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Stevens, Timothy. "Rehab Tracker: Framework for Monitoring and Enhancing NMES Patient Compliance." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2019. https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/1001.
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We describe the development of a cyber-physical system (Rehab Tracker) for improving patient compliance with at-home physical rehabilitation using neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) therapy. Rehab Tracker consists of three components: 1) hardware modifications to sense and store use data from an FDA-approved NMES therapy device and provide Bluetooth communication capability, 2) an iOS-based smartphone/tablet application to receive and transmit NMES use data and serve as a conduit for patient-provider interactions and 3) a back-end server platform to receive device use data, display compliance data for provider review and provide automated positive and remedial push notifications to patients to improve compliance. This system allows for near real-time compliance monitoring via a secure web portal and offers a novel conduit for patient-provider communication during at-home rehabilitation to improve compliance. The system was tested in patients (n=5) who suffered anterior cruciate ligament rupture and surgical repair to provide proof-of-principal evidence for system functionality and an initial assessment of system usability. The system functioned as designed, recording 89% of rehabilitation sessions. Thus, Rehab Tracker is a functionally correct system with the potential to be used as a tool for studying NMES and mobile communication methodologies at scale and improving compliance with at-home rehabilitation programs.
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Horne, Cynthia Michalski. "Are NMEs our enemies? : non-market economies and western trade policies /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/10703.
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Eriksson, Reimer Henrik. "En studie av plattformsoberoende med Haxe och NME." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för datavetenskap, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-80724.
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Det jag ska undersöka är hur väl program skrivna i Haxe med det externa biblioteket NME uppnår plattformsoberoende. Mer specifikt hur väl ett spel skrivet i Haxe med NME är plattformsoberoende givet att programkoden är den samma och inte modifierad för varje plattform. På hemsidan för NME ställs frågan ”Does This Actually Work?” och svaret som ges är ”As surprising as it sounds, NME really works. You do not need to spend your time messing with cross-platform compatibility, but you also do not have to sacrifice runtime performance or access to platform features.”. För att Haxe och NME ska anses vara plattformsoberoende ska samma källkod resultera i att spel som fungerar på ett tillfredsställande sätt på alla de testade plattformarna, givet att jag i programkoden tar hänsyn till den hårdvara som finns tillgänglig på plattformarna. En persondator har i regel tillgång till tangentbord och mus medan en smartphone i regel inte gör det. En smartphone har däremot tillgång till en touchscreen vilket majoriteten av persondatorer inte har. Med det i åtanke går det t.ex. inte att förvänta sig att ett program som är skrivet att enbart använda mus som inmatningsenhet att fungera på en plattform utan mus. Kriterierna för att spelet fungerar på ett tillfredsställande sätt är dessa: De funktioner som är listade i kravspecifikation i del 3.3 ska fungerar korrekt. Grafiken ska se likadan ut jämfört med på andra plattformar. Den genomsnittliga bilduppdateringsfrekvensen ska ha ett värde påminst 40 FPS. De plattformar jag kommer att testa spelet på är följande: Windows Ubuntu Mac OS X Android IOS För Windows, Ubuntu och Mac OS X kommer jag att testa spelet både i det plattformsoberoende Flash-formatet och som plattformsberoende C++ filer. Jag kommer att inkludera skärmbilder av spelet när det körs på de olika plattformarna som verifikation att spelet faktiskt fungerar samt att spelet ser likadant ut oavsett plattform. För att jämföra skillnaderna i bilduppdateringsfrekvens och för att se att minst 40 FPS uppnås så kommer bilduppdateringsfrekvensen att mätas för varje plattform. Annoterade skärmbilder som illustrerar hur det färdiga spelet fungerar kommer att ingå samt länkar till en screencast av spelet.
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Dalmo, Joakim. "Förbättrad träning med hjälp av elektrisk stimulans?" Thesis, Halmstad University, School of Business and Engineering (SET), 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-2612.
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Neuromuskulär elektrisk stimulering (NMES) används vid träning i syfte att förbättra muskulaturens egenskaper. Inom rehabilitering används NMES till att förbättra läkeprocessen av muskelskador. Vid elektrisk stimulans sker det en annorlunda aktivering av de motoriska enheterna jämfört med frivilliga kontraktioner. Vid frivilliga kontraktioner sker det en stimulering av de motoriska enheterna med långsamma muskelfibrer först. Därefter aktiveras snabba muskelfibrer. Vid elektrisk stimulans sker aktiveringen av olika sorters motoriska enheter i en omvänd- eller slumpmässig process. METOD: 16 personer (26 ± 4 år) deltog i studien varav 12 fullföljde hela testperioden. De delades in i två grupper. En testgrupp använde NMES tillsammans med frivilliga kontraktioner och en kontrollgrupp som enbart utförde frivilliga kontraktioner. Grupperna utförde en magövning för att se om det är någon skillnad mellan NMES kombinerat med frivilliga kontraktioner och enbart frivilliga kontraktioner. Testet utfördes innan, i mitten och i slutet av testperioden som varade i 10 veckor. Testet var ett styrkeuthållighetstest där deltagarna skulle utföra så många frivilliga kontraktioner som möjligt. RESULTAT: Testgruppen fick 4 procentenheter bättre resultat, men det var inte signifikant. Vilket resulterar till att denna studie inte kunde påvisa att NMES kombinerat med frivilliga kontraktioner ger bättre resultat än frivilliga kontraktioner.
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Lyčius, Tomas. "Globalaus pozicionavimo sistemų duomenų tikslinimo tyrimas." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2010. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2009~D_20101125_190724-55880.
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Darbe yra analizuojama GPS veikimo principai nuo palydovų iki pat naudotojui pasiekiamų signalų. Nagrinėjant šiuos principus visur atsižvelgiama į galimas paklaidas ir tiriama kokiu būdu jos yra taisomos, siekiant sistemą padaryti kuo tikslesnę. Atlikus sistemos veikimo analizę daromas bandymas, siekiant nustatyti realiai gautų GPS duomenų paklaidą, matuojant taško poziciją. Taip pat tiriama skirtingų gamintojų GPS imtuvų tikslumo priklausomybė nuo imtuvo procesoriaus kanalų skaičiaus. Paaiškėja, jog rinkoje parduodami GPS imtuvai dirba labai panašiu tikslumu. Toliau darbe atliekama naudojamų GPS duomenų tikslinimo algoritmų analizė ir pasiūlomas judėjimo rastriniu žemėlapiu algoritmas pozicijos nustatymo paklaidų mažinimui bei judėjimo prognozavimui nutrūkus ryšiui su palydovais.This paper is a study of GPS operating principles from satellites to user-accessible signals. The examination is done by taking into account all the possible errors and how they are corrected in order to make the system more accurate. After system operation analysis tests of GPS data accuracy are made. The position of a point is measured using several GPS receivers. Those receivers are made by different manufacturers, so we can observe the dependency of accuracy according to manufacturer and different number of processor channels. It appeared that receivers have very similar errors. The work is continued by data accuracy improvement algorithms analysis. Finally an algorithm is suggested to improve positioning data precision moving on map and predict the event of a failure to communicate with satellites.
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Pasturel, Solenn. "Assessing the efficacy of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on Maximal Strength in Physical Education Students, Trained and Elite Athletes : A Review with a Systematic approach." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Biomekanik och biomedicin, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-26108.
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Background: Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) is increasingly being usedoutside the realms of physical therapy. Acknowledged as an efficient method to enhancestrength parameters, athletes are increasingly using NMES to facilitate training andstrength gains. A review was designed with a systematic approach with the mainobjective: to assess the effectiveness of transcutaneous NMES on maximal strength inphysical education students, trained and elite athletes in studies involving isometricNMES and Dynamic NMES. Method: A search for all types of trials was performed onPubmed, Sportdiscus, Web of Science Core Collection and The Cochrane ControlledTrials Register, and results were recorded according to the PRISMA recommendations.Twenty-one studies were included and judged for risk of bias and quality according tothe Cochrane guidelines and GRADE. Results: Studies were judged as having either anunclear or high risk of bias. All studies were judged as ‘very low level’ according toGRADE and were lacking bias-limiting methods, detailed information of interventionsand general standardised procedures. Conclusion: Strength gains in physical educationstudents, trained or elite athletes from a training intervention involving either isometricNMES combined with or without voluntary exercise or dynamic NMES are inconclusivedue to the very low level of the quality of the studies. Meta-analysis performed in thisarea should be interpreted with caution as the studies have been judged as eitherunclear or high risk of bias.Key words: isometric NMES (electrical stimulation applied to relaxed muscle), dynamicNMES (electrical stimulation superimposed onto voluntary contractions), strength.
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Chang, Shie. "An investigation of the role of the MDM2-NME interaction in cancer cells." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2014. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/2003899/.
