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Morfeldt, Camilla. "HOUSE M : SPACE. LIVE. CHANGE." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-223635.
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Cardoso, Ana ClaÌudia Duarte. "The alternative space : informal settlements and life chances in BeleÌm, Brazil." Thesis, Oxford Brookes University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.247795.
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Norman, Joseph S. "The culture of 'the Culture' : utopian processes in Iain M. Banks's space opera series." Thesis, Brunel University, 2017. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/14388.
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This thesis provides a comprehensive critical analysis of Iain M. Banks’s Culture series, ten science fiction (SF) texts concerned with the Culture, Banks’s vision of his “personal utopia”: Consider Phlebas (1987), The Player of Games (1988), Use of Weapons (1990), The State of the Art (1991), Excession (1996), Inversions (1998), Look to Windward (2000), Matter (2008), Surface Detail (2010), and The Hydrogen Sonata (2012). I place this series within the context of the space opera sub-genre, and – drawing upon a critical toolkit developed by Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr. in The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction (2008) – I explore the extent to which Banks achieved his goal of reshaping the sub-genre for the political Left. Due to the complexity and ambiguity of Banks’s creation, this research addresses the central question: what is the Culture? I argue that the Culture constitutes a utopian variation of Csicsery- Ronay’s technologiade, challenging the notion that Banks’s creation represents an empire or imperialist project. I consider the Culture as a culture: peoples linked by a shared value system and way of life; a method of development and nurturing; a system of utopian processes. Drawing on Archaeologies of the Future (2005), I argue that the Culture series demonstrates Frederic Jameson’s notion of ‘thinking the break’, with Banks’s writing constantly affirming the possibility and desirability of radical sociopolitical change. I identify six key radical moves away from the nonutopian present – characterised as shifts, breaks or apocalypses – which form the Culture’s utopianprocesses, with each chapter exploring the extent to which the Culture has overcome a fundamental obstacle impeding the path to utopia. The Culture has moved beyond material scarcity, alienated labour, capitalism, and the class-system, maintaining State functions. Culture citizens are notable for significantly adapting their own bodies and minds – controlling senescence and ultimately death itself – but motivated by the desire to improve rather than transcend their humanity. The Culture has achieved a form of equality between the sexes and removed patriarchy, yet is still coping with the implications of sex and gender fluidity. Despite relying upon seemingly quasi-religious innovations, the Culture is entirely secular, having moved beyond any kind of religious or faith-based worldview. Finally, the Culture is perhaps an example of what Jameson has called ‘the death of art’, as creative and artistic practice seems to have become part of everyday life, which contrasts with the numerous artworks produced on its margins.
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Chen, Yifan Verfasser], and Fabrizio [Akademischer Betreuer] [Catanese. "Two Irreducible Components of the Moduli Space M can 1,3 / Yifan Chen. Betreuer: Fabrizio Catanese." Bayreuth : Universitätsbibliothek Bayreuth, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1020871121/34.
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Cordovil, José Maria Pinto de Faria da Cunha. "The U.S. and European M&A cycles: a Markov switching and state space approach." Master's thesis, NSBE - UNL, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/9839.
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A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Finance from the NOVA – School of Business and EconomicsMergers and Acquisitions’ cycles have been, over the past decades, an extremely interesting field of research, raising numerous questions concerning its length, triggers or even its relationship with the economic cycle. In this Work Project I intent to contribute with new evidence, mainly for European merger waves, but also to support previous studies in what regards to merger waves. I have chosen nonlinear models, such as the Markov Switching and the State Space models, to characterize the merger data, due to the advantage of identifying structural changes. I have concluded that there is evidence of merger waves, both in the U.S. and in Europe, and the possible surge of a new merger wave in Europe.
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Birdi, Alvin. "Animals, time and space : the 'political' within the works of Samuel Beckett and J. M. Coetzee." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.436249.
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McAllister, Brian J. "“To Know Where I Have Got To”: The Postmodern Chronotope in Beckett’s Malone Dies and Coetzee’s Foe." Scholar Commons, 2008. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/388.
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This study addresses two works of fiction--Samuel Beckett's Malone Dies and J. M. Coetzee's Foe--and is separated into two chapters. The first chapter analyzes the indeterminate nature of postmodern space within the two novels as related to M. M. Bakhtin's idea of the chronotope found in his work The Dialogic Imagination. The second chapter addresses the self-reflexive creation of this postmodern space within each novel's hypodiegetic narratives and discussions of narrative creation within each respective diegetic narratives.
In each novel, characters as authors create or discuss "inner" narratives that reflect upon the way chronotopes are created in fiction and reveal problematic aspects of those chronotopes. This narrative creation produces what I call a "postmodern creative chronotope" that self-reflexively embraces indeterminacy at the same time that it critiques the elements that produce this indefinite relationship between time and space, a strategy that is especially postmodern. I contextualize the discussion by introducing theories of postmodernism, specifically those of Jean-François Lyotard and Linda Hutcheon. Lyotard's claim that postmodernism resists totalizing structures and Hutcheon's contention that it engages in a simultaneous complicity and critique inform the relationships between time and space in both Beckett's and Coetzee's text.
Additionally, theories of postmodern space contribute to the more specific discussion of the postmodern chronotopes in both novels. Spatial theorists like Edward Soja and Henri Lefebvre, among others, have attempted to reassert issues of space in what has been an ontological and epistemological framework that has prioritized time. Their reassertion of spatiality reconnects the two halves of the spatio-temporal framework of the chronotope in narrative. Beckett and Coetzee employ similar indeterminate and self-reflexive chronotopal strategies in their novels. Coetzee, however, inserts a number of global/political issues into his self-reflexive discussion of chronotopal creation and definition.
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Woubshet, Ayele Tesfaye. "Fragmented Imperial Spaces in E. M. Forster’s Howards End and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Engelska institutionen, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-87575.
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Written in different time periods but set in the time of imperial expansion, E. M. Forster’s Howards End (1910) and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart (1958) offer a critical exploration of British imperialism and its aftermath. What similarities and what differences do these novels have in portraying imperialism? More specifically, do they portray modern imperialism in radically different and mutually exclusive ways since one is set in the center of the British Empire and the other in a peripheral colony? The essay draws on Frederic Jameson’s argument about modernism, and Howards End in particular, that the center representatively excludes the periphery in its literary works. By comparing the two novels, the essay explores these issues and asks whether the British Empire is structurally incomplete in its representation in early twentieth century canonical modernist novels? Moreover, does this theory of exclusivity extend to include modern canonical African novels written a few decades later? By analyzing Howards End and Things Fall Apart, the essay examines the hypothesis that the center and the periphery are indeed mutually exclusive in their literary productions. The conclusions reached require some significant modifications to Jameson’s theory. It was found that Howards End does indeed structurally exclude the periphery. However, the same cannot be said for Things Fall Apart, which structurally incorporates the center. Thus, Jameson’s theory does not extend beyond early twentieth century modernist novels. Moreover, Forster’s novel, although it does suffer from Jameson’s criticism, shows critical awareness of this disabling disconnection from the periphery.
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Maier, Bernhard [Verfasser], and M. [Akademischer Betreuer] Hochbruck. "Error analysis for space and time discretizations of quasilinear wave-type equations / Bernhard Maier ; Betreuer: M. Hochbruck." Karlsruhe : KIT-Bibliothek, 2020. http://d-nb.info/121430155X/34.
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Wirtz, Johannes M. [Verfasser], Thomas [Gutachter] Wiehe, and Joachim [Gutachter] Krug. "Coalescent Theory and Yule Trees in time and space / Johannes M. Wirtz ; Gutachter: Thomas Wiehe, Joachim Krug." Köln : Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1178671836/34.
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Kottmann, Jakob Siegfried [Verfasser], Denis [Gutachter] Usvyat, Robert J. [Gutachter] Harrison, and Willem M. [Gutachter] Klopper. "Coupled-Cluster in Real Space / Jakob Siegfried Kottmann ; Gutachter: Denis Usvyat, Robert J. Harrison, Willem M. Klopper." Berlin : Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1185578757/34.
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Schuchart, Joseph Konstantin [Verfasser], and Michael M. [Akademischer Betreuer] Resch. "Global task data dependencies in the partitioned global address space / Joseph Konstantin Schuchart ; Betreuer: Michael M. Resch." Stuttgart : Universitätsbibliothek der Universität Stuttgart, 2021. http://d-nb.info/1231794437/34.
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Johannmeyer, Anke. ""For Music Has Wings" : E. M. Forster's 'Orchestration' of a Homophile Space in The Longest Journey." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Engelska institutionen, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-120397.
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Müntinga, Hauke [Verfasser], Claus [Akademischer Betreuer] Lämmerzahl, Claus [Gutachter] Lämmerzahl, and Ernst M. [Gutachter] Rasel. "Matter-wave Interferometry for space-borne Inertial Sensors / Hauke Müntinga ; Gutachter: Claus Lämmerzahl, Ernst M. Rasel ; Betreuer: Claus Lämmerzahl." Bremen : Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1179349989/34.
