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Curtis, Richard A. "People, poets, puppets: popular performance and the wong cilik in contemporary Java." Thesis, Curtin University, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2098.
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Many studies have analysed the ways in which the dominant forces of state and capital are shaping contemporary Indonesian political economy, social relations and cultural production. More and more of such studies have evaluated the significance of the "middle class(es)" as a burgeoning social force. Few studies specifically address the social agency of the subordinated classes, the bulk of Indonesia's population, identified as the wong cilik in this study. Only recently have some scholars begun to take seriously the rapid formation of an urban working class as an increasingly important component in Indonesian social dynamics. An underlying assumption of this study is that cultural production, in particular, popular performance, is an important window on, and component of, wong cilik social agency. This assumption is pursued by observing three principal sites of cultural contestation, poetry, the shadow play, wayang kulit, and "modem" theatre. These three, often overlapping sites, are set within a broad survey of popular performance in Java, followed by a regional focus on Tegal, located on the north west coast of Central Java.A bias in analysis towards the more formal and visible aspects of cultural production, such as performance text and conventions, has led to a distortion and insufficient recognition of wong cilik social agency. The first task of this study, therefore, is to develop a better approach to identifying and evaluating wong cilik cultural agency. The approach for which we are looking demands attention be given to the less formal aspects and social context of popular performance. Here, the relationship between performance and audience is central to identifying the cultural agency of the wong cilik. Depending on the surrounding social relations which constitute the performance, space can exist for wong cilik control over cultural production and meaning through audience participation.During the course of a performance the social significance of its changing nature is closely associated with changes in audience composition and involvement. An absent, indifferent, sometimes hostile, wong cilik audience can undermine the potential of formal moments to reinforce dominant ideologies and social relations. Conversely, heightened audience participation often characterises the informal moments of a performance. The possibility of social potency is greatest in these moments of close affinity between wong cilik audience and performance. This is apparent in the relationship between audience and dalang (puppeteer) in many local performances of wayang kulit. The informal 'comic interlude', in particular, can provide opportunity for the articulation of shared meanings and concerns between the predominantly wong cilik audience and sympathetic dalang, dependent on their patronage and coming from a similar socio-economic background.As part of the intelligentsia, the dalang, as with other cultural workers, has an important, often ambiguous, role in determining the significance of cultural production for the wong cilik. Here, it is important to recognise that the cultural workers, themselves, and their performances are socially constituted. In a study on theatre in Tegal observations of audience participation assist greatly in evaluating the effectiveness or sincerity in representing or asserting wong cilik sentiment in "modern" theatre and populist wayang mbeling. In general, this focus on audience participation helps situate popular performances in their surrounding social relations. This approach helps avoid elitist or essentialist tendencies that may occur from an over emphasis on the idealised characteristics and conventions of cultural forms or genres.
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Curtis, Richard A. "People, poets, puppets: popular performance and the wong cilik in contemporary Java." Curtin University of Technology, School of Social Sciences and Asian Languages, 1997. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=11257.
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Many studies have analysed the ways in which the dominant forces of state and capital are shaping contemporary Indonesian political economy, social relations and cultural production. More and more of such studies have evaluated the significance of the "middle class(es)" as a burgeoning social force. Few studies specifically address the social agency of the subordinated classes, the bulk of Indonesia's population, identified as the wong cilik in this study. Only recently have some scholars begun to take seriously the rapid formation of an urban working class as an increasingly important component in Indonesian social dynamics. An underlying assumption of this study is that cultural production, in particular, popular performance, is an important window on, and component of, wong cilik social agency. This assumption is pursued by observing three principal sites of cultural contestation, poetry, the shadow play, wayang kulit, and "modem" theatre. These three, often overlapping sites, are set within a broad survey of popular performance in Java, followed by a regional focus on Tegal, located on the north west coast of Central Java.A bias in analysis towards the more formal and visible aspects of cultural production, such as performance text and conventions, has led to a distortion and insufficient recognition of wong cilik social agency. The first task of this study, therefore, is to develop a better approach to identifying and evaluating wong cilik cultural agency. The approach for which we are looking demands attention be given to the less formal aspects and social context of popular performance. Here, the relationship between performance and audience is central to identifying the cultural agency of the wong cilik. Depending on the surrounding social relations which constitute the performance, space can exist for wong cilik control over cultural production and meaning ++<br>through audience participation.During the course of a performance the social significance of its changing nature is closely associated with changes in audience composition and involvement. An absent, indifferent, sometimes hostile, wong cilik audience can undermine the potential of formal moments to reinforce dominant ideologies and social relations. Conversely, heightened audience participation often characterises the informal moments of a performance. The possibility of social potency is greatest in these moments of close affinity between wong cilik audience and performance. This is apparent in the relationship between audience and dalang (puppeteer) in many local performances of wayang kulit. The informal 'comic interlude', in particular, can provide opportunity for the articulation of shared meanings and concerns between the predominantly wong cilik audience and sympathetic dalang, dependent on their patronage and coming from a similar socio-economic background.As part of the intelligentsia, the dalang, as with other cultural workers, has an important, often ambiguous, role in determining the significance of cultural production for the wong cilik. Here, it is important to recognise that the cultural workers, themselves, and their performances are socially constituted. In a study on theatre in Tegal observations of audience participation assist greatly in evaluating the effectiveness or sincerity in representing or asserting wong cilik sentiment in "modern" theatre and populist wayang mbeling. In general, this focus on audience participation helps situate popular performances in their surrounding social relations. This approach helps avoid elitist or essentialist tendencies that may occur from an over emphasis on the idealised characteristics and conventions of cultural forms or genres.
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Jadezweni, Mhlobo. "Two Xhosa Praise Poets in Performance: The Dawn of a New Era." Universität Leipzig, 1999. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A33560.
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The dynamic element of Xhosa oral poetry has clearly changed and is continuing to change with changes in the Nguni society. The aim of this paper is to investigate the changes that have intruded into Xhosa praise poetry during 1990s.
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Vernon, Jenifer Rae. "Making community with the deep communication of popular live poetry in San Diego, California at the Millennium." 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?p3330317.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2008.<br>Title from first page of PDF file (viewed November 19, 2008). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-241).
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Bean, Heidi R. "Poetry 'n acts: the cultural politics of twentieth-century American poets' theater." Diss., University of Iowa, 2010. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/638.
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"Poetry 'n Acts: The Cultural Politics of Twentieth-Century American Poets' Theater," focuses on the disciplinary blind spot that obscures the productive overlap between poetry and dramatic theater and prevents us from seeing the cultural work that this combination can perform. Why did 2100 people turn out in 1968 to see a play in which most of the characters speak only in such apparently nonsensical phrases as "Red hus the beat trim doing going" and "Achtung swachtung"? And why would an Obie award-winning playwright move to New Jersey to write such a play in the first place? What led to the founding in 1978 of the San Francisco Poets Theatre by L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E writers, and why have those plays and performers been virtually ignored by critics despite the admitted centrality of performance to L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E writing's textual politics? Why would the renowned Yale Repertory Theatre produce in the 1990s the poetic, plotless plays of a theater newcomer twice in as many years--even when audiences walked out? What vision for the future of theater could possibly involve episodic drama with footnotes? In each example, part of the story is missing. This dissertation begins to fill in that gap.
Attending to often overlooked aspects of theater language, this dissertation examines theatrical performances that use poetic devices to intervene in narratives of cultural oppression, often by questioning the very suitability of narrative as a primary means of social exchange. While Gertrude Stein must be seen as a forerunner to contemporary poets' theater, chapter one argues that the Living Theatre's late 1950s and early 1960s anti-authoritarian theater demonstrates key alliances between poetry and theater at mid-century. The remaining chapters closely examine particular instances of poets' theater by Amiri Baraka (known equally as poet and playwright), Carla Harryman (associated with West Coast poetry), and Suzan-Lori Parks (a critically acclaimed playwright). These productions put poetic theater on the backs of tractors in Harlem streets, in open gallery spaces, and in more conventional black box and proscenium architectures, and each case develops the importance of performance contexts and production histories in determining plays' cultural effects.
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Omar, Mahamoud Moustapha. "L'amélioration de la performance portuaire : le cas de Djibouti." Thesis, Brest, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012BRES0058.
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Nwanosike, F. "Evaluation of Nigerian ports post-concession performance." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2014. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/24469/.
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Concession has been acknowledged as a valuable tool for port authorities to retain control of ports and shape the supply side of the terminal market, in the absence of full privatisation. This study empirically examines the influence of transfer of port operational services from the public to the private sector, through concession contracts on operational performance in the context of the Nigerian port industry. It extends the work of Liu (1995) and others on the comparative performance of public and private ports in the UK and other countries, by extending the study to the Nigerian ports concessions. The Nigerian port reform was borne out of the belief that the transfer of port operations from the public to the private sector will improve the efficiency of the ports, by instigating competition among the various terminal operators. The Nigerian port concession involved the delineation of six Nigerian ports into 25 terminals and awarded to terminal operators. The objectives of the study include, among others; the benchmarking of pre- and post-concession efficiency, to determine sources of efficiency change and to determine factors responsible for the improvement of Nigerian port performance. A positivist approach is adopted, using quantitative data that involves outputs and inputs related to the port‘s production function. Theoretical underpinnings of privatisation and performance, as well as empirical evidence from countries, were presented and discussed. The variables of the research were analysed using non-parametric DEA and the Malmquist Productivity Index to determine the efficiency and the sources of productivity change respectively. This study introduced a novel idea, by adopting a concentration index in measuring the level of competitiveness of ports. The conceptualised theoretical model of operational performance was solved using a two-stage multivariate regression, to determine the factors responsible for the improvement of the Nigerian ports‘ efficiency. The results of the analysis suggested that the productive performance of the ports under consideration improved after the transfer of terminal operations to the private sector, though not in all the ports. Indicating that the wholesale concession of the ports is not the best after all, some ports would have been better left under public ownership. The driver of the improved efficiency after concession, is scale efficiency (increased throughput levels), rather than technical efficiency. Therefore, the post-concession Nigerian ports performance is influenced by the scale of production and change of ownership. The delineation of the ports into terminals has not ushered in the expected competition among and within the ports.
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Telles, do Rosário André. "Corpoeticidade: Poeta Miró e sua literatura performática." Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2007. https://repositorio.ufpe.br/handle/123456789/7722.
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Previous issue date: 2007<br>Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico<br>A fim de compreender a interação entre corpo e poesia na obra do poeta
performático contemporâneo Miró (João Flávio Cordeiro Silva), este trabalho compila
momentos de corporalidade na recepção dessa arte ao longo da História, desde o
Trovadorismo, passando pelas experiências com o corpo como suporte para a poesia, no
século XX, até chegar às poéticas atuais de expressão corporal, como o slam e os
recitais. A partir daí é traçado o contexto contemporâneo desta poética, abordando a
situação histórica que propiciou sua conformação no Brasil (a poesia jovem alternativa
da década de 70) até apresentar a obra de Miró dentro desta perspectiva, desde os
primeiros versos até suas mais recentes criações. Depois do panorama histórico, esta
dissertação passa então à demonstração da Corpoeticidade da literatura de Miró, ou
seja, a relevância do corpo e da cidade para a efetivação desta poética, em suas três
dialéticas: a forma da poesia no corpo, a habitação deste corpo na cidade e a presença da
cidade na sua poesia
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Rodrigues, Afonso Celso Carvalho. "E pluribus unum: Ricardo Aleixo, poeta interartes." Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, 2013. https://repositorio.ufjf.br/jspui/handle/ufjf/928.
