Previous research has highlighted a different pattern in the use of grammatical forms to successfully maintain coherent discourse by individuals with Down's syndrome. To maintain coherent discourse both linguistic and non-linguistic information must be integrated and maintained in a mental representation of current discourse. The ability of children with Down's syndrome to use such a mental representation has been assessed in this study. The ability of adults with Down's syndrome to comprehend and produce a range of grammatical forms was initially assessed, using a grammaticality judgement task, an imitation task, and a spontaneous speech sample. Results indicated that the production and comprehension of pronouns was found moderately difficult. The successful use of a pronoun depends on the ability to use a mental representation to retain information about its antecedent in order to assist correct interpretation and avoid ambiguity. A narrative task was used to investigate the use of referential forms by children with Down's syndrome and typically developing children. The effects of certain contextual features on the use of referential forms were investigated: the status of each character and the number of characters in the story; the method of presenting the story; and the position of a listener while the story was narrated. When narrating a story typically developing children distinguished the status of characters in the stories by consistently using different referential forms for each. As age increased this strategy was used more successfully and flexibly. Children with Down's syndrome did not use referential forms in the same way as typically developing children. It is likely that this is a consequence of a difficulty in maintaining information about the whole story-where many sources of information must be accessed, integrated and maintained in a mental representation. At a local level within the story, children with Down's syndrome used referential strategies successfully, demonstrating an ability to integrate limited amounts of information about characters in a story. The inability to maintain information in a mental representation across longer periods of discourse indicates the importance of short term memory in language production.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Rhode Island, 2003. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 155-162).

Estruturas e processos de desenvolvimento de programas computacionais e estruturas e processos organizacionais que incluem os programas, quando considerados separadamente, resultam em estudos de segurança de programas computacionais que, em geral, levam em conta apenas ambientes e organizações tradicionais. Ambientes e organizações virtuais podem ser utilizados para representar a regulação entre diferentes estruturas e processos, resultando em melhores interpretações sobre o desenvolvimento da segurança de programas computacionais. Esta atividade de pesquisa explora temas de conteúdo, práticas e artefatos como componentes da cultura de segurança em uma organização virtual de pequeno porte voltada para a inovação. Os temas de conteúdo propostos para a organização virtual específica são: adaptabilidade, dependabilidade, compatibilidade, credibilidade, confiança e mobilidade. As práticas e artefatos identificados envolvem, entre outros, a comunicação entre projetistas, desenvolvedores e usuários, a coordenação colaborativa de atividades, a gestão de dependências e o manejo de mudanças e da adaptação. A atividade de pesquisa foi baseada na metodologia Grounded Theory ou Teoria Fundamentada em Dados e identifica como desafios: a falta de adaptação dos programas computacionais a novas circunstâncias do ambiente, a falta de correspondência entre o programa computacional e a realidade, e a falta de credibilidade e confiança nos programas. As conclusões despertam a atenção para a exploração de limites de segurança na relação entre pessoas e programas computacionais, e especificamente, para a mudança de condições perigosas, para a possibilidade da mobilidade virtual em diferentes estruturas e processos, e para a necessidade de apoio à perspectiva de inteligência do ambiente. / Software development structures and processes and organizational structures and processes that include the programs, when considered separately, result in studies of software safety and security that, in general, take into account only traditional environments and organizations. Virtual environments and organizations may be utilized to represent the regulation between different structures and processes, resulting in better interpretations of software safety and security development. This research activity explores content themes, practices and artifacts as components of the safety and security culture in a small virtual organization dedicated to innovation. Content themes proposed for the specific virtual organization are: adaptability, dependability, compatibility, credibility, trust and mobility. Practices and artifacts identified involve, among others, the communication between designers, developers and users, the collaborative coordination of activities, the dependencies management and the handling of changes and adaptation. The research activity is based on Grounded Theory methodology and identifies as challenges: the absence of software adaptation to new ambient circumstances, the absence of correspondence between software and reality, and the absence of credibility and confidence in software. Conclusions call the attention to the exploration of safety and security limits to the relation between people and software and specifically, to the change of dangerous conditions, to the possibility of virtual mobility in different structures and processes, and to the necessity of supporting the ambient intelligence perspective.