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MDM2 is a proto-oncogene well known for its role as a negative regulator of the p53 tumour suppressor. It has also been demonstrated that co-upregulation of MDM2 and wild-type p53 is linked with reduced disease specific survival in renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Moreover, MDM2 expression has been shown to promote cell motility and invasiveness in several cancer cell types including RCC cells in a p53- and RING-finger- independent manner, suggesting a role for protein-protein interactions in mediating this effect. The work presented in this thesis has aimed to study the role of MDM2 interaction with other proteins, in particular with members of the NME (Non-metastatic protein) family of metastasis suppressing genes, in order to decipher the mechanisms of action by which MDM2 may contribute to a more aggressive phenotype in cancer cells. To accomplish this we have used a range of methodologies including investigating the consequences of MDM2 expression using exon array analysis in an attempt to identify changes in gene expression induced by wild type MDM2 (Clone 9) and an MDM2 RINGmutant (RFM9) expressed stably in clonal derivatives of H1299 cells. In parallel studies in our research group, an interaction was identified between MDM2 and NME2. Since NME2 is a member of a family of genes that has been implicated in metastasis suppression, and since metastatic spread is a primary determinant of patient survival, we also focused on an analysis of this interaction. Thus the primary aim of this work became an examination of the mechanistic details and consequences of MDM2-NME interaction in cancer cells. The two most highly expressed forms of NME genes in most cell types are the highly related NME1 and NME2 genes which both encode nucleoside diphosphate kinase (NDPK) activity, essential for maintaining cellular pools of nucleoside triphosphates. They are also metastasis suppressor genes with an ability to suppress cellular motility. Since MDM2 possesses an E3 ubiquitin ligase activity, we have investigated whether MDM2 has an ability to modify NME proteins by ubiquitinating them and also whether MDM2 modulates the NDPK activity of NME proteins and/or their motility suppressing activity. Our results suggest that MDM2 may abrogate motility suppressive effects of NME2 through down-regulation of NME2 (and also of NME1) protein levels with potential consequences for suppression of NDPK activity. More interestingly, our studies have identified NM23-LV, which is derived from a specific read-through transcription and alternative splicing event of the adjacent NME1 and NME2 genes, as an MDM2-interacting protein. In addition, we have identified NM23-LV as a novel substrate for MDM2-mediated ubiquitination that occurs in an MDM2 E3 ligase activity-dependent manner. Ubiquitination of NM23-LV by MDM2 seems to be highly specific, since neither NME1 nor NME2 are substrates for MDM2-mediated ubiquitination. Furthermore, our results have also shown that NM23-LV can substantially promote MDM2 stabilisation and enhance MDM2-dependent p53 inactivation, adding another layer of complexity to the interactions between MDM2 and NME family members. Functional studies of NM23-LV have suggested that NM23-LV plays a role in promoting cell motility, which contrasts with the canonical role of NME1 and NME2 as metastasis suppressors. Taken together, studies presented in this thesis have identified a novel relationship between MDM2 and NM23-LV, which could provide valuable insights into the underlying mechanisms leading to increased cell motility promoted by MDM2 and suggests that new studies examining how MDM2-NME interactions may regulate cell motility and cancer metastasis are needed. Given the role of MDM2 in promoting more aggressive RCCs, insights gained from these studies may ultimately identify opportunities for therapeutic interventions for RCC, as well as for other human cancers.
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Bayer, Philipp. "Invers-polarisierte Arsaalkene R-As=C(NMe2)2 als Quelle hochreaktiver Arsinidene R-As Umsetzungen mit Phosphavinyliden- und Vinylidenkomplexen /." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2006. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=980736447.
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Khorami, Elham. "Providing accurate time information to a radio base station via a GPS receiver emulator." Thesis, KTH, Kommunikationssystem, CoS, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-118070.
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In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the use of Global Positioning Satellite system (GPS) technology, consequently the usage of GPS receivers has increased. These GPS receivers can be used as a synchronization source for radio base stations by generating precise 1 pulse per second signals and providing National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) data. The prototype developed in this thesis, implements a GPS receiver emulator to emulate a GPS receiver which is to be used for radio base station synchronization. Hardware and software have been used to generate the NMEA messages and to generate a precise 1 pulse per second signal. A graphical user interface (GUI) has been created in order to allow the operators of the emulator to input various parameters to the system used to emulate a GPS receiver. Using this emulator avoids the need for expensive GPS receivers and their connection to an antenna with a good view of the GPS satellites. More importantly, this GPS receiver emulator makes it easier to set up a lab environment for testing different situations with regard to signaling with NMEA data between the emulated GPS receiver and the radio base station equipment that is under test. For example, this allows tests involving incorrect NEMA messages or non once per second pulses.De senaste åren har det skett en significant ökning av användandet av GPS teknik; följdaktligen har användandet av GPS mottagare ökat. GPS mottagare kan användas som en synkroniseringskälla för radiobasstationer genom att generera exakt 1 puls per sekund och därmed förse NMEA datan. Prototypen som utvecklats i detta examensarbete, implementerar en GPS emulator för att erbjuda en effektiv lösning till att emulera en GPS mottagare som används för synkronisering av basstationer. Olika hårdvara och mjukvara har använts för att simulera NMEA meddelanden och för att generera en precis 1 puls per sekund signal. Ett grafiskt gränssnitt (GUI) har utvecklats för att tillåta användaren av emulatorn att mata in olika parametrar till systemet som används för att emulera GPS mottagaren. Användandet av den här emulatorn tar bort behovet av dyra GPS mottagare, och gör det enklare att sätta upp en labbmiljö för testandet av olika situationer med hänsyn till signalering mellan 1 puls per sekund och NMEA datan av den simulerade GPS mottagaren och basstationshårdvaran som testas.
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Pop, Pavel. "Navigační systémy v geografických průzkumných akcích." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta informačních technologií, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-235500.
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The project aims to design and implementation of navigation in GIS surweys. The system must be able to operate globally and deal with several types of navigation tasks in relation to the means of transport by which the navigation is carried out. One of the tasks is also to improve the course of navigation errors resulting from the removal of inaccuracies in the focus position and technical limitations of GPS, such as low frequency of the input data for guidance. Problems of low frequency of the input data is dealt with through the prediction of movement, which enabled the smooth display output users. Because it is not possible to completely test the system in operation, it created a simulation tool that lets you track the behavior of navigation in all situations. The document contains an analysis of the problem in terms of geography, the definition of the problems of orientation in space and their mathematical solution and an outline of implementation.
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Varga, Marek. "Antikolizní systém založený na GPS." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta informačních technologií, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-236772.
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Aircraft industry is constantly facing the need to increase security not only in the case of large machines, but also in the small aircraft. Many systems were established in order to inform the pilot of the impending hazard, where appropriate, about the location of the other aircraft. The main objective is to establish a facility which uses global position system for determining the position and imparts coordinates using wireless networks for subsequent determination of collision. The functions of satellites and GPS receivers, sending wireless data and collision calculation and synchronization of individual modules is described in detail.
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Rejman, Lukáš. "Sběr a vyhodnocení dat z GPS pro letecký průmysl." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta informačních technologií, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-412829.
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This thesis deals with design and implementation of collecting data from GPS device. The proposed solution provides storage of the current GPS information in NMEA standard, where each sentence of this standard are stored in XML le. Record performs GPS device based on Windows Mobile 6.1 system, which communicates with built-in module and the data are stored in XML format. Thus, stored data is interpreted using Interpret GPS data, which uses Google Maps to display information about the track.
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Euler, Luisa. "Impedance and Stimulation Comfort of Knitted Electrodes for Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) : Influence of electrode construction and pressure application to the electrode." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-23896.
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Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) is a modality of electrotherapy which is aiming to restore and improve muscle function by injecting small levels of current into the muscle using different types of electrodes. Advantages are seen in using textile electrodes which can be integrated into wearables. Previous research has been done for the development of textile stimulation electrodes. However, the focus has not been on the electrode construction itself. Therefore, the influence of electrode construction parameters of knitted electrodes as well as of the electrode condition, i.e. wet or dry, on the skin-electrode impedance and on the perceived stimulation comfort were analysed. Further, the application of pressure to the electrode was investigated. It was found that the electrode condition is the most important parameter for the electrode performance as a wet electrode showed a lower impedance and an improved stimulation comfort with a better skin contact. Followed by this, the pressure was the second most important factor, especially for dry electrodes. A higher pressure reduced the skin-electrode impedance and improved the skin contact in dry condition. Nevertheless, dry electrodes with a high applied pressure still performed worse than wet electrodes. Regarding the electrode design, the most important factor was the electrode size. A bigger size reduced the impedance. Nevertheless, for the application in NMES, a smaller electrode size is to be preferred as it improved the stimulation selectivity and thus, a lower NMES level was required to induce a plantarflexion without affecting the stimulation comfort. The other investigated construction parameters (binding, yarn density, shape) only showed minor influences on the electrode performance. Therefore, the possibilities of applying pressure to the electrode to improve the performance of dry textile electrodes should be further investigated.
