I många utvecklingsländer finns en begränsad tillgång på utvecklade AKK-system (Alant, 1999) och ofta även en okunskap kring möjligheterna att arbeta med kommunikationsproblem (Marshall, 1997). I föreliggande studie genomförs intervention i alternativ och kompletterande kommunikation (AKK) för två deltagare med cerebral pares på ett dagcenter i Kilimanjaroregionen, Tanzania. Syftet i föreliggande interventionsstudie är att genom intervention studera och utveckla de i mätsituationerna responsiva talakterna att påkalla uppmärksamhet för att inleda interaktion, acceptera och avfärda samt upprätthålla och avsluta interaktion. Detta sker med hjälp av begreppen ja och nej för att acceptera och avfärda, liksom mer och mindre för att upprätthålla och avsluta interaktion. Studien följer en single subjekt design och insatsen utgörs av två interventionsperioder, bestående av direkt intervention med deltagarna samt utbildning och fortlöpande handledning av personal. Resultaten visar att deltagarna i varierande grad lärde sig att påkalla uppmärksamhet för att inleda interaktion, acceptera och avfärda samt upprätthålla och avsluta interaktion. Det observerades även att deltagarna i högre grad utförde performativa talakter utanför den styrda testsituationen. Områden som vidare diskuteras är bland annat deltagarnas kommunikativa handlingar utifrån The Communication Matrix där en utveckling från prelingvistiska uttrycksätt till användandet av abstrakta symboler synliggjordes hos deltagarna. / In several developing countries there are a limited supply of developed AAC systems (Alant, 1999) whereas a lack of knowledge about the possibilities of working with communication problems (Marshall, 1997). The present study is an intervention study about the introduction of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) for two participants with cerebral palsy at a day-care centre in the Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania. The purpose of the intervention study was to develop responsive speech acts to attract attention to initiate interaction, accept and reject interaction, as well as maintain and terminate interaction. This was done using the terms yes and no to accept and reject, and more and less to continue and terminate interaction. The study followed a single subject design consisting of two intervention periods, where direct intervention with the participants and continuing training and guidance for the staff occurred. The results show that the participants in varying degrees, has learned to attract attention to initiate interaction, accept and reject interaction as well as to maintain and terminate interaction. It was also observed that the participants learned to use the performative speech acts outside the controlled test situation. An area further discussed is the participants’ communicative acts as shown in The Communication Matrix, which displayed a development from pre linguistic models of expression to use the abstract symbols.

Μελετάµε χωρικά εντοπισµένες και χρονικά περιοδικές λύσεις σε διακριτά συστήµατα που εκτείνονται σε µία χωρική διάσταση. Αυτού του είδους οι λύσεις είναι γνωστές µε τον όρο discrete breathers (DB) ή intrinsic localized modes (ILM). Στην ελληνική ϐιϐλιογραϕία, έχουν ονοµαστεί ∆ιακριτές Πνοές. Απαραίτητα χαρακτηριστικά για την εµϕάνιση τέτοιων λύσεων είναι η ύπαρξη ενός άνω φράγµατος του γραµµικού φάσµατος καθώς και η µη γραµµικότητα των εξισώσεων κίνησης, χαρακτηριστικά που συναντάµε σε πολλά φυσικά συστήµατα. Συγκεκριμένα, ασχολούµαστε µε πλέγµατα τύπου Klein Gordon και παρουσιάσουµε μια αποδείξη ύπαρξης τέτοιων λύσεων καθώς και αριθµητικά αποτελέσµατα µελετώντας παράλληλα την ευστάθεια των περιοδικών αυτών λύσεων µέσω της ϑεωρίας Floquet. Πέραν του κλασικού µοντέλου, όπου έχουµε αλληλεπιδράσεις πλησιέστερων γειτόνων, εισάγουµε επίσης ένα νέο µοντέλο µε αλληλεπιδράσεις µακράς εµβέλειας η οποία ελέγχεται µέσω µιας παράµετρου α και µελετάµε τις επιπτώσεις που έχει η μεταβολή του εύρους αλληλεπίδρασης στον χωρικό εντοπισµό και την ευστάθεια ενός DB. / We study time-periodic and spatially localized solutions in discrete dynamical systems describing Hamiltonian lattices in one spatial dimension. These solutions are called discrete breathers (DBs) or intrinsic localized modes (ILM). Necessary conditions for their occurrence are the boundedness of the spectrum of linear oscillations of the system as well as the nonlinearity of the equations of motion. More specifically, we focus on a Klein Gordon lattice and present an existence proof for such solutions, as well as numerical results revealing the stability (or instability) of DBs using Floquet theory. Besides reporting on the classical Klein Gordon model with nearest neighbor interactions, we also introduce long range interactions in our model, which are controlled by a parameter α and study the effect of varying the range of interactions on the spatial localization and the stability of a DB.

