Orthodox Jewish adolescents develop and mature within a very structured environment. The aim of this study was to explore adolescent psychosocial identity development within Orthodox Jewish education. The secondary focus was the nature of the religious identity acquired through religious education, specifically Jewish Orthodox education. The literature study explored adolescent identity and development (within Erikson's framework), religious orientation and Orthodox Jewish education. The qualitative research was conducted empirically, in the form of a case study of seven adolescents from a single-sex Orthodox school based in Johannesburg. The themes that emerged from the empirical study are as follows: the community; Orthodox Judaism; education; parents, family and peers; adolescent and religious identity. The study indicated that the participants' identity development is dominated by their religious psychosocial world that paradoxically provides the structure that supports and complicates their identity development. / Educational Studies / M.Ed. (Guidance and Counseling)

O presente trabalho, plasmado em metodologia jurídica, reflete criticamente sobre o problema da motivação da sentença civil como elemento de organização e de funcionamento do Estado Constitucional Democrático de Direito. A motivação é condição essencial de jurisdicionalidade, no sentido de que sem motivação não há exercício legítimo da função jurisdicional. O trabalho faz uma abordagem da natureza da motivação como discurso justificativo, jurídico e racional, da validade dos critérios de escolha ou de valoração empregados pelo juiz em sua decisão. O raciocínio do juiz é apresentado sob dupla feição: raciocínio decisório interno (contexto de descoberta ou deliberação) e raciocínio justificativo externo (contexto de justificação ou de validação). O conjunto das funções técnico-instrumental (endoprocessual) e político-garantística (extraprocessual) é objeto de investigação. A motivação, nos planos teórico e prático, exerce também a função de garantia do garantismo processual. A tese da inexistência jurídica da sentença tem três eixos teóricos: omissão total da motivação gráfica; falta de motivação ideológica, equiparada à hipótese de ausência de motivação gráfica; incompatibilidade lógica radical entre as premissas ou entre as premissas e a conclusão final, que também equivale à ausência total de motivação. O trabalho retrata um modelo de injustiça atemporal vivificado pelo juiz Crono, oposto à motivação como inestimável fator de legitimação argumentativa da jurisdição. A obrigatoriedade de motivação pública é o traço característico da jurisdição de nossa contemporaneidade e representa a maior conquista civilizatória do processo équo e justo. / This work, shaped in juridical methodology, critically reflects on the problem of motivation of civil judgment as an element of organization and functioning of the Democratic Constitutional State of Law. Motivation is an essential condition of jurisdiction, in the sense that without motivation there is no legitimate exercise of the jurisdictional function. The work makes an approach to the nature of motivation as a justificative discourse, juridical and rational, of the validity of choice or valuation criteria employed by the judge in its decision. The reasoning of the judge ispresented in double feature: internal decision-making reasoning (context of discovery or deliberation) and external justificative reasoning (context of justification or validation). The set of the technical-instrumental function (endoprocedural) and the political-rights assurance function (extraprocedural) is object of investigation. Motivation, in the theoretical and practical levels, also exerts the function of guarantee of the procedural right assuring mechanism. The thesis of the juridical validity of the judgment has three theoretical axes: total omission of the graphical motivation; lack of ideological motivation, equated to the hypothesis of nonexistence of the graphical motivation; radical logical incompatibility between the premises or between premises and the finalconclusion, which is also equivalent to the total lack of motivation. The work depicts a model of timeless injustice vivified by the judge Crono, opposite to the motivation as an invaluable factor of argumentative legitimacy of jurisdiction. Mandatory public motivation is the characteristic feature of the jurisdiction of our times and represents the greatest civilizing conquest of equal and fair proceeding.

This diploma thesis is focused on the evaluation of the actual situation of the company by SWOT analysis, Porter's five forces analysis and selected indicators of financial analysis. The problems identified by these indicators are further elaborated, compared with competitive company operating in the same branch and used a propsal of improvements. This proposal should contribute to better performance appraising company in the future.