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Makkonen, Jimmy, and Matthias Segelström. "Implementation av binary messages i AIS och användargränssnitt för egendefinierade meddelanden." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för naturvetenskap och teknik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-51572.
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I Nyköping utövar försvaret telekrigsövning för målflyg vilket Saab i Arboga är en del av. Telekrig är ett “digitalt krig” där syftet är att störa ut elektrisk utrustning, exempelvis störa ut radarfunktionen så att en eventuell fiende inte ska dyka upp på densamma. Syftet med uppgiften var att tillförse målflygen med ett kommunikationssätt som underlättade kommunikationen vid en övning. Detta kommunikationssätt måste vara hemligt då man aldrig kan veta vem som lyssnar på informationen som skickas. Komradion behövde en ersättare som både var snabb, säker och enkel att använda. Kommunikationen skulle komma att ske via transpondrar som är installerade i samtliga övningsflygplan Nyköping tillhandahåller. Dessa transpondrar skickar och tar emot den vanliga AISinformationen vilket bland annat beskriver riktning och bäring för planet. Del ett av uppgiften gick ut på att undersöka dessa transpondrar för att se om det fanns möjlighet att skicka egendefinierade meddelanden. Denna uppgift löstes genom att koppla upp två datorer till transpondrarna och pratade med dem via IP. I del två av uppgiften ingick det att ta fram funktioner, ramverk och stödprogram för meddelandekommunikation. Genom att ta fram en programvara som grundades på lösningen i del ett så kan vi ta emot och sända ut meddelanden på radionätet vilket effektiviserar kommunikationen vid telekrigsövningar där flertalet enheter deltagar. Vi tog fram ett programvara som agerade hjälpprocess till programvaran i del ett. Programvaran genererar hemliga kodord till varje textkommando så att endast ett kodord behöver transmitteras över nätet, där kodordet matchas mot en textstäng på mottagande sida. I sista delen av uppgiften, som vi skulle göra om tid fanns, skulle vi göra en applikation som gjorde detsamma som programvaran i del två gjorde fast på en surfplatta. Detta löste vi genom att innan vi började på del två använda ett tillägg som tillät oss att köra programvaran på både dator och surfplatta.
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Nusbaum, Julien. "Caractérisation structurale et fonctionnelle de la peptide déformylase du phage Vp16T." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016SACLS510/document.
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Les protéines en cours de synthèse subissent des modifications très précoces de leur extrémité N-terminale, dès lors que celle-ci émerge du tunnel de sortie du ribosome. La première modification est l’excision de la méthionine initiatrice, assurée par une méthionine aminopeptidase (MetAP), précédée de sa déformylation par une enzyme peptide déformylase (PDF) chez les bactéries et dans les mitochondries et chloroplastes. Ce processus est ubiquitaire et essentiel, et a été décrit dans tout le règne du vivant. Chez les bactéries, les PDFs de type 1B se fixeraient au ribosome à proximité de l’extrémité du tunnel de sortie du peptide naissant, via son hélice α C-terminale. Or des analyses métagénomiques récentes ont révélé la présence insoupçonnée de gènes codant des PDFs putatives chez des virus marins. De manière inattendue, toutes les PDF virales présentent des séquences C-terminales très courtes et dépourvues de l’hélice α3. L’identification de ces PDFs atypiques soulève alors de nouvelles questions quant à leur possible interaction au ribosome et à leur fonction biologique. L’objectif de ma thèse a donc été de réaliser la caractérisation complète et intégrée de la peptide déformylase du bactériophage Vp16T, dont la séquence est l’une des plus courtes connues à ce jour. J’ai montré que le phage Vp16T code une protéine active, in vivo et in vitro, et qu’elle peut se lier au ribosome malgré l’absence d’hélice α C-terminale. La caractérisation structure-fonction de Vp16PDF a révélé des caractéristiques uniques qui pourraient alors expliquer sa fonction au cours de la réplication du phage. Ainsi j’ai montré que l’expression de Vp16PDF chez E. coli modifie la structure de l’enveloppe, induit l’accumulation d’agrégats et finalement inhibe la croissance bactérienne. De plus, l’étude de souches bactériennes mutantes a montré que Vp16PDF interfère spécifiquement avec le repliement et l’adressage de protéines membranaires. Cette dernière fonction pourrait permettre de déstabiliser la membrane de l’hôte et ainsi favoriser la libération des particules viralesBeing synthesized proteins undergo very early changes in their N-terminal end, since it emerges from the outlet channel of the ribosome. The first modification is the excision of the initiator methionine, provided by a methionine aminopeptidase (MetAP), preceded by its deformylating enzyme peptide deformylase (PDF) in bacteria and in mitochondria and chloroplasts. This process is ubiquitous and essential, and has been described in the kingdom of life. In bacteria, Type 1B PDFs would bind to the ribosome near the end of the outlet tunnel of the nascent peptide via its C-terminal helix α. But recent metagenomic analyzes revealed the unexpected presence of genes encoding putative PDFs in marine viruses. Unexpectedly, all viral PDF have very short C-terminal sequences and lacking the α3 helix. The identification of these atypical PDFs then raises new questions about their possible interaction with ribosome and their biological function. The aim of my thesis was therefore to achieve the complete and integrated characterization of peptide deformylase bacteriophage Vp16T, the sequence is one of the shortest known to date. I showed that the phage Vp16T code an active protein in vivo and in vitro, and can bind to the ribosome despite the absence of the C-terminal helix α. The structure-function characterization Vp16PDF revealed unique features that could then explain its function in the replication of the phage. Thus I have shown that expression in E. coli Vp16PDF modifies the envelope structure, induces accumulation of aggregates and ultimately inhibits bacterial growth. In addition, the study of mutant bacterial strains showed that Vp16PDF specifically interfere with the folding and addressing of membrane proteins. This latter function could help destabilize the membrane of the host and thereby promote release of viral particles
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Nors, Niclas, and Tom Rehnström. "SMS-baserat alarm med positionering : GPS based alarm with positioning." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Electrical Engineering, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-12496.
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The study investigates how to design a low-cost, versatile event messaging system using SMS. A typical use case is a fire alarm or intrusion detector when equipped with appropriate sensors. With a GPS receiver connected, the actual position is included in the message, allowing for use as theft alarm in e.g. a car or in mobile home.
Studien undersöker hur man kan konstruera ett billigt, mångsidigt meddelandesystem som använder SMS. Ett exempel på användningsområde är brandlarm eller inbrottslarm med motsvarande sensorer anslutna. Även positionen kan förmedlas med en GPS ansluten, och då finns även möjligheten att använda enheten som stöldlarm för till exempel bil eller husvagn.
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Franca, Juracy Emanuel Magalhães da. "Avaliação da locomoção do paraplégico sob estimulação elétrica neuromuscular." Universidade de São Paulo, 2003. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18133/tde-01082007-125514/.
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Este trabalho apresentará um projeto cujo propósito foi definir um protocolo de avaliação para pacientes paraplégicos sob terapia, através do uso de estimulação elétrica neuromuscular, no ambulatório de ortopedia do Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade de Campinas. A análise proposta servirá tanto para o acompanhamento da evolução dos pacientes, quanto, principalmente, para avaliação dos sistemas de reabilitação desenvolvidos pelo laboratório de biocibernética e engenharia de reabilitação na Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos. Neste trabalho o protocolo foi aplicado especificamente para descrever a locomoção do paraplégico usando a estimulação padrão de 4 canais, que realiza a ativação dos quadríceps para extensão das pernas, necessária para o suporte do corpo, e a ativação do reflexo de retirada através da estimulação do nervo fibular para a flexão necessária para a fase de balanço. A análise usou como referência o conhecimento relacionado à descrição das fases e estratégias usadas pela locomoção do ser humano intacto. O protocolo de avaliação usou recursos do laboratório de biomecânica e reabilitação do aparelho locomotor, situado no hospital citado acima, que permitiram a descrição da cinemática dos membros superiores e inferiores, da atividade muscular realizada pelos membros superiores, e das forças de reação do solo.This work present a case study on the use of the motion analysis laboratory resources (three-dimensional motion capture system, EMG, and force plate) with the purpose of improve the use of surface electrical stimulation to enable the locomotion in paraplegic subjects. Five trials for each of the five patients (thoracic complete spinal cord lesion) using a four channel electrical stimulator was done for synchronously acquisition of: 3D coordinates of 30 markers distributed on the whole body (to evaluate the stride\'s characteristics and three-dimensional measurements of angles of whole-body); EMG signal, on both sides, of triceps brachii long head, pectoralis major, middle deltoideus, extensor carpi radialis; and the vertical component of the ground reaction force. All data were normalized on the right gait cycle. The analysis was done braking the cycle in 11 events related with the swing phase in both sides, because it was focused firstly in the actions related with the swing limb and upper body advance, that represents a critical factor in locomotion aided by electrical stimulation. These events divided the gait cycle in 10 phases, which was used for associate the data evaluated with specifics tasks. The results showed temporal parameters similar to that reported by other authors, specific characteristics of the patient, the mechanism used by the patient for advance the body, and the periods of high activity of the muscles on the cycle.
