Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2018-03-27T15:24:05Z No. of bitstreams: 1 karenaquinorangeldacosta.pdf: 834088 bytes, checksum: 000e4c4f9a43b6e63baf364bc2959aec (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2018-04-09T19:21:38Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 karenaquinorangeldacosta.pdf: 834088 bytes, checksum: 000e4c4f9a43b6e63baf364bc2959aec (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-09T19:21:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 karenaquinorangeldacosta.pdf: 834088 bytes, checksum: 000e4c4f9a43b6e63baf364bc2959aec (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-20 / A presente dissertação tem como intuito principal apresentar os resultados da pesquisa realizada entre jovens universitários evangélicos participantes da Aliança Bíblica Universitária do Brasil (ABUB). No que tange aos objetivos da pesquisa, buscou-se compreender a trajetória religiosa destes jovens a partir de sua inserção no mundo universitário, sua experiência no movimento estudantil religioso e sua prática religiosa em instituição eclesial. A metodologia qualitativa de investigação social foi utilizada por meio da realização de entrevistas semiestruturadas e da observação participante. A análise dos dados coletados possibilitou uma compreensão sobre os elementos de continuidade, ruptura e transformação nas trajetórias religiosas encontradas. Evidenciam-se nesta análise as ressignificações da crença e da prática religiosa após o ingresso na universidade, bem como os movimentos oriundos de tais ressignificações - em destaque o trânsito religioso. Foram identificadas também perspectivas e possibilidades de diálogo e/ou dissenso entre os estudantes em relação à tradição evangélica, a ABUB e a universidade. / The aim of this thesis is to present the results of a research carried out with evangelical young university students, participants of Aliança Bíblica Universitária do Brasil (ABUB). Regarding to the objectives, the research aimed to understand the religious trajectory of these young students from their insertion at the university, their experience in a religious student movement and their religious practice in ecclesial institution. Qualitative methodology was used through semi-structured interviews and participant observation. The analysis based on the collected data brought a comprehension about the elements of continuity, rupture and transformation in the religious trajectory found. In this analysis prominence has been given to the beliefs and religious practice’s resignifications – religious transit is highlighted. There were identified also perspectives and possibilities of dialogue and dissention among the students regarding evangelical tradition, ABUB and university.

Submitted by Geandra Rodrigues (geandrar@gmail.com) on 2018-04-26T18:18:15Z No. of bitstreams: 1 rafaelsiqueiramachado.pdf: 4177350 bytes, checksum: 891018e3fa0bcc83a45d817e2d313460 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2018-04-27T11:42:18Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 rafaelsiqueiramachado.pdf: 4177350 bytes, checksum: 891018e3fa0bcc83a45d817e2d313460 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-27T11:42:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 rafaelsiqueiramachado.pdf: 4177350 bytes, checksum: 891018e3fa0bcc83a45d817e2d313460 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-27 / A presente dissertação pretende investigar as articulações que constituem a formação de tatuadores e a prática da tatuagem. A pesquisa acompanha a trajetória de três tatuadores em Juiz de Fora; Breno, Lígia e Sebá; abordando as relações que estes tecem entre si e com outros tatuadores, bem como a constituição processual de suas preferências e experiências enquanto elemento central da formação e especialização destes profissionais. Sobre a relação entre os tatuadores enfatiza, mais do que uma relação entre mestre e aprendiz, a influência de aspectos “éticos” no campo da tatuagem que orientam o posicionamento de (diversos) tatuadores no mundo contemporâneo. A pesquisa também traz algumas discussões acerca da tatuagem enquanto possível forma de expressão artística e as pressuposições e consequências sobre tal questão, tendo em vista o momento histórico da prática; além de explorar reflexões que contextualizam as perspectivas teórico-práticas sobre a importância da “criatividade” enquanto elemento e valor central no dia-a-dia destes tatuadores, destacando este fator não enquanto expoente de uma genialidade romântica e inerente a “natureza” dos sujeitos, mas como expressão de um trabalho coletivizado com outros tatuadores e clientes, juntamente com treinamento constante. A pesquisa toma por base uma etnografia desenvolvida em estúdios e eventos com participação destes tatuadores, destacando na prática os elementos articulados e mobilizados no fazer da tatuagem, os quais põem em relação clientes, materiais, máquinas, tintas, perspectivas e trajetórias ao longo do processo. / The present thesis intends to investigate the articulations that constitute the formation of tattoo artists and practice of the tattoo. The research follows the trajectory of three tattoo artists in Juiz de Fora; Breno, Lígia and Sebá; approaching the relationships they weave between themselves and with other tattoo artists, as well as the procedural constitution of their preferences and experiences as a central element of training and specialization of these professionals. On the relationship between tattooists emphasizes, more than a relationship between master apprentice, the influence of "ethical" aspects at the field of tattooing that guide the positioning of (various) tattoo artists in the contemporary world. The research also brings some discussions about the tattoo as a possible form of artistic expression and the presuppositions and consequences on this question, considering the historical moment of the practice; besides exploring reflections that contextualize the theoretical-practical perspectives on the importance of the "creativity" as element and central value in the day-to-day of these tattoo artists, highlighting this factor not as exponent of a romantic genius and inherent in the "nature" of the subjects, but as an expression of a collectivized work with other tattoo artists and clients, along with constant training. The research is based on a developed ethnography in studios and events with the participation of these tattoo artists, highlighting in practice the elements articulated and mobilized in the making of the tattoo, which they put in relation clients, materials, machinery, paints, perspectives and trajectories throughout the process.

