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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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The Potential of Wikis for Producing DTBook Contents

Bernier, Alex, Burger, Dominique, Marmol, Bruno 12 July 2011 (has links) (PDF)
Wikis are widely used by communities to create and update documents on the Web. This presentation describes the potential of Wikis for producing DAISY (more precisely DTBook) contents. We discuss how to convert existing Wiki contents into DTBook. We also examine how DAISY content producers could use Wikis as an easy and free tool to collaboratively edit their documents. The case of MediaWiki is studied (this Wiki software is used by Wikipedia, Wikisource, Wikibooks, …). We describe how to expand its functionalities as to make possible the importation and exportation of DTbook contents.
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Towards a ready-to-use, DAISY-aware library management system

Hinderer, Sebastian, Burger, Dominique, Marmol, Bruno 12 July 2011 (has links) (PDF)
Both integrated library management systems and DAISY production and manipulation tools become widespread. We study how they could be combined to build a ready-to-use digital library with DAISY as its core format. The obtained framework should cover the entire book processing, from digital files provided either by publishers or by scanning printed material, until the delivery of DAISY content to end-users in a possibly secured way. We first give a functional description of the framework we have in mind. Then, we examine the existing tools of interest and give some tracks for further software developments.
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The Potential of Wikis for Producing DTBook Contents

Bernier, Alex, Burger, Dominique, Marmol, Bruno January 2010 (has links)
Wikis are widely used by communities to create and update documents on the Web. This presentation describes the potential of Wikis for producing DAISY (more precisely DTBook) contents. We discuss how to convert existing Wiki contents into DTBook. We also examine how DAISY content producers could use Wikis as an easy and free tool to collaboratively edit their documents. The case of MediaWiki is studied (this Wiki software is used by Wikipedia, Wikisource, Wikibooks, …). We describe how to expand its functionalities as to make possible the importation and exportation of DTbook contents.
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Reading your daily newspaper without a PC!

van der Meulen, Marianne January 2010 (has links)
For many it is a problem not to be able to read the daily newspaper. Compilations of a week’s newspaper articles are a compromise. Computer owners do not need to compromise as they can read their daily on their pc. But what if you don’t have a pc? For non- pc-owners the ORIONWebbox can be a godsend. The ORIONWebbox is a simple device that can easily navigate through a daily newspaper supporting the DAISY protocol and making use of TTS. In Finland and Belgium we have access to daily newspapers. Explanation of management of content per user follows.
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DAISY-formatets påverkan på läsning : En studie på barn i och utanför läs- och skrivsvårigheter

Andersson, Niklas January 2007 (has links)
<p>I grundskolan skiljer det sig mycket från elev till elev när det gäller konsten att behärska läsning. Då läsning är något som tränas genom övning är det oftast de som tycker det är svårt som håller sig borta från läsandet. DAISY är ett format som erbjuder läsare att, samtidigt som de läser en text, få den uppläst. Genom att presentera text både visuellt och auditivt kan fokus tas bort från själva ordavkodningen, vilket är det som de flesta i läs- och skrivsvårigheter har problem med. I detta arbete undersöktes läshastighet, läsförståelse och läseffektivitet på 18 åttondeklassare, varav sju uppvisade olika grader av läs- och skrivsvårigheter. Resultaten mellan när de läste en text med DAISY och när de läste en text utan DAISY jämfördes. Resultatet visade att deltagarna läste långsammare med DAISY än utan. De i läs- och skrivsvårigheter hade dock både en större läsförståelse och läseffektivitet när de använde DAISY.</p>
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Surrendering to Daisy Fay Buchanan : a pathway to the embodiment of character /

Blekys, Ingrid. January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (M.F.A.)--York University, 2007. Graduate Programme in Theatre. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 51-54). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR29548
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Moving DAISY online – Online delivery of DAISY