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Santos, Maria da Graça Ribeiro da Mata dos. "Gonçalo M. Tavares: os pontos no mapa e a desrazão do mundo." Doctoral thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/18419.
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O projeto literário de Gonçalo M. Tavares apresenta-se como uma cartografia
performativa em que as Séries demarcam territórios de implementação do pensamento
por sua vez materializados nos Cadernos. O propósito do estudo é a análise desse
espaço literário, primeiramente, na sua totalidade, num segundo tempo, da Série O
Reino e, por último, destacar-se-á o quarto romance da tetralogia, Aprender a Rezar
na Era da Técnica. Do fragmento ao romance, passando pela poesia, a epopeia a
micro-narrativa e o ensaio, desta escrita ressalva-se a heterogeneidade e hibridez dos
registos como marcas distintivas do autor, por isso damos conta da inespecificidade
das formas e da aproximação a uma performance da escrita. Os romances, objeto
principal da tese, veiculam um discurso de reiteração temática com acento na premissa
contemporânea da legibilidade do mal e na racionalidade cujo modelo pós-Auschwitz
se pretende questionar. As personagens, na sua caracterização e nas relações com o
outro, servem o estrangulamento que esse tempo histórico e o espaço claustrofóbico
de uma cidade como cenário transversal delimitam, confrontando-se, a todo o
momento, com o medo da morte. Estes elementos, em conjunto com a linguagem,
também um instrumento de poder, serão considerados para a reflexão sobre a criação
literária, uma zona de compromisso ideológico e estético; ABSTRACT:
The literary project of Gonçalo M. Tavares presents itself as a performative
mapping in the Series demarcate territories of implementing the thought that, in turn,
the Notebooks materialize. The purpose of the study is the analysis of this literary
space, first, in its entirety, a second time, series The Kingdom and, lastly, will highlight
it fourth novel of the tetralogy, Learning to Pray in the Era of Technology. Fragment
of the novel, through poetry, epic micro-narrative and the test of this writing it is
emphasized the heterogeneity and hybridity of records as distinguishing the author
marks, so we realize the specificity of the forms and the approach to a performance
writing. The novels, the main object of the thesis, convey a speech thematic reiteration
accented in contemporary premise of readability of evil and rationality whose post-
Auschwitz model intended question. The characters in his characterization and
relationships with each other, serve the bottleneck that historical time and the
claustrophobic space of a city like cross scenario, delimit, clashing, at all times, with
the fear of death. These elements, together with language, also an instrument of power,
will be considered for reflection on the literary creation, a zone of ideological and
aesthetic commitment.
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Ibrahim, Fatma A. M. [Verfasser], and Ronald H. W. [Akademischer Betreuer] Hoppe. "Adaptive Space-Time Finite Element Approximations of Parabolic Optimal Control Problems / Fatma A. M. Ibrahim. Betreuer: Ronald H. W. Hoppe." Augsburg : Universität Augsburg, 2011. http://d-nb.info/1077700369/34.
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Chi, Zhanjiang. "Performance Analysis of Maximal-Ratio Combining and Space-Time Block Codes with Transmit Antenna Selection over Nakagami-m Fading Channels." School of Electrical and Information Engineering, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2012.
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Master of Engineering (Research)The latest wireless communication techniques such as highspeed wireless internet application demand higher data rates and better quality of service (QoS). However, transmission reliability is still degraded by harsh propagation channels. Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems can increase the system capacity and improve transmission reliability. By transmitting multiple copies of data, a MIMO system can effectively combat the effects of fading. Due to the high hardware cost of a MIMO system, antenna selection techniques have been applied in MIMO system design to reduce the system complexity and cost. The Nakagami-m distribution has been considered for MIMO channel modeling since a wide range of fading channels, from severe to moderate, can be modeled by using Nakagami-m distribution. The Rayleigh distribution is a special case of the Nakagami-m distribution. In this thesis, we analyze the error performance of two MIMO schemes: maximal-ratio combining with transmit antenna selection (the TAS/MRC scheme) and space-time block codes with transmit antenna selection (the TAS/STBC scheme) over Nakagami-m fading channels. In the TAS/MRC scheme, one of multiple transmit antennas, which maximizes the total received signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), is selected for uncoded data transmission. First we use a moment generating function based (MGF-based) approach to derive the bit error rate (BER) expressions for binary phase shift keying (BPSK), the symbol error rate (SER) expressions for M-ray phase shift keying (MPSK) and M-ray quadrature amplitude modulation (MQAM) of the TAS/MRC scheme over Nakagami-m fading channels with arbitrary and integer fading parameters m. The asymptotic performance is also investigated. It is revealed that the asymptotic diversity order is equal to the product of the Nakagami fading parameter m, the number of transmit antenna Lt and the number of receive antenna Lr as if all transmit antenna were used. Then a Gaussian Q-functions approach is used to investigate the error performance of the TAS/STBC scheme over Nakagami-m fading channels. In the TAS/STBC scheme, two transmit antennas, which maximize the output SNR, are selected for transmission. The exact and asymptotic BER expressions for BPSK are obtained for the TAS/STBC schemes with three and four transmit antennas. It is shown that the TAS/STBC scheme can provide a full diversity order of mLtLr.
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Tutschku, Christian Klaus [Verfasser], and Ewelina M. [Gutachter] Hankiewicz. "Anomaly Induced Transport And Hall Viscous Effects In 2+1 Space-Time Dimensions / Christian Klaus Tutschku ; Gutachter: Ewelina M. Hankiewicz." Würzburg : Universität Würzburg, 2021. http://d-nb.info/1236503589/34.
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Iliopoulou, Eirini [Verfasser], Peter [Akademischer Betreuer] Herrle, Costas M. [Akademischer Betreuer] Constantinou, Philipp [Gutachter] Misselwitz, Peter [Gutachter] Herrle, and Costas M. [Gutachter] Constantinou. "The social space of conflict : multiple divisions and everyday dynamics in the old city of Nicosia / Eirini Iliopoulou ; Gutachter: Philipp Misselwitz, Peter Herrle, Costas M. Constantinou ; Peter Herrle, Costas M. Constantinou." Berlin : Technische Universität Berlin, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1156186730/34.
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Custódio, Robson José. "GONÇALO M. TAVARES E O BAIRRO: DAS HETEROTOPIAS ÀS VICISSITUDES DO ABSURDO." UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE PONTA GROSSA, 2017. http://tede2.uepg.br/jspui/handle/prefix/1491.
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Previous issue date: 2017-03-29This dissertation aims to analyze the paths that refers to space and singular language absorbed in the writing of the contemporary Portuguese author Gonçalo M. Tavares within the series The neighbourhood, that currently contains 10 books, and interstice for 29 more, where the author pictures the everyday and together life of different senhores, in a space created by Tavares himself in order to inhabit some intellectuals, as a way of refuge from a world they do not belong to. Therefore, I go through the ideas presented by Foucault, mainly, about heterotopia, the places without place that recover that rebuilding of reality. The neighborhood is a place, so to speak, typically urban, that can put us before relations between the neighbors and make us rediscover our own conceptions about the everyday life, based on a map that projects all the residents and their houses, even those we did not effectively met yet in one of the books. Besides, it is important to emphasize that that space will be set as interminable, also in the presence of and in relation to an “other”, especially from the theoretical discussions by Maurice Blanchot, that enable us to put in an open position each narrative that intertwines gentlemen to gentlemen; looking, still, to the empty houses that are waiting for someone to move in. We start, in the first sections of this discussion, from another Tavares work, Biblioteca, to perceive the notion of infinite, consequential in so many other works of him, where we travel and create possibilities of going beyond and short. Gonçalo, lastly, creates a very close relation in the proposition of rescuing the past before the present, and so walk towards the future of the stories, many times with the resource of intertextuality.
A proposta desta dissertação de mestrado é analisar os caminhos referentes ao espaço e à linguagem singular absorvidos na escrita do autor português contemporâneo Gonçalo M. Tavares dentro da série O Bairro, que atualmente conta com 10 obras, e interstício para mais 29, nas quais o autor retrata o cotidiano e os convívios de diferentes senhores, em um espaço criado pelo próprio Tavares a fim de habitar alguns intelectuais, como uma forma de refúgio de um mundo que não lhes cabe. Para tanto, percorro as ideias apresentadas, sobretudo, por Michel Foucault, a respeito da heterotopia, dos lugares sem lugares, que encobrem essa reconstrução de realidade. O bairro é uma região, por assim dizer, tipicamente urbana, capaz de nos colocar diante de relações entre a vizinhança e redescobrirmos nossos próprios conceitos sobre o cotidiano, tendo como base um mapa que projeta todos os habitantes e suas moradias, mesmo aqueles que ainda não nos foram apresentados efetivamente em uma obra. Além disso, é importante salientar que este espaço será determinado como interminável, também numa presença e relação com o “outro”, a partir principalmente das discussões teóricas de Maurice Blanchot, que nos capacita a colocar em uma posição de abertura cada narrativa que se entrecruza de senhor para senhor. Olhando, ainda, para as moradias vazias aguardando as mudanças para lá. Parte-se, nas primeiras seções desta discussão, de outra obra de Tavares, Biblioteca, para perceber a noção de infinito consequencial em tantos outros trabalhos do autor, na qual viajamos e criamos possibilidades de ir além e aquém. Gonçalo, por fim, cria uma relação muito próxima na proposta de resgatar o passado diante do presente, e assim caminhar para o futuro das histórias, sendo muitas vezes com o recurso da intertextualidade.