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Previous issue date: 2013-03-19<br>Objetiva-se desenvolver um estudo sobre a inter-relação da literatura com as artes visuais, processo que se tornou prática entre poetas e artistas plásticos desde o século XIX e que na atualidade se consolidou como discurso interdisciplinar. Para tal, foi realizado um estudo de caso da obra do poeta Ricardo Aleixo, cuja obra poética possui interfaces com a visualidade que se refletem no seu amplo discurso literário. Desta forma, foi feita uma abordagem de sua obra através de análise que abrange desde sua concepção como autor que possui um depoimento autobiográfico baseado na suas referências culturais e em sua afrodescendência, até uma abordagem dos aspectos visuais de sua poesia, que abrange o livro como um objeto de arte, a poesia concreta como prática visual, do uso da virtualidade como ferramenta poética, da fotografia como parceira no seu processo de escrita, da absorção do texto literário refletido nas suas performances, suas práticas poéticas multimidiáticas e sua atuação como artista plástico em cuja obra o texto é usado também como recurso visual. Nossa intenção é demonstrar que todo o arsenal discursivo que o poeta utiliza na construção de sua obra está a serviço de sua poiética, de um processo de fruição sensível que não vê fronteiras entre as técnicas literárias ou visuais, mas as utiliza como um diálogo, proporcionando um território de prática interartes.<br>Our objective is to develop a study about the interrelationship between literature and visual arts, a process that poets and artists have practised since the nineteenth century and today it has been established as an interdisciplinary discourse. For this, we conducted a case study of the work of the poet Ricardo Aleixo, whose poetry contains interfaces with the visuality which are reflected in his broad literary discourse. Therefore, not only did we analyze his work as an author who has an autobiographical testimony based on his cultural references and his African descent, but we also approached the visual aspects of his poetry, which sees the book as an object of art, concrete poetry as visual practice, covering the use of virtuality as a poetic tool, the role of photography in his writing process, the absorption of the literary text reflected in his performances, his multimedia poetic practice and his performance as a plastic artist in whose work the text is also used as a visual appeal. Our intention is to demonstrate that his poietic benefits from all the discursive arsenal which the poet uses in the construction of his work, a process that, in its sensitive fruition, does not see boundaries between literary and visual techniques, but uses them as a dialogue, providing an area of interart practice.
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Vezile, Cikizwa Aretha. "Performance management at transnet national ports authority Port Elizabeth: the role of human resources." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1105.
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At Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), disagreement existed in terms of the role of human resources in performance management, which resulted in different role expectations and perceptions, often leading to conflict. An overview of existing literature reviewed that performance management was mostly presented from the view of line management, and that the role of human resources was not well defined. The purpose of this study was therefore to clarify the role of human resources in performance management, and with specific application at Transnet National Ports Authority. The purpose of performance management in Transnet is to influence each employee to perform optimally in his/her position by ensuring that each employee understands his/her role in the performance management process. A very important aspect of performance management is that it does not entail one activity only; it is part of the employee development life cycle in which the employee agrees with the manager on the expected performance of tasks, evaluation standards, tools required and important dates when performance will be formally discussed. The objectives of the study were achieved by means of a literature review. Following the literature review interviews were conducted with the Group Performance Manager, a line manager and a human resources practitioner at TNPA to get their views of performance management at TNPA and specifically of the role of human resources in performance management. The interviews, in addition to the literature study, also served as a basis for a survey questionnaire, which was used to probe the views of line iv management and human resources practitioners at TNPA on the role of human resources in performance management. The results of the interviews and the survey showed that performance management was not applied as a continuous and developmental process at TNPA, and that it was often perceived as punitive. The results also indicated that human resources at TNPA should be well versed in the use of the score card method and apply quality assurance in performance management. Recommendations were made for the role of line management and the role of human resources in performance management at TNPA, as well as for the relationship between the two parties.
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Girard, Alexandre. "Méthode de modélisation de la performance sismique des piliers de ponts en béton armé." Mémoire, Université de Sherbrooke, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11143/5935.
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Les codes de conception des ponts sont en mode de transition vers la conception basée sur la performance (CBP) et il n’est pas encore clair comment les critères de conception peuvent répondre aux différents critères de performance pour différentes classes de ponts. Dans ce projet, une approche locale est utilisée pour prédire la performance locale des piles de ponts en béton armé soumises à des charges sismiques. La performance locale est liée à la résistance résiduelle (exigence fonctionnelle) et au besoin de réparations postséisme (réparabilité et coûts de cycle de vie). La performance locale d’une pile de pont est liée à l’ouverture des fissures, au taux de renforcement, au flambement et à la rupture des barres longitudinales, et aux dommages irréversibles en compression du béton. Le document présente une technique de modélisation qui prédit la performance locale des piles. Le modèle du béton tient compte du confinement, du raidissement en traction et du comportement cyclique du béton à l’aide des équations du modèle de Laborderie (1991), un
modèle basé sur la mécanique d’endommagement. Le modèle inclut les effets du flambement en considérant les barres longitudinales comme éléments individuels dans la région de la rotule plastique. Le flambement est modélisé en introduisant une excentricité initiale représentant l’expansion du béton en compression. Les modèles de comportement des matériaux ont été introduits au logiciel Opensees. Des outils spécifiques de post-traitement permettent d’évaluer la performance locale d’une pile de pont soumis à un tremblement de terre. La technique de modélisation est utilisée pour prédire le comportement de plusieurs piles de ponts testés en compression et flexion cyclique (tests pseudostatistiques) par Lehman et al. (2000) et Calderone et al. (2001) et peut être utilisée pour des piles testées de manière pseudodynamique pour simuler un véritable tremblement de terre. Les prédictions sont proches des valeurs expérimentales au niveau global (diagrammes d’enveloppe force-déplacement et le comportement hystérétique). En ce qui concerne la prédiction de la performance à un niveau local, le modèle prédit bien les déformations locales et les états limites pour des ductilités en déplacement allant jusqu’à 3. Pour des ductilités en déplacement supérieures à 3, le flambement et la rupture des barres sont bien prédits pour 50%
des piliers. D’autres piliers devraient être testés afin de valider et d’améliorer la méthode de prédiction de ces états limites. La méthode peut être utilisée pour déterminer et valider les critères de conception par rapport aux critères de performance dans une optique de conception performancielle des piliers de ponts en béton armé.
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Silva, Rita de Cássia. "Contribution à l'analyse probabiliste de la performance des ponts en béton armé /." Paris : Laboratoire central des ponts et chaussées, 2005. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb399723258.
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Le, Mestre Patrick. "La performance des réseaux interorganisationnels : une étude des réseaux d'acteurs portuaires." Le Havre, 2004. http://www.theses.fr/2004LEHA0051.
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Comment construire la performance des réseaux interorganisationnels ? La performance des organisations est souvent réduite à sa dimension financière. Or, la performance qui repose sur les attentes des différents acteurs qu'elle concerne se présente sous plusieurs aspects. L'objet de cette recherche consiste à définir les différents dimensions, axes et critères qui caractérisent le modèle de la performance du réseau d'acteurs portuaires, terrain de notre recherche qui se distingue par l'absence d'une firme pivot. L'opérationnalité d'un tel modèle suppose une convergence suffisante des acteurs du réseau sur les objectifs de l'organisation ; convergence qui constitue plus globalement une des conditions de la coopération au sein du réseau<br>How can the performance of interorganizational networks be built ? The performance of organizations is often reduced to its financial dimension. However, the performance which rests on the expectations of the various stakeholders concerned has several aspects. The object of this research consists in defining the different dimensions, axes and criteria which characterize the model of the performance of the maritime port communities, the field of our research, which is characterized by the absence of a pivotal firm. The operability of such a model supposes sufficient convergence of the players in the network concerning the objectives of the organization, convergence which constitutes more generally one of conditions of the co-operation within the network
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Moura, Ana Maria do Nascimento. "Narrativas po?ticas e trajet?rias dos poetas em Mossor?/RN." Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2015. http://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/20729.
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Previous issue date: 2015-03-09<br>A cidade de Mossor?/RN tem se destacado no Estado do Rio Grande do Norte como uma capital cultural a partir de uma pol?tica de eventos que trabalha a imagem de fatos hist?ricos ocorridos na regi?o, suscitando pesquisas sobre a constru??o de uma identidade mossoroense e atraindo muitos turistas que movimentam a economia local. Considerando isso, esse trabalho busca compreender a inser??o de poetas nesse contexto cultural, analisando suas narrativas e suas trajet?rias. Para tanto, utilizou-se entrevistas semi-estruturadas e a observa??o participante, nas ocasi?es formais de entrevistas e em eventos culturais nos quais os poetas se apresentavam, privilegiando-se a observa??o de poetas populares, cujas apresenta??es s?o mais frequentes. Esse recorte levou ? aproxima??o com duas associa??es de artistas, a partir das quais foram selecionados os poetas a serem entrevistados: a POEMA - Associa??o de Poetas e Prosadores de Mossor? e a Casa do Cantador. As rela??es observadas entre os artistas dessas institui??es - escritores, repentistas, cordelistas, m?sicos e emboladores de coco - levantaram quest?es sobre a complexidade da cultura popular e das discuss?es sobre identidade, trabalhadas nesse estudo.<br>The city of Mossoro/RN has showed up as a ?cultural capital? in the state of Rio Grande do
Norte due to a politic of events that enhance historical facts occurred in that region. These
actions evoke researches about a construction of a self-identity of the city and attract many
tourists that provides a boost to local economy. Considering this, this paper aims to
understand the insertion of poets in this cultural context, analyzing the cultural performances
that they participate and their personal narratives. Semi-structured interviews and participant
observation in cultural events were employed to get this aim, privileging the observation of
popular poets, whose presentations are more frequent. This overview took to the
approximation with two artists associations, of which the interviewed poets were selected:
?POEMA ? Associa??o de Poetas e Prosadores de Mossor?? and ?Casa do Cantador?. The
relationship observed among the artists of these institutions ? writers, improvisers, cordel
makers, musicians and ?emboladores de coco? ? raised questions about the complexity of
popular culture and the social connections among the artists of the city, discussed in this
study.
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Miranda, Eugênia Francisca de Souza. "A poética híbrida da pós-modernidade nos raps de GOG : poeta periferia." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UnB, 2013. http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/15764.
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2013_EugeniaFranciscadeSouzaMiranda.pdf: 1896967 bytes, checksum: 70590a04820bf5ad8dd42e47a74ca95c (MD5)<br>A periferia de Brasília tem voz. Ela ecoa na busca de soluções para seus problemas a partir da crítica da vida cotidiana através das rimas contundentes do rap. Um dos portadores dessa voz tem nome: GOG. Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar literariamente as canções deste que é um dos rappers brasileiros mais respeitados e renomados nesse meio cultural, inclusive aclamado como o poeta do Rap Nacional. O trabalho tem como fonte principal as letras das canções selecionadas por ele em seu livro A rima denuncia, uma espécie de antologia com 48 letras de raps que abordam diversas fases do artista, além de vídeos e entrevistas disponibilizadas em seu site e outras fontes de pesquisa. A especificidade do rap como uma estética ímpar e inovadora (híbrido de canto com exploração da fala) nos permite identificar uma poesia oral contemporânea que narra com intensidade os infortúnios e os desejos dos que vivem em uma ambiência periférica. No entanto, um olhar cuidadoso às letras mostra que esse universo vai muito além da periferia, e as composições se opõem ao centro (a elite econômica) com um discurso ácido, quase sempre maniqueísta. As análises se pautam pelas teorias de Paul Zumthor sobre poesia oral, Luiz Tatit sobre canção popular, Umberto Eco sobre a interpretação da obra literária e Bakhtin, considerando a relação sócio-histórica e dialógica entre os sujeitos na constituição dos discursos. O intuito é demonstrar que a periferia também faz poesia. ______________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT<br>The outskirt of Brasília has a voice. It echoes in the search for solutions to its problems from the criticism of everyday life through the rap's blunt rhymes. One of the bearers of this voice has a name: GOG. This research aims to analyze the songs literally from this which is one of the most respected and renowned Brazilian rappers in this cultural environment, including he is acclaimed as the poet of the National Rap. The work has as a main source the lyrics of the songs selected by him in his book The rhyme denounces, a sort of anthology with 48 letters of raps that address various phases of the artist, as well as videos and interviews available on his website and other sources. The specificity of the rap as a unique and innovative aesthetic (hybrid of singing with exploration of speech) allows us to identify a contemporary oral poetry that narrates with intensity the misfortunes and the desires of those who live in the outskirt ambience. However, a careful look at the lyrics shows that the universe goes far beyond the outskirt and the compositions are opposed to the center (the economic elite) with an acid speech, almost always manichean. The analyses are based on Paul Zumthor's theories on oral poetry, Luiz Tatit on popular song, Umberto Eco in the literary interpretation and Bakhtin considering the socio-historical and dialogic relationship between the subjects in the constitution of discourses. The intent is to demonstrate that the outskirt also writes poetry.
