Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1998. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaf [106]).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Department of Mathematics, June 2000. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Orientador: Sônia Helena de Oliveira Raymundo Piteri / Banca: Maria Heloísa Martins Dias / Banca: Marisa Corrêa Silva / Resumo: Este trabalho objetiva estudar alguns conceitos desenvolvidos por Maria Gabriela Llansol ao longo de seus textos, como a "cena fulgor" e o "dom poético", que provocam o deslocamento da narratividade para a textualidade. Foram selecionados seis contos de sua primeira obra, Os pregos na erva (1962), observando-se dois núcleos estruturais da "cena fulgor": a imagem poética e o diálogo. Consciente de que a imagem é um traço constitutivo do universo lírico, responsável pela transformação das palavras, num movimento de expansão que liberta os signos de seus significados usuais, a narrativa de Llansol recorre a esse traço como uma maneira de iluminar a mínima cena que conta, pois a ação é reduzida, o espaço é precário e a comunicação entre as personagens é falha. Essas características são típicas do teatro contemporâneo de Samuel Beckett e provocam, em alguns casos, o efeito de distanciamento sugerido por Brecht. Por essa razão, o conceito de diálogo será utilizado em dois sentidos: como interação verbal que estrutura o drama, e, de forma mais ampla, como um sistema de correlação que permite observar a intersecção entre os gêneros épico, lírico e dramático. Para isso, fundamenta-se em Bakhtin (2000) e Rosenfeld (2005), na discussão dos gêneros; em Octavio Paz (1982) e Friedrich (1978), na concepção de imagem; em Beckett (1952) e Brecht (2005), com suas teorias sobre o teatro moderno (2005) e em críticos que analisam a obra da escritora portuguesa. Por fim, conclui-se que a narrativa de Llansol é uma rede destecida enquanto enredo, mas que se tece enquanto texto que extrapola as barreiras dos gêneros literários, fazendo coexistir numa relação harmônica, e ao mesmo tempo conflitante, prosa, poesia e drama. Como "pregos na erva", as palavras não se fixam, flutuam, se desprendem, se deslocam, num movimento ininterrupto que tece o corpo da escrita. / Abstract: This work aims to study a few concepts developed by Maria Gabriela Llansol along some of her texts, like "cena fulgor" and "dom poético", that cause the replacement from narrativity to textuality. Six short stories from her first work, Os pregos na erva (1962), were selected, considering two structural cores of "cena fulgor": poetic imagery and dialogue. Being aware that imagery is a constitutive trace of the lyrical universe, responsible for transformation of words, in a motion of expiation that frees the signs from their usual meanings, Llansol's narrative follows this trace as a way of lighten up the smallest scene that it refers to, because action is reduced, setting is precarious and communication between people is flawed. These characteristics are typical of Samuel Beckett's contemporary theater and provoke, in certain cases, the distancing effect suggested by Brecht. For this reason, the concept of dialogue will be taken in two senses: as verbal interaction that structures the drama and, in a more broaden way, as a system of correlations that allows us to observe the intersection between epic, lyric and dramatic genres. Aiming that, the theories that fundament this research regard Bakhtin (2000) and Rosenfeld (2005), discussing genres; Octavio Paz (1982) and Friedrich (1978), for the conception of imagery; Beckett (1952) e Brecht (2005), about modern theater (2005); and critics that have analyzed the Portuguese author's work. At last, we come to the conclusion that Llansol's narrative is an unweaved web regarding the plot, but that weaves itself as a text that goes beyond literary genres' borders, in such a way that narrative, poetry and drama coexist in a harmonic, but yet confronting relationship. As "pregos na erva" (nails in a herb) words are not fixed, they float, they are released, they move in an non-interrupt way that weaves the body of the text. / Mestre

The theoretical part of my diploma thesis entitled {\clqq} The Snooper : multifunkcional designer study ``, is analysing problem of the intersection into the personal privacy. This problem had stimulated the author to create a work of visual art. Hereafter it documents examples of historical use of ceramic wall tiles with relief decoration . Also it presents the technology of producing wall tiles. The practical part of my diploma thesis contains design, production and installation of wall tiles with relief motive of a{\clqq}snooper`` in the interior of public toilettes . It also photographically doocuments this happening.