Finström, Maria 15 June 2011 (has links) (PDF)
The purpose of this two-year project (2009-2010) is to improve the distribution of DAISY content and the development of an online delivery service of DAISY content, both talking books and talking newspapers. The project is carried out by two organizations: Celia – the national library for persons with print disabilities in Finland (hereinafter Celia) – and the Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired (hereinafter the FFVI). The solution will be based on network-capable DAISY players, not on computers. An online delivery platform supporting the international standard DAISY Online will be developed. The project involves 960 of Celia’s clients. These clients will be provided with a DAISY player and an Internet connection. The results of this pilot project will be used in building a national online delivery service system of DAISY content in Finland.
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The ONCE Bibliographic Services’s Digital Library

Pérez Arnaez, Rafael 15 June 2011 (has links) (PDF)
The ONCE provides its membership with a cost-free online library service, through which they can obtain books in both print and DAISY format. The present paper contains a brief description of the structure and growing popularity of this service.
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Producing DAISY talking books without manual intervention

Schmidt, Gerald 12 July 2011 (has links) (PDF)
Is it possible to produce DAISY talking books of acceptable quality without manually adjusting the reading order, inserting page numbers, fine-tuning lexicons, and so on? This question is especially urgent with regard to our open educational resources published on the OpenLearn website. This presentation recounts our experiences of a fully automated production process for DAISY talking books using only open source tools.
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Préparation de synthons dimères de [2]rotaxanes et de lassos et application à la synthèse d'architectures moléculaires entrelacées sophistiquées / Preparation of [2]rotaxane dimer and lasso building-blocks : toward the synthesis of sophisticated interlocked molecular architectures

