Na cultura da soja, a ocorrência de doenças fúngicas como o mofo branco e a ferrugem asiática, tem reduzido a produtividade de grãos significativamente nos últimos anos. Esta pesquisa objetivou: a) avaliar o potencial de cruzamentos de soja para a obtenção de progênies com boas características agronômicas, com ênfase em produtividade, resistência ao mofo branco e tolerância à ferrugem; b) avaliar a reação ao fungo causador do mofo branco nos genótipos estudados e c) avaliar a tolerância à ferrugem em gerações precoces por meio da estimação do efeito ferrugem. O material genético foi oriundo de um dialelo parcial, com 50 cruzamentos, entre o grupo I (dez genitores representados por linhagens experimentais (USP) com alta produtividade de grãos) e o grupo II (cinco genitores - com indicações na literatura de possível resistência ao mofo branco). Em 2012/13, dois experimentos foram conduzidos, sendo o primeiro com os 50 cruzamentos (geração F2) e três testemunhas comuns e o segundo envolvendo os 15 genitores e as mesmas três testemunhas. Em 2013/14 e 2014/15, a fim de se estimar o efeito ferrugem (nível de tolerância) por meio da diferença (perda) entre as médias de produtividade de grãos (PG) e tamanho das sementes (peso de cem sementes ou PCS), os experimentos com os cruzamentos (gerações F3 e F4) e os genitores foram esquematizados em quatro experimentos (dois manejos para cruzamentos e dois manejos para genitores): manejo O&P, com aplicações de fungicidas para o controle da ferrugem e outras doenças fúngicas; manejo D, com aplicações de fungicida para controle de doenças fúngicas, exceto a ferrugem. Separadamente, dez plantas F4 de cada cruzamento e os genitores foram avaliados quanto à reação ao mofo branco utilizando o método da inoculação de folhas destacadas, a fim de se estimar a área abaixo da curva de progresso da doença. De modo geral, para todas as gerações avaliadas foi observada superioridade de 2,2% para PG dos cruzamentos em relação aos genitores. As perdas médias dos genótipos na presença da ferrugem foram 2,1% e 5,5% para PG e PCS, respectivamente. Considerando a PG, a resistência ao mofo branco e a tolerância à ferrugem, os cinco melhores cruzamentos foram: 111 (USP70.006 x MSOY6101), 131 (USP70.080 x MSOY6101), 133 (USP70.080 x A4725RG), 113 (USP70.006 x A4725RG) e 126 (USP 70.057 x MSOY 6101). Os melhores genitores foram A4725RG e USP70.080. Como padrões de resistência ao mofo branco foram identificados os cruzamentos 142 (USP70.109 x PI153.282) e 111 (USP70.006 x MSOY6101) e os genitores MSOY6101 e Caiapônia; e de suscetibilidade, os cruzamentos 114 (USP70.006 x EMGOPA313) e 135 (USP70.080 x Caiapônia) e os genitores USP14-01-20 e USP70.004. Além disso, as seguintes conclusões foram obtidas: a) as análises dialélicas foram eficazes em identificar populações F2 de maior potencial de ganho genético na seleção; b) a estratégia de se usar diferentes tipos de fungicidas mostrou-se eficiente para estimar a reação das plantas à ferrugem, em termos de PG e PCS; c) a metodologia da folha destacada foi útil em diferenciar os genótipos quanto à resistência das plantas ao mofo branco. / In soybean, the occurrence of fungal diseases such as white mold and Asian rust has reduced seed yield significantly over the past years. This work aimed to: a) assess the potential of soybean crosses to obtain progenies with good agronomic traits, with emphasis on seed yield, white mold resistance and tolerance to rust; b) assess the reaction of genotypes to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, fungus that cause white mold; c) assess tolerance to rust in early generations through methods of estimation of the rust effect. The genetic material was derived from a partial diallel with 50 crosses between the group I (ten parents - experimental lines, USP, with high seed yield), and group II (five parents - with evidences from the literature of certain resistance to white mold). In 2012/13, two experiments were conducted, the first with 50 crosses (F2) and three common checks; and, the second one involving the 15 parents and the same three checks. In the 2013/14 and 2014/15, in order to estimate the rust effect (tolerance level) by the difference (loss) between the seed yield (PG) and one hundred-seed weight (PCS), experiments with crosses (F3 and F4 generations) and parents were designed in four experiments (two disease managements to crosses and two disease managements to parents); management O&P, with applications of fungicides to control rust and other fungal diseases; management D, with applications of one fungicide for controlling the late season leaf diseases, except rust. Separately, ten F4 plants of each cross and the parents were evaluated for resistance to white mold using the method of inoculation in detached leaves in order to estimate the area under the disease progress curve. In general, for all evaluated generations it was observed superiority of 2,2% in the PG of the crosses, related to the parents. The average loss of PG was 2,1% on the genotypes under study in the presence of rust and the average loss in seed size was 5,5%. Considering the resistance to white mold, tolerance