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The purpose of the study was to investigate, through an experiment, if positive mood promotes creativity and flexible thinking. Participants were a total of 93 college students. The main hypothesis was that subjects induced with positive mood would perform better than subjects induced with negative mood, at a test reflecting creativity. To further explore the implications of priming (subliminal manipulated moods), a neutral control group was included. The cognitive test used in the study was Duncker´s The Candle Problem, a test which aims to get the subjects to apply flexible and creative thinking. The priming methods applied in the study was music and video clips. To measure the participant’s subjective mood a self-report scale, Mood Adjective Check List (MACL), was included as a successful manipulation control. The result showed a clear relationship between positive and negative priming, implying that subjects induced with positive mood performed significantly better than subjects induced with negative mood. There was no significant relationship between the groups induced with neutral and negative mood. / Syftet med studien var att genom ett experiment utforska om positiv sinnesstämning främjar kreativitet och flexibelt tänkande. Deltagarna i experimentet var totalt 93 studenter. Den huvudsakliga hypotesen var att deltagare inducerade till positivt känslotillstånd skulle prestera bättre än deltagare inducerade till negativt känslotillstånd, på ett kreativitetsreflekterande test. För att närmare undersöka påverkan av priming (subliminalt manipulerade känslotillstånd) inkluderades även en neutral kontrollgrupp. Testet som användes var Dunckers The Candle Problem. Syftet med testet var att få deltagarna att tillämpa flexibelt och kreativt tänkande. Priming-metoden som användes i experimentet bestod av musik och filmklipp. För att mäta deltagarnas subjektiva känslotillstånd tillämpades formuläret Mood Adjective Check List (MACL) som en framgångsrik manipulationskontroll. Ur resultatet utlästes en tydlig relation mellan positiv och negativ priming, att deltagare som fått positiv priming klarade testet signifikant bättre än deltagare med negativ priming. Mellan grupperna som inducerats med neutral och negativ sinnesstämning upptäcktes dock ingen signifikant relation.

xlix, 348 p. : ill. (some col.) A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. / Supernovae Ia are viable standard candles for measuring cosmological distances because of their enormous light output and similar intrinsic brightness. However, dispersion in intrinsic brightness casts doubt on the overall reliability of supernovae as cosmological distance indicators. Moreover, as shown in this thesis, the dependence of peak brightness on host galaxy properties significantly contributes to this dispersion. As a result, there is good reason to doubt that the nearby sample of supernovae Ia is identical to the distant samples, which occur in host galaxies that are billions of years younger. This study explores the validity of supernovae Ia as standard candles by examining regions of nearby galaxies that hosted supernovae and modeling their observational selection function. The approach is two-fold. First, photometry is performed on the stellar population environment of supernovae to characterize that region as a function of supernova type. Then, the observational selection function is simulated to determine the true supernovae production rate of the z < 0.1 redshift limit. We find that, on average, type Ia events occur in redder and older populations; underluminous supernovae Ia occur in regions that seem to be preferentially dusty, whereas normal Ia coming from the same galaxy type occur in a wide range of extinction environments. Furthermore, redder peak colors correspond to redder underlying population colors. This finding implies that dust extinction effects can cause systematic errors in the luminosity calibration of Ia events Finally, a single supernova rate does not adequately describe all supernovae Ia within z < 0.1. A rate of 0.25 SNu describes the population up to z < 0.03, and a much smaller rate, 0.1 SNu or less, describes supernovae past this distance. This finding indicates that observed supernova rates per galaxy remain biased by sample selection effects and that the intrinsic rate is likely uncertain by a factor of 2 to 3. / Committee in charge: Raymond Frey, Chairperson, Physics; James Imamura, Member, Physics; Gregory Bothun, Member, Physics; Stephen Hsu, Member, Physics; James Isenberg, Outside Member, Mathematics

