Current textual studies of Finnegans Wake have identified sigla chiefly as notebook shorthand, but this thesis argues that this interpretation has enforced limitations on future research, owing to the lack of significance mere abbreviation has within literary analysis. The thesis aims to free sigla research from this restrictive critical viewpoint and overturn its present state of neglect in Joyce studies. The research studies the James Joyce Archive and uses a genetic approach. However, instead of its analytical focus being on the notebooks (where the majority of sigla are located), it contains case studies of diagrams from the chapter drafts which are designed using sigla shapes. I have shown the functions of three types of sigla: the first are 'static' (which are shown isolated and not in a relationship to any other characters, which would imply movement); the 'kinetic' status of sigla is a different actualisation of static sigla wherein they are presented in relationships with other sigla or in diagrams which imply their movement within a certain space; and finally the 'three dimensional' sigla are sigla which are brought to the status of a diagram on the basis of parallels between the siglum and meanings of the same shape in the tradition of knowledge. To analyse the narrating quality of a siglum, the minimal condition is that at least one character is in the final version of Finnegans Wake and in a draft drawing. This is the starting point wherein comparisons can be made or symmetries can be established. This process of analysis reveals plotlines and shows how sigla can move within the drawing's space. In conclusion, sigla function as elementary plot units, which develop the plot of Finnegans Wake.

Thomas J. Allen and Peter G. Gerstberger. / "March 1973." This report supersedes working paper no. 579-71 (1971) with title: Report of a field experiment to improve communications in a product engineering department: the non-territorial office, by Thomas J. Allen and Peter G. Gerstberger. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 22).

Det finns huvudsakligen tre olika sätt att konstruera ett partitionerat system på: Federerad arkitektur, Integrerad Modulär Avionik (IMA) med ARINC 653 eller IMA med virtualisering. I den här rapporten undersöks de olika arkitekturernas egenskaper och vilka möjligheter som finns för certifiering av dem. Efter den teoretiska undersökningen har Virtualisering, och framförallt Xen, valts ut för en testimplementation och tillförlitlighetstester. Testimplementationen består av fyra partitioner där varje partition har sin specifika uppgift att lösa. Den fjärde partitionen används för att undersöka hur Xen hanterar en partition som aggressivt nyttjar I/O, processor eller arbetsminne. Testerna visar att Xen har en svag punkt: all I/O hanteras via en egen, speciell, partition. Denna partition saknar dessutom möjligheter att prioritera I/O från specifika partitioner. Den slutgiltiga slutsatsen av de tester som genomförts är att ett system byggt på Xen inte kan lämna samma tillförlitlighet som ett system med en federerad arkitektur eller ett system som bygger på ARINC 653. / One can basically take three different approaches when designing a partitioned avionic system: Federated Architecture, Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) with ARINC 653 or IMA with Virtualization. This report examines the different architectural characteristics and the possibilities for certifying them. After the theoretical investigation, Virtualization and, in particular, Xen has been selected for a trial implementation and reliability tests. The implementation consists of four partitions where each partition has its own specific task to solve. The fourth partition is used to examine how Xen handles a partition that aggressively utilizes I/O, processor or memory resources. Tests show that Xen has a weak point: all I/O is handled through a separate and unique partition. This partition also lacks the ability of prioritizing I/O from specific partitions. The final conclusion of the tests carried out in this thesis is that a system built on Xen cannot provide the same reliability as a system with a federated architecture or a system based on ARINC 653.

