This diploma thesis remarks on the beginning of the equality of rights and the complete social recognition of the puppetry in Czech theatres in the years 1973 - 1982. The thesis deals with the history of the East Bohemian theatre DRAK in Hradec Kralove from its foundation, it describes the arrival of the director Josef Krofta, Prague's performances of DRAK in 1977, the first tours abroad, it observes DRAK in the context of totality, it outlines Krofta's directorial principles and the perspective of the DRAK's Theatre poetics within a decade. Significant attention is dedicated to the reconstruction of the top chosen period plays from the DRAK Theatre, directed by Josef Krofta, because these plays reflect the best the emancipation of the Czech puppet theatre.

The diploma thesis desribes the situation in Czech Union of Journalists during the Prague Spring era and the normalization era. Its aim is to explain to the reader how the situation changed after the intervention of Soviet army in August 1968. Prague Spring is generally perceived as a period of regime measures release and progressive ideas establishment. On the other hand, in the era after the Occupation strated theperiod of normalization and consolidation, which brought many repressive measures to light. It all took its toll in the function of Union of Journalists and the whole media sphere. The function of the Union o journalists becomes important from the political and ideological view. Attention is on the Union's structure as well. Thesis is focused on the period of 1968 to 1972 and embraces the historical events from Prague Spring to VI. Congress of the Union, in which the allegiance to Communist Party of Czechoslovakia was pladged by the journalists. It describes how the journalists were forced to conform their pursiut to the regime. Main focus is on the way of presentation of the journalists themselves, the relations in the Union and the change of the prestige and role of the journalist in the society before and after the normalization era. All of this is historically founded, so the reader...

The diploma thesis desribes the situation in Czech Union of Journalists during the Prague Spring era and the normalization era. Its aim is to explain to the reader how the situation changed after the intervention of Soviet army in August 1968. Prague Spring is generally perceived as a period of regime measures release and progressive ideas establishment. On the other hand, in the era after the Occupation strated theperiod of normalization and consolidation, which brought many repressive measures to light. It all took its toll in the function of Union of Journalists and the whole media sphere. The function of the Union o journalists becomes important from the political and ideological view. Attention is on the Union's structure as well. Thesis is focused on the period of 1968 to 1972 and embraces the historical events from Prague Spring to VI. Congress of the Union, in which the allegiance to Communist Party of Czechoslovakia was pladged by the journalists. It describes how the journalists were forced to conform their pursiut to the regime. Main focus is on the way of presentation of the journalists themselves, the relations in the Union and the change of the prestige and role of the journalist in the society before and after the normalization era. All of this is historically founded, so the reader...