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Dropp-genereringstekniker är viktiga för industrier som läkemedelsindustrin, livsmedelsindustrin, kosmetikindustrin etc. Traditionella droppgenereringstekniker är dock begränsade i mängden av material som kan processas till droppform. Ett exempel inkjet som är en väletablerad teknik för att generera droppar med hög hastighet (1-10 kHz) och precision (10-20 μm), men kan bara stöta ut vätskor med låga viskositet, ungefär 10-100 gånger viskositeten av vattnet. Akustophoretisk utskrift motiv är att övervinna denna materialbegränsning och har framgångsrikt avkopplat dropputstötning från bläckviskositet. Metoden utnyttjar ickelinjära akustiska krafter för att skriva ut en stor mängd av material med hög kontroll, med viskositet som sträcker sig över fyra storleksordningar (0,5 mPa · s till 25 000 mPa · s). Emellertid är utstötningen baserad på bildandet av en hängande droppe, och i den aktuella prototypen begränsas materialpaletten av akustophoretisk utskrift genom sprider sig över munstycket, vilket begränsar den minsta tillåtnas ytspänningen till ungefär 60 mN / m. I detta arbete införs en munstycksbeläggningsteknik för att expandera mängden av utskrivbara material, med tillåtna ytspänningar så låga som 25 mN / m. Genom att utnyttja generera nanostrukturer med låg ytenergi på munstyckspetsen, tillverkas superavstötande beläggning. Grunden för nanostrukturerna genererades med hjälp av sot från ett paraffin-vaxljus. Ett robust tillverkningsprotokoll har etablerats, och beläggningen fysikaliska egenskaper och prestanda har karaktäriserats. Tre nya tillämpningsområden undersöktes, vilket demonstrerade noviteten hos denna nya metod. Detta arbete banar vägen för en ny uppsättning material som ska behandlas i en droppe-per droppe metodik. / Droplet generation techniques are essential for industries such as the pharmaceutical, food industry, cosmetic industry, etc. However, traditional droplet generation techniques are limited in the palette of materials that can processed in a droplet form. For example, inkjet which is a well-established technology to generate droplets of high speed (1-10 kHz) and precision (10-20 μm), but can only eject fluids with low viscosities, roughly 10-100 folds the one of water. Acoustophoretic printing aims to overcome this material limitation and have successfully decoupled droplet ejection from ink viscosity. The method harnesses nonlinear acoustic forces to print a wide range of materials on demand, spanning over four orders of magnitudes (0.5 mPa·sto 25,000 mPa·s). However, the ejection is based on the formation of a pendant drop, and in the current prototype, the material palette of acoustophoretic printing is limited by nozzle wetting, limiting the allowable minimum surface tension to about 60 mN/m. In this work, a nozzle coating technique is introduced in order to expand the material window by processing fluid with a surface tension as low as 25 mN/m. By leveraging self-assembling of nanostructures on the nozzle tip, superamphiphobic coating is successfully manufactured by using a candle soot template.A robust manufacturing protocol has been established, and the coating characterized in its physics and performance.

La composition de l'air intérieur est complexe et fortement influencée par les activités humaines. Celles-ci engendrent notamment l'émission de composés organiques et de particules. Les inquiétudes grandissantes quant à la qualité de l'air intérieur et à son impact sanitaire ont contraint les pouvoirs publics à prendre des mesures pour mieux assurer son suivi. Parmi les activités humaines fréquemment soupçonnées de contribuer à la contamination de l'air intérieur, on retrouve l'utilisation de parfums d'ambiance de types encens et bougies. De récentes études ont montré que cette pratique pouvait entraîner l'émission de composés organiques volatils (COV) et de particules. Une des carences liées à ces études résulte dans le fait qu'il n'existe pas de protocole de prélèvement et de mesures normalisés pour ce type de pratique, rendant l'exploitation et l'inter comparaison des résultats sujette à beaucoup de controverses. Les industriels français ont dès lors souhaité réagir, par la mise en place d'une méthodologie commune de mesure des émissions induites par la combustion des parfums d'ambiance. Le but de ce travail est de développer et de valider un dispositif expérimental permettant de mieux contrôler la combustion et les paramètres environnementaux qui l'influencent, afin de disposer d'un protocole expérimental calibré et reproductible. Ainsi, après avoir étudié les types de polluants et les possibilités de prélèvements et d'analyses associées, l'étude a été conduite en trois étapes. La première a été réalisée dans une pièce laboratoire simulant en taille réelle la pièce d'un logement. Elle a permis de déterminer le type de composés émis (COV et particules) par la combustion de parfums d'ambiance et les niveaux de concentrations associés. La seconde étape consistait en la réalisation d'un plan d'expériences complet dans une enceinte d'essais d'émissions pour déterminer l'influence de la température, de l'humidité relative et du taux de renouvellement d'air sur les niveaux émissions. Enfin, dans le cadre de la dernière étape, la méthode et les connaissances acquises précédemment ont été transférées à une enceinte d'essai climatique de faible volume, afin de permettre la réalisation d'analyse en routine. / The indoor air composition is complex and widely influenced by human activities. These practices generate organic compound and particles. Growing concerns about indoor air quality and its impact on health have forced the government to make more studies. Among the human practices, recent studies shown that incense and candle combustion could result in the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and particles. However, there is no standard sample protocol for measuring these emissions. The results comparison is then largely controversy. French manufacturers want to develop a methodology for emissions controlling due to the combustion of incense and candle processes. Through this experimental system, they want to learn much more about these processes and emissions control to anticipate the new law. Thus, after studying about the types of pollutants and sampling/analysis protocol associated, three types of studies were conducted. The first study was carried in a room of a house, to determine which kind of compounds were emitted (VOCs and particulate matter) and their concentration levels. The second study was to apply a full factorial design in a chamber emission test, to determine temperature, relative humidity and air exchange rates emissions influences. Finally, in a last study, the method and the knowledge acquired previously were transferred to a climate test chamber of small volume, allowing manufacturers to make routine analysis.