The focus of this paper is on conditional stability estimates for ill-posed inverse problems in partial differential equations. Conditional stability estimates have been obtained in the literature by a couple different methods. In this paper we propose a method called interpolation method, which is based on interpolation in variable Hilbert scales. We are going to work out the theoretical background of this method and show that optimal conditional stability estimates are obtained. The capability of our method is illustrated by a comprehensive collection of different inverse and ill-posed PDE problems containing elliptic and parabolic problems, one source problem and the problem of analytic continuation.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:30:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2008-11-06Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:00:48Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 garbelini_e_dr_ilha.pdf: 758680 bytes, checksum: 9f08146d542679d2c1da479912ffd576 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / O fluxo de carga convencional é considerado inadequado para a obtenção do ponto de máximo carregamento devido a singularidade da matriz Jacobiana. Os métodos da continuação são ferramentas eficientes para a solução deste tipo de problema, e diferentes parametrizações são utilizadas para evitar a singularidade da matriz. Neste trabalho apresentase uma técnica de parametrização geométrica que possibilita o traçado completo das curvas PV sem os problemas de mal condicionamento. A técnica proposta associa a robustez com a simplicidade e a facilidade de compreensão. A singularidade da matriz Jacobiana é eliminada pela adição da equação de uma reta que passa por um ponto no plano formado pelas variáveis perdas de potência ativa totais e o fator de carregamento, dois parâmetros físicos de fácil compreensão. A técnica, aplicada aos sistemas do IEEE (14, 30, 57, 118 e 300 barras) e ao sistema brasileiro sul-sudeste (638 e 787 barras), mostra que as características do fluxo de carga não só são preservadas, mas também melhoradas. Diversos testes são realizados para proporcionar a comparação do desempenho do esquema de parametrização proposto para o método do fluxo de carga continuado. / The conventional Newton’s method has been considered inadequate to obtain the maximum loading point of power systems due to the Jacobian matrix singularity. Continuation methods are efficient tools for solving this kind of problem, and different parameterizations are used to avoid the matrix singularity. This paper presents a new geometric parameterization scheme that allows the complete tracing of the PV curves without ill-conditioning problems. The proposed technique associates the robustness to the simplicity and easy understanding. The Jacobian matrix singularity is overcome by the addition of a line equation, which passes through a point in the plane, determined by the real power losses and loading factor variables, two parameters with clear physical meaning. The application of this new technique to the IEEE systems (14, 30, 57, 118 and 300 buses) and to the Brazilian systems south-southeast (638 and 787 buses) shows that the characteristics of the conventional Newton’s method are not only preserved but also improved. Several tests are carried out to compare the performance of the proposed parameterization scheme for the continuation power flow method.

In this work, we make a brief review of the Conformal Field Theory in two dimensions,in order to understand some basic definitions in the study of the Liouville Field Theory, which has many application in theoretical physics like string theory, general relativity and supersymmetric gauge field theories. In particular, we focus on the analytic continuation of the Liouville Field Theory, context in which an interesting relation with the Chern-Simons Theory arises as an extension of its well-known relation with the Wess-Zumino-Witten model. Thus, calculating correlation functions by using the complex solutions of the Liouville Theory will be crucial aim in this work in order to test the consistency of this analytic continuation. We will consider as an application the time-like version of the Liouville Theory, which has several applications in holographic quantum cosmology and in studying tachyon condensates. Finally, we calculate the three-point function for the Wess-Zumino-Witten model for the standard Kac-Moody level k > 2 and the particular case 0 < k < 2, the latter has an interpretation in time-dependent scenarios for string theory. Here we will find an analogue relation we find by comparing the correlation function of the time-like and space-like Liouville Field Theory. / Neste trabalho, nós fazemos uma breve revisão da Teoria de Campo Conforme em duas dimensões, a fim de entender algumas denições básicas do estudo da Teoria de Campo de Liouville, que tem muitas aplicações em física teórica como a teoria das cordas, a relatividade geral e teorias de campo de calibre supersimétricas. Em particular, vamos nos concentrar sobre a continuação analítica da Teoria de Campo de Liouville, contexto no qual uma interessante relação com a Teoria de Chern-Simons surge como uma extensão de sua relação conhecida com o modelo de Wess-Zumino-Witten. Assim, o cálculo das funções de correlação usando as soluções complexas da Teoria Liouville será o objectivo fundamental neste trabalho, a fim de testar a consistência da continuação analítica. Vamos considerar como uma aplicação a versão time-like da Teoria de Liouville, que tem várias aplicações em cosmologia quântica holográfica e no estudo de condensados de tachyon. Finalmente, calculamos a função de três pontos para o modelo de Wess-Zumino-Witten no nível de Kac-Moody k > 2 e o caso particular 0 < k < 2, este último tem uma interpretação em cenários dependentes do tempo para a teoria das cordas. Aqui nós vamos encontrar uma relação análoga ao que temos para a função de correlação do space-like e time-like na Teoria de Campo de Liouville.

