Dissertations / Theses: 'Periodism. eng'

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Lima, Carollina Carvalho Ramos de. "Os viajantes estrangeiros nos periódicos cariocas (1808-1836) /." Franca : [s.n.], 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/93230.

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Orientador: Jean Marcel Carvalho França
Banca: Karen Macknow Lisboa
Banca: Denise Aparecida Soares de Moura
Resumo: Propõe-se, nesta pesquisa, refletir sobre a formação do pensamento brasileiro no período que antecede ao denominado Romantismo, destacando a "participação", durante o momento de passagem da colônia para país independente, da literatura de viagem no processo de formação da identidade nacional. Através da leitura de alguns periódicos que circularam no Rio de Janeiro no início do século XIX, mais precisamente entre a chegada da corte (1808) e o lançamento da revista Nitheroy (1836), pretende-se demonstrar como a formação da cultura escrita nacional esteve intimamente ligada à ideia que os europeus tinham dos trópicos. Para tanto, a proposta é mapear em tais periódicos as menções aos viajantes estrangeiros e ao conteúdo de suas narrativas, de modo a conhecer o que a intelectualidade carioca dos primeiros decênios dos oitocentos pensava das imagens do Brasil e dos brasileiros vinculadas nestes escritos
Abstract: The objective of this work is to study the construction of the brazilian thought in the period that is right before the Romantism age, highlighting the participation of the type of literature known as 'travel literature' in the process of construction of the national identity when Brazil was being transformed from a colony into an independent country. Based on journals that were on circulation in the beginning of the 19th century, precisely in the period between the Court arrives in the country (1808) and the release of the magazine "Nitheroy" (1836), and conceiving them as the stands of the construction of the country identity, we aim to show how the formation of the national literature was attached to the idea that european people had about the tropical lands. For that matter, the purpose is to map in this periodics the messages for the foreign travellers and the content of this narratives, such as references, quotes and comments in order to indicate the books that the intelectuals from Rio de Janeiro read in the first decades of the 18th century
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Silva, Ieda Maria Ferreira Nogueira. "A recepção de Franz Kafka em periódicos cariocas e paulistas : 1941-1983 /." Assis : [s.n.], 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/103679.

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Orientador: Marlene Holzhausen
Banca: Valburga Huber
Banca: Lealis Conceição Guimarães
Banca: Diléa Zanotto Manfio
Banca: Ingrid Ani Assmann de Freitas
Resumo: A recepção de Franz Kafka em periódicos cariocas e paulistas: 1941-1983, visa estudar a recepção de Franz Kafka no Brasil, tendo por base os artigos publicados em O Estado de S. Paulo e Folha de S. Paulo, de São e Correio da Manhã e Jornal do Brasil, no Rio de Janeiro, entre 1941 e 1983. Com este estudo podemos notar que muito já se falou de Kafka e muitas foram as interpretações de seus textos: teológicas, biográficas, religiosas, temáticas (absurdo). Nos artigos encontrados, o maior número se encontra em São Paulo, principalmente pela mudança do centro cultural do Rio de Janeiro para São Paulo, quando o Rio de Janeiro deixa de ser capital do país.
Abstract: The reception of Franz Kafka in periodics of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo: 1941- 1983, aim at to study the reception of Franz Kafka in Brazil, having for base the articles published in the O Estado de S. Paulo and Folha de S. Paulo, of São Paulo and Correio da Manhã and Jornal do Brasil, in Rio de Janeiro, between 1941 and 1983. With this study we can notice that much already was said of Kafka and many had been the interpretations of its texts: theological, biographical, religious, thematic (nonsense). Inside of joined articles the biggest number if finds in São Paulo, mainly for the change of the cultural center of Rio de Janeiro for São Paulo, when Rio de Janeiro leaves of being capital of the country.
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Bonilha, Juliana. "Eça de Queirós e a "Gazeta de Notícias" (suplemento literário -1892) /." Assis : [s.n.], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/94015.

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Orientador: Rosane Gazolla Alves Feitosa
Banca: Álvaro Santos Simões Junior
Banca: Elza Assumpção Miné
Resumo: Esta dissertação tem como principal objetivo abordar os seis números do Suplemento Literário, sob a direção de Eça de Queirós, publicado pelo jornal carioca Gazeta de Notícias em (1892). Seu conteúdo dava um panorama cultural da Europa para a elite carioca. Além de notícias sobre aquele momento histórico, o Suplemento trazia, ainda, crônicas queirosianas e textos de escritores como Jaime Batalha Reis, Domício da Gama e do diretor da Gazeta, Ferreira de Araújo. A partir deste estudo, notou-se que o Suplemento entrelaçava duas realidades: a européia, com sua sociedade em um momento posterior à revolução científico-tecnológica de 1870, e a brasileira, especialmente a carioca, a qual passava por um importante momento de transformação, em decorrência da proclamação da República. Por isso, no primeiro capítulo, fez-se uma contextualização da Europa e também do Brasil. O segundo capítulo, por sua vez, traz uma pequena descrição desse periódico e imagens dos exemplares. Já no terceiro e último capítulo, fez-se uma análise de cada uma das seções que compunham o Suplemento Literário e mostrou-se, sucintamente, quais eram os colaboradores que dele participavam. O corpus, digitado e digitalizado durante a pesquisa, aparece neste trabalho como anexo. Efetuou-se a composição de fichas catalográficas ou fichas-resumo, para que se facilitasse o acesso aos artigos que compõem o Suplemento Literário de Eça de Queirós. Ao longo do estudo do Suplemento (18 de janeiro, 08 de fevereiro, 29 de fevereiro, 26 de março, 21 de abril e 13 de junho), trabalhou-se com as fontes primárias... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: This dissertation has as main objective study the six numbers of Suplemento Literário, under the direction of Eça de Queirós, published by Gazeta de Notícias , a Rio de Janeiro's periodical in 1892. It presented Europe's cultural panorama to Rio de Janeiro's high society. Besides news of that historical moment, the Suplemento also contained Eça's chronicles and texts of writers as Jaime Batalha Reis, Domício da Gama and the director of the Gazeta, Ferreira de Araújo. With this study, we noticed that the Supplement interlaced two realities: the European, with it's society at a subsequent moment to the scientific revolution, and the Brazilian, especially from Rio de Janeiro, which lived an important moment of changes, caused by the announcement of the Republic. Therefore, the first chapter consists in a contextualization of Europe and Brazil. The second chapter contains a small description of these periodic and images of it's prints. The third and last chapter, contains an analysis of each one of the sections that composed the Suplemento Literário and reveals, briefly, who were the writers who collaborated with it. The corpus studied, typed and digitalized during the research, appears in this work as an anexus. Catalographic registers were also composed, so that the access to the articles that formed the Suplemento Literário of Eça de Queirós was facilitated. Throughout the study of the Suplemento, (January 18, February 08, February 29, March 26, April 21 and June 13) the primary sources were studied, in microfilms, filed at the Centro de Documentação e Apoio à Pesquisa (CEDAP) at FCL-UNESPAssis. As study methodology of the Suplemento... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Santos, Rinaldo Cavalcante dos. "A Marmota na Corte : recreação e vereda literária no cenário cultural do século XIX (1849-1852) /." Assis : [s.n.], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/94030.

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Orientador: Luiz Roberto Velloso Cairo
Banca: Sílvia Maria Azevedo
Banca: Luciana Brito
Resumo: A presente dissertação é resultado de um processo de mapeamento e análise da gazeta fluminense A Marmota na Corte, cuja circulação se deu entre setembro de 1849 e abril de 1852. Nascida da parceria entre o editor Francisco de Paula Brito e do redator Próspero Ribeiro Diniz, A Marmota na Corte consistiu na primeira fase de um empreendimento que se estenderia até 1861, ano da morte de seu editor. A atividade desse periódico se dá num momento de profunda transição na vida política e cultural do país em meados do século XIX, momento de consolidação da política imperial, da extinção do tráfico negreiro e dos primeiros passos de uma imprensa de feição empresarial. Jornalismo e literatura confundiam-se nos modos de circulação da palavra escrita, de maneira que o primeiro foi decisivo para o desenvolvimento das ideias românticas, visto que o mercado editorial brasileiro ainda era incipiente para a comercialização de livros. Esse estudo propõe ressaltar a relevância da Marmota na Corte na circulação das diferentes vozes que traduziam as convergências e divergências culturais e ideológicas da época.
Abstract: The present dissertation is the result of process of survey and analysis about fluminense journal A Marmota na Corte, which circulation happened between January 1849 and April 1852. From the partnership between the publisher Paula Brito and journalist Próspero Ribeiro Diniz, A Marmota na Corte consisted in the first phase of enterprise which would be extend until 1861, when Paula Brito dead. The activity of this journal happened in the moment of deep transition in the cultural and political live of country in the middle of 19th century, moment of empire politic strengthening, the abolition of slave trade and the first steps of business press. The journalism and the literature mixed up in the circulation of the written word circulation, so that the journalism was decisive for the development of romantic ideas, since the Brazilian editorial market. yet was still thin for the book trade. This study proposes stand out the importance of Marmota na Corte in circulation of different voices that express the cultural and ideological convergences and divergences from that time.
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Silva, César Agenor Fernandes da. "Ciência, técnica e periodismo no Rio de Janeiro (1808-1852) /." Franca : [s.n.], 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/103099.

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Orientador: Jean Marcel Carvalho França
Banca: Dominichi Miranda de Sá
Banca: Luiz Roberto Velloso Cairo
Banca: Márcia Regina Capelari Naxara
Banco: Ricardo Alexandre Ferreira
Resumo: Em 10 de maio de 1808, no Rio de Janeiro, foi revogada a proibição para a instalação e funcionamento de tipografias no Brasil. Surgiram, nesse momento, uma gama variada de escritos e escritores nacionais que formaram, em pouco tempo, uma "literatura nacional" - na concepção mais abrangente do século XIX. Dos prelos da primeira tipografia brasileira, a Impressão Régia, veio à luz uma série muito variada de publicações, que incluíam ofícios, editais, romances, jornais, livros sobre avanços técnicos e científicos, entre tantas outras. A criação dessa tipografia, obra do governo joanino que estava instalado no Rio de Janeiro, não foi um ato isolado, mas fazia parte de um plano que almejava transformar e civilizar o Brasil. A elite intelectual local também aderiu ao plano civilizatório. Após o retorno do monarca para Portugal e a Independência do país, esse projeto foi intensificado. Ferramenta importante destas ações com objetivos civilizatórios foram as revistas de época, que anunciavam, quase sem exceções, em suas introduções, que seu objetivo era o de levar e espalhar a luz entre os homens livres do país. Essas publicações foram importantes na formulação de um discurso acerca do Brasil, do brasileiro e de sua literatura que gradativamente foi sendo absorvido pela sociedade. O presente tem por objetivo compreender as nuances e os contornos do projeto civilizatório para o Brasil veiculado pela imprensa periódica "cultural", produzida no Rio de Janeiro na primeira metade do século XIX, e o papel que a ciência e a técnica ocuparam nesse projeto, tendo em vista que a ciência e a técnica eram sinônimos e extremamente valorizadas no continente Europeu (parâmetro de civilização). Em resumo, pretendemos compreender qual o lugar destas tópicas no pensamento brasileiro oitocentista e sua relação com as práticas sociais
Abstract: On May 10, 1808, in Rio de Janeiro, was revoked the prohibition for the installation and functioning of the press in Brazil. Emerged at that time, a range of national writers and writings that formed in a short time, a "national literature". Since then a varied gamma appeared of national publications that dealt with diverse subjects. The creation of this printing, the work of D. João that government, was not an isolated act, but was part of a plan which sought to convert and civilize Brazil. The intellectuals have also acceded to the plan of civilization. After returning to Portugal of the monarch and the Independence of the country, this project was intensified. Important tool civilizing goals with these actions were the magazines. Most of periodicals, in its introductions, said that its objective one was to take and to spread the illustration between the free men of the country. These publications were important in formulating a discourse about Brazil, the Brazilian and his literature was gradually being absorbed by society. This aims to understand the variety and perimeter of the civilizing project for Brazil reported in the press, produced in Rio de Janeiro in the first half of the nineteenth century and the position that science and technology had in this project. In short, we want to understand what place these topics in nineteenth-century Brazilian thought and its relation to social practices
Resumen: El 10 de mayo de 1808, en Río de Janeiro, fue derogada la prohibición de la instalación y funcionamiento de las imprentas en Brasil. Surgió en ese momento, una serie de escritores nacionales y los escritos que se formaron en poco tiempo, se quedó conocida como una literatura "nacional" - en la perspectiva más amplia del siglo XIX. De las máquinas de imprimir por primera vez en Brasil, la Imprenta Real, salió a la luz una serie de publicaciones variadas, que incluyen cartas, avisos, novelas, periódicos, libros que demostraban los avances técnicos y científicos, entre muchos otros. La creación de esta publicación, quedó a cargo del gobierno de D. Joao VI, que se instaló en Río de Janeiro, lo que no fue un acto aislado, sino parte de un plan que pretendía convertir y civilizar a Brasil. La élite intelectual local también adhirió al plan de la civilización. Con el regreso del monarca a Portugal y después de la independencia del país en septiembre del año 1822, este proyecto se intensificó. Sin embargo, como herramienta importante de esta civilización estuvieron algunas acciones, se publicaron revistas de la época, anunciando que casi sin excepción, en su introducción, su objetivo era llevar y divulgar la luz entre los hombres libres del país. Estas publicaciones fueron importantes en la formulación de un discurso sobre Brasil, el brasileño y su literatura fue siendo gradualmente absorbida por la sociedad. Además, la tesis doctoral tiene por objetivo comprender los matices y los contornos del proyecto civilizador de Brasil, que fuera publicada por la prensa periódica "cultural", producida en Río de Janeiro en la primera mitad del siglo XIX y el papel que la ciencia y la tecnología tenía en este proyecto, observando que la ciencia y la tecnología eran sinónimos y de alto valor en el continente europeo (parámetro de la civilización)
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Siqueira, José Luiz de 1964. "Inspeção periódica de pulverizadores : análise dos erros de calibração e impacto econômico /." Botucatu : [s.n.], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/101944.