rust and high means of PG, the five best crosses were: 111 (USP 70.006 x MSOY6101), 131 (USP 70.080 x MSOY6101), 133 (USP 70 .080 x A4725RG), 113 (USP 70.006 x A4725RG) and 126 (USP 70.057 x MSOY 6101). The best parents were A4725RG and USP 70.080. As resistance standards to white mold were identified the crosses 142 (USP 70.109 x PI 153282) and 111 (USP 70.006 x MSOY6101) and the parents MSOY6101 and Caiapônia; Susceptibility standards were the crosses 114 (USP 70.006 x EMGOPA 313) and 135 (USP 70.080 x Caiapônia) and the parents USP14-01-20 and USP 70.004. In addition, the following conclusions were obtained a) the diallel analyzes were effective in identifying F2 populations with higher potential for selection gain; b) the strategy of using different managements of fungicides was efficient to estimate the response of plants to rust in terms of PG and PCS; c) the methodology of detached leaf was useful in differentiating the genotypes for resistance to white mold.

A obtenção de cultivares de arroz de alta produtividade e com tolerância a baixas temperaturas para a zona temperada da América Latina é um dos mais importantes desafios para a agricultura local. Neste trabalho buscou-se estimar parâmetros genéticos visando o entendimento do controle genético de tais caracteres para fins de melhoramento genético. Foram avaliadas 13 linhagens de arroz, separados em dois grupos: Grupo 1 composto de seis linhagens suscetíveis ao frio, e Grupo 2 composto de sete linhagens tolerantes ao frio. Os dois grupos foram cruzados de acordo com o delineamento em dialelo parcial (MIRANDA FILHO; GERALDI, 1984) originando 42 combinações híbridas. Os 55 tratamentos (42 híbridos e 13 genitores) foram avaliados no campo em 2005, em duas épocas de plantio, no Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical - CIAT. Utilizou-se um delineamento em blocos casualizados com quatro repetições e parcelas constituídas de uma linha com 17 plantas. Os mesmos tratamentos foram avaliados para tolerância ao frio em câmara de crescimento, em três experimentos, utilizando solo como substrato, temperaturas de 16 °C e 12 °C durante o dia e noite, respectivamente, e fotoperíodo de 12 horas com luz artificial. Utilizou-se o mesmo delineamento experimental, com três repetições e parcelas constituídas de uma linha com 20 sementes. Os resultados mostraram a existência de heterose para todos os caracteres agronômicos (altura da planta, número de perfilhos, comprimento da panícula, número de grãos por panícula, porcentagem de esterilidade e peso de 1.000 grãos) e de tolerância ao frio (índice de emergência e produção de matéria seca). O sentido da dominância foi negativo para dias para florescimento e positivo para os demais caracteres, com contribuições desiguais dos genitores para a heterose média. Os efeitos da capacidade geral de combinação (CGC) e da capacidade específica de combinação (CEC) foram importantes para todos os caracteres; entretanto, a CGC foi mais importante que a CEC. Os dois grupos de genitores têm alelos favoráveis para os caracteres agronômicos e para a tolerância. Algumas linhagens como Irga 417 e FL03188 do Grupo 1, FL04423, FL04402, e FL04452 do Grupo 2 apresentaram os menores índices de esterilidade nos cruzamentos intra-grupos. Os genótipos CT6748, Quilla 173201 e Quilla 145601 foram os mais tolerantes a baixas temperaturas e, portanto, promissores para serem utilizados em programas de melhoramento genético de arroz para condições de baixas temperaturas. / The development of high yielding and cold tolerant rice cultivars for the temperate region of Latin America is one of the most important challenges for the local agriculture. The objective of the present work was to estimate the genetic and phenotypic parameters related to the control of cold tolerance and agronomic traits, in order to obtain a better understanding of the genetic control of these traits for breeding purposes. The genetic material comprised two sets of rice lines: Group 1 composed by six cold susceptible lines and Group 2 composed by seven cold tolerant lines. The two groups were crossed according a partial diallel design (MIRANDA FILHO; GERALDI, 1984) giving rise to 42 hybrid combinations. The 55 entries (42 crosses plus 13 parents) were evaluated in 2005 under field conditions, at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture - CIAT, in a randomized complete block design with four replicates, in two planting dates; plots were single-rows with 17 plants. The same entries were evaluated for cold tolerance in growth chambers, in three experiments, using soil as substrate, temperature of 16 °C and 12 °C during the day and night, respectively, and photoperiod of 12 hours using artificial lights. The experimental design was the same with three replications per experiment; and plots were single-rows with 20 seeds. General results revealed the presence of heterosis for the agronomic traits (plant height, tiller number, days to flowering, panicle length, grains by panicle, sterility and one-thousand grain weight) as well as for cold tolerance traits (emergence index and dry matter production), with different contributions of the parents to the mean heterosis effect. The direction of the dominance was negative for days to flowering and positive for all others traits. General combining ability (GCA) and specific combining ability (SCA) were important for all traits; however, the GCA was more important than SCA. Both groups showed the presence of favorable alleles for agronomic and cold tolerance traits. Several lines such as Irga 417 and FL03188 from the Group 1, FL04423, FL04402, and FL04452 from the Group 2, presented lower sterility in the inter-group crosses. The tolerant lines, CT6748, Quilla 173201 and Quilla 145601 were considered the best parents to be used as cold tolerant donors in rice breeding programs.