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Silva, Rita de Cassia. "Contribution à l'analyse probabiliste de la performance des ponts en béton armé." Phd thesis, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, 2004. http://pastel.archives-ouvertes.fr/pastel-00000956.
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Certains corps contenus dans les milieux naturels tels que l'atmosphère, peuvent pénétrer dans le béton qui est de nature poreuse. Parmi ces agents agressifs, le dioxyde de carbone de l'atmosphère et les chlorures présents dans les sels de deverglaçage sont les plus courants. Ces agents sont responsables de la corrosion des armatures qui est l'une des principales causes de détérioration des ouvrages en béton armé. Cette corrosion se développe au cours du temps et influe fortement sur la performance des ouvrages tout au long de leur vie. Le caractère aléatoire de la pénétration des agents agressifs et celui des propriétés des matériaux ou des structures introduit de plus un grand nombre d'incertitude. L'étude de l'évolution de la dégradation d'une structure demande donc une analyse qu'il faut développer sur des bases probabilistes. La Théorie de la fiabilité constitue un des outils les mieux adaptés, car elle permet de tenir compte des incertitudes inhérentes aux dimensions géométriques des éléments de structures, aux caractéristiques des matériaux, à celles de l'environnement et à celles des dégradations qui en résultent. L'objectif de cette thèse a ainsi consisté à développer une démarche probabiliste pour obtenir l'évolution de la perte de capacité portante des ponts-routes en béton armé exposés à des environnements agressifs divers. L'étude de cette évolution permet d'estimer les principales étapes ou phases qui caractérisent la performance de la structure (perte de durabilité au niveau du matériau, perte d'aptitude au service et perte de sécurité structurale). Cette étude vise aussi à donner aux gestionnaires d'ouvrages les moyens nécessaires pour estimer et prédire ces principales phases de performance à partir de résultats d'inspection visuelle et aux projeteurs des bureaux d'étude, les outils nécessaires pour obtenir une grille des coefficients partiels de sécurité plus adaptée au recalcul des ouvrages dégradés. L'étude a comporté cinq axes. Un premier axe a porté sur la modélisation de la performance de poutres en béton armé soumises à de la flexion simple, des phénomènes de pénétration des agents agressifs et des étapes de performance. Un deuxième axe a considéré l'incertitude sur les différentes variables: les études de sensibilité ont notamment montré l'influence des diverses variables sur l'évolution de l'indice de fiabilité. Un troisième axe a proposé des éléments quantitatifs capables de fournir aux gestionnaires d'ouvrages les outils nécessaires pour la prédiction des phases de performance d'un ouvrage sur la base de résultats d'inspection visuelle. Le quatrième axe a présenté une méthodologie de calibration des coefficients partiels de sécurité adaptée aux ouvrages en béton armé atteints par la corrosion. Enfin le cinquième axe est consacré à la requalification de la fiabilité par un calcul de probabilité conditionnelle en fonction de résultats d'inspections détaillées.
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Long, Wu Jian. "Performance des bétons autoplaçants développés pour la préfabrication d'éléments de ponts précontraints." Thèse, Université de Sherbrooke, 2008. http://savoirs.usherbrooke.ca/handle/11143/1842.
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In the precast construction market, the competitive situation is significantly affected by price, cost, productivity, and quality factors. Since self-consolidating concrete (SCC) was first introduced to the concrete industry in the late 1980s, it has been used worldwide in variety of applications. Despite the documented technical and economic advantages of SCC in precast, prestressed applications, the use of SCC has been limited in some countries due to some technical uncertainties of such innovative material. To explore some unsolved issues related to SCC and to contribute to a wider acceptance of SCC in precast, prestressed applications, this study was undertaken to assess the effect of mixture proportioning and material characteristics on the performance of SCC and recommend performance-based specifications for use of SCC in the precast, prestressed applications. The thesis presents an experimental program that contains four parts: (1) a parametric study to evaluate the influence of binder type, w/cm, coarse aggregate type, and coarse aggregate nominal size on the modulus of elasticity and compressive strength developments; (2) a parametric study to evaluate the effect of mixture proportioning and material characteristics on fresh and hardened properties of SCC; (3) a fractional factorial design to identify the relative significance of primary mixture parameters and their coupled effects on SCC properties; and (4) a field validation using full-scale AASHTO Type II girders cast to investigate constructability, material properties, and structural performance (the latter part was carried out by the research team of Professor Denis Mitchell at McGill University). Based on the experimental test results, SCC exhibits similar compressive strength and modulus of elasticity to that of conventional high-performance concrete (HPC) of normal slump consistency. SCC and HPC mixtures made of a given binder type exhibit similar autogenous shrinkage. However, SCC exhibits up to 30% and 20% higher drying shrinkage and creep, respectively, at 300 days compared to HPC made with similar w/cm but different paste volume. The results of the experiment program show that among the investigated material constituents and mix design parameters, the w/cm has the most significant effect on mechanical and visco-elastic properties. The binder content, binder type, and sand-to-total aggregate ratio (S/A) also have considerable effect on those properties. The thickening-type viscosity modifying admixture (VMA) content (0 to 150 ml/100 kg CM) does not significantly affect mechanical and visco-elastic properties. Based on the findings, some mixture parameters regarding the overall performance of SCC designated for precast and prestressed applications can be recommended: SCC made with relatively low w/cm (such as 0.34 vs. 0.40) should be selected to ensure desirable compressive strength, modulus of elasticity (MOE), flexural strength, as well as less drying shrinkage and creep; the use of crushed aggregate with 12.5 mm MSA is suggested since it provides better mechanical properties of SCC compared to gravel; the use of low S/A (such as 0.46 vs. 0.54) to secure adequate mechanical and visco-elastic properties is recommended; the use of thickening-type VMA can help to secure robustness and stability of the concrete in the case of SCC proportioned with moderate and relatively high w/cm; and the use of Type MS cement can lead to lower creep and shrinkage than Type HE cement and 20% Class F fly ash. However, SCC mixtures made with Type HE cement and 20% Class F fly ash can result in better workability and mechanical properties. Therefore, it is recommended to use Type HE cement and 20% Class F fly ash and reduce binder content (such as 440 kg/m[exposant 3] vs. 500 kg/m[exposant 3]) to assure better overall performance of SCC. Validation on full-scale AASHTO-Type II girders using two HPC and two SCC mixtures show that girders casting with SCC can be successfully carried out without segregation and blocking for the selected optimized mixtures. The surface quality of the girders cast with SCC is quite satisfactory and of greater uniformity than girders cast with HPC. Both HPC and SCC mixtures develop similar autogenous shrinkage for mixtures made with similar w/cm. Again, the two evaluated SCC mixtures develop about 20% greater drying shrinkage than comparable HPC mixtures. Modifications of existing models to assess mechanical and visco-elastic properties of SCC used in the precast, prestressed applications are proposed. Based on the comparisons of various code provisions, the ACI 209 and CEB-FIP codes with suggested material coefficients can be recommended to estimate compressive strength. The modified AASHTO 2007 model can be used for predicting the elastic modulus and flexural strength. The AASHTO 2004 and 2007 models with suggested material coefficients can be used to estimate drying shrinkage and creep, respectively. The CEB-FIP 90 code model can be used to predict both drying shrinkage and creep. Finally, the modified Tazawa and Miyazawa 1997 model with material modifications can be used to estimate autogenous shrinkage of SCC.
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Silva, Rita de Cássia. "Contribution à l'analyse probabiliste de la performance des ponts en béton armé." Marne-la-vallée, ENPC, 2004. https://pastel.archives-ouvertes.fr/pastel-00000956.
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Certains corps contenus dans les milieux naturels tels que l’atmosphère, peuvent pénétrer dans le béton qui est de nature poreuse. Parmi ces agents agressifs, le dioxyde de carbone de l’atmosphère et les chlorures présents dans les sels de deverglaçage sont les plus courants. Ces agents sont responsables de la corrosion des armatures qui est l’une des principales causes de détérioration des ouvrages en béton armé. Cette corrosion se développe au cours du temps et influe fortement sur la performance des ouvrages tout au long de leur vie. Le caractère aléatoire de la pénétration des agents agressifs et celui des propriétés des matériaux ou des structures introduit de plus un grand nombre d’incertitude. L’étude de l’évolution de la dégradation d’une structure demande donc une analyse qu’il faut développer sur des bases probabilistes. La Théorie de la fiabilité constitue un des outils les mieux adaptés, car elle permet de tenir compte des incertitudes inhérentes aux dimensions géométriques des éléments de structures, aux caractéristiques des matériaux, à celles de l’environnement et à celles des dégradations qui en résultent. L’objectif de cette thèse a ainsi consisté à développer une démarche probabiliste pour obtenir l’évolution de la perte de capacité portante des ponts-routes en béton armé exposés à des environnements agressifs divers. L’étude de cette évolution permet d’estimer les principales étapes ou phases qui caractérisent la performance de la structure (perte de durabilité au niveau du matériau, perte d’aptitude au service et perte de sécurité structurale). Cette étude vise aussi à donner aux gestionnaires d’ouvrages les moyens nécessaires pour estimer et prédire ces principales phases de performance à partir de résultats d’inspection visuelle et aux projeteurs des bureaux d’étude, les outils nécessaires pour obtenir une grille des coefficients partiels de sécurité plus adaptée au recalcul des ouvrages dégradés. L’étude a comporté cinq axes. Un premier axe a porté sur la modélisation de la performance de poutres en béton armé soumises à de la flexion simple, des phénomènes de pénétration des agents agressifs et des étapes de performance. Un deuxième axe a considéré l’incertitude sur les différentes variables : les études de sensibilité ont notamment montré l’influence des diverses variables sur l’évolution de l’indice de fiabilité. Un troisième axe a proposé des éléments quantitatifs capables de fournir aux gestionnaires d’ouvrages les outils nécessaires pour la prédiction des phases de performance d’un ouvrage sur la base de résultats d’inspection visuelle. Le quatrième axe a présenté une méthodologie de calibration des coefficients partiels de sécurité adaptée aux ouvrages en béton armé atteints par la corrosion. Enfin le cinquième axe est consacré à la requalification de la fiabilité par un calcul de probabilité conditionnelle en fonction de résultats d’inspections détaillées
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Anegunta, Swetha. "Manufacture and rehabilitation of guard-rail posts using composites for superior performance." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2000. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1419.
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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2000.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xvii, 153 p. : ill. (some col.) Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-123).
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Meier, Cynthia Mildred. "A feminist archetypal analysis of Diane di Prima's Loba poems for performance." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185269.
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Uncovering the feminine myth has been the topic of numerous studies. In recent years, research has focused on the return of ancient images of the goddess as the primary metaphor for the feminine myth. Utilizing feminine typologies from Jungian archetypalists and feminist scholars, this study summarizes the research on the archetypal feminine in order to analyze Diane di Prima's Loba poems. An analysis of the poems is undertaken and reveals patterns of feminine images which are consistent with other revisionist literature by women. The analysis is then used to frame a production of poems as a ritual celebrating the Loba as goddess. As Christine Downing suggests in The Goddess, women need images of the goddess to recognize the divine in themselves. The adaptation of the Loba poems for performance creates such an image. It also creates a theatre piece with what Sue-Ellen Case calls "woman as subject." As a result of this study, the goals of feminist archetypal theory are advanced as well as the goals of feminist theatre.
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Perry, Katherine Denise. "Gender on paper gender performances in American women's poetry 1650-present /." Auburn, Ala., 2007. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2007%20Spring%20Dissertations/PERRY_KATHERINE_13.pdf.
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Camacho, Villanueva Jesús. "High Performance and Power Efficient On-Chip Network Designs through Multiple Injection Ports." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/18235.
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Las redes dentro de un chip se están convirtiendo en el elemento principal de los sistemas multiprocesador. A medida que aumenta la escala de integración, más elementos de cómputo (procesadores) se incluyen en el mismo chip. Estos componentes se interconectan con una red dentro del chip que debe ofrecer latencias de transmisión ultra bajas (orden de nanosegundos) y anchos de banda elevados. El diseño, pues, de una red eficiente dentro del chip juega un papel fundamental.