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Rego, Teresa Cristina Epif?nio Di?genes. "Avalia??o de um m?todo de cromatografia em fase gasosa head space e estudo da estabilidade do etanol em amostras de sangue." Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2008. http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/13439.
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Previous issue date: 2008-09-23The ethanol is the most overused psychoactive drug over the world; this fact makes it one of the main substances required in toxicological exams nowadays. The development of an analytical method, adaptation or implementation of a method known, involves a process of validation that estimates its efficiency in the laboratory routine and credibility of the method. The stability is defined as the ability of the sample of material to keep the initial value of a quantitative measure for a defined period within specific limits when stored under defined conditions. This study aimed to evaluate the method of Gas chromatography and study the stability of ethanol in blood samples, considering the variables time and temperature of storage, and the presence of preservative and, with that check if the conditions of conservation and storage used in this study maintain the quality of the sample and preserve the originally amount of analyte present. Blood samples were collected from 10 volunteers to evaluate the method and to study the stability of ethanol. For the evaluation of the method, part of the samples was added to known concentrations of ethanol. In the study of stability, the other side of the pool of blood was placed in two containers: one containing the preservative sodium fluoride 1% and the anticoagulant heparin and the other only heparin, was added ethanol at a concentration of 0.6 g/L, fractionated in two bottles, one being stored at 4?C (refrigerator) and another at -20?C (freezer), the tests were performed on the same day (time zero) and after 1, 3, 7, 14, 30 and 60 days of storage. The assessment found the difference in results during storage in relation to time zero. It used the technique of headspace associated with gas chromatography with the FID and capillary column with stationary phase of polyethylene. The best analysis of chromatographic conditions were: temperature of 50?C (column), 150?C (jet) and 250?C (detector), with retention time for ethanol from 9.107 ? 0.026 and the tercbutanol (internal standard) of 8.170 ? 0.081 minutes, the ethanol being separated properly from acetaldehyde, acetone, methanol and 2-propanol, which are potential interfering in the determination of ethanol. The technique showed linearity in the concentration range of 0.01 and 3.2 g/L (0.8051 x + y = 0.6196; r2 = 0.999). The calibration curve showed the following equation of the line: y = x 0.7542 + 0.6545, with a linear correlation coefficient equal to 0.996. The average recovery was 100.2%, the coefficients of variation of accuracy and inter intra test showed values of up to 7.3%, the limit of detection and quantification was 0.01 g/L and showed coefficient of variation within the allowed. The analytical method evaluated in this study proved to be fast, efficient and practical, given the objective of this work satisfactorily. The study of stability has less than 20% difference in the response obtained under the conditions of storage and stipulated period, compared with the response obtained at time zero and at the significance level of 5%, no statistical difference in the concentration of ethanol was observed between analysis. The results reinforce the reliability of the method of gas chromatography and blood samples in search of ethanol, either in the toxicological, forensic, social or clinic
O etanol ? a droga psicoativa mais utilizada de forma abusiva em todo o mundo, isso faz dele uma das principais subst?ncias requisitadas em exames toxicol?gicos na atualidade. O desenvolvimento de um m?todo anal?tico, a adapta??o ou implementa??o de um m?todo conhecido, envolve um processo de valida??o que estima sua efici?ncia na rotina do laborat?rio e a credibilidade do m?todo. A estabilidade ? definida como a capacidade da amostra do material manter o valor inicial de uma medida quantitativa por um per?odo definido dentro de limites espec?ficos quando armazenados sob condi??es definidas. Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o m?todo de Cromatografia em fase gasosa e estudar a estabilidade do etanol em amostras de sangue, considerando as vari?veis tempo e temperatura de armazenamento, bem como a presen?a de conservante e, com isso verificar se as condi??es de conserva??o e armazenamento utilizadas neste estudo mant?m a qualidade da amostra e preservam a quantidade inicialmente presente do analito. Foram coletadas amostras de sangue de 10 volunt?rios para avalia??o do m?todo e para o estudo da estabilidade do etanol. Para a avalia??o do m?todo, parte das amostras foi adicionada de concentra??es conhecidas de etanol. No estudo da estabilidade, a outra parte do pool de sangue foi colocada em dois recipientes: um contendo o conservante fluoreto de s?dio 1% e o anticoagulante heparina e no outro somente heparina, foi adicionado etanol na concentra??o de 0,6 g/L, fracionado em dois frascos, sendo um armazenado a 4?C (geladeira) e outro a -20?C (freezer). As an?lises foram realizadas no mesmo dia (tempo zero) e ap?s 1, 3, 7, 14, 30 e 60 dias de armazenamento. A avalia??o considerou a diferen?a dos resultados durante o armazenamento em rela??o ao tempo zero. Foi utilizada a t?cnica de head space associada ? cromatografia em fase gasosa com detector de ioniza??o de chama e coluna capilar com fase estacion?ria de polietilenoglicol. As melhores condi??es cromatogr?ficas de an?lise obtidas foram: temperatura de 50?C (coluna), 150?C (injetor) e 250?C (detector), com tempo de reten??o para o etanol de 9,107 ? 0,026 e para o t-butanol (padr?o interno) de 8,170 ? 0,081 minutos, sendo o etanol separado adequadamente do acetalde?do, acetona, metanol e isopropanol, que s?o potenciais interferentes na determina??o do etanol. A t?cnica mostrou linearidade no intervalo de concentra??o de 0,01 e 3,2 g/L (y = 0,8051x + 0,6196; r2 = 0,999). A curva de calibra??o apresentou a seguinte equa??o da reta: y = 0,7542x + 0,6545, com um coeficiente de correla??o linear igual a 0,996. A recupera??o m?dia foi de 100,2%, os coeficientes de varia??o da precis?o intraensaio e interensaio apresentaram valores de no m?ximo 7,3%, o limite de detec??o e quantifica??o foi de 0,01 g/L e apresentou coeficiente de varia??o dentro do permitido. O m?todo anal?tico avaliado no presente trabalho demonstrou ser r?pido, pr?tico e eficiente, atendendo satisfatoriamente aos objetivos do trabalho. O estudo da estabilidade demonstrou diferen?a menor que 20% na resposta obtida nas condi??es de armazenamento e per?odo estipulados, comparada com a resposta obtida no tempo zero e, ao n?vel de signific?ncia de 5%, nenhuma diferen?a estat?stica na concentra??o de etanol foi observada entre as an?lises. Os resultados obtidos refor?am a confiabilidade do m?todo de cromatografia em fase gasosa e das amostras de sangue na pesquisa de etanol, seja na ?rea toxicol?gica, Forense, social ou cl?nica
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Kalauch, Anke. "Positive-off-diagonal Operators on Ordered Normed Spaces and Maximum Principles for M-Operators." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2007. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:swb:14-1169822895129-71711.
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M-matrices are extensively employed in numerical analysis. These matrices can be generalized by corresponding operators on a partially ordered normed space. We extend results which are well-known for M-matrices to this more general setting. We investigate two different notions of an M-operator, where we focus on two questions: 1. For which types of partially ordered normed spaces do the both notions coincide? This leads to the study of positive-off-diagonal operators. 2. Which conditions on an M-operator ensure that its (positive) inverse satisfies certain maximum principles? We deal with generalizations of the "maximum principle for inverse column entries"M-Matrizen werden in der numerischen Mathematik vielfältig angewandt. Eine Verallgemeinerung dieser Matrizen sind entsprechende Operatoren auf halbgeordneten normierten Räumen. Bekannte Aussagen aus der Theorie der M-Matrizen werden auf diese Situation übertragen. Für zwei verschiedene Typen von M-Operatoren werden die folgenden Fragen behandelt: 1. Für welche geordneten normierten Räume sind die beiden Typen gleich? Dies führt zur Untersuchung außerdiagonal-positiver Operatoren. 2. Welche Bedingungen an einen M-Operator sichern, dass seine (positive) Inverse gewissen Maximumprinzipien genügt? Es werden Verallgemeinerungen des "Maximumprinzips für inverse Spalteneinträge" angegeben und untersucht
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Kalauch, Anke. "Positive-off-diagonal Operators on Ordered Normed Spaces and Maximum Principles for M-Operators." Doctoral thesis, Technische Universität Dresden, 2006. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A25013.