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No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese Laerte Terres.pdf: 575630 bytes, checksum: 6b313133a7ae48316c5c9f025e362be2 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08-25 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / Em programas de melhoramento genético de batata, a escolha de genitores e de estratégias de seleção devem ser definidos, cuidadosamente, e incorporados, como prática nos programas, para aumentar a eficiência e a eficácia. A pesquisa foi composta de cinco estudos. O primeiro teve como objetivo verificar as estimativas de capacidades de combinação de genitores de batata em gerações iniciais de seleção. Foram avaliadas 12 famílias segregantes, entre dois grupos de genitores de batata em um dialelo parcial (4x3). As famílias foram avaliadas para caracteres de aparência e rendimento de tubérculos. Os dados foram submetidos às analises de variância e dialélica parcial. Verificou-se que há predominância de efeitos aditivos dos genes para os caracteres uniformidade de formato, apontamento, curvatura, aparência geral, uniformidade de tamanho, número, massa e massa média de tubérculos. O segundo estudo teve como objetivo de estimar as respostas esperadas de seleção para caracteres de rendimento, de aparência e qualidade de fritura. Foram estudadas três populações segregantes de batata para caracteres de rendimento, aparência de tubérculos e qualidade de fritura. Os dados foram analisados estatisticamente segundo o modelo REML/BLUP. As respostas esperadas de seleção para qualidade de fritura sugerem que para se obter populações superiores deve-se utilizar ao menos um genitor de ótima qualidade de fritura. O terceiro estudo teve como objetivo principal estimar os parâmetros genéticos de caracteres componentes de rendimento e aparência de tubérculo nas primeiras gerações de seleção. Foram avaliadas 12 famílias segregantes de batata para caracteres de rendimento e aparência de tubérculos. Pode-se concluir que seleção pode ser aplicada com intensidade de leve a moderada na geração de plântula para os caracteres textura de película, aparência geral, número, massa e massa média de tubérculos. O quarto estudo objetivou verificar correlações entre e dentro de gerações para caracteres de aparência e rendimento de tubérculos, nas gerações iniciais de seleção e as implicações destas correlações na seleção. Foram VII avaliadas 12 famílias segregantes de batata nas gerações de plântula e primeira geração de campo, para caracteres de rendimento e aparência de tubérculo. Foram realizadas análises de correlação entre e dentro das gerações. Os resultados demonstraram que seleção de forma negativa pode ser aplicada na geração de plântula para apontamento, número e massa média de tubérculos, descartando os extremos. Ainda sugerem que a seleção para massa de tubérculos pode ser feita selecionando com leve intensidade para os caracteres tamanho e massa média. O quinto estudo teve como objetivo comparar a eficiência de diferentes índices de seleção de clones superiores de batata. Foram comparados seis índices de seleção. Foram estudadas três populações híbridas de batata, para caracteres de rendimento e aparência de tubérculos. O índice multiplicativo e o índice de “ranks” mostraram-se mais eficientes. / In potato breeding programs, the choice of parents and selection of strategies must be carefully defined, and incorporated as a practice in programs trying to increase the efficiency and efficacy. The research consisted of five studies. The first study aimed to verify the combining ability of potato parents in early generations of selection. Twelve segregating potato families derived from crosses between two groups of parents in a partial diallel (3x4) were evaluated. The families were evaluated to tuber appearance and yield traits. Data were analyzed for variance and partial diallel analysis. It was found that there is predominance of additive effects of genes for skin color, tuber shape uniformity, tuber pointing, tuber curvature, general tuber appearance, tuber size uniformity, tuber number, tuber yield, and average tuber weight. The second study aimed to estimate the expected response to selection for yield, appearance and fry quality traits. Three hybrid potato populations were studied and evaluated to yield, appearance and fry quality. Data were statistically analyzed according to the REML/BLUP model. The expected response to selection