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Orientador: Ulisses Rocha Antuniassi
Banca: Paulo Roberto Arbex Silva
Banca: Kléber Pereira Lanças
Banca: Marco Antonio Gandolfo
Banca: Otavio Jorge Grigoli Abi Saab
Resumo: Os objetivos deste trabalho foram analisar os erros dos métodos usuais de calibração dos pulverizadores e quantificar o impacto econômico de problemas detectados na inspeção periódica de pulverizadores nas principais regiões produtoras de grãos no Brasil. A base do trabalho envolveu uma coleta de dados nos moldes do projeto IPP (Inspeção Periódica de Pulverizadores), englobando estudos dos equipamentos de pulverização de propriedades rurais nos Estados do Paraná (PR), Rio Grande do Sul (RS), Mato Grosso do Sul (MS) e Mato Grosso (MT). De posse da base de dados foram desenvolvidos modelos de simulação para avaliação dos métodos de calibração, estimativa de erros e dos prejuízos causados pelos mesmos. Os resultados mostraram que todas as máquinas apresentaram falhas de manutenção e calibração, com destaques para problemas no estado e conservação das pontas de pulverização. No MT 82,4% das pontas de pulverização encontravam-se inadequadas para o uso, seguido de PR com 72,5%, MS com 62,5% e RS 59,3%. Os erros na taxa de aplicação foram significativos, com valores de 70,6% para o PR, 60,2% para o RS, 37,5% para o MS e 61,8% para o MT. No que se refere ao método de calibração, o módulo dos erros médios de leitura do copo calibrador variaram de 1,8% (RS) a 2,7% (PR), enquanto o módulo dos erros médios de calibração do sensor de fluxo dos computadores variou de 5,3% (RS) a 8,8% (MT). A maior freqüência de prejuízos devido a erros de calibração da taxa de aplicação ficou na faixa de R$ 4.000,00 por ano por pulverizador. Entretanto, os fatores ligados a calibração geraram perdas maiores que R$ 10.000,00 por pulverizador por ano em alguns casos. Os problemas de manutenção também causam prejuízos, com grande freqüência de valores até R$ 4.000,00 por ano por pulverizador. De acordo com os resultados obtidos nas coletas de dados e nas simulações... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: The aim of this study was to analyze errors on the sprayer calibration process and to quantify the economic impact of problems detected on periodic inspection of crop sprayers on the main soybean production regions in Brazil. This work was based on the IPP Project (Periodic Inspection of Sprayers) with focus on sprayers used on the States of Paraná (PR), Rio Grande do Sul (RS), Mato Grosso do Sul (MS) e Mato Grosso (MT). After the data collection process, some models were developed in order to analyze the calibration methods and the economic losses related to it. The results showed that all the sprayers presented failures, with emphasis on nozzle problems (82.4% on MT, 72.5% on PR, 62.5% on MS and 59.3% on RS). The frequency of errors on spray volume calibration were 70.6% on PR, 60.2% on RS, 37.5% on MS and 61,8% on MT. On the calibration process, the absolute mean errors on using the measuring cylinder range were 1.8% (RS) to 2.7% (PR), while the absolute mean errors for the calibration of the flow sensor range were 5.3% (RS) to 8,8% (MT). The higher frequency of economic losses related to the calibration process was within R$ 4,000.00 per year per sprayer. However, this value was found higher that R$ 10,000.00 per year per sprayer in some cases. Problems related to maintenance caused losses frequently up to R$ 4,000.00 per year per sprayer. Based on the data collected and the simulation using the models it was concluded that the calibration process based on the measuring cylinder present errors both related to the visual use of it the and the variability of nozzle flow along the boom. The calibration of the sprayers with electronic control showed errors above to those found on the measuring cylinder calibration process and this may be due to a chain of errors that should be further studied. As a general view the calibration process based on the measuring cylinder shower errors that... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Ferreira, Juliana Casarotti. "Revista Colóquio/Letras (nº 1/1971-nº 169/2004) e a crítica literária : Eça de Queirós/Seção "Ensaio" /." Assis : [s.n.], 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/94064.

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Orientador: Rosane Gazolla Alves Feitosa
Banca: Lúcia Correia Marques de Miranda Moreira
Banca: Odil José de Oliveira Filho
Resumo: Partindo da constatação de que a revista portuguesa Colóquio/Letras vem abrigando o que de melhor produziu a crítica literária desde seu surgimento na década de 70, esta dissertação de mestrado analisa, da perspectiva das diversas correntes críticas do século XX, o desenvolvimento do pensamento crítico dos anos 70 até a contemporaneidade. Para tanto, optou-se por eleger como corpus os artigos críticos da seção fixa "Ensaio" da Colóquio/Letras (no período de 1971 a 2004) que abordam a obra de Eça de Queirós, dada a importância do escritor no âmbito da Literatura Portuguesa. O primeiro capítulo do trabalho tem por objetivo dar ao leitor uma visão geral sobre o percurso histórico da publicação portuguesa. Por seu turno, o segundo capítulo apresenta uma síntese das mais conhecidas correntes críticas presentes no século XX, com o intuito de delimitar os principais fundamentos que as diferenciam. O terceiro capítulo investiga os diferentes métodos de crítica utilizados pelos colaboradores da Colóquio na análise da obra de Eça de Queirós. A conclusão da pesquisa sobre Eça de Queirós e a crítica literária na seção "Ensaio" da Colóquio/Letras - desde seu primeiro número - será mostrar que a avaliação de uma obra literária, por meio das diversas correntes críticas, não ocorre pelos mesmos juízos, será mostrar que cada obra artística é "reescrita" ao longo do tempo, além de confirmar a seção "Ensaio" como uma grande depositária do pensamento crítico dos anos 70 até a contemporaneidade.
Abstract: Starting from the statement that the Portuguese magazine Colóquio/Letras has been housing the best production of the literary criticism since its beginning in the decade of 70, this master's dissertation analyses, from the perspective of several critical standpoints of the twentieth century, the critical thinking development from the 70s to contemporaneity. It was chosen to elect as corpus of this research the criticism articles in the regular "Ensaio" section in Colóquio/Letras, in the period from 1971 to 2004, which approaches Eça de Queirós work, given the importance of the writer in the Portuguese literature. The first chapter of this paper aims to give the reader an overview of the Portuguese publishing historical trajectory. The second chapter presents a synthesis of the best known critical standpoints in the twentieth century, in order to delimit the main reasons which differentiate them. The third chapter investigates the different methods of criticism used by Colóquio associates on Eça de Queirós work analysis. The conclusion of the research on Eça de Queirós and literary criticism in "Ensaio" section of Colóquio/Letras since its first publishing will be to present the evaluation of a literary work, through the different critical standpoints, does not occur by the same ways, which each artistic work is rewritten through time, in addition to confirm "Ensaio" section as a big depositary of critical thinking from 70s to contemporaneity.
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Ribeiro, Elisabete Aparecida. "A recepção dos pragmáticos nos periódicos educacionais brasileiros (1944-1964) /." Marília : [s.n.], 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/96374.

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Orientador: Pedro Angelo Pagni
Banca: Divino José da Silva
Banca: Marcus Vinicius da Cunha
Resumo: Segundo alguns trabalhos matriciais da literatura sobre o assunto, o pragmatismo se destacou como uma das correntes filosóficas que mais influenciaram o pensamento educacional brasileiro entre 1930 e 1964, tendo como o seu principal representante no Brasil, Anísio Teixeira. Contudo, tais trabalhos não se aprofundaram sobre a recepção do pragmatismo de Dewey, nos anos subseqüentes ao Estado Novo, quando as interpretações e as apropriações dessa fonte teórica, desenvolvida por esse e por outros educadores brasileiros, tornaram-se mais diversificadas em razão do debate político educacional e pedagógico, ganhando as páginas dos periódicos educacionais, entre 1944 e 1964. Tentando contribuir para a compreensão acerca da recepção do pragmatismo no Brasil, esta pesquisa analisa e discute as matérias publicadas na Revista Brasileira de Estudos Pedagógicos e a revista Educação e Ciências Sociais no período de 1944 e 1964. Desses artigos, foram selecionados tantos para a análise, que resultou na identificação de duas interpretações correntes nos periódicos: uma pautada na obra filosófica e a outra na obra pedagógica do filósofo norte-americano. Dessa análise também se concluiu que o pragmatismo deweyano é apropriado pelos autores brasileiros para abordar os temas relativos ao humanismo, à democracia e à constituição dos saberes sobre a educação, emergentes da realidade educacional da época, demarcando uma posição que não é homogênea nem pode ser unificada.
Abstract: According to some matrical works of literature on the subject, the pragmatism if detached as one of the philosophical chains that had more influenced the Brazilian Educational thought between 1930 and 1964, having as its main representative in Brazil, Anísio Teixeira. However, such works had not been gone deep on the reception of the pragmatism of Dewey, in the subsequent years to the New State, when the interpretations and the appropriations of this theoretical source, developed for this and for other Brazilian educators, they had become more diversified in reason of the debate educational and pedagogical politician, gaining the periodic pages of the educational ones, between 1944 and 1964. Trying to contribute for the understanding concerning the reception of the pragmatism in Brazil, this research analyzes and argues the substances published in the Revista Brasileira de Estudos Pedagógicos and the magazine Educação e Ciências Sociais in the period of 1944 and 1964. Of these articles, as much for the analysis had been selected, that resulted in the identification of two current interpretations in the periodic ones: orientated in the philosophical workmanship and to another one in the pedagogical workmanship of the North American philosopher. Of this analysis also if it concluded that the deweyan pragmatism is appropriate for the Brazilian authors to approach the relative subjects to the humanism, the democracy and the constitution of knowing them on the education, emergent of the educational reality of the time, demarcating a position that is not homogeneous nor can be unified.
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Carvalho, Leonardo Bianco de. "Efeitos de períodos de interferência na comunidade infestante e na produtividade da beterraba /." Jaboticabal : [s.n.], 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/96953.

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Resumo: A interferência das plantas daninhas em agroecossistemas olerícolas é muito intensa em função do sistema de produção das culturas nesse tipo de ambiente. Para o desenvolvimento de programas de manejo das plantas daninhas, estudos ecológicos das comunidades infestantes são de suma importância em razão da vegetação daninha ser conseqüência das condições ecológicas criadas artificialmente pelo homem nos agroecossistemas. O presente trabalho foi desenvolvido com objetivo de realizar estudos fitossociológicos na comunidade infestante da cultura da beterraba de mesa e determinar os períodos críticos de interferência dessa comunidade sobre a cultura quando estabelecida por meio de semeadura direta. Os tratamentos consistiram em períodos semanais crescentes de convivência e controle das plantas daninhas, a partir de 14 dias após a semeadura. A comunidade infestante foi avaliada por meio do número de indivíduos e da matéria seca acumulada correspondente, para cada população de planta daninha e época avaliada. Na comunidade infestante estudou-se a composição específica, a densidade populacional, o acúmulo de matéria seca, os índices fitossociológicos, a diversidade e a similaridade. A cultura foi colhida 91 dias após a semeadura, quando se avaliou o diâmetro transversal e a produção de raízes. Na cultura estudou-se o efeito da interferência das plantas daninhas na produção total de raízes e os períodos críticos de interferência das plantas daninhas sobre a produtividade comercial de raízes. Nos períodos de convivência, Coronopus didymus foi importante pela densidade e acúmulo de matéria seca, no período de crescimento da beterraba, enquanto, no terço final do ciclo, Nicandra physalodes foi importante devido ao acúmulo de matéria seca. Nos períodos de controle, Amaranthus viridis, Galinsoga parviflora e N. physalodes foram importantes pelo ...(Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: Weed interference is very strong in olericultural agroecosystems due to the established crop production system in these environments. Ecological studies of weed communities are extremely important for development of weed management programs because of weeds are a consequency of the ecological conditions unnaturally created by humans in agroecosystems. The objective of this research was to realize phytossociological studies on the weed community of the table beet and to determine the critical periods of interference of this community on the crop when the beet was established by direct sowing. The treatments were weedy and weed-free increased weekly periods, starting 14 days after sowing. The weed community was evaluated based on the number of individuals and their correspondent dry matter accumulation for each weed population and interference time. The weed community was studied based on species composition, population density, dry matter accumulation, phytossociological indexes, diversity and similarity. The beet was gathered 91 days after sowing, evaluating the root transversal diameter and the root production. About the beet crop, it was studied the effects of weed interference on the total root production and the critical periods of weed interference affecting marketable beet yield. Coronopus didymus was important due to density and dry matter accumulation on beet growing period, in weedy periods, while Nicandra physalodes was important due to dry matter accumulation on the thirty part of the crop cycle. Amaranthus viridis, Galinsoga parviflora and N. physalodes was important due to dry matter accumulation, in weed-free periods. The diversity and evenness indexes were characteristic of weed communities of agroecosystems, with more evenness values at the beginning and at the middle of the cycle, and less evenness at the final, when mortality and dry matter accumulation for some species ...(Complete abstract, click electronic access below)
Orientador: Robinson Antonio Pitelli
Coorientador: Arthur Bernardes Cecílio Filho
Banca: Pedro Luis da Costa Aguiar Alves
Banca: Dagoberto Martins
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Santos, Marjory Del Vecchio dos. "Cohomologia de grupos finitos e g-coincidências de aplicações /." São José do Rio Preto : [s.n.], 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/94229.

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Orientador: Maria Gorete Carreira Andrade
Banca: Edivaldo Lopes dos Santos
Banca: Ermínia de Lourdes Campello Fanti
Resumo: O objetivo principal deste trabalho é apresentar em detalhes um estudo sobre dois critérios para G-coincidências de aplicações de um espaço particular X em um CW complexo, onde G é um grupo finito. No primeiro critério G é o grupo cíclico de ordem p, com p um primo ímpar e X é uma esfera de dimensão ímpar. No segundo critério, que estende o primeiro, G é um grupo finito qualquer e X é um CW complexo com o mesmo tipo de homotopia de uma esfera de dimensão ímpar. Para o estudo desses critérios foram necessários alguns resultados da teoria de cohomologia de grupos finitos com ênfase em grupos com cohomologia periódica segundo a teoria de cohomologia de Tate.
Abstract: The main objective of htis work is to present in details a study about two criteria for G-coincidences of maps from a particular spaca X into a CW-complex, where G is a finite group. In the first criterion G is the cyclic group of order p, with p an odd prime and X is an odd dimensional sphere. In the second criterion, wich extends the firt, G is any finite group and X is a CW-complex with the same type of homotopy of an odd dimensional sphere. For the study of those criteria were needed some results from the theory of cohomology of finite groups with emphasis on groups with periodic cohomology according to the Tate cohomology theory.
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Crestani, Jaison Luís. "Machado de Assis e o processo de criação literária : estudo comparativo das narrativas publicadas n'A Estação (1879- 1884), na Gazeta de Notícias (1881-1884) e nas coletâneas Papéis avulsos (1882) e Histórias sem data (1884)." Assis : [s.n.], 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/103629.