<div>The author aims to investigate the current design provision for seismic and foundation settlement design of aboveground open-top storage tanks using finite element analysis. The thesis is divided into two independent but closely related studies: (1) seismic analysis of open-top storage tanks with flexible foundation and (2) fitness-for-service of open-top storage tanks subjected to differential settlement.</div><div><br></div><div>The present seismic design provisions in American Petroleum Institute’s storage tank standard API 650 (2013) assumes the tank foundation is rigid and therefore, ignores the effect of uplift during a seismic excitation. In the first study, the objective was to quantitatively critique rigid foundation assumption and conclude if the assumption is acceptable or not for a given tank geometry. Tanks with three different height to diameter ratio (H/D), i.e aspect ratios, of 0.67, 1.0 and 3.0 representing broad, nominal and slender geometry, respectively, were modelled having both rigid and flexible foundations. The flexible foundation was modelled with series of non-linear compression only springs. Additionally, for each tank model two different hydrodynamic pressure distribution suggested by (1) Housner and (2) Jacobsen-Veletsos were applied which are used by API 650 and Eurocode 8, respectively. Geometric non-linear analysis with non-linear material properties was conducted (GMNA) using Riks algorithm in Abaqus finite element analysis (FEA) program. The hoop stresses, longitudinal stresses, uplift and buckling capacity of each rigid foundation tank model were compared with its respective flexible foundation tank model and corresponding API 650 rule based provisions. It was observed that the assumption of rigid foundation from design point of view is acceptable for the broad tank, however, for the nominal and slender tanks this assumption is not acceptable. The buckling capacity of nominal and slender tanks having flexible foundation are significantly lower compared to rigid foundation. Therefore, the effect of uplift should not be neglected for design purposes for nominal and slender tank geometries.</div><div><br></div><div>In the second study, an alternative method for evaluating the structural integrity of storage tank subjected to differential settlement is proposed. The limitations of the existing method in API 653 (2014), currently used in the industry are highlighted. The tank settlement is measured underneath</div><div>12</div><div>the tank bottom along the tank circumference at discrete locations. The settlement can be transformed into a Fourier series by combining different harmonic components. In the existing API 653 method there is no distinction between the effects of different harmonic components whereas in the proposed method the effects of first five harmonic components are individually accounted and the cumulative damage is evaluated. The proposed method is formulated based on FEA conducted on twenty-one different tank models with each having different tank geometry. The limiting settlement value for each harmonic wave number is found for a given tank geometry by conducting GMNA using Riks algorithm, and a generalized trend is found for each harmonic wave number. The proposed method is further validated by performing numerous FEA simulations. The simulations were conducted for several tank models subjected to four representative actual measured settlement data. A set of tank models used in the validation was generated using random tank geometries and design parameters to have a blind test of the proposed method. Finally, a comparison is made between allowable settlement based on the API 653 method, the proposed method and the FEA. It was observed that the proposed method consistently results in conservative results compared to FEA. In contrast the API 653 method does not always result in conservative results. For some measured settlement data, the API 653 method gives overly conservative values and for others it gives non-conservative values. Moreover, the API 653 method is based on the beam theory which may not capture the true shell behavior. Therefore, the API 653 method requires modifications. The proposed method on the other hand is consistent and is based FEA which can capture the true shell behavior as it is formulated using shell theory. Therefore, it is recommended that the existing method in API 653 shall be replaced with the proposed method to determine the fitness of tank under differential settlement.</div>

<p>The Integrated Modular Avionics architecture , IMA, provides means for runningmultiple safety-critical applications on the same hardware. ARINC 653 is aspecification for this kind of architecture. It is a specification for space and timepartition in safety-critical real-time operating systems to ensure each application’sintegrity. This Master thesis describes how databases can be implementedand used in an ARINC 653 system. The addressed issues are interpartitioncommunication, deadlocks and database storage. Two alternative embeddeddatabases are integrated in an IMA system to be accessed from multiple clientsfrom different partitions. Performance benchmarking was used to study the differencesin terms of throughput, number of simultaneous clients, and scheduling.Databases implemented and benchmarked are SQLite and Raima. The studiesindicated a clear speed advantage in favor of SQLite, when Raima was integratedusing the ODBC interface. Both databases perform quite well and seem to begood enough for usage in embedded systems. However, since neither SQLiteor Raima have any real-time support, their usage in safety-critical systems arelimited. The testing was performed in a simulated environment which makesthe results somewhat unreliable. To validate the benchmark results, furtherstudies must be performed, preferably in a real target environment.The Integrated Modular Avionics architecture , IMA, provides means for runningmultiple safety-critical applications on the same hardware. ARINC 653 is aspecification for this kind of architecture. It is a specification for space and timepartition in safety-critical real-time operating systems to ensure each application’sintegrity. This Master thesis describes how databases can be implementedand used in an ARINC 653 system. The addressed issues are interpartitioncommunication, deadlocks and database storage. Two alternative embeddeddatabases are integrated in an IMA system to be accessed from multiple clientsfrom different partitions. Performance benchmarking was used to study the differencesin terms of throughput, number of simultaneous clients, and scheduling.Databases implemented and benchmarked are SQLite and Raima. The studiesindicated a clear speed advantage in favor of SQLite, when Raima was integratedusing the ODBC interface. Both databases perform quite well and seem to begood enough for usage in embedded systems. However, since neither SQLiteor Raima have any real-time support, their usage in safety-critical systems arelimited. The testing was performed in a simulated environment which makesthe results somewhat unreliable. To validate the benchmark results, furtherstudies must be performed, preferably in a real target environment.</p>

