Diss. (sammanfattning) Linköping : Linköpings universitet, 2007. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Univ., Diss. u.d.T.: Wylleman, Annelies: Onvolwaardige wilsvorming en onbekwaamheid in het materieel en het formeel privaatrecht--Gent, 1998.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. / Committee Chair: Pritchett, Amy; Committee Co-Chair: Feron, Eric; Committee Member: Clarke, John-Paul; Committee Member: Tsiotras, Panagiotis; Committee Member: Yang, Bong-Jun

Thesis (M.S.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D. in Engineering)--University of California, Berkeley, 2005. / "May 2005." Includes bibliographical references (p. 64-66). Also available online via the ITS Berkeley web site (www.its.berkeley.edu).

Thesis (M.S.)--Montana State University--Bozeman, 2006. / Typescript. Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Ahmed Al-Kaisy. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 116-118).

Over the past two decades, the mountain pine beetle (MPB) has killed millions of acres of forest across western North America. In addition to extensive environmental disturbance, the MPB epidemic has deeply impacted human systems, including motivating the formation of novel environmental governance arrangements. In Colorado, the Colorado Bark Beetle Cooperative (CBBC) formed as a collaboration between federal, state, and local stakeholders to address the epidemic. This study used a combination of GIS analysis and qualitative document analysis to understand how the CBBC has been able to respond adaptively to changes in the landscape pattern of MPB damage. I found that the CBBC was able to respond adaptively to changes in the MPB outbreak through shifting their organizational direction and activities. However, the adaptive capacity of the group was constrained by logistical factors, the declining importance of MPB at a national level, and the ways in which the group framed the MPB problem.

Thesis (Masters Diploma (Electrical Engineering)) --Cape Technikon, Cape Town, 1987 / This thesis describes the development of a computerized Load Recorder. The load recorder is used by the Cape Town City Council to assist in the tariff investigation of electricity consumers. This investigation assists the consumers in selecting the best cost effective electricity tariff. It also motivates the consumers to maintain a constant load which in turn assists the Council in supplying the required electricity. The load recorder replaces a manual and time consuming method used in conducting the tariff investigation. The development of the load recorder involved the design of hardware and software. It was designed in a compact enclosure to hook up to the electricity meters of the consumer for a period of 7 days. The software was designed in the 6805 assembly language to log data and record the electricity load every 15 or 30 minutes for this period. At the end of this period the data is downloaded into the HP85 personal computer. A basic program was designed for the HP85 to analyse and compute the downloaded data. A graphical representation and analysis is printed by the HP85 computer. The given graph of the results represents the electricity used for this period. The tariff rates are analysed and calculated to determine the best cost effective tariff. A CMOS micro computer intergrated circuit was chosen due to the determined specification of the load recorder. In order to make the development of the load recorder possible an aid (tool) had to be designed and built for the chosen microprocessor. This development aid, the emulator, is included as part of this thesis. The Motorola exorciser only supported a cross assembler for the chosen microprocessor family. The emulator was designed and built to enable testing and debugging on the Exorciser. The development on the emulator involved a detailed analysis of the Exorciser development system. The emulator was designed using hardware and software. The hardware emulator board was designed as a standard Motorola size card which plugs into the Exorciser. The software was designed for the 6809 exorciser and for the 6805 emulator. The emulator was soak tested and debugged during the development of the load recorder. The emulator opened further avenues for future microcomputer design projects especially where a confined area and compactness is an important factor. The design and development of the emulator and the load recorder was conducted in the Computer Section of the City Electrical Engineer's Department of Cape Town.