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Orientador: Álvaro Santos Simões Junior
Banca: Sílvia Maria Azevedo
Banca: Daniela Mantarro Calippo
Banca: Valentim Aparecido Facioli
Banca: Regina Célia dos Santos Alves
Resumo: Esta tese apresenta um estudo crítico e comparativo dos contos de Machado de Assis publicados entre 1879 e 1884 em três diferentes contextos de produção: a revista A Estação (1879-1884), o jornal Gazeta de Notícias (1881-1884) e as coletâneas Papéis avulsos (1882) e Histórias sem data (1884). Paralelamente ao trabalho de retomada das fontes primárias e das condições de produção literária na imprensa periódica, esta pesquisa propõe um questionamento das duas correntes básicas da fortuna crítica machadiana, que sustentam as teses de que a trajetória criativa de Machado de Assis se define por uma "ruptura radical" ou por um "amadurecimento progressivo" entre as fases de produção. Partindo dessa problematização, pretende-se redefinir as perspectivas de análise de modo a tornar possível a percepção da complexidade do percurso do escritor e dos delineamentos criativos de sua ficção, que evidenciam um movimento alternado entre experimentação, aprimoramento, repetição, descontinuidade e legitimação de soluções temáticas, procedimentos formais e orientações estéticas. Com base na constituição versátil e multiforme assumida pela sua colaboração nesses dois periódicos, propõe-se averiguar a tese de que a criação machadiana se configura a partir das especificidades materiais e das demandas disponíveis em cada contexto (livro, revista e jornal), orientando-se por um transitar simultâneo do autor entre as esferas do passatempo e da artisticidade, do prosaísmo e da complexidade, da reiteração de fórmulas testadas e do esboço de proposições inovadoras
Abstract: This research suggests a critical and comparative study of Machado de Assis's tales published, between the years 1879 and 1884, under three different production contexts: the magazine A Estação (1879-1884), the newspaper Gazeta de Notícias (1881-1884) and the collections Papéis avulsos (1882) and Histórias sem data (1884). In parallel to the duty of searching of the primary sources and the literary production conditions in the periodic press, this research proposes a questioning of the two basical flows of machadiana critical fortune, which sustains the thesis that the creative trajectory of Machado de Assis defines itself by a "radical rupture" or by a "progressive maturing" between the production stages. Starting at this problematic, it's intended to redefine the analysis perspectives in a way to make possible the perception of the complexity of the writer's way and the creative boundaries of his fiction evidencing an alternate movement among the experimentation, enhancing, repetition, noncontinuing and legitimation of the tematic solutions, formal procedures and esthetical orientations. Based on the versatil and multiform constitution assumed by his cooperation in theses two periodics, it's proposed to certify that the machadiana thesis of creation configurates itself under the material especifities and available demandings in each context (book, magazine, newspaper), guiding itself in a simultaneous journey on the author among the espheres of passtime and arsticity, the prozaism and complexity, repetition of tested formulae and the draft of innovative propositions
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Bulhões, Ricardo Magalhães. "A periodização literária : uma análise dos materiais didáticos em dois momentos do século XX /." Assis : [s.n.], 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/103678.

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Orientador: Odil José de Oliveira Filho
Banca: Vera Teixeira de Aguiar
Banca: Maria de Lourdes Zizi Trevisan Perez
Banca: João Luís Cardoso Tápias Ceccantini
Banca: Juvenal Zanchetta Júnior
Resumo: A proposta do presente trabalho é observar algumas visões sobre o ensino da literatura na escola brasileira em dois momentos do Século XX. Num primeiro momento, serão analisados dois materiais didáticos dos mais utilizados no ensino da língua e da literatura nos anos de 1930: os livros Educação Literária, de José Guerreiro Murta (1891-1979), e Autores Contemporâneos, de João Batista de Andrade Fernandes Ribeiro (1860-1934). Em seguida, a investigação sobre os métodos de ensino da literatura direciona-se à atualidade, analisando, também, duas obras didáticas contemporâneas: o livro Novas Palavras, de Emília Amaral, Mauro Ferreira, Ricardo Leite, Severino Antonio, e a Apostila do Curso Anglo, do Ensino Médio.
Abstract: This research was carried out to assess some views about the teaching of literature in Brazilian schools on two occasions of the 20th Century. On the first one, one will analyze two of the most widespread teaching materials for the teaching of language and literature in the 1930s: the textbooks Educação Literária, by José Gerreiro Murta (1891-1979), and Autores Contemporâneos, by João Batista de Andrade Fernandes Ribeiro (1860-1934). Afterwards, the investigation into methods of teaching literature leads us to the current age, also analyzing two contemporary textbooks: Novas Palavras, by Emilia Amaral, Mauro Ferreira, Ricardo Leite, Severino Antonio, and Apostila do Curso Anglo, for Senior High School.
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DeJong, Danica. "Calcium Alleviates Symptoms in Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis by Reducing the Abnormal Sodium Influx." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/23487.

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Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis, HyperKPP, is an inherited progressive disorder of the muscles caused by mutations in the voltage gated sodium channel (NaV1.4). The objectives of this thesis were to develop a technique for measurement symptoms in vivo using electromyography (EMG) and to determine the mechanism by which Ca2+ alleviates HyperKPP symptoms, since this is unknown. Increasing extracellular [Ca2+] ([Ca2+]e) from 1.3 to 4 mM did not result in any increases in45Ca2+ influx suggesting no increase in intracellular [Ca2+] ([Ca2+]i) acting on an intracellular signaling pathway or on an ion channel such as the Ca2+sensitive K+ channels. HyperKPP muscles have larger TTX-sensitive22Na+ influx than wild type muscles because of the defective NaV1.4 channels. When [Ca2+] was increased from 1.3 to 4 mM, the abnormal 22Na+ influx was completely abolished. Thus, one mechanism by which Ca2+alleviates HyperKPP symptoms is by reducing the abnormal Na+ influx caused by the mutation in the NaV1.4 channel.

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Serra, Áurea Esteves. "As associações de alunos das escolas normais do Brasil e de Portugal : apropriação e representação (1906-1927) /." Marília : [s.n.], 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/104803.

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Orientador: Ana Clara Bortoleto Nery
Banca: Pedro Pagni
Banca: Bruno Bontempi Júnior
Banca: Márcia de Paula Gregório Razzini
Banca: Joaquim Pintassilgo
Resumo: A partir da seleção de cinco periódicos (jornais e revistas) organizados por normalistas de duas Escolas Normais do Brasil e de três de Portugal, no período de 1906 a 1927, esta tese tem como objetivo compreender e analisar as associações de alunos existentes nessas escolas nesse período. São analisados os periódicos brasileiros: Excelsior, revista do Grêmio Normalista "22 de Março", da Escola Normal de São Carlos-SP; O Estimulo, revista do Grêmio Normalista "2 de agosto", da Escola Normal da Capital-SP; e os periódicos portugueses: O Alvorecer, quinzenário pedagógico da Escola Normal do Porto; Educação Feminina, jornal do Órgão das Normalistas de Lisboa, da Escola Normal Primária de Lisboa e Os Novos, revista da Associação dos Alunos da Escola Normal Primária de Coimbra. Trabalhando numa perspectiva comparada, o procedimento dessa análise, se centra nos dispositivos tipográficos e nos conteúdos dos artigos dos periódicos, tendo como eixo metodológico as idéias de Roger Chartier, Michel de Certeau e Carlo Ginzburg. Os resultados obtidos confirmam que esses periódicos funcionaram como dispositivo e normatização da formação de professores nas respectivas Escolas Normais através das associações de alunos. No Brasil trata-se de um projeto de formação controlado pela administração pública e em Portugal um projeto pautado no desenvolvimento do self-government.
Abstract: From the selection of five periodics (newspapers and magazines) organized by two normale students from Brazil and three from Portugal, in the period of 1906 until 1927, this thesis has as objective understand and analyze the student's associations in this period of time. Are analyzed Brazilians' periodic: Excelsior, magazines of Gremio Normalista "22 de março" Normal School from São Carlos - SP; O Estimulo, Magazine of Grêmio Normalista "2 de agosto" from Normal School of capital - SP; and portugueses' periodics: O Alvorecer, a fortnight pedagogical of Normale School from Porto; Educação feminina, periodical from Órgão das Normalistas de Lisboa, of the Primary Normal School from Lisboa and Os novos, magazine of the students association of Primary Normal School from Coimbra. Working on a comparative perspective, the procedure of such analysis, focuses on typographical devices and on the content of periodical articles of the periodics ones are considered, having as methodologic axle the ideas of Roger Chartier, Michel de Certeau and Carlo Ginzburg. The results confirm that these periodics had functioned as normatization of the formation of teachers in the respective Normal Schools through the student associations. In Brazil it is a training project controlled by public administration and in Portugal a project based on the development of self government.
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Tang, Xiafei. "Periodic disturbance rejection of nonlinear systems." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2012. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/periodic-disturbance-rejection-of-nonlinear-systems(0bddefd9-2750-47fd-8c92-c90a01b8e1ef).html.

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Disturbance rejection is an important topic in control design since disturbances are inevitable in practical systems. To realise this target for nonlinear systems, this thesis brings in an assumption about the existence of a controlled invariant mani- fold and a Desired Feedforward Control (DFC) which is contained in the input to compensate the influence of disturbances. According to the approximation property of Neural Networks (NN) that any periodic signals defined in a compact set can be approximated by NN, the NN-based disturbance approximator is applied to approximate the DFC. Algorithmically, two important types of NN approximators that are Multi-layer Neural Networks (MNN) and Radial Basis Function Neural Networks (RBFNN) are presented in detail.In this thesis, a variety of nonlinear systems in standard canonical form are looked into. These forms are the output feedback form, the extended output feedback form, the decentralised output feedback form and the partial state feedback form. For these systems, four types of uncertainties are mainly considered. The first one is the disturbance that can be eliminated by the DFC. Secondly, the parameter uncertainty is taken into account. To get rid of this uncertainty, the adaptive control technique is employed for the estimation of unknown parameters, e.g. the NN gain matrix. The third one is the nonlinear uncertainty. For the case that nonlinear uncertainties are polynomials, it has a bound consisting of an unknown constant and a function of the regulated error such that this uncertainty can be also treated as the parameter uncertainty. Delay is the last type of uncertainty. Particularly, the delay is supposed to appear in output only. This uncertainty can be eliminated together with the nonlinear uncertainty. To establish the closed- loop stability, a Lyapunov-Krasovskii function is invoked. In addition, due to the requirement of the system structure or the stability analysis, some general control techniques are also involved such like the backstepping control and the high gain control.Throughout the results are illustrated by simulations.

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Almutawa, Ahmad Tariq. "Log-Periodic Microstrip Patch Antenna Miniaturization Using Artificial Magnetic Conductor Surfaces." Scholar Commons, 2011. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/2982.

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Microstrip patch antennas are attractive for numerous military and commercial applications due to their advantages in terms of low-profile, broadside radiation, low-cost, low-weight and conformability. However, the inherent narrowband performance of patch antennas prohibits their use in systems that demand wideband radiation. To alleviate the issue, an existing approach is to combine multiple patch antennas within a log-periodic array configuration. These log-periodic patch antennas (LPMAs) are capable of providing large bandwidths (>50%) with stable broadside radiation patterns. However, they suffer from electrically large sizes. Therefore, their miniaturization without degrading the bandwidth performance holds promise for extending their use in applications that demand conformal and wideband installations. In recent years, electromagnetic band gap structures have been proposed to enhance the radiation performances of printed antennas. These engineered surfaces consist of a periodic arrangement of unit cells having specific metallization patterns. At particular frequencies, they provide a zero-degree phase shift for reflected plane waves and effectively act as high impedance surfaces. Since, their band-limited electromagnetic field behavior is quite similar to a hypothetical magnetic conductor; they are also referred to as artificial magnetic conductors (AMCs). AMC structures were shown to allow lower antenna profile, larger bandwidth, higher gain, and good unidirectional radiation by alleviating the field cancellation effects observed in ground plane backed antenna configurations. Previous research studies have already demonstrated that microstrip patch antennas can enjoy significant size reductions when placed above the AMC surfaces. This project, for the first time, investigates the application of AMCs to LPMA configurations. Specifically, the goal is to reduce the LPMA size while retaining its highly desired large bandwidth performance. To accomplish this, we employ various AMC surface configurations (e.g. uniform, log-periodic) under traditional LPMAs and investigate their performance in terms of miniaturization, bandwidth, gain, and radiation patterns.

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Kambisseri, Roby Neelu. "Wireless communication using metasurfaces for condition monitoring in motor." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-246051.

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Wireless sensors are used widely for condition monitoring in electric machines. The metal enclosure of an electric motor restricts the signal from sensors to radiate outside. The signal from the metal cavity needs to be guided to the only opening in the enclosure, through a narrow gap between the stator and the rotating rotor. Gap waveguide technology is proposed as a solution by texturing the stator surface with electromagnetic band gap (EBG) structures. Arrays of periodic holey structures are used to realize the metasurface waveguide. Two Bravais lattice structures – square and hexagonal, are explored for guiding waves along a desired path in a parallel plate waveguide. Simulations are carried out to study the influence of various dimensions of the unit cells. A waveguide with hexagonal hole-type unitcell is designed and manufactured for experimental verification. The possibility of extending the same technology to cylindrical surface is confirmed by simulations.
Trådlösa sensorer används allmänt för tillståndsövervakning i elektriska maskiner. Metallhöljet hos en elektrisk motor begränsar signalen från sensorerna från att stråla utåt. Signalen från metallhåligheten behöver styras till den enda öppningen i höljet, genom ett smalt mellanrum mellan statorn och den roterande rotorn. Gap-vågledarteknik föreslås som en lösning genom att strukturera statorytan med elektromagnetiska bandgap-strukturer (EBG). Arrayer av periodiskt håliga strukturer används för att realisera metayt-vågledare. Två Bravais gitterkonstruktioner –kvadratiska och sexkantiga, undersöks för styrning av vågor längs en önskad väg i en parallellplattvågledare. Simuleringar utförs för att studera påverkan av olika dimensioner hos enhetscellerna. En vågledare med hexagonal håltypsenhetscell är konstruerad och tillverkad för experimentell verifiering. Möjligheten att utvidga samma teknik till cylindrisk yta bekräftas genom simuleringar.

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Noorzadeh, Saman. "Extraction de l'ECG du foetus et de ses caractéristiques grâce à la multi-modalité." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015GREAT135/document.

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La surveillance de la santé foetale permet aux cliniciens d’évaluer le bien-être du foetus,de faire une détection précoce des anomalies cardiaques foetales et de fournir les traitementsappropriés. Les développements technologies actuels visent à permettre la mesurede l’électrocardiogramme (ECG) foetal de façon non-invasive afin d’extraire non seulementle rythme cardiaque mais également la forme d’onde du signal. Cet objectif est rendudifficile par le faible rapport signal sur bruit des signaux mesurés sur l’abdomen maternel.Cette mesure est donc toujours un challenge auquel se confrontent beaucoup d’études quiproposent des solutions de traitement de signal basées sur la seule modalité ECG.Le but de cette thèse est d’utiliser la modélisation des processus Gaussiens pour améliorerl’extraction des signaux cardiaques foetaux, dans une base multi-modale. L’ECG est utiliséconjointement avec le signal Phonocardiogramme (PCG) qui peut apporter une informationcomplémentaire à l’ECG. Une méthode générale pour la modélisation des signauxquasi-périodiques est présentée avec l’application au débruitage de l’ECG et à l’extractionde l’ECG du foetus. Différents aspects de la multi-modalité (synchronisation, · · · ) proposéesont étudiées afin de détecter avec plus de robustesse les battements cardiaques foetaux.La méthode considère l’application sur les signaux ECG et PCG à travers deux aspects:l’aspect du traitement du signal et l’expérimental. La modélisation des processus Gaussien,avec le signal PCG pris comme la référence, est utilisée pour extraire des modèles flexibleset des estimations non linéaires de l’information. La méthode cherche également à faciliterla mise en oeuvre pratique en utilisant un codage 1-bit des signaux de référence.Le modèle proposé est validé sur des signaux synthétiques et également sur des donnéespréliminaires réelles qui ont été enregistrées afin d’amorcer la constitution d’une base dedonnées multi-modale synchronisée. Les premiers résultats montrent que la méthode permettraà terme aux cliniciens d’étudier les battements cardiaques ainsi que la morphologiede l’ECG. Ce dernier aspect était jusqu’à présent limité à l’analyse d’enregistrements ECGinvasifs prélevés pendant l’accouchement par le biais d’électrodes posées sur le scalp dufoetus
Fetal health must be carefully monitored during pregnancy to detect early fetal cardiac diseases, and provide appropriate treatment. Technological development allows a monitoring during pregnancy using the non-invasive fetal electrocardiogram (ECG). Noninvasive fetal ECG is a method not only to detect fetal heart rate, but also to analyze the morphology of fetal ECG, which is now limited to analysis of the invasive ECG during delivery. However, the noninvasive fetal ECG recorded from the mother's abdomen is contaminated with several noise sources among which the maternal ECG is the most prominent.In the present study, the problem of noninvasive fetal ECG extraction is tackled using multi-modality. Beside ECG signal, this approach benefits from the Phonocardiogram (PCG) signal as another signal modality, which can provide complementary information about the fetal ECG.A general method for quasi-periodic signal analysis and modeling is first described and its application to ECG denoising and fetal ECG extraction is explained. Considering the difficulties caused by the synchronization of the two modalities, the event detection in the quasi-periodic signals is also studied which can be specified to the detection of the R-peaks in the ECG signal.The method considers both clinical and signal processing aspects of the application on ECG and PCG signals. These signals are introduced and their characteristics are explained. Then, using PCG signal as the reference, the Gaussian process modeling is employed to provide the possibility of flexible models as nonlinear estimations. The method also tries to facilitate the practical implementation of the device by using the less possible number of channels and also by using only 1-bit reference signal.The method is tested on synthetic data and also on real data that is recorded to provide a synchronous multi-modal data set.Since a standard agreement for the acquisition of these modalities is not yet taken into much consideration, the factors which influence the signals in recording procedure are introduced and their difficulties and effects are investigated.The results show that the multi-modal approach is efficient in the detection of R-peaks and so in the extraction of fetal heart rate, and it also provides the results about the morphology of fetal ECG

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Hamadeh, Lina. "Periodically integrated models : estimation, simulation, inference and data analysis." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/periodically-integrated-models-estimation-simulation-inference-and-data-analysis(f7b345e9-bad7-424a-9746-bfe771d7ba8c).html.