Orientador: Marília Vieira Soares / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-20T08:03:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Figueiredo_ValeskaMarleteGuimaraes_D.pdf: 5415097 bytes, checksum: b6283eedb567edcc445c4eb7d83576a5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: Esta tese busca entender como que, numa dança, a noção de corpo e a disposição espacial da cena expõem uma postura política, bem como constroem uma concepção de mundo. A dança não está apartada das esferas sociais, econômicas e políticas, pois ela é, por elas, constituída e, delas, constituinte. Pesquisou-se estas questões nas trajetórias artísticas de Sandro Borelli, diretor e coreógrafo residente da Cia Borelli de Dança, e, em Vera Sala, diretora e criadora-intérprete do Núcleo Artístico Vera Sala. Foram, nesse sentido, destacadas algumas de suas criações tidas como relevantes na construção de certos aspectos dos seus pensamentos em dança. Suas perspectivas estéticas e políticas são bem distintas, porém parecem ter em comum o interesse por questionar determinados padrões dominantes e ordens normativas. As particularidades do trabalho de cada artista exigiram um campo teórico específico para discutir cada trajetória. Assim, examinaram-se os princípios norteadores de suas pesquisas corporais, a disposição dos corpos no espaço da cena e os modos de relação entre eles, os seus procedimentos de criação, as suas formas de organização e de criação enquanto grupo. Investigando estes trabalhos, foi possível verificar que as suas criações propõem uma maneira de perceber e de atuar no mundo. Implicações estéticas e políticas da arte foram analisadas e discutidas, junto a uma gama de pensadores, chegando-se a proposição de que para a arte ser crítica precisa criar dissenso; e para ser ética necessita aumentar a potência de ação e/ou de inação de uma coletividade. Há de se fazer da inquietação instigadora do processo criativo uma forma de vida, constituindo-a corporalmente através do seu trânsito entre o cotidiano e extracotidiano. A resistência artística aos atuais esquemas de controle e exploração dá-se através do vazamento dos processos criativos. As ficções, invisibilidades, latências e lacunas podem, assim, penetrar a vida ordinária, dessa maneira, desestabilizando certas ordenações / Abstract: This thesis seeks to understand how in a dance the notion of body and spatial arrangement of the scene expose a political stance, as well as build a world view. The dance is not separated from social, economic and political spheres, as it constitutes and is constituted by them. These issues were researched in the artistic trajectories of Sandro Borelli, director and resident choreographer of the Borelli Dance Company, and Vera Sala, director and creator-interpreter of the Vera Sala Artistic Group. We highlight some of their creations, understood as relevant in the construction of certain aspects of their thoughts on dance. Their aesthetic and political perspectives are very different, but they seem to have a common interest for questioning certain dominant standards and normative orders. The particularities of each artist's work demanded a specific theoretical place to discuss each trajectory. We examined the guiding principles of their research of the body, the arrangement of bodies in space of the scene and the modes of relationship between them, their creative procedures, their organization and creation as a group. Investigating these works, we found that their creations propose a way of perceiving and acting in the world. Aesthetic and political implications of art were analyzed and discussed, along with a range of thinkers, coming to the proposition that for art to be critical, it needs to create dissent, and for it to be ethical, it needs to increase the power of action and/or inaction of a collectivity. One has to make the instigating inquietude of the creative process a way of life, building it bodily through the transit between daily and extra-daily techniques. The artistic resistance to current schemes of control and exploitation takes place through leaks in the creative processes. Fictions, invisibilities, latencies and gaps can thus penetrate ordinary life, destabilizing certain offenses / Doutorado / Artes Cenicas / Doutor em Artes