Orientador: Claudio Alexandre Gobatto / Banca: Sergio Augusto Cunha / Banca: Marcelo Papoti / Banca: Mário Mateus Sugizaki / Banca: Sebastião Gobbi / Resumo: Considerando a necessidade de avaliar a capacidade aeróbia de nadadores e assim prescrever as intensidades adequadas de treino durante ciclos de treinamento, vários estudos foram desenvolvidos com diferentes protocolos a fim de identificar instrumentos de aplicabilidade prática capazes de avaliar e quantificar a capacidade aeróbia. Entretanto, ainda existem controvérsias a respeito dos modelos invasivos e não invasivos e exaustivos e não exaustivos que representem de forma mais fidedigna a máxima fase estável de lactato (MFEL). Além disso, existe também, carência de investigações relacionadas à utilização do sistema de nado atado na avaliação de parâmetros fisiológicos, mecânicos e como ferramenta no treinamento de nadadores. Desse modo, o objetivo geral do presente estudo foi padronizar e testar diferentes modelos invasivos e não invasivos de avaliação aeróbia na natação, por meio de protocolos em nados livre e atado, validando-os através da comparação com a MFEL. Para isso, foram avaliados 12 nadadores do sexo masculino durante um período de polimento na natação. Foram utilizados protocolos de MFEL, velocidade crítica (Vcrit), Vcrit obtida por meio do protocolo proposto por Chassain (1986), MFEL em nado atado, força crítica (Fcrit) em nado atado e Fcrit obtida por meio do protocolo proposto por Chassain (1986). Para verificar possíveis diferenças entre as respostas agudas de stress obtidas após a utilização de diferentes protocolos em nados livre e atado, concentrações sanguíneas foram mensuradas. / Abstract: Considering the need to evaluate the aerobic capacity in swimmers and to prescribe the appropriate intensities of training, several studies were developed with different protocols in order to identify practical applicability instruments capable to evaluate and to quantify the aerobic capacity in swimmers. However, still controversies exist regarding the invasive and non invasive models which represent the maximal lactate steady state (MLSS). The aim of the present study was to standardize and to test differents invasive and non invasive models of aerobic and anaerobic evaluation in the swimming, by protocols in free and tethered swimming, validating them by the comparison with the MFEL. Twelve male swimmers were evaluated during the taper period in the swimming. Protocols of MLSS, critical swimming velocity (CSV), Vcrit obtained through the protocol proposed by Chassain (1986), MFEL in tethered swimming, critical force (CF) in tethered swimming and CF obtained by the protocol proposed by Chassain (1986). To verify possible differences among the stress responses obtained after the use of different protocols in free and tethered swimming, enzymatic plasma concentrations were measured. / Doutor

Orientador: José Angelo Barela / Banca: Rosana Mattioli / Banca: Lilian Teresa Bucken Gobbi / Resumo: O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar e comparar o padrão de andar hemiplégico no solo e na esteira com suporte parcial e total de peso. Participaram deste estudo dez pacientes hemiplégicos crônicos, com média de idade de 55,2 l 8,72 anos, com tempo de evolução de 2,8 l 2,69 anos após o AVC. Os participantes realizaram a tarefa experimental do andar em duas superfícies: no solo e em uma esteira motorizada e em quatro condições diferentes de suporte de peso: sem colete e com colete com apoio de 100% do peso corporal, suspensão de 15% e de 30% do peso corporal. Marcadores foram afixados nos centros articulares dos membros inferiores: quadril, joelho, tornozelo e quinto metatarso e o andar foi filmado no plano sagital, de forma alternada para ambos os lados. Inicialmente, andaram numa passarela na condição sem colete, depois com colete e, posteriormente, foi definida por sorteio a ordem das condições de suspensão de peso. Após um curto período de adaptação, os participantes realizaram o andar na esteira, com uma velocidade fixa de 0,33 m/s, primeiro com colete, depois na seqüência previamente definida para a suspensão de peso no solo e finalmente sem colete. Para cada condição de peso e para cada superfície foram digitalizadas três tentativas para a perna parética e três para a perna não parética utilizando o sistema APAS. O comportamento das passadas foi analisado por meio das variáveis descritivas: comprimento, duração, freqüência e velocidade. A organização temporal foi analisada por meio da duração das fases de suporte e de balanço e das subfases de suporte simples, primeiro e segundo duplo suporte. Adicionalmente foram obtidos os índices de simetria para as variáveis descritivas e temporais. A movimentação articular foi analisada utilizando os ângulos de flexão de quadril no TC, a extensão de quadril... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo). / Abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the gait pattern of hemiparetic subjects walking in the overground and the treadmill with partial body weight support (BWS) and full weight bearing. Ten hemiparetic chronic patients, nine men and one woman, mean age 55,2 l 8,72 years and 2,8 l 2,69 years poststroke participated on the study. The task consisted of walking in two surfaces: overground and motor-driven treadmill and four conditions of weight support: without harness, with harness, with 15% and 30% BWS. Markers were placed on the joint centers in both lower extremities: hip, knee, ankle and five metatarsal. The walking performances were videotaped in the sagittal plane for both sides, alternately. First, hemiparetic subjects walking in a runway without harness, soon after with harness and subsequently the trial order with BWS were randomly defined. At the start of task in the treadmill, all subjects were habituated for the short time. The treadmill speed was kept constant during all trials in 0,33 m/s and sequence of BWS was 1) with harness, 2) order with BWS previously defined at the floor, 3) without harness. For each condition and surface, 3 trials of paretic limb and 3 trials non-paretic limb were collected and were digitized using the APAS system. The step walking organization was examined through the variables stride length, duration, cadence and velocity. In addition, the symmetry indexes for espacial and temporal variables were measured. The temporal walking organization was calculated through the variables duration of support and swing phases, single support, first and second double support period. The joint excursions was evaluated through hip flexion angle at heel strike, hip extension at single support, knee flexion at middle-swing, knee extension at single support, ankle dorsiflexion at heel strike and ankle... (Complete abstract, click electronic address below). / Mestre