Mémoire en recherche-création. Master in research-creation / Vers l’âge de 7 ans, les patients atteints de fibrose kystique (FK) sont amenés à suivre une thérapie par pression expiratoire positive (PEP). Celle-ci consiste à réaliser une série d’exercices respiratoires répétitifs et méthodiques. Cependant, ces exercices peuvent être ennuyeux et démotivants pour des jeunes enfants et entrainent un taux d’adhésion quotidien de moins de 50%. Ce faible résultat affecte grandement la qualité et l’espérance de vie à long terme des patients, en plus d’avoir un impact social et familial considérable. Ces derniers utilisent les aspects ludiques et interactifs des jeux vidéo pour motiver et susciter l’engagement des sujets envers l’activité et son contenu. Ils ont déjà faits leurs preuves dans le domaine de la santé et de l’éducation en favorisant l’apprentissage ou la réhabilitation par exemple. Ce projet de recherche-création cherche à valider la possibilité d’utiliser des jeux spécialement conçus pour la thérapie PEP ainsi que l’intérêt des jeunes atteints de FK à les utiliser dans le cadre de leurs exercices thérapeutiques. L’objectif est de favoriser l’adhésion des jeunes envers cette thérapie et faciliter l’apprentissage et l’application des techniques associées. Cette approche ludique vise ultimement à améliorer la qualité de vie des jeunes atteints de FK dans la durée. Grâce à une collaboration entre des étudiants de l’Université de Montréal et des spécialistes en santé de la clinique de FK du CHU Ste-Justine, trois prototypes de jeux et un prototype d’interface électronique, utilisé pour contrôler les jeux et pour être compatibles avec l’appareil PEP le plus utilisé en Amérique du Nord (le PariPEP®), ont été conçus dans le cadre de ce projet. Les prototypes ont été testés sur place, à la clinique FK de l’hôpital pour enfants, dans le cadre d’une étude pilote effectuée auprès de 10 jeunes patients, toutes et tous âgés entre 8 et 10 ans. / At around the age of 7 years old, younger patients diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) are usually prescribed a new therapy using positive expiratory pressure (PEP). For PEP therapy, patients are required to perform a series of repetitive and methodical breathing exercises to improve lung capacity among other health benefits. However, these exercises can be boring and demotivating for young children. As a result, daily adherence rate to PEP therapy is less than 50%. In turn, this affects the quality of life and long-term health of patients as well as directly impacting their families. In the education and health sectors, serious games are already used with children to help them with learning, therapy and even physical rehabilitation. Serious games leverage the fun and interactive aspects of video games to motivate and improve the commitment of the player to learn the targeted material or adhere to a specific health behaviour. This research-creation project seeks to validate the efficacy of using games specially designed to help patients adhere to PEP therapy exercises more regularly. The objective is to encourage them to get involved in their daily exercises and to facilitate the learning and application of the breathing techniques. This playful approach ultimately aims to improve the quality of life of CF children over time. Leveraging a multi and interdisciplinary collaboration between students from University of Montreal and specialists from the CF clinic at CHU Ste-Justine, three games prototypes and an electronic device prototype, used to control the games, were developed for the most popular PEP device in North America (PariPEP®). The games and electronic device prototypes were tested at the CF clinic, within the hospital for children, as part of a pilot study with 10 young patients, aged from 8 to 10 years old.

This diploma thesis deals with design of reconection-less electronically reconfigurable filter structures which have single input and single output using unconventional active elements, which have ability to adjust one of their parameter e.g. gain or transconductance. The first part describes basic parameters of frequency filters, the division of filters by frequency transfer response and used circuit elements, their operational modes, the principle of reconnection-less electronically reconfiguration and the circuit design method MUNV. Second part describes all active elements used in the proposal of filters, their properties and the implementation using existing transistor-level models. The third part contains the design of three reconnection-less electronically reconfigurable filters and the simulations results obtained from simulation programs OrCAD Capture and PSpice. The obtained results were compared with theoretical behaviour. This part also contains results of these analyses: sensitivity, parasitic, Monte Carlo and temperature to determine the behaviour in varied cases.

Diploma thesis deals with circuits contain fractional-order elements. The first part of this paper deals with this problem, there were also described methods of design fractionalorder elements and types of circuits containing the fractiona-order elements which can be applied in practice. Used active elements for practical part can be found in the second chapter. Design of GIC circuits and implementation of fractional-order element inside the circuit are shown in the last chapture. Parasitic analysis and stability of frequency filter containing fractional-order element had been also described.

This Master´s thesis analyses the economic and financial situation of VEBA, the textile company, Plc in years 2002 – 2006. It includes also proposals and disposals for improvement of the present statue with consideration of the company possibilities.