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Sanchez, Perucha Alejandro. "Novel synthesis of tripodal borate ligands." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/6575.
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Poly(azolyl)borate ligands have proven to be extremely popular ligands since their introduction by Trofimenko in the late 60´s. The basic skeleton of these ligands involves usually three heterocycle units linked to a central boron apex via the azole nitrogen atoms. These ligands have been applied in diverse research areas such as homogeneous catalysis, materials science and bio-inorganic chemistry. More than 2000 papers, including books and reviews regarding the properties of these compounds, have been published. However, only a few synthetic methods for the preparation of such ligands have been reported and only a few examples of chiral borate-centred ligands are known. This thesis deals with the development of a novel synthetic route to tripodal borate ligands using B(NMe2)3 as the boron source. The mechanism of the reaction of this borane with azole heterocycles has been established by exploring the reactivity of a range of azoles. One of the major features of this new synthetic protocol is that it allows the formation of chiral tripodal ligands where the chiral groups are located either at the forth position at the boron atom or at the azole heterocycles. Coordination studies of the ligands have been undertaken and the metal complexes have been studied by a combination of spectroscopic and X- ray diffraction techniques. Preliminary application of the most representative ligands in the Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation (ATH) of prochiral ketones has been undertaken in collaboration with Prof. Dieter Vogt at the Technical University of Eindhoven.
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Álvarez, Vidal Sergi. "Post-editing effort and linguistically motivated evaluation of machine translation." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/672723.
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The recent improvements in neural MT (NMT) have driven a shift from
statistical MT (SMT) to NMT, which has propelled the use of post-editing
(PE) in translation workflows. However, many professional translators
state that if the quality of the MT output is not good enough, they delete
the remaining segments and translate everything from scratch. The problem
is that usual automatic measurements do not always indicate the quality
of theMT output, especially with high quality outputs, and there is still
no clear correlation between PE effort and productivity scores.
We combine quantitative and qualitative methods to study some of the
usual automatic metrics used to evaluate the quality of MT output, and
compare them to measures of post-editing effort. Then, we study in detail
different direct and indirect measures of effort in order to establish a
correlation among them. We complement this study with the analysis of
translators’ perceptions of the task.
Finally, we conduct a fine-grained analysis of MT errors based on postediting
corrections and suggest an error-based approach to evaluate raw
MT output which includes the use of challenge sets.Les recents millores en traducció automàtica neuronal (TAN) han provocat un canvi de la traducció automàtica estadística (TAS) a la TAN, que ha incrementat l’ús de la postedició en els fluxos de treball industrials. Tanmateix, molts traductors professionals afirmen que si la qualitat de la TA no és prou bona, eliminen tot el segment i el tradueixen de cap i de nou. El problema és que les mesures automàtiques habituals no sempre indiquen la qualitat de la TA, especialment quan aquesta és bona, i no hi ha una correlació directa entre l’esforç de postedició i les mesures de productivitat. Combinem mètodes quantitatius i qualitatius per estudiar algunes de les mesures automàtiques més habituals utilitzades per evaluar la qualitat de la TA, i les comparem amb les mesures de l’esforç de postedició. A continuació, estudiem en detall diferent mesures directes i indirectes d’esforç per establir-hi una correlació. Complementem aquest estudi amb l’anàlisi de les percepcions dels traductors que duen a terme aquesta tasca. Finalment, fem una anàlisis detallada dels errors de TA a partir de les correccions fetes en la postedició i proposem un enfocament basat en errors per evaluar la TA que inclou l’ús d’un conjunt de frases de prova.
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Hansson, David, and Arvid Mårtensson. "Stimulating Non-Management Employees’ Contribution to Strategy Implementation : An Analysis of Non-Management Employees’ Strategically Aligned Behavior in the Strategy Implementation Process." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-16368.
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The importance of strategy formulation is well known and has consequently received a lot of attention from researchers and managers alike, however, strategy is not of any use if it cannot be implemented successfully. The field of implementation has received more and more attention lately but there is still much left to study and understand. One gap in the area is related to non-managers as executors and how they can contribute to a successful implementation; the purpose in this study is therefore to provide an initial foundation to fill this gap but also to link the factors to a context. To gauge the success of implementation as influenced by the non-management, the smoothness of the implementation was considered, i.e. how frequent the problems were. The first step was therefore to find possible problems affected by the actions of the non-management and then to consider why they occurred. This was done with the help of the theory of strategy aligned behavior. A qualitative study using interviews with managers and employees from two medium-sized manufacturing companies within a regional cluster in southern Sweden was chosen to gain the necessary data in order to reach the purpose of our study. In the analysis of the research, the theory was found to be closely correlated to the empirical findings for the most part. With attention to the type of implementation discussed, the findings could be related to a context of where they occurred and then presented in a 2x2 matrix using measures of competence and company linkages. The findings include, as theory emphasizes; the importance of communication, not only in general but also in specific contexts. Further, an importance of the difference of strategic purpose and strategic effects could amongst other things also be seen.
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Guerra, Roberto J. "Self-guided micro vehicle an autonomous vehicle with gps navigation and 802.11b communications /." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2005. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0001067.
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Eddy, Brandon Scott. "The effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation training on the electromyographic power spectrum of suprahyoid musculature." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2015. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1593.
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The use of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) for the treatment of swallowing disorders has become increasingly popular, yet little is known about its long-term effects on muscle physiology. This study indirectly assessed suprahyoid muscle physiology using electromyography (EMG) during a jaw-opening task that was completed before training, immediately after training, and two-weeks after training. Comparisons were made in muscle performance between control participants who engaged in effortful swallowing training and participants who received conjunctive NMES during effortful swallow training. All participants completed four weeks of swallowing exercises conducted five days a week (20 sessions) and consisting of 120 swallows each session. Results revealed that participants collectively improved their peak force production following training, but peak force and EMG median frequency did not vary as a function of training method. The observed high variability in median frequency between trials in addition to the documented improvement in function without a measured change in physiology suggests the need to consider alternate electrode placements during EMG or other tools of assessment. These findings suggests that both effortful swallow training and long-term conjunctive NMES with effortful swallowing improves jaw-opening strength of healthy adults, though adding NMES to the treatment was no more effective than training without it. Further research is necessary to determine the effects of long-term NMES training on swallowing physiology in vivo using other indirect measurements, or direct measurements such as muscle biopsy if possible.
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Desvignes, Thomas. "Bases moléculaires de la qualité des œufs chez les poissons : analyse fonctionnelle du rôle de gènes candidats de la famille des Nme/Nm23." Rennes, Agrocampus Ouest, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011NSARB216.
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Chez les animaux, le développement précoce de l’embryon repose sur des produits d’expression génique, ARN et protéines, stockés dans l’ovocyte pendant l’ovogenèse. Une analyse préalable du contenu d’ovocytes de qualité variable de bar Dicentrarchus labrax avait mis en évidence une corrélation avec une protéine de la famille Nme. Cette famille de gènes, bien connue chez les mammifères, était, en revanche, très mal caractérisée chez les vertébrés non‐mammaliens dont les téléostéens. L’objectif du travail était donc de caractériser cette famille de gènes chez les téléostéens et d’en étudier les membres dans le contexte de la compétence ovocytaire au développement chez le poisson zèbre Danio rerio. Nous définissons la qualité d’un ovocyte ou compétence ovocytaire au développement comme son aptitude à être fécondé et à soutenir ensuite le développement d’un individu normal. Par une analyse phylogénétique, l’histoire évolutive de la famille Nme chez les métazoaires a pu être reconstituée et les relations de paralogie et d’orthologie démontrées. Ceci a permis de proposer une nomenclature unifiée pour l’ensemble de la famille qui est désormais acceptée. L’analyse de l’expression des différents gènes de la famille a permis d’identifier plusieurs candidats potentiellement impliqués dans la compétence ovocytaire au développement. Parmi ces candidats de la famille, nme10 est hérité maternellement dans l’ovocyte mature sous forme d’ARN messager et une approche fonctionnelle nous a permis de mettre en évidence son importance pour le succès du développement précoce de l’embryon de poisson‐zèbre. Outre l’intérêt global de la caractérisation de la famille de gènes chez les téléostéens et la mise en place d’une nomenclature unifiée, ces travaux permettent de contribuer à la compréhension des mécanismes liés à la compétence ovocytaire au développementIn metazoans, early embryonic development relies on gene products, RNAs or proteins, stored in the egg during oogenesis. A previous analysis of oocytes proteome in good and poor quality eggs in sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax showed a correlation between the developmental potential of the egg and a protein of the Nme family. This gene family is well known in mammals, but very little was known in teleosts. The aim of the work was thus to characterize this gene family in teleost fish and to study the contribution of the Nme gene to oocyte developmental competence in zebrafish Danio rerio. Egg quality, also called oocyte developmental competence, can be defined as the ability of an egg to be fertilized and subsequently develop into a normal embryo. Through a phylogenetic analysis, the evolutionary history of the Nme gene family in metazoans was deciphered and, paralogy and orthology relationships demonstrated. This led us to propose a unified gene nomenclature for the gene family that is now well accepted by the scientific community. The expression analysis of all genes of the Nme family led to the identification of several candidate genes that could be implicated in oocyte developmental competence. One specific member, nme10, is maternally‐inherited as a messenger RNA in the egg, and was shown to be implicated in early zebrafish embryonic development by functional experiments. This work not only provides a global characterization of the gene family in teleost fish and a unified gene nomenclature, but also provides some new insight into the understanding of oocyte developmental competence mechanisms
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Hanák, Ondřej. "Počítačová podpora pro mapování v terénu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta informačních technologií, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-235556.
