Na trilogia crítico-religiosa de José Saramago, constituída pelos romances Memorial do Convento, O Evangelho Segundo Jesus Cristo e Caim, torna-se possível perceber a presença recorrente do pensamento utópico, que, nas três obras em questão, não se revela como percepção idealística de uma realidade imutável, mas, tendo em vista a perspectiva filosófica de Ernst Bloch, revela-se como consciência aguda tanto do processo histórico quanto da práxis libertária. Na dinâmica constitutiva dessa consciência, pode-se delinear o encontro interativo dos tempos: um passado reconstituído criticamente pela ótica contemporânea, um presente permeado por intensa militância ideológica e, principalmente, a consciência de um futuro aberto como possibilidade concreta, o que viabiliza, naqueles romances, aspirações humanas por transformações radicais da ordem vigente. Esse encontro dos tempos, do ponto de vista estético-literário, substancializa-se na trilogia por intermédio essencialmente do recurso paródico: a revisitação crítica dos ícones e temas provenientes do universo judaico-cristão. Seja nas imagens desiderativas que retoma, seja no quadro conceitual que ironiza, seja, ainda, na constituição híbrida do romance, que esfacela o teor totalizante da narrativa tradicional, José Saramago parece extrair dos arquétipos religiosos uma intensidade subversiva que, na tessitura ficcional que elabora, atinge e questiona a construção metafísica erigida por séculos de judaísmo e cristianismo. Nos três romances do escritor lusitano, esse processo de releitura do passado aponta não somente para a impossibilidade, no contexto contemporâneo, de experiência com a cosmovisão totalizante da religião ocidental como também para a reconstituição existencial do mundo moderno, uma vez que, a partir de sonhos frustrados daquele passado, se tornaria possível materializar anseios utópicos latentes, represados na memória coletiva. Assim, o pensamento utópico, na trilogia saramaguiana, converte-se em névoa do tempo: no espaço múltiplo e complexo do romance, desnuda-se a dialética entre passado, presente e futuro, que, na sua dinamicidade constitutiva, abriga e gesta o novum, o ainda não / On José Saramagos critical religious trilogy, formed by the novels Memorial of the Convent, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ and Cain, the constant presence of an utopic way of thinking is perceptible. Thus it does not reveal itself primarily as an idealistic perception of an immutable reality. It is only when aiming at Ernst Blochs philosophical mindset that it appears as an acute awareness on both historical process and libertary practice. Through the dynamic constitution of this conscience, it is possible to outline the interactive encounter of times: a contemporary and rebuilt past, a present time full of ideological activism and most important of all, the conscience of an open, concrete and possible future. On those novels, this possibility enables a human craving for radical changes on the effective order feasible. This encounter of times, from an esthetic literary point of view, takes shape essentially through parody: the constant criticizing of icons and themes coming from the Judeo-Christian universe. Either on the heated images presented, on the mocked conceptual framework, or even on the hybrid constitution of the novel, which destroys the totalitarian tenor of a traditional narrative, José Saramago seems to draw out of religious archetypes a seditious intensity where, on the fictional weaving elaborated, he teases and questions the metaphysical construction supported by centuries of Jewish and Christian models. On a contemporary context of the novels, this revisited past reading process points out not only the impossibility of an all-absorving worldview existing on the occidental religion model but also to a modern world existential rebuilding process, considering that, through frustrated dreams from that past, an enabling of utopic desires trapped into collective memory would be possible. Therefore, the utopic thinking, on Saramagos trilogy, turns into mist: on the multiple and complex field of novel, a past- present- future dialectic is revealed, which through its dynamic constitution manages and keeps the novum, the not yet

