic and sublime, is founded on a delicate balance between truth and verisimilitude, and between history and poetry. This makes it possible to reduce the antagonism between the common traits and that is
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Staffas, Theodor. "Live 3D imaging quantum LiDAR." Thesis, KTH, Tillämpad fysik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-297865.
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In this thesis, I demonstrate a singlephoton Light Detection And Ranging, (LiDAR)system operating at 1550 nm capable of reconstructing 3D environments live withmm resolution at a rate of 400 points per second using eyesafe laser pulses. Thesystem was built using off-the-shelf optical components and analysis was performedusing open-source software. I utilise a single superconducting nanowire single photondetector (SNSPD) with 19 ps time jitter and 85% detection efficiency to achieve a 4 psdepth resolution in live measurements. I also show that by performing slightly moretime costly post analysis of the data it is possible to increase the details and smoothnessof the images. Furthermore, I show that the same LiDAR system and much of the algorithms usedfor 3D LiDAR can be used to perform Optical Time Domain reflectrometry (OTDR)measurements. I demonstrate that the system can identify interfaces between differentrefractive mediums such as fibre to fibre or fibre to air couplings with a depth resolutionof 9 mm along a single line. Using these reflections, I also show that the systemcan identify flaws in optical fibres as well as measure certain characteristics suchas absorption coefficient due to Rayleigh scattering or thermal expansion. Lastly, Idemonstrate that the same OTDR principles used in fibres can be applied to frees-paceoptical setups and that the system can identify specific optical elements as well asmeasure the quality of the alignment of an optical system.I detta projekt demonstrerar jag ett enstaka foton Light Detection And Ranging,(LiDAR) system som använder ljus med 1550 nm våglängd som är ofarliga för ögon.Systemet kan återskapa 3D miljöer i realtid med 400 punkter per sekund med mmprecision. Systemet är byggt med kommersiellt tillgängliga komponenter och all dataanalys utfördes med opensource mjukvaran ETA. Jag använder en superconductingnanowire single photon detector, (SNSPD) med 19 ps timing jitter och 85 % effektivitetför att uppnå en precision på 4 ps i mätningarna. Jag visar också att genom utföramer tidskrävande postanalys av datan så är det möjligt att öka upplösningen ochjämnheten i bilderna. Utöver detta visar jag att samma LiDAR system och algoritmer kan användas för attutföra Optical Time Domain reflectrometry, (OTDR) mätningar. Jag visar att systemetkan urskilja olika reflektioner från fiber till fiber och fiber till luft kopplingar. Med hjälpav dessa reflektioner visar jag också att det är möjligt att identifiera brister i optiskafiber samt mäta olika egenskaper av fibern som absorbtions koeffcient eller termiskkontraktion. Slutligen visar jag att samma principer av OTDR som används i fiber kantillämpas till free-space optiska system och att det är möjligt att identifera olika optiskaelement samt bedömma linjeringen av det optiska systemet.
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Koláček, Martin. "Mortgage credits and live assurance." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-15475.
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Thesis provides an overview of different types of mortgages and mortgage protection assurances available in czech credit and insurance markets. Thesis is composed of detailed description of particular products and case study describing comparison of three types of mortgages: classic anuity mortgage, mortgage with postpone payment of principal in combination with unit linked life assurance, mortgage with postpone payment of principal in combination with investment to securities. The aim was the comparison on the basis of chosen evaluations of unit linked life assurance and securities and determination of boundary percentage value of evaluation by which the combine product become preferable to classic mortgage.
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Schultz, Maike. "The Clothes I Live In." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-12396.
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This work explores the relation between the body and garments by illustrating the cycle of dressing, wearing and undressing in woven images. Based on experimental methods, such as scanning and photographing, images of garments are generated capturing garment details, surface qualities, movement, folds and volume. These demonstrate the constantly changing relation between the body and garments within the cycle of dressing, wearing and undressing. In translating the photographs and scans of the garments into weaves, a shading technique for jacquardweaving is applied that enables a translation of an image of a 3D-garment into a flat weave keeping the 3D qualities present in the picture. Through a gradation of satin weaves, different hues are created in order to define shadows and other surface qualities. The changing relation between the body and garments is interpreted in different ways including the body’s presence as well as its absence which results in immediate material responses of the garments and demonstrates the various appearances of the body within this relation. This work results in a variety of woven images pointing out the different stages within the cycle of dressing, wearing and undressing. By using the image as a tool, its pictorial value of capturing moments of change and succession is emphasized. With this work, a new perception of bodily shapes in textiles is provided. Instead of imitating the body’s presence in garments through 3D – forms, alternative ways are shown in how to achieve a corporal illusion in flat weaving-constructions.
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Pemmaraju\, Venkata Santosh. "Real-Time Live RTT Analyzer." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för datavetenskap och kommunikation, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3633.
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Due to rapid increasing in complexity of Internet, quantifying the performance of protocol helps in assessing the application behavior with respect to network performance. TCP is an important protocol that is used by some important applications on Internet such as HTTP, FTP and soon. To analyze TCP, Round trip times is one of the metric used. As it is a internal metric of TCP used to find the retransmission timeout of sent packet. Round trip times means measuring elapsed time between the sent packet and recieving its acknowledgment that covers the sequence number of the sent packet(i.e., from source to destination and vice-a-versa). Round trip times is a metric that is recognised by IETF as Quality of Service parameter. We design a tool here that will calculate the round trip times for each stream. This round trip times helps us to understand the protocol behavior. In this document, we discuss the design, implementation issues carried out while developing the tool. This tool is capable of reading offline as well as online streams and helps us to analyze the statistics obtained from collected round trip times of each stream.91-40-24023214
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Fuchs, Karin J. "Adults with learning disabilities who live with their parents : the decision to live at home." Thesis, Open University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.368920.
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Lexer, Sebastian. "Live electronics in live performance : a performance practice emerging from the piano+ used in free improvisation." Thesis, Goldsmiths College (University of London), 2012. http://research.gold.ac.uk/8005/.
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This thesis explores a performance practice within free improvisation. This is not a theory based improvisation – performances do not require specific preparation and the music refrains from repetition of musical structures. It engages in investigative and experimental approaches emerging from holistic considerations of acoustics, interaction and instrument, and also philosophy, psychology, sociopolitics and technology. The performance practice explores modes and approaches to working with the given potentiality of an electronically augmented acoustic instrument and involves the development of a suitably flexible computerised performance system, the piano+, combining extended techniques and real-time electroacoustic processes, which has the acoustic piano at its core. Contingencies of acoustic events and performance gestures – captured by audio analysis and sensors and combined to control the parameter space of computer processes – manipulate the fundamental properties of sound, timbre and time. Spherical abstractions, developed under consideration of Agamben’s potentiality and Sloterdijk’s philosophical theory of spheres, allow a shared metaphor for technical, instrumental, personal, and interpersonal concerns. This facilitates a theoretical approach for heuristic and investigative improvisation where performance is considered ‘Ereignis’ (an event) for sociopolitically aware activities that draw on the situational potentiality and present themselves in fragile and context dependent forms. Ever new relationships can be found and developed, but can equally be lost. Sloterdijk supplied the concept of knowledge resulting from equipping our ‘inner space’, an image suiting non-linearity of thought that transpires from Kuhl’s psychological PSI-theory to explain human motivation and behaviour. The role of technology – diversion and subversion of sound and activity – creates a space between performer and instrument that retains a fundamental pianism but defies expectation and anticipation. Responsibility for one’s actions is required to deal with the unexpected without resorting to preliminary strategies restricting potential discourses, particularly within ensemble situations. This type of performance embraces the ‘Ereignis’.