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Goulding, Jack Steven. "GAPP-IT : a generic IT training model for construction." Thesis, University of Salford, 2000. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/26692/.
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Construction organisations are increasingly focussing their energies, resources, and aspirations to the development of strategy. In this context, information technology (IT) is progressively being used as a core tool and enabler of the business strategy (BS), particularly in areas of strategic analysis and knowledge management. However, two major issues should be considered concerning the use of IT; the first of which relates to the technology itself - specifically how this can be used (and evaluated) to support the business; and the second issue concerns implementation - the details of which naturally embraces many aspects, including the provision of (and support for) IT training. From an IT perspective therefore, organisations should endeavour to match opportunity with corporate capability, the edict of which requires appropriately trained and skilled workforce to deliver IT capability (to match skills with demand). Training can be considered an investment, the remit of which aims to prepare organisations to adapt to the changing business environment (to meet current and future business needs). Whilst the provision of training can often lead to improved performance, organisations must however engage appropriate mechanisms to evaluate (and assess) the impact of IT training on the business performance gap. Organisations are therefore increasingly using 'process' to improve business performance, the concepts of which focus on activities (how things are done), rather than the product ('what' is produced). Many large construction organisations are now using maps and protocols to deliver business benefits. In this context, the process approach to IT (and its link with the BS) could therefore enable process users to more readily appreciate (and assess) the impact of IT training on the business performance gap. This research introduces a Generic Assessment Process Protocol model for IT training (GAPP-IT) for specific use in the construction business environment. It engages the Process Protocol (PP) methodology to identify the key sequential stages (gates) and issues required to satisfy (or close) the business performance gap.
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Martin-Herbert, Jacqueline. "Identité d'une chimère : recherche d'identité professionnelle d'une RPM en GAPP implanté dans une école." Paris 7, 1986. http://www.theses.fr/1986PA070035.
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Je suis rééducatrice en psychomotricité dans un groupe d'aide psycho-pédagogique. Mon identité professionnelle est problématique, car je suis institutrice spécialisée, et, par ma médiation propre, le jeu avec implication motrice, je dois aider des enfants en difficulté, pris seuls ou par trois, et viser un réaménagement de leur personnalité. Il s'agit en fait d'interventions relevant de la psychologie clinique, mais dans l'école. Ma position est donc a définir entre pédagogie et psychothérapie. Son originalité tient d'abord au contexte, l'école, comme site et finalité de notre travail. La s'affrontent plusieurs regards déterminant des images d'enfant, qui peuvent se figer et générer des conflits, l'image de l'enfant de sa famille, l'image de l'écolier, l'image de l'enfant scolarise qui est la notre. Celle-ci comprend une analyse et un effort de mise en perméabilité des deux autres, outre une dimension qui doit beaucoup a la psychologie et a la psychanalyse en tant que théorie. La rééducation par le jeu peut être définie comme une mise en acte sur le mode secondaire du fantasme. Elle se justifie théoriquement par les textes psychanalytiques sur l'accès à la réalité (Winnicott), le fantasme (Freud, Leclaire, Sami-Ali), le jeu (Gutton). L'analyse d'une rééducation en dégage les facteurs dynamiques : l'expression de l'affect, la position active de maitrise, le symbolique ludique, la régulation du fantasme par l'agi, les limites de la réalité corporelle et matérielle, la communication avec l'autre. Dans ce cadre winnicottien, le rééducateur, travaillant dans et avec le transfert favorise par sa position d'accompagnement du rythme tonique, de la présence et du sens, crée des conditions favorables au renforcement du moi. C'est le plaisir du jeu, résultant de la reconversion de l'angoisse fractionnée en doses maitrisables qui est le principal moteur de la reprise d'évolution. Mais le même matériel peut, selon le jeu des investissements et contre-investissements, être favorable ou renforcer les défenses. Le projet rééducatif doit donc reposer sur un diagnostic évolutif et s'adapter a chaque cas. Le RPM travaille sur le préconscient et non sur l'inconscient. Il en résulte un manque de profondeur, mais qui tend a se compenser par une extension en surface, en travaillant l'ensemble des réseaux de relation de l'enfant, sur le lieu même ou il rencontre ses difficultés, l'école.
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Martin-Herbert, Jacqueline. "Identité d'une chimère recherche d'identité professionnelle d'une RPM en GAPP implanté dans une école." Lille 3 : ANRT, 1988. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37598357s.
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Gapp-Schmeling, Katharina [Verfasser]. "Faktoren nachhaltigen Stromkonsums in Europa und seine Förderung durch politisch-rechtliche Instrumente : Eine Analyse aus Sicht der Nachhaltigen Ökonomie / Katharina Gapp-Schmeling." Baden-Baden : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1212395530/34.
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EUGENE, REMI. "Etude architecturale, modelisation et realisation d'un processeur a base de gapp pour le traitement d'images temps reel et la simulation par automate cellulaire." Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg) (1971-2008), 1990. http://www.theses.fr/1990STR13043.
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Vyas, Nikhil S. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Imperfect gaps in Gap-ETH and PCPs." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122771.
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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2019Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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In this thesis we study the role of perfect completeness in probabilistically checkable proof systems (PCPs) and give a new way to transform a PCP with imperfect completeness to a PCP with perfect completeness, when the initial gap is a constant. In particular, we show that PCP[subscript c,s][r, q] [mathematical symbol] PCP[subscript 1,s'][r + 0(1), q+ 0 (r)] for c - s = [omega](1) which in turn implies that one can convert imperfect completeness to perfect in linear-sized PCPs for NTIME[0(n)] with a 0(log n) additive loss in the query complexity q. We show our result by constructing a "robust circuit" using threshold gates. These results are a gap amplification procedure for PCPs (when completeness is imperfect), analogous to questions studied in parallel repetition [21] and pseudorandomness [141. We also investigate the time complexity of approximating perfectly satisfiable instances of 3SAT versus those with imperfect completeness. We show that the Gap-ETH conjecture without perfect completeness is equivalent to Gap-ETH with perfect completeness; that is, MAX 3SAT(1 - [epsilon], 1 - [delta]) for [delta] > [epsilon] has 2⁰([superscript n])-time algorithms if and only if MAX 3SAT(1, 1 - [delta]) has 2⁰([superscript n])-time algorithms. We also relate the time complexities of these two problems in a more fine-grained way, to show that T₂ (n) by Nikhil Vyas.
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Gillette, Nicholas A. "Exploiting the Gaps in GAAP: A Look at the Principles Versus Rules Debate." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2013. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/725.
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The principles versus rules debate has long since been a conversation in the accounting world, but the conversation heated up in the early part of the 21st century on the heels of a few highly publicized accounting frauds. In an increasingly globalized business environment, convergence between the more rules-oriented US GAAP and more principles-oriented IFRS is becoming more and more relevant. This study attempts to better inform that debate, exploring the accounting conceptual framework, United States legal environment, and the costs and benefits of adopting a more principles-oriented set of accounting standards. This study concludes that, though there would likely be some costs initially, principles-oriented standards give managers the ability to produce more relevant, comparable, and reliable financial statements, and can even serve to deincentivize fraudulent behavior. By adjusting the incentive structure, managers would no longer be offered protection by bright-line rules, instead required to more faithfully represent the economic reality of their firm. However, though rules-oriented standards like lease accounting are in need of improvement, due to the complex nature of some transactions, not all standards can be solely principles-oriented. As such, the FASB should develop a propensity away from rules, detailed guidance, and exceptions whenever possible.