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Na trilogia crítico-religiosa de José Saramago, constituída pelos romances Memorial do Convento, O Evangelho Segundo Jesus Cristo e Caim, torna-se possível perceber a presença recorrente do pensamento utópico, que, nas três obras em questão, não se revela como percepção idealística de uma realidade imutável, mas, tendo em vista a perspectiva filosófica de Ernst Bloch, revela-se como consciência aguda tanto do processo histórico quanto da práxis libertária. Na dinâmica constitutiva dessa consciência, pode-se delinear o encontro interativo dos tempos: um passado reconstituído criticamente pela ótica contemporânea, um presente permeado por intensa militância ideológica e, principalmente, a consciência de um futuro aberto como possibilidade concreta, o que viabiliza, naqueles romances, aspirações humanas por transformações radicais da ordem vigente. Esse encontro dos tempos, do ponto de vista estético-literário, substancializa-se na trilogia por intermédio essencialmente do recurso paródico: a revisitação crítica dos ícones e temas provenientes do universo judaico-cristão. Seja nas imagens desiderativas que retoma, seja no quadro conceitual que ironiza, seja, ainda, na constituição híbrida do romance, que esfacela o teor totalizante da narrativa tradicional, José Saramago parece extrair dos arquétipos religiosos uma intensidade subversiva que, na tessitura ficcional que elabora, atinge e questiona a construção metafísica erigida por séculos de judaísmo e cristianismo. Nos três romances do escritor lusitano, esse processo de releitura do passado aponta não somente para a impossibilidade, no contexto contemporâneo, de experiência com a cosmovisão totalizante da religião ocidental como também para a reconstituição existencial do mundo moderno, uma vez que, a partir de sonhos frustrados daquele passado, se tornaria possível materializar anseios utópicos latentes, represados na memória coletiva. Assim, o pensamento utópico, na trilogia saramaguiana, converte-se em névoa do tempo: no espaço múltiplo e complexo do romance, desnuda-se a dialética entre passado, presente e futuro, que, na sua dinamicidade constitutiva, abriga e gesta o novum, o ainda não / On José Saramagos critical religious trilogy, formed by the novels Memorial of the Convent, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ and Cain, the constant presence of an utopic way of thinking is perceptible. Thus it does not reveal itself primarily as an idealistic perception of an immutable reality. It is only when aiming at Ernst Blochs philosophical mindset that it appears as an acute awareness on both historical process and libertary practice. Through the dynamic constitution of this conscience, it is possible to outline the interactive encounter of times: a contemporary and rebuilt past, a present time full of ideological activism and most important of all, the conscience of an open, concrete and possible future. On those novels, this possibility enables a human craving for radical changes on the effective order feasible. This encounter of times, from an esthetic literary point of view, takes shape essentially through parody: the constant criticizing of icons and themes coming from the Judeo-Christian universe. Either on the heated images presented, on the mocked conceptual framework, or even on the hybrid constitution of the novel, which destroys the totalitarian tenor of a traditional narrative, José Saramago seems to draw out of religious archetypes a seditious intensity where, on the fictional weaving elaborated, he teases and questions the metaphysical construction supported by centuries of Jewish and Christian models. On a contemporary context of the novels, this revisited past reading process points out not only the impossibility of an all-absorving worldview existing on the occidental religion model but also to a modern world existential rebuilding process, considering that, through frustrated dreams from that past, an enabling of utopic desires trapped into collective memory would be possible. Therefore, the utopic thinking, on Saramagos trilogy, turns into mist: on the multiple and complex field of novel, a past- present- future dialectic is revealed, which through its dynamic constitution manages and keeps the novum, the not yet

Submitted by Danielle Karla Martins Silva (danielle.martins@ufpe.br) on 2015-03-06T15:13:28Z No. of bitstreams: 2 tese_MarcoPoloMoreno.pdf: 5025898 bytes, checksum: ac91337962a78e4573af92599eea0dec (MD5) license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-06T15:13:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 tese_MarcoPoloMoreno.pdf: 5025898 bytes, checksum: ac91337962a78e4573af92599eea0dec (MD5) license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / CNPq ; CAPES; FACEPE, / Apresentamos uma abordagem, com ênfase no domínio das frequências, para o problema da excitação de átomos por um trem de pulsos ultracurtos. Trabalhamos no regime de acumulação coerente, no qual o intervalo de tempo entre os pulsos é menor do que os tempos de relaxação do meio. Primeiramente, revisamos os fundamentos da interação coerente entre lasers, contínuos e pulsados, e sistemas atômicos, onde introduzimos o formalismo da matriz densidade para um sistema de dois níveis. Este formalismo é depois estendido para sistemas de três níveis na configuração tipo lambda e em cascata. Utilizamos a solução numérica das equações de Bloch integradas no tempo para modelar a impressão do pente de frequências no perfil Doppler de um vapor de átomos de rubídio na presença de um feixe de prova contínuo. No regime de campo fraco, apresentamos um tratamento teórico para a coerência atômica induzida por um trem de pulsos em átomos de dois níveis, que nos permitiu chegar a uma solução fechada para a coerência em termos dos modos do pente de frequências. Essa abordagem, no domínio da frequência, é usada para analisar o armazenamento coerente de população em um sistema de três níveis do tipo lambda, nas proximidades das ressonâncias de um e de dois fótons. A partir de resultados numéricos e analíticos, obtemos um pente de linhas de transparência eletromagneticamente induzida (EIT). Propomos a observação experimental desse pente de EIT no perfil Doppler através de um feixe de prova contínuo. Por fim, empregamos a abordagem no domínio das frequências para modelar resultados de dois experimentos. No primeiro, usamos um laser de diodo contínuo para sondar o bombeio óptico induzido por um laser de Ti:safira com 1 GHz de taxa de repetição em vapor de átomos de rubídio. A alta taxa de repetição permitiu resolver as transições hiperfinas para os estados 5P1/2 e 5P3/2. Discutimos os resultados obtidos a partir das técnicas de espectroscopia seletiva em velocidade e da espectroscopia com taxa de repetição. No segundo experimento, usamos a ação combinada do laser de diodo e do trem de pulsos ultracurtos na transição ressonante por dois fótons 5S−5P−5D para fazer espectroscopia dos níveis hiperfinos 5D3/2 e 5D5/2. O experimento é realizado sem travar a frequência de off-set do laser de Ti:safira, a qual estimamos a partir dos resultados experimentais.