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Periodically correlated time series generally exist in several fields including hydrology, climatology, economics and finance, and are commonly modelled using periodic autoregressive (PAR) model. For a time series with stochastic periodic trend, for which a unit root is expected, a periodically integrated autoregressive PIAR model with periodic and/or seasonal unit root has been shown to be a satisfactory model. The existing theory used the multivariate methodology to study PIAR models. However, this theory is convoluted, majority of it only developed for quarterly time series and its generalisation to time series with larger number of periods is quite cumbersome. This thesis studies the existing theory and highlights its restrictions and flaws. It provides a coherent presentation of the steps for analysing PAR and PIAR models for different number of periods. It presents the different unit roots representations and compares the performance of different unit root tests available in literature. The restrictions of existing studies gave us the impetus to develop a unified theory that gives a clear understanding of the integration and unit roots in the periodic models. This theory is based on the spectral information of the multi-companion matrix of the periodic models. It is more general than the existing theory, since it can be applied to any number of periods whereas the existing methods are developed for quarterly time series. Using the multi-companion method, we specify and estimate the periodic models without the need to extract complicated restrictions on the model parameters corresponding to the unit roots, as required by NLS method. The multi-companion estimation method performed well and its performance is equivalent to the NLS estimation method that has been used in the literature. Analysing integrated multivariate models is a problematic issue in time series. The multi-companion theory provides a more general approach than the error correction method that is commonly used to analyse such time series. A modified state state representation for the seasonal periodically integrated autoregressive (SPIAR) model with periodic and seasonal unit roots is presented. Also an alternative state space representations from which the state space representations of PAR, PIAR and the seasonal periodic autoregressive (SPAR) models can be directly obtained is proposed. The seasons of the parameters in these representations have been clearly specified, which guarantees correct estimated parameters. Kalman filter have been used to estimate the parameters of these models and better estimation results are obtained when the initial values were estimated rather than when they were given.

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Eguchi, Kana. "Easy-to-Use Biosignal Monitoring: Wearable Device for Muscle Activity Measurement during Sleep in Daily Life." Doctoral thesis, Kyoto University, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/253414.

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京都大学
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新制・課程博士
博士(情報学)
甲第22578号
情博第715号
新制||情||123(附属図書館)
京都大学大学院情報学研究科社会情報学専攻
(主査)教授黒田知宏, 教授守屋和幸, 教授吉川正俊
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Doctor of Informatics
Kyoto University
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Kingery, Kathleen M. B. A. "Brain Activity During Periods of Longer Reaction Times: Event-Related Potential Comparisons of Children With and Without ADHD." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1504869304401252.

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Alomair, Reem. "Periodic orbits in some classes of Hamiltonian systems with symmetry." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/periodic-orbits-in-some-classes-of-hamiltonian-systems-with-symmetry(b49695cf-aec7-4ae8-b4f3-68cb24d15829).html.

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We study the existence of families of periodic orbits near a symmetric equilibrium point in different classes of Hamiltonian systems with symmetry. We centre our attention to special types of symmetry less-studied in the literature, such as systems with (semi-)invariant Hamiltonian and reversible equivariant Hamiltonian systems, when the linearisation has two pairs of purely imaginary eigenvalues. In each case, we provide normal forms for the symmetries, the linear structure map and the linearisation. Moreover, the existence of symmetric and non-symmetric periodic orbits is proved. Another result we found is the classification of Hamiltonian systems with dihedral symmetry, of order eight, with all different possible combinations of time-reversing and symplectic-reversing actions. The method used in finding periodic orbits is the Liapunov-Schmidt reduction. The symmetry plays a vital role in determining the set of (semi-)invariants, in order to write the reduced problem and then to distinguish the solutions according to their symmetry type.

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Slavica, Marković. "Књижевно дело Павла Марковића Адамова." Phd thesis, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Filozofski fakultet u Novom Sadu, 2019. https://www.cris.uns.ac.rs/record.jsf?recordId=110789&source=NDLTD&language=en.

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У раду је представљен целокупни књижевни опус заборављеног писца Павла Марковића Адамова, једног од зачетника српске реалистичке приповетке и оснивача и првог уредника Бранковог кола – листа за забаву, поуку и књижевност, у циљу превредновања његовог књижевног дела, како би Адамов, коначно, добио место које му припада у историји српске књижевности.
U radu je predstavljen celokupni književni opus zaboravljenog pisca Pavla Markovića Adamova, jednog od začetnika srpske realističke pripovetke i osnivača i prvog urednika Brankovog kola – lista za zabavu, pouku i književnost, u cilju prevrednovanja njegovog književnog dela, kako bi Adamov, konačno, dobio mesto koje mu pripada u istoriji srpske književnosti.
The thesis represents the complete literary corpus of the forgotten author Pavle Marković Adamov, one of the pioneers of the Serbian realism short stories and the founder and first editor of ᾽Brankovo kolo᾿ - a paper for fun, learning and literature. The aim of the thesis is to bring his literary works back to light and give them proper appreciation, so that Adamov will finally be given the spot that he deserves in the history of Serbian literature.

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Willoughby, Natasha. "Dynamic homogenization for the elastic properties of periodic and random composites." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2013. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/dynamic-homogenization-for-the-elastic-properties-of-periodic-and-random-composites(da82e607-bc1f-40e9-8e62-ec5fbca1f68f).html.

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In this thesis we are interested in the propagation of low-frequency linear elastic waves through composite materials. We use a variety of dynamic homogenization techniques to find the effective elastic properties of some composites. We consider composites with isotropic phases for ease of exposition but the theory could easily be extended to anisotropic inclusions or host.We use a Representative Volume Element approach with the Method of Asymptotic Homogenization to model a random fibre-reinforced composite. The fibres are all aligned in the same direction and are taken to be of infinite extent, so the composite is essentially two-dimensional. For a random composite we have considered the anti-plane case for SH wave propagation and the in-plane case for P and SV elastic wave propagation, extending the previous published work of Parnell and Abrahams (2006), (2008a), in which a periodic fibre-reinforced composite was studied. We also show, for a simple example, that it is possible to extend the Representative Volume Element method to a three-dimensional particulate composite.In this thesis an Integral Equation Method for homogenization is also studied, with application to periodic fibre-reinforced composites. We have extended the work of Parnell and Abrahams (2008b), which considered SH wave propagation only, to the case of P and SV wave propagation.

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Masson, Isla MacMarquis. "The long-term impact of short periods of imprisonment on mothers." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2014. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-longterm-impact-of-short-periods-of-imprisonment-on-mothers(eab8d31e-4609-4836-9969-3fe627aff7c5).html.

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This research examines how even an initial short period in prison negatively impacts mothers and their children. It involves a series of semi-structured interviews with 16 mothers during and post-custody; looking at the different ways in which multiple aspects of their lives are negatively affected for longer periods than their incarceration. It is argued that prison often increases the social disadvantages that many of the women encounter on a day-to-day basis. Based on this research it is suggested that the morally significant harms of prison need to be considered at the time of sentencing. Incarceration is not just about a temporary loss of liberty, even short terms in prison have longer multi-dimensional consequences. The thesis will begin by looking at the use of remand for women as well as examining the sentencing rationales for the use of short sentences. It will explore the problems with these forms of punishment, particularly for non-violent, and often vulnerable, women. It will be argued that these women experience multiple pains of incarceration, often compounded by the short period in which they are imprisoned. It will be suggested that their feelings of injustice may affect whether they are able to embrace any opportunities in prison and address feelings of guilt. The thesis will also examine these mothers’ experiences post-custody, describing which problems are on-going, which are resolved and what new unexpected problems arise. Given that they are mothers, their understanding of the harm of the separation to their children will also be explored. It will be concluded that the punishment should be balanced against the rights of mothers and their children. As such the use of short sentences for women should be significantly reduced, however if they continue to be used there need to be a series of changes to minimise the harms caused to this group.

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Padilla, Pardo Marta. "A simulation tool for the analysis and design of leaky wave antennas in laterally shielded planar technology with application to metamaterials." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2012. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/9858.

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Leaky-waves have been a topic of increasing interest in the last years, with diverse practical applications in many different engineering fields. From periodic, FSS, EBG or even metamaterial leaky-wave based antennas to waveguide filters and higher efficiency energy guiding, they all share a common base structure: a travelling-wave propagating within a metal encapsulation, that can be open or closed, and altered by a planar metallization of periodic nature, from which the energy may radiate. Due to the fact that these antennas are usually electrically large and the periodic printed circuit requires a certain grade of complexity, 3D commercial software is prohibitively time consuming. Also, the homebrew methods developed up to this day are either not rigorous and accurate enough or unable to deal with complex periodic geometries. At this point, the evolution of leaky-wave antennas needs a solid, efficient and versatile tool where to base the future design research on. In this work a novel simulation tool for waveguide embedded leaky-wave antennas is presented. It is based on a full-wave Method of Moments applied to the spectral domain Green Functions for a rigorous modal analysis of the finite structure. The use of Subdomain basis functions allows the software to model complex periodic geometries, overcoming a main limitation, and the analytical nature of the method combined with its 2.5D approach, results in a significant computing time reduction. It is built on a modular coding philosophy and provided with a user-friendly graphical interface, and an intuitive working procedure, making the program not only fast and accurate, but also easy to use and extend to new geometries. Finally, it is remarkable the educational potential of this new analysis software, since it identifies higher order effects as bandgaps and multi-harmonic radiation from a complete and simple modal approach.

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Ribeiro, Jeferson Corrêa. "Estudo genético de períodos parciais de produção de ovos em codornas de corte." Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 2010. http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/4744.

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The objective of this study was to estimate genetic and phenotypic parameters for egg production and egg mass in meat-type quails and to propose an optimal age for selection of meat-type quails through egg production and egg mass ratio. The data used for this study came from 3.503 female meat-type quails, (UFV1: 1.811 quails; UFV2: 1.692 quails) of the Breeding Program for Poultry, at Federal University of Viçosa. Laying was assessed by the number of eggs produced from the 42th day of life on. For the study on egg production, the traits analyzed were: partial periods of egg production until 77 days (N77), 112 days (N112), 147 days (N147), 182 days (N182) and total production period of 407 days (N407) through the use of a single and bi-trait animal model. For the study on egg mass, the characteristics analyzed were: egg mass in partial periods until 77 days (M77), 112 days (M112), 147 days (M147), 182 days (M182), and egg mass in the total period of 407 days (M407). To analyze the efficiency of selection in each partial period, in relation to the total period, it was used the relative efficiency. For the egg production trait, considering the genetic group UFV1, heritability for N77, N112, N147, N182 and N407 were 0.03, 0.06, 0.07, 0.08, and 0.16, respectively. The estimate of genetic correlation was higher between N112 and N407 (0.64). For other partial periods (N77xN407, and N147xN407 N182xN407), the values of genetic correlation ranged from 0.34 to 0.49. For the genetic group UFV2, the heritabilities for N77, N112, N147, N182 and N407 were, respectively, 0.20, 0.23, 0.25, 0.25, and 0.22. The correlation between each partial period with the total period presented median values ranging from 0.44 to 0.47. The relative efficiency for both genetic groups did not exceed the unity. The highest value found for the genetic group UFV1 was 0.4 during the period N112. For the genetic group UFV2, the highest relative efficiency was 0.49 for the periods N147 and N182. Considering the trait egg mass, the genetic group UFV1 obtained heritability values equal to 0.58 (M77), 0.59 (M112), 0.57 (M147), 0.59 (M182) and 0.24 (M407 ). The values for genetic correlations were medium, ranging from 0.51 (M77xM407) to 0.61 (M112xM407, M147xM407). For the genetic group UFV2, the heritabilities were of low magnitude: 0.05 (M77), 0.03 (M112), 0.04 (M147), 0.05 (M182) and 0.11 (M407). The values for genetic correlation ranged from 0.61 (M112xM407) to 0.93 (M77xM407). The highest relative efficiency value (0.96) was found during the period M112, to the genetic group UFV1, and 0.62 in the period M77 to the genetic group UFV2. Thus, the partial periods for egg production would be important to assist in the selection of meat-type quails, but the selection would be more efficient considering the total production. However, the use of selection through the mass of eggs until 112 days would be particularly interesting for genetic group UFV1, because the efficiency was close to the unity and the generation interval would be greatly reduced. For the group UFV2, even if it has presented low values of relative efficiency, it would only benefit from the reduction in generation interval for selection through the mass of eggs in the partial period until 77 days because it would allow three generations per year.
Objetivou-se nesse trabalho estimar parâmetros genéticos e fenotípicos para produção de ovos e massa de ovos em codornas de corte e propor uma idade ideal para seleção de codornas de corte através da produção de ovos e massa de ovos. Os dados utilizados para esse estudo são provenientes de 3503 codornas de corte, sendo 1811 fêmeas UFV1 e 1692 fêmeas UFV2, pertencentes ao Programa de Melhoramento Genético de Aves da Universidade Federal de Viçosa. A postura foi avaliada por meio do número de ovos a partir do 42º dia de vida. Para o estudo sobre produção de ovos, as características analisadas foram períodos parciais de produção de ovos até 77 dias (N77), até 112 dias (N112), até 147 dias (N147), até 182 dias (N182) e período de produção total até 407 dias (N407), através do modelo animal uni e bicaracterístico. Para o estudo sobre massa de ovos, as características analisadas foram massa de ovos em períodos parciais até 77 dias (M77), até 112 dias (M112), até 147 dias (M147), até 182 dias (M182) e massa de ovos no período total, até 407 dias (M407). Para analisar a eficiência de seleção em cada período parcial em relação ao período total, foi utilizada a eficiência relativa. Para a característica produção de ovos, considerando o grupo genético UFV1, as herdabilidades para N77, N112, N147, N182 e N407 foram respectivamente, 0,03, 0,06, 0,07, 0,08 e 0,16. A estimativa de correlação genética mais alta foi entre N112 e N407 (0,64). Para os outros períodos parciais (N77xN407, N147xN407 e N182xN407), os valores de correlação genética variaram de 0,34 a 0,49. Para o grupo genético UFV2, as estimativas de herdabilidades para N77, N112, N147, N182 e N407 foram respectivamente, 0,20, 0,23, 0,25, 0,25 e 0,22. A correlação genética entre cada período parcial com o período total apresentou valores medianos variando de 0,44 a 0,47. A eficiência relativa para ambos os grupos genéticos não ultrapassaram a unidade. O maior valor encontrado para o grupo genético UFV1 foi de 0,4 no período parcial N112. Para o grupo genético UFV2, o maior valor de eficiência relativa foi de 0,49 para os períodos parciais N147 e N182. Considerando a característica massa de ovos, o grupo genético UFV1 obteve valores de herdabilidade iguais a 0,58 (M77), 0,59 (M112), 0,57 (M147), 0,59 (M182) e 0,24 (M407). Os valores de correlação genética foram medianos, variando de 0,51 (M77xM407) a 0,61 (M112xM407, M147xM407). Para o grupo genético UFV2, as estimativas de herdabilidades foram de baixa magnitude sendo 0,05 (M77), 0,03 (M112), 0,04 (M147), 0,05 (M182) e 0,11 (M407). Os valores de correlação genética variaram de 0,61 (M112xM407) a 0,93 (M77xM407). O maior valor de eficiência relativa encontrado foi de 0,96 no período parcial M112, para o grupo genético UFV1 e 0,62 no período parcial M77, para o grupo genético UFV2. Desta forma, os períodos parciais para produção de ovos seriam importantes para auxiliar no processo de seleção de codornas de corte, mas a seleção seria mais eficiente considerando a produção total. Entretanto, o uso da seleção através da massa de ovos até 112 dias seria particularmente interessante para o grupo genético UFV1, pois a eficiência foi próxima da unidade e o intervalo de geração seria bastante reduzido. Para o grupo genético UFV2, mesmo que tenha apresentado valores de eficiência relativa baixos, se beneficiaria apenas da redução no intervalo de geração para a seleção através da massa de ovos no período parcial até 77 dias, pois possibilitaria três gerações por ano.

