AMARAL, Letícia Reis. Todos São Francisco: audiovisual e encontro com a singularidade. 2014. 142f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em Comunicação Social, Fortaleza (CE), 2014. / Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2014-10-22T12:08:37Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2014_dis_lramaral.pdf: 3603285 bytes, checksum: 8c3e63d27c889b7dc0f776d1ac098b88 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo(marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2014-10-22T13:46:02Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2014_dis_lramaral.pdf: 3603285 bytes, checksum: 8c3e63d27c889b7dc0f776d1ac098b88 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-22T13:46:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2014_dis_lramaral.pdf: 3603285 bytes, checksum: 8c3e63d27c889b7dc0f776d1ac098b88 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / The short film All San Francisco, 14 minutes, directed by young Ceará Charliane de Oliveira is the starting point for this research. Recounts personal stories of a family who lives in Morro de Santa Terezinha from their testimonies and pictures of the daily lives of these characters. Was chosen as the site for being a relevant video from the latest audiovisual production in the city of Fortaleza, having been recognized and awarded nationally in relevant festivals like Kinoforum (SP-2010). From a film analysis of the video there is an immersion in the daily work of young people from the outskirts of Fortaleza involved with training and audiovisual productions. The focus of attention is on the relationship of young videographers with photographic and audiovisual production and the becoming of this contact. The strength of audiovisual images and their relationship to the process of meeting with the singularity, with the aid of theoretical reflections of Walter Benjamin, Felix Guattari, Roland Barthes, Giorgio Agamben, Georges Didi-Huberman, among others, form the subject of this investigation . Among the forwards, the audiovisual images that assist in the formation of a critical consciousness and meeting with the uniqueness of each involved. / O curta-metragem Todos São Francisco, de 14 minutos, dirigido pela jovem cearense Charliane de Oliveira é o ponto de partida para este trabalho de pesquisa. Relata histórias pessoais de uma família moradora no Morro de Santa Terezinha a partir de seus depoimentos e imagens do cotidiano desses personagens. Foi escolhido como objeto por ter sido um vídeo relevante entre a produção audiovisual recente na cidade de Fortaleza, tendo sido reconhecido e premiado nacionalmente em festivais relevantes como o Kinofórum (SP-2010). A partir de uma análise fílmica do vídeo há um trabalho de imersão no cotidiano de jovens da periferia de Fortaleza envolvidos com formações e produções audiovisuais. O foco da atenção é para a relação dos jovens videomakers com a produção fotográfica e audiovisual e o devir desse contato. A força das imagens audiovisuais e a relação delas com o processo de encontro com a singularidade, com o auxílio das reflexões teóricas de Walter Benjamin, Felix Guattari, Roland Barthes, Giorgio Agamben, Georges Didi-Huberman, entre outros, compõem o objeto desta investigação. Entre os encaminhamentos, o de que as imagens audiovisuais auxiliam na formação de uma consciência crítica e no encontro com a singularidade de cada envolvido.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2017-10-20T13:32:11Z No. of bitstreams: 1 analuciapitta.pdf: 3104957 bytes, checksum: cbb696cdfecdb29ceaca03fdf6d58ae1 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-10-21T13:12:03Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 analuciapitta.pdf: 3104957 bytes, checksum: cbb696cdfecdb29ceaca03fdf6d58ae1 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-21T13:12:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 analuciapitta.pdf: 3104957 bytes, checksum: cbb696cdfecdb29ceaca03fdf6d58ae1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-11-11 / O presente trabalho abarca a relação de determinados sujeitos com o vestuário, buscando compreender como o uso de certas peças pode criar interessantes narrativas contra hegemônicas. Assim, almejamos pensar em como, através da roupa, certos grupos são capazes de acionar singularidades frente às investidas da máquina capitalística, criando novos modos de existência. Dentre os sujeitos e suas roupas que provocaram as discussões levantadas neste trabalho, destacam-se os homens e mulheres que performam como drag queens e mulheres gordas que utilizam roupas que geralmente lhes são proibidas, como peças muito justas ou curtas. As narrativas acerca desses sujeitos serão costuradas pelas leituras que fizemos, bem como por imagens extraídas de livros, filmes, das próprias ruas da cidade. / The study covers the relationship of certain subjects with clothing, trying to understand how the use of certain pieces can create interesting n arratives against hegemonic. Thus, we aim to think about how, through clothing, certain groups are able to trigger singularities front of investees of capitalistic machine, creating new ways of existence. Among the subjects and their clothes that provoked discussions raised in this paper, we highlight the men and women who perform as drag queens and fat women using clothing hat are generally prohibited for them, as too tight or short pieces. The narratives about these subjects will be stitched by the readings we did, as well as images taken from books, movies, the streets of the city.