Submitted by Daniella Sodre (daniella.sodre@ufpe.br) on 2015-04-08T12:17:27Z No. of bitstreams: 2 DISSERTAÇÃO César Augusto Araújo.pdf: 2939636 bytes, checksum: 82f33fd8afe07aed10f6a0cfedc6e5d5 (MD5) license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-08T12:17:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 DISSERTAÇÃO César Augusto Araújo.pdf: 2939636 bytes, checksum: 82f33fd8afe07aed10f6a0cfedc6e5d5 (MD5) license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-09-29 / Realizamos um estudo do método de otimização geométrico de Pontryagin. Em particular, avaliamos as soluções ótimas para o problema de saturação, no contexto de RMN, para um conjunto de spins 1/2 na presença de relaxação. A solução analítica desse problema permite o entendimento de trajetórias regulares e singulares que são encontradas durante o processo de otimização. As soluções das equações de Bloch que incluem variáveis de controle externa (campos de radiofrequência) e são otimizadas no processo, são obtidas também de forma analítica utilizando um método matricial. As soluções favorecem a percepção física do processo de otimização em contraste com os métodos numéricos que, apesar de eficientes, não fornecem formas analíticas para os controles de variável externa. A presença de relaxação transversal T2 e longitudinal T1 no processo é fundamental para as vantagens do método quando comparado com as metodologias predominantes na literatura, em particular, a técnica de saturação por inversão-recuperação. Finalmente avaliamos vários cenários em função da amplitude das variáveis de controle e de tempos de relaxação para amostras de interesse.

Abstract Elementary experiments of atomic physics and quantum optics can be reproduced on a circuit board using elements built of superconducting materials. Such systems can show discrete energy levels similar to those of atoms. With respect to their natural cousins, the enhanced controllability of these ‘artificial atoms’ allows the testing of the laws of physics in a novel range of parameters. Also, the study of such systems is important for their proposed use as the quantum bits (qubits) of the foreseen quantum computer. In this thesis, we have studied an artificial atom coupled with a harmonic oscillator formed by an LC-resonator. At the quantum limit, the interaction between the two can be shown to mimic that of ordinary matter and light. The properties of the system were studied by measuring the reflected signal in a capacitively coupled transmission line. In atomic physics, this has an analogy with the absorption spectrum of electromagnetic radiation. To simulate such measurements, we have derived the corresponding equations of motion using the quantum network theory and the semi-classical approximation. The calculated absorption spectrum shows a good agreement with the experimental data. By extracting the power consumption in different parts of the circuit, we have calculated the energy flow between the atom and the oscillator. It shows that, in a certain parameter range, the absorption spectrum obeys the Franck-Condon principle, and can be interpreted in terms of vibronic transitions of a diatomic molecule. A coupling with a radiation field shifts the spectral lines of an atom. In our system, the interaction between the atom and the field is nonlinear, and we have shown that a strong monochromatic driving results in energy shifts unforeseen in natural or, even, other artificial atoms. We have used the Floquet method to calculate the quasienergies of the coupled system of atom and field. The oscillator was treated as a small perturbation probing the quasienergies, and the resulting absorption spectrum agrees with the reflection measurement.

My research explores Alfred Hitchcock’s use of adaptation and the impact that this has on his status as an ‘auteur’. The aim, through looking at a cross section of his work, is to produce the basis for an adaptation model that could be used to examine his entire body of work, accounting for all influences, extratextual references, intertextualities, sequels, remakes and most importantly, other authors. By exploring Hitchcock’s use of the theatrical (a subject that is often ignored) and his lesser earlier films, we can begin to form the foundations for this model. By looking at his adaptation of a particular author and the textual evolution of one of his most iconic films, we are able to put this model to the test. Chapter one is the introduction, which looks at Hitchcock’s status within cinematic history, while also examining the current state of Hitchcock scholarship, auteur theory and adaptations studies. Chapter two examines the theatrical adaptations of Hitchcock’s British period, specifically shining light upon texts that are often ignored or maligned by theoretical study. Chapter three discusses the American theatrical adaptations, specifically looking at the role of the ‘meta-text’ and Hitchcock’s fascination with recreating the theatrical. Chapter four explores Hitchcock’s relationship with Daphne du Maurier, examining his adaptation of her work, overall themes, characters and ideologies. This chapter also presents an original reading of The Birds, which examines how Hitchcock’s film is more indebted to Du Maurier’s novels than her shot story of avian horror. Chapter five examines the evolution of Psycho. Hitchcock’s adaptation of, amongst others, Robert Bloch and Henri-Georges Clouzot will be discussed, as will the multiple sequels, remakes and exploitations that, in turn, adapt his own film. It will be argued that these texts are in fact adapting Psycho’s influences and origins as much as the film itself. Chapter six is the conclusion where the findings are analysed and the model of adaptation, which positions Hitchcock at the centre as a collector of texts is discussed. In occupying this position the notion of him as an ‘auteur’ is erased and instead he becomes the ‘Master of Adaptation’.

