The text of the Bible projects for its readers a Biblical-textual world. Christians live within the seminal, normative contours of this symbolic Biblical world. In this regard, a Ricoeurian hermeneutics presents a helpful apparatus to the reader of the Biblical text. In his hermeneutical studies, Ricoeur organises his considerations around four poles that operate as guidelines for this study – distanciation, objectification, projecting of a world and appropriation. In this thesis each of these considerations is applied to Proverbs 10:1–15:33 to facilitate an exploration of the symbolic-textual world projected for the reader in this literature. It is the thesis of the study that the proposed reading strategy is, in terms of the threefold movement within postmodern thought – the movements beyond foundations, beyond totalities and towards the Other – a most productive effort. When this reading strategy is utilised for Proverbs 10:1–15:33, with specific reference to the fear of the Lord, the concept of the fear of the Lord is found to have a functional definition within this collection rather than an ontological or theoretical one. With this approach, the fear of Yahweh-proverbs in Proverbs 10:1–15:33 are understood not to be dogmatised, absolute, universal truths but finds, in line with the movement beyond totalities, its authority in the context within which it is applied. Instead of communicating propositional content, which is in line with the movement beyond foundations within postmodern thought, by their power to disclose a symbolic world, it confronts the reader with the Other, in line with the movement toward the Other, and consequently opens up new modes of being, orienting the reader’s practical actions. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / gm2013 / Old Testament Studies / unrestricted