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M-matrices are extensively employed in numerical analysis. These matrices can be generalized by corresponding operators on a partially ordered normed space. We extend results which are well-known for M-matrices to this more general setting. We investigate two different notions of an M-operator, where we focus on two questions: 1. For which types of partially ordered normed spaces do the both notions coincide? This leads to the study of positive-off-diagonal operators. 2. Which conditions on an M-operator ensure that its (positive) inverse satisfies certain maximum principles? We deal with generalizations of the "maximum principle for inverse column entries".M-Matrizen werden in der numerischen Mathematik vielfältig angewandt. Eine Verallgemeinerung dieser Matrizen sind entsprechende Operatoren auf halbgeordneten normierten Räumen. Bekannte Aussagen aus der Theorie der M-Matrizen werden auf diese Situation übertragen. Für zwei verschiedene Typen von M-Operatoren werden die folgenden Fragen behandelt: 1. Für welche geordneten normierten Räume sind die beiden Typen gleich? Dies führt zur Untersuchung außerdiagonal-positiver Operatoren. 2. Welche Bedingungen an einen M-Operator sichern, dass seine (positive) Inverse gewissen Maximumprinzipien genügt? Es werden Verallgemeinerungen des "Maximumprinzips für inverse Spalteneinträge" angegeben und untersucht.
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Magalhaes, Claudia Fernanda R. de. "Space, politics and autoconstruction in two settlements in Rio : a comparison between the unplanned Morro do Timbau and the planned M. Dias housing project." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.286381.
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Maddison, Isobel Judith. "The geography of gender : an analysis of female literary space with particular reference to the work of Elizabeth von Arnim, Katherine Mansfield and Dorothy M. Richardson." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.620535.
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Nuckols, Richard. "Localization of Auditory Spatial Targets in Sighted and Blind Subjects." VCU Scholars Compass, 2013. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3286.
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This research was designed to investigate the fundamental nature in which blind people utilize audible cues to attend to their surroundings. Knowledge on how blind people respond to external spatial stimuli is expected to assist in development of better tools for helping people with visual disabilities navigate their environment. There was also interest in determining how blind people compare to sighted people in auditory localization tasks. The ability of sighted individuals, blindfolded individuals, and blind individuals in localizing spatial auditory targets was assessed. An acoustic display board allowed the researcher to provide multiple sound presentations to the subjects. The subjects’ responses in localization tasks were measured using a combination of kinematic head tracking and eye tracking hardware. Data was collected and analyzed to determine the ability of the groups in localizing spatial auditory targets. Significant differences were found among the three groups in spatial localization error and temporal patterns.
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Modiri, Sadegh [Verfasser], Harald [Akademischer Betreuer] Schuh, Harald [Gutachter] Schuh, José M. [Gutachter] Ferrándiz, and Alireza A. [Gutachter] Ardalan. "On the improvement of earth orientation parameters estimation : using modern space geodetic techniques / Sadegh Modiri ; Gutachter: Harald Schuh, José M. Ferrándiz, Alireza A. Ardalan ; Betreuer: Harald Schuh." Berlin : Technische Universität Berlin, 2021. http://d-nb.info/1238143199/34.
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D'Alessandro, Marco. "Cognitive Modeling of high-level cognition through Discrete State Dynamic processes." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Trento, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11572/290039.
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Modeling complex cognitive phenomena is a challenging task, especially when it is required to account for the functioning of a cognitive system interacting with an uncertain and changing environment. Psychometrics offers a heterogeneous corpus of computational tools to infer latent cognitive constructs from the observation of behavioral outcomes. However, there is not an explicit consensus regarding the optimal way to properly take into account the intrinsic dynamic properties of the environment, as well as the dynamic nature of cognitive states. In the present dissertation, we explore the potentials of relying on discrete state dynamic models to formally account for the unfolding of cognitive sub-processes in changing task environments. In particular, we propose Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGMs) as an ideal and unifying mathematical language to represent cognitive dynamics as structured graphs codifying (causal) relationships between cognitive sub-components which unfolds in discrete time. We propose several works demonstrating the advantage and the representational power of such a modeling framework, by providing dynamic models of cognition specified according to different levels of abstraction.
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D'Alessandro, Marco. "Cognitive Modeling of high-level cognition through Discrete State Dynamic processes." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Trento, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11572/290039.
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Modeling complex cognitive phenomena is a challenging task, especially when it is required to account for the functioning of a cognitive system interacting with an uncertain and changing environment. Psychometrics offers a heterogeneous corpus of computational tools to infer latent cognitive constructs from the observation of behavioral outcomes. However, there is not an explicit consensus regarding the optimal way to properly take into account the intrinsic dynamic properties of the environment, as well as the dynamic nature of cognitive states. In the present dissertation, we explore the potentials of relying on discrete state dynamic models to formally account for the unfolding of cognitive sub-processes in changing task environments. In particular, we propose Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGMs) as an ideal and unifying mathematical language to represent cognitive dynamics as structured graphs codifying (causal) relationships between cognitive sub-components which unfolds in discrete time. We propose several works demonstrating the advantage and the representational power of such a modeling framework, by providing dynamic models of cognition specified according to different levels of abstraction.
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Marsaro, Fabiana Panhosi 1989. "Projeto gráfico-editorial de livros didáticos de língua portuguesa : para além da letra." [s.n.], 2013. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/269648.
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Orientador: Roxane Helena Rodrigues RojoDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem
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Resumo: Esta dissertação de Mestrado, situada no campo da Linguística Aplicada, teve como objetivo analisar, sob uma perspectiva enunciativo-discursiva, o projeto gráfico-editorial de duas coleções de livros didáticos de Língua Portuguesa, recomendadas pelo Programa Nacional do Livro Didático, na edição de 2011, a saber, "Diálogo - Edição Renovada", da editora FTD, e "Tudo é Linguagem", da editora Ática. Na análise, procuramos entender de que forma o projeto gráfico-editorial e o projeto pedagógico do livro didático de língua portuguesa se inter-relacionam. Embasadas pela Teoria Bakhtiniana, defendemos a perspectiva que considera o livro didático de Língua Portuguesa como um enunciado em um gênero do discurso. Coerentes com essa Teoria, em nossa análise, respeitando os procedimentos metodológicos formulados por Bakhtin, partimos das situações concretas de enunciação para compreender de que modo se organizam, no gênero livro didático de Língua Portuguesa, seus temas, estilo e forma composicional. O projeto gráfico-editorial, nesse sentido, foi considerado parte fundamental da estruturação do discurso didático materializado nesse gênero. Para chegar a esse entendimento, baseamo-nos, principalmente, no conceito de forma arquitetônica, formulado pelo Círculo. Na análise, em comparação à coleção "Tudo é Linguagem", o projeto pedagógico de "Diálogo - Edição Renovada" nos pareceu mais propício ao desenvolvimento de um projeto gráfico-editorial consistente, integrado à concepção da coleção. As duas coleções, porém, cumprem igualmente os critérios do Programa Nacional do Livro Didático quanto ao projeto gráfico-editorial, ou seja, são legíveis, estabelecem hierarquia entre as informações e trazem ilustrações de qualidade. Acreditamos que o Programa Nacional do Livro Didático poderia oferecer critérios mais consistentes quanto ao projeto gráfico-editorial, para além dos requisitos mínimos para elaboração de um livro legível. Concluímos que o projeto gráfico-editorial é adequado na medida em que se relaciona produtivamente ao projeto pedagógico do livro didático, priorizando estratégias que valorizem e ampliem a proposta de ensino aprendizagem dos autores e não apenas soluções estéticas
Abstract: This Master's thesis, situated within the area of Applied Linguistics, has aimed at analyzing, from an enunciative-discursive perspective, the editorial-graphic project of two textbook collections for the teaching of Brazilian Portuguese language, recommended by the 2011 National Program for the Textbook, named "Diálogo - Edição Renovada", (FTD eds.), and "Tudo é Linguagem", (Ática eds.). Throughout the analysis, we have tried to understand how both the editorial-graphic and the pedagogical projects relate in the Brazilian Portuguese language textbook. Grounded on the Bakhtinian Theory, the theoretical perspective which considers the Brazilian Portuguese language textbook as a speech genre enunciation is taken. In accordance with that theory, in our analysis, and respecting the methodological procedures stated by Bakhtin, we departed from concrete enunciative situations to understand how themes, style and the composing structure are organized in the Brazilian Portuguese language textbook genre. According to this perspective, the editorial-graphic project has been considered as a key element for basis of the didactic discourse materialized in this genre. We came to grips with such an understanding of the matter by basing our analysis mostly in the architectural concept of form as conceived by the Circle. In the analysis, by comparing to the "Tudo é Linguagem" book collection, the pedagogical project of "Diálogo - Edição Renovada" proved us to be better suitable to the development of a consistent editorial-graphic project, integrating the concept established in the collection. Nevertheless, both didactic collections meet the criteria established by the National Program for the Textbook in terms of editorial-graphic project, i.e., they prove to be legible; there is a established hierarchy amongst information and they both present quality illustrations. We strongly believe that the National Program for the Textbook could have offered better consistent criteria regarding the editorial graphic project, beyond the minimum required items for the elaboration of a readable book. All in all, we come to terms to the adequacy of the editorial-graphic project as it not only focus on aesthetic solutions but also interacts productively with the pedagogical project of the textbook, prioritizing strategies that enhance and value the teaching-learning approach offered by the authors
Mestrado
Lingua Materna
Mestra em Linguística Aplicada
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Silva, Rodrigo Ot?vio da. "Sair curado para a vida e para o bem: diagramas, linhas e dispers?o de for?as no complexus nosoespacial do Hospital de Caridade Juvino Barreto (1909-1927)." Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2012. http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/16971.