for frying quality suggests that to obtain superior populations, at least one parent of good fry quality should be used. The third study aimed to estimate genetic parameters for yield and tuber appearance traits in early generations of selection. Twelve segregating potato families were evaluated to yield and appearance traits. The experimental design was randomized blocks. It was concluded that selection can be applied with mild to moderate intensity in seedling generating for skin texture, general tuber appearance, tuber number, tuber yield, and average tuber yield. The fourth study aimed to examine correlations between and within generations for tuber appearance and tuber yield in early generations of selection and their implications in the selection. Twelve segregating potato families were evaluated in seedling and first field generation to appearance and yield traits. Correlation analysis between and within generations were performed. The results showed that negative selection can be applied in the seedling generation for tuber IX pointing, tuber number, and average tuber weight. The results also suggest that selection for tuber yield can be applied at mild intensity for average tuber weight and tuber size. The fifth study aimed to compare the efficiency of different index selection methods for selection of superior potato clones. Three hybrid potato populations were studied. Six selection index were compared. The families were evaluated to yield and appearance traits. It was concluded that the multiplicative index and the index based on the sum of ranks are more efficient.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-20T14:06:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese_ giovani_silva.pdf: 460851 bytes, checksum: adb7606c2a47a97c51d55223bc5fb96b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-06-19 / The choice of parents and selection strategies when carefully defined and incorporated as usual practice in potato breeding programs, increase their efficiency and versatility. This research was composed of four studies. The work had as the main objective to analyze the use of distance measurements among potato genotypes through genealogy, morphologic and molecular markers, and jointed morphologic plus molecular markers. Thirteen cultivars and elite clones were grown in springs of 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003, in the field. Can concluded that all estimates of genetic distances owe be considered jointly to obtain contrasting crossings. The second study aimed to estimate the combining ability of potato parents in early generations of selection. A hybrid population composed by 20 progenies in a partial diallel (4x5) arranged in a factorial design was evaluated. The results allowed infer that, number and average tuber weight are characters with CGC and CEC effects important, whereas tuber yield was a character governed by predominant additive genetic effects. In seedlings generation, the estimates of combinations capacities can is predicted. The third study was aimed to estimate genetic parameters of component traits of tuber appearance, evaluated in the two first generations of potato, aiming to estimate selection gains. The experiment was conducted in two generations, seedlings generation, in plastic house, and first clonal generation, in the field, during autumn of 2004 and 2005, respectively. A population of 15 potato families with 20 plants (genotypes) for each family was used. Can conclude that the seedling generation provide better expression of tuber appearance traits, than in the first clonal generation. High pressure of selection can be applied in early generations to shape, pointing and curving of tubers. The fourth study aimed to estimate genetic parameters of component traits of tuber appearance, evaluated in the two first generations of potato, aiming to estimate selection gains in the seedling generation. Two populations (1 and 2) were evaluated in plastic house, during autumn and spring seasons of 2004. Expected correlated and direct gains were estimated for tuber appearance and yield. In seedling generation, the expected correlated gains are bigger in tuber appearance by selecting for tuber curving, pointing and tuber shape, however lower to direct selection. The selection for tuber appearance based on its individual components does not offer possibility of higher gains that the direct selection, whereas the selection for tuber yield through its components (number and tuber medium weight) results in higher gains than direct selection. / A escolha de genitores e de estratégias de seleção nas primeiras gerações, quando cuidadosamente definidos e incorporados como prática em programas de melhoramento de batata, aumentam sua eficiência/versatilidade. A pesquisa foi composta de quatro estudos. O primeiro teve como objetivo principal analisar a utilização de medidas de distâncias genéticas entre genitores de batata por meio de genealogia, caracteres morfológicos, moleculares e, morfológicos e moleculares conjuntamente. Foi avaliado um grupo de 13 cultivares e clones elite de batata,cultivados nas primaveras de 