En la presente tesis se analizan diferentes alternativas de diseño de las redes en el chip. En particular, se hace uso de la posibilidad de utilizar diferentes puertos de inyección desde los procesadores con el fin de obtener diferentes mejoras.
En primer lugar, las prestaciones aumentan al tener procesadores con distintas alternativas de inyección de tráfico. En segundo lugar, además aumenta la tolerancia a fallos frente a defectos de fabricación (mas importantes conforme avanza la tecnología). Y en tercer lugar, permite una política de apagado de componentes más agresiva que nos permita un ahorro significativo de energía.
Hemos evaluado diferentes topologías derivadas del mecanismo de inyección en términos de prestaciones, coste de implementación, y ahorro de consumo. Además, hemos desarrollado simuladores específicos para las distintas técnicas utilizadas.
Cada topología diseñada supone una mejora respecto a la anterior, y por supuesto, teniendo en cuenta las topologías existentes. En resumen, nuestro esfuerzo se centra en conseguir un excelente compromiso entre prestaciones, consumo y tolerancia a fallos dentro de una red en chip.
Para la primera propuesta (topología NR-Mesh), se alcanzan mejoras en prestaciones de un 7\% y hasta de un 75\% en reducción de consumo de media, comparado con la malla 2D o malla de 2 dimensiones. Para la siguiente propuesta, la malla concentrada paralela (PC-Mesh), el beneficio en prestaciones que se obtiene es de hasta un 20\%, así cómo de un 60\% en reducción de<br>Camacho Villanueva, J. (2012). High Performance and Power Efficient On-Chip Network Designs through Multiple Injection Ports [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/18235<br>Palancia
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Calixte, Christopher. "États limites de piliers de ponts en béton armés d’armature en spires hélicoïdales." Mémoire, Université de Sherbrooke, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11143/7545.
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Les tremblements de terre survenus à San Fernando en 1971, à Loma Prieta en 1989, à Northridge en 1994 et au Chili en 2010 ont permis de découvrir les déficiences des ouvrages construits selon les anciennes normes de conception parasismique. Deux des causes majeures de ces déficiences ont été le manque de confinement des sections critiques et les problèmes liés au recouvrement à la base. De ces leçons, les nouvelles normes de construction au Québec adoptent la philosophie du dimensionnement à la performance, interdissent le recouvrement à la base et recommandent un détail de ferraillage plus rigoureux.
Étudier le comportement sismique des piliers de ponts au Québec en suivant la philosophie du dimensionnement est l'objectif principal d'un ensemble de projets, dont celui-ci, qui est en cours au Centre de recherche en génie parasismique (CRGP) de l'Université de Sherbrooke. Pour leur réalisation, le pont Chemin des dalles, situé dans la région de Trois-Rivières, a été retenu comme pont type. Étudier le comportement sismique des piliers de ponts en béton armé d'armatures en
spires hélicoïdales est l'objectif spécifique de ce projet de maîtrise. De ce fait, un spécimen à échelle réelle a été conçu, construit, instrumenté et testé au laboratoire de structures de l'Université de Sherbrooke. Le renforcement du pilier en béton par des spires hélicoïdales a permis de ceinturer les barres d'armatures longitudinales, d'avoir un comportement plus ductile et une grande capacité à dissiper de l'énergie.
En utilisant la méthode par poussée progressive, les états limites et d'endommagement, et les indicateurs liés à la ductilité, à la dissipation d'énergie, à l'endommagement et à l'amortissement du pilier construit ont été déterminés. Certaines réponses du pilier ont été prédites à l'aide de logiciels d'éléments finis. Ces prédictions ont été assez proches de celles mesurées lors de l'essai réalisé au laboratoire. La cartographie de l'endommagement a été aussi prédite. Pour situer l'endommagement du pilier, des formulations sur l'évaluation de la longueur de la rotule plastique ont été utilisées.
Le pilier à l'étude a eu un comportement assez ductile, une bonne capacité à dissiper de l'énergie et une stabilité de capacité. La quantification des états d'endommagement du pilier testé, en se basant sur la description des états limites, a été comparable à celles proposées pour d'autres piliers.
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Ryan, Shay. "Pots of red jam : a performance-as-research project with older women." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1996. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/35875/1/35875_Ryan_1996.pdf.
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The study uses a performance-as-research model to devise an essentially woman-friendly process in a collaborative petformance project called Pots of Red Jam around the theme of older women. A rhizomatic system of validation is used, which involves personal experience, feminist methodology and peer review. The first part explores themes relevant to older women in popular literature. Fallowing chapters investigate feminist methodology
and examples of other women's projects. Application for future projects of this kind are offered. The script of Pots of Red Jam is included in the study.
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Oliveira, Pedro Tomé de Castro. "Os Blues Poems de Langston Hughes: por uma tradução musicada." Universidade de São Paulo, 2017. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8160/tde-21072017-161649/.
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Se a tradução envolve leitura e reescrita, nós poderíamos questionar o modo como se lê antes de questionar o modo como se reescreve. A tradução de poesia parece continuamente lidar com problemas de ritmo, rima, sintaxe, sentido, registro linguístico. Mas e se o tradutor, entendendo a leitura como performance, recolocar tais questões sob a perspectiva de outra mídia, que possa libertá-lo das restrições da escrita? O pesquisador Peter Low (2003) provoca os tradutores de poesia a se questionarem se desejam que seus textos sejam vocalizados (recitados, musicados etc.), e não apenas lidos silenciosamente. Haveria, então, uma alteração funcional e, consequentemente, um texto de chegada com um skopos diferente (REISS e VERMEER, 1996). Trata-se de trabalhar com a força latente da voz no texto; com uma possibilidade de performance inscrita na mídia escrita: a vocalidade, como coloca Paul Zumthor (1993). O poeta negro estadunidense Langston Hughes (1902-67) escrevia poemas semelhantes a letras de blues e recitava seus versos no ato da criação, o que pode sugerir algo a respeito de um possível modo de ler, absorver e recriar sua poesia em outra língua. Nosso objetivo, portanto, é traduzir seus poemas de blues ao cantá-los e tocá-los no violão. As canções de blues resultantes, em português, estão registradas em CD que foi inserido como apêndice da tese. Nosso método consiste em musicá-los enquanto os traduzimos, pois a simultaneidade dos processos é precisamente aquilo que interfere nas escolhas linguísticas, influenciando aspectos de ritmo, sintaxe, sentido etc. Nossa hipótese envolve, então, a questão de como os modos de dizer da canção popular, numa dada língua-cultura, determinariam o resultado da tradução. Essa experimentação deve, segundo esperamos, contribuir para os Estudos da Tradução por redimensionar alguns aspectos do texto de acordo com a dinâmica da vocalização. Esses resultados são tanto acadêmicos, em termos da discussão sobre a própria tradução, quanto artísticos, como música de blues composta para o público brasileiro, apresentando Langston Hughes, relativamente pouco conhecido e traduzido no Brasil, na forma de um gênero musical que é amplamente disseminado por aqui.<br>If translation involves reading and rewriting, we might question how we read a text before questioning the rewriting. Poetry translation seems to continually deal with problems of rhythm, rhyme, syntax, meaning, register. What if the translator understands reading as performance in order to reconceive all those issues within the perspective of another medium, which could free him from the constraints of writing? Researcher Peter Low (2003) suggests that poetry translators ask themselves whether they would like their texts to be recited, set to music etc., rather than just silently read. There would be, then, a functional alteration, and the target text would have a different skopos (REISS and VERMEER, 1996). We propose working with the latent force of the voice in the text; with a possibility of performance inscribed in the written medium: the vocality of Paul Zumthor (1993). The Afro-American poet Langston Hughes (1902-67) wrote poems very similar to blues lyrics and knowingly spoke (or even sung) his lines while creating them. That might suggest something about a way to read, absorb and recreate his poetry in another language. Our goal, therefore, is to translate his blues poems while singing and playing them on the guitar. The resulting blues songs in Portuguese are registered on a CD attached to this thesis. Our method is to set them to music while translating them, because the simultaneity of the processes is exactly what might interfere in the linguistic choices, influencing aspects of rhythm, meaning etc. Our hypothesis involves, then, the discussion of how the modes of expression of the popular song, in a given system of language-culture, would determine the results of the translation. That sort of experimentation will hopefully contribute to the Translation Studies by rearranging certain aspects of the text according to the dynamics of vocalization. These results are both academic, in terms of the discussion about translation itself; and artistic, as blues music composed for the Brazilian audience, presenting Langston Hughes, relatively unknown and non-translated in Brazil, in the form of a musical genre which is widely disseminated here.
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Barkhadle, Hassan. "Contribution du maillon portuaire à la performance de la chaîne logistique globale : cas du port de Djibouti." Thesis, Brest, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014BRES0052.
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Aujourd’hui, avec la mondialisation et la concurrence internationale effrénées, les chaînes logistiques globales (CLG) sont conçues à l’échelle planétaire, les places portuaires deviennent entre autre, des sites d’implantation idéale, permettant ainsi la valorisation des marchandises, grâce à la performance de son maillon portuaire. Depuis l’élaboration d’un partenariat commercial en 2000, entre le maillon portuaire de Djibouti (MPD) et le groupe international portuaire Dubaï Port World (DPW), entre 2002 et 2012, le trafic conteneurisé s’est accru de près de 700 %. De plus, depuis l’ouverture de Djibouti Free Zone (DFZ) en 2004, gérée totalement par une filiale du groupe DPW, près de 150 entreprises sont venues s’y implanter, dont plus de la moitié sont des entreprises étrangères. Partant de ce double constat, notre problématique de recherche s’attache à comprendre la contribution du MPD, à la performance de la CLG. Dans une phase de recherche empirique, qui nous a permis d’identifier les dimensions et les axes caractérisant la performance logistique du MPD, nous déployons un modèle descriptif et synthétique de la performance portuaire<br>With globalization and international competition sprees, the Supply Chain (SC) are designed on a global scale, the port spaces, thus allowing ideal implementation sites, thanks to the performance of its link port. Since the development of a strategic partnership between the link port of Djibouti (LPD) and the international group port Dubai Port World (DPW) in 2000, the containerized traffic increased of almost 700 %, between 2002 and 2012. With in addition, with the opening of Djibouti Free Zone (DFZ) in 2004, managed entirely by a subsidiary of the group DPW, nearly 150 businesses have implemented there warehouses in DFZ, with more than half of whom are foreign companies. Starting from this dual observation, our research has been focused on understanding the contribution of the LPD, to the performance of the SC. In a phase of empirical research, which has allowed us to identify dimensions and axes characterizing the logistics performance of the LPD, we deploy a descriptive and synthetic model of the port performance
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Puig, Durán Martí. "Methodology for the selection and implementation of environmental aspects and performance indicators in ports." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/404378.
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It is broadly known that efficient ports are crucial for the economic development of their surrounding area. However, the loading and unloading of goods in the ports, the related ship traffic, and the hinterland distribution can cause a number of negative environmental impacts.
In this thesis, the concepts of environmental aspects and indicators are reviewed, as two relevant elements used in the environmental management. The importance of both elements within an Environmental Management System (EMS) is also justified. Although EMS standards recognise that the identification of environmental aspects and the use of indicators are essential processes, they do not specify any methodology to undertake these tasks. In addition, the present research demonstrates that although there is a high percentage of European ports that have already identified their significant aspects and performance indicators, most of these ports do not use any standardized method. This suggests that some of the procedures used by ports may not necessarily be science-based, systematic in approach or appropriate for the purpose of implementing effective environmental management.
For these reasons, it was detected that a new methodology able to identify port' aspects and their most adequate indicators was needed. The developed methodology is called EPORTS.CAT and it comprises two main tools: a Tool for the identification and assessment of Environmental Aspects in Ports (TEAP) and a Tool for the identification and implementation of Environmental Indicators in Ports (TEIP). The first aims at the identification of the major environmental aspects that may be generated in a port and the assessment of their significance (TEAP); and the second at the identification of performance indicators that are related with the aspects and the provision of guidelines for their implementation (TEIP).