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Previous issue date: 2012-08-27This work has as object of study the Hospital de Caridade Juvino Barreto, nosocomial institution located in the city of Natal (RN), between the Praia de Areia Preta and the Monte Petr?polis, focusing on the period from 1909, the year in which the new hospital building was constructed and opened, and 1927, the date of the transfer of administration of the public domain to the newly created Sociedade de Assist?ncia Hospitalar (SAH). We study the conditions of possibility of the emergence of this hospital space in the urban environment of the capital of Rio Grande do Norte, seeking to understand the different tactics and strategies implemented by the historical subjects involved in the formation of this institution nosocomial. Starting from a corpus of documents consisting of medical memories (with Dr. Janu?rio Cicco as privileged observer), information present in newspapers (the Republic and the Christmas Journa l), photo collection and extensive administrative and legal material (Speeches, Exhibitions, Reports, Laws and Resolutions), we analyzed in detail the medical geography of HCJB, relating the discourses of medicine and geography in choosing the spatial location of the hospital as we examine the architecture of the hospital, its inner spat iality, divisions, forms of space control, and, finally, we discuss the medical practices that took place within it, leading us in this regard, from the experiences of clinical hospital chief, Dr. Janu?rio Cicco, especially the discussion on "ethics" in hospital work. The perception of HCJB as medical nosoespaciality always on the move, incorporated under taxonomic principles based on difference and dispersion forces, led us to articulate it theoretically from the conceptual-methodological arsenal of philosopher Michel Foucault, particularly his reflections of genealogical phase, focusing on the phenomenon of power, a position that allows us to enhance our space-hospital construction, invention, product of power relations, which give the unfinished aspect nosoc?mio, apparent, always at stake, perpetual non-modeling possibility has previously defined array, establishing it at the field of possible, of virtuality, of power: hospital that could have been and that it was not. Indeed, the investigation of various aspects/elements of hospital space Juvino Barreto revealed us new dimensions of hospital space, far more complex than the simple and the current idea of a place to shelter patients: plasticity and fluidity of space, which is not made to circumscribe the limits of empeiria, engraving up to strength relations fought between different subject; its Constitution as a transitional space, Heterotopic, doing live inside modern elements with premoderns (professional doctors working with religious thought, skeptical of positivist medicine living with the religious faith of the nuns of Santana); the impossibility of thinking hospital space of HCJB while homogeneous unit, static, transistoric, making the spatiality, without considering the profound differences, fractures and dislocations that animated his own existence, multiplying their expressions of identity
Este trabalho tem por objeto de estudo o Hospital de Caridade Juvino Barreto, institui??o nosocomial localizada na cidade do Natal (RN), entre a Praia de Areia Preta e o Monte Petr?polis, focalizando-o no per?odo compreendido entre 1909, ano em que o novo edif?cio hospitalar fora constru?do e inaugurado, e 1927, data da transfer?ncia de sua administra??o de dom?nio p?blico para a rec?m-criada associa??o m?dica da Sociedade de Assist?ncia Hospitalar (SAH). Estudamos as condi??es de possibilidade da emerg?ncia desse espa?o hospitalar no ambiente urbano da capital do Rio Grande do Norte, buscando compreender as diferentes t?ticas e estrat?gias implementadas pelos sujeitos hist?ricos envolvidos na constitui??o desse nosoc?mio. Partindo de um corpus documental constitu?do de mem?rias m?dicas (tendo o Doutor Janu?rio Cicco como observador privilegiado), informa??es presentes em jornais (A Rep?blica e O Di?rio do Natal), acervo fotogr?fico e extenso material de natureza administrativa e legal (Discursos, Exposi??es, Falas, Leis, Relat?rios e Resolu??es), analisamos detalhadamente a geografia m?dica do HCJB, relacionando os discursos da Geografia e da Medicina na escolha da localiza??o espacial do referido nosoc?mio hospitalar, bem como examinamos a arquitetura do hospital, sua espacialidade interna, divis?es, formas de controle do espa?o, e, por fim, abordamos as pr?ticas m?dicas que se desenrolaram no seu interior, conduzindo-nos, a esse respeito, a partir das experi?ncias do chefe de cl?nicas do hospital, o Dr. Janu?rio Cicco, destacando-se a? a discuss?o sobre a ?tica no trabalho m?dico-hospitalar. A percep??o do HCJB como nosoespacialidade m?dica sempre em movimento, constitu?da segundo princ?pios taxon?micos baseados na diferen?a e na dispers?o de for?as, levou-nos a articul?- lo teoricamente a partir do arsenal conceitual-metodol?gico do fil?sofo Michel Foucault, em especial suas reflex?es da fase geneal?gica, centradas no fen?meno do poder, posi??o que nos permite valorizar o espa?o noso-hospitalar como constru??o, inven??o, produto de rela??es de for?a, que conferem ao nosoc?mio aspecto inacabado, aparente, sempre em jogo, possibilidade perp?tua de modelagem que n?o tem matriz previamente definida, instaurando-o no campo do poss?vel, da virtualidade, da pot?ncia: hospital que poderia ter sido e que n?o foi. Com efeito, a investiga??o dos diversos aspectos/elementos do espa?o hospitalar do Juvino Barreto revelou-nos novas dimens?es da espacialidade m?dico-hospitalar, muito mais complexa do que a simples e corrente id?ia de um lugar para abrigo de doentes: a plasticidade e fluidez do espa?o, que n?o se deixava circunscrever aos limites da empeiria, plasmando-se ao sabor das rela??es de for?a travadas entre os diferentes sujeitos; sua constitui??o como espa?o de transi??o, heterot?pico, fazendo conviver no seu interior elementos modernos com pr?modernos (m?dicos profissionais trabalhando com religiosas, pensamento c?tico da medicina positivista convivendo com a f? religiosa das freiras de Santana); a impossibilidade de se pensar o espa?o noso-hospitalar do HCJB enquanto unidade homog?nea, est?tica, transist?rica, naturalizando essa espacialidade, sem se considerar as profundas diferen?as, fraturas e deslocamentos que animavam sua pr?pria exist?ncia, multiplicando as suas express?es identit?rias
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Borgmann, Katharina M. [Verfasser], and J. Alexander [Akademischer Betreuer] Schmidt. "The impact of chinese culture and philosophy on the cityscape in China : decoding the urban environment for a better understanding of built space / Katharina M. Borgmann ; Betreuer: J. Alexander Schmidt." Duisburg, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1191708578/34.
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Modiri, Sadegh [Verfasser], Harald [Gutachter] Schuh, José M. [Gutachter] Ferrándiz, and Alireza A. [Gutachter] Ardalan. "On the improvement of earth orientation parameters estimation: using modern space geodetic techniques / Sadegh Modiri ; Gutachter: Harald Schuh, José M. Ferrándiz, Alireza A. Ardalan ; GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences." Potsdam : Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, 2021. http://d-nb.info/1237615275/34.
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Asara, Viviana, and Giorgos Kallis. "Fertile soil: The production of Prefigurative Territories by the Indignados movement in Barcelona." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2018. http://epub.wu.ac.at/6430/1/sre%2Ddisc%2D2018_03.pdf.
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Social movements do not only protest and demand political change - they produce new spaces too. Why and
how? If we understand this, we can appreciate better the specificity and potential of the last cycle of
mobilizations involving the encampment of cities' squares. This paper shows how the Indignados movement
in Barcelona evolved from symbolizing an alternative future in the square to constructing alternatives in the
city after. We find that people in alternative projects re-appropriate and transform urban space because they
want to live differently and produce a radically different city, now. We conceptualize these new spaces as
"prefigurative territories", integrating the seemingly divergent anarchist theory of prefiguration with Lefebvre's
Marxist theory of space production. Prefigurative projects have strategic horizons and struggle with conflicts
when opening up. Against those charging the Indignados with a fetishization of the occupied square and a
failure to achieve political goals, we argue for the continuing relevance of the movement as it moved from the
production of differential, to the production of counter-spaces. Further research should investigate how these
counter-spaces feed into processes of political change.Series: SRE - Discussion Papers
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Queiroz, Lucas Oliveira Caldellas de. "Análise e estimação da estrutura a termo da taxa de juros com abordagem bayesiana." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/172554.
