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This thesis examines the connection between Dominican history, the influence of American material culture, and the mythic American Dream as catalysts for migration. The two U.S. occupations and American propaganda through media had a great effect on the deceptive perception of an American life as an effortless method for attaining wealth. Let it Rain Coffee by Angie Cruz, will focus on the character, Esperanza Colon, and her obsession with the lavish lifestyle she views on the television show, Dallas. Material objects, as argued by Daniel Miller in his book, Stuff, work in subtle yet significant ways and determine our function, identification, and experience in society. If the ideal purpose of material culture is to presuppose our roles as individuals, one can conclude that the novel showcases the issues of a subordinate class struggling to attain the material goods that represent economic wealth while maintaining a sense of self-identification and self-agency.

Orientador: André Munhoz de Argollo Ferrão / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-22T10:06:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 D'Alessandro_RobertoJose_M.pdf: 12204871 bytes, checksum: a18995a117077a3bb7e9f5d6d629775a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: Jaguariúna [SP], por sua localização privilegiada às margens do rio Jaguari integra o conjunto das cidades classificadas como estâncias hidrominerais do interior do estado conhecido como o "Circuito das Águas Paulistas". A ocupação de seu território data de cerca de 9.000 a.C., conforme registros arqueológicos e mais recentemente, por bandeirantes colonizadores de acordo com registros do século XVIII. Da formação inicial por sesmarias, originaram-se fazendas, situadas às margens dos rios Jaguari e Camanducaia, produtoras de cana-de-açúcar e depois café, entre os séculos XIX e início do século XX. Tais fazendas desempenharam papel relevante no processo de formação e ordenação do território, onde hoje se encontra o município, cujo auge se dá com a implantação da Companhia Mogiana de Estradas de Ferro. Portanto, os rios, as fazendas e a ferrovia, constituem os vetores de ordenação territorial de Jaguariúna no último quartel do século XIX. As marcas deste processo ainda permanecem desempenhando importante papel de ordenação do território, e constituem o patrimônio - hídrico, rural, ferroviário - de Jaguariúna. A pesquisa procura demonstrar como se da à integração deste processo / Abstract: Jaguariúna [SP], located on the edge of river Jaguari, integrates the set of cities classified as hydro-mineral spas known as the "Circuito das Águas Paulistas". The occupation of its territory dates from about 9,000 BC, according to archaeological records and pioneers settlers of 18th century. This research aims to demonstrate the process of Jaguariúna territorial management. From the sesmarias, farms were established on the watersheds of Jaguari and Camanducaia rivers, producing sugarcane and after coffee, between nineteenth and twentieth century. Such farms played a relevant role in occupation and territorial management of Jaguariúna city, whose peak occurs with the implementation of the "Companhia Mogiana de Estradas de Ferro". Therefore, rivers, coffee farms and railroads are the vectors of territorial management in Jaguariúna in the last quarter of the 19th century. The results of this process are still playing an important role in regional planning, constituting the hydrical, rural and railway Jaguariúna's heritage / Mestrado / Recursos Hidricos, Energeticos e Ambientais / Mestre em Engenharia Civil

The subject matter of the assigned project is Aquapark Brno – located near Lužánky. The subject is an architectural study elaboration of an aquapark adjoining the current swimming pool building which was established in 1979. This building facility is used primarily by professional swimmers and sportsmen for it contains the only 50 meters long swimming pool with a tribune in Brno. The aim of the project is to create new areas and pools for visitors with recreational intentions and therefore to widen the possibilities for free time activities. The project also deals with restoration of a 16 meters long training pool in the existing building, creation of inner and outer aquapark areas and adding exercise and dance halls as an extension to the existing fitness center. Another goal of this project was to make the pedestrian access to the area more pleasant which is achieved by creating an underground parking space in the area of the existing building’s frontal space and also by designing a footpath leading from the remote side of the excessively frequented Sportovní street. The primary aim of the project is an operational connection of the existing and the new building by a central building and also preventing an eclipse of the area by integrating the building in the area’s hillside. The advantage of the project is the presence of relaxation facilities and sports areas. The project completes the sporting environment of the area which makes it an attractive locality for a family recreation.

Subject of the solution master´s thesis is new domestic building with polyfunction. It is four floors building with underground floor. Construction system is made by column with monolithic ferron concrete ceilings and monoplane roof. In underground floor is a garage. In First floor on south side is a space designated for commercial activities. Next on the floor is technical facilities and 7 flats. In next floors there is always 11 flats. Building is located in straight terrain in the development area of new houses in Zlin in area Bonecko.

This diploma thesis researches coffee authenticity problematice, mainly focusing on the authenticity of geographic origin. In the theoretical part of this work, botanical classification is described as well as production technology and processes. The work also includes chemical composition of coffee, describing the major components and changes during production phases. It describes major production areas of the world, in terms of general description and brief history. Problematics with coffee fraud and its identification are also described. Theoretical part also includes general geological description of 17 studied coffee growing regions. Experimental part is devoted to trace amount analysis of selected elements and volatile compounds. The element analysis was conducted using mass spectrometry or optical emission spectrometry, volatile compounds were determined using gas chromatography combined with mass spectrometry detection. Results were statistically described and analyzed, resulting in several discrimination models based on geographic origin.