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The report deals with creating applications for Pocket PC, designed to aid with terrain mapping process. Topic falls within the field of geographic information systems (GIS), so the text begins with an analysis of related topics such as GIS itself, processed data characteristics or global positioning systems (GPS). Available handheld platforms are discussed and based on analysis of existing commercial application, the requirements on developed program are set. Description of application architecture and some implementation details follow. The conclusion is devoted to testing functionality by mapping the real geospatial object.
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Tranberg, Inez, and Hacht Kristina Von. "Prestationsmätning–väge nmot förverkligad social påverkan? : En studie om hur organisationer inom socialt företagande arbetar med prestations mätning och vilka faktorer som ligger till grund för de tinterna beslutsfattandet." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-150921.
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Bakgrund: Socialt företagande är en slags organisatorisk hybridform som växt fram under de senaste decennierna. Dessa organisationer bygger sina affärsmodeller med syfte att både generera vinst och skapa nytta för samhället. I och med detta står organisationer inom socialt företagande för utmaningar som berör prestationsmätning och beslutsfattande. Det finns därför ett behov att öka förståelsen för hur dessa typer av organisationer arbetar med prestationsmätning och vad beslutfattandet grundas på. Syfte: Studien ämnar bidra med ökad förståelse för prestationsmätning och internt beslutsfattande inom socialt företagande. Metod: Denna studie har en kvalitativ forskningsansats där utgångspunkt tagits i det konstruktivistiska perspektivet. Genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med tre olika företag har ett empiriskt material uppnåtts som bidragit till en nyanserad bild av det studerade området. Slutsats: Socialt företagande arbetar med prestationsmätning, men på olika sätt. Prestationsmätning och beslutsfattande genomsyras främst av de sociala värderingar som finns inom dessa organisationer. Det finns dock en komplexitet vad gäller prestationsmätningen och det interna beslutsfattandet på grund av organisationernas hybridkaraktär. Till exempel kan det vara svårt för dessa organisationer att uppfylla socialt värdeskapandet samtidigt som de finansiella målen måste tas hänsyn till.Background: Social enterprises are a kind of organisational hybrid form that has emerged in recent decades. These organisations build their business models with the purpose of both generating profits and making benefits for society. As such, social enterprises face a variety of challenges, which affect performance measurement and decision-making. There is therefore a need to increase the understanding of how these types of organisations work with performance measurement and what factors underpin their decision-making. Aim: The aim of the study is to contribute to an increased understanding of performance measurement and internal decision-making in social enterprises. Methodology: This study has a qualitative research approach based on the constructivist perspective. Through semi-structured interviews with three different companies empirical material has contributed to a nuanced aspect of the studied area. Conclusion: Social enterprises work with performance measurement, but in different ways. Performance measurement and decision-making are predominantly influenced by the social values found within these organisations. However, complexity arises in terms of performance measurement and internal decision-making due to the organisations' hybrid character. For example, it may be difficult for these organisations to fulfill social value creation while taking the financial goals into account.
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Wu, Yu. "The application of "the agreement on subsidy and countervaiing measures (ASCM)" of the World Trade organisation (WTO) to non-market economy (NME) of China." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2011. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=166170.
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The dissertation discusses the application of “Agreement on Subsidy and Countervailing Measures (ASCM)” of WTO to non-market economies (NMEs). The difficulties of application of ASCM to NMEs mainly lie in two basic questions. The first is how to separate the subsidy and government involvement in a NME. The second is how perfect the market has to be in order to qualify as a benchmark to calculate subsidy margins. By focusing on WTO rules and substantial WTO cases, this dissertation analyzes the difficulties in application of ASCM to NMEs from seven perspectives in legal practice. They are: (1) whether subsidies in public utility enterprises in China are actionable, because such subsidies as upstream subsidies pass benefits to export-oriented enterprises? (2) whether subsidies may continue after privatisation of state-owned companies? (3) whether the loans provided by state-owned banks in China are subsidies? (4) whether it is fair to evaluate the subsidies margins of the land use rights in China by using out-of-country benchmark? (5) tax-incentive subsidies in China; (6) the calculation of a subsidy margin in NMEs; and (7) whether currency manipulation constitutes a subsidy? The dissertation finds that the difficulties of application of ASCM to NMEs are due to a number of reasons. First, the deficiencies of ASCM cannot explain the application of ASCM to NMEs; second, if applicable to NMEs, there are difficulties in defining a subsidy in NMEs and in calculating a subsidy margin in NMEs; third, the non-unification of assessment of a NME results in unfairness to China which faces different standards of evaluating a NME. Even though China has been a market economy in some countries’ view, it is difficult to be recognised as a market economy by all countries.
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Doeltgen, Sebastian Heinrich. "The Effects of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation of the Submental Muscle Group on the Excitability of Corticobulbar Projections." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Communication Disorders, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2857.
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Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) has become an increasingly popular rehabilitative treatment approach for swallowing disorders (dysphagia). However, its precise effects on swallowing biomechanics and measures of swallowing neurophysiology are unclear. Clearly defined NMES treatment protocols that have been corroborated by thorough empirical research are lacking. The primary objective of this research programme was therefore to establish optimal NMES treatment parameters for the anterior hyo-mandibular (submental) musculature, a muscle group that is critically involved in the oral and pharyngeal phases of swallowing. Based on previous research, the primary hypothesis was that various NMES treatment protocols would have differential effects of either enhancing or inhibiting the excitability of corticobulbar projections to this muscle group. The research paradigm used to test this hypothesis was an evaluation of MEP amplitude and onset latency, recorded in the functional context of volitional contraction of the submental musculature (VC) and contraction of this muscle group during the pharyngeal phase of volitional swallowing (VPS, volitional pharyngeal swallow). Outcome measures were recorded before and at several time points after each NMES treatment trial. This methodology is similar to, but improved upon, research paradigms previously reported. Changes in corticobulbar excitability in response to various NMES treatment protocols were recorded in a series of experiments. Ten healthy research participants were recruited into a study that evaluated the effects of event-related NMES, whereas 15 healthy research participants were enrolled in a study that investigated the effects of non-event-related NMES. In a third cohort of 35 healthy research participants, task-dependent differences in corticobulbar excitability were evaluated during three conditions of submental muscle contraction: VC, VPS and submental muscle contraction during the pharyngeal phase of reflexive swallowing (RPS, reflexive pharyngeal swallowing). Event-related NMES induced frequency-depended changes in corticobulbar excitability. NMES administered at 80 Hz facilitated MEP amplitude, whereas NMES at 5 Hz and 20 Hz inhibited MEP amplitude. No changes were observed after NMES at 40 Hz. Maximal excitatory or inhibitory changes occurred 60 min post-treatment. Changes in MEP amplitude in response to event-related NMES were only observed when MEPs were recorded during the VC condition, whereas MEPs recorded during the VPS condition remained unaffected. Non-event-related NMES did not affect MEP amplitude in either of the muscle contraction conditions. Similarly, MEP onset latencies remained unchanged across all comparisons. MEPs were detected most consistently during the VC contraction condition. They were less frequently detected and were smaller in amplitude for the VPS condition and they were infrequently detected during pre-activation by RPS. The documented results indicate that event-related NMES has a more substantial impact on MEP amplitude than non-event-related NMES, producing excitatory and inhibitory effects. Comparison of MEPs recorded during VC, VPS and RPS suggests that different neural networks may govern the motor control of submental muscle activation during these tasks. This research programme is the first to investigate the effects of various NMES treatment protocols on the excitability of submental corticobulbar projections. It provides important new information for the use of NMES in clinical rehabilitation practices and our understanding of the neural networks governing swallowing motor control.
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Rahman, Mamun Muntasir. "Planning for sustainability of non motorised public transport in a developing city." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2013. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/63594/1/Mamun_Rahman_Thesis.pdf.
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Most large cities around the world are undergoing rapid transport sector development to cater for increased urbanization. Subsequently the issues of mobility, access equity, congestion, operational safety and above all environmental sustainability are becoming increasingly crucial in transport planning and policy making. The popular response in addressing these issues has been demand management, through improvement of motorised public transport (MPT) modes (bus, train, tram) and non-motorized transport (NMT) modes (walk, bicycle); improved fuel technology.
