Text in Afrikaans / Infringement, by the executive, of the right to privacy of the individual is an everyday occurrence. Section 14 of the Constitution, Act 108 of 1996 protects the right to privacy. The Criminal Procedure Act, Act 51 of 1977 authorises the police service, to search for and seize articles, to enter premises, ascertain bodily features of accused and to employ traps and undercover operations. On the one hand the Criminal Procedure Act authorises the police to infringe the privacy of the individual but on the other hand it guarantees the privacy of the individual. The provisions of the Criminal Procedure Act are qualified by the Constitution, specifically by section 36 and 35(5). The authorisation of a police officer should be obtained before a person could be arrested without a warrant, which should, in any event, be the last resort. The written permission of an officer must be obtained prior to the making of an application for a warrant to a magistrate. A police officer should be prohibited from issuing a search warrant, as the general perception of the public is that members of the police may not be sufficiently independent. The exercising of magistrates' discretion regarding the decision as to whether a search warrant should be issued or not should be extended. A search warrant should comply with strict requirements as to who may execute the warrant, when, how and when the warrant will become invalid. Search and seizure without a warrant should not be allowed at all, except in circumstances where there is an immediate threat or danger to a person, property or the public safety. In cases of urgency, it should be made possible to obtain the telephonic permission from a magistrate to search property. Where necessary to ascertain the bodily features of an accused through surgery, a compulsory application in terms of section 37(3) should be made to the court for authorisation, irrespective of whether the accused consents to the surgery or not. More importance should be attached to the rights of the individual and the powers of the executive should be limited. / Jurisprudence / LL.D

The goal of this master´s thesis is to describe individual characters, especially the main characters, in selected prose of the well-known Czech writer Ladislav Fuks. This thesis will be primarily focused on the unusual behavior, peciliarities, features and the character of the protagonists. The biographical part of the thesis will be focused on the author´s personality and lifestyle. The bibliographical part will be focused on a detailed analysis of the protagonists in selected titles. More than ten characters will be compared. The primary method used in this thesis will be: analysis, interpretation, along with the use of the description and confrontation of the individual protagonists. The prime benefit of this thesis lies in a more detailed description and comparison of the behavior and character of the individual figures.

O objetivo desta dissertação é a proposição de uma análise do objeto nulo no português brasileiro examinando-se o seu condicionamento em função dos traços semântico-pragmáticos do DP (Determiner Phrase) antecedente. Segundo Schwenter & Silva (2003), ainda que haja muitos estudos a respeito do estatuto sintático dessa categoria, poucas pesquisas vêm sendo dedicadas à forma como os traços do antecedente podem condicionar a alternância entre o emprego de objetos nulos e posições preenchidas por pronomes manifestos. O traço semântico animacidade do antecedente é uma constante quando se discute o assunto (como em Bianchi & Figueiredo Silva, 1994; e Schwenter & Silva, 2002). Além desse, aponta-se também o traço pragmático da especificidade, como no estudo de Cyrino (1997), considerado o ponto de partida para o desenvolvimento das pesquisas sobre o objeto nulo em português brasileiro. Já Menuzzi e Creus (2004) propõem outra possibilidade para o condicionante da retomada anafórica do objeto direto: o gênero semântico do DP antecedente. Na visão desses autores, os traços de animacidade e especificidade de Cyrino (1997) podem ser reduzidos a esse único traço, o gênero semântico. Essas duas hipóteses foram comparadas por meio de um estudo de corpus. O resultado a que se chegou revela que as duas propostas apresentam resultados semelhantes. A construção denominada elipse de VP também foi alvo de estudo. Tendo em vista a semelhança existente, na estrutura superficial, entre a elipse de VP e o objeto nulo, como registrado por Raposo (1986), procurou-se observar se os traços que parecem condicionar o emprego do objeto nulo atuam de forma similar para a elipse de VP. Fez-se uso do mesmo corpus para avaliar essa predição. E os dados recomendam que se verifique essa hipótese. / The purpose of this dissertation is to provide an analysis of the null object in Brazilian Portuguese from the perspective of semantic and pragmatic features of the previous DP (Determiner Phrase). According to Schwenter & Silva (2003), there are many researches about the syntactic status of this category, but very little is known about how the features of the previous DP may condition the variance between the use of null objects and filled positions with overt pronouns. The semantic feature “animacity” of the previous DP has been a constant topic when discussing this issue (as in Bianchi & Figueiredo Silva, 1994; and Schwenter & Silva, 2002). The pragmatic feature of “specificity” appears with it, such as in studies of Cyrino (1997), considered to be the starting point to the development of researches about the null object in Brazilian Portuguese. Menuzzi e Creus (2004) propose another possibility to the conditioner of the resumed anaphors of the null object: the semantic genre of the previous DP. As stated by these authors, the features of animacity and specificity from Cyrino (1997) may be reduced to this single feature, the semantic genre. These two hypotheses have been compared through a corpus study. The achieved result reveals that the two proposals present similar results. The construction called “VP ellipsis” has also been examined. Taking into consideration the similarity observed between the VP ellipsis and the null object in the surface structure, as pointed out by Raposo (1986), it aimed at verifying whether the features that apparently seem to condition the use of the null object act similarly to the ellipsis of the VP. The same corpus has been used to evaluate this prediction. The data recommend verifying this hypothesis.

