Uppsatsen undersöker hur de olika panoreringsteknikerna, direkt/ambient och direkt-överallt, för 5.1 surround uppfattas utav lyssnare. Enligt direkt/ambient ska alla direkta källor panoreras till frontkanalerna (L, C, R) och endast ambiens finnas i surroundkanalerna (Ls, Rs). Enligt direkt-överallt kan direkta källor panoreras till alla kanaler. Ljudstimuli i tre genrer har utav undertecknad framställts, rock/hårdrock, jazz/fusion och hip hop. Ett exempel enligt direkt/ambient och ett enligt direkt-överallt framställdes i varje genre. Vidare har två lyssningsundersökningar ägt rum, en med ”vana” lyssnare i ett kontrollrum samt en med ”vanliga” lyssnare i hemmiljö. Undersökningarna visade att de flesta föredrog direkt-överallt-produktionerna och dessa uppfattades även som mest omslutande vilket har visat sig vara en viktig egenskap för en musikproduktion i surround.

Denna uppsats jämför vilken av två olika inspelningar som är att föredra då konsumenten lyssnar på musik i sitt hem med en 5.1 konsumentanläggning. Inspelningarna som jämförs är gjorda med amplitud- och tidsskillnad.  Ett lyssningstest gjordes då tio stycken ljudtekniker fick lyssna och jämföra de två olika inspelningar sittande i fyra olika positioner. Resultatet visade att tidsskillnad var att föredra oberoende av var lyssnaren sitter. Vad detta beror på är oklart då de attribut som utvärderades sällan gav något signifikant resultat.

When recording music for surround audio engineers sometimes face limitations in time, ideal microphone positions or a noisy audience. If this cannot be dealt with at the location, artificial reverbs are often used in the mixing to “fill in the blanks”. In this study, three instruments were recorded separately with two 5.1 surround microphone setups. Two audio engineer students created artificial reverbs that replaced the back channels of each microphone setup. A listening test was conducted where test subjects compared the 5.1 real recording to the two other stimuli with artificial back channels in terms of realism, envelopment and preference. The result showed that the real recording and the artificial back channels were interchangeable, but that the artificial back channels pointed towards more envelopment, and that the real recording pointed towards more realism.

Film audiences have expressed continuous criticism about film sound, claiming that in many situations dialogue is difficult to hear. This issue raises questions about the factors that have negative impact on speech intelligibility and points to investigate strategies that maintain dialogue intelligible in a 5.1. This study investigates how listeners, audio engineering students, experience dialogue intelligibility, when different mixing techniques as dynamic equalization and ducking are applied to the sound effect. The results show that both signal processing techniques, dynamic equalization and ducking, are able to improve dialogue intelligibility and furthermore, dynamic equalization has been proved as the most effective.

This thesis focuses on comparing personality functioning among neurotic patients and the general population. The mapping of levels of personality functioning was done using the semi- structured personality functioning interview STiP-5.1 according to the DSM-5 alternative model for personality disorders. The main aim of the study was to determine whether there is a difference in personality functioning between neurotic patients (N = 30) and the general population (N = 30). Differences were observed in the dimensions and aspects of the semi- structured interview of the STiP-5.1. The literature review section of the paper presented the understanding of anxiety and neuroticism from different perspectives and directions. Space was devoted to the origin and emergence of anxiety and its manifestations. Furthermore, the theoretical part of the thesis focused on the conception of neurotic disorders by classification manuals. Personality functioning according to DSM-5, different aspects and theoretical background were presented. Attention was paid to the definition of functional and dysfunctional personality abilities in the context of personality pathology. Subsequently, the two topics discussed were linked in a chapter that dealt with their interaction. In the empirical part of the thesis, the STiP-5.1...

This thesis explores the attitudes of women with borderline personality disorder towards otherness. The aim of the thesis was to explore the relationship between different personality characteristics of five women diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and their attitudes towards themselves and representatives of otherness. For these purposes, the Semi- Structured Interview for Personality Functioning (STiP-5.1) assessing personal functioning in the personal and interpersonal domains and the experience sampling method (ESM) were used, through which the respondents recorded the intensity of emotions felt towards themselves and various representatives of otherness for 30 days. The data were processed qualitatively into five case studies. The results indicated significant intraindividual variability in emotions toward self and representatives of otherness. The methods could find application in the treatment process and therapy, whereby assessment of personality functioning could contribute to the overall current picture of the patient and the variability of their psychological attitudes in response to certain life events could be monitored using ESM. KEYWORDS borderline personality disorder, otherness, STiP-5.1, experience sampling methodology