Submitted by Maria Dulce (mdulce@ndc.uff.br) on 2013-12-13T17:22:35Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Sinesio, Daniel-Dissert-2013.pdf: 2029847 bytes, checksum: 15a65e103eb1507f8165d2c23808dc0f (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-12-13T17:22:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Sinesio, Daniel-Dissert-2013.pdf: 2029847 bytes, checksum: 15a65e103eb1507f8165d2c23808dc0f (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / O objetivo dessa dissertação é analisar o desenvolvimento e o amadurecimento do Estado imperial e sua política externa em meados do século XIX, particularmente, no que se refere ao incidente diplomático conhecido como Questão Christie. Pretendemos, portanto, problematizar e discutir os limites e avanços da política externa brasileira, e comparar as versões de Brasil e Grã-Bretanha em relação ao ocorrido. Ao mesmo tempo, intentamos investigar a trajetória de João Batista Calógeras, um funcionário que trabalhou por quinze anos no ministério e que participou das negociações políticas entre Brasil e Grã-Bretanha, com isso, abrir um novo caminho para a compreensão da burocracia imperial nos negócios do Estado. Desse modo, pensamos em demonstrar que a agressividade da diplomacia britânica de combate ao tráfico de escravos combinado com uma política defensiva e autônoma do Império foram às causas fundamentais para o rompimento diplomático entre os dois países. / The aim of this dissertation is to analyze the development and maturation of the Imperial State and its foreign policy in the mid-nineteenth century, particularly in regard to the diplomatic incident known as the Crhistie Affair. We entend, therefore, to reflect on and discuss the limits and improvements of the Brazilian foreign policy, and to compare Brazil’s and England’s versions of the incident. In addition, we intend to investigate João Batista Calógeras trajectory, a government employee who worked for 15 years in the Ministry and took part in some political negotiations between Brazil and England, and as a result, to promote a new way to comprehend the imperial bureaucracy in the State’s business. All in all, we aim to demonstrate that the aggressiveness in the English diplomacy against the slave trade combined with a defensive and independent policy of the Imperial government was the fundamental cause of the rupture between the countries.

Abnormal behaviour may indicate important objects and events in a wide variety of domains. One such domain is intelligence and surveillance, where there is a clear trend towards more and more advanced sensor systems producing huge amounts of trajectory data from moving objects, such as people, vehicles, vessels and aircraft. In the maritime domain, for example, abnormal vessel behaviour, such as unexpected stops, deviations from standard routes, speeding, traffic direction violations etc., may indicate threats and dangers related to smuggling, sea drunkenness, collisions, grounding, hijacking, piracy etc. Timely detection of these relatively infrequent events, which is critical for enabling proactive measures, requires constant analysis of all trajectories; this is typically a great challenge to human analysts due to information overload, fatigue and inattention. In the Baltic Sea, for example, there are typically 3000–4000 commercial vessels present that are monitored by only a few human analysts. Thus, there is a need for automated detection of abnormal trajectory patterns. In this thesis, we investigate algorithms appropriate for automated detection of anomalous trajectories in surveillance applications. We identify and discuss some key theoretical properties of such algorithms, which have not been fully addressed in previous work: sequential anomaly detection in incomplete trajectories, continuous learning based on new data requiring no or limited human feedback, a minimum of parameters and a low and well-calibrated false alarm rate. A number of algorithms based on statistical methods and nearest neighbour methods are proposed that address some or all of these key properties. In particular, a novel algorithm known as the Similarity-based Nearest Neighbour Conformal Anomaly Detector (SNN-CAD) is proposed. This algorithm is based on the theory of Conformal prediction and is unique in the sense that it addresses all of the key properties above. The proposed algorithms are evaluated on real world trajectory data sets, including vessel traffic data, which have been complemented with simulated anomalous data. The experiments demonstrate the type of anomalous behaviour that can be detected at a low overall alarm rate. Quantitative results for learning and classification performance of the algorithms are compared. In particular, results from reproduced experiments on public data sets show that SNN-CAD, combined with Hausdorff distance  for measuring dissimilarity between trajectories, achieves excellent classification performance without any parameter tuning. It is concluded that SNN-CAD, due to its general and parameter-light design, is applicable in virtually any anomaly detection application. Directions for future work include investigating sensitivity to noisy data, and investigating long-term learning strategies, which address issues related to changing behaviour patterns and increasing size and complexity of training data.