Les techniques d'analyse du visage nécessitent généralement une représentation pertinente des images, notamment en passant par des techniques de réduction de la dimension, intégrées dans des schémas plus globaux, et qui visent à capturer les caractéristiques discriminantes des signaux. Dans cette thèse, nous fournissons d'abord une vue générale sur l'état de l'art de ces modèles, puis nous appliquons une nouvelle méthode intégrant une approche non-linéaire, Kernel Similarity Principle Component Analysis (KS-PCA), aux Modèles Actifs d'Apparence (AAMs), pour modéliser l'apparence d'un visage dans des conditions d'illumination variables. L'algorithme proposé améliore notablement les résultats obtenus par l'utilisation d'une transformation PCA linéaire traditionnelle, que ce soit pour la capture des caractéristiques saillantes, produites par les variations d'illumination, ou pour la reconstruction des visages. Nous considérons aussi le problème de la classification automatiquement des poses des visages pour différentes vues et différentes illumination, avec occlusion et bruit. Basé sur les méthodes des représentations parcimonieuses, nous proposons deux cadres d'apprentissage de dictionnaire pour ce problème. Une première méthode vise la classification de poses à l'aide d'une représentation parcimonieuse active (Active Sparse Representation ASRC). En fait, un dictionnaire est construit grâce à un modèle linéaire, l'Incremental Principle Component Analysis (Incremental PCA), qui a tendance à diminuer la redondance intra-classe qui peut affecter la performance de la classification, tout en gardant la redondance inter-classes, qui elle, est critique pour les représentations parcimonieuses. La seconde approche proposée est un modèle des représentations parcimonieuses basé sur le Dictionary-Learning Sparse Representation (DLSR), qui cherche à intégrer la prise en compte du critère de la classification dans le processus d'apprentissage du dictionnaire. Nous faisons appel dans cette partie à l'algorithme K-SVD. Nos résultats expérimentaux montrent la performance de ces deux méthodes d'apprentissage de dictionnaire. Enfin, nous proposons un nouveau schéma pour l'apprentissage de dictionnaire adapté à la normalisation de l'illumination (Dictionary Learning for Illumination Normalization: DLIN). L'approche ici consiste à construire une paire de dictionnaires avec une représentation parcimonieuse. Ces dictionnaires sont construits respectivement à partir de visages illuminées normalement et irrégulièrement, puis optimisés de manière conjointe. Nous utilisons un modèle de mixture de Gaussiennes (GMM) pour augmenter la capacité à modéliser des données avec des distributions plus complexes. Les résultats expérimentaux démontrent l'efficacité de notre approche pour la normalisation d'illumination. / Face analysis techniques commonly require a proper representation of images by means of dimensionality reduction leading to embedded manifolds, which aims at capturing relevant characteristics of the signals. In this thesis, we first provide a comprehensive survey on the state of the art of embedded manifold models. Then, we introduce a novel non-linear embedding method, the Kernel Similarity Principal Component Analysis (KS-PCA), into Active Appearance Models, in order to model face appearances under variable illumination. The proposed algorithm successfully outperforms the traditional linear PCA transform to capture the salient features generated by different illuminations, and reconstruct the illuminated faces with high accuracy. We also consider the problem of automatically classifying human face poses from face views with varying illumination, as well as occlusion and noise. Based on the sparse representation methods, we propose two dictionary-learning frameworks for this pose classification problem. The first framework is the Adaptive Sparse Representation pose Classification (ASRC). It trains the dictionary via a linear model called Incremental Principal Component Analysis (Incremental PCA), tending to decrease the intra-class redundancy which may affect the classification performance, while keeping the extra-class redundancy which is critical for sparse representation. The other proposed work is the Dictionary-Learning Sparse Representation model (DLSR) that learns the dictionary with the aim of coinciding with the classification criterion. This training goal is achieved by the K-SVD algorithm. In a series of experiments, we show the performance of the two dictionary-learning methods which are respectively based on a linear transform and a sparse representation model. Besides, we propose a novel Dictionary Learning framework for Illumination Normalization (DL-IN). DL-IN based on sparse representation in terms of coupled dictionaries. The dictionary pairs are jointly optimized from normally illuminated and irregularly illuminated face image pairs. We further utilize a Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) to enhance the framework's capability of modeling data under complex distribution. The GMM adapt each model to a part of the samples and then fuse them together. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the sparsity as a prior for patch-based illumination normalization for face images.

O presente estudo analisa a rede de fóruns modulares produzidos pelo extinto Departamento de Obras Públicas do Estado de São Paulo - DOP - entre os anos de 1969 e 1975. Tem como objetivo avaliar se os projetos padronizados (ou normatizados), F, F1, F2 e F3, respondiam aos parâmetros convencionais de produção do Departamento, ou se existiu uma aproximação programática com os ideários da arquitetura moderna, envolvendo, quer do ponto de vista da sua dimensão social, quer da sua componente estética, a racionalização da produção e/ou a industrialização da construção, solicitando a modulação de todos seus elementos e componentes - constituindo-se, assim, como possibilidade da ampliação quantitativa de um bem, tal como a habitação, ou de uma rede de serviços: educação, saúde e, no caso específico, o acesso ao judiciário. Nesse sentido, a análise pondera sobre a continuidade da produção de fóruns de justiça, a partir do Plano de Ação Carvalho Pinto - PAGE, (1959-1963), período no qual os edifícios públicos foram projetados por arquitetos, em boa parte, comprometidos com a arquitetura moderna em São Paulo. O mesmo período tornou-se significativo para a produção moderna no Estado e, ao mesmo tempo, renovou-se a produção dos edifícios públicos do judiciário. Por último, nota-se que o DOP teve sua estrutura operacional e administrativa reformulada sob a orientação da equipe técnica do Governo do Estado. / The present study analyzes the network of modular forums produced by the former Department of Public Works of the São Paulos State - DOP -between the years 1969 and 1975. Assessing the extent to which these standardized designs (or normalized) \'F, F1, F1, F2 e F3\' responded to conventional parameters of the production department, in implementation of a network of services: education, health, and, in this case, access to justice, with some programmatic approach with the ideals of modern architecture, involving the social dimension , the aesthetic component, the standardization of projects, not considering the rationalization of production and/or the industrialization of construction. Thus, the analysis sticks to the continuities and ruptures of the production of Forums from Plano de Ação Carvalho Pinto - PAGE -(1959/1963), time in which public buildings were designed by architects largely committed to modern architecture in São Paulo, and that constituted a significant moment of modern production in the state, while the building of public buildings of the judiciary section was renewed and the DOP had its operational and management structure reformulated under the guidance of the technical staff of the State Government.