<p>Composite Plate Shear Walls - Concrete Filled (C-PSW/CF), also known as SpeedCore walls, are increasingly used in commercial buildings. C-PSW/CF offer the advantages of modularization and expedited construction time. The performance of C-PSW/CF under wind and seismic loading has been extensively studied. As such, building codes permit the use of these walls in non-seismic and seismic regions. In addition to these lateral loads, C-PSW/CF may be exposed to fire loading during their service life. Elevated temperatures resulting from the fire loading subject structural components to a set of forces and deformations. These elevated temperatures result in the significant degradation of the material properties. Thus, fire loading may lead to the failure of structural components during fire incidents within the buildings.</p> <p>This dissertation describes (i) experimental, numerical, and analytical studies conducted to evaluate the performance of C-PSW/CF and (ii) the development of design guidelines for C-PSW/CF subjected to fire and gravity loading. The results from prior experimental investigations were compiled, and five additional fire tests were conducted to address gaps in the experimental data. The fire tests were conducted on laboratory-scale specimens subjected to axial compressive loading and simulated standard fire loading (heating). The parameters considered in the tests were axial compressive loading (21% – 30% of section compressive strength, <em>Ag f’c</em>), steel plate slenderness (24 – 48, tie spacing-to-steel plate thickness ratio), and uniformity of heating (all-sided versus three-sided heating).</p> <p>Numerical and analytical studies were conducted using two independent methods namely Finite Element (FE) and Finite Difference (FD) methods. The developed models were benchmarked to test data, and the benchmarked models were used to conduct parametric studies to expand the database. The thermal and structural material properties recommended by Eurocode standards were applied in these models. The parameters considered were the wall thickness (200 mm – 600 mm), wall slenderness (story height-to-concrete thickness ratio, <em>H/tc</em>= 5 – 25), axial load ratio (<em>Pu</em> ≤ 30% section concrete strength, <em>Ac f’c</em>), heating uniformity (uniform versus non-uniform heating), boundary conditions (pinned versus fixed), cross-sectional steel plate reinforcement ratio (<em>As/Ag</em> =1.3% – 5.3%), steel plate slenderness ratio (<em>stie/tp</em> = 20 – 75), tie bar spacing-to-wall concrete thickness ratio (<em>stie/tc</em> = 0.5 – 1.0), and concrete compressive strength (<em>f’c</em> = 40 MPa – 55 MPa).</p> <p>Symmetric nonlinear thermal gradients were developed through wall thickness for the walls exposed to uniform fire loading. Due to the low thermal conductivity of concrete, the temperature decreased nonlinearly through the wall thickness towards the mid-thickness of the walls. For the non-uniform fire exposure, temperatures through the wall thickness decreased nonlinearly towards the unexposed surface of the walls. A consistent trend was observed in the axial displacements of C-PSW/CF under combined fire and gravity loading. The observed trend consisted of several steps including (i) thermal expansion, (ii) gradual axial shortening, (iii) fast axial shortening, and (iv) failure.</p> <p>Local buckling of steel plates between tie bars was observed in all walls. However, this phenomenon did not cause any significant degradation in structural performance or failure of the walls. The results from parametric studies indicated that wall slenderness ratio (story height-to-wall thickness ratio), wall thickness, applied axial load ratio, and end boundary conditions have a significant influence on the fire resistance of C-PSW/CF. Higher wall slenderness ratios and load ratios had a detrimental effect on the fire resistance of walls. Global buckling was the dominant failure mode for the walls with high slenderness ratios (e.g., <em>H</em>/<em>tc </em>³ 15). In thicker walls, the lower temperatures in the middle regions of the concrete helped to maintain the axial compressive capacity of walls under fire loading. Limiting the steel plate slenderness ratio could slightly improve the fire resistance of unprotected walls by arresting the extent of local buckling between tie bars.</p> <p>The results from the parametric studies have been used to develop an approach for designing C-PSW/CF subjected to combined fire and gravity loading. The total (linear) length of the wall was discretized into unit width columns, where each unit width column corresponded to a length of wall equal to the tie bar spacing (<em>stie</em>). Thus, each unit is like a column with steel plates on two opposite surfaces, concrete infill, and tie bars distributed uniformly along the height. The axial load capacity of C-PSW/CF can be estimated as the axial load capacity of the unit width column, calculated using the developed approach, multiplied by the linear length of the wall divided by the unit width (tie bar spacing). For this approach, the wall slenderness ratio (<em>H/tw</em>), has a limiting value of 20. Walls with wall slenderness ratios greater than 20 should be fire protected. The expansion of the material on the exposed surface of walls generated moments through the wall cross-section in non-uniform fire scenarios. This phenomenon caused the early failure of walls (~40 minutes) with wall slenderness ratios greater than 20. An approach was developed to conservatively estimate the fire-resistance rating (in hours) of unprotected C-PSW/CF exposed to the standard fire time-temperature curve. The fire-resistance rating of C-PSW/CF depends directly on the applied axial load ratio, wall slenderness ratio, and wall thickness.</p> <p>The temperature profile through the wall thickness can be calculated by discretizing the section into fibers (or elements). Since the temperature of the elements is uniform along the height and length of walls, 1D thermal analysis (through wall thickness) can be performed using heat transfer equations or the fiber-based program developed in the study.</p> <p>Vent holes are recommended to relieve the buildup steam pressure as the moisture content of concrete evaporates at temperatures exceeding the boiling point of water. A rational method was developed to design the vent holes as a function of the maximum temperature and thermal gradient through the wall thickness, heating duration, moisture content, and the acceptable level of pressure buildup on the steel plates. However, in typical cases, unprotected C-PSW/CF walls can be provided with 25 mm diameter vent holes spaced at a distance equal to story height or 3.6 m (maximum) in the horizontal and vertical directions to relieve the buildup of steam or water vapor pressure.</p> <p>This research study also led to the development and validation of a computer program that can be used instead of the design equations to more accurately model and calculate the thermal and structural performance of composite C-PSW/CF. This program is based on a fiber-based section and member analysis method that can be used to evaluate the performance and axial (gravity) load capacity of unprotected and protected C-PSW/CF subjected to uniform or non-uniform heating. The analysis can be conducted by implementing standard (ISO 834 or ASTM E119), Eurocode parametric, or user input gas (or surface) time-temperature curves.</p> <p>The proposed equations and the recommendations in this study can be used to develop design guidelines and specifications for fire resistance design of C-PSW/CF under combined fire and gravity loading. A code change proposal will be proposed to AISC <em>Specification</em> - Appendix 4 (Structural Design for Fire Condition).</p>