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af, Klintberg Tord. "Air Gap Method : Air-Gaps in Building Construction to avoid Dampness & Mould." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Byggnadsteknik, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-102873.
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Pimenta, Luciano Cunha de Araujo. "Navegação de robôs móveis baseada na equação de laplace: uma nova abordagem utilizando elementos finitos." Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1843/GASP-6AHJDQ.
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This work addresses the mobile robot navigation problem. More specifically, we propose a novel approach, in the robotics context, for constructing navigation functions based on the Laplaces equation solution. This approach is based on Finite Elements Methods, which allows for complex shaped obstacles and robots. Also, we propose rules for attaching boundary conditions to the boundary domain, in order to solve the Laplaces Equation, thus guaranteeing completeness for the proposed methodology, i.e., if a path exists the robot always reach the goal in a finite time, independently of its initial position and orientation. A new boundary condition, called Periodic Condition, is proposed and used to take into account the robots orientation. Additionally, we propose an algorithm for constructing configurations spaces in R3, useful when three degrees of freedom, planar robots are considered. Our methodology is validated in actual, holonomic mobile robotsEste trabalho aborda o problema de navegação de robôs móveis. Mais especificamente, é proposta uma nova abordagem, no contexto de robótica, para a solução da equação Laplace visando a construção de funções de navegação. Esta nova abordagem consiste na aplicação do Método de Elementos Finitos, o que permite o tratamento de obstáculos e robôs de formatos complexos. O trabalho ainda propõe regras para a definição de condições de contorno para a solução da equação de Laplace, as quais tornam a metodologia proposta completa, isto é, caso exista um caminho possível, o robô sempre atinge o alvo num tempo finito, independentemente da posição e orientação iniciais. Uma nova condição de contorno, dentro do contexto de robótica, chamada Condição de Contorno Periódica, também é proposta neste trabalho, permitindo um tratamento fechado da orientação do robô. O tratamento da orientação do robô passa também pela construção de espaços de configurações em R3, utilizados quando a orientação de robôs navegando no plano é considerada. Esta dissertação propõe um novo algoritmo para uma construção aproximada desses espaços. Os resultados do trabalho são validados numa plataforma constituída de robôs holonômicos reais
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Salis, Turibio Tanus. "Aplicações de visão computacional na indústria siderúrgica: problemas, soluções e estudos de caso." Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1843/GASP-7LXK22.
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This work addresses the computer vision use in siderurgical (steel mill)process, from raw material extraction in the mines, passing for the reduction stages, stell plants, rolling, until finished products inspection. It shows a large survey where it describes the typical problems found by the researchers in the steel mill plants and the adopted solutions to solve them. This work still comments the development process of four computer vision aplications for the Ouro Branco mills siderurgical process and describes other solutions that can contribute in process quality increase.Este trabalho busca discutir a utilização de visão computacional nos processos siderúrgicos, desde a extração da matéria-prima nas minas, passando pelas etapas de redução, aciaria, laminação até a inspeção dos produtos finais. O trabalho apresenta uma extensa revisão bibliográfica na qual se descreve os principais problemas encontrados pelos pesquisadores em ambientes siderúrgicos e as respectivas soluções adotadas para contorná-los. O trabalho comenta ainda o desenvolvimento de quatro protótipos de aplicações paraos processos siderúrgicos da usina de Ouro Branco, além de descrever o levantamento de outras soluções que podem contribuir para a melhoria dos processos.
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Pimenta, Luciano Cunha de Araujo. "Techniques for Controlling Swarms of Robots." Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1843/GASP-7Y5F4W.
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This thesis addresses the problem of controlling very large groups of robots, refereed as swarms. Scalable solutions in which there is no need for labelling the robots are proposed. All the robots run the same software and the success of the task execution does not depend on specific members of the group. Robustness to dynamic addition and deletion of agents is also an advantage of our approaches. In the first methodology, we model the swarm as a fluid immersed in a region where a field of external forces, which is free of local minima, is defined. In this case, the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method is applied to model the robotic fluid', more specifically, to model the interactions among the robots of the group. The Finite Element Method (FEM) is also used in this work to compute the fields that determine external forces. This approach is instantiated in a pattern generation task and also in a coverage task. In the second methodology, a problem of optimal environment coverage using robots equipped with sensors is addressed by means of tools from the Locational Optimization theory. Three important extensions of well-known results in the literature are presented: (i) sensors with different footprints, (ii) disk-shaped robots, and (iii) nonconvex polygonal environments. Both approaches are verified in simulations. The first technique is also implemented and tested in actual robots.Esta tese aborda o problema de controle de grandes grupos de robôs, referidos como enxames. São propostas soluções escaláveis as quais não necessitam da identificação única dos robôs. Todos os robôs executam o mesmo código e o sucesso na execução de uma tarefa não depende de membros específicos do grupo. Robustez à adição e remoção dinâmica de agentes também é uma vantagem das abordagens propostas. Na primeira metodologia, o enxame é modelado como um fluido imerso numa região onde um campo de forças externas livre de mínimos locais é definido. Neste caso, utiliza-se o método de Hidrodinâmica de Partículas Suavizadas (HPS) para modelar o fluido robótico'', mais especificamente, para modelar as interações entre robôs do grupo. O Método de Elementos Finitos (MEF) também é utilizado neste trabalho para calcular os campos vetoriais que determinam as forças externas. Esta abordagem é instanciada num problema de geração de padrões e também num problema de cobertura de ambientes. Na segunda metodologia, um problema de cobertura ótima de ambientes utilizando robôs equipados com sensores é tratado por meio de ferramentas provenientes da teoria de Otimização Locacional. São apresentadas três extensões importantes de resultados já conhecidos na literatura: (i) sensores com diferentes campos de visão, (ii) robôs com formato circular e (iii) ambientes poligonais não-convexos. Ambas metodologias são verificadas em simulações. A primeira metodologia é também implementada e testada em robôs reais.
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Fonseca, Alexandre Ramos. "Composição de mapas planares e planejamento de rotas aplicados à navegação de robôs móveis e linhas de transmissão." Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1843/GASP-6NQP2X.