O presente estudo analisa a rede de fóruns modulares produzidos pelo extinto Departamento de Obras Públicas do Estado de São Paulo - DOP - entre os anos de 1969 e 1975. Tem como objetivo avaliar se os projetos padronizados (ou normatizados), F, F1, F2 e F3, respondiam aos parâmetros convencionais de produção do Departamento, ou se existiu uma aproximação programática com os ideários da arquitetura moderna, envolvendo, quer do ponto de vista da sua dimensão social, quer da sua componente estética, a racionalização da produção e/ou a industrialização da construção, solicitando a modulação de todos seus elementos e componentes - constituindo-se, assim, como possibilidade da ampliação quantitativa de um bem, tal como a habitação, ou de uma rede de serviços: educação, saúde e, no caso específico, o acesso ao judiciário. Nesse sentido, a análise pondera sobre a continuidade da produção de fóruns de justiça, a partir do Plano de Ação Carvalho Pinto - PAGE, (1959-1963), período no qual os edifícios públicos foram projetados por arquitetos, em boa parte, comprometidos com a arquitetura moderna em São Paulo. O mesmo período tornou-se significativo para a produção moderna no Estado e, ao mesmo tempo, renovou-se a produção dos edifícios públicos do judiciário. Por último, nota-se que o DOP teve sua estrutura operacional e administrativa reformulada sob a orientação da equipe técnica do Governo do Estado. / The present study analyzes the network of modular forums produced by the former Department of Public Works of the São Paulos State - DOP -between the years 1969 and 1975. Assessing the extent to which these standardized designs (or normalized) \'F, F1, F1, F2 e F3\' responded to conventional parameters of the production department, in implementation of a network of services: education, health, and, in this case, access to justice, with some programmatic approach with the ideals of modern architecture, involving the social dimension , the aesthetic component, the standardization of projects, not considering the rationalization of production and/or the industrialization of construction. Thus, the analysis sticks to the continuities and ruptures of the production of Forums from Plano de Ação Carvalho Pinto - PAGE -(1959/1963), time in which public buildings were designed by architects largely committed to modern architecture in São Paulo, and that constituted a significant moment of modern production in the state, while the building of public buildings of the judiciary section was renewed and the DOP had its operational and management structure reformulated under the guidance of the technical staff of the State Government.

In this work, an electrochemical method based on a cyt c biosensor has been developed, for the detection of selected arsenic and cyanide compounds. Boron Doped Diamond (BDD) electrode was used as a transducer, onto which cyt c was immobilised and used for direct determination of Prussian blue, potassium cyanide and arsenic trioxide by inhibition mechanism. The sensitivity as calculated from cyclic voltammetry (CV) and square wave voltammetry (SWV), for each analyte in phosphate buffer (pH= 7) was found to be (1.087- 4.488 ×10-9 M) and the detection limits ranging from 0.0043- 9.1 μM. These values represent a big improvement over the current Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines.

