The aim of this thesis was to analyse results of young horse competition {--} KMK, to examine the differences in the results of particular horse categories, competition results in particular areas and to analyse the results of participants of KMK and particular stallions.

This diploma thesis deals with the elaboration of managed documentation for yearly Short-term Stability Check of the planning system and identification of critical points, which refer to their lack of security. Documentation of Short-term Stability Check is specified for use with the Eclipse Planning System from Varian Medical Systems, at the Oncology Department of the České Budějovice Hospital, a. s. In the theoretical part, I focused on producing managed documentation and innovations in the sphere of planning system. I described also the cyber security that relates to one of my targets. At first in the practical part I elaborated a draft of managed document for Short-term Stability Check of the planning system based on the internal directive of the České Budějovice Hospital, a.s. The draft will become the managed document after the approval process. Furthermore, in the practical part are defined the most critical points of the methodology, which could have a negative impact on the safely functioning planning system and the whole department in general. Subsequently I analyzed the risk using the KARS method. After evaluation of critical points I described how they are secured and where are situated deficiencies. Measures were proposed based on results of the analysis for their protection. The benefit of this work is a new perspective on the issue of safe using. This analysis shows an expansive concept of safety in using the planning system with an impact on the operation of the entire department.

Orientador: Fernando Leite Hoffmann / Banca: Crispin Humberto Garcia Cruz / Banca: Walkíria Hanada Viotto / Banca: Roberto da Silva / Resumo: Alguns queijos frescos como o Minas frescal e a ricota, apresentam elevada atividade de água e diversidade nutricional, fatores que propiciam a proliferação e o desenvolvimento de microbiota oportunista, prejudicando a qualidade e a integridade destes produtos. Diversos microrganismos são propostos como bioindicadores de contaminação da matéria-prima e/ou do produto pronto para o consumo. Para evitar quaisquer fontes de contaminação é imprescindível a adoção de Boas Práticas de Fabricação (BPF), as quais podem ser avaliadas por meio da aplicação do formulário check-list. Nesse contexto, este estudo objetivou avaliar as condições higiênico-sanitárias e adequações quanto às BPF, em uma indústria de laticínios de pequeno porte, produtora de queijos Minas frescal e ricota, localizada em São José do Rio Preto - SP, por meio do monitoramento microbiológico, físico-químico, e aplicação de check-list. Foram realizadas análises, conforme o fluxograma de fabricação, nas seguintes etapas: água, leite pasteurizado, coalho, massa, soro, superfície palmar dos manipuladores e tanque de coagulação, e queijos Minas frescal e ricota logo após o processamento (t0) e com cinco dias de vida de prateleira (t5). Tais etapas foram monitoradas quanto à qualidade microbiológica, por meio da determinação do Número Mais Provável (NMP) de coliformes totais e termotolerantes; contagem de Staphylococcus coagulase positiva e bactérias aeróbias mesófilas; pesquisa de Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp. e Listeria monocytogenes. A contagem de bactérias aeróbias mesófilas foi efetuada apenas nas amostras de água. As análises de determinação do NMP de coliformes totais, termotolerantes foram realizadas para todas as amostras. A contagem de Staphylococcus aureus, pesquisa de Escherichia coli e de Salmonella spp., foram efetuadas para todas as amostras citadas... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Some fresh cheeses as Minas frescal and ricota present high water activity and nutritional diversity, factors that permit the proliferation and the development of opportunist microrganisms, damaging the quality and integrity of these products. Several microrganisms are proposed as bioindicators of raw material and/or product ready for consumption contamination. To avoid any contamination source it's indispensable to adopt Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), which may be evaluated by application of checklist form. According to the presented, this study had the objective of evaluate the hygienic sanitary conditions and adequacies, in relation to the GMP, at a small dairy industry; which produces ricota and Minas frescal cheeses, located in São José do Rio Preto - SP by the physical-chemical and microbiological monitoring and check-list application. The analyses were done according to the following production stages: water, pasteurized milk, curd, mass, sour, manipulator hands, coagulation tank, ricota and Minas frescal cheese right after the processing (t0) and with five days of shelf-life (t5). Such stages were monitored in relation to the microbiological quality by the determination of the Most Probable Number (MPN) of total and thermotolerant coliforms; mesophilic aerobic bacteria and Staphylococcus aureus counting; research of Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp. and Listeria monocytogenes. The counting of mesophilic aerobic bacteria was done only in the water samples. The analyses of the determination of the MPN of total and thermotolerant coliforms were done for all samples. The counting of Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. research were done for all samples except water. The analysis of Listeria monocytogenes was done only for Minas frescal and ricotta cheeses. For the water analysis it was verified that 3 samples (25%) presented... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