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Este trabalho analisa e modela a Estrutura a Termo das Taxas de Juros objetivando ao teste da Hipótese das Expectativas(HE) na ponta curta da curva de juros e a uma aplicação da teoria de Markowitz (1952) no mercado de renda fixa utilizando a estrutura proposta por Caldeira, Moura e Santos (2015). Para estes fins foram utilizados dados dos contratos futuros de 1 dia dos depósito interbancários (DI1) negociados na BMF interpolados em maturidades fixas, sendo utilizados em base semanal quando do teste da HE e em base diária para a construção dos portfólios de mínima variância. Os resultados encontrados para o teste da HE sugerem a invalidade da teoria, uma vez que o prêmio de risco é se mostra ajustável a um modelo GARCH-M e, portanto, variante no tempo. Os portfólios de mínima variância ajustados nas versões irrestrita e restrita (duration máxima de 1 ano) se mostraram consistentes, tendo superado quase a totalidade dos fundos analisados. O portfólio de mínima variância irrestrito obteve o maior Índice de Sharpe no período analisado.This work analyzes and model the Term Structure of Interest Rates seeking testing Expectation Hypothesis in the short end of the Yield Curve and to apply the portfolio theory to the fixed income context using the framework proposed by Caldeira, Moura e Santos (2015). We used a database of constant maturities interbank deposits’s future contracts. The results suggest Expectation Hypothesis doesn’t hold and risk premium could be modeled by a GARCH-M framework, being time variant. The bond portfolio optimized were, in general, consistent with high sharpe ratio relative to other funds and beated the chosen benchmark during the period analyzed.
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Henriksen, Frank Ekeberg. "Space in electroacoustic music : composition, performance and perception of musical space." Thesis, City University London, 2002. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/7653/.
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This thesis concerns space as an essential element of expression and communication in electroacoustic music. It shows that musical space is a complex term which refers to many different aspects of composition, performance and perception of electroacoustic music. It is argued that space is a compound musical element which can be integrated into the compositional structure to a degree where space becomes the primary canier of meaning in the work, and that the creation and interpretation of this meaning is a result of learned cultural aspects of interpersonal communication in terms of personal space and territoriality. Furthermore, the close relationship between electroacoustic music composition and technology is acknowledged, and the influence of available technology on aesthetic choices and decision making with regard to spatial composition and performance is taken into consideration. The structure for the investigation is based on a model of musical space comprising three basic levels: 1) spatial properties of individual sounds in terms of intrinsic space, extrinsic space and spectral space, 2) the spatial arrangement of individual sounds and events into a composed space which is played in, and becomes affected by, the listening space, and 3) the perceived space, which constitutes the listening experience of the combination of composed space and listening space. A framework for describing and analysing spatial elements in electroacoustic composition is proposed. The discussion and findings are largely based on my experience as a listener, composer and performer of electroacoustic music, and in addition finds support in research on auditory perception, particularly Jens Blauert's work on spatial hearing and Albert Bregman's auditory scene theory, as well as Denis Smalley's spectromorphological theory, James Tenney's writings on perception-based music listening and analysis, and Edward T. Hall's investigations into space as an element of non-verbal communication.
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Ekiz, Cem. "New Space Organization And Development Alternatives In Metu-tech (metu Technopolis)." Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607804/index.pdf.
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The analysis of METU-Technopolis buildings and their space organizations indicates that there are two kinds of designing and planning tendencies in METU-Tech. One of them is Northern European and other one is North American Type of office which are also known as two important office designing approaches in the world. Northern European and North American Type of office organizations have different approaches in shaping office space. While Northern European type places far more emphasis on using office space to support staff morale and thus to add value to organizational performance, North American type tends to overestimate cost minimizations. These two types of designing tendencies in the world have had enormous effects on METU-Tech building design. While some buildings like Silicon Block and Silver block give importance to functions in space, and cost minimizations, others like Twin Building gives more importance to space quality and occupancy needs.
The aim of this study is to introduce these two different kinds of office design approaches in METU-Technopolis by examining Silicon Block, Silver Block and Twin buildings. These buildings have been examined in three main scales which begin with urban design scale, Macro-Scale development, then Middle-Scale development and finally Micro-Scale development and buildings activities in architectural scale. In macro scale, Urban Design Studio&rsquos METU-Tech workings, and in middle- micro scale, advantages and disadvantages of these two space organizations manner have been introduced in detail on Silicon Block, Silver Block and Twin Building. Furthermore, all these three building&rsquo
s statistical information, capacities, and design specifications have been presented in drawings, graphics, and photos.
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Matutu, Phethiwe Precious. "(L, M)-fuzzy topological spaces." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005224.
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The objective of this thesis is to develop certain aspects of the theory of (L,M)-fuzzy topological spaces, where L and M are complete lattices (with additional conditions when necessary). We obtain results which are to a large extent analogous to results given in a series of papers of Šostak (where L = M = [0,1]) but not necessarily with analogous proofs. Often, our generalizations require a variety of techniques from lattice theory e.g. from continuity or complete distributive lattices.
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Gargioni, Gustavo. "Multiple Asteroid Retrieval Mission." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/98838.
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In this thesis, the possibility of enabling space-mining for the upcoming decade is explored. Making use of recently-proven reusable rockets, we envision a fleet of spacecraft capable of reaching Near-Earth asteroids. To analyze this idea, the goal of this problem is to maximize the asteroid mass retrieved within a spacecraft max life span. Explicitly, the maximum lifetime of the spacecraft fleet is set at 30 years. A fuel supply-chain is proposed and designed so that each spacecraft is refueled before departing for each asteroid. To maximize access to the number of asteroids and retrievable mass for each mission, we propose launching each mission from an orbit with low escape velocity. The L2-Halo orbit at the libration point in the Earth-Moon system was selected due to its easy access from Low-Earth Orbit and for a cislunar synergy with NASA Gateway. Using data from NASA SmallBody and CNEOS databases, we investigated NEAs in the period between 2030 and 2060 could be captured in the ecliptic plane and returned to L2-Halo with two approaches, MARM-1 and MARM-2. Together, these databases provide all information for every asteroid's close approach known today. Returning the asteroid as a whole is explored in the MARM-1 method, while MARM-2 evaluates the possibility of reaching larger asteroids and returning a fragment of their masses, such that it optimizes the available cargo weight per time of flight of each mission. The following results are compared with previous work from the community. The results show a 96% reduction in the cost per kg, with an enormous increase in retrieved mass. With these results, this thesis shows that not solely energy or dynamic optimization will be responsible for proving space mining feasibility, but rather a combination of those and business best practices. Proving feasibility for space mining is a complex and immense problem. Although this thesis opens new possibilities for future work on the field and sparkes the interest of private endeavors, the final solution for this problem still requires additional exploration.M.S.
In this thesis, the possibility of enabling space-mining for the upcoming decade is explored. Making use of recently-proven reusable rockets, we envision a fleet of spacecraft capable of reaching Near-Earth asteroids, NEAs. To analyze this idea, the goal of this problem is to maximize the asteroid mass retrieved within a spacecraft max life span. Explicitly, the maximum lifetime of the spacecraft fleet is set at 30 years. A fuel supply-chain is proposed and designed so that each spacecraft is refueled before departing for each asteroid. To maximize access to the number of asteroids and retrievable mass for each mission, we propose launching each mission from an orbit with low escape velocity. A location after the Moon, at the L2-Halo orbit, was selected due to its easy access from Low-Earth Orbit and for a synergy with the proposed new space station at the Moon orbit. Using data from NASA databases, we investigated the asteroids in the period between 2030 and 2060 that could be captured and returned with two approaches, MARM-1 and MARM-2. Together, these databases provide all information for every asteroid's close approach known today. Returning the asteroid as a whole is explored in the MARM-1 method, while MARM-2 evaluates the possibility of reaching larger asteroids and returning a fragment of their masses, such that it optimizes the available cargo weight per time of flight of each mission. The following results are compared with previous work from the community. The results show a 96% reduction in the cost per kg, with an enormous increase in retrieved mass. With these results, this thesis shows that not solely energy or dynamic optimization will be responsible for proving space mining feasibility, but rather a combination of those and business best practices. Proving feasibility for space mining is a complex and immense problem. Although this thesis opens new possibilities for future work on the field and sparkes the interest of private endeavors, the final solution for this problem still requires additional exploration.
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Lane, Cathryn Mary. "Space, motion and metaphor in electroacoustic music." Thesis, City University London, 2000. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/8220/.
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This submission discusses the development of a compositional language which is expressive of 'lived' experience with relation to the works on the enclosed compact discs, Fal/out, Nesting Stones, Invisible Crowds, Bath, Hidden Lives and Scan. The main features of this language are a musical production of space which is mimetic of non-musical experiences of space, and the development of gestural metaphor. Through a process of metaphorical transduction, this links image schema derived from a variety of lived experiences of space and motion with the manipulation of richly associative sound material in order to express emotional and psychological experiences through the production of musical works. The thesis starts by looking at changing concepts of space, the ways that we experience space using our senses, different types of space and the features and qualities of some of those spaces. These topics are then investigated in relation to musical composition and a variety of possibilities are discussed, some of which are related to aspects of the compositional practice in the works presented. This is followed by a discussion of sound material and the use of various structuring devices to create sound worlds, both generally, in terms of contemporary practice, and specifically, in terms of the works presented. A survey of the possibilities of the compositional uses of motion and metaphor completes the consideration of the individual features of this compositional language. The final chapters of this thesis are devoted to the consideration of how the elements already discussed work together in a gestural metaphor and how its use as a structuring device develops and changes in the works presented.