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Hrynczenko, Iwona. "A periodic table of movements : two reference frameworks for quantifiable emotion, a practice based investigation of human expressive movement and gesture." Thesis, University of Dundee, 2014. https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/74fa96d6-d344-40dc-a721-94399ae71468.

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The development of sensor-based technologies has opened up avenues for a dialogue between the body and digital spaces, uncovering new possibilities for cross-disciplinary projects and engagements that demand new methods compatible with the ethos of embodied practices, which, in turn, require new approaches and tools. This research seeks to address this need by examining the quantifiability and visual properties of embodied emotion through a multi-layered study of human movement and gesture. It is an elaboration of scientific and artistic research methods, intended to answer the following principal question and related sub-questions: How can emotions, expressed via whole-body movement be visually documented and archived as a reference framework to stimulate the use and studies of expressive gesture in digital environments? As a consequence the following sub-questions become relevant for this research: The first, ontological in its nature; what is expressed emotion? And the second, methodological; how can bodily expressed emotions be visualised and quantified? To answer these questions, the research is divided into three parts. Drawing on phenomenological interpretative inquiry and heuristic methodology, whole-body emotive expressions are documented and analysed from multiple perspectives: body, expressiveness, time, space volume and their correlations. The first part contains information related to video data collection and the database design. The second part describes silhouette extractions of whole body emotive expressions and an online survey where the visual perception of visual data is measured. The third part of the research contains visual and quantitative data analysis providing the basis for visualisation of the four archetypal emotions: anger, fear, joy and sadness and their relationships. In this process, a multi-method approach was adopted combining both qualitative and quantitative methods adopted from sociology and cognitive science. The contextual review, where virtual embodiment and interactivity are explored build on the aesthetics of performance within new technology, highlighting the adaptability of the methods used in performance art to the field of game design. The results of this research and contribution to knowledge reside within both the ontological and methodological approaches used within this study. The ontological resides within the development of two reference frameworks: a correlation table defined as the Periodic Table of Movements (PTM) and a PTM database. The PTM database is a synthesis of embodied emotion data derived from multiple visual representations such as colour, shape, space, volume, time and intensity, whereas the relationship between expressions is visualised in the PTM correlation table. Within the context of an educational framework, the database also provides visual concepts of emotion as epistemic objects for analysis and experimentation. It is a starting point for future cross-disciplinary studies and research on emotions in the context of embodiment and digital technology. The novel methodology of this research contributes to a number of fields with new methods and models of enquiry, grounded within a hermeneutical interpretation driven by artistic development. This exploration opens up a holistic approach to future studies and research grounded in a multimodal attitude to knowledge acquisition.

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Crestani, Jaison Luís [UNESP]. "Machado de Assis e o processo de criação literária: estudo comparativo das narrativas publicadas n’A Estação (1879- 1884), na Gazeta de Notícias (1881-1884) e nas coletâneas Papéis avulsos (1882) e Histórias sem data (1884)." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/103629.

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Esta tese apresenta um estudo crítico e comparativo dos contos de Machado de Assis publicados entre 1879 e 1884 em três diferentes contextos de produção: a revista A Estação (1879-1884), o jornal Gazeta de Notícias (1881-1884) e as coletâneas Papéis avulsos (1882) e Histórias sem data (1884). Paralelamente ao trabalho de retomada das fontes primárias e das condições de produção literária na imprensa periódica, esta pesquisa propõe um questionamento das duas correntes básicas da fortuna crítica machadiana, que sustentam as teses de que a trajetória criativa de Machado de Assis se define por uma “ruptura radical” ou por um “amadurecimento progressivo” entre as fases de produção. Partindo dessa problematização, pretende-se redefinir as perspectivas de análise de modo a tornar possível a percepção da complexidade do percurso do escritor e dos delineamentos criativos de sua ficção, que evidenciam um movimento alternado entre experimentação, aprimoramento, repetição, descontinuidade e legitimação de soluções temáticas, procedimentos formais e orientações estéticas. Com base na constituição versátil e multiforme assumida pela sua colaboração nesses dois periódicos, propõe-se averiguar a tese de que a criação machadiana se configura a partir das especificidades materiais e das demandas disponíveis em cada contexto (livro, revista e jornal), orientando-se por um transitar simultâneo do autor entre as esferas do passatempo e da artisticidade, do prosaísmo e da complexidade, da reiteração de fórmulas testadas e do esboço de proposições inovadoras
This research suggests a critical and comparative study of Machado de Assis’s tales published, between the years 1879 and 1884, under three different production contexts: the magazine A Estação (1879-1884), the newspaper Gazeta de Notícias (1881-1884) and the collections Papéis avulsos (1882) and Histórias sem data (1884). In parallel to the duty of searching of the primary sources and the literary production conditions in the periodic press, this research proposes a questioning of the two basical flows of machadiana critical fortune, which sustains the thesis that the creative trajectory of Machado de Assis defines itself by a “radical rupture” or by a “progressive maturing” between the production stages. Starting at this problematic, it’s intended to redefine the analysis perspectives in a way to make possible the perception of the complexity of the writer’s way and the creative boundaries of his fiction evidencing an alternate movement among the experimentation, enhancing, repetition, noncontinuing and legitimation of the tematic solutions, formal procedures and esthetical orientations. Based on the versatil and multiform constitution assumed by his cooperation in theses two periodics, it’s proposed to certify that the machadiana thesis of creation configurates itself under the material especifities and available demandings in each context (book, magazine, newspaper), guiding itself in a simultaneous journey on the author among the espheres of passtime and arsticity, the prozaism and complexity, repetition of tested formulae and the draft of innovative propositions

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Joyce, Duncan. "Inclusion shape influence on the effective properties of periodic composites governed by scalar field equations." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2017. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/inclusion-shape-influence-on-the-effective-properties-of-periodic-composites-governed-by-scalar-field-equations(4abbf345-ca23-4420-8e60-739bf9ac06c3).html.

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Kawas, Stephen. "The performance of UK financial institutions over periods of market stability and volatility, 1980-2015." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2016. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-performance-of-uk-financial-institutions-over-periods-of-market-stability-and-volatility(a82eafa1-556a-4188-9516-6674640ac108).html.

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This thesis is concerned with an empirical investigation of the financial performance of UK financial institutions over the period 1980-2015. This period reflects numerous changes in the development of the UK economy and in the evolution and financial deepening of its financial system including also the deregulation and liberalisation of financial markets that culminated in financial institutions being able to compete actively in markets for financial services where previously they were prohibited; the global financial crisis of 2007-2009 and the Eurozone debt crisis which had a strong negative impact on the UK financial sector and resulted in the move away from an informal regulatory structure toward a more rigorous and formal structure of regulation. These developments make it necessary to investigate empirically important factors that shed light on the performance of UK financial institutions which should be of interest to policy makers and regulatory authorities. Following the introduction to the thesis in chapter one and a review of the literature which is presented in chapter two, there are four themes which is the primary focus of this thesis. The first theme, which occupies chapter three investigate, using a panel data regression approach, whether a number of the key drivers of performance affect the financial performance of UK financial institutions over crisis and non-crisis periods, and whether, by means of EGARCH, the risk taking behaviour of financial institutions have a decided impact on their financial performance. The findings indicate that the strength of the UK economy underpins the overall profitability of the sectors. Additionally, we provide strong evidence of risk undertaken is a key variable which impacts profitability in all financial sectors, confirming the risk-return hypothesis. The banking sector is also able to exert greater performance through a highly concentrated market. The second theme, taken up in chapter four, investigates the changing risk profile of UK financial institutions using rolling regression, the Kalman filter, DCC-GARCH, bivariate BEKK GARCH and bivariate GJR-GARCH methodologies. The results confirm the literature by determining beta to be a time-varying variable. We also contribute to the literature by demonstrating the insurance and banking sectors possesses greatest systemic risk throughout our sample years, which can be attributed to their central role in financial markets, risk management and their contribution to the economy. The third theme, which is the focus of chapter five examines the impact of macroeconomic news and other announcements on the stock prices of UK financial institutions. We utilise the event study, SUR and GJR-GARCH techniques to determine the impact of macroeconomic news, which we demonstrated investors were able to distinguish the risk levels of UK banks. Moreover, during periods of crisis government announcements are just as effective as the Bank of England to restore confidence in the financial system. We demonstrated how integrated financial markets are in today’s economic climate due to globalisation. Whereby, announcements from Western economies had a greater impact on UK non-bank financials than combined Bank of England and Government announcements. The fourth theme, which is contained in chapter six assessed the impact of regulatory changes by the UK authorities and other relevant regulatory bodies towards the security prices of UK financial institutions through event study, EGARCH and VAR GJR-GARCH techniques. The Vickers report sought to implement new standards to create financial stability and avert future crisis periods. This led to negative impacts on equity prices on the financial sectors, demonstrating the risk-return hypothesis, along with higher capital requirement regulations mirroring this result. The research provides a basis to develop in-depth knowledge of the UK financial system in order to improve risk management, allocation of resources, decision making by financial institutional managers’ and aid policy makers future decisions to improve market conditions for financial institutions, which will aid overall economic prosperity.

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Voisey, Ruth. "Multiple wave scattering by quasiperiodic structures." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2014. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/multiple-wave-scattering-by-quasiperiodic-structures(1c366ad1-443a-4667-9d03-db77487ab1d1).html.

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Understanding the phenomenon of wave scattering by random media is a ubiquitous problem that has instigated extensive research in the field. This thesis focuses on wave scattering by quasiperiodic media as an alternative approach to provide insight into the effects of structural aperiodicity on the propagation of the waves. Quasiperiodic structures are aperiodic yet ordered so have attributes that make them beneficial to explore. Quasiperiodic lattices are also used to model the atomic structures of quasicrystals; materials that have been found to have a multitude of applications due to their unusual characteristics. The research in this thesis is motivated by both the mathematical and physical benefits of quasiperiodic structures and aims to bring together the two important and distinct fields of research: waves in heterogeneous media and quasiperiodic lattices. A review of the past literature in the area has highlighted research that would be beneficial to the applied mathematics community. Thus, particular attention is paid towards developing rigorous mathematical algorithms for the construction of several quasiperiodic lattices of interest and further investigation is made into the development of periodic structures that can be used to model quasiperiodic media. By employing established methods in multiple scattering new techniques are developed to predict and approximate wave propagation through finite and infinite arrays of isotropic scatterers with quasiperiodic distributions. Recursive formulae are derived that can be used to calculate rapidly the propagation through one- and two-dimensional arrays with a one-dimensional Fibonacci chain distribution. These formulae are applied, in addition to existing tools for two-dimensional multiple scattering, to form comparisons between the propagation in one- and two-dimensional quasiperiodic structures and their periodic approximations. The quasiperiodic distributions under consideration are governed by the Fibonacci, the square Fibonacci and the Penrose lattices. Finally, novel formulae are derived that allow the calculation of Bloch-type waves, and their properties, in infinite periodic structures that can approximate the properties of waves in large, or infinite, quasiperiodic media.

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Barnwell, Ellis. "One and two-dimensional propagation of waves in periodic heterogeneous media : transient effects and band gap tuning." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2015. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/one-and-twodimensional-propagation-of-waves-in-periodic-heterogeneous-media-transient-effects-and-band-gap-tuning(9a5bd9d7-09da-46a8-ae57-b63d9d815f10).html.

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In this thesis, the propagation of transient waves in heterogeneous media and the tuning of periodic elastic materials are studied. The behaviour of time harmonic waves in complex media is a well understood phenomenon. The primary aim of this text is to gain a deeper understanding into the propagation of transient waves in periodic media. The secondary aim is to explore the time harmonic behaviour of two dimensional pre-stressed elastic media and investigate the plausibility of band gap tuning. We begin this text by investigating the reflection of pulses from a semi-infinite set of point masses (we call 'beads') on a string. The reflected pulse is formulated using Fourier transforms which involve the harmonic reflection coefficient. We find that the reflected amplitude of a harmonic wave depends on its frequency. We then ask whether it is possible to find an effective reflection coefficient by assuming the beaded portion of the string is given by some effective homogeneous medium. An effective reflection coefficient is found by assuming the homogeneous medium has the wavenumber given by the infinite beaded string. This effective reflection coefficient is compared to the exact reflection coefficient found using the Wiener-Hopf technique. The results from studying the reflection problem gave inspiration to chapter 4, which focuses on the time dependent forcing of an infinite beaded string that is initially at rest. We again use the Fourier transform to find a time dependent solution. The z-transform is then used, after sampling the solution at the bead positions. We impose a sinusoidal loading which is switched on at a specified time. In doing this we are able to explore how the system behaves differently when excited in a stop band, a pass band and at a frequency on the edge between the two. An exact solution for the infinite beaded string is found at any point in time by expanding the branch points of the solution as a series of poles. We compare this exact solution to the long time asymptotics. The energy input into the system is studied with the results from the exact solution and long time approximation showing agreement. Interesting behaviour is discovered on the two edges between stop and pass bands. In chapter 5 the effect of a nonlinear elastic pre-stress on the wave band structure of a two dimensional phononic crystal is investigated. In this chapter we restrict ourselves to incompressible materials with the strain energy functions used being the neo-Hookean, Mooney-Rivlin and Fung. The method of small-on-large is used to derive the equation for incremental elastic waves and then the plane wave expansion method is used to find the band structure. Finally, chapter 6 focuses on the same geometry with a compressible elastic material. The strain energy function used is the one suggested by Levinson and Burgess. We use the theory of small-on-large to derive the incremental equations for coupled small amplitude pressure and shear waves in this material. In both compressible and incompressible materials we show how it is possible to control the stop bands in a material by applying a large elastic pre-stress.