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Finding the shortest path between two points in thematic maps is a common problem. However, this planning can be slightly complex, taking into account the large number of variables and constraints of the problem. This thesis proposes the use of map overlay and optimization techniques to find the optimal route approximation, considering all necessary topological information and constraints. Furthermore, a post-processing technique to refine the solution is shown. The problem can be modeled by a set of thematic maps without loss of generality. Cost functions are assigned to each region in order to estimate the difficulty to transpose that region. The map overlay technique is used to couple all the thematic map information. This technique produces a combined map which contains all the information of each map. A triangle discretization has been used to decompose the map in convex regions. After the discretization, the vertices of the triangles are the nodes of the search graph. The graph is constructed taking into account the distance between nodes. This distance is defined as the minimal number of edges between the nodes. One can assure the best solution only considering all possible connections. However, this addresses the worst case and the computational cost is prohibitive in most cases. A post-processing technique has been proposed to find good solutions without a significative increasing of considered connections. To achieve the initial solution path, the Dijkstra algorithm has been used. Two route planning problems are addressed in this work, the robot motion planning in outdoor environments and the design of routes for transmission lines. In both cases, practical systems have been used to test the developed method.Encontrar o caminho de menor custo entre dois pontos em um mapa temático é um problema comum. Entretanto, esse planejamento pode se tornar complexo levando-se em conta o elevado número de variáveis e restrições do problema. Essa dissertação propõe o uso de técnicas de sobreposição de mapas e de otimização para encontrar uma aproximação da rota ótima, considerando todas as informações topológicas e restrições necessárias. Além disso, uma técnica de pós-processamento para refinar a solução é apresentada. O problema pode ser modelado, sem perda de generalidade, por um conjunto de mapas temáticos aos quais funções de custo são associadas a cada região, com o objetivo de estimar sua dificuldade de transposição. A técnica de sobreposição de mapas é usada para combinar as informações dos mapas temáticos. Essa técnica produz um mapa combinado contendo as informações de cada mapa e o mapa resultante é então decomposto em regiões convexas utilizando uma triangulação. Após a discretização, os vértices dos triângulos correspondem aos nós do grafo. O grafo é construído levando em conta o custo de transposição entre os nós e a distância topológica entre eles. Esta distância é definida como o número mínimo de arestas entre os nós. Pode-se assegurar a melhor solução somente quando o grafo completo é considerado. Entretanto, o custo computacional para este caso é proibitivo. Uma técnica de pós-processamento é proposta para encontrar boas soluções sem considerar um número elevado de conexões. O algoritmo de Dijkstra é utilizado para calcular o caminho inicial. Como aplicação, dois problemas de planejamento de rotas são considerados: navegação de robôs em ambientes externos e o projeto de rotas de linhas de transmissão. Em ambos os casos, exemplos práticos foram usados para a validação do método desenvolvido.
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Santos, Michelle Mendes. "Desenvolvimento de um sistema de localização e reconstrução de trajetórias para um veículo terrestre." Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1843/GASP-7Y5EWQ.
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The localization task of a mobile robot is one of the most important steps towards its autonomous locomotion, since a vehicle must know its geographic position must be able to avoid known obstacles and to arrive at desired places. The fulfillment of this task requires the use of noisy information provided by many types of sensors. In this work the objective is the study of sensor fusion techniques applied to the development of a localization system for an automobile. This automobile will be used later as a mobile robotic platform in UFMG. The developed system not only provides information concerning the geographic position of the vehicle, but also estimates speed and orientation. This is accomplished by the use of position, speed and acceleration sensors, which are adequately installed and calibrated. The sensors measurements are processed using estimation algorithms based on Kalman Filter. As example of application of the localization system proposed in this work, an onboard electronic guide was developed, which, based on maps stored previously on a computer, can display geographical information to the vehicle driver.A tarefa de localização de um robô móvel constitui-se como uma das etapas fundamentais para se atingir o objetivo de locomoção autônoma do mesmo, tendo em vista que um veículo deve conhecer sua posição geográfica, em relação a um determinado referencial, para conseguir se desviar de obstáculos conhecidos e alcançar lugares desejados. O cumprimento desta tarefa demanda a utilização de informações ruidosas provenientes de diversos tipos de sensores. Neste trabalho tem-se como objetivo o estudo de técnicas de fusão sensorial aplicadas ao desenvolvimento de um sistema de localização para um automóvel de passeio, o qual será futuramente usado como plataforma robótica móvel. O sistema desenvolvido provê não apenas informações acerca da posição geográfica do veículo, mas também fornece estimativas de velocidade e orientação ao longo do trajeto, graças à utilização de sensores de posição, velocidade e aceleração, adequadamente instalados e calibrados, cujas medições são processadas por algoritmos de estimação baseados no Filtro de Kalman. Como exemplo de aplicação do sistema de localização proposto neste trabalho, foi desenvolvido um guia eletrônico embarcado que, em conjunto com mapas fornecidos previamente, pode apresentar informações ao motorista que trafega com o veículo em um dado instante.
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Lima, Danilo Alves de. "Navegação segura de um carro autônomo utilizando campos vetoriais e o método da janela dinâmica." Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1843/GASP-8C4QBE.
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Safe navigation is fundamental for autonomous vehicles. That requires a complete interaction with its surroundings. Self localization, motion planning, environment perception and obstacle avoidance, are important steps that must be realized by the vehicle. This work presents a safe navigation approach for a car-like robot. It uses a path planning algorithm based on Velocity Vector Fields combined together with a Dynamic Window Approach for unmodeled obstacle avoidance. Basically, the vector field is associated to a controller whose outputs are validated by the Dynamic Window Approach and applied as control inputs for the car. To assist the navigation, some known technics have been incorporated to the final solution, such as a sensor fusion system for localization and a local occupancy grid for environment perception. The methodology of this work was validated in a simulation system, where lasers and visual sensors were evaluated, and posteriorly applied to CADU (a car-like robot developed in the Federal University of Minas Gerais) that uses a stereo vision camera for obstacles detection. The results, for both cases, controlled the vehicle in an unstructured environment. The vehicle was able to track the vector field and avoid obstacles in its way. It is expected that more sensors and a better localization system would allow the car to navigate around more complex places using the methodology presented in this work.A navegação segura é uma tarefa fundamental para os veículos autônomos, os quais necessitam de uma interação completa com o meio em que estão inseridos. Saber se localizar no mundo, planejar seu movimento, perceber o ambiente e desviar de possíveis obstáculos, são apenas algumas das etapas que devem ser realizadas pelo veículo. Este trabalho aborda o problema de navegação segura de um carro autônomo. Para tanto, é utilizado um planejamento de movimento por meio de campos vetoriais de velocidade aliado ao Método da Janela Dinâmica para o desvio de obstáculos não modelados. Basicamente, o campo vetorial é associado a um controlador cujas saídas são validadas pelo Método da Janela Dinâmica e aplicadas como entradas de controle do carro. Para auxiliar na navegação, técnicas de localização por fusão sensorial e percepção do ambiente por uma grade ocupação local foram incorporadas à solução. A validação da metodologia apresentada foi realizada em um ambiente de simulação, onde sensores a laser e visuais foram avaliados, e posteriormente implementada no CADU (Carro autônomo desenvolvido na Universidade Federal de Minas Gerias) que utiliza visão estéreo para a percepção dos obstáculos. Os resultados, para ambos os casos, controlaram o veículo em um ambiente não estruturado. Neles, o veículo foi capaz de se guiar pelo campo vetorial e desviar de obstáculos em seu caminho. Espera-se que a incorporação de mais sensores e um sistema localização mais preciso permita que o carro navegue por ambientes mais complexos utilizando a metodologia proposta neste trabalho.
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Junior, Joao Bosco Silvino. "Desenvolvimento de um sistema automatizado para captura e comparação de estriamentos de projéteis de armas de fogo." Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1843/GASP-8BNFER.