Orientadores: Carlile Campos Lavor, Jose Mario Martinez / Dissertação (mestrado profissional) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Matematica, Estatistica e Computação Cientifica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-11T21:12:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Goncalves_MarcosRobertodaSilva_M.pdf: 1220561 bytes, checksum: e3b9dadf0b151f53d8a3e0e572b4c7ab (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Resumo: Neste trabalho, abordamos o problema da determinação de pontos de intersecção de n esferas no Rn. Este problema, além de ser importante matematicamente, é um problema com muitas aplicações, que vão desde a localização de pontos no globo, pelo sistema GPS, até a posicionamento de átomos em estruturas moleculares. O problema de encontrar a intersecção de n esferas no Rn é, em geral, formulado como um conjunto de n equações não-lineares, onde se deseja determinar a sua solução através de um método eficiente e confiável. Mostramos que, com exceção de alguns casos, o problema é geralmente resolvido de forma eficaz, empregando técnicas de álgebra linear. Reformulamos o problema de forma a convertê-lo em um problema linear e apresentamos dois métodos baseados na decomposição de matrizes. Testamos os métodos para casos particulares de baixa dimensão, analisando o custo computacional e possíveis dificuldades que podem surgir devido a erros de medição. / Abstract: We consider the problem of determining the points of intersection of n spheres in R n. This problem has many applications, such as the location of points on the globe by the GPS system and problems related to molecular geometry optimization. The problem of finding the intersection of n spheres in R n is generally expressed as a set of nonlinear equations, where we want to establish an efficient and reliable method to find their solution. We show that, in general, the problem can be solved effectively employing techniques of linear algebra. We reformulate the problem in order to transform it into a linear problem and present two methods based on the decomposition of matrices. We also test the methods in small instances and analyze the computational cost and possible difficulties that may arise due to errors of measurement. / Mestrado / Mestre em Matemática

Cette thèse étudie la fibre de Milnor d'un arrangement d'hyperplans complexe central, et l'opérateur de monodromie sur ses groupes de cohomologie. On s'intéresse à la problématique suivante : peut-on déterminer l'opérateur de monodromie, ou au moins les nombres de Betti de la fibre de Milnor, à partir de l'information contenue dans le treillis d'intersection de l'arrangement? On donne deux théorèmes d'annulation des sous-espaces propres non triviaux de l'opérateur de monodromie. Le premier résultat s'applique à une large classe d'arrangements, le deuxième à des arrangements de droites projectives tels qu'il existe une droite contenant exactement un point de multiplicité supérieure ou égale à trois. Dans le dernier chapitre, on considère la structure de Hodge mixte des groupes de cohomologie de la fibre de Milnor d'un arrangement central et essentiel dans l'espace complexe de dimension quatre. On donne ensuite l'équivalence entre la trivialité de la monodromie, la nullité des coefficients non entiers du spectre de l'arrangement, et la nullité des nombres de Hodge mixtes des groupes de cohomologie de la fibre de Milnor. / This Ph.D.thesis studies the Milnor fiber of a central complex hyperplane arrangement, and the monodromy operator on its cohomology groups. Our aim is to study the following open question: is it possible to determinate the monodromy operator, or at least the Betti numbers of the Milnor fiber, just using the information contained in the intersection lattice of the arrangement? We give two vanishing results on the non trivial eigenspaces of the monodromy. The first one applies to a large class of arrangements, and the second one to projective line arrangements with a line containing exactly one point of multiplicity greater or equal to three.Then we consider the mixed Hodge structure of the cohomology groups of the Milnor fiber, for a central and essential hyperplane arrangement in the complex space of dimension four. In this case, we give the equivalence between triviality of the monodromy, Tate properties, and nullity of the non integer spectrum's coefficients.Keywords: hyperplane arrangement, intersection lattice, Milnor fiber, monodromy.