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 e 2003. Pode-se concluir que todas as estimativas de distância devem ser consideradas conjuntamente para obter cruzamentos contrastantes. O segundo estudo teve como objetivo verificar as estimativas das capacidades de combinação de genitores de batata em gerações iniciais de seleção. Foi avaliada uma população de batata composta por 20 progênies, em um dialelo parcial (4x5). Os resultados permitiram inferir que. Número e peso médio de tubérculos são caracteres com efeitos de CGC e CEC importantes, enquanto que rendimento de tubérculo mostra-se um caráter governado por efeito gênico predominantemente aditivo. Na geração de plântula, as estimativas de capacidade de combinação podem ser preditas. O terceiro estudo objetivou estimar parâmetros genéticos de caracteres componentes da aparência de tubérculo, avaliados nas duas primeiras gerações de batata, visando estimar os ganhos com a seleção. O experimento foi realizado na geração de plântula, em casa plástica, e primeira geração clonal, no campo, nos outono de 2004 e 2005, respectivamente. Foi utilizada uma população de 15 famílias de batata com 20 plantas (genótipos) de cada família. Os resultados obtidos demonstraram que, a geração de plântula proporciona melhor expressão dos caracteres componentes de aparência de tubérculo do que a primeira geração clonal. Pode-se aplicar forte pressão de seleção nas gerações iniciais para os caracteres formato, apontamento e curvatura de tubérculos. O quarto estudo teve por objetivo verificar os ganhos esperados em aparência e rendimento de tubérculo de batata com a seleção para seus componentes na geração de plântulas. Foram avaliadas duas populações em casa de vegetação no outono e na primavera de 2004. Estimou-se os ganhos esperados com a seleção direta e através da seleção de caracteres correlacionados geneticamente. Foi verificado que: na geração de plântula, os ganhos correlacionados esperados em aparência de tubérculo pela seleção para curvatura,apontamento e formato de tubérculo, no entanto são inferiores à seleção direta. A seleção para rendimento de tubérculo através de seus componentes (número e peso médio de tubérculos) resulta em ganhos mais elevados do que a seleção direta.

Au cours des dernières années, la communauté robotique s'est largement intéressée au domaine de l'interaction homme-robot (HRI). Un des aspects de ce domaine est de faire agir les robots en présence de l'homme, tout en respectant sa sécurité ainsi que son confort. Pour atteindre cet objectif, un robot doit planifier ses actions tout en prenant explicitement en compte les humains afin d'adapter le plan à leurs positions, leurs capacités et leurs préférences. La première partie de cette thèse concerne les transferts d'objets entre humains et robots : où, quand et comment les effectuer? Dépendant des préférences de l'Homme, il est parfois préférable, ou pas, partager l'effort du transfert d'objet entre lui et le robot, mais encore, à certains moments, un seul transfert d'objet n'est pas suffisant pour atteindre l'objectif (amener l'objet à un agent cible), le robot doit alors planifier une séquence de transfert d'objet entre plusieurs agents afin d'arriver à ses fins. Quel que soit le cas, pendant le transfert d'objet, un certain nombre de signaux doivent être échangés par les deux protagonistes afin de réussir l'action. Un des signaux les plus utilisés est le regard. Lorsque le donneur tend le bras afin de transférer l'objet, il doit regarder successivement le receveur puis l'objet afin de faciliter le transfert. Le transfert d'objet peut être considéré comme une action de base dans un plan plus vaste, nous amenant à la seconde partie de cette thèse qui présente une formalization de ce type d'actions de base" et d'actions plus complexes utilisant des conditions, des espaces de recherche et des contraintes. Cette partie rend aussi compte du framework et des différents algorithmes utilisés pour résoudre et calculer ces actions en fonction de leur description. La dernière partie de la thèse montre comment ce framework peut s'adapter à un planificateur de plus haut niveau (un planificateur de tâches par exemple) et une méthode pour combiner la planification symbolique et géométrique. Le planificateur de tâches utilise des appels à des fonctions externes lui permettant de vérifier la faisabilité de la tâche courante, et en cas de succès, de récupérer l'état du monde fourni par le raisonneur géométrique et de l'utilisé afin de poursuivre la planification. Cette partie montre également différentes extensions de cette algorithme, tels que les \validation géométriques" où nous testons l'infaisabilité de plusieurs actions à la fois ou \les contraintes" où l'ajout de contraintes au niveau symbolique peut dirigée la recherche géométrique ou encore \recherche dirigé par coût" où le planificateur symbolique utilise les informations fournies par la partie géométrique afin d'éviter le calcul de plans moins intéressants. / In the last few years, the Human robot interaction (HRI) field has been in the spotlight of the robotics community. One aspect of this field is making robots act in the presence of humans, while