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The increasing use of guns in crimes has been a constant worrying to the law enforcemen and the need of capable information in order to get a solution for those crimes is evident. The detection of correlative previous crimes becomes a powerful tool that can be decisive to the solution of a criminal action. The creation of a proper system that is able to detect the use of the same gun on diferent crimes becomes a huge need for the techno-scientific policy institutes and it opens a wide range of information that wasn't possible before due to de complexity in ballistic comparishion processes, that envolves the ballistics examiner to indivualy analyze each speciment. This work introduces a beginning in the development of equipment with national technology for automatic ballistic projects comparison. It is introduced the mechanism of image acquisition of the projectile, a methodology of the set up of this image and the comparisons among the micro striation marks, and determining the similarity level among picked samples using Cross Correlation Function (CCF)The most important results were the capture and the set up of the lateralarea image of a three-dimensional object as well the comparison of acquired sample images. These comparisons allowed to determine what samples were produced by the same gun. It is expected, with the future development of the present work, it can be produced national solutions for the automatic ballistic comparisons, by searching related facts in appropriated databases.O crescente uso de armas de fogo na prática de crimes tem sido umapreocupação constante dos órgãos de investigação policial. A detecção de crimes relacionados entre si é uma ferramenta poderosa que pode ser decisiva no desvendamento de uma ação delitiva. O desenvolvimento de um sistema capaz de detectar o uso de uma mesma arma em crimes diferentes torna-se uma necessidade para os órgãos de polícia técnico-científica, pois abre um novo leque de informações que antes não era possível, dada a complexidadee demora nos processos de confronto balístico. Este trabalho apresenta-se como o indício do desenvolvimento de um equipamento com tecnologia nacional para a microcomparação balística automáticade projéteis. Nele é apresentado o mecanismo de aquisição da imagem do projetil, uma metodologia de montagem desta imagem e também de comparação entre os microestriamentos, determinando o grau de semelhançaa entre as amostras colhidas utilizando a Função de Correlação Cruzada (FCC). Os principais resultados alcançados foram a captura e a montagem da imagem da área lateral de um objeto tridimensional e comparação das imagens das amostras adquiridas. Estas comparações permitiram determinar quais amostras foram produzidas pela mesma arma. Espera-se, com o desenvolvimento futuro deste trabalho, que possa ser produzida uma solução brasileira para a microcomparação balística automática e busca de casos relacionados em um banco de dados.
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Moreira, Marco Aurelio Guimaraes. "Localização, modelagem e controle de um helimodelo em ambientes internos." Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1843/GASP-8BNFB9.
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This work addresses the robotization problem of a small-scale commercial helicopter. The problem solution involves three subtasks: design and implementation of algorithms for localization, development of the helicopter mathematical model and design and implementation of control laws. For localization, the combination of a stereo vision system and inertial sensors information via Kalman Filtering is proposed. The estimated states, which are linear and angular positions and velocities, along with the pilot commands are used to estimate, through system identification methods, the parameters of a gray box model. Once the helicopter model is identified, the controllers are designed. The first tests were performed in a platform that restricted the helicopter movements to variations in the attitude angles. In the following tests, the helicopter was controlled without any device to restrict its movements, using traditional PID cascade control. Experimental results show stabilization of all the helicopter degrees of freedom.Este trabalho aborda o problema de robotização de um helimodelo comercial de pequeno porte para operação em ambientes internos. A solução para o problema ´e dividida em três sub-tarefas: projeto e implementação de algoritmos de localização, desenvolvimento da modelagem matemática do helimodelo e projeto e implementação de leis de controle. Para localização, propõe-se a combinação de informações provenientes de um sistema de visão estéreo e de sensores inerciais via Filtragem de Kalman. Os estados estimados, que compreendem posições e velocidades lineares e angulares, são usados em conjunto com os sinais de comando do piloto para estimar, por meio de métodos de identificação, os parâmetros de um modelo caixa-cinza. De posse do modelo dinâmico do helimodelo, são projetados os controladores. Inicialmente, são feitos testes numa plataforma que restringe o movimento do helimodelo a variações nos ângulos de atitude. Em seguida, o controle é feito sem qualquer mecanismo de restrição de movimentos, utilizando-se controladores PID clássicos em cascata. Resultados experimentais mostram a estabilização de todos os graus de liberdade do helimodelo.
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Floyd, Robyn A. "A Phenomenological Study of the Student Achievement Gap in a Midwestern Suburb." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1182530693.
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Collins, Lori D. "Understanding and Closing the Gaps: A GAP Audit Approach Linking Archaeology and Land Acquisition Strategies in Florida." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2007. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002161.
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Santos, Marta Silva dos. "Transição de fase no efeito Hall, em camadas de inversão de materiais com gaps estreitos." Universidade de São Paulo, 1989. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/54/54131/tde-28052009-092722/.
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A Aproximação de Massa Efetiva para a função evnvelope multi-componente, na presença de uma interface, desenvolvida por Marques e Sham, será utilizada aqui, para materiais de gap estreito do grupo II-VI, da seguinte maneira: A) A forte interação entre bandas de condução e valência, nestes materiais, é justificada em um Hamiltoniano de Kane (6x6) modificado, contendo todas as ondas de Bloch propagantes e evanescentes. Na presença de uma interface, a função de onda eletrônica, Ψ, é composta de uma onda de Bloch incidente, uma refletida e duas evanescentes, com a mesma energia E e momento paralelo k. Já que a estrutura da maioria dos isolantes utilizados são desconhecidos, a interface semicondutor-isolante por ser considerada como uma barreira infinita, de modo que, Ψ, se anule na interface. Existe uma fina região de espessura α na interface, onde o decaimento das ondas evanescentes é indispensável. Distante desta região, as ondas evanescentes possuem um papel insignificante e eventualmente anulam-se. O limite de α → 0 determina as condições de contorno para cada componente da função de onda envelope na interface. B) As condições de contorno são usadas para computar a estrutura de subbandas e o potencial auto-consistente para o Hg1-xCdxTe. A mais interessante característica é o afastamento dos estados de spin duplamente degenerados. Estes resultados serão utilizados para encontrarmos a dependência da energia das subbandas com um campo magnético perpendicular à interface. C) A magneto-condutividade longitudinal é calculada como função do campo magnético B ⊥. Efeitos das interações elétron-elétron e elétrons-impureza são levadas em conta nas aproximações de Hartee-Foch e auto-consistente de Born, respectivamente. Para uma interação elétron-impureza finita, encontram-se fatores de preenchimentos críticos dos níveis de Landau, onde transições de fase são observadas. Estes resultados explicam as descontinuidades presentes, em medidas experimentais, na magneto-resistividade longitudinal e transversal (Hall), em MISFET de Hg (Cd)Te.The Effective Mass Approximation for multi-component envelope wave function in the presence of an interface in the MOSFET system, developed by Marques and Sham, will be used here, for II-VI narrow-gap semiconductors, in the following way: A) The strong interaction between conduction and valence bands, in these materials, is justified. The (6x6) Kane type modified Hamiltonian is used and the total wave function contains every propagating and evanescent waves. For an interface, the total function, Ψ, is composed of one incident and one reflected and two evanescent Bloch waves, with energy E and parallel wave-vector k. Since the band structure of the most used insulators is usually not well known, the insulator-semiconductor interface can be assumed as an infinite barrier; therefore, the total wave-function there can set to zero. The semiconductor evanescent Bloch waves are indispensable in a thin layer, of thickness α, close to this region. Far away from the interface their role are insignificant and can be neglected. In the limit α → 0, the boundary condition for each the limit the total Bloch wave function, are derived. B) These boundary conditions are used to calculate the self-consistent electric subband and potential for MISFET of Hg1-xCdxTe. The subbands present a very important spin splitting, due to the internal electric field. C) The effect of a perpendicular magnetic field is also studied and the longitudinal magneto-conductivity are calculated. The effect of electron-electron and electron-impurity interactions are respectively accounted for in the Hartee-Fock and self-consistent Born approximations. For critical electron-impurity interaction, the Landau level filling shows a phase transition at a given fractional occupation (or magnetic field). These results are experimentally observed in both longitudinal and transverse (Hall) magneto-resistance for Hg(Cd)Te.