Waelès, Philip 16 December 2016 (has links)
Parmi les molécules entrelacées, les « muscles moléculaires » et les lassos occupent une place de choix due à leur structure singulière qui leur permet d’adopter différentes co-conformations en fonction d’un stimulus externe. En effet, la structure doublement entrelacée dimère de [2]rotaxane permet des états plus ou moins contractés en fonction du « glissement » d’un monomère par rapport à un autre, d’où son appellation muscle moléculaire, par analogie avec les muscles de notre organisme. D’autre part, l’architecture [1]rotaxane peut être comparée à un lasso qui peut se resserrer ou se desserrer en fonction d’un stimulus externe. L’accessibilité à ces synthons entrelacés paraît importante à étudier pour une application plus large de ces structures dans des domaines variés. En particulier, l’intégration de ces synthons dans des structures polymères paraît séduisante à envisager. Aussi, nous proposons dans ce manuscrit différentes voies d’accès efficaces à des synthons dimères de [2]rotaxanes et lassos fonctionnalisés ou activés, dépourvus ou non de sites d’interactions entre les éléments à assembler, et qui peuvent être isolés, soit pour des condensations ultérieures avec des polymères convenablement fonctionnalisés pour la formation de polymères à réseau tridimensionnel, soit utilisés comme monomères pour la synthèse de polymères à propriétés physico-chimiques modulables. Enfin, une application méthodologique de la synthèse de synthon dimère de [2]rotaxane à la formation d’une espèce tetraentrelacée est proposée. Celle-ci combine un agencement dimère de [2]rotaxane avec une architecture [2]rotaxane, dont deux mouvements distincts peuvent être actionnés par machinerie moléculaire. Après une introduction générale bibliographique, mon manuscrit de thèse s’articule autour de trois chapitres. Un premier chapitre concerne la synthèse et l’étude de dimères de rotaxanes symétriques à extrémités fonctionnalisées (i.e. dialcynes et diazotures). Quelques essais préliminaires d’utilisation de ces synthons dans des réactions de réticulation d’un polymère sont présentés. De manière méthodologique, nous avons envisagé la synthèse non-statistique de dimères de [2]rotaxanes dissymétriques (i.e. azoture / alcyne) en jouant sur des interactions supplémentaires entre macrocycles. Le deuxième chapitre concerne une application méthodologique de l’utilisation d’un synthon dimère de [2]rotaxane, décrit dans le premier chapitre, pour la conception et l’étude d’un muscle moléculaire pH-sensible d’architecture tetraentrelacée à trois stations moléculaires différentes (anilinium, ammonium et triazolium). La stratégie de synthèse efficace est basée sur un tri-automatique d’espèces supramoléculaires. La molécule cible, un hétéro[4]rotaxane original, contient deux agencements supramoléculaires distincts au sein d’une même molécule : un dimère de [2]rotaxane comme échafaud, lié à deux extrémités [2]rotaxanes. Enfin, un troisième et dernier chapitre traite de la synthèse d’une brique élémentaire d’architecture lasso pouvant être incorporée dans un polymère polyaminé. À titre d’exemple préliminaire, un [1]rotaxane et un tris-[1]rotaxane ont été synthétisés et étudiés. Une méthode propre au laboratoire et basée sur une stratégie originale utilisant un « transporteur » de macrocycle, permet la synthèse de lassos dénués de sites d’interactions efficaces, qui restent encore actuellement des cibles synthétiques difficiles voire impossibles d’accès. Ainsi, cette nouvelle stratégie de synthèse ouvre de réelles perspectives puisqu’elle permet l’accès généralisé à n’importe quelles structures entrelacées. / Among the interlocked molecules, "molecular muscles" and lassos hold a prominent place result of their singular structure which allows them to adopt stretched and tightened co-conformations in response to an external stimulus. Indeed, the doubly interwoven architecture [2]rotaxane dimer allows more or less contracted states based on the "sliding" of a monomer relative to the other, hence the name molecular muscle, by analogy to the movement observed in the muscles of the human body. On the other hand, the [1]rotaxane architecture may be compared to a lasso, which can tighten or loosen in response to an external stimulus. The accessibility of these interlocked building-blocks seems important to study for a broader application of these structures in various fields. In particular, the integration of these building-blocks in polymer structures is attractive to consider. Also, we propose in this PhD different chemical routes to effective functionalized or activated [2]rotaxanes dimers and lassos building-blocks, devoid or not of interaction site between components to be assembled and which may be isolated, either for subsequent condensation with suitably functionalized polymers with the aim of forming three-dimensional network, or used as monomers for the synthesis of adjustable polymers with tunable physicochemical properties. Finally, a methodological application of the synthesis of a [2]rotaxane dimer building-block in the formation of a tetra-interlocked species is proposed. The chemical architecture combines a [2]rotaxane dimer arrangement with two [2]rotaxane moieties, whose distinct movements may be actuated by molecular machinery. The manuscript begins by a bibliographical general introduction and is followed by three different chapters. One chapter relates on the synthesis and study of symmetrical rotaxane dimers which are functionalized at the extremities of the threads (i.e. dialkyne and diazide). Some preliminary tests using these building-blocks in polymer crosslinking reactions are reported. In a methodological aim, we considered non-statistical synthesis of asymmetrical [2]rotaxanes dimers (i.e. azide / alkyne) by adjusting additional interactions between macrocycles. The second chapter relates to a methodological application of the use of [2]rotaxane dimer building-block for the design and study of a tetra-interlocked pH-sensitive molecular muscle including three molecular stations (anilinium, ammonium and triazolium). The efficient synthetic strategy is based on a self-sorting of supramolecular species. The targeted molecule, an original hetero[4]rotaxane, contains two distinct supramolecular arrangements in the same molecule: a [2]rotaxane dimer as the scaffold linked to two [2]rotaxane ends. Finally, a third and last chapter deals with the synthesis of a lasso building-block molecular architecture that can be incorporated into a polyamine compound. As a preliminary example, triazolium-based mono- and tris-branched [1]rotaxanes were synthesized and studied. A peculiar method of the laboratory and based on a strategy using a “transporter” of macrocycle, allows the synthesis of lassos devoid of any efficient template, which are still currently difficult or impossible synthetic targets. Thus, the new synthetic strategy open avenues to the wide access of any interlocked structures.

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