The Integrated Modular Avionics architecture , IMA, provides means for runningmultiple safety-critical applications on the same hardware. ARINC 653 is aspecification for this kind of architecture. It is a specification for space and timepartition in safety-critical real-time operating systems to ensure each application’sintegrity. This Master thesis describes how databases can be implementedand used in an ARINC 653 system. The addressed issues are interpartitioncommunication, deadlocks and database storage. Two alternative embeddeddatabases are integrated in an IMA system to be accessed from multiple clientsfrom different partitions. Performance benchmarking was used to study the differencesin terms of throughput, number of simultaneous clients, and scheduling.Databases implemented and benchmarked are SQLite and Raima. The studiesindicated a clear speed advantage in favor of SQLite, when Raima was integratedusing the ODBC interface. Both databases perform quite well and seem to begood enough for usage in embedded systems. However, since neither SQLiteor Raima have any real-time support, their usage in safety-critical systems arelimited. The testing was performed in a simulated environment which makesthe results somewhat unreliable. To validate the benchmark results, furtherstudies must be performed, preferably in a real target environment.The Integrated Modular Avionics architecture , IMA, provides means for runningmultiple safety-critical applications on the same hardware. ARINC 653 is aspecification for this kind of architecture. It is a specification for space and timepartition in safety-critical real-time operating systems to ensure each application’sintegrity. This Master thesis describes how databases can be implementedand used in an ARINC 653 system. The addressed issues are interpartitioncommunication, deadlocks and database storage. Two alternative embeddeddatabases are integrated in an IMA system to be accessed from multiple clientsfrom different partitions. Performance benchmarking was used to study the differencesin terms of throughput, number of simultaneous clients, and scheduling.Databases implemented and benchmarked are SQLite and Raima. The studiesindicated a clear speed advantage in favor of SQLite, when Raima was integratedusing the ODBC interface. Both databases perform quite well and seem to begood enough for usage in embedded systems. However, since neither SQLiteor Raima have any real-time support, their usage in safety-critical systems arelimited. The testing was performed in a simulated environment which makesthe results somewhat unreliable. To validate the benchmark results, furtherstudies must be performed, preferably in a real target environment.

Time management is one of the critical modules of safety-critical systems. Applications need strong assurance from the operating system that their hard real-time requirements are met. Partitioned system has recently evolved as a means to provide protection to safety critical applications running on an Avionics computer resource. Each partition has an application running strictly for a specified duration. These applications use the CPU on a cyclic basis. Applications running on a real-time systems request the service of time management in one way or the other. An application may request for a time-out while waiting for a resource, may voluntarily relinquish the CPU for some delay time or may have deadline before which it is expected to complete its tasks. These requests must be handled in a deterministic and accurate way with lower overheads. Time management within an operating system uses the hardware timers to service the time-out requests. The three well-known approaches for handling timer requests are tick-based, one-shot and firm timer. Traditionally tick-based has been the most popular approach that relies on periodic interrupt timer, although it has a poor accuracy. One-shot timer approach provides better accuracy as the timer interrupt can be generated exactly when required. Firm timers use soft timers in combination with one-shot timer wherein the expired timers are checked at strategic points in the kernel. The thesis compares the performance of these three approaches for partitioned systems and provides an insight about the suitability of the approaches. The thesis presents tick-based and one-shot timer algorithms that handle time-out requests of real-time applications running on a partitioned system by adhering to time partitioning rules. It compares the performance of these algorithms. It presents an one-shot timer algorithm named hierarchical multiple linked lists and the experimental results proves that the algorithm performs better than other conventional linked list based one-shot timer algorithms. The thesis also analyzes the timing behavior of real-time applications for partitioned systems. The hard real-time system under consideration is avionics system and an indigenously developed ARINC-653 compliant real-time operating system has been used to measure the performance.