Relatively little attention has however been given to another readily available and highly sustainable component of the urban transport system, non-motorized public transport (NMPT) such as the pedicab that operates on a commercial basis and serves as an NMT taxi; and has long standing history in many Asian cities; relatively stable in existence in Latin America; and reemerging and expanding in Europe, North America and Australia. Consensus at policy level on the apparent benefits, costs and management approach for NMPT integration has often been a major transport planning problem. Within this context, this research attempts to provide a more complete analysis of the current existence rationale and possible future, or otherwise, of NMPT as a regular public transport system.
The analytical process is divided into three major stages. Stage 1 reviews the status and role condition of NMPT as regular public transport on a global scale- in developing cities and developed cities. The review establishes the strong ongoing and future potential role of NMPT in major developing cities. Stage 2 narrows down the status review to a case study city of a developing country in order to facilitate deeper role review and status analysis of the mode.
Dhaka, capital city of Bangladesh, has been chosen due to its magnitude of NMPT presence. The review and analysis reveals the multisectoral and dominant role of NMPT in catering for the travel need of Dhaka transport users. The review also indicates ad-hoc, disintegrated policy planning in management of NMPT and the need for a planning framework to facilitate balanced integration between NMPT and MT in future.
Stage 3 develops an integrated, multimodal planning framework (IMPF), based on a four-step planning process. This includes defining the purpose and scope of the planning exercise, determining current deficiencies and preferred characteristics for the proposed IMPF, selection of suitable techniques to address the deficiencies and needs of the transport network while laying out the IMPF and finally, development of a delivery plan for the IMPF based on a selected layout technique and integration approach. The output of the exercise is a planning instrument (decision tool) that can be used to assign a road hierarchy in order to allocate appropriate traffic to appropriate network type, particularly to facilitate the operational balance between MT and NMT. The instrument is based on a partial restriction approach of motorised transport (MT) and NMT, structured on the notion of functional hierarchy approach, and distributes/prioritises MT and NMT such that functional needs of the network category is best complemented.
The planning instrument based on these processes and principles offers a six-level road hierarchy with a different composition of network-governing attributes and modal priority, for the current Dhaka transport network, in order to facilitate efficient integration of NMT with MT.
A case study application of the instrument on a small transport network of Dhaka also demonstrates the utility, flexibility and adoptability of the instrument in logically allocating corridors with particular positions in the road hierarchy paradigm. Although the tool is useful in enabling balanced distribution of NMPT with MT at different network levels, further investigation is required with reference to detailed modal variations, scales and locations of a network to further generalise the framework application.
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Figurny, Radek. "Lokalizace pomocí aplikace určené pro platformu Java ME využívající GPS." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-218080.
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The task of the Master's thesis has been to develop the MIDlet, which is able to receive data from an external GPS module via Bluetooth. Data are received in the NMEA 0183 format and are processed to extract longitude, latitude, elevation, velocity, number of visible satellites and measurement accuracy of longitude, latitude and elevation. Users have a possibility to save their actual location with a short description to the cell phone’s memory. The MIDlet is also able to save a user defined way-point and navigate to this way-point. The MIDlet itself was developed in the Netbeans IDE with a software development kit (SDK) made by Nokia company. This kit is designed for the Symbian OS s60 3rd edition FP1, which contains a s60 emulator and a s60 MIDlet for a direct compilation in the cell phone. The MIDlet is made of three main parts. The first part shows a longitude, latitude, elevation, velocity, longitude and latitude measurement accuracy, date and time. The second one shows a direction of north, latitude and longitude. The last one shows a direction to the selected way-point and a distance to this location. In theoretic part of the thesis there are described the GPS navigation system, Bluetooth system, geodetic system WGS 84 and programing language Java and its part Java ME.
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Madron, Tomáš. "Diferenciální GPS." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-217753.
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This master’s thesis is the design of the system of the differential GPS, creation of the software for basic wireless communication between 2 GPS receivers, and practical tests of the designed system. Parameters and characteristics of system were determined and they should inform us better about the appropriateness of the designed system for navigation of a mobile robot in outside conditions.
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Klíma, Martin. "FM vysílač APRS telemetrických dat v pásmu 435 MHz." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-218996.
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FM transmitter APRS of telemetric data is device able to measure telemetric values from its ambient. It is able to send this data to user on earth by radio frequency channel. This device can create data frames, with proper formatting allowing sending data. It operates in 435 MHz band, uses FSK and AFSK modulation. This work describes basic information of used protocols, electronic connection of this transmitter and software equipment.
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Wolf, Derek N. "Achieving Practical Functional Electrical Stimulation-Driven Reaching Motions in an Individual with Tetraplegia." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1607604528725859.
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Konecký, Jakub. "Měření vzdáleností a plochy pomocí GPS." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-217982.
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The aim of my dissertation work was to create an application for pocket PC with operating system Windows Mobile and touch screen, an application that would enable to position the current location of the pocket PC based on the GPS data, on distance measurement between two and more points of which the location is obtained from GPS, and on measurement of territory surface defined by certain number of points obtained from the GPS. The application also enables to display the characteristics of the received GPS signal, information about the number of visible satellites and also information about maximum deviation from positioning. In order to increase the accuracy of the positioning, an averaging function has been implemented. As additional function, a possibility of route location has been created. It measures the passed distance and records some other route characteristics. The application has been successfully tested on pocket PC E-ten M600+ and GPS receiver Navilock but it has been designed with general-purpose and should be compatible with all devices working with operating system Windows Mobile and touch screen. The text section of my dissertation work describes the positioning principle on the basis of satellites with known position, deals with the accuracy of these systems and describes few possibilities how to increase their accuracy. It also discusses the NMEA 0183 Protocol that is used by the majority of GPS modules for communication. The text section also describes several mathematic and cartographic calculations needed for realization of the application. In the end of the text section there is a detailed description of the created application.
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Ferreira, Vanessa Maria de Vargas 1986. "Avaliação clínica e cinemática da função manual de pessoas com tetraplegia com a utilização de EENM e sistema híbrido = Clinical and kinematic analysis of the hand function of persons with tetraplegic using NMES and hybrid system." [s.n.], 2012. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/309568.
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Orientador: Alberto Cliquet JuniorDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas
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Resumo: Pacientes com lesão medular cervical apresentam disfunção dos membros superiores com grande perda de funcionalidade. A eletroestimulação neuromuscular (EENM) é considerada uma ferramenta importante para a reabilitação desses pacientes. O presente estudo tem como objetivo avaliar a função de pacientes tetraplégicos na tarefa mimética de beber e comparar com a utilização de EENM e um sistema híbrido (órtese dinâmica e EENM) para membros superiores, por meio de análise clínica e cinemática. Participaram desta pesquisa 14 pacientes com tetraplegia com nível motor entre C4 a C7 e 5 voluntários saudáveis. Foram aplicadas escalas clínicas para definir o nível de acometimento neurológico e funcional do paciente (AIS e MIF) e foi realizada avaliação cinemática da tarefa mimética de beber, sendo que os pacientes realizaram a atividade em 3 situações: movimento livre, com EENM e com o sistema híbrido. As variáveis cinemáticas utilizadas foram: tempo do movimento, razão do pico de velocidade máxima, índice de curvatura, trajetória do esterno, distância punho-esterno e abertura da mão. Também foi computado o número de acertos para a realização da tarefa. Os resultados indicam que pacientes que realizam a preensão por tenodese possuem maior independência funcional pela MIF (p=0,0008). Na tarefa mimética de beber houve 60% de acertos no movimento livre, 72,8% com EENM e apenas 47,6% com o sistema híbrido. Pela análise cinemática o uso da EENM não foi diferente do movimento livre, no entanto, os pacientes apresentaram maior tempo e menor suavidade no movimento e realizaram maior trajetória do punho e esterno durante a atividade quando comparado com o controle. O uso do sistema híbrido alterou o padrão de movimento dos pacientes, apresentando um aumento na trajetória do esterno e diminuição da suavidade do movimento. Em suma, a EENM promoveu uma melhor atividade funcional para os pacientes com nível C5, no entanto, o uso do sistema híbrido não parece facilitar a manipulação de objetos por pessoas com tetraplegia
Abstract: Patients with cervical spinal cord injury have dysfunction of the upper limbs with great loss of motor function. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) is considered an important tool in rehabilitation. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the function of patients with tetraplegia in the mimetic task of drinking and compare with the use of NMES and a hybrid system (NMES and dynamic orthosis) through clinical evaluation and kinematic analysis. Fourteen patients with tetraplegia level C4 to C7 and 5 able-bodied volunteers participated in the study. Clinical tests were applied to verify the neurological and functional impairment (AIS and FIM) and the mimetic task of drinking was assessed with kinematic during three situations: free movement, with NMES and with the hybrid system. The kinematic variables used were: movement time, peak velocity ratio, index of curvature, sternum trajectory, wrist-sternum distance and hand opening. We also computed the number of successes to perform the task. The results indicate that patients that are able to perform tenodesis grip have greater functional independence through FIM (p=0.0008). The rate of success of the free movement was 60%, 72.8% with NMES and only 47.6% with the hybrid system. In the kinematic analysis the NMES was not different from the free movement, however, patients performed the task in a longer time, the movement was less smooth and the sternum and wrist trajectories were greater than the control group. The use of the hybrid system modified the pattern of movement of the patients, with an increase of the sternum trajectory and decrease of the smoothness. In conclusion, NMES improved the functional activity of patients with C5 level; on the other hand, the use of the hybrid system does not appear to facilitate the prehension of persons with tetraplegia
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Fisiopatologia Cirúrgica
Mestre em Ciências
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Boisson, Bertrand. "Caractérisation et fonction de la N-myristoylation du protéome d'Arabidopsis thaliana." Paris 6, 2003. http://www.theses.fr/2003PA066367.