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Este trabalho, elaborado por meio de pesquisa bibliográfica, apresenta um apanhado sobre os dígitos verificadores presentes no Cadastro de Pessoas Físicas (CPF), no código de barras, e no sistema ISBN; faz uma introdução sobre a métrica de Hamming e os códigos corretores de erros; cita a classe de códigos mais utilizada, que são os códigos lineares, e deixa a sugestão de uma proposta pedagógica para professores de matemática aplicarem no Ensino Fundamental, podendo ser ajustada também para o Ensino Médio. No apêndice A, são propostos alguns exercícios que podem ser trabalhados com os alunos em sala de aula. / This work, based on the attached references, presents an overview of the check digits that appear in the Brazilian document CPF, in the bar code and the ISBN system. Moreover, it makes an introduction to the Hamming metric and error-correcting codes. In particular, some considerations about linear codes are done and it makes a suggestion of a pedagogical approach to apply it in middle school and can also be adjusted to high school. In the Appendix A are proposed some exercises to students.

Pour répondre à la demande croissante de bois et pour préserver les forêts primaires, les méthodes de sylviculture les plus dynamiques ont été privilégiées de manière générale sur la planète.. Les objectifs de la recherche étaient 1) déterminer le point de démarcation/ âge de transition entre le bois juvénile et le bois mature sur sengon (Falcataria moluccana), jabon(Anthocephalus cadamba Miq.), peuplier (Populus sp) et douglas (Psedotsuga menziesii); 2) analyser l'effet de la juvénilité sur un fissuration cyclique, la rugosité et de mouillage; 3) analyser l'effet de la fissuration cyclique et juvénilité sur la résistance à l'adhérence de la colle et les propriétés mécaniques du LVL en flexion; et 4) appliquer un nouveau modèle analytique pour estimer la variation du module d'élasticité du lamibois (sengon et jabon) depuis la moelle vers l'écorce. A partir de la longueur des fibres, le point de démarcation entre le bois juvénile et le bois mature ont été estimés. Pour les essences sengon and jabon, les placages obtenus à partir du cœur des arbres, réputés juvéniles, sont plus fissurés plus rugueux et avec une haute mouillabilité comparativement à ceux obtenus à partir du bois près de l’écorce (plus mature). Une phase d’étuvage préliminaire des bois dans un bain d’eau chaude à 75°C pendant 4 heures a permis d’améliorer sensiblement la qualité des placages en diminuant la fissuration, la rugosité et s’accompagne d’une augmentation de la mouillabilité. La résistance à l'adhérence de la colle, et les modules élastiques et de rupture spécifiques (SMOE et SMOR) du LVL (jabon et sengon) diminuent à mesure que la fréquence de fissure augmente ou en partant de l'écorce vers la moelle. L'avantage de l'utilisation de placages en peuplier de bois mature a été prouvé avec une amélioration de 15 à 20% en moyenne pour les propriétés mécaniques, pour un poids de panneau comparable. Pour le douglas, l'utilisation de placages de bois mature dans la constitution des panneaux de LVL permet également d’améliorer les performances en flexion (de 7 à 22 % sur el MOR). Le modèle analytique a été utilisé afin de prédire les variations du module élastique allant de la moelle à l’écorce. Il permet à partir d’un grand nombre de combinaisons d’estimer le potentiel issu d’une ressource donnée. Pour le contexte de l’étude qui représente bien le potentiel sylvicole de l’Indonésie, la proportion de bois juvénile étant quasi-totale (100%), l’action de trier les placages n’est pas apparue comme pertinente. / The development of plantation and community forest to meet wood demand in society has produced fast growing wood species. The research objectives were 1) to determine demarcation point/transition age between juvenile and mature wood on sengon (Falcataria moluccana), jabon (Anthocephalus cadamba Miq.), poplar (Populus sp) and douglas fir (Psedotsuga menzii); 2) to analyze the effect of juvenility on lathe check, surface roughness and wettability; 3) to analyze the effect of lathe check and juvenility on glue bond strength and laminated veneer lumber (LVL) bending properties; and 4) to apply a new analytical model to determine the variation of specific MOE LVL values of sengon and jabon from pith to bark. Based on fiber length trait, the demarcation point between juvenile and mature wood were approximately at segmented rings 17th (sengon) and at segmented ring 24th (jabon). While, transition age of poplar cultivars and douglas-fir, transition age happened approximately at 12 years old and 18 years old, respectively. The results showed that wood near pith on sengon and jabon resulted veneers with higher lathe check, rougher surface and high wettability, while wood near bark resulted veneers with lower lathe check, smoother surface and low wettability. Glue bond strength, Specific MOE (SMOE) and Specific MOR (Modulus of Rupture) of sengon and jabon LVL were decreased as the frequency of lathe check increased or those strength values increased from pith to bark. The advantage of using poplar veneers from mature wood was proved with an improvement of 15 to 20% on average for mechanical properties, while for douglas-fir, was 7 to 22%. An analytical model was used to predict the variation of the LVL mechanical characteristics using different scenarios. According to the context of this study assumed to be close to the Indonesian resource there is no need to sort veneers since most of the tree is juvenile wood for logs no older than 7.

Service-oriented systems (SOS) have recently emerged as context-independent component-based systems. In contrast to components, services can be created, invoked, composed and destroyed at run-time. Services are assumed to be platform independent and available for use within heterogeneous applications. One of the main assets in SOS is service composability. It allows the development of composite services with the main goal of reusable functionality provided by existing services in a low cost and rapid development process at run-time. However, in such distributed systems it becomes difficult to guarantee the quality of services (QoS), both in isolation, as well as of the newly created service compositions. Means of checking correctness of service composition can enable optimization w.r.t. the function and resource-usage of composed services, as well as provide a higher degree of QoS assurance of a service composition. To accomplish such goals, we employ model-checking technique for both single and composed services. The verification eventually provides necessaryinformation about QoS, already at early development stage.This thesis presents the research that we have been carrying out, on developing of methods and tools for specification, modeling, and formal analysis of services and service compositions in SOS. In this work, we first show how to formally check QoS in terms of performance and reliability for formallyspecified component-based systems (CBS). Next, we outline the commonalities and differences between SOS and CBS. Third, we develop constructs for the formal description of services using the resource-aware timed behavioral language called REMES, including development of language to support service compositions. At last, we show how to check service and service composition(functional, timing and resource-wise) correctness by employing the strongest post condition semantics. For less complex services and service compositions we choose to prove correctness using Hoare triples and the guarded command language. In case of complex services described as priced timed automata(PTA), we prove correctness via algorithmic computation of strongest post-condition of PTA. / Q-ImPreSS