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Vasilj, Jovović. "Средњовјековне историјске теме у периодици Црне Горе од 1835. до 1941. године." Phd thesis, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Filozofski fakultet u Novom Sadu, 2016. http://www.cris.uns.ac.rs/record.jsf?recordId=99965&source=NDLTD&language=en.

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Ова дисертација се бави проучавањем средњовјековних историјских тема упериодици која је излазила на подручју данашње Црне Горе у периоду од 1835. године до1941. године. Циљ нашег истраживања био је сакупљање и анализа разнородне грађе отемама из средњовјековља јужнословенског простора, које су третиране и објављене упериодици на простору Црне Горе у посматраном периоду, њихово груписање у тематскецјелине, хронолошко излагање, као и састављање једног потпуног и вјеродостојногисторијског прегледа развоја медијевистике у периодици на простору Црне Горе упоменутом периоду. У раду је обрађено 458 текстова у којима је заступљенасредњовјековна тематика, од којих је највећи број објављен у часописима: ГласуЦрногорца, Зетском гласнику, Записима, Просвјети, Гласу Боке, Гласнику Народногуниверзитета Боке Которске и Зети. Такође, кроз систематизовани преглед, углавномдескриптивног карактера, жељели смо да дамо потпунију слику и што свестранијеизложимо све радове из средњовјековне историје јужнословенског простора објављене упериодици на простору Црне Горе у посматраном периоду. Намјера је била да изложимосваку помена вреднију активност на овом пољу, што би могло представљати доприносизучавању и заокруживању слике заступљености медијавистике у историографији ЦрнеГоре.Значај дисертације огледа се у томе што овој проблематици, до сада, нијепоклоњена пуна пажња у радовима који су се бавили периодиком на простору данашњеЦрне Горе у посматраном периоду. Такође, чланцима који се односе на средњовјековнипериод јачала се национална свијест, утврђивао идентитет, његовала културна баштина ифолклор.
Ova disertacija se bavi proučavanjem srednjovjekovnih istorijskih tema uperiodici koja je izlazila na području današnje Crne Gore u periodu od 1835. godine do1941. godine. Cilj našeg istraživanja bio je sakupljanje i analiza raznorodne građe otemama iz srednjovjekovlja južnoslovenskog prostora, koje su tretirane i objavljene uperiodici na prostoru Crne Gore u posmatranom periodu, njihovo grupisanje u tematskecjeline, hronološko izlaganje, kao i sastavljanje jednog potpunog i vjerodostojnogistorijskog pregleda razvoja medijevistike u periodici na prostoru Crne Gore upomenutom periodu. U radu je obrađeno 458 tekstova u kojima je zastupljenasrednjovjekovna tematika, od kojih je najveći broj objavljen u časopisima: GlasuCrnogorca, Zetskom glasniku, Zapisima, Prosvjeti, Glasu Boke, Glasniku Narodnoguniverziteta Boke Kotorske i Zeti. Takođe, kroz sistematizovani pregled, uglavnomdeskriptivnog karaktera, željeli smo da damo potpuniju sliku i što svestranijeizložimo sve radove iz srednjovjekovne istorije južnoslovenskog prostora objavljene uperiodici na prostoru Crne Gore u posmatranom periodu. Namjera je bila da izložimosvaku pomena vredniju aktivnost na ovom polju, što bi moglo predstavljati doprinosizučavanju i zaokruživanju slike zastupljenosti medijavistike u istoriografiji CrneGore.Značaj disertacije ogleda se u tome što ovoj problematici, do sada, nijepoklonjena puna pažnja u radovima koji su se bavili periodikom na prostoru današnjeCrne Gore u posmatranom periodu. Takođe, člancima koji se odnose na srednjovjekovniperiod jačala se nacionalna svijest, utvrđivao identitet, njegovala kulturna baština ifolklor.
This dissertation deals in with the study of medieval historical themes in Montenegrinperiodicals which coming out on the territory of Montenegro in the period from 1835 to 1941.The aim of our study was the collection and analysis of diverse materials on topics frommedieval on area of the South Slavic, which treated and published in Montenegrin periodicalson area of Montenegro in the observed period, their grouping into thematic units, chronologicalpresentation, as well as the drafting of a comprehensive and credible historical overviewdevelopment medieval history in Montenegrin periodicals on area of Montenegro during thisperiod. The study included 458 articles in which he represented a medieval theme, of which thelargest number was published in magazines: Glas Crnogorca, Zetski glasnik, Zapisi, Prosvjeta,Glas Boke, Glasnik Narodnog univerziteta Boke Kotorske and Zeta. Also, through the systematicreview, mainly descriptive character, we wanted to give a more complete picture and mostcomprehensive expose all the works of the medieval history about area of the South Slavicpublished in Montenegrin periodicals on the area of Montenegro in observed period. Theintention was to expose every noteworthy activity in this field, which could represent acontribution to the study and completing the image representation medieval history in thehistoriography of Montenegro. The importance of the dissertation is reflected in the fact that thisissue does not give full attention until now in papres which dealt with periodical on the area ofpresent-day Montenegro in the observed period. Also, the articles which refers to the medievalperiod by strengthening the national consciousness, determined the identity, cherished culturalheritage and folklore.

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Zennaro, Fabio. "Feature distribution learning for covariate shift adaptation using sparse filtering." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2017. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/feature-distribution-learning-for-covariate-shift-adaptation-using-sparse-filtering(67989db2-b8a0-4fac-8832-f611e9236ed5).html.

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This thesis studies a family of unsupervised learning algorithms called feature distribution learning and their extension to perform covariate shift adaptation. Unsupervised learning is one of the most active areas of research in machine learning, and a central challenge in this field is to develop simple and robust algorithms able to work in real-world scenarios. A traditional assumption of machine learning is the independence and identical distribution of data. Unfortunately, in realistic conditions this assumption is often unmet and the performances of traditional algorithms may be severely compromised. Covariate shift adaptation has then developed as a lively sub-field concerned with designing algorithms that can account for covariate shift, that is for a difference in the distribution of training and test samples. The first part of this dissertation focuses on the study of a family of unsupervised learning algorithms that has been recently proposed and has shown promise: feature distribution learning; in particular, sparse filtering, the most representative feature distribution learning algorithm, has commanded interest because of its simplicity and state-of-the-art performance. Despite its success and its frequent adoption, sparse filtering lacks any strong theoretical justification. This research questions how feature distribution learning can be rigorously formalized and how the dynamics of sparse filtering can be explained. These questions are answered by first putting forward a new definition of feature distribution learning based on concepts from information theory and optimization theory; relying on this, a theoretical analysis of sparse filtering is carried out, which is validated on both synthetic and real-world data sets. In the second part, the use of feature distribution learning algorithms to perform covariate shift adaptation is considered. Indeed, because of their definition and apparent insensitivity to the problem of modelling data distributions, feature distribution learning algorithms seems particularly fit to deal with covariate shift. This research questions whether and how feature distribution learning may be fruitfully employed to perform covariate shift adaptation. After making explicit the conditions of success for performing covariate shift adaptation, a theoretical analysis of sparse filtering and another novel algorithm, periodic sparse filtering, is carried out; this allows for the determination of the specific conditions under which these algorithms successfully work. Finally, a comparison of these sparse filtering-based algorithms against other traditional algorithms aimed at covariate shift adaptation is offered, showing that the novel algorithm is able to achieve competitive performance. In conclusion, this thesis provides a new rigorous framework to analyse and design feature distribution learning algorithms; it sheds light on the hidden assumptions behind sparse filtering, offering a clear understanding of its conditions of success; it uncovers the potential and the limitations of sparse filtering-based algorithm in performing covariate shift adaptation. These results are relevant both for researchers interested in furthering the understanding of unsupervised learning algorithms and for practitioners interested in deploying feature distribution learning in an informed way.

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Bonilha, Juliana Cristina [UNESP]. "Eça de Queirós e a Gazeta de Notícias (suplemento literário -1892)." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/94015.

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Esta dissertação tem como principal objetivo abordar os seis números do Suplemento Literário, sob a direção de Eça de Queirós, publicado pelo jornal carioca Gazeta de Notícias em (1892). Seu conteúdo dava um panorama cultural da Europa para a elite carioca. Além de notícias sobre aquele momento histórico, o Suplemento trazia, ainda, crônicas queirosianas e textos de escritores como Jaime Batalha Reis, Domício da Gama e do diretor da Gazeta, Ferreira de Araújo. A partir deste estudo, notou-se que o Suplemento entrelaçava duas realidades: a européia, com sua sociedade em um momento posterior à revolução científico-tecnológica de 1870, e a brasileira, especialmente a carioca, a qual passava por um importante momento de transformação, em decorrência da proclamação da República. Por isso, no primeiro capítulo, fez-se uma contextualização da Europa e também do Brasil. O segundo capítulo, por sua vez, traz uma pequena descrição desse periódico e imagens dos exemplares. Já no terceiro e último capítulo, fez-se uma análise de cada uma das seções que compunham o Suplemento Literário e mostrou-se, sucintamente, quais eram os colaboradores que dele participavam. O corpus, digitado e digitalizado durante a pesquisa, aparece neste trabalho como anexo. Efetuou-se a composição de fichas catalográficas ou fichas-resumo, para que se facilitasse o acesso aos artigos que compõem o Suplemento Literário de Eça de Queirós. Ao longo do estudo do Suplemento (18 de janeiro, 08 de fevereiro, 29 de fevereiro, 26 de março, 21 de abril e 13 de junho), trabalhou-se com as fontes primárias...
This dissertation has as main objective study the six numbers of Suplemento Literário, under the direction of Eça de Queirós, published by Gazeta de Notícias , a Rio de Janeiro’s periodical in 1892. It presented Europe’s cultural panorama to Rio de Janeiro’s high society. Besides news of that historical moment, the Suplemento also contained Eça’s chronicles and texts of writers as Jaime Batalha Reis, Domício da Gama and the director of the Gazeta, Ferreira de Araújo. With this study, we noticed that the Supplement interlaced two realities: the European, with it’s society at a subsequent moment to the scientific revolution, and the Brazilian, especially from Rio de Janeiro, which lived an important moment of changes, caused by the announcement of the Republic. Therefore, the first chapter consists in a contextualization of Europe and Brazil. The second chapter contains a small description of these periodic and images of it´s prints. The third and last chapter, contains an analysis of each one of the sections that composed the Suplemento Literário and reveals, briefly, who were the writers who collaborated with it. The corpus studied, typed and digitalized during the research, appears in this work as an anexus. Catalographic registers were also composed, so that the access to the articles that formed the Suplemento Literário of Eça de Queirós was facilitated. Throughout the study of the Suplemento, (January 18, February 08, February 29, March 26, April 21 and June 13) the primary sources were studied, in microfilms, filed at the Centro de Documentação e Apoio à Pesquisa (CEDAP) at FCL-UNESPAssis. As study methodology of the Suplemento... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

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Nespoulet, Hugo. "Oxygénation en conditions hypoxiques : rôle de la chémosensibilité sur la tolérance à l'altitude, plasticité et amélioration par pression positive expiratoire." Thesis, Grenoble, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011GRENS041/document.

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A l'éveil comme au cours du sommeil, en plaine comme en haute altitude, le maintien d'une oxygénation artérielle stable et élevée est un marqueur essentiel d'une bonne réponse physiologique de l'organisme. L'intolérance à l'altitude regroupe des pathologies graves voire fatales dont le développement est en lien direct avec le taux d'oxygénation artériel des sujets. D'autre part, en plaine, la prévalence élevée du syndrome d'apnées obstructives du sommeil (SAOS) incite les chercheurs au développement de modèles d'études spécifiques, permettant d'investiguer les conséquences du principal stimulus du SAOS : l'hypoxie intermittente. La chémosensibilité pourrait avoir un impact important dans ces deux pathologies, ayant pour rôle le maintien des gaz du sang à des valeurs normales, en adaptant la ventilation aux conditions externes ou internes à l'organisme.Les objectifs de ce travail étaient de comprendre l'impact de la chémosensibilité (avec d'autres mécanismes décrits dans la littérature) sur l'oxygénation et la tolérance à l'altitude, d'étudier les effets de la résistance expiratoire sur l'amélioration de l'oxygénation, ainsi que les conséquences de l'hypoxie intermittente chronique sur la plasticité du chémoréflexe.Il en ressort que la chémosensibilité périphérique à l'hypoxie a un impact majeur sur le développement de l'intolérance à l'altitude. Cela semble en outre être un facteur prédictif de la survenue de ces pathologies. En hypoxie, une amélioration efficace de l'oxygénation a été obtenue par l'utilisation d'une résistance expiratoire calibrée à 10 cm H2O permettant l'amélioration de la diffusion alvéolo-capillaire. L'exposition à l'hypoxie intermittente chronique nocturne a provoqué une fragmentation du sommeil ainsi qu'une intensification de la chémosensibilité à l'hypoxie et à l'hypercapnie.Ainsi, une altération de la réponse des corps carotidiens à l'hypoxémie participerait au développement du mal aigu des montagnes et de ses complications, tout en facilitant sa prédiction avant ascension. L'utilisation d'une résistance expiratoire pourrait permettre de combler la désaturation exagérée retrouvée chez les sujets sensibles à l'altitude lors d'un séjour en haute montagne. Il apparaît également que la chémosensiblité périphérique et centrale (CO2 et O2) fasse preuve d'une plasticité importante en réponse à l'hypoxie intermittente nocturne chez des sujets sains
At awakening and during sleep, at sea level or in high altitude, maintaining a high level in arterial blood oxygenation is a marker for an adaptated physiological response external and internal factors.High altitude illness encompasses pathologies, that sometimes could be fatal, and which seems to be correlated with the level of arterial oxygenation in hypoxia.Secondly, at sea level and in general population, the high prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) encourage scientists to develop new models for studying consequences of the main OSAS' stimulus: intermittent hypoxia.Chemosensitivity could play an important role in those two different diseases, with regulation of blood gases and homeostasis by controlling ventilation.Our objectives was to investigate (1) impact of chemosensitivity on blood oxygenation and tolerance to high altitude, comparatively to other physiological factors commonly involved, (2) effects of using positive expiratory pressure in order to improve oxygenation in hypoxia, and (3) consequences of chronic exposure to nocturnal intermittent hypoxia on chemoreflexe plasticity.We found that peripheral chemoresponse to hypoxia play a crucial role in high altitude illness development. Moreover, this variable seems to be a predictive factor for those diseases. In hypoxic conditions, using a positive expiratory pressure (10 cmH2O) lead to a significant improve in arterial oxygenation, by increasing pulmonary diffusion. Finally, nocturnal intermittent hypoxia induced significant sleep disturbances and major changes in chemoresponse to hypoxia and hypercapnia

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Volfart, Angélique. "Étude du système visuel ventral dans l’épilepsie du lobe temporal à partir d’une nouvelle approche en électrophysiologie Typical visual unfamiliar face individuation in left and right mesial temporal epilepsy Intracerebral electrical stimulation of the right anterior fusiform gyrus selectively impairs human face identity recognition Neurophysiological evidence for crossmodal (face-name) person- identity representation in the human left ventral temporal cortex." Thesis, Université de Lorraine, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020LORR0119.