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張時開. "新藥研發國際化佈局與網路 : 基於2000-2009年美國上市NME 新藥專利的實證研究." Thesis, University of Macau, 2011. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2525087.
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Szabó, Michal. "Vývojový prostředek pro lokalizaci." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2021. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-442522.
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This document describes a device capable to determine geographical position thanks to its GNSS module and measure the change of movement with the help of an accelerometer and gyroscope. Outputs of these integrated circuits are combined, data are processed and fused thanks to a numerical integration and mathematical filters. Results are stored on a memory card. The whole development is described from a concept, through the making of the device and software algorithms to the testing of its functions.
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Pecha, Michal. "Systém sběru dat z palubní sběrnice vozidla." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-217837.
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The thesis contains complete design of complex system for acquisition of data from bus of a vehicle. It resolves problems of connection of a new node to CAN bus of a vehicle, communication protocol NMEA 0183 of GPS receivers, logging of caught CAN frames into database system MySQL, and proposes algorithms of application for operation of the system. It includes also process of complete installation based on established concept and test results of the system in real situations.
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Pristach, Marián. "Lokalizátor s ovládáním přes GSM rozhraní." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-218416.
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The objective of the diploma thesis is to design a device for positioning of mobile devices using GPS satellites. When coordinates are acquired they can be sent via the GSM network to a user's cell phone or to an SQL server. A web interface has been designed to access the stored data and to show the current device position and the history. This position datalogging system can be used for monitoring vehicles as well as a security system for cars.
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Lind, Hampus, and Lukas Flenéus. "Ny generation av GPS-transponder." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för naturvetenskap och teknik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-51594.
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Detta projekt har utförts på uppdrag av Saab Dynamics. Syftet med projektet var att skapa ett system för att ersätta den befintliga utrustning som fanns för att simulera radar vid testning av vissa vapensystem. Systemet byggdes upp med hjälp av GPRS, GPS och transportprotokollen TCP och UDP. Huvuddelen av arbetet berörde GPS och GPRS. Denna rapport är en redogörelse för systemets framtagning och de verktyg och metoder som användes, samt en fördjupning i ämnena GPS, GPRS och deras olika protokoll. Rapporten tar även kort upp alternativa lösningar till datasamtal. Slutsatsen som kan dras utifrån resultatet av detta projekt är att systemet fungerar och kan vara användbart i framtiden efter vidareutveckling.This project has been carried out on behalf of Saab Dynamics. The purpose of the project was to create a system to replace the existing equipment for simulating radar when testing certain weapon systems. The system was created using GPRS, GPS and the transport protocols TCP and UDP. GPS and GPRS were used the most. This report is a description of the system's design and the tools and methods used to create it, as well as an in depth look into the subjects of GPS, GPRS and their various protocols. The report also briefly discusses some alternative solutions that could have been used instead of data calls. The conclusion that can be drawn from the results of this project is that the system works and can be useful in the future with further development.
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Šťáva, Radek. "Miniaturní zařízení pro sledování polohy." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-242050.
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The main theme of this masters's thesis is to design and make a miniature universal tracking device. This device is primarily for tracking asset, pets or people. For detecting the position data is used GPS technology. Data transmission is carried out via the GSM network. The device is technically solved and realized with respect to miniature size, high battery life and with regard to resistance against water, dust and impact damage. It is selected unique design, suitable for hermeticaly closure of the entire facility. Due to hermetic closure there is any buttons, any connectors and the battery charging is wireless.
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Kerndl, Michal. "Automatický systém pro sledování polohy pohybujících se objektů." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-220084.
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There is suggestion of obtaining exact position in this work, based on GPS and GSM modules controlled by PIC microcontroller. Layout of this work is electronic schematic, PCB footprint and theoretical analysis of used modules. The practical part of work is also dealing with software for both microprocessor and web interface. The function prototype will be created and tested in next phases of this project.
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Caplis, Catherine F. "Feasibility and Perceived Efficacy of the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1397213972.
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Dougal, Duane K. "Improving the Quality of Neural Machine Translation Using Terminology Injection." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2018. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/7025.
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Most organizations use an increasing number of domain- or organization-specific words and phrases. A translation process, whether human or automated, must also be able to accurately and efficiently use these specific multilingual terminology collections. However, comparatively little has been done to explore the use of vetted terminology as an input to machine translation (MT) for improved results. In fact, no single established process currently exists to integrate terminology into MT as a general practice, and especially no established process for neural machine translation (NMT) exists to ensure that the translation of individual terms is consistent with an approved terminology collection. The use of tokenization as a method of injecting terminology and of evaluating terminology injection is the focus of this thesis. I use the attention mechanism prevalent in state-of-the-art NMT systems to produce the desired results. Attention vectors play an important part of this method to correctly identify semantic entities and to align the tokens that represent them. My methods presented in this thesis use these attention vectors to align the source tokens in the sentence to be translated with the target tokens in the final translation output. Then, supplied terminology is injected, where these alignments correctly identify semantic entities. My methods demonstrate significant improvement to the state-of-the-art results for NMT using terminology injection.
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Maceček, Ivo. "Datová fúze satelitní navigace a kompasu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-218308.
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Theoretical information about different satellite navigation systems used for determination of position. Special attention is attended to system GPS. There are consulted main principles of the GPS and some error sources. Application of differential GPS for minimization of these errors is discussed. Next part is about examples of basic principles for measuring earth magnetic field. Last chaps are about practical realization of mentioned DGPS, which is applied for outdoor mobile robot navigation. There is described hardware structure, software utilities and application of an aided tool for GPS - electronic compass. Some practical measurements and results are presented.
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Barbieri, Nicolle Lima. "Análise epidemiológica de cepas APEC e análise do regulador FNR na modulação da virulência de ExPEC." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/104743.