This thesis deals with diagnostic methods for personality disorders - a questionnaire LPFS-BF 2.0 and a semi-structured interview STiP-5.1. Both methods assess the level of personality functioning from The DSM-5 Alternative Model for Personality Disorders. The main aim of that study is to compare a self-report method and a method based on clinical assessment on a sample of N = 30 non-psychiatric group and N = 30 clinical group. Diagnostic criteria for personality disorders in accordance with valid classification systems are presented in the theoretical part of the study, with an emphasis on benefits and limitations of the DSM-5 alternative model. Categorial and dimensional diagnostic approaches were compared and critically evaluated. Existing diagnostic methods for personality disorders were then discussed, structured interviews and questionnaires were analyzed more in detail. Specifics in use of self- report methods and structured interviews for assessing personality disorders were also discussed. In the empirical part a quantitative analysis was held to discover whether both methods mentioned above assess the same level of personality functioning, and also whether both methods differentiate between the control and clinical groups. The results have shown significant correlations between scores of...

Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T15:25:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao defendida e aprovada Narliane.pdf: 743771 bytes, checksum: 94853db1dabcb5389c9b89d2c92f21ac (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-02-27 / The current panorama experienced by society, from the perspective of genetic improvement, especially the vegetables, attracts the questioning about application of legal principle of precaution, this due to scientific uncertainty of possible damage that they may trigger on long term. Thus, due to changes in environmental conditions and effect of necessary human health by use of biotechnology has brought the principal object of this work is to analyze the precautionary principle and the process of releasing plants genetically altered and improved, in particular of cultivars and of transgenic crops under the legal perspective. Because two processes were analyzed for release of genetically modified organisms, which are the "rice LL62" Bayer and the bean "GM Embrapa 5.1" of Embrapa, being that the first is an application of experiment and the second a request for marketing. Noting that both the studies of genetic improvement and the protection of the environment are guarded by the Federal Constitution of 1988. Also, due the questions in the legal field study examined whether the Commission's release process Tecnic National de Biossegurança CTNBio follows the fulfilment of the minimum specifications required by the precautionary principle and whether they are sufficient to ensure food safety and to avoid possible irreversible degradation of the environment. Social and legal context, remaining evidenced differences polemics in relation to the said applications for the release and the precautionary principle, which encounters a single technological challenge to be respected. Thus, the Judiciary, under the Constitutional vision, the environment and administrative nature, should grant the scientific advancement with the fulfilment of minimum requirements for these releases or require the fulfilment of bureaucracy hailed by society? / O atual panorama vivenciado pela sociedade, sob a ótica do melhoramento genético, em especial a dos vegetais, atrai o questionamento sobre aplicação do Princípio Jurídico da Precaução, isto devido à incerteza científica dos possíveis danos que estes podem deflagrar em longo prazo. Assim, devido às alterações nas condições do meio ambiente e por efeito necessário na saúde do ser humano pelo uso da Biotecnologia trouxe o principal objeto do presente trabalho, que é analisar o Princípio da Precaução e o processo de liberação de vegetais melhorados e alterados geneticamente, em específico dos Cultivares e dos Transgênicos sob a ótica jurídica. Porquanto, foram analisados dois processos de liberação dos Organismos Geneticamente Modificados, que são o arroz LL62 da Bayer e o feijão GM Embrapa 5.1 da Embrapa, sendo que o primeiro um pedido de experimento e o segundo um pedido de comercialização. Observando que tanto os estudos do melhoramento genético quanto a proteção do meio ambiente são resguardados pela Constituição Federal de 1988. Igualmente, devidos os questionamentos no campo jurídico o estudo analisou se o processo de liberação utilizado pela Comissão Técnica Nacional de Biossegurança CTNBio segue o cumprimento dos requisitos mínimos exigidos pelo Princípio da Precaução e se são suficientes para garantir a segurança alimentar e para evitar possíveis degradação irreversíveis ao meio ambiente. Do contexto social e legal, restam evidenciadas, as divergências polêmicas em relação aos referidos pedidos de liberação e o Princípio da Precaução, que encontra um desafio tecnológico único para conseguir ser respeitado. Destarte, o Poder Judiciário, sob a visão Constitucional, do Meio Ambiente e Administrativo, deve conceder o avanço científico com o cumprimento dos requisitos mínimos estabelecidos para estas liberações ou exigir o cumprimento da burocracia aclamada pela sociedade?