The thesis purpose is to show that small time frame discretionary e-mini market trading does not mean only blind betting without long term success. Carefully built trading plan, risk management optimization and self-control mastering are the key elements for successful financial market speculation. The first part of the thesis focuses on basics of market mechanism, price activity and order flow. Practical part summarizes findings of theoretical part of the thesis to comprehensive concept, trading plan which is tested through one month demo account trading e-mini Dow market.

Det här examensarbetet är en fortsättning på ett tidigare kandidatexamensarbete vars syfte var att bestämma form och funktion för ett elektriskt stearinljus som skulle se så verklighetstroget ut som möjligt. En prototyp av ljuset byggdes för att testa den nya tekniska lösningen. Syftet med föreliggande examensarbetet var att undersöka hur ljuset skulle kunna tillverkas industriellt. Vad som var optimal tillverkningsteknik och bästa material för varje komponent undersöktes. Svårigheten var att fatta välgrundade beslut för hur vissa komponenter skulle tillverkas, varför det krävdes fysiska experiment för detta. Ett exempel på en sådan komponent var ljusets låga vars uppgift är att sprida ljus, jämt i alla riktningar. Lågan behöver därför ha en skrovlig yta som kan sprida ljus. För att kunna tillverka lågan krävdes en teknik som gör det möjligt att producera dess komplicerade form tidseffektivt. Först bestämdes därför att lågan skulle formsprutas då det är är en teknik som möjliggör gjutning av avancerade former som går på kort tid. Det bestämdes även att lågan skulle göras i akrylplast då det är en plast med hög transparens. För att bestämma hur den skrovliga ytan skulle åstadkommas utfördes sedan ett experiment där olika gjutformar tillverkades. Dessa gjutformar ytbearbetades på olika sätt med bl.a. blästring, gnistbehandling, etsning och gravering. Genomskinlig plast användes för att formspruta i gjutformarna. Det resulterade i formsprutade plastbrickor med olika ytstrukturer. Dessa ytor belystes och dess ljusspridande förmåga mättes med två olika mättekniker. Det visade sig att den etsade ytan spred ljus bäst. Jämfört med ytan som fanns på prototypens låga så visade mätningar att den etsade ytan var något bättre på att sprida ljus. Även andra experiment gjordes för val av en fjäderkomponent och val av limmetod.Ytjämnhetsmätning av den etsade ytan visade att ytjämnheten var Ra 18 µm och på grund av skrovligheten i ytan kunde lågan inte gjutas i ett stycke utan fick delas upp i två halvor. En CAD-modell av ett formverktyg som gjuter en halv låga konstruerades med tillräckliga släppvinklar.  Tack vare den etsade ytans goda ljusspridande förmåga behövde ljusets ljuskälla inte lysa starkare än 30 lumen vilket innebär att LED-lampans effekt inte behöver vara större än 0,5 W. De två AA batterier som strömförsörjer ljuset skulle då räcka i minst 15 timmar. / This master thesis is a continuation of an earlier bachelor projectwhere the purpos was to develop form and function for an electric candle that would look as realistic as possible. A prototype of the light was made to test the technical solution. The purpose of this master thesis was to find out how this candle should be manufactured in industry. Optimal manufacturing process and material were assigned to all the components. For some components it was harder to make well grounded decitions about the manufacturing process which is why physical experiments were needed. One of such components is the flame who’s function is to spread light even in all directions. Therefor the flame needs a rough surface that can scatter light. In order to manufacture the flame it required a manufacturing process that could make the complex form on short time. Acrylic plastic was choosen as the material for the flame due to its high light transmittance. To determine how the surface on the flame would be created an experiment was conducted were a couple of mold forms were made. The surface of the forms was processed with blasting, electrical discharge machining, etching and scraping. Transparent plastic was injection molded in these forms. That resulted in pieces of plastic with different surfaces. These pieces were lit and the light scattering properties were measured in two different ways. It showed that the etched surface scattered most light. Other experiments concerning spring testing and glue testing were made. The surface roughness were measured. The etched surface had a surface roughness of Ra 18 µm and because of the high roughness the flame could not be molded in one piece but was split in two. A CAD-model of a mould that makes a half flame was constructed with required draft angles. Thanks to the good light scattering of the etched surface, the lightsource did not need to be stronger than 30 lumen which meen the power of LED-light only had to be around 0,5 W. That meant that two AA batteries could power the light for 15 hours.