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Escherichia coli é um bacilo Gram-negativo, anaeróbico facultativo e de distribuição cosmopolita. E. coli coloniza o intestino de humanos e outros animais endotérmicos logo após o nascimento, estabelecendo-se como um importante membro da microbiota intestinal. Algumas cepas de E. coli podem adquirir fatores de virulência, assumindo assim, uma natureza patogênica, como é o caso das E. coli patogênicas extraintestinais (ExPEC). As cepas ExPEC apresentam a capacidade de colonizar e se disseminar em diversos nichos no hospedeiro, e são divididas em UPEC (E. coli uropatogênica), NMEC (E. coli causadora de meningite neonatal) e APEC (E. coli patogênica para aves). UPEC, NMEC e APEC compartilham fatores associados à virulência. Para serem aptas a causar doença, cepas ExPEC devem apresentar pelo menos um fator associado à adesão, um fator para captação de ferro (sideróforo) e um fator de resistência ao soro, podendo, também, apresentar genes que codificam toxinas e invasinas. Embora sejam conhecidos muitos fatores de virulência associados à patogenicidade de cepas ExPEC, a regulação da expressão de tais fatores ainda não foi elucidada. Fumarato-nitrato-redutase (FNR) é uma proteína que atua como regulador global, agindo como um sensor da presença de oxigênio em bactérias gramnegativas. Já foi demonstrado que FNR está relacionada à regulação da virulência de bactérias patogênicas como Shigella flexneri e Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Este trabalho teve como objetivo a análise epidemiológica e caracterização de cepas APEC, bem como a investigação do controle da expressão de fatores associados à virulência de ExPEC pelo regulador global FNR. Os resultados da análise epidemiológica das cepas APEC mostram o perfil de resistência aos agentes antimicrobianos, a prevalência dos fatores de virulência e dos grupos filogenéticos (de acordo com a classificação EcoR) e a relação filogenética dos isolados, fornecendo um panorama da caracterização de E. coli patogênicas aviárias de lesões severas de celulite e de infecção sistêmica oriundas da região sul do Brasil. Em relação ao FNR, este estudo mostrou a influência deste regulador sobre importantes fatores associados à virulência, estando envolvido no controle de várias etapas do estabelecimento da infecção por cepas ExPEC. A deleção de fnr na cepa UPEC CFT 073 reduziu a motilidade, a expressão das fimbrias tipo I e tipo P, reduziu a expressão da hemolisina e controlou a expressão da ilha de patogenicidade do α- cetoglutarato. Além disso, a deleção de fnr fez tornou as bactérias incapazes de invadir células dos rins e da bexiga e de causar doença in vivo em camundongos de 6 semanas. FNR também foi capaz de controlar as etapas da infecção por NMEC 56. Uma vez deletado, as bactérias perderam a capacidade de causar bacteremia, de crescer no fluido cerebrospinal e de causar doença in vivo em ratos de 5 dias de idade. A deleção de fnr em APEC O1 resultou na diminuição da expressão da proteína OmpT plasmidial, da fímbria do tipo I e do auto-transportador AatA. A principal contribuição deste trabalho foi demonstrar que FNR atua na regulação da expressão de importantes fatores associados à virulência de cepas ExPEC (UPEC, NMEC e APEC), sendo importante para o estabelecimento da infecção por essas cepas. Neste trabalho, verificamos que, além da função já conhecida de regular os genes envolvidos na manutenção de um meio anaeróbico, FNR também atua no controle de genes associados à virulência de cepas ExPEC, refletindo na capacidade de causar doença que tais cepas apresentam.Escherichia coli is a Gram-negative bacillus, facultative anaerobic and has cosmopolitan distribution. E. coli colonizes the intestine of humans and other endothermic animals immediately after birth, establishing as an important member of the intestinal microbiota. Some strains of E. coli can acquire virulence factors thereby assuming a pathogenic nature, as in the case of extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC). ExPEC strains have the ability to colonize and spread out in different niches of the host, and are divided into UPEC (uropathogenic E. coli), NMEC (newborn meningitis E. coli) and APEC (avian pathogenic E. coli). UPEC, NMEC and APEC share virulence factors. To be able to cause disease, ExPEC strains must produce virulence factors required for adherence, for iron uptake (siderophore) and for resistance to serum and may also contain genes encoding toxins and invasins. Although many virulence factors associated with the pathogenicity of ExPEC strains are known, the regulation of the expression of these factors has not yet been fully elucidated. Fumarate nitrate reductase (FNR) is a global regulatory protein, acting as a sensor of oxygen in Gram- negative bacteria. It has been shown that FNR relates virulence of pathogenic bacteria such as Shigella flexneri and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. The aim of this study was to do an epidemiological analysis and characterization of APEC strains as well as the investigation of regulation of ExPEC’s virulence factors by the global FNR regulator. The results of epidemiological analysis of APEC strains showed the profile of antimicrobial resistance , the prevalence of virulence factors and phylogenetic groups (according to the EcoR group) and the phylogenetic relationship of the isolates, providing an overview of the characterization of avian pathogenic E. coli causing severe cellulitis lesions and systemic infection originating from southern Brazil. In relation to FNR, this study showed the influence of this important regulator of virulence factors that is involved in controlling various stages of establishment of infection by ExPEC strains. Deletion of fnr in UPEC strain CFT 073 reduced motility and expression of type I and type P fimbriae, reduced the expression of hemolysin and control the expression of the pathogenicity island of α -ketoglutarate. Furthermore, fnr mutant strains were unable to invade cells of kidney and bladder, and to colonize the urinary tract of 6 weeks-old mice. FNR was also able to control the stages of infection of NMEC 56. The fnr mutant lost its ability to cause bacteremia, grow in cerebrospinal fluid, cause disease in 5 days old rats. Deletion of fnr in APEC O1 resulted in decreased expression of genes corresponding to the plasmid encoded OmpT protein, type I fimbriae and autotransporter AatA. The main contribution of this work was to demonstrate that FNR regulates expression of important virulence factors of ExPEC strains (UPEC, NMEC and APEC), which is important for the establishment of infection by these strains. In this work, we found that, besides the already known function in regulating genes involved in maintaining an anaerobic environment, FNR also acts in the control of virulenceassociated genes of ExPEC strains, reflecting the ability of these strains to cause disease.
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Chaudry, Kashif, and Elma Karadza. "End-to-End Application Billing in 3G." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Science and Technology, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-1654.
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We have 3G on the doorstep but nothing seems to attract ordinary people to this technology. To attract the mass market the telecom industry must show something beyond high bit rates. They must show how ordinary people can take advantage of this new technology. This is done by showing the possibilities of the new technology and by demonstrating applications that it will handle. The telecom industry must convince the telecom operators to invest in this technology and the only thing that matters to them is how much revenue they can make by adopting the upcoming technology.
To convince the operators industry must show how the operators can charge for the new types of applications that will be introduced soon. This is the main reason why this Master's Thesis has been conducted. The purpose of this thesis is to provide a demonstration to Ericsson's 3G lab in Katrineholm in the form of an IP application with a billing solution. This thesis describes the migration from 1G to 3G and examines existing and future billing strategies as well.
The IP application is an application that uses progressive streaming in order to stream multimedia content to a PDA connected to a 3G phone. This application is platform independent because it is placed on leading Web servers, Apache and IIS.
The billing application consists of a number of steps. The first step is logging, which is performed by the Web server on which the streaming application is placed. The second step, processing and billing, is performed in the BGw, which is Ericsson's mediation tool, and the SQL server.The third step is displaying the bill, which is done by using ASP to create an active HTML page.
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Bezdíček, Jan. "Telemetrie pro formuli Dragon IV." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta informačních technologií, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-236045.
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The aim of this master's thesis was to design and construct complete telemetry system for the student formula Dragon IV constructed for international Formula Student competition. At first, the work deals with the measurement of the physical quantities, telemetry system and automotive sensors of the formula, their mutual communication and communication with the CAN bus. It also describes the procedure of hardware design including choosing right inertial sensors and a GPS module and their using in telemetry system. The work contains materials for production of two-layer printed circuit board extending the microcomputer BeagleBone Black on the inertial sensors and the GPS module. The bigger part of the telemetry system is the firmware for hardware and software for the computer user. Both written in programming language C++ and C# are included in this work as well. This user application serves for wireless receiving data from the hardware and their showing and logging. In addition this user application can be used for wireless hardware configuration. The final product is the complete telemetry system and it is suitable for selling to end customer.
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Darnell, Christian, and Christian Wilczoch. "Real Time Positioning; Construction and implementation of a GPS-Communicator." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Electrical Engineering, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-1481.
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The first half of the Masters thesis is the result of a survey made on the behalf of the Swedish company KORDAB International AB. The survey includes an overview of different positioning systems and some wireless communication techniques available on the market today. Positioning systems discussed are GPS, DGPS, AGPS and GSM positioning. Mobile Internet connections through mobile phones and communication through radio modems are mentioned and described as examples of wireless communication techniques. Examples of techniques described are HSCSD, GPRS, UMTS and MOBITEX. KORDAB is in the starting blocks to implement a real time positioning feature into their own technical information system GEOSECMA. This survey will give them a base which will help them to decide on which system to use for this feature.
The second half of the thesis includes parts concerning a prototype made to exemplify how KORDAB could implement the real time positioning feature into GEOSECMA. The NMEA 0183 protocol, reference systems and transformation are described to give the necessary background knowledge for the construction and functionality of the prototype. The prototype is a GPS-communicator made as an interface between a GPS-receiver and GEOSECMA and its functionality is also described in this second half of the thesis. Feasible applications are also discussed to show the possibilities real time positioning gives. One application discussed is “Zoom and Auto highlighting”. This application is designed to help user of GEOSECMA to zoom in the map and highlighting the nearest object at current location.
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Jon, Josef. "Exploring Contextual Information in Neural Machine Translation." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta informačních technologií, 2019. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-403201.
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Tato práce se zabývá zapojením mezivětného kontextu v neuronovém strojovém překladu (NMT). Dnešní běžné NMT systémy překládají jednu zdrojovou větu na jednu cílovou větu, bez jakéhokoliv ohledu na okolní text. Tento přístup je nedostačující a neodpovídá způsobu práce lidských překladatelů. Pro mnoho jazykových párů je dnes za splnění určitých (přísných) podmínek výstup NMT nerozeznatelný od lidského překladu. Jedna z těchto podmínek je, že hodnotitelé skórují přeložené věty nezávisle, bez znalosti kontextu. Při hodnocení celých dokumentů je výstup NMT stále hodnocen hůře, než lidský překlad, i v případech, kdy byl na úrovni jednotlivých vět preferován. Tato zjištění jsou motivací pro výzkum zapojení kontextu na úrovni dokumentu v NMT, je totiž možné, že na úrovni vět již není mnoho prostoru ke zlepšení, alespoň pro jazykové páry a domény bohaté na trénovací data. Tato práce shrnuje současné přístupy zapojení kontextu do překladu, několik z nich je implementováno a vyhodnoceno v rámci obecné překladové kvality i na překladu specifických fenoménů souvisejících s kontextem. Pro zhodnocení kvality jednotlivých systému byla ručně vytvořena testovací sada pro překlad z anglického do českého jazyka.