This dissertation explores the interface between people, horses and architecture as an edge, which allows it the opportunity to facilitate relationships and accommodate multiple users. City edges currently present themselves as fences and walls. This dissertation aims to engage with and reinterpret these edges, while simultaneously shifting the boundaries between people and animals. The Public Works Department ground in Museum Park is an appropriate place to investigate edges as it currently has segregating boundaries, yet lends itself to the reintroduction of a historical function into the city. By considering life other than human life, architecture’s anthropocentric tendencies are subverted, and the segregating nature of the existing site’s barriers reinterpreted, through the exploration of physical and mental edges. / Dissertation MArch(Prof)--University of Pretoria, 2014 / Architecture / MArch(Prof) / Unrestricted

Master of Regional and Community Planning / Department of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning / Ray B. Weisenburger / This research explores the challenges related to the visual image of a city situated in a developing country. Originated as the colonial capital of British India, Kolkata faces new urban challenges in the post colonial world. This report intends to answer questions of imageability of the city as relevant to the Third World countries. Empathizing on the issues of scarcity of land, traffic congestion, accumulation of the urban poor, inadequacies in infrastructure and the organic expansion of fluid city boundaries under the neo-ideological globalization and liberal economic policies – Kolkata faces a host of urban problems. Imageability of the city usually tries to define the positive image of a city. The question here is, should the notions of imageability be confined to cities that inherently have succeeded in maintaining an appealing public image or should it be applied to the potential qualities of visual appropriateness to cities that have historically remained unattractive? This research intends to explore the visual quality of an area surrounding the five point intersection at Shyambazar, Kolkata, India. This study will be based on a number of observations and the different visual analysis techniques applicable in critically analyzing the visual conditions of an urban street pattern of a megacity in India. The main objective of this study is to find an appropriate visual quality for Kolkata, a megacity in the tropics – considering various related factors like – historical significance, demographic trends, geographical and climatological influences, transportation pattern, existing land use, socio-economic structure and inherent or associated urban problems of planning in developing nations.

In this thesis we study the problem of determining the possible cobordism types of r-fold self-intersection manifolds associated to self-transverse immersions f: M^{n-k} -> \R^n for certain values of n, k, and r. Namely, we study the double-point self-intersection manifolds of immersions M^{n+2} -> \R^{2n+2} and M^{n+4} -> \R^{2n+4}, focusing on the case when $n$ is even. In the case of self-transverse immersions f : M^{n+2} -> \R^{2n+2}, we see that when n is even the double-point self-intersection manifold is a boundary, which is a result originally due to Szucs. In the case of self-transverse immersions f : M^{n+4} -> \R^{2n+4}, we show than when n is even the double-point self-intersection manifold is either a boundary or cobordant to RP^2 x RP^2, which is a new result. We then show that for even n such that the binary expansion of n+4 contains 5 or more 1s, the double-point self-intersection manifold of a self-transverse immersion M^{n+4} -> \R^{2n+4} is necessarily a boundary. We also survey the case when n is odd. We also set up and study the complex versions of the above problems: self-transverse immersions f : M^{2k+2} -> \R^{4k+2} and f : M^{2k+4} -> \R^{4k+4} of stably complex manifolds with a given complex structure on the normal bundle of f$. In these cases, the double-point self-intersection manifold L associated to the immersion inherits a stably complex structure, and we attempt to determine which complex cobordism classes of stably complex manifolds may arise in this way. This is all new work. In the case of self-transverse complex immersions f : M^{2k+2} -> \R^{4k+2}, we show that the first normal Chern number of the double-point self-intersection manifold is a multiple of 2^{\lambda_{k+1}} for some integer \lambda_{k+1}, and provide upper and lower bounds for the value of \lambda_{k+1}. We also determine the exact value of \lambda_{k+1} in certain cases. In the case of self-transverse complex immersions f : M^{2k+4} -> \R^{4k+4}, we identify a large class of stably complex manifolds that may arise as the double-point self-intersection manifold of such an immersion and also identify a class of manifolds that may not. Additionally, in both cases we identify a necessary (and sometimes sufficient) condition for a stably complex manifold of the appropriate dimension to admit a complex immersion of the appropriate codimension.

The diploma thesis deals with modeling and subsequent economic assessment of the traffic situation of a particular intersection, applying the rule of right turn on red light signal. The thesis is divided into a theoretical part, which describes the rule, the general procedure of creating transport microsimulation and the methodology of the evaluation of economic efficiency according to ŘSD. In practical part the interest area is described and microsimulation of existing and design variants was created in Aimsun. The Aimsun outputs are further compared and economically evaluated.