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Adere, Endale. "Accounting for Oil and Gas : The effect of the gap between US GAAP and IFRS on Norwegian companies." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet (USBE), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-51283.
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Abstract Background Oil and gas is a main source of revenue for many countries. Norway is one of them. Several companies operate in these countries. The companies demand accounting to communicate to their stakeholders. The two biggest accounting regimes, IASB and USA have their own standards for the upstream activities of those companies. The standard setting bodies mandatorily require companies to comply. Norwegian listed companies, as they are in the IASB regime, must comply with the IASB standard, IFRS 6. Problem The IASB standard has a problem of addressing the entire upstream activities of the companies Moreover, the standard has conceptual flaw. However, these oil and gas firms are required to follow it. As a remedy, the entities fill the gap by using the US GAAP, if they are listed, as the regulation requires them to follow IFRS. Thus, using these two standards coupled with the defect of the IASB standard is affecting them. Purpose The purpose of this thesis is to explain the effects of IFRS 6 on companies by comparing it with the US GAAP standard. In doing so, theories relevant to the issue are described and the technical gaps between the two standards are elaborated. Method This thesis uses mixed method. The research design followed is concurrently mixing quantitative and qualitative methods. However, qualitative method dominates in the mixing. As a data collection mechanism, interview, questionnaire and documentation i.e. the annual reports of the companies are used. In the study both deductive and inductive reasoning are used. Conclusion Subsequent to making the study, the author concludes that the surveyed companies have used the US GAAP to fill the gap that IFRS possess. However, retaining two sets of accounts has economic effect and the companies are paying for that. Moreover, they expend costs for adopting the IFRS when they change their standard from US GAAP to IFRS. Moreover, it is difficult to make conclusion about diffusion of accounting method due to contagion effect. Similarly, although previous studies show that size of a firm is a determinant factor, it is tricky to make conclusion on the studied companies.
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Walter, Kerstin. "Mind the gap : exposing the protection gaps in international law for environmentally displaced citizens of small island states." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/40097.
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The President of the Maldives, Mr. Mohamed Nasheed, has stressed repeatedly that if current trends in sea level rise continue, the Maldives and other island countries would disappear before the end of the century. Despite the growing awareness of the nexus between climate change and migration, academic research into the legal protection, or even the legal definition, of people who may be induced or forced to leave their homeland due to the effects of climate change is scarce. Citizens of Small Island States, displaced as a result of climate change, have very specific characteristics that make them unique in international law but so far it is unclear what status and protection they will have under international law. This thesis aims to provide an overview over existing legal instruments, their capacity to protect island citizen and the ensuing duties and obligations on signatory states and the international community in the hope that it will provide a roadmap for future actions. The author first confirms the leading opinion that environmentally displaced people are not refugees before moving on to explore the protection capacity of international human rights law, the international legal principle of non-refoulement and the legal framework on statelessness.
This thesis reaches the unwelcome conclusion that current legal frameworks are not equipped to provide displaced citizen of disappearing islands with the necessary and effective protection they require and none of the discussed legal instruments can confer on them a secure and stable legal status, comparable to that of a refugee. It further concludes that - seeing how specific the needs of these geographically remote islands are and taking into account the wishes of the populations at risk - the most promising way forward for the protection of small island states citizen therefore lies in regional agreements aimed at gradual and dignified migration and the preservation of island communities and culture within the host countries.
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Charpentier, Bruno. "Étude des promoteurs transcriptionnels des gènes gapA et gapB codant pour la glycéraldéhyde-3-phosphate déshydrogénase d'Escherichia coli. : relation structure/fonction." Nancy 1, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994NAN10307.
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L'expression des gènes gapA et gapB d'Escherichia coli, codant pour glycéraldéhyde-3-phosphate déshydrogénase, a été étudiée au niveau: organisation des régions promoteur et régulations transcriptionnelles. Des résultats inattendus ont été obtenus: la partie codante de gapA est précédée d'une région promoteur complexe permettant une forte expression, quelles que soient les conditions environnementales, 4 promoteurs ont été mis en évidence. Les promoteurs p1, p3 et p4 sont reconnus par l'ARN polymérase esigma70, alors que le promoteur p2 est reconnu par l'holoenzyme esigma32. Le promoteur p1 est responsable de la forte activité transcriptionnelle de gapA en phase exponentielle de croissance. L'efficacité de p1 dépend du degré de superenroulement de l'ADN et de la présence d'une courbure naturelle de l'ADN, localisée au niveau des boites -10 et -35. C'est la première observation du rôle d'une courbure à cette position dans un promoteur naturel. En condition de choc thermique ou de carence, l'utilisation de p2 est augmentée, tandis que celle de p1 décroit. D'ou l'extension du regulon de choc thermique aux gènes dont le niveau de transcription est simplement maintenu au cours du choc thermique. D'une manière surprenante, l'utilisation de p2 est forte pendant la phase exponentielle de croissance et cette forte utilisation dépend de la protéine fis. Le promoteur p3 est sous contrôle de la répression catabolique et son efficacité dépend également d'une courbure de l'ADN, centrée au niveau du site de fixation du complexe CRP/AMPC. Le gène gapB est transcrit et cette activité transcriptionnelle dépend de la présence de glucose, mais aussi de la protéine CRP et de l'AMPC. Cette régulation opposée à la régulation catabolique classique a aussi été observée pour l'operon PTS. Aucune protéine n'étant produite a partir du gène gapB, il est vraisemblable que l'activité transcriptionnelle observée permette l'expression des gènes adjacents à gapB: PGK et FDA
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Hoefer, K. Marie. "The three-dimensional orientation of gaps has species-dependent effects on bridging performance and gap choice of arboreal snakes." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1342104385.
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Lee, Robin. "Bridging Gaps." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-217540.
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Överdäckning av motorväg i bullerstörda Nacka. Projektet syftar till att frigöra mark som idag är obrukbar på grund av höga bullernivåer. Projektet vill belysa möjligheten för lönsamma överdäckningar i staden.Decking of a highway on the outskirts of Stockholm. The project shows both economic and human valuse of converting streches of the highway to livable area.
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Karlsson, Lisa, and Theres Sandstedt. "Skillnader mellan Swedish GAAP och US GAAP : väsentlighetsbegreppet och justeringsposter." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Management and Economics, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-1217.
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Background: With an increased global market, where companies seek capital abroad, the demand for a more uniform accounting standard has been raised. This uniform accounting standard is not yet available, differences between accounting standards still exists. Several Swedish companies seek risk capital in the USA and some are part of a concern that is listed on the American stock exchange. This means that the Securities and Exchange Commission requires the companies to do a reconciliation to US GAAP on those items that are considered material. This can be an extensive work for the companies if the knowledge about the differences between Swedish GAAP and US GAAP does not exist.