Estruturas e processos de desenvolvimento de programas computacionais e estruturas e processos organizacionais que incluem os programas, quando considerados separadamente, resultam em estudos de segurança de programas computacionais que, em geral, levam em conta apenas ambientes e organizações tradicionais. Ambientes e organizações virtuais podem ser utilizados para representar a regulação entre diferentes estruturas e processos, resultando em melhores interpretações sobre o desenvolvimento da segurança de programas computacionais. Esta atividade de pesquisa explora temas de conteúdo, práticas e artefatos como componentes da cultura de segurança em uma organização virtual de pequeno porte voltada para a inovação. Os temas de conteúdo propostos para a organização virtual específica são: adaptabilidade, dependabilidade, compatibilidade, credibilidade, confiança e mobilidade. As práticas e artefatos identificados envolvem, entre outros, a comunicação entre projetistas, desenvolvedores e usuários, a coordenação colaborativa de atividades, a gestão de dependências e o manejo de mudanças e da adaptação. A atividade de pesquisa foi baseada na metodologia Grounded Theory ou Teoria Fundamentada em Dados e identifica como desafios: a falta de adaptação dos programas computacionais a novas circunstâncias do ambiente, a falta de correspondência entre o programa computacional e a realidade, e a falta de credibilidade e confiança nos programas. As conclusões despertam a atenção para a exploração de limites de segurança na relação entre pessoas e programas computacionais, e especificamente, para a mudança de condições perigosas, para a possibilidade da mobilidade virtual em diferentes estruturas e processos, e para a necessidade de apoio à perspectiva de inteligência do ambiente. / Software development structures and processes and organizational structures and processes that include the programs, when considered separately, result in studies of software safety and security that, in general, take into account only traditional environments and organizations. Virtual environments and organizations may be utilized to represent the regulation between different structures and processes, resulting in better interpretations of software safety and security development. This research activity explores content themes, practices and artifacts as components of the safety and security culture in a small virtual organization dedicated to innovation. Content themes proposed for the specific virtual organization are: adaptability, dependability, compatibility, credibility, trust and mobility. Practices and artifacts identified involve, among others, the communication between designers, developers and users, the collaborative coordination of activities, the dependencies management and the handling of changes and adaptation. The research activity is based on Grounded Theory methodology and identifies as challenges: the absence of software adaptation to new ambient circumstances, the absence of correspondence between software and reality, and the absence of credibility and confidence in software. Conclusions call the attention to the exploration of safety and security limits to the relation between people and software and specifically, to the change of dangerous conditions, to the possibility of virtual mobility in different structures and processes, and to the necessity of supporting the ambient intelligence perspective.

The goal of master thesis "Automation of Processes in Agile Development" is research of agile metodics with a focus on development practices in the Kentico company. This thesis describes different tools used as a support of agile software development including JIRA Software and Confluence, which are used in Kentico. Important part of this thesis is analysis of the current company processes and a plan of their optimization and automation. During the implementation part a web application which displays metrics arising from analysis and optimization proposal phase is realized. This thesis also contains discussion of it's realization and possible improvements.