The subject of the diploma theses is architectonical's study of the culture and public center. It's consisted of three buildings, located in the southwestern part of the Brno dam. The objects are functionally divided into yachtclub, café with a terrace and hotel. The buildings are designed as a wave shape that are visually lined. The design consists of a steel arch truss supported by steel columns. The cladding is made of masonry Porotherm 30 P + D fixed between the steel columbs. Glassed part of the building is designed by using structural glazing which is an aluminum facade system REYNAERS CW 86/SG. The top layer of a roof is made by white Siakaplan membrane foil. The color tones are white (Sikaplan, membrane roofing terraces), brown (wood paneling) and metal (metal veneer, exterior steel staircase).

Theme of this master's thesis is a new library building design including traffic and technical infrastructure. Content of the building integrates library, education centre, bookshop and coffee house. Main tasks of the institution are cultural, informational and educational activities. Due to its position, library building should create functional centre of social life and provide opportunities for gathering of inhabitants. Library is designed as detached building with four levels above, and one level under the ground. Supporting structure is created by reinforced concrete frames. Ventilated facade is insulated with mineral wool and paneled with cement-fiber boards. Object is covered with single-skin roof.

Diploma Thesis “Wellness centre“ is processed in the form of detailed project documentation which contains all requirements in accordance with applicable standards and regulations. The proposed design of the object is a three-storey building. The building will serve as a place for relaxation and sport. Technical facilities, staff room, changing rooms and fitness centre are located in the basement. The café and wellness is situated in 1PP. The offices for administration of the building, massage rooms, tanning salon, changing rooms and fitness hall are located in the 2nd floor. The building is based on foundation footings and load bearing walls are based on foundation strips. Support system of the building is a combined construction system of the walls and columns.