The aim of the dissertation is to understand the rural environment, using the specific example of the Šarovy village, in all its uniqueness and wholeness of its built-up and rural zones. It points out the pressing problems of current landscape, such as the alienation of man and landscape, land consolidation, or bad state policy. The case study describes the activities of the citizens association Jinákrajina in the area of Šarovy and nearby villages. It describes individual activities of the citizens association (sculptures, avenues and trees, interesting places in the landscape, nature trails, events, and plans for the village), the reasons for their origination, the reactions they caused, and the consequences. The objectives of the research aim to show that it is art that can be the joining element between ecological and social approaches.

Ce manuscrit a pour objectif de présenter plusieurs résultats de restauration d’unicité et de sélection d’équilibres dans les jeux à champ moyen. La théorie des jeux à champ moyen a été initiée dans les années 2000 par deux groupes de chercheurs, Lasry et Lions en France, et Huang, Caines et Malhamé au Canada. L’objectif de cette théorie est de décrire les équilibres de Nash dans des jeux différentiels stochastiques incluant un grand nombre de joueurs interagissant les uns avec les autres à travers leur mesure empirique commune et présentant suffisamment de symétrie. Si l’existence d’équilibres dans les jeux à champ moyen est maintenant bien comprise, l’unicité reste connue dans un nombre très limité de cas. A cet égard, la condition la plus connue est celle dite de monotonie, due à Lasry et Lions. Dans cette thèse, nous démontrons, que pour une certaine classe de jeux à champ moyen, l’unicité peut être rétablie à l’aide d’un forçage aléatoire des dynamiques, communs à tous les joueurs. Un tel forçage est appelé “bruit commun”. Nous montrons également que, dans certains cas, il est possible de sélectionner des équilibres en l’absence de bruit commun en faisant tendre le bruit commun vers zéro. Enfin, nous montrons comment ces résultats s’appliquent à des problèmes de type “principal-agents”, avec un grand nombre d’agents en interaction. / The purpose of this thesis is to present several results on the restoration of uniqueness and selection of equilibria when uniqueness fails in mean field games. The theory of mean field games was initiated in the 2000s by two groups of researchers, Lasry and Lions in France, and Huang, Caines, and Malhamé in Canada. The aim of this theory is to describe the Nash equilibria in stochastic differential games involving a large number of players interacting with each other through their common empirical measure, under sufficient symmetry hypothesis. If the existence of equilibria in mean field games is now well understood, uniqueness remains known in a very limited number of cases. In this respect, the most well-known condition is the monotony hypothesis, due to Lasry and Lions. In this thesis, we demonstrate that for a certain class of mean field games, uniqueness can be restored by means of a random and common forcing, acting on all the players. Such a forcing is called “common noise”. We also show that in some cases it is possible to select equilibria in the absence of common noise by letting the common noise tend towards zero. Finally, we show how these results apply to “principal-agent” .problems, with a large number of interacting agents.

Background: The study explores the impact of brand equity on brand loyalty intention within the accounting services sector in Finland. The study uses four dimensions of brand equity, which include perceived brand quality, perceived brand value, perceived brand uniqueness and perceived corporate credibility. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to explore the applicability and the impact of customer-based brand equity and its dimensions in the field of accounting. Method: The current research applies known conceptual frameworks and theories on the dimensions of customer-based brand equity in business-to-business context and investigates causal relationships between the CBBE dimensions and brand loyalty intention. A self-administered survey was conducted and a total of 93 responses was collected from businesses that use external accounting services. Conclusion: All hypotheses have been supported and the findings conclude that brand quality, brand value, brand uniqueness and corporate credibility have positive correlation with brand loyalty intention. Findings of the study are relevant for marketers and researchers, as well as for managerial implications in the building of brand equity. The paper provides valuable insights into the dimensions of customer-based brand equity in the business-to-business context and offers a solid foundation for future research on brand loyalty and brand equity and offers practical help for businesses to enhance their customers’ loyalty.