AMORIM, Mariza Vieira da Fonseca Saboia. Desenvolvimento de um novo processo de limpeza e condicionamento de grãos de trigo. 2007. 68 f. : Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do Ceará, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Departamento de Tecnologia de Alimentos, Fortaleza, 2007 / Submitted by Nádja Goes (nmoraissoares@gmail.com) on 2016-06-21T13:07:45Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2007_dis_mvfsamorim.pdf: 1135311 bytes, checksum: 47ee7e76d9aebf9d7160c879e5c42ed9 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Nádja Goes (nmoraissoares@gmail.com) on 2016-06-21T13:08:19Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2007_dis_mvfsamorim.pdf: 1135311 bytes, checksum: 47ee7e76d9aebf9d7160c879e5c42ed9 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-21T13:08:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2007_dis_mvfsamorim.pdf: 1135311 bytes, checksum: 47ee7e76d9aebf9d7160c879e5c42ed9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / The wheat milling process currently used by millers all over the world comprises four unit operations: the cleaning of the grains - with the aim to separate the sound grains of its impurities; the tempering – for grains reach its ideal moisture and to get the best flour extraction rate; the milling of the grains and the flour classification through a sieving system where some flours with different particle sizes are produced. In the present work, it was developed a new wheat cleaning process based on the densities of the sound grains and its impurities making use of two unit operations. The first one is made in a two stage calcium chloride pools of different concentrations followed by an air drying of the grains at room temperature (the second one) to get rid of the superficial grain solution. The water content of the grains at the end of the first operation was 17,96 % for a 45 second operation time and 12,74% after the air drying of the grains that was up in 4,0 minutes in the room temperature at an air outflow of 0,507 m3.s-1. The yield of the experimental milling of the grains by the new process was 60,02% versus 47,67 % by the traditional process. The ash amounts of the flours obtained from the grains cleaned by the new and traditional processes were respectively: 0,58 % and 0,59%. The chloride amounts of the flours obtained from the grains cleaned by the new and traditional processes were respectively: 15,52 mg.100g-1; 0,95 mg.100g-1 , and the calcium amounts of the same flours were respectively: 43,53 mg.100g-1 and 5,89 mg.100g-1 .The total counting of the yeast, fungus and Bacillus cereus spp. Before and after cleaning the grains by the new and the traditional process were as following: 10 UFC.g-1 ; 3 x 102 UFC.g-1 ; < 10 UFC.g-1 ; <102 UFC.g-1 ; < 10 UFC.g-1 and 3 x 102 UFC.g- 1. The taste of the breads made with the flours from the grains cleaned by the two process were not significantly different at 5,0% level. The overall results showed that wheat grains could be cleaned by the proposed method without either developing gluten during milling nor causing bitter taste to bread when calcium chloride solutions were used to separate sound grains of its impurities. / O processo utilizado pelas indústrias na moagem do trigo é composto de quatro operações unitárias que consiste na sua primeira etapa, da limpeza dos grãos, tendo como finalidade separar suas impurezas; o condicionamento, permitindo que os grãos atinjam teor de umidade ideal para a máxima extração da farinha; a moagem propriamente dita e a classificação, realizada por peneiras em que são obtidas as farinhas desejadas. No presente trabalho foi desenvolvido um processo de limpeza de trigo, baseado nas diferenças de densidade dos grãos e suas impurezas, em soluções salinas, através de duas operações unitárias, em substituição ao processo tradicional. A primeira operação é realizada em dois tanques contendo soluções de cloreto de cálcio com diferentes concentrações e uma segunda operação consiste na secagem para retirada da umidade superficial dos grãos. O teor de umidade dos grãos no final da primeira etapa do processo foi de 17,96% para um tempo de operação de 45 segundos e de 12,74% no final da segunda etapa, com uma vazão de ar à temperatura ambiente de 0,507 m3.s-1 após 4,0 minutos. O teste de moagem experimental dos grãos de trigos limpos pelo processo proposto apresentou rendimento de 60,02% e pelo processo tradicional, 47,67%. Os teores de cinzas das farinhas obtidas nos processos proposto e tradicional foram respectivamente: 0,58% e 0,59%. Os teores de cloreto das farinhas obtidas nos processos proposto e tradicional foram respectivamente: 15,52 mg.100g-1 e 0,95 mg.100g-1; e os teores de cálcio das mesmas frações foram respectivamente: 43,53 mg.100g-1 e 5,89 mg.100g-1. A contagem total de bolores e leveduras e de Bacillus cereus sp. antes e após a limpeza dos grãos pelo processo proposto e tradicional foram de, respectivamente: 10 UFC.g-1 ; 3 x 102 UFC.g-1 ; < 10 UFC.g-1 ; <102 UFC.g-1 ; < 10 UFC.g-1 e 3 x 102 UFC.g-1. O sabor dos pães elaborados a partir das farinhas obtidas pelos processos proposto e tradicional não apresentou diferença significativa em nível de 5%. Os resultados mostra que os grãos de trigo podem ser limpos através da metodologia proposta, sem haver o desenvolvimento de glúten durante o processo de moagem e da presença de sabor amargo ao pão, quando se utiliza cloreto de cálcio nas soluções salinas de separação dos grãos e suas impurezas.