Purpose: The purpose with this essay is to describe Swedish GAAP and US GAAP and experienced differences between them, and identify items that should be taken into consideration at a reconciliation. Further we have the purpose to examine the meaning of the expression material and how that affects what items that are chosen for reconciliation, and to create a model for analysis of what items are material.
Accomplishment: We have done a research among an assortment of Swedish companies that do a reconciliation of their reports to US GAAP. The purpose of the research have been to identify differences between Swedish GAAP and US GAAP and which ones that are considered material and therefore should be reconciled. We have then described the identified differences and what effect those differences have from the view of a case company. The case company is Sydkraft ÖstVärme that are part of a German group that are listed on the American stock exchange and therefore are affected by US GAAP accounting.
Results: Through the information from the research we have created a guideline that could be used as help when doing reconciliation. This guideline consists partly of a model of how an analysis of material items could function when choosing reconciliation items and partly of a compilation of the differences that have been identified and how they should be treated.
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Lindner, Elspeth Jeanne. "Holy, These Gaps." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2018. https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2469.
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Ferreira, Ana Patrícia dos Santos. "Equity research - Galp Energia SGPS SA : Galp competitors and relative valuation." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/20758.
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Mestrado em FinançasA GALP é a principal empresa petrolífera integrada portuguesa. Atua em toda a cadeia de valor dos combustíveis fóssil (extração, ao transporte e refinamento e, finalmente, a comercialização dos diversos subprodutos), sendo um player relevante no Upstream e líder de mercado no Downstream, nos mercados onde está presente. A empresa foi avaliada com uma de soma das partes, onde um FCFF DCF foi feito para cada unidade de negócio de modo a capturar as diferentes especificidades de cada um, obtendo-se um preço-alvo final de 18.1€ por ação, depois atualizado para 12.1€, de forma a refletir as consequências da atual pandemia. Para apoiar a nossa recomendação, outros métodos foram também utilizados, como o FCFF DCF (para a empresa como um todo), o FCFE DCF, o APV e o DDM. A avaliação foi sujeita a análise de sensibilidade a fim de abordar o risco. Além disso, os riscos aos quais a empresa está sujeita são detalhadamente explicados no relatório. O capítulo sobre os Competidores da GALP e Avaliação Relativa tem por objetivo demonstrar o porquê deste método de avaliação não ser utilizado para suportar a nossa recomendação. A empresa tem um posicionamento muito estratégico, principalmente devido às suas operações de Upstream, o que permite estar a operar em parceria com algumas das maiores empresas de Oil & Gas do mundo, apesar de ser uma empresa relativamente pequena na indústria. Este posicionamento explica o porquê de o mercado parecer estar a sobrevalorizar a empresa face aos seus pares, de uma perspetiva de múltiplos.
GALP is the leading Portuguese integrated oil company. It operates throughout the whole fossil fuel value chain, from extracting fossil fuel, to transporting and refining it and finally commercializing the different by-products. GALP is a relevant player in the upstream and the Portuguese market leader in the downstream. The company was valued with a Sum-of-the-Parts approach, where we used a FCFF DCF for each of GALP's segments in order to capture all of their different specificities, obtaining a final price target of €18.1/sh, then updated to €12.1/sh, to account for the consequences of the pandemic. To support this valuation, other methods were used, such as a FCFF DCF (for the company as a whole), FCFE DCF, the APV and the DDM. The valuation was subject to stress test and sensitivity analysis in order to address risk. In addition, the risks the company is subject to are thoroughly explained in the report. The chapter about GALP Competitors and Relative Valuation is based on information post Covid-19 and intends to demonstrate why this valuation method does not support our buy recommendation, through the comparison of different multiples. The company has a very strategic positioning, mainly in its Upstream operations, which allows GALP, a relatively small player in the industry, to be partnering up with some of the major Oil & Gas companies in the world. This positioning is the reason why the market seems to overvalue GALP over its peers, from a multiples perspective.
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Zhang, De Xing. "Structure et évolution des gènes codant pour les glycéraldéhyde-3-phosphate déshydrogénases chloroplastique (GAPA) et cytosolique (GAPC) et un nouveau rétrotransposon (Tps1) de pois (Pisum sativum)." Grenoble 1, 1991. http://www.theses.fr/1991GRE10174.
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Quatre genes nucleaires codant pour la gapdh chloroplastique (gpa1) et cytosolique (gpc1, gpc2, gpc3) de pois ont ete clones et sequences. Le gene gpc3, un pseudogene, a ete partiellement sequence. Un retrotransposon (tps1), un element apparente a gypsy de la drosophile, present dans l'intron 3 du gene gpc2 a ete caracterise. L'analyse de ces donnees a fourni beaucoup d'arguments directs concernant l'evolution des genes gapdh, des introns, et les roles des introns au cours de l'evolution. Le gene gpa est present deux fois dans le genome de pois. Une famille de genes existe pour le gpc de pois. Il semble que la plupart des copies sont gpc3-ressemblantes. Le gene gpc3, probablement un pseudogene tronque dans les regions 5 et 3, presente une homologie de 98,5% avec gpc1 ou gpc2, sur la partie chevauchee. Ceci indique son origine recente. Des positions d'introns sont conservees a travers des genes d'origine procaryotique (gpa et gpb) et des genes eucaryotiques (ex. Gpc). Cela donne un argument direct a l'hypothese de l'origine precoce d'introns. La correlation entre les positions d'introns et les frontieres des unites proteiques fonctionnelles soutient fortement l'hypothese exon shuffling concernant la fonction evolutive des introns. A part la conservation stricte des positions, l'intron semble pouvoir glisser le long la sequence, ce qui explique probablement que beaucoup de genes apparentes n'ont pas d'introns homologues. Un tel glissement d'un intron de position strategique a une position irreguliere pourrait etre une etape necessaire pour leur perte ulterieure. La perte selective d'introns observee lors de la comparaison entre differents genes gapdh, soutient cette hypothese. La variation du nombre d'introns observee entre les genes nucleaires endosymbiotiques (gpa, gpb) et leurs homologues eucaryotiques (gpcs) montre que la presion d'evolution chez les procaryotes favorise l'elimination des introns. Elle indiquerait que les deux genes gpa et gpb ancestraux chloropla stiques ont ete transferes independamment et de facon successive dans le noyau, le transfert de gpb s'etant produit en premier. Pour realiser les deux transferts, le chloroplaste aurait du dupliquer deux fois independamment le gene gpa ancestral. La copie du gene gpa ancestral gardee par le chloroplaste aurait ete detruite par mutations aleatoires apres le succes des transferts. La conservation des positions des introns dans la region codant pour le peptide de transfert des genes gpa et gpb, ainsi que l'homologie existante entre les peptides de transfert de ces deux genes indiquerait l'origine eubacterienne de peptide de transfert. L'analyse de la sequence de gpc1 suggere que la gapc ancestrale de pois possederait un peptide de transfert. L'intron 3 du gene gpc2 contient un retrotransposon. Ce retroelement, insere dans la meme orientation que le gene gpc2, possede des orf codant pour la transcriptase inverse, la protease et la rnase h. Les sequences de ces enzymes putatifs ont des homologies importantes avec les polyproteines codees par d'autres retrotransposons connus. L'integration du tps1 dans l'intron 3 de gpc2 semble etre un evenement extremement recent. L'element tps1 presente 4000 copies par genome haploide de pois. Une des copies (nommee tps2) a ete identifiee. Ses sequences nucleotidique et proteique presentent une homologie de 93-95% avec celles de tps1 sur la region codant pour la polyproteine pol. Ces donnees suggerent que l'element tps1 aurait ete amplifie recemment. L'element apparente a tps1 de pois est egalement observe chez d'autres legumineuses, tels que les genres vicia, phaseolus, glycine et arachis, et il existait donc deja avant la separation des legumineuses. Tps1 est different et peu apparente a ta1-3 d'arabidopsis et a tnt1 de tabac, mais il a une homologie importante avec l'element del de lilium et les elements 17. 6, gypsy, ty3 de la drosophile et de la levure. Il est probable que les retrotransposons vegetaux proviennent de transmissions horizontales des retrotransposons d'insectes/champignons vers les plantes par differentes transmissions independantes
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Schlaak, Wolfgang Amadeus Dietrich. "Das Stichtagsprinzip im Jahresabschluss nach HGB, IFRS, UK GAAP und US GAAP /." Göttingen : Cuvillier, 2005. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=013223041&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Kim, David J. (David Jinwoo). "Generation gaps in engineering?" Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/44693.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, 2008.MIT Barker Engineering and Dewey Library copies: Printed in pages.