Vidéos et images des résultats disponible à : http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/labs/infographie/theses/fatnasss/ / La synthèse d'une flamme animée dans un environnement 3D virtuel, reste à ce jour une tâche ardue, exigeant de judicieusement balancer réalisme et coût de calcul. Dans ce mémoire, nous présentons un ensemble de techniques pour sa simulation en temps réel tout en modélisant une interaction à des forces externes. Nous désirons minimiser son coût de calcul tout en préservant une apparence convaincante dans l'optique d'une intégration au sein de systèmes existants, n'affectant pas indûment leurs performances. Un champ de vélocité est extrait d'une simulation de ressorts et mis à profit dans le déplacement de chaînes de particules modélisant la forme de la flamme par l'entremise de la paramétrisation d'une surface NURBS. Considérant l'importance qu'ils ont sur notre perception de la combustion, nous prenons également soin de reproduire l'illumination, les ombres, et l'effet d'éblouissement qu'elle engendre. / The synthesis of an open flame in a virtual 3D environment, remains to this day an arduous task, requiring a wise balance between realism and processing cost. In this M. Sc. thesis, we present a set of techniques for its simulation in real time while also modeling the interaction with external forces. Our goal is to minimize the cost while preserving a convincing appearance, thus facilitating integration of the techniques into existing systems without unduly affecting their performance. A velocity field is extracted from a spring-mass simulation which contributes to moving chains of particules that are used in modeling the flame shape through the configuration of a NURBS surface. In light of the importance they have on our perception of combustion, we also take care to duplicate the lighting, shadows and bloom the flame gives rise to.

Submitted by Maicon Juliano Schmidt (maicons) on 2015-07-14T19:19:40Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Thamiris Magalhães de Sousa.pdf: 4118912 bytes, checksum: e9bea7943a446356d726cc032b753c99 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-14T19:19:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Thamiris Magalhães de Sousa.pdf: 4118912 bytes, checksum: e9bea7943a446356d726cc032b753c99 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-04-22 / Nenhuma / Este trabalho busca analisar os processos de interação entre fiéis e igreja, mais especificamente nas redes de relacionamento da maior procissão católica da América Latina: O Círio de Nossa Senhora de Nazaré, realizado todo segundo domingo de outubro na capital paraense, Belém do Pará. As redes sociais digitais do Círio e dos internautas, mais especificamente o Facebook, são estratégias ainda recentes utilizadas pela igreja para evangelizar, nas chamadas mídias digitais, originárias da web 2.0 e da cibercultura, em uma sociedade em vias de midiatização. Nessas novas plataformas comunicacionais, a religião começa a alterar seus modos de se comunicar, sendo que os fiéis passam a ter papel central e relevante neste novo cenário. Nesta análise, são discutidas que mudanças começam a surgir no discurso e na prática da Igreja Católica Apostólica Romana proporcionadas pela inserção da igreja no mundo digital, bem como as tensões encontradas ao longo deste percurso entre o dizer e o fazer da instituição religiosa. São percebidas, ainda, as divergências encontradas nas opiniões dos próprios padres, com relação ao uso, objetivo e outros detalhes quanto à evangelização no meio digital. Como estudo de caso, são analisados os discursos dos internautas nas mídias digitais do Círio de Nazaré, percebendo se há uma alteração no modo de ser e fazer religião e um novo modo de ser religioso que começa a emergir nas redes de relacionamento da internet, com a crescente midiatização da sociedade. / This paper seeks to analyze the processes of interaction between faithful and church, specifically in social networking largest Catholic procession of Latin America: The Candle of Our Lady of Nazareth, held every second Sunday of October in the capital of Pará, Belém do Pará. The networking of the Candle, specifically Facebook, are still recents strategies used by the church to evangelize, digital media on calls originating web 2.0 and Cyberculture, in a society in the process of mediatization. In these new communication platforms, religion begins to change their ways of communicating. And the faithful? These are replaced and relevant central role in this new scenario. In this analysis, are discussed changes that begin to emerge in the discourse and practice of the Catholic Church provided by the insertion of the church in the digital world as well as the tensions encountered along this route between saying and doing the religious institution. Are perceived, yet, the differences found in the opinions of the priests themselves, regarding the use, purpose and other details regarding evangelization in the digital medium. As a case study, we analyze the speeches of Internet digital media in the Candle of Nazareth, seeing if there is a change in the mode of being and doing religion and a new way of being religious that is emerging in social networking Internet, with the increasing mediatization of society.