Le thème des conseillers est quasiment absent des études de l’échiquier politique en Pologne, bien que la présence de ces acteurs sélectionnés et non élus dans la configuration de gouvernance s’ajoute à la complexité des questions de légitimité et de représentation. Cette thèse vise à combler ce vide, en explorant l’ancrage institutionnel, les traits sociodémographiques, les carrières et les rôles des conseillers des premiers ministres polonais de 1989 à 2014. Elle propose également un recadrage de la problématique du conseil, en l’intégrant dans le contexte des processus de délimitation de champs et de professions. L’analyse est orientée par les concepts de professionnalisation, trajectoire et boundary work, et repose sur la mobilisation de méthodes qualitatives et quantitatives. Les résultats montrent que l’institutionnalisation de l’informel au sein des cabinets politiques devenus dispositifs de conseil, les irrégularités dans les parcours professionnels et la liquidité du rôle façonné par des préférences contingentes rendent les frontières entre les conseillers et les autres catégories d’acteurs floues et négociables. Dans le même temps, la consolidation des cabinets politiques dans le paysage institutionnel, les convergences de profils de conseillers, l’adaptabilité de leur rôle et leur auto-identification comme conseillers suggèrent que plusieurs composantes de professionnalisation sont présentes. Le conseil politique apparaît comme un ensemble des pratiques variées, différemment placées sur les axes du formel et de l’informel, de l’expertise et de la confiance, de la science et de la politique, dont l’opposition est aussi discutée et contestée dans ce travail. / The theme of advisers is virtually absent from analyses of the Polish political system, although the presence of these selected and non-elected actors in the configuration of governance adds to the complexity of questions of legitimacy and representation. This thesis aims to fill the gap by exploring the institutional affiliation, sociodemographic features, careers and roles of advisers to the prime ministers of Poland active between 1989 and 2014. It also suggests a reframing of the question of political counsel by embedding it in the context of delimitation of fields and professions. The analysis is oriented by the concepts of professionalisation, trajectory and boundary work, and it relies on a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. The results indicate that the institutionalisation of informality within advisory units, the irregularities in professional trajectories and the liquidity of the role shaped by changing preferences blur the boundaries between advisers and other categories of actors. At the same time, the consolidation of political cabinets in the institutional landscape, the convergences in advisers’ profiles, the adaptability of their role, and their self-identification as advisers suggest that multiple components of professionalisation are present. Political counsel appears thus as a set of diversified practices positioned in a variety of ways on the axes of the formal versus the informal, trust and expertise, science and politics, whose contradictory nature is also discussed and contested in this work.