<p dir="ltr">Composite Plate Shear Wall/ Concrete Filled (C-PSW/CF), also referred to as SpeedCore walls, are being used as innovative shear wall commercial high-rise buildings. These walls offer advantages such as modularity and construction schedule contraction. The cross-section of C- PSWs/CF consists of concrete infill sandwiched between the steel faceplates, where the steel plates are tied together by steel tie bars. Elevated temperatures will result in a deterioration in the mechanical properties of steel and concrete during a fire event in buildings. Such degradation can lead to stability-related failure of structural components. Composite floors are connected to these walls through simple shear connections. The floor-to-wall connections will be exposed to elevated temperatures, which may result in connection failure and progressive collapse of structures.</p><p dir="ltr">Designing SpeedCore walls without fire protection raises concerns regarding the performance of other structural components connected to SpeedCore walls under fire loading including composite floor systems and wall-to-floor connections. Numerical studies conducted on the connections and the floor systems indicated that these structural components undergo thermal compression forces during heating and tensile forces during the cooling phases of a fire event. The goal of this research was to develop an approach for performance-based fire resistance design of complete floor systems consisting of SpeedCore walls, composite floor slabs, and wall-to-floor connections.</p><p dir="ltr">This research includes experimental and numerical analyses to gain insight into the behavior of the floor-to-SpeedCore wall connections under fire and gravity loading. The specimens included steel beams connected to SpeedCore walls through simple shear connections. Three types of floor-to-wall connections were tested including connections with through-plate, reinforcing plate, and unreinforced plate. The parameters considered in the test matrix included: connection type, temperature, loading angle, and loading direction. These parameters in the test matrix were based on results obtained from previous numerical and experimental studies in the literature. The experimental results can fill the existing knowledge gap on floor-to-wall connections for steel-concrete composite members, develop design recommendations, and benchmark numerical models.</p><p dir="ltr">Numerical models were developed to simulate the behavior of the connections (member level) and whole structures (structure level) at ambient and elevated temperatures. Finite Element (FE) analysis and Component-based Models (CB) were utilized to develop the numerical models. The developed models were benchmarked by comparing the obtained numerical results with experimental data reported in the literature. FE models have been validated at two different levels, namely member level, and system level. The performance of the designed connection for the archetype structures was studied using benchmarked FE and CB models. The behavior of various wall-to-floor connections with different steel plate (C-PSW/CF) detailing was investigated.</p><p dir="ltr">Benchmarked numerical models were used to perform a parametric study to evaluate the performance of these connections. UP connection detail was used to perform the study due to its promising experimental performance, which does not need any special detail or plate reinforcement. The study was performed by evaluating the effects of critical parameters on the connection behavior namely, bolt size, target temperature, loading angles, and loading direction</p>

Systems with extreme bandwidth are part of advanced modern systems at radio high capacitive communication. Originally this technology was intended for radar scan. Thanks to wide frequency band had radar possibility „ see" a behind crimp, e.g. behind woody partitions etc . To his noise immunity, fail safe tapping plus small wattage heftiness began use for datal systŽm function. If is elementary antenna compound from coaxial probe and shorting outlet, it is possible use to actuating separate narrow slot placed in the middle of incandescent dabs. Impedance and radiating characteristics conventionally plumbed phlobaphene antennae excited tape lead and suggested microstrip phlobaphene antennae are experimentally explored plus collated. Explored is so and effect changes slotted longitude slot on characteristics elementary antenna.