Bakalauro darbe vertinami specialiosios pedagogikos studijų programos logopedijos moduliai. Suformuluotas tikslas – išsiaiškinti, kaip studentai vertina specialiosios pedagogikos studijų programos logopedijos modulių kokybę. Tyrime dalyvavo Šiaulių universiteto Socialinės gerovės ir negalės studijų fakulteto 31 nuolatinių studijų bei 48 ištęstinių studijų studentai. Anketinės apklausos metodu buvo tirta, kas studentus paskatino rinktis specialiosios pedagogikos (specializacija: logopedija) studijas, kaip studentai vertina visų specialiosios pedagogikos (specializacija: logopedija) studijų programos mokomųjų dalykų svarbą logopedo darbe, kokia studentų nuomonė apie logopedijos moduliuose dėstomas temas, kokius logopedo praktikos organizavimo aspektus vertina teigiamai, kokius siūlytų tobulinti. Tyrimu norėta sužinoti, kokių pasiūlymų studentai galėtų pateikti logopedijos modulių tobulinimui. Atlikus tyrimą nustatyta, jog studentus pasirinkti specialiosios pedagogikos (specializacija: logopedija) studijas paskatino šeimos narių patarimai bei žinios apie kalbos sutrikimų turinčius vaikus ir noras jiems padėti. Studentai iš visų mokomųjų dalykų išskyrė logopedijos, protinės raidos sutrikimų, specifinių mokymosi negalių, autizmo sindromo, lietuvių kalbos didaktikos, specialybės kalbos kultūros žinias, kaip būtinas logopedo darbe. Gauti rezultatai rodo, kad, studentų nuomone, beveik visoms logopedijos moduliuose dėstomoms temoms laiko skiriama pakankamai. Keletui temų, pagal... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The present Bachelor Thesis assesses speech therapy modules of special education study programs. The set aim – to find out how students assess the quality of speech therapy modules of special education study program. 31 student of full-time studies and 48 students from part-time studies of Faculty of Social Welfare and Disability Studies of Šiauliai University have participated in the survey. The following items were subject to research by applying questionnaire method: reasons having encouraged students to choose special education (specialization: speech therapy) studies, how students evaluate the importance of all subjects of special education (specialization: speech therapy) study program within the work of speech therapist, what is students’ opinion about topics lectured in modules of speech therapy, which aspects of organization of practice of a speech therapist are assessed in a positive manner and which should be improved. The survey was intended to find out what suggestions could be provided by students in order to improve modules of speech therapy. Upon completion of the survey it was determined that students’ choice of special education (specialization: speech therapy) studies was encouraged by advice of family members as well as knowledge about children having speech disorders and the desire to help them. From all subjects students denoted the knowledge of speciality language-communication culture, disorders of mental development, specific learning disabilities... [to full text]

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How does the brain encode the spatial structure of the external world? A partial answer comes through place cells, hippocampal neurons which become associated to approximately convex regions of the world known as their place fields. When an organism is in the place field of some place cell, that cell will fire at an increased rate. A neural code describes the set of firing patterns observed in a set of neurons in terms of which subsets fire together and which do not. If the neurons the code describes are place cells, then the neural code gives some information about the relationships between the place fields–for instance, two place fields intersect if and only if their associated place cells fire together. Since place fields are convex, we are interested in determining which neural codes can be realized with convex sets and in finding convex sets which generate a given neural code when taken as place fields. To this end, we study algebraic invariants associated to neural codes, such as neural ideals and toric ideals. We work with a special class of convex codes, known as inductively pierced codes, and seek to identify these codes through the Gröbner bases of their toric ideals.