Le développement de la technologie CMOS a déclenché une révolution dans la production IC. Chaque nouvelle génération technologique, par la mise à l’échelle des dimensions, a entraîné une accélération de son fonctionnement et une réduction de sa consommation. Cependant, la miniaturisation sera contrainte par les limites physiques fondamentales régissant la commutation des dispositifs CMOS dès lors que la technologie atteint des dimensions inférieures à 10 nm. Les chercheurs veulent trouver d'autres moyens de dépasser ces limites physiques. La spintronique est l’un des concepts les plus prometteurs pour de nouvelles applications de circuits intégrés sans courant de charge. La STT-MRAM est l’une des technologies de mémoires fondée sur la spintronique qui entre avec succès en phase de production de masse. Les opérateurs logiques à base de spin, associés aux métiers, doivent être maintenant étudiés. Notre recherche porte sur le domaine des transistors à effet de champ de spin (spin-FET), l'un des dispositifs logiques fondamentaux à base de spin. Le mécanisme principal pour réaliser un spin-FET consiste à contrôler le spin des électrons, ce qui permet d'atteindre l'objectif de réduction de puissance. De plus, en tant que dispositifs à spin, les spin-FET peuvent facilement être combinés à des éléments de stockage magnétique, tels que la jonction tunnel magnétique (MTJ), pour développer une architecture à «logique non volatile» offrant des performances de hautes vitesses et de faible consommation. La thèse présentée ici consiste à développer un modèle compact de spin-FET et à explorer les possibilités de son application pour la conception logique et la simulation logique non volatile. Tout d'abord, nous avons proposé un modèle à géométrie non locale pour spin-FET afin de décrire les comportements des électrons, tels que l'injection et la détection de spin, le décalage de phase d'angle de spin induit par l'interaction spin-orbite. Nous avons programmé un modèle spin-FET non local à l'aide du langage Verilog-A et l'avons validé en comparant la simulation aux résultats expérimentaux. Afin de développer un modèle électrique pour la conception et la simulation de circuits, nous avons proposé un modèle de géométrie local pour spin-FET basé sur le modèle non-local spin-FET. Le modèle de spin-FET local étudié peut être utilisé pour la conception logique et la simulation transitoire à l'aide d'outil de conception de circuit. Deuxièmement, nous avons proposé un modèle spin-FET à plusieurs grilles en améliorant le modèle susmentionné. Afin d'améliorer les performances du spin-FET, nous avons mis en cascade le canal en utilisant une structure d'injection / détection de spin partagée. En concevant différentes longueurs de canal, le spin-FET à plusieurs grilles peut agir comme différentes portes logiques. Les performances de ces portes logiques sont analysées par rapport à la logique CMOS conventionnelle. En utilisant les portes logiques multi-grille à spin-FET, nous avons conçu et simulé un certain nombre de blocs logiques booléens. La fonctionnalité des blocs logiques est démontrée par le résultat de simulations transitoires à l'aide du modèle spin-FET à plusieurs grilles. Enfin, en combinant le modèle spin-FET et le modèle multi-grille spin-FET avec le modèle d'élément de stockage MTJ, les portes à «logique non volatile» sont proposées. Comme le seul signal de pur spin peut atteindre le côté détection du spin-FET, la MTJ reçoit un courant de pur spin pour le transfert de spin. Dans ce cas, la commutation de la MTJ peut être plus efficace par rapport à la structure conventionnelle MTJ / CMOS. La comparaison des performances entre la structure hybride MTJ / spin-FET et la structure hybride MTJ / CMOS est démontrée par un calcul de retard et de courant critique qui est dérivé de l'équation de Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG). La simulation transitoire valide le fonctionnement de la logique non volatile basée sur MTJ / spin-FET. / The development of Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology drives the revolution of the integrate circuits (IC) production. Each new CMOS technology generation is aimed at the fast and low-power operation which mostly benefits from the scaling with its dimensions. However, the scaling will be influenced by some fundamental physical limits of device switching since the CMOS technology steps into sub-10 nm generation. Researchers want to find other ways for addressing the physical limitation problem. Spintronics is one of the most promising fields for the concept of non-charge-based new IC applications. The spin-transfer torque magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM) is one of the successful spintronics-based memory devices which is coming into the volume production stage. The related spin-based logic devices still need to be investigated. Our research is on the field of the spin field effect transistors (spin-FET), one of the fundamental spin-based logic devices. The main mechanism for realizing a spin-FET is controlling the spin of the electrons which can achieve the objective of power reduction. Moreover, as spin-based devices, the spin-FET can easily combine with spin-based storage elements such as magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) to construct the “non-volatile logic” architecture with high-speed and low-power performance. Our focus in this thesis is to develop the compact model for spin-FET and to explore its application on logic design and non-volatile logic simulation. Firstly, we proposed the non-local geometry model for spin-FET to describe the behaviors of the electrons such as spin injection and detection, the spin angle phase shift induced by spin-orbit interaction. We programmed the non-local spin-FET model using Verilog-A language and validated it by comparing the simulation with the experimental result. In order to develop an electrical model for circuit design and simulation, we proposed the local geometry model for spin-FET based on the non-local spin-FET model. The investigated local spin-FET model can be used for logic design and transient simulation on the circuit design tool. Secondly, we proposed the multi-gate spin-FET model by improving the aforementioned model. In order to enhance the performance of the spin-FET, we cascaded the channel using a shared spin injection/detection structure. By designing different channel length, the multi-gate spin-FET can act as different logic gates. The performance of these logic gates is analyzed comparing with the conventional CMOS logic. Using the multi-gate spin-FET-based logic gates, we designed and simulated a number of the Boolean logic block. The logic block is demonstrated by the transient simulation result using the multi-gate spin-FET model. Finally, combing the spin-FET model and multi-gate spin-FET model with the storage element MTJ model, the “non-volatile logic” gates are proposed. Since the only pure spin signal can reach to the detection side of the spin-FET, the MTJ receives pure spin current for the spin transfer. In this case, the switching of the MTJ can be more effective compared with the conventional MTJ/CMOS structure. The performance comparison between hybrid MTJ/spin-FET structure and hybrid MTJ/CMOS structure are demonstrated by delay and critical current calculation which are derived from Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) equation. The transient simulation verifies the function of the MTJ/spin-FET based non-volatile logic.

The modern trombone player can experience a variety of styles on any given day. There is a need for the ability to switch between a plethora of styles ranging from avant-garde pieces to many forms of popular music to masterworks of the symphonic repertoire. It is the responsibility of the musician (performer or educator) to be familiar with all music due to global access via the internet. There is a responsibility to properly perform and respect music as more composers are beginning to blend different styles, genres, idioms, and cultures within the same composition. Daniel Schnyder is a prominent continuation of this style of musical collage that began with composers such as George Rochberg, Luciano Berio, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, and Charles Ives. The goal of this project is to analyze the stylistic saturation of Daniel Schnyder's Worlds Beyond Suite, focusing on performance and stylistic analysis to aid in an informed performance. This project will highlight the flexibility required by modern trombonists to perform with a deeper understanding of music in multiple styles, as the blending, juxtaposing, and superimposition of style is the universal future of music.