Vertical external-cavity surface-emitting lasers are ideal testbeds for studying the influence of the non-equilibrium many-body dynamics on mode locking. As we will show in this thesis, ultra short pulse generation involves a marked departure from Fermi carrier distributions assumed in prior theoretical studies. A quantitative model of the mode locking dynamics is presented, where the semiconductor Bloch equations with Maxwell’s equation are coupled, in order to study the influences of quantum well carrier scattering on mode locking dynamics. This is the first work where the full model is solved without adiabatically eliminating the microscopic polarizations. In many instances we find that higher order correlation contributions (e.g. polarization dephasing, carrier scattering, and screening) can be represented by rate models, with the effective rates extracted at the level of second Born-Markov approximations. In other circumstances, such as continuous wave multi-wavelength lasing, we are forced to fully include these higher correlation terms. In this thesis we identify the key contributors that control mode locking dynamics, the stability of single pulse mode-locking, and the influence of higher order correlation in sustaining multi-wavelength continuous wave operation.

Burning Man, a weeklong experience in Black Rock Desert, Nevada, has become an oasis for those looking to escape the corporatized grasp of modern culture. Burning Man serves as a reprieve from judgment and allows participants to embrace and perform their inner identities. The intensions of Burning Man have been widely debated, from scholars concentrating on the rejection of consumerism to analyzing sacred space and religious connectivity for festivalgoers. What deserves further analysis, however, is the utopian nature of the event. I will explore previous utopian attempts--literary, political, etc.--and define what characteristics from those societies were present during the inception and following early years of Burning Man. Using the work of Ernst Bloch I will establish Burning Man as a not-yet-conscious utopia, a product of Larry Harvey's vision, and define the increasingly imminent threats to the event's utopianism. The segregation of ideas at Burning Man, between veteran Burners and newcomers, is attributed to the perpetual struggle to balance and create meaning within a society designed to provide autonomy for its citizens. I will look at how changes in popularity and population have transformed the once utopian retreat into an amalgam of conflicting ethos. I argue that this once thriving counterculture is facing an extreme shift away from the original structure of the event in terms of meaning, experience, and understanding.

Dans cette thèse, nous présentons des résultats d’homogénéisation périodique d’un problème spectral et de l’équation d’ondes de Bloch. Il permet de modéliser les ondes à basse et haute fréquences. La partie modèle à basse fréquence est bien connu et n’est pas donc abordée dans ce travail. A contrario ; la partie à haute fréquence du modèle, qui représente des oscillations aux échelles microscopiques et macroscopiques, est un problème laissé ouvert. En particulier, les conditions aux limites de l’équation macroscopique à hautes fréquences établies dans [36] n’étaient pas connues avant le début de la thèse. Ce dernier travail apporte trois contributions principales. Les deux premières contributions, portent sur le comportement asymptotique du problème d’homogénéisation périodique du problème spectral et de l’équation des ondes en une dimension. La troisième contribution consiste en une extension du modèle du problème spectral posé dans une bande bi dimensionnelle et bornée. Le résultat d’homogénéisation comprend des effets de couche limite qui se produisent dans les conditions aux limites de l’équation macroscopique à haute fréquence. / In this dissertation, we present the periodic homogenization of a spectral problem and the waveequation with periodic rapidly varying coefficients in a bounded domain. The asymptotic behavioris addressed based on a method of Bloch wave homogenization. It allows modeling both the lowand high frequency waves. The low frequency part is well-known and it is not a new point here.In the opposite, the high frequency part of the model, which represents oscillations occurringat the microscopic and macroscopic scales, was not well understood. Especially, the boundaryconditions of the high-frequency macroscopic equation established in [36] were not known prior to thecommencement of thesis. The latter brings three main contributions. The first two contributions, areabout the asymptotic behavior of the periodic homogenization of the spectral problem and waveequation in one-dimension. The third contribution consists in an extension of the model for thespectral problem to a thin two-dimensional bounded strip Ω = (0; _) _ (0; ") _ R2. The homogenizationresult includes boundary layer effects occurring in the boundary conditions of the high-frequencymacroscopic equation.