L'enfant ayant une déficience motrice cérébrale (DMC) légère présente des déficits posturaux qui limitent son intégration sociale. L'hippothérapie est une forme d'intervention utilisant le mouvement du cheval pour stimuler des réajustements posturaux. L’objectif de cette recherche était de quantifier l’effet de 10 semaines d’hippothérapie sur le contrôle postural et la motricité d'enfants ayant une DMC légère. Un devis pré-expérimental à mesures répétées où chaque enfant (n=13) est son propre contrôle a été utilisé. Les critères d’inclusion étaient: être âgés entre 4 et 16 ans et avoir une DMC légère. L’intervention d’une durée de 10 semaines consistait en une séance par semaine d’hippothérapie de 30 minutes, où l'enfant était placé dans différentes positions sur le cheval. La motricité globale, particulièrement la capacité à se tenir debout, marcher, courir et sauter a été mesurée par les dimensions D et E du Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM-88) et la coordination, la vitesse, la force et l’équilibre par le Bruininks-Oseretski Test of Motor Proficiency-Short Form (BOT2-SF). La motricité fine a été évaluée par différentes tâches de précision, d’intégration et de dextérité manuelle (BOT2-SF). Les variables biomécaniques évaluant la stabilité posturale en position assise et debout ont été quantifiées par le déplacement du centre de pression (CdeP). Le déplacement des membres supérieurs a été enregistré lors de tâches unilatérales à l'aide d’un système d’analyse tridimensionnelle du mouvement (VICON). Treize sujets (âgés de 7,3 ± 2,7 ans) ont été évalués avant (mesure de base), après l’intervention et à 10 semaines post-intervention (mesure de suivi). La stabilité posturale de l’enfant sur le cheval a été évaluée à l’aide de modules inertiels multiaxiaux fixés sur le cheval et sur l’enfant (tête, tronc) à deux temps pendant l’intervention. À la suite de l’intervention, la motricité globale s’est améliorée significativement (GMFM-88 dimensions; p=0,005 et BOT2-SF total; p=0,006), et spécifiquement au niveau de la force des abdominaux et des membres supérieurs (p=0,012), de l’équilibre (p=0,025) et des activités de précision de la main (p=0,013). Les analyses du contrôle postural sur le cheval montrent une augmentation de la fréquence cumulée dans la direction médiolatérale (M/L) (p=0,033), et une diminution de l’amplitude de la fréquence cumulée en vertical (p=0,007). Ces résultats peuvent s’interpréter comme étant une augmentation de la rapidité d'adaptation dans la direction M/L doublée d'un amortissement du tronc diminué dans l’axe vertical. Le contrôle postural debout statique s'est amélioré (p=0,013) dans l'axe M/L attribuable aux enfants diplégiques de l'étude. Ces résultats se sont maintenus après la fin de l’intervention. Aucune amélioration du déplacement des membres supérieurs n'a été notée. Nos résultats permettent de suggérer l’utilisation de l'hippothérapie, par les professionnels de la réadaptation, comme complément à l'intervention traditionnelle.

Zusammenfassung "Prozessgebundene Berechnungs-Baugruppen bieten Konstrukteuren die Möglichkeit, ihre zum Teil mehrstufigen Berechnungen durch den Einsatz modularer Funktionsbausteine ablauforientiert, verbindlich, nachvollziehbar und vor allem zeitsparender zu gestalten. Die Grundlage dieser neuen Methode bilden Ansätze, die sich bereits in der Informationstechnik und in der Konstruktionsmethodik bewährt haben. Vom Anforderungsmanagement bis zur Validierung kann dabei auf eine Bibliothek modularer Berechnungsobjekte in Form von Prozess-Bausteinen zugegriffen werden, deren Schnittstellen und Datenstrukturen ausnahmslos einheitlichen Definitionen entsprechen. Gemeinsam mit der in Anlehnung an den eCl@ss - Standard entwickelten Merkmalsstruktur der Prozess-Bausteine wird so eine hohe Wiederverwendbarkeit in unterschiedlichen Berechnungskonfigurationen erzielt. Ihre Klassifizierung orientiert sich an konstruktionssystematischen Gesichtspunkten. Die Methode wird beispielhaft an Berechnungen für Getriebekomponenten erläutert."

Natural disasters and conflicts in many different parts of the world force thousands of people to get displaced from their homes and live in refugee camps temporarily or permanently. For refugee families, lack of energy access has great impact on their lives. Tarpon Solar Company has developed a solar tent which is a combination of laminated cloth and flexible solar cells. In addition to producing renewable electricity, it can create a comfortable outdoor shelter from sun, rain and wind.   The aims of this study were to define and size the solar system of the tent in both AC and DC systems and optimize the tent to work in different locations around the world. Besides designing a monitoring system for the solar tent to evaluate the performance. In addition, defining the social aspect and the consumer behavior for a better solar tent future design. As a case study, Tarpon AC solar tent in Glava, Sweden has been installed to cover the basic needs of the tent users. To understand the solar tent performance in different weather zones, 4 different locations were suggested. A monitor system was designed to monitor the tent solar system performance. The simulation software PVsyst was used to size the PV system in the different locations with different solar data.   The PVsyst simulation results showed that the current Tarpon solar tent with 32 photovoltaic modules is extremely oversized to cover the basic needs loads (Lighting, mobile charging and ventilation) in the emergency cases.   The current Tarpon solar tent has a standard number of photovoltaic modules integrated in the tent fabric while the photovoltaic modules number should vary from one location to another according to the weather data and solar irradiation. In this case the current Tarpon solar system used in Glava, Sweden can be optimized by decreasing the number of photovoltaic modules to only 6 photovoltaic modules instead of 32 modules.   The study also shows that the features of the off-grid system components (battery and charge controller) are different from one location to another according to the criteria of selection.   This study concludes that for the temporary short-term emergency use of the tent where only basic needs loads are needed, DC system is better than AC system in terms of energy efficiency, system size and cost in the different proposed locations. While AC system is better when using the tent for prolonged time in terms of user flexibility and ability to extend the system. Understanding the consumer behavior and the goal of the tent whether to be used for an emergency short term shelter or a permanent shelter for a prolonged time are important factors for a better solar tent design.