Aujourd'hui, les technologies de captation et de restitution sonore se développent dans le but de diffuser des scènes avec un rendu spatialisé. Avant leur diffusion, les extraits sonores peuvent être évalués en terme de qualité par des méthodes recommandées par I'Union lnternationale des Télécommunications (évaluation des codecs de compression, procédés de prise ou restitution sonore...). Cependant, ces standards d'évaluation montrent certaines faiblesses notamment en ce qui concerne les attributs de qualité à évaluer. La dimension spatiale n'est pas prise en compte spécifiquement. Dans ce travail, une méthodologie dédiée à l'évaluation de la qualité de I'audio spatialisé est mise en place notamment pour répondre aux biais identifiés. De par l'utilisation d'une catégorisation libre et d'une analyse multidimensionnelle, vingt-huit attributs ont été catégorisés en trois familles d'attributs : le Timbre, l'Espace et les Défauts. Ces trois attributs généraux ont été inclus dans un test d'écoute. Celui-ci se déroule en deux phases : l'évaluation de la qualité globale suivie de l'évaluation des trois attributs simultanément sur une même interface. Les tests sont réalisés sans référence explicite, le fichier original constitue une référence cachée. De plus, trois signaux audio, dit ancrages, spécifiques à chacun des trois attributs ont été définis puis superposés pour définir un ancrage unique triplement dégradé. La méthode a été testée à la fois sur un système de restitution au casque avec des contenus binauraux mais également sur un système multicanal 5.1. L'évaluation de stimuli de qualité intermédiaire est préconisée ainsi que des contenus présentant un effet spatial prononcé. L'évaluation multicritère a montré son intérêt dans certaines conditions et permet ainsi d'identifier les caractéristiques qui sont dégradées. Les attributs Défauts et Timbre ont montré un poids influant sur la qualité globale tandis que le poids de I'attribut Espace est plus discutable. / Nowadays, recording and restitution technologies focus on a spatial rendering of sound. Before their broadcast, the quality evaluation of sound excerpts is often necessary. Methods recommended by the international telecommunication union denote some weaknesses about sound attributes to be evaluated.For example, spatial dimension is barely taken into account. A methodology dedicated to the assessment of spatial audio quality is proposed in order to avoid some biases. With a free categorization and a multidimensional scaling, 28 attributes were clustered in three families '. Timbre, Space and Defecfs. These three categories were included in a listening test split into two sessions : first, the assessment of overall quality and then, the evaluation of the three categories presented simultaneously on a same interface.Tests were conducted without explicit reference, but, the original version was considered as a hidden reference. Moreover, three specific anchors, each one associated to dedicated categories, were defined and then were mixed to define a unique anchor impaired in three ways. The method was tested on a 5.1 system and on binaural contents with headphone restitution. lntermediate quality of contents is recommended as well as contents with relevant spatial effects. The interest of a multicriteria assessment is to identify which properties of sound are impaired. Linear regression shows that Defecfs and Timbre attributes have influential weight on overall quality while the weight of Space attribute is more dubious.

In Sweden there are many ice halls and ice halls climate differ from the usual buildings' climate, because temperatures are lower indoors than outdoors during the summer months. This results in a higher vapor content outdoors compared with indoors during the course of the year. Moisture transport takes place from the outside towards the ice halls, which is contrary to what happens in a common building. During the critical period, the vapor transport direction is inward. When the hot air hits the cold surface of the wall structure, it leads to a risk of condensation in the wall that leads to moisture damage. Moisture damage can impair the wall structure and lead to unwanted consequences. The purpose of this study was to dimension a number of walls that meet climate conditions, which are done by dynamic humidity calculation in WUFI Pro 5.1 with adapted climate data and real climate data and then mold analysis in WUFI Bio. The aim of the bachelor thesis work was that the results from this study can then be used as a guide to the future building of ice skating walls. The results from WUFI Pro 5.1 and WUFI Bio have shown that a number of walls designed during this master thesis are judged to work as well as revealed how an ice hallway wall should not be constructed. The conclusion shows that climate conditions control the design of the wall structure. / I Sverige finns det många ishallar och ishallsklimatet skiljer sig från vanliga byggnaders klimat, detta på grund av att temperaturen är lägre inomhus än utomhus under sommarhalvåret. Detta resulterar i en högre ånghalt utomhus jämfört med inomhus under en del av året. Fukttransporten sker då utifrån och in mot ishallen, det vill säga tvärtemot vad som sker i en vanlig byggnad. Under den kritiska perioden är ångtransportsriktningen inåt. När den varma luften träffar den kalla ytan i väggkonstruktionen, medför det en risk för kondens i väggen som leder till fuktskador. Fuktskador kan försämra väggkonstruktionen och leda till oönskade konsekvenser som exempelvis mögelpåväxt och rötskador. Syftet med studien har varit att dimensionera ett antal väggar som klarar av klimatförutsättningarna, detta gjordes genom dynamisk fuktberäkning i WUFI Pro 5.1 med anpassade klimatdata samt verkliga klimatdata och sedan mögelanalys i WUFI Bio. Målet med examensarbetet var att resultaten från denna studie sedan kan komma att användas som en vägledning till framtida byggen av ishallsväggar. Resultaten från WUFI Pro 5.1 och WUFI Bio har visat att ett antal väggar som konstruerats under detta examensarbete bedöms att fungera samt kommit fram till hur en ishallsvägg inte skall konstrueras. Slutsatesen visar att klimatförutsättningarna styr dimensioneringen av väggkonstruktionen.