This method has been developed after analysing the strengths, weaknesses and challenges of the existing techniques, the recommendations from the Environmental Management System (EMS) standards and the advice of specialists. This is a computer and science-based tool (www.eports.cat) that provides a quick calculation and outputs, and it is designed to be as user-friendly as possible in order to facilitate its completion by the user (i.e. port environmental manager). This new
methodology is applicable to all types of ports no matter the size, geographical location or its commercial profile; it provides targeted and specific results for each one. EPORTS.CAT is a practical and time-saving tool for port managers to easily determine significant aspects and indicators in their port areas.<br>És àmpliament reconegut que els ports són crucials per al desenvolupament econòmic de les àrees del seu entorn. No obstant, la càrrega i descàrrega de mercaderies en els ports, el tràfic de vaixells, així com la distribució de mercaderies cap a l’interior poden causar una sèrie d’impactes ambientals negatius. En aquesta tesi s’analitzen els conceptes d’aspecte i indicador ambientals, que són dos elements rellevants utilitzats en la gestió ambiental. També es justifica la importància que tenen tots dos elements dins d’un Sistema de Gestió Ambiental (SGA). Encara que les normes dels SGA reconeixen que la identificació dels aspectes ambientals i l'ús d'indicadors són processos essencials, no especifiquen cap metodologia per a realitzar aquestes tasques. A més, la recerca duta a terme en aquesta tesi demostra que, si bé hi ha un alt percentatge de ports europeus que ja han identificat els seus aspectes significatius i indicadors, la majoria d'aquests ports no utilitzen cap mètode estandarditzat. Això suggereix que alguns dels procediments utilitzats pels ports poden no tenir necessàriament una base científica, o bé, no ser sistemàtics o apropiats per al propòsit d’implementar una correcta gestió ambiental. Per aquestes raons, es va detectar que era necessària una nova metodologia capaç d'identificar aspectes ambientals en ports i els seus indicadors més adequats. La metodologia desenvolupada es diu EPORTS.CAT i consta de dues eines principals: la Tool for the identification and assessment of Environmental Aspects in Ports (TEAP) i la Tool for the identification and implementation of Environmental Indicators in Ports (TEIP). La primera té per objectiu identificar els principals aspectes ambientals que poden generar-se en un port i avaluar-ne la seva significança (TEAP); i la segona identificar els indicadors que estan relacionats amb els aspectes i proveir de directrius per a la seva correcta aplicació (TEIP). Aquest mètode ha estat desenvolupat després d'analitzar els punts forts i febles de les tècniques existents, les recomanacions de les normes dels Sistemes de Gestió Ambiental (SGA) i l’assessorament d’especialistes. Es tracta d'una eina amb una base científica i informàtica (www.eports.cat) que proporciona un càlcul ràpid, i està dissenyada per a ser tan fàcil d'usar com sigui possible. Aquesta nova metodologia és aplicable a tot tipus de ports sense importar la seva mida, ubicació geogràfica o perfil comercial; proporciona resultats específics per a cada un. EPORTS.CAT és una eina pràctica i que permet estalviar temps als responsables portuaris per tal de determinar fàcilment els aspectes i indicadors significatius en les seves zones portuàries.
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Feng, Mengying. "A comparative study of ports and their hinterlands : factors determining port performance and choice." Thesis, University of Hull, 2010. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:4699.
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As a consequence of globalisation, port performance has become increasingly important for international trade. Different port regions perform differently. The aim of this research is to identify factors that determine port performance and choice in a comparative study between two case ports in Europe and Asia. Specifically, this research aims to examine factor differences between two European and Asian ports‘ contexts; to identify the key factors that drive port performance and choice; to investigate the differences in importance and performance among the factors; to analyse how the importance and performance of factors varies for different ports; to analyse the role a port hinterland plays in port performance and choice; and to illustrate the usefulness of key findings for port stakeholders. The construct of importance factors is based on the literature. The research methodology was that of mixed methods to collect both qualitative and quantitative data in two port regions (China and UK) and was carried out in two phases. Phase one comprised semi-structured in-depth interviews. Phase two consisted of questionnaire-based surveys to validate the factors influencing port performance. The questionnaire surveys were distributed to port experts from 500 organisations and had a 50.8% response rate. Thematic analysis was used for qualitative data analysis of the data from the interviews. Methods for analysis of the data from the questionnaires included descriptive analysis, factor analysis, t-test, Kruskal-Wallis H test, importance-performance analysis and other statistical validation and significance tests. The findings of this research suggest that ports wishing to outperform competitors can do so by improving the factors that are of high importance but currently perform poorly. This could also be achieved by improving performances on shipping services, shipping prices, overall logistics cost, logistics services and government support in descending order which is based on factor evaluation in this research. The thesis further analyses this result within the context of urgent, salient and basic factors based on IPA, including explicit & implicit importance. Shipping services and cost have a critical effect on port performance. Differences in port charges are the most significant differences in factor importance at the case ports of the Humber and Xiamen. Government support has the most significant differences in factor performance between the two case ports. This research is not without limitations. The analysis was restricted to two port regions in China and the UK and data used in this research were mainly generated from interviews and questionnaire surveys, responses to which are to some extent subjective.
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Dantas, Priscila Vasques Castro, and 92-99122-9460. "A experimentação na obra de Fernando Aguiar: visualidade, performance, ressignificação e resistência." Universidade Federal do Amazonas, 2018. https://tede.ufam.edu.br/handle/tede/6607.
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Previous issue date: 2018-08-03<br>In this dissertation, I deal with the poetics of Fernando Aguiar, from a perspective that
observes his poetic corpus from the experimentalist intersections that the poet performs
through the fields of visuality, writing and performance, discussing, during the construction of
this look that for this to do poetic is launched, questions that relate to resignification and
resistance. Considering that Aguiar is a poet of today's time, in which the world is organized
from an e-connected perspective, I propose, initially, a discussion about this new way of
organizing the world, pointing out, in this discussion, the aspects of Aguiarian poetic making
that are associated with technology and also talking about apparent freedom of speech and
conduct that this time of cyberconnection makes believe there is, but that, in fact, it is only a
modus operandi of the mechanisms of control of capital that operate in the regulation of the
social body. I punctuate, in the sequence of the work, on the questions of Poiesis and Praxis
in this perspective in which we are inserted and also inserts Aguiarian poetics. I then pass on
the transits that the poet performs through the experimental poetry of the twentieth century
and through the art of performance, and then analyzing Aguiarian poems that, from this
perspective of experimentalist intercrossing, take place in the fields of visuality, writing and
performance. In the course of all the discussion I bring to this dissertation, I seek to maintain
that Aguiar's poetics, through the re-signification that he carries out both canonical concepts
and social concepts, leads him to an unveiling (dévoiler) that leads him to resistance. As main
theoretical supports of this work, I emphasize Muniz Sodré (2006), Francisco Rüdiger (2007),
Pierre Lévy (1999), Denise Guimarães (2007), Giorgio Agamben (2013), Jacques Rancière
(2008), Anne Cauquelin (2005), E. M. de Melo e Castro (1981; 1993; 2014), Ana Hatherly
(1981; 1995), Augusto de Campos, Décio Pignatari e Haroldo de Campos (2014), Fernando J.
B. Martinho e António Carlos Cortez (2011) Paul Zumthor (2007), Enzo Minarelli (2010;
2014), Frederico Fernandes (2017), RoseLee Goldberg (2015), Renato Cohen (2013) e Michel
Foucault (1986; 2000; 2008).<br>Nesta dissertação, trato da poética de Fernando Aguiar, de uma perspectiva que
observa o seu corpus poético a partir dos entrecruzamentos experimentalistas que o poeta
realiza pelos campos da visualidade, da escrita e da performance, discutindo, durante a
construção desse olhar que para este fazer poético se lança, questões que se relacionam à
ressignificação e à resistência. Considerando que Aguiar é um poeta do tempo de hoje, em
que o mundo se organiza de uma perspectiva ciberconectada, proponho, inicialmente, uma
discussão em torno desse novo modo de organização do mundo, apontando, nessa discussão,
os aspectos do fazer poético aguiariano que se associam à tecnologia e falando também da
aparente liberdade de fala e conduta que este tempo da ciberconexão faz crer que exista, mas
que, na verdade, é apenas um modus operandi dos mecanismos de controle do capital que
operam na regulação do corpo social. Pontuo, na sequência do trabalho, acerca das questões
da Poiesis e da Práxis nessa perspectiva em que ora nos inserimos e se insere também a
poética aguiariana. Passo, então, aos trânsitos que realiza o poeta pelas poesias experimentais
do século XX e pela arte da performance e, em seguida, empreendo análises de poemas
aguiarianos que, dessa perspectiva de entrecruzamento experimentalista, realizam-se pelos
campos da visualidade, da escrita e da performance. Busco manter, no decorrer de toda a
discussão que trago a esta dissertação, o entendimento de que a poética de Aguiar encaminha,
pela ressignificação que realiza tanto de conceitos canônicos quanto de conceitos sociais, seu
fruidor para um desvelamento que o conduz à resistência. Como principais aportes teóricos do
trabalho, destaco Muniz Sodré (2006), Francisco Rüdiger (2007), Pierre Lévy (1999), Denise
Guimarães (2007), Giorgio Agamben (2013), Jacques Rancière (2008), Anne Cauquelin
(2005), E. M. de Melo e Castro (1981; 1993; 2014), Ana Hatherly (1981; 1995), Augusto de
Campos, Décio Pignatari e Haroldo de Campos (2014), Fernando J. B. Martinho e António
Carlos Cortez (2011) Paul Zumthor (2007), Enzo Minarelli (2010; 2014), Frederico
Fernandes (2017), RoseLee Goldberg (2015), Renato Cohen (2013) e Michel Foucault (1986;
2000; 2008).
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Ampleman, Maxime. "Performance en fluage des assemblages antiglissement avec des surfaces métallisées dans les ponts en acier." Master's thesis, Université Laval, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/26961.
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Tableau d'honneur de la Faculté des études supérieures et postdoctorales, 2016-2017<br>Les éléments des ponts en acier sont exposés à de sévères conditions environnementales, tel l’épandage de sels déglaçant sur les routes. Ces éléments ont besoin d’un niveau suffisant de protection contre la corrosion afin de préserver leur intégrité à long terme. Une solution efficace, devenue populaire au Canada, est la métallisation. La métallisation est un revêtement anticorrosion formé par projection thermique de métal, généralement du zinc, sur la surface à protéger. La protection fournie au substrat d’acier est assurée par une barrière physique et une protection galvanique. Pour le calcul des assemblages boulonnés antiglissement, les codes de conception, tel le code Canadien sur le calcul des ponts routiers CAN/CSA S6-14, spécifient, en fonction des conditions des surfaces de contact désirées, un coefficient de glissement à utiliser. Actuellement, ces codes ne fournissent aucun coefficient de glissement entre deux surfaces métallisées. Donc, il est pratique courante pour les fabricants de ponts en acier de masquer les surfaces de contact des joints boulonnés avant de métalliser, ce qui est très couteux pour l’industrie puisque ce travail doit se faire manuellement. Récemment, des études ont évalué la résistance au glissement à court terme d’assemblages antiglissement ayant des surfaces de contact métallisées. Les résultats ont révélé une résistance au glissement supérieure aux assemblages sur acier nu grenaillés. Dans la présente recherche, la performance en fluage des assemblages antiglissement métallisés a été caractérisée pour s’assurer qu’une résistance en glissement de Classe B soit toujours valide à long terme. L’effet de la relaxation de la force de serrage sur la charge de glissement a aussi été évalué. Les résultats ont démontré une bonne performance en fluage. Aussi, les résultats ont révélé que la relaxation de la force de serrage n’a pas d’impact significatif sur la résistance au glissement des assemblages antiglissement métallisés. Les conclusions de cette étude pourraient bien influencer de futures révisions des codes de conception et avoir un impact sur l’industrie de l’acier en Amérique du Nord.Mots clés : Assemblage boulonné antiglissement, métallisation, pont routier en acier, fluage, relaxation<br>Steel bridge elements are exposed to harsh environmental conditions, such as de-icing salts on roadways. These elements need a satisfactory level of protection against corrosion to preserve their long-term structural integrity. A very efficient solution that is now popular in Canada is metallization. Metallization is an anticorrosion coating formed by thermal spray of metals, usually zinc, onto the surface to protect. The protection of the steel substrate is ensured by both a physical barrier and a galvanic protection. Designs standards, such as the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code CAN/CSA S6-14, specify desired conditions for various faying surfaces and associated slip coefficients to be used in slip-critical connections. Currently, these standards do not address faying surface conditions that are metallized. Thus, bridge fabricators are compelled to mask off joint faying surfaces before metallizing, which is very expensive for the industry. Earlier studies investigated the short-duration slip resistance of high strength bolted connections with metallized faying surfaces. Results revealed greater slip resistance than the typical uncoated blast-cleaned Class B faying surface. In this research, creep resistance of slip-critical bolted joints with zinc-metallized faying surfaces is characterized, to ensure that the Class B slip resistance is still valid at long-term. The effect of the relaxation of the clamping force on the slip resistance is also evaluated. Results of this study have shown a satisfactory creep performance. Also, results revealed that the relaxation of the clamping force does not impact significantly the slip resistance of the metallized assemblies. This will likely to influence future code revisions and impact steel bridge fabrication in North America. Keywords: Slip-critical bolted connection, metallization, steel bridge construction, creep, relaxation
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Blosser, Cyril Andrew. "Ernest John Moeran: Seven Poems of James Joyce A Singer's Guide to Preparation and Performance." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1249616424.