nÃo hà / O processo utilizado pelas indÃstrias na moagem do trigo à composto de quatro operaÃÃes unitÃrias que consiste na sua primeira etapa, da limpeza dos grÃos, tendo como finalidade separar suas impurezas; o condicionamento, permitindo que os grÃos atinjam teor de umidade ideal para a mÃxima extraÃÃo da farinha; a moagem propriamente dita e a classificaÃÃo, realizada por peneiras em que sÃo obtidas as farinhas desejadas. No presente trabalho foi desenvolvido um processo de limpeza de trigo, baseado nas diferenÃas de densidade dos grÃos e suas impurezas, em soluÃÃes salinas, atravÃs de duas operaÃÃes unitÃrias, em substituiÃÃo ao processo tradicional. A primeira operaÃÃo à realizada em dois tanques contendo soluÃÃes de cloreto de cÃlcio com diferentes concentraÃÃes e uma segunda operaÃÃo consiste na secagem para retirada da umidade superficial dos grÃos. O teor de umidade dos grÃos no final da primeira etapa do processo foi de 17,96% para um tempo de operaÃÃo de 45 segundos e de 12,74% no final da segunda etapa, com uma vazÃo de ar à temperatura ambiente de 0,507 m3.s-1 apÃs 4,0 minutos. O teste de moagem experimental dos grÃos de trigos limpos pelo processo proposto apresentou rendimento de 60,02% e pelo processo tradicional, 47,67%. Os teores de cinzas das farinhas obtidas nos processos proposto e tradicional foram respectivamente: 0,58% e 0,59%. Os teores de cloreto das farinhas obtidas nos processos proposto e tradicional foram respectivamente: 15,52 mg.100g-1 e 0,95 mg.100g-1; e os teores de cÃlcio das mesmas fraÃÃes foram respectivamente: 43,53 mg.100g-1 e 5,89 mg.100g-1. A contagem total de bolores e leveduras e de Bacillus cereus sp. antes e apÃs a limpeza dos grÃos pelo processo proposto e tradicional foram de, respectivamente: 10 UFC.g-1 ; 3 x 102 UFC.g-1 ; < 10 UFC.g-1 ; <102 UFC.g-1 ; < 10 UFC.g-1 e 3 x 102 UFC.g-1. O sabor dos pÃes elaborados a partir das farinhas obtidas pelos processos proposto e tradicional nÃo apresentou diferenÃa significativa em nÃvel de 5%. Os resultados mostra que os grÃos de trigo podem ser limpos atravÃs da metodologia proposta, sem haver o desenvolvimento de glÃten durante o processo de moagem e da presenÃa de sabor amargo ao pÃo, quando se utiliza cloreto de cÃlcio nas soluÃÃes salinas de separaÃÃo dos grÃos e suas impurezas. / The wheat milling process currently used by millers all over the world comprises four unit operations: the cleaning of the grains - with the aim to separate the sound grains of its impurities; the tempering â for grains reach its ideal moisture and to get the best flour extraction rate; the milling of the grains and the flour classification through a sieving system where some flours with different particle sizes are produced. In the present work, it was developed a new wheat cleaning process based on the densities of the sound grains and its impurities making use of two unit operations. The first one is made in a two stage calcium chloride pools of different concentrations followed by an air drying of the grains at room temperature (the second one) to get rid of the superficial grain solution. The water content of the grains at the end of the first operation was 17,96 % for a 45 second operation time and 12,74% after the air drying of the grains that was up in 4,0 minutes in the room temperature at an air outflow of 0,507 m3.s-1. The yield of the experimental milling of the grains by the new process was 60,02% versus 47,67 % by the traditional process. The ash amounts of the flours obtained from the grains cleaned by the new and traditional processes were respectively: 0,58 % and 0,59%. The chloride amounts of the flours obtained from the grains cleaned by the new and traditional processes were respectively: 15,52 mg.100g-1; 0,95 mg.100g-1 , and the calcium amounts of the same flours were respectively: 43,53 mg.100g-1 and 5,89 mg.100g-1 .The total counting of the yeast, fungus and Bacillus cereus spp. Before and after cleaning the grains by the new and the traditional process were as following: 10 UFC.g-1 ; 3 x 102 UFC.g-1 ; < 10 UFC.g-1 ; <102 UFC.g-1 ; < 10 UFC.g-1 and 3 x 102 UFC.g- 1. The taste of the breads made with the flours from the grains cleaned by the two process were not significantly different at 5,0% level. The overall results showed that wheat grains could be cleaned by the proposed method without either developing gluten during milling nor causing bitter taste to bread when calcium chloride solutions were used to separate sound grains of its impurities.

Testing is a crucial process for organizations to identify any defects, ensure high-quality standards, enhance customer experience, mitigate risks, and comply with regulations. With proactive identification and resolution of problems, efficient testing saves time, money, and effort, ultimately contributing to the organization's overall success. The ABB Robotics Quality Management team for New Product Development projects identified that the current testing is process-oriented which results in overlapping test activities, delays, and increased costs. The lack of a holistic approach was identified as the main problem for the testing processes. Testing for New Product Development in the robotics industry is a time-consuming and costly activity. To deliver high-quality and reliable robot solutions, it is essential to test the right items at the right stage of development. The purpose of this research is to build a Test Strategy for New Product Development projects at ABB Robotics. The major objectives for the generated test strategy include identification of the right test methodologies, early identification of bugs and failures, achieving sufficient test coverage through component, module, integration, and system levels of testing, testing at the right level and stage, early verification of all requirements, better product quality, accelerated time to market, and superior customer experience. This research will focus on the mentioned aspects and won't address certain areas such as how suppliers conduct their testing, how test data is transferred from suppliers to ABB Robotics, processes after new product development projects are completed, and the testing processes in customer service. The research methodology involves a thorough literature review, an analysis of internal documents, international standards, and interviews within ABB Robotics, as well as external interviews and benchmarking with three well-known companies in the industry. With the support of the findings, recognized patterns, and analysis, a test strategy with its three major key strategic themes aligned with ABB Robotics' research objectives was generated with an implementation plan.