Speech contains certain attributes characteristic for a speaker, so-called idiosyncratic features. This thesis focuses on the form of these features in intentional voice disguise - whether speakers are able to change them in a substantial way, or if they tend to remain stable in spite of intentional speech modifications. It was also investigated whether any general tendencies to similar changes of such features under voice disguise exist among the speakers. The observed features were statistical f0 indicators, f0 contours, vowel formants, long- term formant distributions, spectral characteristics of sibilants, intensity, intensity contours, speech and articulation rate, %V and local articulation rate contours. In f0 median and standard deviation, vowel formants, LTFDs, intensity, articulation rate, and %V, prominent shifts under voice disguise were observed in general; in the majority of these parameters, the shifts differed among speakers. However it was found that the value of %V generally tends to rise under voice disguise. Also, intensity showed an increase in majority of cases. In f0 contours, similar patterns were observed among speakers in normal speech, however, in disguised speech, greater differences appeared among speakers; speakers tend to employ nonstandard dynamic f0 patterns more...

A Web (World Wide Web) foi uma maneira revolucionária de aproximar os indivíduos e fomentar a comunicação entre os mesmos. As plataformas que possibilitam ou facilitam a interação social muitas vezes não se traduzem em negócios sustentáveis. Parte desse problema recai sobre deficiências na definição de requisitos funcionais em devido a falta de compreensão sobre os atributos de valor na visão dos usuários (atuais ou potenciais) destes serviços. Neste contexto surgem os aplicativos sociais que englobam os mais diversos meios de compartilhamento de informações. Eles extraem, processam e classificam os dados publicados em plataformas, como as redes sociais, que podem ser definidas como o principal aplicativo social por permitir a construção de perfis públicos e semi-públicos, além de manter a interação entre usuário e conteúdo dinâmico. Cada rede social possui diferentes funcionalidades fazendo com que um usuário utilize diversas delas simultaneamente. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo principal levantar e analisar o valor percebido pelos usuários de três redes sociais amplamente difundidas, Facebook, Instagram e Linkedin à luz de seis categorias de atributos de valor para usuários de redes sociais: socialização, comunicação, informação, entretenimento, comercial e auto-expressão. Da mesma forma, os diferentes atributos de valor percebido serão relacionados com as funcionalidades disponíveis nestes aplicativos a fim de analisá-los e comprovar suas particularidades. Para tal, foram realizadas pesquisas com questionário, entrevistas semi-estruturadas e grupo focado. A partir dos desdobramentos dos atributos de valor em funcionalidades, torna-se possível desenvolver e comercializar com sucesso novas redes sociais ou manter redes já difundidas através da fidelização de seus clientes. Considera-se de grande importância a análise dos atributos de valor, por estes muitas vezes serem confundidos pelos usuários quando relacionados às funcionalidades existentes em redes sociais, podendo assim ser sugeridos desdobramentos desses atributos. / The Web (World Wide Web) was a revolutionary way to approach individuals and foster the communication among them. Platforms that enable or facilitate social interaction often do not become sustainable business. Part of this problem lies on deficiencies in the definition of functional requirements due to lack of understanding regarding the value given by the users (current or potential) to those services. Emerge, in this context, social applications that comprehend many different means of information sharing. Those applications extract, process and classify the published data on platforms such as social networks, which can be defined as the main social application because it allows the construction of public and semi-public profiles, and also maintain interaction between the user and the dynamic content. Each social network presents different features which makes the user to use several of them simultaneously. This research aims to understand and analyze the value given by the users of three widely disseminated social networking, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn taking into consideration six categories that can express this value of those social networking services: socialization, communication, information, entertainment, business and self-expression. Likewise, those different categories will be related to the available features in these applications in order to analyze and prove its particularities. For this purpose, surveys throughout questionnaires, semi-structured interviews and focused groups were used. It is relevant to understand what is considered important by the users of social networks. Relating the Social applications tools with the perceived value by users, it becomes possible to develop and successfully sell new social networks or to maintain well known networks through customer loyalty. It is also considered the importance of analyzing the perceived value, these have often being mistaken by users as related to existing features in social networks, splits these attributes can therefore be suggested.