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Pinard, Maxime. "Méthode de modélisation numérique et étude paramétrique de la performance sismique des piliers de ponts typiques du Canada." Mémoire, Université de Sherbrooke, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11143/6637.
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Une des évolutions récentes de la conception parasismique des ponts est la prise en compte de la performance des ouvrages durant les tremblements de terre, et de lier cette performance à des objectifs opérationnels et économiques. Ainsi, les propriétaires d’ouvrages peuvent choisir a priori les performances attendues pour un ouvrage en fonction de leur besoin en cas d’un tremblement de terre (service complet maintenu, service limité, pas de service) et optimiser ce niveau pour un coût total sur la durée de vie de l’ouvrage et un service postsismique suffisant. Une partie importante du travail de recherche porte donc en ce moment sur la détermination de la performance des ouvrages sous charges sismiques. Cela permet de mieux optimiser les coûts de construction et totaux sur la durée de vie de l’ouvrage, ainsi que d’assurer une fonctionnalité suffisante lors d'un tremblement de terre. Toutefois, les règles de conception parasismique selon le Code canadien sur le calcul des ponts routiers (CCCPR) reposent en grande partie sur des principes de conception basés sur la force. Même si un ensemble de critères de performance (objectifs de rendement) sont spécifiés pour différentes périodes de récurrence sismique, il n’existe aucune obligation explicite quant à l’atteinte de ces objectifs de performance multiples pour les ponts. De plus, selon [Sheikh et Legeron, 2010], les règles de conception actuelles du Code canadien sur le calcul des ponts routiers ne garantissent pas nécessairement la rencontre des critères de performance futurs des ponts. L’objet de ce projet est de mettre en place des méthodes de conception adaptées aux ouvrages simples dans le cadre d'une approche performantielle. Pour cela, le formalisme existant dans le code canadien des ponts S6-06 est utilisé. Les coefficients de modification de réponse et la demande en ductilité en fonction des différents types d'ouvrages sont alors évalués. Des cas types de ponts simples de deux travées en variant les paramètres tels que la hauteur des piles, leurs dimensions en plan, le taux d'armature longitudinal, le poids du tablier, le type de sismicité (est ou ouest du Canada) et de condition de sol sont étudiés. Pour ces différents cas, le calcul de la réponse par la méthode statique non linéaire et dynamique non linéaire sont effectuées et la performance de ces ponts sous charge scénario sismique est prédite. En fonction des résultats, des diagrammes montrant l’évolution du coefficient de modification de réponse et le besoin en ductilité sont déterminés. Finalement, des recommandations pour l’atteinte d'une performance sismique optimale sont fournies.
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Aiello, Traoré Flavia. "Continuitiy and change in Zanzibari Taarab performance and poetry." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-91009.
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Taarab in contemporary Zanzibar currently experiences great changes since the Nineties with the emerging and growing success of modern taarab. This has shocked the fans of the traditional style (taarab asilia) with musical and instrumental innovations, including powerful amplifiers and more danceable rhythms, but also textual innovations, using in their songs, commonly called mipasho, a sort of language and poetical imagery very open and non-disguised (Khamis 2002: 200). The perception of a split between the two musical and poetical styles is widely shared among the artists and fans of traditional taarab, but it actually tends to simplify the dynamics of continuity and change of this art deeply rooted within the social and political life of Zanzibar islands.
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Cercato, Fernando Piccini. "Um algoritmo de alto desempenho para evoluir o modelo de Potts Celular." Universidade do Vale do Rio do Sinos, 2006. http://www.repositorio.jesuita.org.br/handle/UNISINOS/2224.
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Previous issue date: 10<br>Hewlett-Packard Brasil Ltda<br>A simulação de sistemas celulares tem recebido grande interesse nos últimos anos. Em particular, o modelo de Potts celular é o mais utilizado na área dada a sua precisão
em representar estes sistemas. Este modelo, na sua forma convencional, possui uma série de operações e cálculos que são executados de maneira pouco eficiente, o que impossibilita
sua utilização em simulações grandes e que exigem considerável tempo e memória para sua conclusão. Com base nisso propomos um novo algoritmo de maior desempenho que
permite obter resultados aproximados dos obtidos com o algoritmo Monte Carlo em tempo bem menor. Técnicas de execução concorrente e comunicação foram introduzidas no
algoritmo através do uso de processos leves para execução em computadores com memória compartilhada e usando aglomerados de computadores, respectivamente, buscando reduzir o tempo de processamento e viabilizando a execução de simulações de grande porte. Os resultados obtidos de simulações de segregação celular e evolução de espumas mostra<br>The simulation of cellular systems has received great interest in the last years. In particular, the cellular Potts model is widely used in the area given its precision in representing these systems. This model, in its standard form, takes a series of operations and calculations that are executed in an ine±cient way, what disables its use in large scale simulations that demand considerable time and memory for conclusion. Based on that, we propose a new algorithm of higher performance that allows to obtain results close from those obtained with the Monte Carlo algorithm in much shorter time. Techniques of concurrent execution and communication have been introduced in the algorithm, through the use of light processes for execution in computers with shared memory and using clusters of computers, respectively, aiming to reduce the processing time and making possible the execution of large scale simulations. The results presented obtained from
simulation of cellular segregation and foam evolution show a minimum s
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Zuluaga, Rubio Luis Felipe. "États limites de piliers de ponts en béton armés de cerces avec recouvrement à la base." Mémoire, Université de Sherbrooke, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11143/7546.
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Résumé : Plusieurs tremblements de terre passés ont montré que face aux séismes, les ponts peuvent être les points faibles d’un réseau de transport. Néanmoins, les retours des expériences postsismiques ainsi que les études théoriques et expérimentales effectuées par les chercheurs et les ingénieurs de la pratique ont permis de faire évoluer les règles de l'art relatives au comportement sismique des ponts. Un des résultats de cette évolution est le dimensionnement basé sur la performance sismique (DBPS). En bref, le DBPS tente de concevoir des structures qui atteindront un état limite de performance déterminé lorsqu’ils sont soumis à un séisme d’une intensité donné. Toutefois, dans l'optique du DBPS, il est primordial de situer les états limites des composantes principales des ponts, principalement des piliers, de manière mesurable plutôt que phénoménologique. Lors du développement de courbes de fragilité des ponts au Québec, il est apparu que les états limites des piliers de ponts n'étaient pas clairement définis. Un programme de recherche expérimental a donc été conçu pour déterminer les états limites des piliers de pont en béton armé. Le projet comprend l’essai d’un poteau en béton armé à échelle réelle soumis à des cycles de chargement latéral en plus d’une charge axiale constante représentative du niveau de chargement réel. Le poteau reproduit les propriétés exactes des piliers du pont Chemin des Dalles (Trois-Rivières, Québec). Ce projet de recherche vise à améliorer l’évaluation de la fragilité sismique des ponts actuels du réseau routier québécois et à optimiser le dimensionnement sismique des futures structures selon l’approche basée sur la performance sismique. En particulier, le projet cherche à répondre aux incertitudes importantes qui subsistent sur la description quantitative des états limites des piliers de ponts en béton armé, particulièrement au niveau des déformations associées.<br>Abstract : Several past earthquakes have shown that bridges can be the weak points of a transport network. Nevertheless, returns of the post-seismic experiences as well as theoretical and experimental studies made by researchers and practice engineers allowed the art rules evolution related to the seismic behavior of bridges. One result of this evolution is the seismic performance based design (DBPS). In brief, the DBPS tries to design structures which will reach a certain limit state of performance when they are submitted to an earthquake of a given intensity. However, in the optics of the DBPS, it is essential to define the limit states of the main components of bridges, mainly for columns, in a measurable way rather than phenomenological. During the development of the fragility curves of bridges in Québec, it seemed that the limit states of the bridges columns were not clearly defined. An experimental research program was thus designed to determine the limit states of the reinforced concrete bridge columns. The project includes the testing of a large-scale reinforced concrete bridge column submitted to lateral cycles load in addition to a constant axial load which represented the real dead load level. The column reproduces the exact properties of the Chemin des Dalles bridge columns (Trois-Rivières, Québec). This research project aims to improve the evaluation of the seismic fragility of existing bridges of Québec road network and optimize the seismic design for future structures according to the performance based seismic approach. In particular, the project seeks to address the significant uncertainties which remain on the quantitative description of the limit states of the reinforced concrete bridge columns, particularly at the associated deformations level.
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Serra, Edilson Floriano Souza. "O universo perform?tico na escritura de Luciene Carvalho." PROGRAMA DE P?S-GRADUA??O EM ESTUDOS DA LINGUAGEM, 2017. https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/22504.
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Previous issue date: 2017-02-09<br>Este trabalho tem por objetivo realizar uma leitura cr?tica da obra po?tica de Luciene Carvalho, a partir do contexto da hipermodernidade e sob a perspectiva cr?tica dos Estudos de Performance. Com a finalidade de situar tanto os Estudos de Performance, quanto de caracterizar o tipo de sujeito multifacetado que ganha forma nos versos da autora estudada, realizamos inicialmente uma reflex?o a partir de estudiosos como Gilles Lipovetsky (2004, 2005, 2015) e Zygmunt Bauman (1998, 2004, 2007a, 2007b, 2008) sobre a contemporaneidade, optando, ent?o, por defini-la como hipermodernidade, uma nova era hist?rica que tem in?cio em meados da d?cada de 1990 e ? entendida como sendo uma sucess?o da p?s-modernidade. Fruto dessas transforma??es de paradigmas, m?ltiplos contextos precisaram ser erigidos, o que tamb?m exigiu dos sujeitos novas reconfigura??es em seu modo de conectar-se a esses espa?os complexos e n?o poucas vezes contradit?rios. ? nesse ambiente multifacetado que a poeta-performer opta por uma atua??o para al?m do modo usual de rela??o com a escritura e que redundar? em suas performances, uma vez que estas ? conforme pesquisadores como Azevedo (2004 e 2007) e Beigui (2011, 2012 e 2013) ? partem da escrita como uma experi?ncia (corp?rea) sobre a qual inscreve suas textualidades. Ao multifacetar-se, por sua vez, a poeta-performer atrela-se ?s mais variadas e contradit?rias personas, como aquelas que remetem ao erotismo, ? religiosidade, ? bruxaria, ? Lilith ou ? loucura, ressignificando cada um desses elementos conforme seu interesse. Focalizando de perto essas figuras, procuramos demonstrar que o erotismo de que a poeta-performer lan?a m?o n?o se trata de uma pr?tica sem vida ou vazia, mas conforme teorizou Bataille (2014), o erotismo trata-se de um substituto da religi?o na busca de alcan?ar a continuidade num tempo em que as verdades metaf?sicas est?o enfraquecidas. Nesse sentido, a religiosidade formulada no decorrer dos textos de Luciene Carvalho tem, por um lado, aspectos de uma f? morta, ou seja, n?o transcendente, e, por outro lado, a poeta-performer associa-se a ?cones pr?-crist?os ou marginalizados dentro do cristianismo para elaborar um modo peculiar de relacionamento m?stico. Considerando essas caracter?sticas, a loucura da qual a autora tamb?m faz uso complexifica seu repert?rio perform?tico num ambiente de confusa configura??o. Assim, a loucura e seus desdobramentos funcionam, estrategicamente, como pontos de conex?o e justificam as metamorfoses de um sujeito que almeja, de imbricadas formas, significar para o mundo a sua exist?ncia.<br>This work aims to a critical reading of the poetic work of Luciene Carvalho, from the context of hypermodernity and under the critical perspective of Performance Studies. In order to situate both Performance Studies and characterize the type of multifaceted subject that takes form in the verses of the author who is studied, we initially carried out a reflection from scholars as Gilles Lipovetsky (2004, 2005, 2015) and Zygmunt Bauman (1998, 2004, 2007a, 2007b, 2008) on contemporaneity, choosing to define it as hypermodernity, a new historical era that began in the mid-1990s and that is understood as a succession of post-modernity. As a result of these transformations of paradigms, multiple contexts had to be erected, which also required the subjects to reconfigure their way of connecting to these complex and not infrequently contradictory spaces. It is in this multifaceted environment that the poet-performer opts for a performance beyond the traditional mode of relation with the writing and that will result in its performances, since these, according to researchers as Azevedo (2004 and 2007) and Beigui (2011, 2012 and 2013), start from writing as an (bodily) experience on which it inscribes its textualities. The poet-performer, when multifaceted, is linked to the most varied and contradictory personas, such as those that refer to eroticism, religiosity, witchcraft or madness, re-signifying each of these senses according to its interest. Focusing closely on these figures, we try to demonstrate that the eroticism of the poet-performer is not a lifeless or empty practice, but as Bataille (2014) theorized, it is the eroticism of a substitute for religion in the search of attaining continuity at a time when metaphysical truths are weakened. In this sense, the religiosity formulated in the course of Luciene Carvalho's texts has, on the one hand, aspects of a dead faith, in other words, it does not transcend, on the other hand, the poet-performer is associated with pre-Christian or marginalized icons within Christianity to elaborate a peculiar mode of mystical relationship. Considering these characteristics, the madness that the author uses makes complex her repertoire of performance in an environment of confusing configuration. Thus, madness and its developments work, strategically, as points of connection and justify the metamorphoses of a subject that seeks, in imbricated ways, to signify its existence to the world.