<p>U radu se iskazuje potreba za obavljanjem reinţenjeringa preduzeća (RP), kao radikalno novog totalnog procesnog organizovanja preduzeća sa tendencijom ostvarivanja TQM-a (totalno procesno organizovanje preduzeća po prvi put je inţenjering preduzeća (IR)). Takođe, u radu se daje odgovarajuća metodologija za obavljanje inţenjeringa I reinţenjeringa preduzeća i iskazuje ĉinjenica da obavljanje svakog inţenjeringa i reinţenjeringa preduzeća, kao i funkcionisanje TQM-a podrazumeva postojanje menadţmenta u preduzeću koji se stalno inovira.<br />Rad istiĉe ĉinjenicu da u procesnom organizovanju preduzeća treba da se razlikuje selekcionistiĉki pristup koji prvenstveno odgovara naprednim preduzećima u razvijenoj svetskoj privredi i totalistiĉki pristup, koji rad obrađuje, a koji prevashodno odgovara svim ostalim preduzećima. Osnovni kriterijum koji odreĊuje kad koji pristup treba da bude upotrebljen je kvalitet posedovanne marketin&scaron;ke organizacione culture. Ako je posedovana marketin&scaron;ka organizaciona kultura zadovoljavajuća onda za ostvarivanje procesnog organizovanja treba da bude upotrebljen postojeći selekcionistiĉki pristup, dok u suprotnom sluĉaju, koji je daleko rasprostranjeni, treba da bude primenjen totalistiĉki pristup, koga rad obrađuje.<br />U radu je obrađen model za identifikaciju kvaliteta postojeće marketin&scaron;ke organizacione kulture preduzeća i iskazan naĉin pokretanja reinţenjeringa na primeru konkretnog preduzeća sloţenog karaktera i naĉin kako se identifikuju koristi od njegovog obavljanja u poĉetnoj fazi obavljanja (prve dve godine od njegovog pokretanja).<br />Obavljeno istraţivanje je prevashodno analitiĉko deskriptivnog karaktera u okviru kog se dokazivanje postavljenih operativnih hipoteza vr&scaron;ilo po odgovarajućim radnim poglavljima koja nose njihove nazive. Takođe, u sklopu obavljanja istraţivanja data su odgovarajuća razja&scaron;njenja pojmova: vizija, misija, op&scaron;ti cilj, strategija ostvarivanja op&scaron;teg cilja, identifikovanje radne strukture i strukture radnih procesa, modeliranje poslovne strukture i strukture poslovnih procesa, i definisanje procesne organizacione strukture preduzeća sa uspostavljanjem novog baziĉnog marketin&scaron;ki orjentisanog organizacionog modela. Ostvarivanje ovakvog organizacionog poduhvata definisano je odgovarajućom specijalnom grafiĉkom interpretacijom. Na primeru jednog sloţenog preduzeća dokazano je, kroz poĉetne rezultate, da jedan ovakav pristup daje zadovoljavajuće rezultate.</p> / <p>The paper shows the need for the re-engineering of the company (RP), as performing a radical new process of organizing the total tendency of TQM implementation, called Enterprise Engineering (IE). It also provides an appropriate methodology for their performing and reflect the fact that the performance of each engineering and re-engineering enterprises, as well as the functioning of TQM, implies the existence of management in a company, that is constantly innovating.<br />The paper highlights the fact that in the process organizing the company we shoulddistinguish differ process selection approach (that is suitable for advanced enterprises in developed world economy) and totalistic approach (which mainly corresponds to other companies). The main criterion that determines when that approach should be used, is the quality of subsumed marketing organizational culture. If the marketing possessed organizational culture is satisfactory then for the process of organizing should be used selection approach, while in the opposite case, which is far distributed, should be applied totalistic approach, which this paper deals with.<br />The paper describes a model for identification the quality of the existing marketing organizational culture, of the company and shown the way to start re-engineering through example of a particular complex company and find way how to identify the benefits of its performance in the beginning phase (the first two years of its launch).<br />Conducted research has primarily analytical-descriptive character, within which is done proving the set of operational hypotheses through relevant chapters which take their names. Also, through research performing are given adequate clarifications of terms: vision, mission, objective, strategy for achieving public goals, identifying the labor structure and structure of work processes, modeling the business structure and the structure of business processes, defining process organized structure of the company to establish a new base market oriented organizational model. The exercise of such organizational enterprise defines appropriate special graphical interpretation.</p>