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There is much enthusiastic debate on the topic of generation gaps in the workplace today; what the generational differences are, how to address the apparent challenges, and if the generations themselves are even real. Despite the frenzy, however, there has been relatively limited empirical research performed on this issue; in particular, no empirical research in the context of an engineering organization seems to have been performed. With that in mind, the main intent of the thesis is to determine the existence of generational differences among engineers in a large, technical organization, and discuss the potential implications of the findings. Extensive literature research and analysis identified communication techniques, leadership preferences, learning styles, and work motivation to be the key hypothesized differences most pertinent to an engineering organization. A questionnaire was put together based on these differences and distributed to a sample that consisted of approximately eighty members from each of the four generations: Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Generation Xers, Millennials. In general, data analysis revealed that engineers do not exhibit generation gaps to the same extent as described in the literature. In fact, much of the data suggested contrary views, most notable of which was the importance of face-to-face communication, especially amongst the younger engineers. Knowledge transfer across generations remains a challenge, however, and possible approaches to addressing this issue are through physical accommodations, extensive mentorship programs, and salient investments in Information Technology (IT).
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Costa, Joana Seara da. "Galp Energia: huge challenges." Master's thesis, NSBE - UNL, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/10336.
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Furuseth, Bjorn Ivar S. "Galp Energia: optimistic view." Master's thesis, NSBE - UNL, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/10348.
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Sacks, Ruth. "Filling in the gaps." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8204.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-126).In 2007, Brian O'Doherty's words still apply. The art object and its context are intrinsically intertwined. A variety of contexts make up the mechanisms of the contemporary art world. From established organizations to more informal platforms, each performs a necessary function. Representation in a national museum or a respected public collection bestows a measure of credibility on a piece. Outside of austere exhibition rooms and refined gallery spaces, more informal arenas have their own authority. An independent artistic intervention on a busy pavement or a remote beach can suggest an anti-institutionalist stance. The artist is not bound by the conventions of more traditional structures. Yet, a great deal of interventionist work ultimately makes its way into galleries and collections in the form of residue and documentation. These become marketable and collectable products. Similarly, reputed organizations sometimes orchestrate potentially disruptive insertions into the public sphere in the form of performances or temporary installations. Even when they appear to be at odds, the different forums in which artworks exist rely on each other.
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Santillan, Oscar. "A Sequence of Gaps." VCU Scholars Compass, 2011. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2494.
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Ďurišková, Lucie. "Reporting podle US GAAP." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-3563.
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Práce popisuje americké účetní standardy US GAAP, jejich koncepční rámec a z čeho vychází povinnost české účetní jednotky podle nich vykazovat. Dále porovnává české účetní standardy vs. US GAAP a IFRS vs. US GAAP. Praktická část práce je zaměřena na nastínění procesu reportování české firmy podle US GAAP.
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Picasso, Ailey Rose. "Unearthing edges : constructing gaps." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2019. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/6835.
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In questioning the complexity of human identity, the multiplicity of the self is uniquely grounded within embodied experience. Unearthing edges : constructing gaps is the result of creative research centered on investigation of the following questions: What can practices of collaborative movement making bring to the process of illuminating, excavating, and perhaps reconciling these alternate versions of the self? In practices supporting the development of individual movement vocabularies and physical agency what can be learned of the complications of the self and identity? What can be revealed of self and community in collective movement practice and in sharing solo practice? How can improvisational work, practiced in the realm of rehearsal and performance, engage with these ideas? Through studio practice utilizing a range of methodologies, this project seeks to contend with ideas of the self, identity, alternate reality, spontaneity, empathy, agency, and community.
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Cox-Richard, Lillian. "Spark Gap." VCU Scholars Compass, 2008. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/698.
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"Spark Gap" is an invisible electrical force made visible in spaces between things. This usually describes the space of air between two conductors; a non-conductive gap in an otherwise complete electric circuit, across which a quick luminous disruptive electrical discharge occurs. This interstitial space is the distance between two ideas, arced with a running leap. The arc can also be the difference between two things, a gap that becomes apparent only when the two are held in close proximity. In my thesis exhibition, "Spark Gap," a sea urchin shaped orb sits atop a tower of ladders. The orb is broken into five sections and reassembled, each fault line occurring along the perfect zigzag line of its cellular structure. On the floor, there is a linen shag rug, marked as if struck by lightning. This exhibition is named for an interstitial charge, arcing across distance or difference. But this charge is also found in intersections and similarities. Imagine the friction created by rubbing together the circles of a Venn diagram: the overlapping section would begin to spark. It is in these gaps and overlaps that I find the impetus for my work.
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Strojny, Carol. "Effects of Harvest Gaps and Natural Canopy Gaps on Amphibians within a Northeastern Forest." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2004. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/StrojnyC2004.pdf.
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Odland, Karina, and Engman Erica Odencrants. "GAPA! : Om upplevelsen av tandvårdsfobibehandling." Thesis, Örebro University, Department of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-1533.
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I en tandvårdsfobibehandling måste klienten utsätta sig för något hon känner rädsla inför. KBT-metoder är framgångsrika vid behandling av tandvårdsfobi, men det har inte studerats närmare hur det upplevs att gå i behandling. Nio personer som genomfört behandling svarade på enkät och sex av dessa deltog i semistrukturerade intervjuer. Intervjupersonerna berättar om starka känslor som ångest och rädsla, men motivationen har varit hög. Terapeutens kunskaper och stöd har varit viktigt för att kunna genomföra behandlingen. Färdighetsteknikerna har haft varierande betydelse. Även en uppföljning av behandlingen ingick i studien. Deltagarna har idag ett annat förhållningssätt till tandvård, och resultaten tyder på att metoden har varit verksam. Studien ger en ökad förståelse för fobiproblematiken och kan bidra till att utveckla behandlingen.
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Androulaki, Anna. "Gaps and Clitics in Greek." Thesis, University of Reading, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.511668.