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Jung, Soohee. "Sun (1966): Eight Poems in One Movement for Solo Voice and Orchestra By Ned Rorem: Background, Analysis, and Performance Guide." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2012. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc115104/.
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The purpose of the document is to present Ned Rorem’s Sun (1966): Eight Poems in One Movement for Solo Voice and Orchestra. the eight songs are “To the Sun,” “Sun of the Sleepless,” “Dawn,” “Day,” “Catafalque,” “Full Many a Glorious Morning,” “Sundown Lights,” and “From What Can I Tell My Bones?” the document is divided into four main chapters: 1) Background; 2) Poet and Poem Background; 3) Musical Analysis; 4) Performance Guide. Chapter 1 contains biographical information on Ned Rorem, and basic information of the work, Sun. Here, a relationship between the eight songs is presented. Chapter 2 discusses biography of poet and background of the poem. the poetry is examined to determine the theme and to identify imagery, and metaphor. Chapter 3 offers detailed musical analysis for each of the eight songs and interludes. Chapter 4 provides performance guide which offers assistance in forming personal interpretation and brief specifies to singers who wish to perform this work. Appendix a includes tonality, difficulty, tempo, form, theme, range, and orchestration of each song and interlude. This study serves as a reference guide for performers of Sun.
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Caldeirinha, Vítor Manuel dos Ramos. "Influência das características do porto/terminal de contentores no seu desempenho." Doctoral thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/12237.
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Com o presente trabalho de investigação pretende-se determinar o impacto das características do porto e características do terminal de contentores no desempenho do terminal de contentores. Como aumentar o nível de desempenho de um terminal de contentores e explicar o seu sucesso? Os objetivos são analisar a influência da localização do porto (“position-port”), infraestruturas do porto (“hard-port”) e serviços do porto (“soft-port”) no desempenho do terminal e avaliar o efeito das infraestruturas do terminal (“hard-terminal”) e serviços do terminal (“soft-terminal”) no desempenho do terminal. São utilizadas as metodologias DEA – “data envelopment analysis” -, análise de componentes principais, regressão linear e modelo de equações estruturais (SEM). A amostra com 205 observações relativa aos terminais de contentores ibéricos e europeus foi recolhida através de dois inquéritos recorrendo a informação quantitativa e qualitativa de características do porto e terminais. Os resultados verificam a relação entre o desempenho do terminal e diversas variáveis que caracterizam o terminal e o porto e não permitem rejeitar o efeito da localização (“position-port”), infraestruturas do porto (“hard-port”), infraestruturas do terminal (“hard-terminal”), serviços do porto (“soft-port”) e serviços do terminal (“soft-terminal”) no desempenho dos terminais de contentores; ### The present research work aims to determine the impact of the characteristics of the port and the container terminal in the performance of the container terminal. How to increase the performance level of a container terminal and explain it success? The objectives are to analyze the influence of the location of the port (position-port), the port infrastructure (hard-port) and port services (soft-port) in terminal performance and evaluate the effect of the terminal infrastructure (hard-terminal) and terminal services (soft-terminal) in terminal performance. Data envelopment analysis (DEA), factor analysis, linear regression and structural equation modeling (SEM) methodologies are used. The sample with 205 observations on the Iberian and European container terminals was collected through two surveys using quantitative and qualitative information on characteristics of the port and terminals. The results verify the relationship between the performance of the terminal and various variables characterizing the terminal and the port and confirm the effect of the location (position-port), port infrastructure (hard-port), terminal infrastructure (hard-terminal), port services (soft-port) and terminal services (soft -terminal) in the performance of container terminals.
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Aiello, Traoré Flavia. "Continuitiy and change in Zanzibari Taarab performance and poetry." Swahili Forum 11 (2004) S. 75-81, 2004. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A11490.
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Taarab in contemporary Zanzibar currently experiences great changes since the Nineties with the emerging and growing success of modern taarab. This has shocked the fans of the traditional style (taarab asilia) with musical and instrumental innovations, including powerful amplifiers and more danceable rhythms, but also textual innovations, using in their songs, commonly called mipasho, a sort of language and poetical imagery very open and non-disguised (Khamis 2002: 200). The perception of a split between the two musical and poetical styles is widely shared among the artists and fans of traditional taarab, but it actually tends to simplify the dynamics of continuity and change of this art deeply rooted within the social and political life of Zanzibar islands.
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Johnson, R. C. "Changing posts and tenure : a study of performance support structures in a north of England police force 2000-2004." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.417287.
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Ismail, A. B. "The performance of ports on the periphery : the impact of port supply chain integration, sustainability advantage and spatial characteristics." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2016. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3002979/.
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Due to intense competition, ports are desperately searching for new ways to increase performance and gain a sustainable edge into today’s dynamic and competitive business environment. Literature has deeply discussed the performance of large and established ports that hold hub status; however, studies on the performance of small and medium-sized ports (SMPs) are scarce. Even though there are studies pertaining to SMPs, it is more from the port development perspective. Thus, the aim of this study is to investigate the competitive performance of SMPs that are not on the main maritime shipping lanes and face challenges in attracting port users to make port of calls; nevertheless, they are proximate to large hinterland markets, and are thus called ports on the periphery. In particular, this study intends to seek, identify and explore the appropriate potential strategies (identified as spatial characteristics, port supply chain integration strategy, and sustainability advantage) that are able to bring continuous prosperity to the business performance of ports on the periphery; to synthesise the presence of the causal theoretical relationships between identified potential strategies and the performance of ports on the periphery; and to investigate to what extent the identified potential strategies are able to continuously contribute to the performance of such ports. The research philosophy on which this study relies is the positivism paradigm and a questionnaire survey was identified as the most appropriate instrument by which to gather data and information from participants. Port stakeholders such as port/terminal operators, port authorities, shipping lines and freight forwarders that are experts in the port business operations were identified as the relevant individuals or organisations to receive the questionnaire. To analyse the data, standard Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA) in SPSS version 22 was employed. In particular, Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) or preliminary analysis was then conducted in sequence to determine the right statistical analysis technique to be employed, and standard MRA analysis was used to conduct the inferential analysis of the current study. The results show that the spatial characteristics of peripheral ports and the integration strategy of a port into the supply chain play a significant role in adding more sustainability benefits to the transportation supply chain and subsequently contribute to the performance of peripheral ports. The results can be used by peripheral ports as a guideline to promote themselves as a sustainable supply chain network in association with spatial characteristics and the strategy of port supply chain integration. This advantage can be a huge and attractive springboard for such ports to strengthen their performance since regulation on environmental issues has become an important agenda not only among government sectors (regulatory pressures) and non-government organisations (NGOs-communities pressures) but also among suppliers and customers (market pressures-port users) in contending with greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, in particular carbon emissions by logistic activities and operations.
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Arnaud, Busson. "Détermination des états limites des appuis et des isolateurs de ponts dans une approche basée sur la performance sismique." Mémoire, Université de Sherbrooke, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11143/6027.
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L’isolation sismique à la base consiste à introduire un élément flexible dans une structure afin de réduire sa vulnérabilité sismique en découplant son mouvement de celui du sol. Les isolateurs sismiques en caoutchouc représentent un moyen efficace d’apporter cette flexibilité. Cependant, les déplacements importants auxquels ils sont soumis durant un tremblement de terre, combinés aux charges verticales importantes qu’ils doivent supporter en tout temps peuvent induire des problèmes d’instabilité ou de déchirement.
Le présent projet introduit, après une brève revue bibliographique, une étude expérimentale effectuée au laboratoire de structures de l’Université de Sherbrooke sur des spécimens d’isolateurs et d’appuis de ponts à échelle réduite et à échelle réelle. Ces essais de caractérisation des états limites ultimes ont permis de caractériser les phénomènes d’instabilité à l’état déplacé et de rupture par déchirement. L’ensemble des données récoltées a permis de valider un modèle numérique d’isolateurs, développé sur le logiciel d’éléments finis ADINA et de mettre en place des méthodes numériques prédictives d’instabilité et de rupture des appareils d’appui et d’isolation sismique.
Le modèle numérique a été utilisé de manière intensive pour étudier l’influence de la
charge verticale et des principaux paramètres géométriques définissant les appareils sur
leurs états limites ultimes : facteur de forme, élancement et largeur, sur des populations
numériques complètes d’appareils d’appui et d’isolation. L’influence de la largeur a été
particulièrement approfondie pour permettre de présenter les résultats sous une forme
adimensionnelle et pour définir ainsi des abaques de dimensionnement à l’usage des ingénieurs de la pratique. Une comparaison des abaques avec les normes CAN/CSA S6-06 et GSSID/AASHTO en a découlé, montrant notamment que les limites imposées par les normes peuvent être parfois trop sécuritaires ou pas assez selon la géométrie de l’isolateur.
La fin de l’étude est réservée à la définition d’états limites statistiques basés sur la
probabilité qu’un appareil d’une population donnée ait atteint ou non sa valeur de déformation critique. Ainsi, quatre niveaux d’états limites statistiques ont pu être définis pour les appuis, et cinq pour les isolateurs.
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Pham, Hoai Son. "Optimisation et comportement en fatigue de la connexion bois-BFUP pour de nouveaux ponts mixtes." Phd thesis, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, 2007. http://pastel.archives-ouvertes.fr/pastel-00003725.