Some children with severe to profound hearing loss are implanted with a cochlear implant on the hypothesis that short-term outcomes in auditory receptive skills can be utilized into greater social independence and quality of life. In order to measure the outcomes and progress achieved from cochlear implants, effective assessment protocols are vital. The purpose of assessment after cochlear implantation, is to monitor an individual child’s rate of progress in speech and language acquisition, with reference to other cochlear implant users; to collect data on the range of linguistic benefits observed against cochlear implant users over time and to investigate and amend unforeseen difficulties. Furthermore, the outcome measures provide concrete information to the multidisciplinary team, and parents, and for collection of prevalence data for further research, which is crucial for funding purposes. The dynamic and natural approach to assessment has been recommended as the most effective, to ensure a holistic assessment in young children with cochlear implants. The aim of the current study was to determine the relevance of an assessment protocol proposed by the Pretoria Cochlear Implant Programme. The protocol was administered on eight children in the transitional stage of spoken language development, within an inclusive educational setting. A descriptive research design was selected in order to describe the qualitative results obtained during the study. The following assessments were included in the protocol: A questionnaire on background information, an aided audiogram (with cochlear implants and hearing aids), speech discrimination, Speech in Noise Test; Developmental Assessment Schema (Auditory Communication), Developmental Assessment Schema (General Development), Rossetti Infant-Toddler Language Scale, Reynell Developmental Language Scales III (Verbal Comprehension), Speech Intelligibility Rating, Voice Skills Assessment, Preschool Literacy Assessment, Mother Infant Communication Scale, Caregiver-Child Interaction, Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale, Meaningful Use of Speech Scale and Profile of Actual Linguistic Skills. The results indicated that all the vital areas of assessment are included in the protocol, and under-evaluation is not a concern. Some of the areas of assessment overlap in the protocol, ensuring that the cross-check principle is being applied. The information gained from the assessment protocol can be used effectively for future intervention planning and adaptations can be made where necessary. Moreover, it was concluded that the administration and interpretation of the assessment protocol is time efficient and can be used effectively within a clinical setting. Cultural barriers did not have an effect on the administration and interpretation of the assessment protocol, however, linguistic barriers can influence the outcome of the results obtained. In summary, the assessment protocol has been found to be innovative, time effective, user-friendly, informative and relevant for the assessment of young cochlear implant users in the transitional stage of verbal linguistic development. Recommended changes for the assessment protocol were suggested, as well as recommendations for the educational setting. It was suggested that the questionnaires be available in all South African languages and that some of the protocols only be used if age-appropriate. Another recommendation was that the Listening Progress (LiP) and a pragmatic profile should be included in the protocol. Furthermore, it was suggested that an assistant audiologist could be involved to ensure more accurate and quicker hearing assessments. / Thesis (M Communication Pathology)--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology / unrestricted

Constant product development for integration and optimization is a crucial part of companies today. With industrial components comes the challenge with how these parts can be integrated and optimized the best for the system. One example is a hydraulic elevator system, to integrate and optimize the design, the rest of the valve system has to be taken into consideration. This thesis contains the integration and optimization of a check valve solution designed with the help of the product development process in hopes of reducing costs for the manufacturing process for the company. The thesis resulted in an optimized check valve solution with 6 bolts connected with the hydraulic elevator valve system. The requirements were fulfilled but some were not possible to achieve without a physical copy.

This thesis focuses on setting the range and efficiency of a water ram pump through experimental measurements in a laboratory. The measurements were carried out on three different constructions of water ram pump, each of the designed and assembled by the author of this thesis himself, to find out whether the weight on the pulsating valve has an influence on the water ram pump efficiency. Further on this thesis aims at the comparison of up to now methods of water transport arrangement used at a summer camp and the usage of the water ram pump and its advantages. The principal of water ram pump originates in hydraulic impact that is being precisely described in a great detail as well. On of the chapters even includes the placement manual for the water ram pump and its overall assembly and connexion. Because the presence of floating debris is inevitable, this thesis also deals with the possibility to solve the incoming water impurities by adding an inflow gating to prevent such problem. This inflow gating has only been designed in a Flow 3D programme to introduce the idea and functions.