keeping them safe and comfortable. In order to achieve this, a robot needs to plan its actions while explicitly taking into account the humans and adapt its plans to their whereabouts, capacities and preferences. The first part of this thesis is about human-robot handover: where, when and how to perform them? Depending on the human preferences, it may be better, or not, to share the handover effort between him and the robot, while in other cases, a unique handover might not be enough to achieve the goal (bringing the object to a target agent) and a sequence of handovers might be needed. In any case, during the handover, a number of cues should be used by both protagonists involved in one handover. One of the most used cue is the gaze. When the giver reaches out with his arm, he should look at the object, and when the motion is finished, he should look at the receiver's face to facilitate the transfer. The handover can be considered as a basic action in a bigger plan. The second part of this thesis reports about a formalization of these kind of basic actions" and more complex ones by the use of conditions, search spaces and restraints. It also reports about a framework and different algorithms used to solve and compute these actions based on their description. The last part of the thesis shows how the previously cited framework can fit in with a higher level planner (such as a task planner) and a method to combine a symbolic and geometric planner. The task planner uses external calls to the geometric planner to assess the feasibility of the current task, and in case of success, retrieve the state of the world provided by the geometric reasoner and use it to continue the planning. This part also shows different extensions enabling a faster search. Some of these extensions are \Geometric checks" where we test the infeasibility of multiple actions at once, \constraints" where adding constraints at the symbolic level can drive the geometric search, and \cost driven search" where the symbolic planner uses information form the geometric one to prune out over costly plans.

This dissertation investigates four methods for attacking stream ciphers that are based on nonlinear combining generators: -- Two exhaustive-search correlation attacks, based on the binary derivative and the Lempel-Ziv complexity measure. -- A fast-correlation attack utilizing the Viterbi algorithm -- A decimation attack, that can be combined with any of the above three attacks. These are ciphertext-only attacks that exploit the correlation that occurs between the ciphertext and an internal linear feedback shift-register (LFSR) of a stream cipher. This leads to a so-called divide and conquer attack that is able to reconstruct the secret initial states of all the internal LFSRs within the stream cipher. The binary derivative attack and the Lempel-Ziv attack apply an exhaustive search to find the secret key that is used to initialize the LFSRs. The binary derivative and the Lempel-Ziv complexity measures are used to discriminate between correct and incorrect solutions, in order to identify the secret key. Both attacks are ideal for implementation on parallel processors. Experimental results show that the Lempel-Ziv correlation attack gives successful results for correlation levels of p = 0.482, requiring approximately 62000 ciphertext bits. And the binary derivative attack is successful for correlation levels of p = 0.47, using approximately 24500 ciphertext bits. The fast-correlation attack, utilizing the Viterbi algorithm, applies principles from convolutional coding theory, to identify an embedded low-rate convolutional code in the pn-sequence that is generated by an internal LFSR. The embedded convolutional code can then be decoded with a low complexity Viterbi algorithm. The algorithm operates in two phases: In the first phase a set of suitable parity check equations is found, based on the feedback taps of the LFSR, which has to be done once only once for a targeted system. In the second phase these parity check equations are utilized in a Viterbi decoding algorithm to recover the transmitted pn-sequence, thereby obtaining the secret initial state of the LFSR. Simulation results for a 19-bit LFSR show that this attack can recover the secret key for correlation levels of p = 0.485, requiring an average of only 153,448 ciphertext bits. All three attacks investigated in this dissertation are capable of attacking LFSRs with a length of approximately 40 bits. However, these attacks can be extended to attack much longer LFSRs by making use of a decimation attack. The decimation attack is able to reduce (decimate) the size of a targeted LFSR, and can be combined with any of the three above correlation attacks, to attack LFSRs with a length much longer than 40 bits. / Dissertation (MEng (Electronic Engineering))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering / unrestricted

This thesis describes the possibilities of combining of companies, their legal regulation and tax imppact according to laws of the Czech Republic, and the accounting handling of such corporate transactions under Czech accounting rules and under IFRS.