Abstract Introduction: Ball trajectory in the golf swing is an important outcome variable for golf performance, however, no direct investigation of ball flight trajectory variability for pre-elite players has been conducted. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine correlations between average score and ball trajectory variability (for carry and lateral displacement) on pre-elite golfers both at and between two different clubs.  Methods: Sixteen pre-elite/elite golfers were included in the study, 11 men and 5 women with a mean age of 22 ±2 (SD). An actual average (mean) score was calculated for each player’s first ten competition rounds. Subjects were then instructed to hit 5 balls, with focus on consistency, with their seven iron and then hit 5 balls approximately 70 metres with their preferred wedge. Ball trajectory variables were recorded using a Flightscope® Kudo Doppler radar launch monitor system (EDH South Africa (PTY) Ltd). Statistical calculation of averages, standard deviation (SD), normalised root-mean, coefficient of variance, performance error index (PEI= and Pearson’s correlation. Results: The results from the present study showed there was no significant correlation between average score (76.2 ±1.9) and variability of ball trajectory, for the seven iron or wedge. Results also showed average seven iron CV for carry and lateral PEIdisplacement was 5% and 3% respectively, whilst average wedge carry CV for carry and lateral PEIdisplacement was 9% and 2% respectively.  Carry CV and Lateral CV PEI were moderately correlated (r=0.61, p=0.012) with each other for the wedge. Conclusion: : Our findings show no correlation between shot variability and golf score, however we found weak correlation between carry and lateral variability for the wedge. In order for effective coaching more understanding into the importance of biomechanical variability and golf performance is required, further research is needed to better understand the implication of our findings

This abstract of research is included in the line of research Formation, Knowledge and professional development (PPGE/CE/UFSM). The objective of this investigation was to understand the teaching of conception of new Physical Education Graduate of the CEFD/UFSM go away instruction trajectory of teachers involved in the construction process and introduce of the politician-pedagogical project and course reorganization of the year of 2004 (CEIPPP/RC). The methodology characterized as qualitative of the type case study. They had participated of the representative inquiry four teacher-personage of the CEIPPP/RC, which, through the verbal narrative had carried through its stories. Beyond the narratives it was possible to have access to the politician-pedagogical project and of Acts registered during the meeting of the CEIPPP/RC. For the analysis of the information it searched identification of the thematic focus through the technique of the gradual reduction of the text. In this direction, the narratives had assumed a biographical character of as the professors if they show when they speak of itself, of the profession and the context, what it allowed to seat the formation and its conceptions in its trajectory of life. The categories constructed from the narrative of the professor-personage express its conceptions, which if identify with the holistic and ecological vision that praises the politician-pedagogical project: the awareness in assuming the construction of an interlaced educative project with the agreement of that the with regard to process is capable to produce changes from new learnings, which had been perceived as reflected of the proper performance of itself during the process of construction of the PPP and the curricular reorganization. Thus, it was important to observe as the distinct moments practice for the professor-personage in its formative trajectory had influenced them in the construction of its conceptions, having been considered, therefore, as personage of our inquiry because they had been citizens of proper history that had counted / Este epítome refere-se à investigação inserida na Linha de Pesquisa Formação Saberes e Desenvolvimento Profissional (PPGE/CE/UFSM). O objetivo foi compreender as concepções da formação de professores da nova Licenciatura em Educação Física do CEFD/UFSM a partir da trajetória docente dos professores envolvidos no processo de construção e implantação do projeto político-pedagógico e reestruturação curricular do ano de 2004 (CEIPPP/RC). A metodologia caracterizou-se como qualitativa do tipo estudo de caso. Participaram da investigação quatro professores-personagem representantes da CEIPPP/RC, os quais, através da narrativa oral realizaram os seus relatos. Além das narrativas foi possível ter acesso ao projeto político-pedagógico e das Atas registradas durante os encontros da CEIPPP/RC. Para a análise das informações buscou-se a identificação dos focos temáticos através da técnica da redução gradual do texto. Neste sentido, as narrativas assumiram um caráter biográfico de como os professores se mostram quando falam de si, da profissão e do contexto, o que permitiu assentar a formação e suas concepções na sua trajetória de vida. As categorias construídas a partir da narrativa dos professores-personagem expressam as suas concepções, as quais se identificam com a visão holística e ecológica que preconiza o projeto políticopedagógico: a conscientização em assumir a construção de um projeto educativo entrelaçado com o entendimento de que o processo interrelacional é capaz de produzir mudanças a partir de novas aprendizagens, as quais foram percebidas como reflexo da atuação de si próprio durante o processo de construção do PPP e da reestruturação curricular. Assim, foi importante observarmos como os distintos momentos experienciados pelos professores-personagem na sua trajetória formativa os influenciaram na edificação das suas concepções, sendo considerados, portanto, como personagem da nossa investigação porque foram sujeitos da própria história que contaram