Horses have been companions to humans for thousands of years, both as work animals and as part of our culture. The Old Kladruber horse is a Czech autochthonous breed included in animal genetic resources. The aim of my thesis was to assess the gradual change in the external features of Old Kladruber horses in the years 1900 2013 in both the colour variants. I focused on 5 body measurements (height at the withers measured by tape, height at the withers measured by stick, girth of chest, girth of bone) collected for 1021 horses registered in the breed registry. The obtained values have been summarized and subsequently statistically and graphically evaluated. The results imply that values of wither height of Old Kladruber horses measured both by tape and stick have been increasing, whereas their weight has slightly dropped. In white horses, the average increase in the tape-measured wither height amounted to 3.5 cm and to 7 cm in black horses. Stick height at the withers has shown an increase ranging between 3 4.7 cm in white horses, while in black horses, the values ranged between 6 10 cm. In stallions, the chest girth was determined at 197.5 cm. White mares had a chest girth of 199.55 cm. Almost identical value, i.e. 198.13 cm, was determined for black mares. The bone girth has remained almost unchanged. A slight decrease was observed in white Old Kladruber horses stallions in the years 1970 2013 by 0.5 cm. This change was most probably caused by the addition of blood of other breeds in the past. A drop in the weight was monitored over the time interval of 1930 2013 and it ranged between 22 kg and 73 kg according to the monitored group. This drop in the weight and increase in the body frame implies a change in the type of the horse, tending rather to the sports type. However, this change can also be affected by the conditions in the environment. Only in unique cases, the values of the variation coefficient in the years 1990 2013 exceeded the limit of 10%. Groups of monitored horses of both colour variants can thus be considered balanced. In the years 1990 2013, several horses of a non-compliant standard height were also included in the breed. This was required as part of the attempt to preserve all of the existing lines and families as well as to keep the coefficient of relationship low.

Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnologico / Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-08T20:14:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 104616.pdf: 4362957 bytes, checksum: 75276f9b701befc9e25f3319937ee217 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1996 / Este trabalho se propõe a apresentar uma metodologia de desenvolvimento de sistemas CAPP que favoreça a adaptação do sistema criado à realidade de cada empresa que o utilize. O modelo proposto utiliza a abordagem de sistema CAPP generativo, off-line e por peça. A tecnologia de features, aliada à análise orientada a objeto, é utilizada como forma de representação das informações do sistema. A geração dos planos de processo é realizada por um sistema especialista. Como implementação do modelo proposto tem-se a construção de um software destinado a microcomputadores da linha PC, com sistema operacional DOS. Dados fornecidos pela empresa SLC, do setor agrícola, foram utilizados para a modelagem de uma célula de manufatura à qual o sistema foi adaptado.

Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Mecânica / Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-19T07:11:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0Bitstream added on 2014-09-25T22:29:03Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 179132.pdf: 6860134 bytes, checksum: d791e203cb89b920370d1ee84d9b2e43 (MD5) / As estratégia atuais de desenvolvimento de produtos compartilham um requisito fundamental: a necessidade de ferramentas computacionais capazes de integrar e coodenar requisitos de projeto durante as atividades de modelamento de produtos. Vários estudo nesta área, apontam para a integração de feramentas de sistemas CAD comerciais com outras tecnologias de informação. Isso permite combinar e compartilhar de maneira centralizada, dados gerados por sistemas computacionai empregados nas diferentes áreas de conhecimento da empresa. O presente trabalho segue esta linha de pesquisa. Ele propõe uma abordagem para modelamento de peças mecânicas na fase de detalhamento de projeto, utilizando uma biblioteca com definições de features personalizadas. Tais definições são entendidas como unidades informacionais reusáveis de projeto, constituidas de dados geométricos e não geométricos. Elas são representadas através da combinação de recursos de sistemas CAD comerciais de médio ou grande porte, com RDBMS. O obejetivo é demonstrar pontencialidades e limitações na utilização das ferramentas disponíveis nestes sistemas CAD, para o desenvolvimento de aplicações baseadas na tecnologia de features. É apresentada uma revisão do estado da arte em sistemas CAD e RDBMS comerciais, descrição da abordagem proposta, e sua implementação prática. A abordagem proposta integra informações de engenharia no projeto mecânico para criação de modelos mais completos de peças e também facilita o compartilhamento destes dados. Portanto, ela pode ser usada como base de implementação de um ambiente computacional para Engenharia Simultânea. A reusabilidade de dados possibilita o trabalho com dados de projeto já otimizados, segundo considerações de manufaturabilidade, montabilidade, etc., favorecendo assim a padronização, redução de tempo e custo no desenvolvimento de produtos.

Knowledge sharing across domains is key to bringing down the cost of production and the time to market of products. This thesis is directed to improve the knowledge sharing capability of the present systems that use information and communication technologies. Systems for different domains have structures that are made up of concepts and relations with different semantic interpretations. Therefore, knowledge sharing across such domains becomes an issue. Knowledge sharing across multiple domains can be facilitated through a system that can provide a shared understanding across multiple domains. This requires a rigorous common semantic base underlying the domains across which to share knowledge.

abstract: Those who have borderline personality disorder (BPD), and those who have subclinical levels of BPD features, experience distress and impairment in important life domains, especially in their interpersonal interactions. It is critical to understand the factors that alleviate BPD symptoms in order to help affected individuals lead healthier lives. Rejection sensitivity and sleep disturbance are two factors that may maintain or exacerbate BPD symptoms, yet new research indicates socially supportive relationships are related to symptom remission. While extensive research exists on the interpersonal impairments associated with borderline personality pathology, little research exists on how individuals with BPD or BPD features perceive and experience their social support. The present study examined the relationships between BPD features, perceived social support, sleep quality, and rejection sensitivity in a racially diverse, large sample of primarily college-aged individuals (N = 396). Results indicated that BPD features had a significant positive relationship with self-reported rejection sensitivity and a significant negative relationship with self-reported perceived social support. Additionally, BPD features had a significant positive relationship with sleep disturbance. Sleep disturbance did not moderate the relationship between BPD features and rejection sensitivity as expected; however, the regression of rejection sensitivity on BPD features and sleep disturbance was significant. Finally, sleep disturbance moderated the relationship between BPD features and rejection sensitivity. Results extend and replicate recent research findings on the possible mechanisms that may maintain and alleviate BPD symptoms. Furthermore, the moderating effect of sleep disturbance on perceived social support for those with higher levels of BPD features is unique to this study. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Counseling Psychology 2016