Tato práce se zabývá možnostmi herního vývoje pro víceré platformy pomocí enginu Unity 3D. Rozebírá různé aspekty multiplatformního vývoje na počítačích i mobilních zařízeních. Důraz je kladen na analýzu tvorby her současně pro více platforem a problémy spojené s tímhle přístupem. Práce poskytuje možnosti řešení problémů, které vyvstanou při použití tohohle postupu, pomocí nástrojů, které poskytuje Unity 3D. Analýza se zabývá zejména na zvyšování výkonu her za použití metod dostupných na všech platformách vybraných pro testování. Tyhle vylepšení zahrnují způsoby jak snížit práci ve scéně a naopak zvýšit počet vykreslení za sekundu při zachování stejné vizuální kvality. Práce také nabízí pohled do minulosti tohoto odvětví a předpoklady o jeho příštím směrování.

Multimodality in Machine Translation Jindřich Libovický Traditionally, most natural language processing tasks are solved within the lan- guage, relying on distributional properties of words. Representation learning abilities of deep learning recently allowed using additional information source by grounding the representations in the visual modality. One of the tasks that attempt to exploit the visual information is multimodal machine translation: translation of image captions when having access to the original image. The thesis summarizes joint processing of language and real-world images using deep learning. It gives an overview of the state of the art in multimodal machine translation and describes our original contribution to solving this task. We introduce methods of combining multiple inputs of possibly different modalities in recurrent and self-attentive sequence-to-sequence models and show results on multimodal machine translation and other tasks related to machine translation. Finally, we analyze how the multimodality influences the semantic properties of the sentence representation learned by the networks and how that relates to translation quality.

This dissertation explores the role of polarization, combining, and equalization operating over frequency-selective channels to improve the reliability of wireless communications systems in terms of BER for two applications: 5G mobile networks (operating in the mmWave band and NR FR1), and aeronautical mobile telemetry systems (operating in L band). The equivalent discrete-time models for a variety of spatial combining techniques at 5G mmWave bands were derived to investigate the performance of co-located cross-polarized antenna elements when polarization diversity is used and also when a combination of spatial and cross-polarized antennas is exploited. In both cases, ML combining has the lowest BER and EPC produced the worst results. The use of co-located cross-polarized antenna elements also is examined in 5G FR1 assuming post-FFT processing of the two antenna element outputs in a mobile-to-mobile setting. The optimum strategy, in the ML sense, for incorporating the two antenna outputs is developed. The optimum combining strategy together with a FDE is compared to the traditional combining techniques: MRC, EGC, and SC, where the last two also require a FDE. Computer simulations performed over a stochastic channel model with polarization state information show that the difference between ML detection and MRC (the best performing methods) and SC with FDE (the worst performing method) is 2 dB. The similar results were observed with pilot based channel estimators, however the difference in this case was the presence of a BER floor at low values of $N_0$ and caused by channel estimation errors. In aeronautical mobile telemetry applications, the ML combiner is derived and shown to be equivalent to the summing the outputs of two filters matched to the channels in the horizontal and vertical polarization states. For historical reasons, current systems combine right-hand and left-hand circularly polarized antenna feed outputs using a MRC. To compare the two combining approaches, the aeronautical telemetry multipath channel was extended to include polarization state information. The simulation results for SOQPSK-TG with a CMA equalizer show that the post-equalizer BER for the two approaches is the same.