The structure of minimal zero-dimensional extension of rings with Noetherian spectrum in which zero is a primary ideal and with at most one prime ideal of height greater than one is determined. These rings include K[[X,T]] where K is a field and Dedenkind domains, but need not be Noetherian nor integrally closed. We show that for such a ring R there is a one-to-one correspondence between isomorphism classes of minimal zero-dimensional extensions of R and sets M, where the elements of M are ideals of R primary for distinct prime ideals of height greater than zero. A subsidiary result is the classification of minimal zero-dimensional extensions of general ZPI-rings. / by Marcela Chiorescu. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2009. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

The family of algebraic surfaces X dened by the single equation zn = (y a1x) (y anx)(x 1) over an algebraically closed eld k of characteristic zero, where a1; : : : ; an 2 k are distinct, is studied. It is shown that this is a rational surface with a non-rational singularity at the origin. The ideal class group of the surface is computed. The terms of the Chase-Harrison-Rosenberg seven term exact sequence on the open complement of the ramication locus of X ! A2 are computed; the Brauer group is also studied in this unramied setting. The analysis is extended to the surface eX obtained by blowing up X at the origin. The interplay between properties of eX , determined in part by the exceptional curve E lying over the origin, and the properties of X is explored. In particular, the implications that these properties have on the Picard group of the surface X are studied. / by Drake Harmon. / Vita. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2013. / Includes bibliography. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / System requirements: Adobe Reader.

A coordenação modular é um sistema para ordenação relativa de dimensões, espaços e componentes construtivos. Sua aplicação tem manifestações remotas por princípios que controlam a composição e fixam escalas convenientes para as partes e o todo, todavia foi a produção seriada industrial que determinou o papel que a disciplina teria no século XX. No Brasil, seu desenvolvimento aconteceu entre as décadas de 1950 e 1970, quando foi determinada a formatação fundamental da disciplina. Identifica-se a partir da década de 1980 um intervalo nas discussões específicas que durou até a virada do século, quando foi recuperado o interesse pela área. É consenso entre os autores que ainda não houve no Brasil sucesso na implantação de modelos abrangentes da coordenação modular, mas faltam análises atualizadas. O objetivo da dissertação - examinar o desenvolvimento da disciplina no Brasil após 1986 - está fundamentado em indícios de que as discussões recentes não se aprofundam em temas atuais e de que há um enfraquecimento de uma visão integrada do problema. As principais conclusões indicam que o desenvolvimento da construção civil vem sendo acompanhado do afastamento da arquitetura de etapas da produção, o que afeta o exercício da coordenação modular e que o programa habitacional e as ações políticas de financiamento foram determinantes para a retomada das pesquisas. Entretanto, há ecos dos modelos estabelecidos pelo setor privado, com ênfase à racionalização e à aplicação de componentes industriais. Diante disso, destaca-se que a coordenação modular, como campo da coordenação dimensional, está ligada às necessidades humanas. / Modular coordination is a system for relative ordering of dimensions, spaces, and building components. Its application presents remote manifestations through principles that control the design and set suitable scales for the parts and the whole. Nevertheless, the industrial mass production defined the role that the subject would play during the 20th century. In Brazil, its development took place between the 1960s and the 1970s; period that several authors consider decisive in what regards the subject\'s fundamental formatting. From the 1980s on, the specific debates about the matter went through a gap that lasted until the turn of the century when the interest in the field resurfaced. It is consensual among authors that Brazil still has not been successful to implement comprehensive modular coordination standards, but there is a lack of up-to-date analysis as well. The objective of the dissertation - to examine the discipline\'s development in Brazil after 1986 - is based on indications that recent discussions are leaving aside current issues and that there is a weakening of an integrated view of the matter. The main conclusions indicate that a dissociation between architecture and construction has accompanied the building industry\'s development, which affects the application of modular coordination. Moreover, the housing program and the research funding were decisive for the resumption of the field; nonetheless, there are echoes from the models established by the private sector, with emphasis on the rationalization and application of industrial components. In this context, it should be noted that modular coordination, as a field of dimensional coordination, is linked to human needs.