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La voie visuelle ventrale, s’étendant des régions occipitales aux régions temporales antérieures, est spécialisée dans la reconnaissance, par la modalité visuelle, des objets et personnes rencontrés au quotidien. De nombreuses études en imagerie par résonance magnétique fonctionnelle se sont intéressées aux bases cérébrales de la reconnaissance visuelle. Toutefois, la susceptibilité de cette technique aux artefacts magnétiques dans les régions du lobe temporal antérieur a conduit à sous-estimer le rôle de ces régions au sein de la voie ventrale. Le but de cette thèse est de mieux comprendre les mécanismes de reconnaissance visuelle au sein du cortex ventral occipito-temporal, et notamment de clarifier la contribution des structures temporales postérieures et antérieures dans la mise en œuvre des mécanismes de reconnaissance visuelle et de mise en lien avec la mémoire sémantique. Pour cela, nous nous appuyons sur une approche multimodale combinant neuropsychologie, stimulation visuelle périodique rapide (FPVS) et enregistrements en EEG de scalp et en EEG intracérébral (SEEG), chez des participants neurotypiques et des participants épileptiques. Nous rapportons cinq études empiriques dans lesquelles nous démontrons que (1) les patients avec une épilepsie temporale antérieure (i.e., le type d’épilepsie focale le plus fréquemment concerné par une procédure en SEEG) présentent des performances typiques en discrimination individuelle de visages, (2) la stimulation électrique du gyrus fusiforme antérieur droit peut entraîner un déficit transitoire spécifique à la reconnaissance des visages, même lorsqu’aucune dénomination n’est requise, (3) le processus de discrimination de visages familiers parmi des visages inconnus sollicite l’engagement d’un large réseau de structures ventrales bilatérales incluant les régions temporales antérieures et médiales, (4) certaines structures du lobe temporal antérieur ventral gauche sont impliquées dans l’intégration d’un visage familier et de son nom en une représentation unifiée, et (5) les régions temporales antérieures ventrales bilatérales sont engagées dans la mise en œuvre de représentations sémantiques associées à des mots écrits. Dans l’ensemble, nos travaux montrent que (1) le réseau de reconnaissance visuelle s’organise le long de la voie visuelle ventrale en suivant une hiérarchisation progressive selon l’axe postéro-antérieur, au sein duquel une transition graduelle s’effectue entre représentations majoritairement perceptives et représentations sémantiques de plus en plus abstraites, et (2) les régions impliquées dans la reconnaissance visuelle sont fortement latéralisées dans les régions postérieures ventrales, et deviennent bilatérales dans les régions temporales antérieures ventrales
The ventral visual stream extends from the occipital to the anterior temporal regions and is specialized in recognizing objects and people through vision. Numerous studies in functional magnetic resonance imaging have focused on the cerebral basis of visual recognition. However, this technique is susceptible to magnetic artefacts in anterior temporal regions and it has led to an underestimation of the role of these regions within the ventral visual stream. The aim of this thesis is to better understand the mechanisms of visual recognition within the ventral occipito-temporal cortex and, more specifically, to clarify the contribution of posterior and anterior temporal structures in the visual recognition of a stimulus and its association with semantic representations. For this purpose, we used a multimodal approach combining neuropsychology, fast periodic visual stimulation (FPVS), and scalp and intracerebral EEG (SEEG) recordings in neurotypical and epileptic participants. We report five empirical studies in which we demonstrate that (1) patients with anterior temporal epilepsy (i.e., the most frequent type of focal epilepsy that undergo intracerebral EEG recordings) show typical performance in individual face discrimination, (2) electrical stimulation of the right anterior fusiform gyrus can lead to a transient deficit that is specific to face recognition, even when no naming is required, (3) familiar face discrimination processes involve a large network of bilateral ventral structures including the anterior and medial temporal regions, (4) some structures of the left ventral anterior temporal lobe are involved in the integration of a familiar face and its name into a unified representation, and (5) the bilateral ventral anterior temporal regions are involved in representing semantic knowledge associated with written words. Overall, this work shows that (1) the visual recognition network follows a progressive hierarchization along the postero-anterior axis of the ventral visual stream, with a graded transition between perceptual representations and increasingly abstract semantic representations, and (2) the regions involved in visual recognition are strongly lateralized in the ventral posterior regions and become bilateral in the ventral anterior temporal regions

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Cunningham, Andrew John. "The relationship between humanitarian international non-governmental organisations and states in periods of civil war : case study of Médecins Sans Frontières-Holland and the Government of Sri Lanka." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2016. http://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-relationship-between-humanitarian-international-nongovernmental-organisations-and-states-in-periods-of-civil-war(9eb90896-95db-4efd-bb42-5fc0c783d654).html.

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This research examines the relationship between a humanitarian international non-governmental organisation (INGO) and a state against the background of civil war. This relationship is established as two sets of norms in tension: The moral as represented and made operational by humanitarian INGOs and the political as articulated and practised by states, mediated through the discourse of identity. Specifically the study investigates the constructed relationship between the humanitarian INGO Médecins Sans Frontières-Holland (MSF-H) and the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) during two periods of the Sri Lankan civil war (2006 and 2008-2009). A negotiation structure is proposed where an external actor—a humanitarian INGO—attempts to operate within the internal environment of a state. For a state, civil war is a ‘state of exception’, where a government’s prerogative to act outside ‘normal’ legal and moral boundaries may be taken up and where international actors are securitised. For a humanitarian organisation a civil war is defined as a humanitarian crisis which must be responded to using humanitarian principles in a non-political manner. This case study relationship is viewed from both MSF-Holland’s and the GoSL’s perspectives. On the side of the GoSL the study describes and analyses the government’s decision-making when faced by international criticism, a humanitarian crisis, and international organisations attempting to work on its territory. The background for the GoSL’s actions is extensively explored. MSF-Holland’s response to the thinking and actions by the GoSL is also closely examined, as is its internal discussions concerning its role in the context as a humanitarian actor. A discourse analysis methodology is used to analyse the primary source material. It was found that when securitised MSF-H had various options in responding: Accommodation to the demands of the GoSL; withdrawal from the country; counter-attacking the government; or concealment—hiding itself from attention. Rejecting these MSF-H chose desecuritisation. In the 2006 period engagement between the actors was possible albeit difficult; the securitisation process was manageable through desecuritisation. However, in the 2008-2009 period securitisation prohibited action and speech, and desecuritisation was not effective. The thesis proposes a theoretical framework—a negotiation structure, within which to understand these interactions, based on the case study findings. The conclusion points to further research needs and discusses the usefulness of the proposed negotiation structure to other contexts.

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Galaunytė, Aistė. "Postmodernizmo architektūros privatūs gyvenamieji namai Lietuvoje." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2013. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2013~D_20130621_110828-36685.

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Baigiamajame magistro darbe nagrinėjama postmodernizmo stiliaus raiška privačiuose gyvenamuosiuose namuose Lietuvoje, nuo XX a. 9 dešimtmečio vidurio iki 10 dešimtmečio pabaigos. Siekiant atskleisti šio stiliaus bruožus, specifiką ir kultūrinę reikšmę Lietuvoje darbe analizuojami Vakarų pasaulio (JAV, Vakarų Europos, Japonijos) privačių gyvenamųjų namų etalonai bei sąlygos, nulėmusios jų raidą. Darbe nustatoma, kad to meto socialiniai, politiniai, ekonominiai veiksniai Lietuvoje, iš esmės lėmė ir šios architektūros nepažinimą ir kritišką vertinimą. Daroma prielaida, kad dėl politinių-ekonominių veiksnių, užsienio profesinė periodika buvo viena iš pagrindinių priemonių postmodernizmo architektūrai pažinti. Todėl atliekama privačių gyvenamųjų namų publikuotų užsienio periodiniuose leidiniuose ir Lietuvoje lyginamoji analizė. Nustatomi charakteringiausi Lietuvos postmodernizmo architektūros privačių gyvenamųjų namų bruožai ir jų sąsajos su užsienio architektūra. Iš nagrinėjamų Lietuvos postmodernizmo stiliaus privačių gyvenamųjų namų išskiriami aukšto kokybinio lygio pastatai-etalonai, įvardinamos jų vertingosios savybės.Darbo apimtis – 92 p. teksto be priedo, 57 iliustr., 9 schemos, 99 bibliografiniai šaltiniai, 3 priedai.
The goal of Master thesis is to investigate expression and features of postmodern style of private dwelling-houses of Lithuania, from the middle of the 9th decade to the 10th decade of the twentieth century. In order to reveal the characteristics, features and cultural significance of the style in Lithuania, the private dwelling-houses of postmodern style of the Western world (the U.S., Western Europe, Japan) are analyzed, as well as conditions which prompted their development. The paper discusses that the social, political and economic factors of Lithuania at that time, led to the suspicion and critical evaluation of postmodern architecture in general.It is assumed that due to the political-economical factors, the Western magazines were one of the main tools for Lithuanian architects to get to know postmodern architecture. Therefore, a comparative analysis between private dwelling-houses published in foreign periodicals, and of Lithuania, is conducted. Consequently the most common features of private dwelling-houses of postmodern style in Lithuania and their links with Western architecture are determined. Houses of Lithuania of high quality postmodern architecture are named, their valuable properties are defined. Thesis consists of: 92 p. text without extras, 57 pictures., 9 schemes, 99 bibliographical entries, 3 appendixes included.

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Ivana, Ikonić. "Српска хумористичко-сатиричка периодика друге половине XIX и почетка XX века." Phd thesis, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Filozofski fakultet u Novom Sadu, 2016. http://www.cris.uns.ac.rs/record.jsf?recordId=97367&source=NDLTD&language=en.

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У дисертацији су проучени српски хумористичко-сатирички листови с краја XIX и почетка XX века, тачније из периода 1881–1903. године. Трагано је за хумористичко-сатиричким прилозима како би се они укључили у корпус српске књижевности тог периода. Истраживање је спроведено применом критичко-методичког апарата за изучавање књижевно-уметничких дела. Основна идеја била је да се покаже да раније маргинализована грађа завређује пажњу историчара српске књижевности, јер прилози који су анализирани у раду показују да су у њима коришћене стилске фигуре и поступци као и у другим родовима и жанровима који су били третирани као норма српске књижевности. Прилози у српској хумористичко-сатиричкој периодици овог времена могу да буду одлична грађа не само за књижевну историју, већ и за историјску, социолошку, психолошку, културолошку или родну анализу. То је важно, јер се кроз хумористичке прилоге проговарало о темама које су биле табуиране и цензурисане у озбиљним политичким листовима. У шаљивој периодици готово увек је постојао и ликовни део у виду карикатура које су пратиле текст. У раду се наглашава повезаност ликовног и текстуалног слоја тих прилога, тако да се помињу и неки од најзначајнијих твораца карикатуре код Срба из тог периода (Драгутин Дамјановић, Јосип Даниловац, Јован Јовановић Змај и други). Стога ови прилози могу да се проучавају и са аспекта ликовне уметности. Текстуални елемент карикатура имао је увек подтекст који је могао бити историјски, књижевни, па чак и религиозни, али који је обавезно био кључ за разумевање карикатуре. Данашњем читаоцу тај подтекст је далек и циљ рада био је да се он појасни и да се карикатура на прави начин протумачи. Показало се да су се аутори хумористичко-сатиричких прилога бавили пре свега политиком на микро и макро нивоу, црквеним темама, родним темама, путописним темама и другим. Рад показује велику актуелност хумористичко-сатиричке периодике у оно време и да су српски листови пратили трендове који су постојали у истоврсној литератури у Европи и шире.
U disertaciji su proučeni srpski humorističko-satirički listovi s kraja XIX i početka XX veka, tačnije iz perioda 1881–1903. godine. Tragano je za humorističko-satiričkim prilozima kako bi se oni uključili u korpus srpske književnosti tog perioda. Istraživanje je sprovedeno primenom kritičko-metodičkog aparata za izučavanje književno-umetničkih dela. Osnovna ideja bila je da se pokaže da ranije marginalizovana građa zavređuje pažnju istoričara srpske književnosti, jer prilozi koji su analizirani u radu pokazuju da su u njima korišćene stilske figure i postupci kao i u drugim rodovima i žanrovima koji su bili tretirani kao norma srpske književnosti. Prilozi u srpskoj humorističko-satiričkoj periodici ovog vremena mogu da budu odlična građa ne samo za književnu istoriju, već i za istorijsku, sociološku, psihološku, kulturološku ili rodnu analizu. To je važno, jer se kroz humorističke priloge progovaralo o temama koje su bile tabuirane i cenzurisane u ozbiljnim političkim listovima. U šaljivoj periodici gotovo uvek je postojao i likovni deo u vidu karikatura koje su pratile tekst. U radu se naglašava povezanost likovnog i tekstualnog sloja tih priloga, tako da se pominju i neki od najznačajnijih tvoraca karikature kod Srba iz tog perioda (Dragutin Damjanović, Josip Danilovac, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj i drugi). Stoga ovi prilozi mogu da se proučavaju i sa aspekta likovne umetnosti. Tekstualni element karikatura imao je uvek podtekst koji je mogao biti istorijski, književni, pa čak i religiozni, ali koji je obavezno bio ključ za razumevanje karikature. Današnjem čitaocu taj podtekst je dalek i cilj rada bio je da se on pojasni i da se karikatura na pravi način protumači. Pokazalo se da su se autori humorističko-satiričkih priloga bavili pre svega politikom na mikro i makro nivou, crkvenim temama, rodnim temama, putopisnim temama i drugim. Rad pokazuje veliku aktuelnost humorističko-satiričke periodike u ono vreme i da su srpski listovi pratili trendove koji su postojali u istovrsnoj literaturi u Evropi i šire.
The dissertation examines a set of Serbian humorous-satirical journals at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, in the period between 1881 and 1903. It aimed at identifying the humorous-satirical articles in order to include them in the Serbian literature of that period. The research was carried out by using the critical and methodical apparatus for studying literary and artistic works. The main idea was to demonstrate that previously marginalized material deserved proper attention of literary historians, since the articles analyzed in the dissertation contained both the figures of speech and literary procedures seen in other works and genres treated as normative in the Serbian literature. Articles in the Serbian humorous-satirical periodicals of that time could be an excellent material not only for literary history, but also for historical, sociological, psychological, cultural and gender research. This is important, having in mind that the comical articles spoke about the topics that were forbidden or censored in serious political journals. In comic periodicals, there was almost always a segment of fine art, displayed through caricatures accompanying the text. The dissertation emphasises this connection between the caricatures and the text. Therefore, it references some of the most prominent Serbian caricature artists of that time (Dragutin Damjanović, Josip Danilovac, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, etc.). Furthermore, these articles can be analysed from the point of view of fine arts. The textual element of caricatures always had the subtext which could be historical, literary, or even religious, and it was always the key to understaninding the caricature. To the contemporary reader, this subtext is out of reach. The dissertation aims at making it understandable so as to correctly interpret the caricature. It became obvious that the authors of humorous-satirical articles predominanty dealt with politics on the micro and macro levels, clerical topics, gender issues, travel literature, and so on. The dissertation shows that the humorous-satirical periodical was highly resonant of its time and that Serbian journals followed the trends of the same kind of literature in Europe and elsewhere.