Small businesses are an important part of innovation, competitiveness and economic development. Support systems such as business incubators have emerged with the purpose of helping these startups develop. The startups which are in focus in this thesis operate in different industries, in technology-based industries where commercialization and growth is in focus, to creative industries which focus on developing individual talent and creativity. The characteristics and core of the businesses differ, giving them different business logics by which the startups operate. The business logic leads the startups to face different challenges, which the thesis considers to regard liabilities of smallness, liabilities of newness and liabilities of uniqueness as well as organizing.  These variations give the startups differences in how they operate and hence, also a need for different types of support given by business incubators. Business incubator support is in the thesis categorized into three components of Networks, Infrastructure and Business Services, as suggested in a triad model of Carvalho & Galina (2015). As varying business logics makes a difference on what type of value startups produce, it is important to study the relationship between these logics and the support provided by an incubator. It is important in order to understand how incubators can adapt their support more effectively to help entrepreneurs overcome their challenges.  The thesis purpose is to broaden the understanding of how business logics and challenges of startups adhere to the industry they are in, and how the support given by business incubators can help the businesses to overcome challenges associated with these business logics. The research design was qualitative, and data was collected by performing six semi-structured interviews with entrepreneurs within creative and technology-based industries, enrolled at business incubators with these specializations.  The study results in a proposed model, giving extension to the original triad model by Carvalho & Galina (2015). In the proposed model, new dimensions of the support system as well as the nature of the startups’ business logics, and challenges are addressed. The proposed model and the study’s results may act as a guiding framework for future research in the field, aiming to gain a better understanding of the reality of startups with different business logics.

京都大学 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(理学) / 甲第23686号 / 理博第4776号 / 新制||理||1684(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院理学研究科数学・数理解析専攻 / (主査)教授 並河 良典, 教授 玉川 安騎男, 教授 望月 拓郎 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Science / Kyoto University / DFAM

This thesis explores how professionals working with unaccompanied minors (UM) perceive the uniqueness of this group in relation to substance use and prevention. Findings from the study suggest that professionals’ perceptions of UM’s uniqueness could be divided into five themes: financial situation; age; contact persons and authorities; prolonged waits at the migration agency; and access to health care. Drug use among UM was either perceived to be a result of the difficult experiences they have lived through or something that only certain (deviant) youth engage in. How professionals perceived the vulnerability and oppression of UM correlated with the attempts and efforts they made in providing preventative work against drugs. In terms of treatment, it was perceived as UM either got into treatment more easily compared to others, or that they faced various barriers. It is suggested that the additional barriers may be increasingly more evident after the UM’s 18th birthday.

This three-essay dissertation extends previous research on social influence and examines social influence’s impact on consumption, particularly in the contexts of collective goals and brand preferences. Essay 1 focuses on collective marketing campaigns, which are not shared equally by all customers. Two studies demonstrate that the framing of collective progress in such campaigns can broaden participation by highlighting the large area of progress toward the goal, emphasizing progress achieved for campaigns in their late stages and progress remaining in their early stages. Essay 2 examines the effects of brand age on consumer preferences and choices. Six studies demonstrate that consumers’ preferences for younger brands increase with perceptions of product category innovativeness or the extent to which the product category is perceived to have evolved and is likely to evolve in the future. Findings reveal that younger (vs. established) brands are likely to be preferred when perceptions of product category innovativeness are high (vs. low). Essay 3 examines the effects of perceptions of product category innovativeness and consumer traits, such as novelty seeking and need for uniqueness, on consumers’ preference for young versus established brands. This dissertation provides theoretical and managerial contributions. / Business Administration/Marketing

We first provide a detailed background of a geometric projection methodology developed by Professor Roswitha Marz at Humboldt University in Berlin for showing uniqueness and existence of solutions for ordinary differential-algebraic equations (DAEs). Because of the geometric and operator-theoretic aspects of this particular method, it can be extended to the case of infinite-dimensional abstract DAEs. For example, partial differential equations (PDEs) are often formulated as abstract Cauchy or evolution problems which we label abstract ordinary differential equations or AODE. Using this abstract formulation, existence and uniqueness of the Cauchy problem has been studied. Similarly, we look at an AODE system with operator constraint equations to formulate an abstract differential-algebraic equation or ADAE problem. Existence and uniqueness of solutions is shown under certain conditions on the operators for both index-1 and index-2 abstract DAEs. These existence and uniqueness results are then applied to some index-1 DAEs in the area of thermodynamic modeling of a chemical vapor deposition reactor and to a structural dynamics problem. The application for the structural dynamics problem, in particular, provides a detailed construction of the model and development of the DAE framework. Existence and uniqueness are primarily demonstrated using a semigroup approach. Finally, an exploration of some issues which arise from discretizing the abstract DAE are discussed. / Ph. D.