Um condicionador de ar para biotérios foi montado com módulos termoelétricos de efeito Peltier. Para troca térmica, foram testados: 1. dissipação externa a ar, com &delta;t de 14°C, rendimento de 16,46%, consumo de 1212 W/h e, 2. dissipação externa água, com &delta;t de 21°C, rendimento de 46,02%, consumo de 524 W/h. A simulação matemática de operação, com mistura de ar não condicionado, mostrou que o sistema pode servir, na dissipação a ar, a aproximadamente 91 microisoladores padrão rato e a aproximadamente 137, na dissipação a água. Quando comparado com um sistema de compressão de freon, o termoelétrico mostrou economia de 26% na implantação e 38% no consumo elétrico por BTU gerado. O sistema termoelétrico mostrou ainda, precisão de &plusmn; 0,1°C, nas temperaturas experimentais, o que é impossível num sistema de freon. Para os testes em animais foram empregados Ratos wistar, mantidos individualmente, em gaiolas metabólicas de arame, sem abrigo, em sistema microambiental, sob fluxo direto de ar a 0,6 m/s, nas temperaturas de 22°, 24°, 26°, 28° e 30°C (E I, E II, E III, E IV e E V). A ingestão de ração e o ganho de peso foram comparados ao final de 5 dias (ANOVA; Tukey-Kramer). No total, 7 grupos de 15 animais cada foram comparados. Para a faixa de 22°C foram utilizados 3 grupos, sendo um grupo experimental e dois grupos controle (CI e C II). Um deles foi mantido em condições ambientais semelhantes a biotérios convencionais sob ventilação geral diluidora (VGD) - C I. O outro grupo controle (C II) foi mantido no interior do equipamento de ventilação microambiental, porém, sem o direcionamento de ar, simulando a VGD. Os resultados obtidos demonstraram claramente que animais mantidos sob ventilação microambiental direta a 26°, 28° e 30° (E III, E IV e E V) apresentaram o mesmo ganho de massa corpórea que animais do grupo C I (22 &plusmn; 2°C). Os grupos E I e E II apresentaram menor ganho de massa corpórea quando comparados a C I (p<0,001 em ambas comparações). O ganho de peso de todos os grupos experimentais apresentou diferença estatística, quando comparado ao C II, exceto o grupo E V que obteve índice de ganho de peso equivalente a C II. A ingestão de ração de todos os grupos se manteve praticamente constante. O grupo E V apresentou uma redução na ingestão de ração quando comparado aos grupos C I, E I e E II (p<0,01; p<0,01; p<0,001 respectivamente). O grupo E III ingeriu menos ração que os grupos C I (p<0,05) e E II (p<0,05). / An air-conditioner for animal facility was assembled with Peltier effect thermoelectric modules. For external exchanger, had been tested: 1. external air dissipation: &delta;t = 14°C; 16,46% of efficiency; 1212 W/h of power consumption and, 2. external water dissipation: &delta;t = 21°C; 46,02% of efficiency; 524 W/h of power consumption. A mathematical simulation of operation, with not conditional air mixture, showed that the system can supply, with air dissipation, to &asymp; 91 microisolator rat cages and to &asymp; 137, with water dissipation. When compared with a freon system, the thermoelectric system shows economy of 26% in implantation and 38% in the electric consumption by generated BTU. The thermoelectric system showed too, a precision of ± 0,1°C, at experimental temperatures, what is impossible in a freon system. For animal tests, Wistar rats had been kept individually, in metabolic wire cages, without shelter, in microenvironmental system, under direct air flow at 0,6 m/s, under temperatures of 22°, 24°, 26°, 28° and 30° C (E I, E II, E III, E IV and E V). The food ingestion and the weight gain had been compared in the end of 5 days (ANOVA; Tukey-Kramer). In the total, 7 groups, 15 animals each, had been compared. For the 22°C temperature, had been used 3 groups, one experimental and two controls (C I e C II). One of them was kept in similar ambient of conventional laboratory animal rooms conditions (general diluitory ventilation, GDV) - C I. The other control group (C II) was kept in the interior of the equipment of microenvironmental ventilation, however, without the direct air flow, simulating the GDV. The gotten results demonstrate clearly that animal kept under direct microenvironmental ventilation at 26°, 28° and 30°C (E III, E IV and E V) have the same gain of corporal mass that C I group (22 &plusmn; 2°C). The E I and E II had less corporal mass gain when compared to C I (p<0,001 for the two comparisons). The weight gain for all the experimental groups, when compared to C II, presents statistical differences, except E V group, that was equal to C II. The food ingestion of all the groups was constant. The E V group presented a reduction in the food ingestion when compared with the groups C I , E I and E II (p<0,01; p<0,01; p<0,001 respectively). The E III group ingested less ration than C I (p<0,05) and E II (p<0,05) groups.