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Bourdages, Johanne S. "Parsing gaps: Evidence from French." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/5893.
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This dissertation investigates the parsing of filler-gap dependencies in French, more specifically those found in the restrictive relative construction. The primary goal of this research is to examine a question raised by Stowe (1984; 1986) concerning whether the parser has access to islandhood knowledge. Stowe's (1984;1986) results are compatible with the view that this type of grammatical information is readily accessible for the parser's initial analysis. However, her results are ambiguous since in her study, islandhood was confounded with subject position, where she failed to find gap-location effect. This study will examine the CNP-constraint in object position. A second goal is to examine whether the parsing mechanism postulates a gap in any potential position or only when the position is also a potential end of the sentence. Most of the experiments in the field use sentences where false gaps are located in a position which can correspond to a potential end of a sentence. Thus, the "surprise" effect attributed to false gap filling could also be attributed to the parsing mechanism finding that it did not reach the end of the sentence as expected. This dissertation provides evidence compatible with the view that island constraints, in this case the Complex NP constraint, are readily available to the parser; however, it also provides indications that the potential end of the sentence effect is a factor which has to be considered in identifying a gap location.
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Popat, Preyas. "Inapproximability Reductions and Integrality Gaps." Thesis, New York University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3591337.
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In this thesis we prove intractability results for several well studied problems in combinatorial optimization.
Closest Vector Problem with Pre-processing (CVPP): We show that the pre-processing version of the well known C
LOSEST
VECTOR
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is hard to approximate to an almost polynomial factor unless NP is in quasi polynomial time. The approximability of CVPP is closely related to the security of lattice based cryptosystems.Pricing Loss Leaders: We show hardness of approximation results for the problem of maximizing profit from buyers with single minded valuations where each buyer is interested in bundles of at most k items, and the items are allowed to have negative prices ("Loss Leaders"). For k = 2, we show that assuming the U
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GAMES
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, it is hard to approximate the profit to any constant factor. For k ≥ 2, we show the same result assuming P ≠ NP.Integrality gaps: We show Semi-Definite Programming (SDP) integrality gaps for U
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GAMES
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. Inapproximability results for these problems imply inapproximability results for many fundamental optimization problems. For the first problem, we show "approximate" integrality gaps for super constant rounds of the powerful Lasserre hierarchy. For the second problem we show integrality gaps for the basic SDP relaxation with perfect completeness.
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Jurga, Natalia Anna. "Thermodynamic formalism and dimension gaps." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2018. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/109524/.
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Given an expanding Markov map T : [0; 1] → [0; 1] which admits an absolutely continuous invariant probability measure, we say that T gives rise to a dimension gap if there exists some c > 0 for which supp dim μp 1 . c, where μp denotes the Bernoulli measure associated to the probability vector p. We prove that under a `non-linearity condition' on T, there is a dimension gap. Our approach differs considerably to the approach of Kifer, Peres and Weiss in [KPW], who proved a similar result. The first part of our proof involves obtaining uniform lower estimates on the asymptotic variance of a class of potentials. Tools from the thermodynamic formalism of the countable shift play a key role in this part of the proof. The second part of our proof revolves around a `mass redistribution' technique. We also study a class of `Käenmäki measures' which are supported on self- affine sets generated by a finite collection of diagonal and anti-diagonal matrices acting on the plane. We prove that such a measure is exact-dimensional and that its dimension satisfies a Ledrappier-Young formula. This is similar to the recent results of Bárány and Käenmäki [BK], who proved an analogous result for quasi- Bernoulli measures. While the measures we consider are not quasi-Bernoulli, which takes us out of the scope of [BK], we show that the measures can be written in terms of two quasi-Bernoulli measures on an associated subshift and use this to prove the result.
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Fawole, Kehinde Rita. "Galp Energia: funding the growth." Master's thesis, NSBE, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/10439.
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Dwivedi, Bhakti. "Impact of molecular evolutionary footprints on phylogenetic accuracy a simulation study /." Dayton, Ohio : University of Dayton, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1250807136.
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Oi, Dik-sang Dickson. "Bridging the gap." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2004. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31987254.
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Cárdenas, Franqui. "Higher gap morasses." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2005. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=976715112.
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Ginzel, Beate. "Bridge the gap!" Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2013. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-104429.
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The thesis identifies four modes of action and cooperation of transnational networks of GROs by taking the Tanzania Urban Poor Federation (TUPF), a sub-network of Shack Slum Dweller International
(SDI), as an example. Based on the understanding of “interpretive network analysis” (Schindler 2006: pp. 100-101), qualitative and quantitative methodologies of data collection and analysis (expert interviews, member survey, on-site visits of projects, review of TUPF and SDI reports) have been applied in the course of field research. Analysis took place based on a set of criteria regarding the current state of knowledge of typologies, structures, processes, dynamics and preconditions for stable, effective networks.
Furthermore, mechanisms for network governance are also taken into account. The selected cases represent a range of issues, applied instruments, different modes of cooperation and scopes of action. Based on the set of criteria, the examination is intended to address questions concerning the relevance of local embeddedness and the capability of the local communities of the TUPF to enter into cross-sectoral and cross-level cooperation. Based on these insights, effects for the scope of action, the empowerment of the actors involved and the development of marginalized settlements are indentified. The case-study research on the basis of the TUPF and SDI verifies the potential of networks for the dissemination of knowledge and the creation of social capital and multidimensional cooperation. However, the analysed modes of action and cooperation develop different degrees of capacities regarding these issues. In this context, the assumed interrelation between the degree of extension of the scope of action
and the capability to create multidimensional cooperation in the course of networking activities becomes clear. The cases of the TUPF and SDI show that transnational networks of GROs are able to develop cooperation structures and development strategies involving features of integrated approaches which are spatially and socially embedded in local communities and also benefit from transnational and crosssectoral
cooperation. The aspects highlighted above represent a range of potentials and preconditions which turned out to be relevant and important for the activities and processes of local communities within
the network. These final results are intended to provide guidance for the development of beneficial structures by governmental actors and development organizations. Furthermore, they should be integrated into
a reconsideration of cooperation strategies in the course of urban management processes and development approaches to reduce urban poverty.
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Harvey, Kimberly. "Finding the Gap." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2013. http://repository.cmu.edu/theses/53.
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Abstract. The intention of this thesis is to examine the experiences of international master’s students from China during their time at Carnegie Mellon University. Over the course of a year I researched the different challenges this community faces and the current methods they use to solve their cultural issues. My research included silent and participant observations, literature reviews and questionnaires, but the most successful findings came after a series of in-depth interviews with Chinese students. There are several offices at Carnegie Mellon that can help international students solve specific cultural issues, but in every case, a student or professor must identify the problem before it is addressed. During my research I found that cultural problems are many times mistaken as language issues or personality differences. In order to address the problem differently, I decided to find ways to get Americans and Chinese students to interact more successfully, but in the end I redirected my solution to help ease communication during current interactions. With the aid of speech to text technology similar to applications like Dragon Dictation by Nuance, this assistant allows Chinese graduate students to keep up with fast paced group meetings by showing a live transcription of the event along with options for translation assistance, bookmarking and slang conversions.
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Oi, Dik-sang Dickson, and 柯迪生. "Bridging the gap." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31987254.
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