This thesis investigates the effectiveness of employing pretraining and a discrete "control signal" bottleneck layer in a neural network trained in aircraft navigation through deep reinforcement learning. The study defines two distinct tasks to assess the efficacy of this approach. The first task is utilized for pretraining specific parts of the network, while the second task evaluates the potential benefits of this technique. The experimental findings indicate that the network successfully learned three main macro actions during pretraining. flying straight ahead, turning left, and turning right, and achieved high rewards on the task. However, utilizing the pretrained network on the transfer task yielded poor performance, possibly due to the limited effective action space or deficiencies in the training process. The study discusses several potential solutions, such as incorporating multiple pretraining tasks and alterations of the training process as avenues for future research. Overall, this study highlights the challanges and opportunities associated with combining pretraining with a discrete bottleneck layer in the context of simulated aircraft navigation using reinforcement learning. / Denna studie undersöker effektiviteten av att använda förträning och en diskret "styrsignal" som fungerar som flaskhals i ett neuralt nätverk tränat i flygnavigering med hjälp av djup förstärkande inlärning. Studien definierar två olika uppgifter för att bedöma effektiviteten hos denna metod. Den första uppgiften används för att förträna specifika delar at nätverket, medan den andra uppgiften utvärderar de potentiella fördelarna med denna teknik. De experimentella resultaten indikerar att nätverket framgångsrikt lärde sig tre huvudsakliga makrohandlingar under förträningen: att flyga rakt fram, att svänga vänster och att svänga höger, och uppnådde höga belöningar för uppgiften. Men att använda det förtränade nätverket för den uppföljande uppgiften gav dålig prestation, möjligen på grund av det begränsade effektiva handlingsutrymmet eller begränsningar i träningsprocessen. Studien diskuterar flera potentiella lösningar, såsom att inkorporera flera förträningsuppgifter och ändringar i träningsprocessen, som möjliga framtida forskningsvägar. Sammantaget belyser denna studie de utmaningar och möjligheter som är förknippade med att kombinera förträning med ett diskret flaskhalslager inom kontexten av simulerad flygnavigering och förstärkningsinlärning.

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This thesis presents a search for resonant production of top-antitop quark pairs in final states containing at least one electron or muon. A number of beyond the standard model (BSM) theories incorporate a specific role for the top quark, resulting in resonances that preferentially decay to t(bar over t) pairs. The data sample analysed corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 2.05 fb^-1 recorded during 2011 using the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The proton-proton centre-of-mass energy was 7 TeV. The search is tailored towards heavy resonances at the TeV-scale which therefore decay to top quarks with high transverse momentum. Large hadronic jets are used to reconstruct the energy carried by the hadrons and the substructure of these jets is studied in order to identify hadronically decaying top quarks. The reconstruction can therefore proceed even if the decay products of the top quark are highly collimated. This study represents the first use of jet substructure techniques in a search for t(bar over t) resonances using hadron-hadron collision data. The invariant mass of the reconstructed t(bar over t) pair is used to test compatibility of the data with the standard model prediction. No evidence for t(bar over t) resonances is found. Upper limits are derived on the production cross-section times branching ratio for narrow and wide resonant states, at the 95 % credibility level. An upper limit of 0.61 (0.65) pb is set for a narrow (wide) resonance with a mass of 1 TeV. Two specific BSM models are excluded within certain mass ranges: the narrow leptophobic Z' boson with mass 600 - 1150 GeV and the wide Kaluza-Klein gluon with a mass below 1.5 TeV. These results represent a significant improvement on those of previous searches performed at the ATLAS experiment, which did not use jet substructure techniques. In addition, the possibility of using jets which decrease in size as their transverse momentum increases is investigated using simulated data. The yield of events due to resonant t(bar over t) production increases by approximately 20 % compared to when using jets of fixed size. Furthermore, the resolution of the invariant mass of the reconstructed t(bar over t) pair is found to improve by almost one fifth. It is recommended that a calibration scheme be developed for these variable-sized jets, so that their potential to improve the sensitivity to t(bar over t) resonances can be investigated further.