Este trabalho apresenta um estudo sobre o método da continuação aplicado ao problema de fluxo de potência. Definições e conceitos de estabilidade de tensão são descritos de forma a explicitar as diferenças e semelhanças existentes com relação ao estudo de máximo carregamento em sistemas de energia elétrica. Uma síntese da teoria da bifurcação aborda sua importância em estudos de colapso de tensão. É proposta uma técnica de controle do tamanho do passo para o método da continuação com o objetivo de determinar o ponto de máximo carregamento (PMC) sem a necessidade de especificar, por meio do usuário, um valor para o tamanho inicial do passo. Os resultados dos estudos realizados em sistemas testes do IEEE (14, 30, 57 e 118 barras) mostram a aplicação do método da continuação convencional e de sua associação à técnica de controle do tamanho do passo. / This work presents a research about the continuation method applied to the power flow problem. Voltage stability definitions and concepts are described in a way to highlight and point out the differences and the similarities among several methods used to determine the maximum loading of electrical power systems. A short description of the bifurcation theory is also presented in order to show its importance to the voltage collapse studies. A technique based on automatically controlling the step size is proposed as an innovation of the continuation method. The objective of this technique is to determine the maximum loading point without the traditional need of asking the user for the initial step size. The results compare the performance between the conventional and the new method. These methods are analyzed using IEEE test systems (14, 30, 57 and 118-bus).

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Le droit des entreprises en difficulté est une branche du droit qui se place au carrefour de disciplines juridiques aussi différentes que difficilement compatibles entre elles. Régulièrement, l'ouverture d'une procédure collective touche des droits de propriété intellectuelle représentant une importante part de l'actif des entreprises quels que soient le secteur concerné et la propriété intellectuelle en cause. Cette période donne naissance à multiples conflits d'intérêts, les conceptions qui s'y opposent bien souvent antagonistes reflètent les difficultés liées au chevauchement entre les mécanismes propres aux droits de propriété intellectuelle et ceux du droit des procédures collectives. Le droit de la défaillance des entreprises se révèle « complexe » la recherche d'un équilibre n'est pas aisée, et se traduit par une « cohabitation difficile ». L'analyse des interactions entre le droit des entreprises en difficulté et les droit de propriété intellectuelle, a permis de démêler l'enchevêtrement issu des querelles de frontières entre ces deux droits. / Bankruptcy proceedings law is a branch of law that combines different legal disciplines that as different as hardly compatible with each other. More often than not, the initiation of collective proceedings affects intellectual property rights which represent a significant part of the assets of companies whatever the sector and whatever the undertakings irrespective of the sector concerned and whatever the intellectual property in question. This period gives rise to multiple conflicts of interest insofar as the opposing views reflect the difficulties related to the overlap between the mechanisms that are specific to intellectual property rights and those that are specific to Bankruptcy proceedings law. Bankruptcy law turns out to be "complex" insofar finding out a balance is not easy and reflects in a "difficult cohabitation". The analysis of the interactions between bankruptcy law and intellectual property rights helped avoiding the entanglement that resulted from border disputes between these two legal disciplines.

The aim of self-directed team learning initiatives is to provide a further level of defence against an eventuality by ensuring that air traffic controllers are aware of the sources of human fallibility, and by developing in the individual controllers and air traffic control teams the knowledge, skills and attitudes that will result in the successful management and containment of inadvertent error. To gain a deeper understanding of self-directed team learning, I investigated the role and contribution of self-directed team learning principles and strategies that were present in the South African Air Force air traffic control team-based work environment. This research study was directed by the following primary research questions: Does self-directed team learning impact on the air traffic control work environment, and what is the nature of self-directed team learning’s impact on the air traffic control work environment? Insights gained as a result of this study contributed to the body of research concerned with learning design, development, implementation and evaluation by self-directed teams as well as the air traffic control discipline. In this mixed-method study quantitative data collection was performed by means of a self-directed team learning questionnaire and a learning approach questionnaire, whereas qualitative data collection relied on individual interviews and focus group interviews. This study involved 25 South African Air Force air traffic controllers (from three operational air traffic control centres). The nature of self-directed team learning’s impact on the air traffic control work environment was illustrated by individual and collective (team) views and dynamics. The impact of air traffic control team performances was traced in terms of identified teamwork characteristics, activities, dynamics, performance measures and focus areas and reflective practices. Results of this study indicated that self-directed team learning offered opportunities to individuals and teams to influence air traffic control performances in an air traffic control work environment. A perceived positive relationship between self-directed team learning and air traffic control operational outputs could be traced. Lastly I concluded that self-directed learning by air traffic control teams had an impact on air traffic control operational outcomes, thus contributing towards a critical air traffic control goal – aviation safety. / Thesis (PhD (Currriculum Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2009. / Curriculum Studies / unrestricted

The focus of this paper is on conditional stability estimates for ill-posed inverse problems in partial differential equations. Conditional stability estimates have been obtained in the literature by a couple different methods. In this paper we propose a method called interpolation method, which is based on interpolation in variable Hilbert scales. We are going to work out the theoretical background of this method and show that optimal conditional stability estimates are obtained. The capability of our method is illustrated by a comprehensive collection of different inverse and ill-posed PDE problems containing elliptic and parabolic problems, one source problem and the problem of analytic continuation.