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On s'intéresse dans cette recherche à la valorisation du matériau bois dans les ouvrages d'art. Le concept retenu est une structure mixte bois-BFUP (Béton Fibré Ultra Performant). Ce type de conception possède des propriétés structurales qui ne sont théoriquement pas atteintes par l'utilisation seule du bois ou du béton. Ici, le béton est utilisé en compression et le bois essentiellement en traction. La résistance élevée du BFUP associée à la performance du bois en flexion permet d'espérer la conception d'ouvrages légers, faciles à construire, et utilisant un minimum de matière non renouvelable. Cependant, dans cette solution, la connexion à l'interface des deux matériaux est toujours un point extrêmement sensible, notamment sous les actions de fatigue. Du comportement de l'interface dépend le taux d'augmentation de la résistance et de la rigidité. Cette thèse présente des études théoriques et expérimentales sur la contribution des systèmes de connexion au comportement global de nouveaux ponts mixtes bois-BFUP. Après le chapitre de synthèse bibliographique, un modèle, appartenant à la famille des Modèles Multiparticulaires des Matériaux Multicouches (M4), est développé. Sa résolution analytique pour le cas de la poutre mixte a été réalisée et validée par un calcul aux éléments finis. On met en évidence la bonne prise en compte des déformations de cisaillement dans les couches et de glissement à l'interface. Dans la partie expérimentale, des essais exploratoires en flexion sur des poutres mixtes, équipées de différents systèmes de connexion couvrant toutes les familles, sont présentés. Les résultats ont montré que la solution par collage entre le bois et le BFUP est bien plus performante que les autres solutions, tant en rigidité qu'en résistance. Un prototype d'un tablier mixte bois-BFUP collé à l'échelle 1/3 a été ensuite conçu et quatre exemplaires ont été réalisés. Les tests ont permis de démontrer la bonne tenue en fatigue de la solution par collage. Les résultats positifs ont ainsi ouvert des perspectives pour de nouveaux ponts mixtes.
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Hong, Lae Hyung. "Ports' supply chain management (SCM) strategies and their impacts on performance : a partial least squares approach on the users of Busan Port." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2009. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/55839/.
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Based on the combined view of Resource Based Theory (RBT) and Supply Chain Management Theory (SCMT), this study aims to investigate the impact of Port Authorities' (PAs') SCM strategies on Port focused Supply Chains' (PSCs) SCM strategies, PSCs' resources, and PSCs' Supply Chain Performance (SCP). Considering the different roles of PAs and private players in ports, the concept 'Port focused Supply Chain' (PSC), including container terminals, inland transport companies and depots, is adopted for the current study. After a literature review and exploratory factor analysis, twelve specific variables, i.e. PAs' 'concessions', 'using IT', 'marketing', 'support for hinterland and FTZ', PSCs' 'vertical integration', 'relationship orientation', 'skills', 'physical 'resources', and PSCs' 'reliability', 'flexibility', 'costs', and 'service effectiveness' were chosen for the PLS (Partial Least Squares) analysis. The questionnaire survey was distributed to 1,208 surveyees, i.e. experts in headquarters, branches, agents of the shipping liner companies and freight forwarders using Korean and Chinese ports. From 12th March to 3rd May 2007,124 responses were collected. It is shown that PAs' 'using IT' strategy can positively affect PSCs' SCP through 'PSCs' relationship orientation', and 'skills'. Among the variables of PSCs' SCM, 'relationship orientation' makes a stronger impact on PSCs' resources than 'vertical integration'. 'Skills' is more powerful in determining PSCs' SCP than 'physical resources'. While 'physical resources' has a significant relationship with two variables (cost and service effectiveness), 'Skills' has positive influences on all the four variables of PSCs' SCP. Singapore's SCP exceeded the SCP scores of other rivals, i.e. Hong Kong, Busan, Shanghai, and Gwangyang port. Except Shanghai port, the container cargo volumes of the other four ports were consistent with their SCP. In conclusion, the implication for PAs can be that PSCs' performance can be improved by utilizing coherent SCM strategies. Further research investigating the impacts of PAs' SCM strategies is recommended.
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Tsai, Wei-Shu. ""A Blossoming Tree": A Study and Interpretive Guide to the Songs of Nan-Chang Chien on Selected Poems of Muren Hsi." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1157550/.
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According to a recent United Nations report, China's population of 1.4 billion represents 19% of the world's entire population of 7.6 billion. As the distance between east and west contracts in business, so too do the arts. This dissertation focuses on six selected contemporary Chinese art songs composed by Nan-Chang Chien. By providing the references of musical facts, synopsis of the poems, word-for-word translation, IPA transcription, poetic translation, and interpretive and performance guides, singers and pianists will have an overall understanding and detailed directions for learning the Chinese language and Chinese art songs. This dissertation also provides the foundation and model for further exploration and research into Chinese art sing literature by scholars in the west.
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Martín, Alcalde Enrique. "Strategies for improving import yard performance at container marine terminals." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/277420.
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The process of containerization and its continuous development involves changes and technological innovations in containerships and maritime container terminals. In the current era of "gigantism", despite existing fleet overcapacity, shipping companies are booking larger and fuel-efficient vessels to benefit from economies of scale and to reduce operating costs. Consequently, port terminals have to cope with unprecedented container volumes and increasing demands, as a result, handling operations are likely to be subject to delay.
In this context, container terminals are dealing with the huge challenge of readjusting themselves in order to, on one hand, improve productivity and level of service offered to the customers (minimize turnaround time) and, on the other hand, to manage terminal handling operations efficiently with the aim of reducing operating costs and becoming more competitive.
Moreover, considering that adapting facilities and terminal infrastructures involves large investment and given the lack of space in many urban ports for expanding the operational area, the improvement of handling operations efficiency is more important than ever. Thus, many efforts are required to improve the productivity of container terminals by introducing efficient solutions and optimization techniques to decision-making processes and, on the other side, introducing technological improvements such as the automation of handling equipment.
In light of this, this thesis is focused on the optimization of handling operations in the storage yard, which is considered to be the most complex terminal subsystem since terminal performance depends on its efficiency.
In particular, it attempts to: (1) determine optimal storage space utilization by considering the yard inventory and congestion effects on terminal performance; (2) introduce new allocating storage strategies with the aim of minimizing the amount of rehandling moves, which are considered to be the most important cause of inefficiency in container yard terminals, and; (3) develop a generic storage pricing schedule to encourage customers to pick up their containers promptly and, as a consequence, reduce the average duration of stay, avoiding yard congestion.
In order to tackle these issues, two different analytical models are introduced in this thesis. The first one aims to forecast storage yard inventory by dealing explicitly with stochastic behavior, yard inventory peaks and seasonal fluctuations. The second one, which is based on probabilistic and statistical functions, is derived to estimate the average number of rehandles when containers with different departure probabilities are mixed in the same stack.
Finally, the numerical experiments presented in this thesis prove the usefulness of the different analytical models, yard design methods, cost models and operative and tactical strategies developed herein. These can be applied by other researchers, planners and terminal operators to optimize the yard handling processes, to improve their efficiency rates and to increase terminal throughput without incurring large investment. By being technically efficient, the terminal will be more cost-efficient as well, resulting in the overall optimization of terminal performance.
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Leprince, François. "Étude de la résistance à la fatigue de connexions soudées d'un pont à poutres hybrides en acier haute-performance dans le contexte canadien." Master's thesis, Université Laval, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/26151.
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Les nombreux avantages de l’acier haute-performance (HPS) ont suscité un grand intérêt pour les structures de ponts aux États-Unis. Il pourrait être aussi bénéfique d’introduire ce matériau moderne au Canada, mais la résistance en fatigue et la viabilité économique n’ont pas été bien caractérisées. Dans le cadre d’un projet de pont spécifique au Canada, un détail critique en fatigue sur une poutre d’acier hybride a été identifié et reproduit à l’échelle réelle. Un programme expérimental a permis de tester quatre (4) échantillons afin de comparer leur résistance avec la norme CAN/CSA (2006). Considérant un nombre de données insuffisantes pour l’instant, il n’est statistiquement pas possible de juger de la réelle résistance en fatigue du détail ciblé. Une étude de coûts a également été complétée. Selon les configurations étudiées, les économies peuvent atteindre 6% à 20% seulement par l’utilisation de poutres hybrides avec HPS, comparativement à des poutres d’acier conventionnelles.<br>The numerous benefits of high performance steel (HPS) raised great interest in bridge structures in the United States. It could be as positive to introduce this modern material in Canada, but the fatigue resistance and economic have not been well characterized. As part of a specific bridge project in Quebec, a critical fatigue detail on a hybrid steel girder has been identified and reproduced to scale. An experimental program was used to test four (4) samples to compare their fatigue strength with CAN/CSA (2006). Considering the insufficient number of data for the moment, is it statistically impossible to specify the actual fatigue resistance of the target detail. A cost study was also conducted. According to the configurations studied, the savings can reach 6% to 20% only by the use of hybrid girders system with HPS, compared to conventional steel girders.
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Pati, Debajyoti. "Maximizing the benefits of courtroom POEs in design decision support and academic inquiry through a unified conceptual model." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/6843.
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Post-occupancy evaluations represent an important missed opportunity. While POEs are often used to inform design guides, and to support facility management, they are seldom used to support design decision-making. While there are several technical, methodological, and cultural impediments to the ongoing use of POE results in design, characteristics of POE data and data structure is an important, and often overlooked, impediment. Some evaluators have attempted to resolve this problem by involving actively as consultants in design teams or involving users, such as Placemaking or Process Architecture. Recent advances in conceptual data modeling provide another strategy to interface POE findings and design decision-making. This thesis uses EXPRESS modeling language to develop a conceptual data structure for POE data, and integrate POE data with as-built building descriptions. While this effort has the potential to develop an improved way to structure POE data and make it more useful, it is also an extension of ISO-STEP. This study develops a data structure based on post-occupancy evaluations of state and federal trial courtrooms conducted by the researcher. Thirty-one courtrooms were evaluated, resulting in usable data from 93 courtroom users in 26 courtrooms. An EXPRESS-G schema was developed and was translated into a relational database for holding data and running queries. The investigator illustrated a range of query-generated outcomes to support decision-making during design and design review. Such outcomes include exploring existing courtrooms, comprehending the types of design decisions implemented across federal and state courtrooms, identifying design decisions that have been rated favorably or otherwise by courtroom users, rating design decisions based on evaluation data from existing courtrooms, and predicting a designed environments supportiveness to task performance. Further, multivariate analysis of the POE data provides the first scientific investigation of courtrooms as work settings. Finally, eight key performance indicators of courtrooms were developed based on the POE data.
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Desplebin, Olivier. "La perception de la performance et de ses déterminants dans les Réseaux Territorialisés d’Organisations : une étude de cas des places portuaires de commerce françaises." Thesis, Le Havre, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015LEHA0019/document.
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La recherche vise à appréhender la perception de la notion de performance par les acteurs composants les Réseaux Territorialisés d’Organisations (RTO), non pilotés par une firme leader, mais comportant des instances de gouvernance stratégique. Malgré une littérature abondante portant sur les RTO, les recherches portant sur la perception de leur performance sont encore émergentes. Soutenue par un cadre interprétatif visant à clarifier ce que peut recouvrir le concept de performance dans un RTO, la recherche, mobilisant la théorie des représentations sociales, explore au moyen de la méthodologie des cartes cognitives les perceptions d’acteurs hétérogènes composant les RTO portuaires français. 36 entretiens ont été menés auprès des acteurs des Grands Ports Maritimes français. Les résultats montrent principalement qu’il existe des représentations partagées assez limitées du point de vue des métas-critères et déterminants de performance, avec toutefois l’existence de logiques communes, déclinées en paradigmes et classes de représentations. Les résultats montrent également la focalisation fréquente des perceptions sur un très faible nombre d’acteurs clés de la chaîne servicielle. L’étude conclut sur les perspectives pour le contrôle de gestion dans ces RTO<br>The research aims to understand the perception of the performance concept by cluster actors. We focus on clusters which are not controlled by a leading firm, but include strategic governance institutions. Despite a vast literature on clusters, researches on the perception of their performance are still emerging. Supported by an interpretative framework to clarify what can cover the concept of performance in a cluster, this research, mobilizing social representation theory, explores the perception of heterogeneous actors composing French seaports, using the methodology of cognitive maps. 36 interviews were conducted with participants of the main French Seaports. The results show that the shared representations are fairly limited in terms of meta-criterias and performance determinants, but identifies common logics, paradigms and representations classes. The results also show that there is a frequent focalisation of the perceptions on very few keys actors involved in the service chain. The study concludes on the management control perspectives in these clusters
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Schmid, Julie M. "Performance, poetics, and place public poetry as a community art /." 2000. http://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/189.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Iowa, 2000.<br>Supervisor: Adalaide Morris. Title-page, preliminaries, Certificate of approval, and Table of contents issued in paper (x, 6 leaves ; 28 cm.). Includes bibliographical references. Also issued on CD-ROM (35 files, 132 megabytes).