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Newell, Marilee. "The wyvern's tale : a thought experiment in Bakhtinian dual chronotope occupation." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2154.
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The non-fiction introduction to The Wyvern’s Tale: A Thought Experiment in Bakhtinian Dual Chronotope Occupation documents the evolution of the novel, The Wyvern’s Tale, from the ideas that inspired it to its current incarnation as a full-length novel intended for an adult audience. It comprises an explanation of the novel’s main concept, Bakhtinian dual chronotope occupation, as well as an idea-focused account of the creative-writing process. Detailed in the introduction’s theoretical premise is the relationship between Mikhail Bakhtin’s theories of chronotope and the carnivalesque and the ideal of the divided union in Chalcedonian Christology. This relationship revolves around the state of existing in two time-spaces at once. The novel, The Wyvern’s Tale, explores this dual existence imaginatively using the setting of parallel worlds – the every-day world and a fictional world called Wyvern – as well as a protagonist, who functions in the fictional world as a Christ-figure. Particular thematic emphasis is placed on differing perceptions of truth and reality, and on the transformative power of costumes. The novel’s outcome, dependent on the reader’s decision as to whether dual chronotope occupation is possible or impossible, is respectively either hopeful or tragic. It attempts to reflect the outcome of the life and death of Christ depending on whether his co-existence as God and man was real or imagined.
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Mulder, F. Adele. "Bodies and borders : space and subjectivity in three South African texts." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2444.
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Thesis (MA (English))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis interrogates the relationship between body, subjectivity and space in three antipastoral novels. The texts which I will be discussing, Karel Schoeman’s This Life, Anne Landsman’s The Devil’s Chimney and J.M. Coetzee’s In the Heart of the Country, all foreground the female protagonist’s relationship to a specifically South African landscape in a colonial time-frame. The inter-relatedness between the body, subjectivity and space is explored in order to show that there is a shifting interaction between these registers in the novels. Arising from this interaction, the importance of perspective as a way of being in the world is foregrounded. The approach adopted in this study is based on the assumption that our experience depends upon how we make meaning of the world through our bodies as we encounter people, places and objects. The lived, embodied experience is always a subjective experience. The conceptual framework is derived broadly from psychoanalysis and phenomenology. My primary concern in this study is how marginal subject positions are explored in the space of the South African farm, which, traditionally, is an ideologically fraught locus of Afrikaner patriarchy and oppression. The novels are narrated by distinctive female voices, each speaking differently, but all having the effect of undermining and exposing the hegemony of the patriarchal farm space. In all three novels the question of genre is involved as forming the space of the text itself. The novels speak to the tradition of the plaasroman and the pastoral and, in doing so, open up a conversation with the past.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In hierdie tesis word die verhouding tussen die liggaam, subjektiwiteit en ruimte ondersoek in drie romans wat teen die pastorale literêre tradisie spreek. Die betrokke romans is This Life deur Karel Schoeman, The Devil’s Chimney deur Anne Landsman en In the Heart of the Country deur J.M. Coetzee. Die romans speel af in ‘n koloniale tydperk waar die vroulike protagonis se verhouding met die Suid-Afrikaanse landskap op die voorgrond gestel word. Die verwantskap tussen die liggaam, subjektiwiteit en ruimte word ondersoek om die interaksie tussen hierdie drie konsepte ten toon te stel. Wat vanuit hierdie interaksie voortspruit is die ontologiese rol wat perspektief speel as wyse om met die wêreld te verkeer. Hierdie studie benader die romans vanuit die siening dat die mens se ervaring afhang van hoe hy/sy die wêreld verstaan deur die interaksie tussen die liggaam en ander mense, ruimtes en objekte. Die beliggaamde ervaring is dus ‘n subjektiewe ervaring. Die konsepsuele raamwerk van hierdie ondersoek is afgelei van psigoanalise en fenomenologie. Die kern van hierdie studie is om te ondersoek hoe die posisie van die randfiguur in die ruimte van die Suid-Afrikaanse plaas ten toon gestel word. Die plaas is tradisioneel ‘n ideologiese bestrede ruimte van Afrikaner patriargie en onderdrukking. Die romans word verhaal deur drie kenmerkende en verskillende vroulike stemme wat dien om die hegemonie van die patriargale opset op die plase te ondermyn en ontbloot. Die vraagstuk van genre is in al drie romans betrokke aangesien genre die ruimte van die teks self uitmaak. Die romans spreek teen die tradisie van die plaasroman en die pastorale roman en tree sodoende in gesprek met die verlede.
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Clemente, Manfredi. "Between space and evocation : a portfolio of acousmatic compositions." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2017. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7642/.
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This commentary consists of an attempt to discuss the problems raised by the way I approach composition and sound in general. My argument is based on the definition I give of the key concepts of space, sound image and evocation, mainly through the means of an aesthetic reflection that tries to stay faithful to the basic rules of phenomenological method. In this context, space is not meant in its locative sense, rather it is defined as the process of exploration of the sound image that characterizes the act of listening. The sound image is thence discussed in its spatial aspects. It is described as an object defined by a frame (both conceptual and empirical) and an inside, which is explored by the listener. It is this exploration that allows the listener to reach a moment of resonance with the sound image itself, moment that I defined as evocation. The consideration of the sound image in a spatial sense allows me to introduce the idea of meta-space, a term that aims at describing the way in which the sound images enter into a mutual relationship in the context of a musical composition.
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Guhlemann, Steffen. "Neue Indexingverfahren für die Ähnlichkeitssuche in metrischen Räumen über großen Datenmengen." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-203751.
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Ein zunehmend wichtiges Thema in der Informatik ist der Umgang mit Ähnlichkeit in einer großen Anzahl unterschiedlicher Domänen. Derzeit existiert keine universell verwendbare Infrastruktur für die Ähnlichkeitssuche in allgemeinen metrischen Räumen. Ziel der Arbeit ist es, die Grundlage für eine derartige Infrastruktur zu legen, die in klassische Datenbankmanagementsysteme integriert werden könnte. Im Rahmen einer Analyse des State of the Art wird der M-Baum als am besten geeignete Basisstruktur identifiziert. Dieser wird anschließend zum EM-Baum erweitert, wobei strukturelle Kompatibilität mit dem M-Baum erhalten wird. Die Abfragealgorithmen werden im Hinblick auf eine Minimierung notwendiger Distanzberechnungen optimiert. Aufbauend auf einer mathematischen Analyse der Beziehung zwischen Baumstruktur und Abfrageaufwand werden Freiheitsgrade in Baumänderungsalgorithmen genutzt, um Bäume so zu konstruieren, dass Ähnlichkeitsanfragen mit einer minimalen Anzahl an Anfrageoperationen beantwortet werden könnenA topic of growing importance in computer science is the handling of similarity in multiple heterogenous domains. Currently there is no common infrastructure to support this for the general metric space. The goal of this work is lay the foundation for such an infrastructure, which could be integrated into classical data base management systems. After some analysis of the state of the art the M-Tree is identified as most suitable base and enhanced in multiple ways to the EM-Tree retaining structural compatibility. The query algorithms are optimized to reduce the number of necessary distance calculations. On the basis of a mathematical analysis of the relation between the tree structure and the query performance degrees of freedom in the tree edit algorithms are used to build trees optimized for answering similarity queries using a minimal number of distance calculations
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Canzoneri, Elisa <1984>. "Plasticity in body and peripersonal space representations." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2013. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/5895/.