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This master thesis Trajectory and political action of Antônio de Souza Netto was developed in the Research Line Integration, Politics and Frontier , in the History Master s Degree in the Graduate School Program at Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, supported by CAPES/DS. The purpose of this master thesis was to investigate the trajectory and political action of the General Farroupilha Antônio de Souza Netto, mainly in the period after the Farroupilha Revolution (1835 1845). The general who proclaimed the Riograndense Republic was included in other conflicts in the La Plata Region and who served in these conflicts in accordance with the interests of the Empire. However, a part of the historiography argued in recente years that the Empire was forced to interfere in the region, in favor of the Brazilians who lived on the frontier of Rio Grande do Sul or beyond, to avoid a new attempt to separate the Province. In this sense, we demonstrate the political trajectory of Netto, a brazilian militar who lived in Uruguay. We seek to investigate the arguments used by the General to convince the Empire to answer the the demands of the Brazilians living in the Frontier. We did this work based in the political history and using as sources the newspapers, correspondences, Empire ministries reports, militar documentation, bibliographic, among others. The result of this research and crosschecking revealed an individual who has established strong relationships with various sectors of Imperial policy, with friends in the Parish and Court , solid built friendships and publicly defended. In this sense, we identified that the war, the land and the frontier are the foundation of his power and influence in the politics in the Empire in mid-nineteenth century, more precisely between the years 1845 to 1866, the year when the General Netto dies in the Paraguay War. / A presente dissertação Trajetória e Atuação Política de Antônio de Souza Netto foi desenvolvida na Linha de Pesquisa Integração, Política e Fronteira , no Curso de Mestrado em História do Programa de Pós-Graduação em História da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, com auxílio de Bolsa CAPES/DS. O objetivo da dissertação foi investigar a trajetória e a atuação política do General Farroupilha Antônio de Souza Netto, principalmente no período posterior à Revolução Farroupilha (1835-1845). O general que proclamou a República Riograndense esteve incluído em diversos outros conflitos no contexto platino e atuou nesses conflitos em consonância com os interesses do Império. Entretanto, uma parte da historiografia argumentou, nos últimos anos, que o Império foi obrigado a intervir na região, em favor dos brasileiros residentes na fronteira do Rio Grande do Sul ou além dela, para evitar uma nova tentativa de separação da Província. Nesse sentido, buscamos demonstrar a trajetória política de Netto, um militar brasileiro residente no Uruguai. Procuramos investigar quais os argumentos que o General utiliza para convencer o Império a atender as demandas dos brasileiros residentes na zona da fronteira. Fizemos isso trabalhando com base na história política e utilizando-nos de fontes como periódicos, correspondências, relatórios de ministérios do Império, documentações militares, bibliográficas, entre outros. O resultado dessa pesquisa e cruzamento de dados acabou revelando um indivíduo que estabeleceu fortes relações com diversos setores da política Imperial, tendo amigos na Paróquia e na Corte , amizades solidamente construídas e publicamente defendidas. Nesse sentido, identificamos que a guerra, a terra e a zona de fronteira são as bases de seu poder e sua influência na política no Império em meados do Século XIX, mais precisamente entre os anos de 1845 até 1866, ano em que o General Netto morre na guerra do Paraguai.

Abstract The information age is characterized by ever-growing amounts of data surrounding us. By reproducing this data into usable knowledge we can start moving toward the knowledge age. Data mining is the science of transforming measurable information into usable knowledge. During the data mining process, the measurements pass through a chain of sophisticated transformations in order to acquire knowledge. Furthermore, in some applications the results are implemented as software solutions so that they can be continuously utilized. It is evident that the quality and amount of the knowledge formed is highly dependent on the transformations and the process applied. This thesis presents an application independent concept that can be used for managing the data mining process and implementing the acquired results as software applications. The developed concept is divided into two parts – solution formation and solution implementation. The first part presents a systematic way for finding a data mining solution from a set of measurement data. The developed approach allows for easier application of a variety of algorithms to the data, manages the work chain, and differentiates between the data mining tasks. The method is based on storage of the data between the main stages of the data mining process, where the different stages of the process are defined on the basis of the type of algorithms applied to the data. The efficiency of the process is demonstrated with a case study presenting new solutions for resistance spot welding quality control. The second part of the concept presents a component-based data mining application framework, called Smart Archive, designed for implementing the solution. The framework provides functionality that is common to most data mining applications and is especially suitable for implementing applications that process continuously acquired measurements. The work also proposes an efficient algorithm for utilizing cumulative measurement data in the history component of the framework. Using the framework, it is possible to build high-quality data mining applications with shorter development times by configuring the framework to process application-specific data. The efficiency of the framework is illustrated using a case study presenting the results and implementation principles of an application developed for predicting steel slab temperatures in a hot strip mill. In conclusion, this thesis presents a concept that proposes solutions for two fundamental issues of data mining, the creation of a working data mining solution from a set of measurement data and the implementation of it as a stand-alone application.