This milestone presents a pool of available indicators and indicator systems which go beyond the narrow concepts of national economic accounts as well as a structuring of the indicators and indices according to central areas of well-being. The milestone builds the basis for Task 202.2, where a subset of indicators will be selected based on different theoretical frameworks, e.g. services / functionings, needs. Some of the indicators will be included in the macro-economic models in order to account for key dimensions of sustainability. / Series: WWWforEurope

Questioning GDP as dominant indicator for economic performance has become commonplace. For economists economic policy always aims for a broader array of goals (like income, employment, price stability, trade balance) alongside income, with income being the priority objective. The Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission argued for extending and adapting key variables of macroeconomic analysis. International organisations such as the EC, OECD, Eurostat and UN have proposed extended arrays of macroeconomic indicators (see 'Beyond GDP', 'Compendium of wellbeing indicators', 'GDP and Beyond', 'Green Economy', 'Green Growth', 'Measuring Progress of Societies'). Despite these high profile efforts, few wellbeing and environmental variables are in use in macroeconomic models. The reasons for the low uptake of socio-ecological indicators in macroeconomic models range from path dependencies in modelling, technical limitations, indicator lists being long and unworkable, choices of indicators appearing ad hoc and poor data availability. In this paper we review key approaches and identify a limited list of candidate variables and - as much as possible - offer data sources. / Series: WWWforEurope

Beyond Gifted Education: Designing and Implementing Advanced Academic Programs provides the first comprehensive look at designing and implementing K-12 advanced academic student programs. Written by four leading experts in the field, Beyond Gifted Education takes the concerned gifted program coordinator or school administrator through the process of identifying needs, responding with programming, and then finding students who are well-suited for and would benefit from advanced academic programming. Detailed examples walk the reader through real-world scenarios and programs common to the K-12 gifted coordinator on topics such as cluster grouping, acceleration, and increasing diversity. Throughout the book connections are made to Common Core state Standards, Response to Intervention, and a wealth of outside research in order to support ideas. / https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu_books/1109/thumbnail.jpg

Dans les systèmes quantiques unidimensionnels, le rôle des fluctuations et des interactions est plus important et les théories utilisées à plus haute dimension ne peuvent plus être employées. Le point de départ pour décrire la plupart des systèmes unidimensionnels est la théorie du liquide de Luttinger. Bien que cette théorie décrive de nombreux phénomènes avec succès, elle a aussi ses limites. Par exemple, elle ne peut décrire que la limite de basse énergie d'un system unidimensionnel, elle échoue aussi lorsqu'il s'agit de décrire la désintégration des excitations du système. Dans cette thèse, nous étudions principalement deux types de problème en une dimension. Le premier est l'interaction effective entre des impuretés dans un liquide de bosons tandis que le deuxième est la désintégrations des quasi-particules dans un mélange bosons-fermions. Dans les deux cas, décrire le système comme un liquide de Luttinger n'est pas suffisant. Afin de pallier à cela, nous développons plusieurs approches pour ces systèmes unidimensionnels qui prennent en compte les différentes anharmonicités nécessaires afin de capturer les mécanismes importants en jeu dans ces problèmes. / In one-dimensional quantum systems, the role of fluctuations and interactions is enhanced and theories used in higher- dimensional systems cannot be employed anymore to describe such strongly-correlated systems. The starting point to describe most one-dimensional systems is the Luttinger liquid theory. Even though this theory is successful to describe many phenomena, it has its shortcomings. For example, it can only treat the low-energy limit of one-dimensional systems and fails to describe the decay of excitations. In this thesis, we mainly study two kinds of problems in one dimension. The first one is the effective interaction between impurities in a Bose liquid whereas the second one is the decay of quasiparticles in a Bose-Fermi mixture. In both cases, the description of the system in terms of a Luttinger liquid is not sufficient. To overcome this, we develop different approaches for these one-dimensional systems to account for the various anharmonicities which are necessary to capture the relevant physics of these problems.