Στην περιοχή του ΒΔ Λασιθίου απαντώνται οι γεωλογικοί σχηματισμοί των πλακώδων ασβεστόλιθων και των ασβεστόλιθων της ζώνης Τρίπολης. οι σχηματισμοί αυτοί είναι έντονα καρστικοποιημένοι και αποτελούν τους κύριους υδροφόρους της περιοχής έρευνας. Μεταξύ των δύο υδροφόρων, στις περιοχές Νεάπολης και Ποτάμων παρεμβάλλονται τα αδιαπέρατα στρώματα των Φυλλιτών-Χαλαζιτών. Ο υδροφόρος που αναπτύσσεται στους ανθρακικούς σχηματισμούς της ζώνης Τρίπολης κατηγοριοποιείται σε τρεις ζώνες σύμφωνα με τον υδροχημικό χαρακτήρα του υπόγειου νερού. η πρώτη ζώνη αποτελείται από τις περιοχές τροφοδοσίας του υδροφόρου (Δράσι, Άγιος Κωνσταντίνος και Ποτάμοι) με εξαίρετη ποιότητα νερού, η δεύτερη ζώνη συνιστάται από τις περιοχές των Λακωνίων και Κριτσάς, όπου το νερό του υδροφόρου έχει επηρεαστεί από τη διείσδυση του θαλασσινού νερού. Τέλος, η τρίτη ζώνη αποτελείται από τις παράκτιες περιοχές του Αγίου Νικολάου και Αλμυρού με έντονη επιρροή από την διαδικασία της υφαλμύρινσης Ο υδροφόρος που αναπτύσσεται στους Πλακώδεις ασβεστόλιθους είναι ανοικτός στην θάλασσα και επηρεάζεται στο σύνολο του από την διείσδυση του θαλασσινού νερού. Με τη χρήση των κανονικοποιημένων διαγραμμάτων των σπάνιων γαιών, τόσο σε δείγματα πετρωμάτων όσο και σε δείγματα νερού προέκυψε ότι οι δύο καρστικοί υδροφόροι επικοινωνούν υδραυλικά στην περιοχή του Δάμακα Β-ΒΔ του Αγίου Νικολάου. / The region of NW Lasithi is dominated by plattenkalk and Tripoli’s zone limestones. These geological formations are characterized by karst and host the main aquifers of study area. Impermeable layers of phyllite-quartzite formation occur between these limestone formations, in the areas of Neapolis and Potami. The aquifer hosted by the carbonate formations of Tripoli’s zone is divided in three zones based on the hydrochemical characteristics of the underground water. The first zone includes the areas Drasi, Agios Konstantinos and Potami that are the sources of the aquifer, with excellent water quality. The second zone consists of the areas Lakonia and Kritsa, in which the underground water have been infiltrated by sea water. Finally the third consists of the coastal zones of Agios Nikolaos and Almyros, which have been affected by the process of brackish water. The aquifer hosted by the plattenkalk limestones is open to the sea and is affected by the intrusion of sea water. It can be shown, using normalized rare earth element diagrams of analyses of both rocks and underground waters, that the two karstified aquifers communicate hydraulically in the area of Damakas, N-NW of city Agios Nikolaos.

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New decline curve models have been developed to overcome the boundary-dominated flow assumption of the basic Arps’ models, which restricts their application in ultra-low permeability reservoirs exhibiting long-duration transient flow regimes. However, these new decline curve analysis (DCA) methods are still based only on production rate data, relying on the assumption of stable flowing pressure. Since this stabilized state is not reached rapidly in most cases, the applicability of these methods and the reliability of their solutions may be compromised. In addition, production performance predictions cannot be disassociated from the existing operation constraints under which production history was developed. On the other hand, DCA is often carried out without a proper identification of flow regimes. The arbitrary application of DCA models regardless of existing flow regimes may produce unrealistic production forecasts, because these models have been designed assuming specific flow regimes. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the possible benefits provided by including flowing pressures in production decline analysis. As a result, it have been demonstrated that decline curve analysis based on pressure-normalized rates can be used as a reliable production forecasting technique suited to interpret unconventional wells in specific situations such as unstable operating conditions, limited availability of production data (short production history) and high-pressure, rate-restricted wells. In addition, pressure-normalized DCA techniques proved to have the special ability of dissociating the estimation of future production performance from the existing operation constraints under which production history was developed. On the other hand, it was also observed than more consistent and representative flow regime interpretations may be obtained as diagnostic plots are improved by including MBT, pseudovariables (for gas wells) and pressure-normalized rates. This means that misinterpretations may occur if diagnostic plots are not applied correctly. In general, an improved forecasting ability implies greater accuracy in the production performance forecasts and more reliable reserve estimations. The petroleum industry may become more confident in reserves estimates, which are the basis for the design of development plans, investment decisions, and valuation of companies’ assets.