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Visi, Federico. "Methods and technologies for the analysis and interactive use of body movements in instrumental music performance." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/8805.

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A constantly growing corpus of interdisciplinary studies support the idea that music is a complex multimodal medium that is experienced not only by means of sounds but also through body movement. From this perspective, musical instruments can be seen as technological objects coupled with a repertoire of performance gestures. This repertoire is part of an ecological knowledge shared by musicians and listeners alike. It is part of the engine that guides musical experience and has a considerable expressive potential. This thesis explores technical and conceptual issues related to the analysis and creative use of music-related body movements in instrumental music performance. The complexity of this subject required an interdisciplinary approach, which includes the review of multiple theoretical accounts, quantitative and qualitative analysis of data collected in motion capture laboratories, the development and implementation of technologies for the interpretation and interactive use of motion data, and the creation of short musical pieces that actively employ the movement of the performers as an expressive musical feature. The theoretical framework is informed by embodied and enactive accounts of music cognition as well as by systematic studies of music-related movement and expressive music performance. The assumption that the movements of a musician are part of a shared knowledge is empirically explored through an experiment aimed at analysing the motion capture data of a violinist performing a selection of short musical excerpts. A group of subjects with no prior experience playing the violin is then asked to mime a performance following the audio excerpts recorded by the violinist. Motion data is recorded, analysed, and compared with the expert’s data. This is done both quantitatively through data analysis xii as well as qualitatively by relating the motion data to other high-level features and structures of the musical excerpts. Solutions to issues regarding capturing and storing movement data and its use in real-time scenarios are proposed. For the interactive use of motion-sensing technologies in music performance, various wearable sensors have been employed, along with different approaches for mapping control data to sound synthesis and signal processing parameters. In particular, novel approaches for the extraction of meaningful features from raw sensor data and the use of machine learning techniques for mapping movement to live electronics are described. To complete the framework, an essential element of this research project is the com- position and performance of études that explore the creative use of body movement in instrumental music from a Practice-as-Research perspective. This works as a test bed for the proposed concepts and techniques. Mapping concepts and technologies are challenged in a scenario constrained by the use of musical instruments, and different mapping ap- proaches are implemented and compared. In addition, techniques for notating movement in the score, and the impact of interactive motion sensor systems in instrumental music practice from the performer’s perspective are discussed. Finally, the chapter concluding the part of the thesis dedicated to practical implementations describes a novel method for mapping movement data to sound synthesis. This technique is based on the analysis of multimodal motion data collected from multiple subjects and its design draws from the theoretical, analytical, and practical works described throughout the dissertation. Overall, the parts and the diverse approaches that constitute this thesis work in synergy, contributing to the ongoing discourses on the study of musical gestures and the design of interactive music systems from multiple angles.

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Pal, Terek. "Unapređenje kvaliteta alata za livenje pod pritiskom primenom tehnologija inženjerstva površina." Phd thesis, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu, 2016. http://www.cris.uns.ac.rs/record.jsf?recordId=101472&source=NDLTD&language=en.

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Proučavane su koroziona postojanost i tendencija lepljenja različitihmaterijala u kontaktu sa tečnom Al–Si–Cu legurom. Ispitivanjem suobuhvaćeni čelik za rad na toplo, plazma nitrirani čelik i dupleksslojevi sa CrN, TiAlN, TiAlSiN i CrAlN prevlakama, različitog nivoapovršinske hrapavosti. Za ispitivanja pomenutih fenomenaprimenjena je metoda izvlačenja, koja je unapređena kako bi se povećalenjena tačnost i verodostojnost simulacije procesa livenja. Korozioniefekti su pojačani tako što su uzorci osim kratkog kontakta sa odlivkomzadržavani i u dužim periodima u kontaktu sa tečnom legurom (5 i 20min). Uprkos opštim stavovima, za ispitivane materijale jeustanovljeno da su sile izvlačenja uzoraka iz Al–Si–Cu odlivakanezavisne od njihovog hemijskog sastava. Uticaj hrapavosti je izraženkod uzoraka sa prevlakama kod kojih pri smanjenju hrapavosti dolazi dopovećanja sile izvlačenja. Sve ispitane prevlake su sklone mehaničkomlepljenju Al–Si–Cu legure za svoje površine, ali sa aspekta korozije utečnom metalu značajno prevazilaze performanse čelika i plazmanitriranog sloja. Duži kontakt livene legure sa površinama prevlakauzrokovao je niže vrednosti sila izvlačenja, što je posledicaoksidacije površina prevlaka. Ustanovljeno je da su ispitivaneprevlake inertne ka tečnoj leguri aluminijuma. Međutim, dolazi dooksidacije i korozije materijala podloge kroz greške rasta koje suprisutne u prevlakama. Stečena znanja o identifikovanimmehanizmima habanja i propadanja zaštitnih slojeva prevlakaposlužiće daljem razvoju dupleks slojeva namenjenih za zaštitu alataza livenje pod pritiskom.
Corrosion resistance and soldering tendency of different materials in moltenAl–Si–Cu alloy were studied. Hot-working tool steel, plasma nitrided steel andduplex layers with CrN, TiAlN, TiAlSiN and CrAlN top coatings, which wereproduced to various degree of surface roughness, were covered by the study.An ejection test was employed for investigation of the concerned phenomena.The ejection test was improved in order to increase its accuracy and thereliability of process simulation. Samples were examined in both short andextended periods of contact (5 and 20 min) with liquid casting. Castingsolidification was extended in order to intensify the corrosion effects. Contraryto common findings, it was found that the ejection force of the investigatedmaterials does not depend on their chemical composition. For the coatedsamples, a pronounced dependence of the ejection force on the surfaceroughness was found. The ejection force increases with decrease in surfaceroughness. All investigated coatings are prone to mechanical soldering by Al–Si–Cu alloy. Still, their corrosion resistance substantially exceeds the corrosionresistance of steel and plasma nitrided layer. Longer exposure of coatedsamples to cast alloy induced lower ejection forces, which is a consequenceof coatings oxidation. It was found that the investigated coatings are inert toliquid aluminium. However, the underlying material undergoes oxidation andcorrosion through coating growth defects. The findings concerning the wearmechanisms of protective layers support further development of duplex layersintended for die casting tools protection.

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Krishnamurthy, Gautham. "Multifunction periodic switching front-end circuits for multi-antenna integrated wireless receivers." 2009. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-10312009-215444/unrestricted/etd.pdf.

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Hsiao-Hsuan, Chou. "Time-Domain and Transform-Domain Compression Algorithms for ECG Signals with Irregular Periods." 2006. http://www.cetd.com.tw/ec/thesisdetail.aspx?etdun=U0001-1206200602131100.

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Chou, Hsiao-Hsuan, and 周曉璇. "Time-Domain and Transform-Domain Compression Algorithms for ECG Signals with Irregular Periods." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/65093338276150914793.

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Because modern Electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring devices generate vast amounts of data and require huge storage capacity, many ECG compression methods have been proposed to process, transmit, and store the data efficiently. Most of the related papers showed fair ECG compression performances for regular ECG cases. However, their compression performance dropped in irregular ECG waveforms. In fact, the abnormal ECG signals have more clinic significance. In this dissertation, we propose improved time-domain and transform-domain compression algorithms separately for ECG signals with irregular periods. For the time domain, a novel and rapid ECG signal compression algorithm with less error for non-uniform sampling is proposed. It meets the real-time requirements for clinical applications. Moreover, the compression performance is stable even for abnormal ECG signals. A criterion called the Sum Squared Difference (SSD) is first defined as an error test equation. The algorithm using SSD to calculate error tolerance is applied to the records in the MIT-BIH 11-bit resolution database that was based on a 360 Hz sampling rate. It belongs to the threshold-limited algorithm such as the popular Fan algorithm but outperforms the Scan-Along Polygonal Approximation (SAPA), the Fan, and the Maximum Enclosed Area (MEA) algorithms in Sample Compression Ratio (SCR) and the Percent Root mean squared Difference (PRD). In addition, it maintains more clinical features of the ECG signals. For the transform domain, this dissertation presents an effective and efficient algorithm for compressing ECG signals by exploiting their inter- and intra-beat correlations. To better reveal the correlation structure, the ECG signals are converted into a proper 2-D array. This involves a few steps including QRS detection and alignment, period sorting, and length equalization. Of all the steps, period sorting has been first proposed by us as a novel and powerful method to reduce period differences among heartbeats effectively. Then the state-of-the-art JPEG2000 is selected for its high efficiency and flexibility. In this way, the proposed algorithm is shown to outperform existing methods in the literature by simultaneously achieving high Compression Ratio (CR) and low PRD. Furthermore, because the proposed period sorting method rearranges the detected heartbeats into an orderly array that is easier to compress, this algorithm is insensitive to irregular ECG periods. This is a significant improvement over existing 2-D ECG compression methods. This algorithm can be combined with other algorithms or codecs to improve their efficiency.

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Lee, Hsu-Yuan. "Beak trimming effects on behavioral patterns, weight gains and egg production of three strains of egg-type pullets during the rearing and first eighteen-week laying periods." 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/22316.

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Chan, Ching-Hann, and 陳卿漢. "Profiles of Blood Constituent during Laying and Non-laying Periods of Egg Production in White Roman Breeding Geese and New Breeding Geese." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/78012184517244687554.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the profiles of blood constituent and hematology during laying and out of laying periods in White Roman breeding geese and new breeding geese. Two trials were conducted in this experiment. In trial one, forty forty-week old new breeding geese and sixty two-year-old breeding geese were randomly allotted into four groups: breeding geese in laying period, breeding geese out of laying period, new breeding geese in laying period, and new breeding geese out of laying period. During the experimental period, blood samples were collected biweekly for packed cell volume (PCV), plasma pH, plasma estradiol (E2), plasma progesterone (P4), ionized calcium, plasma triglyceride, total protein, and cholesterol concentration determinations. Aliquots of blood samples were also used for differential counts of leukocytes, and the ratios of heterophils to lymphocytes during laying or out of laying periods were calculated. In trial two, five two-year-old breeding laying geese which were randomly chosen form twenty breeding geese. The brachial vein of breeding geese was cannulated with silastic medical grade tubing, blood were sampled at one hour interval for ninety six hours and the egg weights were recorded. The blood samples were used for differential counts of leukocytes, and the ratios of heterophils to lymphocytes in laying period were calculated. The results of trial one showed that PCV and the concentrations of plasma estradiol, progesterone, and cholesterol of breeding geese and new breeding geese during laying period were significantly higher than those during out of laying period (P<0.05). however, there were no significantly differences between breeding geese and new breeding geese during out of laying periods. The concentrations of plasma triglyceride and ratios of heterophils to lymphocytes in breeding geese and new breeding geese during laying period were significantly higher than those during out of laying period (P<0.05). The ratios of heterophils to lymphocytes of breeding geese and new breeding geese at first sampling time was obviously higher than those of the other sampling times. The results of trial two showed that the ratios of heterophils to lymphocytes in laying breeding geese increased significantly precede two hours by egg laying. However, there were no significantly differences in the ratios of heterophils to lymphocytes between each breeding geese. It was concluded that changes of blood constituents may be markedly different between laying period and out of laying period. However, the increasing of heterophils to lymphocytes ratios in laying period could be not only a selection criterion for heat stress, but also for egg production in geese. Key Words: Breeding geese, New breeding geese, Laying period.

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Duarte, Ana Luísa Dias. "Influência das estratégias de avaliação contínua no rendimento escolar dos alunos." Master's thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10437/4763.

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Orientação: Maria Nubélia Silvestre Bravo ; co-orientação: Manuel José Simões Loureiro
A avaliação contínua é um importante instrumento à disposição do professor. O presente trabalho estuda a medida em que um conjunto de conteúdos ministrados no 10º ano do ensino secundário, acompanhados de procedimentos baseados na avaliação contínua, pode contribuir para melhorar o desempenho e a aprendizagem relativamente a quatro elementos químicos da tabela periódica, nomeadamente o oxigénio, o hidrogénio, o carbono e o azoto. O trabalho será realizado em três turmas do ensino secundário. Os conteúdos programáticos relativos à “Tabela periódica-organização dos elementos químicos” a desenvolver nas três turmas serão os mesmos, mas ministrados por duas docentes distintas. Em duas das turmas, e durante quatro aulas, serão elaborados pequenos testes no início de cada aula sobre a matéria lecionada na aula anterior, que serão recolhidos e classificados pela docente por forma a averiguar uma esperada evolução. Nestas turmas as aprendizagens relativas a estes testes serão avaliadas de forma contínua. Na outra turma, turma de controlo, o programa será tratado da forma tradicional. No final proceder-se-á ao tratamento dos dados recolhidos e à elaboração das conclusões e de possíveis recomendações.
Continuous assessment is an important tool available to the teacher. This paper examines the extent to which a set of content taught in 10th grade high school, accompanied by procedures based on continuous assessment, can help improve the performance and learning for four chemical elements of the periodic table, including oxygen, hydrogen, carbon and nitrogen. Work will be performed in three middle school classes. The syllabus for the "Periodic table of the chemical elements-organization" to develop the three groups will be the same, but taught by two different teachers. In two of the classes, and for four lessons will be drawn up small tests at the beginning of each class on the subjects taught in the previous class, which will be collected and graded by the teacher in order to ascertain an expected evolution. In these classes the learning outcomes related to these tests will be evaluated continuously. In another class, classroom control, the program will be treated in the traditional way. In the end it will proceed to the processing of data collected and the preparation of findings and possible recommendations.

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Bláhová, Šárka. "Integrativní role Dělnických listů pro orientaci vídeňských Čechů v období politické změny 1918-1919." Master's thesis, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-298015.

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This master's thesis examines the influence of a Czech newspaper, the Worker's Papers, that was published in Vienna. The daily paper was targeted at Czech citizens living in the Austrian capital in the times of political changes, between 1918 and 1919. First, the thesis employs the method of a quantitative analysis of articles from selected front pages of the Worker's Papers. I overview the major topics that the newspaper most often reported on: the world politics and the situation of Czechs living in Vienna. Then, I engage in a qualitative content analysis, analyzing key issues of Czechs that were often publicly discussed in the Austrian capital. Regarding the world news reporting, only articles that directly influenced Germany and Hungary are considered, since the Worker's Papers paid a special attention to this region. Using the quantitative, as well as qualitative, content analysis, I examine the extent to which the reporters in the Worker's Papers influenced their readers in terms of their audience's decision making and in terms of shaping the collective identity of the Czech minority in Vienna. The thesis discloses the topics that the Worker's Papers frequently reported on. Additionally, the thesis reveals the role of the newspaper in shaping the way Czech minority perceived themselves in the...

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