Due to the increasing interest in low-cost, lightweight, and wearable technologies, flexible and printed electronics has become an intensive field of research during the last two decades. This research is mainly focused on the development of solution-processed organic materials, the evolution of diverse appropriate printing technologies and the enhancement of electronic device performance. Compared to conventional electronics, printed technologies allow for cheaper and easier processing but much poorer resolution, which results in comparatively large organic field effect transistor (OFET) channel lengths of a few ten microns. Reducing the channel length requires the use of additional methods such as wetting-based and non-printed approaches. The minimisation of the channel length is crucial in order to obtain higher frequencies and increasing currents. Therefore, overcoming the resolution limitation is one of the challenging topics in the field of printed electronics. In this thesis, a new approach for the realisation of fully inkjet-printed small-channel OFETs is investigated. For this purpose, a piezoelectric Drop-on-Demand (DOD) inkjet printer with 10 pl printheads is employed. This approach involves a self-aligned, dewetting-based technique for the reproducible fabrication of source and drain electrodes with homogeneous and well-controllable channel lengths down to 4 μm. For the realisation of these electrodes, a water-based, hydrophobic nanoparticle (NP) dispersion is initially printed and dried at room temperature in order to spontaneously form a thin hydrophobic twin-line of few microns due to the so-called coffee ring effect (CRE). This mechanism is responsible for the migration of the NPs from the center to the edge of the printed line during evaporation. An alcohol-based silver NP ink is subsequently printed on the hydrophobic lines and self-aligned to split into two separated source and drain electrodes. Dispersions with different materials such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and fluoroplastic NPs, different particle sizes and concentrations are evaluated in order to optimize the twin line deposition and the dewetting of the silver ink. Optimum dispersions are printed, then characterised on untreated polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) foils and oxygen plasma treated dielectrics such as cross-linked poly-4-vinylphenol (c-PVP) and cross-linked polymethyl methacrylate (c-PMMA). To evaluate the influencing parameters on the twin-line deposition, a model is developed for the calculation of the printed rivulet width and the electrode gap, which is determined by the width of the hydrophobic ring. These dimensions are investigated as functions of the printing parameters, NP concentration, line geometry, and wetting properties. Multiple simulations are used to determine the influence of each parameter on the twin-line deposition and calculate the critical channel length, below which the dewetting of the conductive ink on the hydrophobic line is no more possible. Based on the simulation results, the optimum parameters are used to control the gap between the printed source and drain electrodes. The underlying mechanism is finally employed for the realisation of fully inkjet-printed OFETs on plastic substrates with small channel lengths and a bottom gate bottom contact configuration (BGBC). For this purpose, a silver NP ink is used for the electrodes, a PTFE NP dispersion is printed on c-PVP and a small-molecule 6,13-Bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl)pentacene (TIPS-pentacene) solution is used for the semiconducting layer. Multiple small-channel OFET arrays are furthermore fabricated with a good reproducibility of the channel length and a high yield, which proves the industrial applicability of the proposed approach. / Die Integration kostengünstiger, leichter und tragbarer Technologien gewinnt zunehmend an Interesse. Dies führt kontinuierlich zu einer rasanten Zunahme der Forschungsaktivitäten im Bereich der flexiblen und gedruckten Elektronik. Der Fokus liegt hierbei überwiegend auf der Entwicklung organischer Materialien, Herstellung von geeigneten Druckverfahren und Verbesserung der Leistungsfähigkeit gedruckter elektronischer Bauteile. Ein ausschlaggebender Vorteil der gedruckten gegenüber der konventionellen Elektronik liegt darin, dass sie eine preiswerte und einfache Prozessierung ermöglicht. Die Beeinträchtigung dieser jungen Technologie ist immer noch die schwächere Auflösung, welche zur Erstellung von organischen Feldeffekttransistoren (OFETs) mit vergleichbar größeren Kanallängen von einigen zehn Mikrometern führt. Die Reduzierung der Kanallänge erfordert die Verwendung zusätzlicher Hilfsmethoden z.B. oberflächenspannungsstrukturiertes Drucken oder “non-printing”-Technologien. Die Minimierung der Kanallänge ist entscheidend, um höhere Frequenzen und Ströme zu erzielen. Daher ist die Optimierung der Auflösung ein wesentlicher Parameter, um die Technologie weiter zu entwickeln. Die vorliegende Arbeit stellt ein neu entwickeltes Verfahren zur Realisierung von All-Inkjet-gedruckten OFETs mit kleinen Kanallängen dar. Hierbei wird ein Drop- on-Demand (DOD) Inkjet-Drucker mit 10pl-Druckköpfen eingesetzt. Dieses Verfahren basiert auf einem oberflächenspannungsabhängigen Ansatz für die reproduzierbare Erstellung von Source- und Drainelektroden mit homogenen und kontrollierbaren Kanallängen bis 4 μm. Beim Erstellen dieser Elektroden wird zuerst eine wasserbasierte Dispersion mit hydrophoben Nanopartikeln gedruckt und bei Raumtemperatur getrocknet. Während der Trocknungsphase wird der sogenannte Kaffeeringeffekt (CRE) zu Nutze gemacht. So führt der CRE zur Migration der Nanopartikeln vom Zentrum bis zum Rand der gedruckten Struktur. Diese gerichtete Migration bewirkt eine spontane Erstellung einer dünnen hydrophoben Doppellinie mit einer Breite von nur wenigen Mikrometern. In einem weiteren Schritt wird eine alkoholbasierte Silbernanopartikeltinte über die hydrophobe Linie gedruckt. Aufgrund der niedrigen Oberflächenenergie der darunter befindlichen hydrophoben Linie, teilt sich die leitfähige Tinte in zwei voneinander getrennte Strukturen, die zunächst als Source- und Drainelektroden eingesetzt werden. Um dieses Verfahren zu optimieren, werden im Rahmen dieser Arbeit Dispersionen mit verschiedenen hydrophoben Materialien wie Teflon- oder fluoroplastische Nanopartikeln unterschiedlicher Partikelgrößen und Konzentrationen untersucht. Die optimale Dispersion wird darauffolgend auf unbehandelten PEN-Folien und sauerstoffplasmabehandelten Dielektrika wie vernetztem Poly-4-Vinylphenol (c- PVP) und vernetztem Polymethylmethacrylat (c-PMMA) gedruckt und anschließend charakterisiert. Um den Einfluss verschiedener Parameter auf dieses Verfahren zu evaluieren, wurde ein Modell für die Berechnung der Breiten der gedruckten Struktur und der getrockneten hydrophoben Doppellinie, die den Elektrodenabstand bestimmt, entwickelt. Diese Dimensionen werden in Abhängigkeit verschiedener Druckparameter, Nanopartikelkonzentrationen, Liniengeometrien und Benetzungseigenchaften untersucht. Zunächst werden Simulationen durchgeführt, um den Einfluss von jedem Parameter auf die Doppellinienentstehung zu bestimmen. Dieses Modell ist ebenfalls erforderlich für die Berechnung der kritischen Kanallänge, unter welcher keine Entnetzung der leitfähigen Tinte auf der hydrophoben Linie mehr möglich ist. Die gewonnenen Simulationsergebnisse bzw. die optimalen Parameter werden für die Kontrolle des Abstands zwischen den Source- und Drainelektroden beim Drucken eingesetzt. Das beschriebene Verfahren wird zur Realisierung von All-Inkjet-gedruckten OFETs mit kleinen Kanallängen auf Plastiksubstraten in einer Bottom-Gate-Bottom-Contact-Konfiguration (BGBC) verwendet. Die benutzten Materialien bestehen aus einer Silbernanopartikeltinte für die Source-, Drain- und Gateelektroden, c-PVP für das Dielektrikum und TIPS-Pentacen für den Halbleiter. Multiple OFET-Arrays werden zum Schluss mit hoher Reproduzierbarkeit der Kanallängen und hoher Ausbeute gedruckt, um die industrielle Anwendbarkeit des vorgestellten Verfahren zu zeigen.