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A successful interaction with objects in the environment requires integrating
information concerning object-location with the shape, dimension and position of body parts in space. The former information is coded in a multisensory representation of the space around the body, i.e. peripersonal space (PPS), whereas the latter is enabled by an online, constantly updated, action-orientated multisensory representation of the body (BR) that is critical for action. One of the critical features of these representations is that both PPS and BR are not fixed, but they dynamically change depending on different types of experience. In a series of experiment, I studied plastic properties of PPS and BR in humans. I have developed a series of methods to measure the boundaries of PPS representation (Chapter 4), to study its neural correlates (Chapter 3) and to assess BRs. These tasks have been used to study changes in PPS and BR following tool-use (Chapter 5), multisensory stimulation (Chapter 6), amputation and prosthesis implantation (Chapter 7) or social interaction (Chapter 8). I found that changes in the function (tool-use) and the structure (amputation and prosthesis implantation) of the physical body elongate or shrink both PPS and BR. Social context and social interaction also shape PPS representation. Such high degree of plasticity suggests that our sense of body in space is not given at once, but it is constantly constructed and adapted through experience.Allo scopo di interagire con oggetti presenti nell’ambiente esterno è necessario integrare le informazioni sulla posizione degli oggetti nello spazio con informazioni riguardanti la forma, dimensione e posizione delle singole parti del corpo rispetto all’oggetto stesso. Due diverse rappresentazioni supportano la codifica di tali informazioni: da una parte, la rappresentazione dello Spazio Peripersonale, una rappresentazione multisensoriale dello spazio intorno al corpo, e dall’altra una rappresentazione multisensoriale del corpo, costantemente aggiornata e orientata all’azione. Una caratteristica critica di queste rappresentazioni è rappresentata dalle loro proprietà plastiche, cioè dalla possibilità di modificarsi in seguito a diversi tipi di esperienza. In questa tesi mi sono focalizzata sullo studio delle proprietà plastiche delle rappresentazioni del corpo e dello spazio peripersonale. Ho sviluppato una serie di metodi per valutare il confine dello spazio peripersonale (Capitolo 4), per studiare i suoi correlati neurali (Capitolo 3) e per valutare le rappresentazioni multisensoriali del corpo. Questi compiti sono stati usati per studiare modificazioni plastiche del corpo e dello spazio peripersonale in seguito all’utilizzo di uno strumento (Capitolo 5), in seguito a una stimolazione multisensoriale (Capitolo 6), amputazione e impianto di protesi (Capitolo 7) e nell’ambito delle interazioni sociali. I risultati ottenuti hanno mostrato come la modificazione nella funzione (in seguito all’utilizzo di uno strumento) o della struttura fisica (in seguito ad amputazione ed impianto di protesi) del corpo determinano una estensione o una contrazione sia della rappresentazione dello spazio peripersonale che della rappresentazione del corpo. Inoltre, i risultati ottenuti hanno dimostrato che la rappresentazione dello spazio peripersonale viene plasmata anche dalle interazioni sociali. Tale livello di plasticità suggerisce che l’esperienza del nostro corpo viene continuata costruita e aggiornata tramite le diverse esperienze.
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Armstrong, Beth Diane. "Hippocampus: seahorse; brain-structure; spatial map; concept." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002224.
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Through an exploration of both sculptural and thought processes undertaken in making my Masters exhibition, ‘Hippocampus’, I unpack some possibilities, instabilities, and limitations inherent in representation and visual perception. This thesis explores the Hippocampus as image (seahorse) and concept (brain-structure involved in cognitive mapping of space). Looking at Gilles Deleuze’s writings on representation, I will expand on the notion of the map as being that which does not define and fix a structure or meaning, but rather is open, extendable and experimental. I explore the becoming, rather than the being, of image and concept. The emphasis here is on process, non-representation, and fluidity of meaning. This is supportive of my personal affirmation of the practice and process of art-making as research. I will refer to the graphic prints of Maurits Cornelis Escher as a means to elucidate a visual contextualization of my practical work, particularly with regard to the play with two- and three-dimensional space perception. Through precisely calculated ‘experiments’ that show up the partiality of our visual perception of space, Escher alludes to things that either cannot actually exist as spatial objects or do exist, but resist representation. Similarly I will explore how my own sculptures, although existing in space resist a fixed representation and suggest ideas of other spaces, non-spaces; an in-between space that does not pin itself down and become fixed to any particular image, idea, objector representation.
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Tarren, Christopher James. "Time, space, memory : a portfolio of acousmatic compositions." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2014. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/5208/.
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This portfolio comprises of a collection of acousmatic works which investigate the role of source bonding in music – the tendency of listeners to relate sounds to their real-world sources and the signifying implication of such a link – with a particular focus on how spatial design can contribute towards source-bonding in the music’s perception as a holistic spatio-sonic entity. A number of compositional strategies, multichannel formats and spatial audio technologies are investigated, with their merits assessed based on their suitability for shaping the qualities of musical space explored. The discussion in this commentary will show how these holistic spaces can have similar qualities of perceived ‘reality’ and ‘abstraction’ to the individual sounds, and how this is investigated in the musical works. I shall also show how the contrasting environmental qualities of these spaces became a source of of inspiration for structuring the development of my music, and how they might evoke subsequent meaning in their experience based on the listener’s understanding of the spatial source bonds.
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Dantas, Joseney Rodrigues de Queiroz. "As cidades medias no desenvolvimento regional: um estudo sobre Pau dos Ferros (RN)." Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2014. http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/13834.
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Previous issue date: 2014-03-21Esta tese versa sobre as cidades m?dias no atual contexto do desenvolvimento urbano brasileiro e nordestino. Na regi?o Nordeste, o processo de urbaniza??o foi lento, atomizado, geogr?fico e economicamente disperso, o que resultou numa rede urbana truncada, constitu?da principalmente por suas nove capitais regionais e cerca de duas dezenas de cidades de porte m?dio, em sua maioria, interiorizadas. Foi a partir dessa rede urbana nordestina interiorizada que nos propomos a estudar Pau dos Ferros, no Rio Grande do Norte e o papel que ela desempenha na rede urbana nordestina e potiguar. Compreender os determinantes da produ??o do espa?o urbano-regional de Pau dos Ferros que o caracterizam como cidade m?dia, com fins a refletir sobre o seu papel no desenvolvimento regional foi o objetivo geral desta pesquisa. Nossa hip?tese ? que, a despeito de um contingente populacional pequeno, Pau dos Ferros vem desempenhando na rede urbana do Nordeste e do Rio Grande do Norte as fun??es de cidade m?dia, particularmente, na oferta dos servi?os de educa??o superior e sa?de, al?m da oferta de empregos, notadamente no com?rcio e nos servi?os p?blicos, o que nos permitiu trat?-la ? priori, a partir do conceito de cidade (inter) m?dia. Para esta investiga??o, partimos da proposta de estudo e do pensamento de autores como Faria (1978), Benko (1999) e Brand?o (2007), os quais prop?em o estudo do urbano a partir de situa??es concretas que permitam compreender os fenomenos em sua m?ltiplas causalidades. Dessa forma, o fio condutor desta an?lise foi o modo como vem se reconfigurando as cidades m?dias e como essa reconfigura??o tem afetado de diferentes formas as rela??es entre as cidades e entre as cidades e as regi?es. Os resultados das an?lises apontaram que os investimentos p?blicos em sa?de e educa??o t?m contribu?do para a atra??o de investimentos privados em suas respectivas ?reas, e tamb?m em outras, o que tem ajudado a dinamizar a economia da cidade, inclusive modificado parcialmente sua estrutura ocupacional. Pau dos Ferros se destacou como um polo comercial e de servi?os na rede urbana potiguar, formando um outlier no Alto Oeste, organizando uma bacia de empregos na sua ?rea de influ?ncia que constatamos ser composta por 55 munic?pios do RN, CE e PB. Ao se consolidar como polo regional na oferta dos servi?os de sa?de e de educa??o superior, ampliou-se o fluxo de pessoas que realizam movimento pendular para trabalho e estudo. Em s?ntese, constatou-se que, a despeito do pequeno contingente populacional, a configura??o urbano-regional de Pau dos Ferros, tanto em termos de sua din?mica urbana, como de sua abrang?ncia regional, fazem dela uma cidade m?dia na rede urbana nordestina interiorizada
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Caballero, Rosario. "Re-viewing space figurative language in architects' assessment of built space." Berlin New York Mouton de Gruyter, 2006. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2681666&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.
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Crowdus, Miranda. "Hip hop in South Tel Aviv : third space, convergent dispossession(s), and intercultural communication in urban borderlands." Thesis, City, University of London, 2016. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/15958/.
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This thesis critically examines the transformative function and the limitations of crosscultural elements in current musical practices in Israel, specifically, in Hip Hop practices in the urban context of the diverse neighbourhoods of South Tel Aviv. This study explores locales on border-areas of the urban space, investigating precisely how Hip Hop practitioners and their audiences negotiate identity, politics, and cross-cultural communication in an urban zone, which, even while it enables unprecedented intercultural encounters, is characterized by an overarching international conflict. Specific examples have been explored to illustrate how the diverse performers and audience members consciously embody the paradox of political disparity and co-existence through their eclectic musical idiom and through the social aspects of the music-making process and public performance. My investigation shows how intercultural elements are negotiated in Hip Hop performances in contemporary Israeli urban space. Using an interdisciplinary approach, I propose and apply several theoretical frames of analysis. This multi-faceted framework allows the illustration of the complexity of the way in which the musical experience negotiates boundaries of identity and belonging. Amongst the theoretical frameworks are Homi Bhabha’s concept of thirdspace (1990) and Maurice Halbwach’s notion of local ‘collective memory’ (1941). My research locates the scope of investigation in a broad, abstract, transnational arena, and also in an analysis of the specific range of identities affected and potentially transformed by musical collaboration in a concrete and specific urban setting. The broad focus highlights how the Hip Hop groups under investigation operate and are regarded globally; the narrow scope enables an analysis of how, in the context of ethnic conflict and co-existence in contemporary Israel, identity construction and negotiation is experienced in different ways by the individuals physically co-existing in shared urban space.