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This dissertation and accompanying lecture recital explores the musical elements present in Áskell Másson’s three solos for snare drum, PRÍM (1984), KÍM (2001) and B2B: Back to Basics (2010). Two of the primary challenges for the performer when playing solo literature on a non-pitch oriented instrument are identifying thematic structures and understanding how to interpret all innovative sound production techniques employed within the music. A thematic and compositional analysis, as well as an investigation into the experimentation of timbre found in Másson’s three pieces for solo snare drum will help to clarify the musical complexities that are present throughout.

This collection of studies was designed to understand the mechanisms and consequences of competition among early life stages of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), with a special attention to asymmetric competition and multiple-breeding strategy of parents. The overall hypotheses were that (1) red drum larvae show behavioral interactions, and the magnitude of these interactions is explained by the sizes of the competing individuals, (2) red drum larvae compete for food and habitat use, and the competition is asymmetric as determined by size and behavioral interactions, and (3) the parents can reduce negative effects of competition among larvae and increase larval survival by altering their multiple-spawning traits. The laboratory experiments showed the existence of sociality in red drum larvae. The magnitudes of aggressive behavior, vigilant behavior and shoaling behavior were explained by a combination of absolute and relative phenotypes of competing individuals, such as body lengths and body condition. A new method of combining the laboratory experiments and the foraging theory disentangled interference competition for food from exploitative competition, revealing that both absolute and relative body lengths of competing individuals influence feeding efficiencies. In addition, vigilant behavior decreased feeding efficiency regardless of body sizes. The competitor size and behavioral interactions between individuals had different effects on competition for habitat use: the existence of larger individuals prevented the newly settled larvae from entering preferred habitats, whereas the aggressive behavior from the occupants of preferred habitats moved newly settled larvae to the unpreferred habitats. Finally, computer simulations using an individual-based model revealed that as interference competition among larvae increased, the number of spawning events and the spawning interval of the parents increased to lessen competition and maximize total survival of offspring. / text

Detta arbete behandlar ämnet trumsound i en studiomiljö och hur jag som trummis kan påverka soundet. Syftet med arbetet är att förstå och utveckla de olika faktorer som tillsammans skapar ett sound och berör bland annat speltekniska områden som timing och dynamik, materiella områden som val av instrument och dess konstruktion samt akustiska områden som mikrofonplacering och rumsakustik.  Efter att ha transkriberat och analyserat trumspelet på sex kända låtar spelade jag in mig själv i en studio där jag med hjälp av tidigare erfarenheter och nya idéer försökte återskapa trumspelet och trumsounden från dessa låtar så långt det bara var möjligt. Bifogat till arbetet finns transkriptioner samt två versioner på varje trumtagning där den ena är utan effekter och den andra är med effekter. Processen i studion dokumenterades i form av anteckningar och med en filmkamera som sedan tillsammans med det inspelade materialet blev underlag för min analys. Resultatet visar att ordentliga förberedelser och god kunskap om sitt instrument skapar förutsättningar för ett bra sound. Genom att välja instrument med passande ljudegenskaper samt ta tid till att stämma och micka upp trummorna noga krävs det mindre tid i efterediteringsarbetet. Eftersom uppfattningen av timing och dynamik är personlig så skapas också förutsättningar för unika sound genom musikerns sätt att tolka och spela musiken. / This study deals with the topic of drum sound in a studio environment and how I, as a drummer, can affect the sound. The purpose of the study is to understand and develop the various factors that together create a sound. The study involves technical areas such as timing and dynamics, material areas such as the choice of instruments and their design as well as the impact of microphone placement and the acoustics in a room. After transcribing and analyzing the drumming of six famous songs, I recorded myself in a studio and by way of previous experiences and new ideas I tried to recreate the drumming and the drum sound of these songs as far as possible. Attached to this study there are transcripts of the drums and two versions on each take where one is without effects and the other is with effects. The process in the studio was documented in the form of notes and a video camera which then became the basis for my analysis together with the recorded material. The result shows that accurate preparation and good knowledge of the instrument is a fundamental condition for a good sound. Choosing instruments with appropriate sound characteristics and taking time to tune and mic the drums makes the mixing phase shorter and easier. Because the perception of timing and dynamics is personal, the conditions for developing a unique sound are also created through the musician's way of interpreting and playing the music. / <p>Inspelningar finns att ladda ned som bilagor till det skriftliga arbetet.</p>

Orientador: Fernando Augusto de Almeida Hashimoto / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-26T13:09:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Cunha_HelioAlexandrinoPacheco_M.pdf: 31557883 bytes, checksum: ef51be576b219e2cfcfa18422b33177a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: Este trabalho parte da compreensão inicial de que o estudo da caixa é um fundamento da bateria. Dessa forma, propõe o estudo do ritmo e da interpretação do samba a partir de estudos e peças de caixa. O trabalho composicional é orientado por conceitos já desenvolvidos pela musicologia sobre a performance do samba em diálogo com os dados levantados pelo autor através das entrevistas aos sambistas cariocas, das transcrições e das experiências musicais vivenciadas pelo próprio pesquisador durante o processo de pesquisa. Ao final do trabalho os estudos e as peças relacionadas têm como principal objetivo explorar a forma de desenvolvimento fraseológico, de "manulação" dos toques e de exploração dos timbres da caixa a partir dos aspectos idiomáticos dos instrumentos de percussão característicos do samba / Abstract: This work starts from the initial understanding that the study of the snare drum is the foundation of the drum study. Thus, we propose the study of the rhythm and interpretation of samba by studies and pieces of snare drum. The compositional work is guided by concepts already developed by musicology on the performance of samba in dialogue with the data gathered by the author through interviews with carioca samba players, the transcriptions and the musical pratice experienced by the researcher during the research process. At the end of the work, studies and related pieces has as the main goals to explore the development of the phrasing, the sticking and the exploration of tones on the snare drum based on the idiomatic aspects of the samba characteristic instruments of percussion / Mestrado / Praticas Interpretativas / Mestre em Música

This dissertation discusses the potential of the snare drum as a solo concert instrument. Four pieces from a collection entitled The Noble Snare are used for demonstration ("Homily" by Milton Babbitt, "Composed Improvisation for Snare Drum" by John Cage, "Peeping Tom" by Dan Senn, and "The Noble Snare" by Stuart Saunders Smith). In the absence of many traditional musical devices (i.e. melody and harmony), alternative means of expression are used by the composer. Each piece is discussed with regard to its distinctive compositional approach and inherent performance issues. Information is also given pertaining to the background of the Noble Snare series. This includes: the inspiration for the project, editorial issues, and its influence on snare drum performance. Much of this research was completed through interviews by with author with Sylvia Smith, publisher of The Noble Snare and owner of Smith Publications.

L'objectif de cette étude consiste à développer une approche permettant d'économiser de l'énergie de haut niveau thermique dans le procédé de la distillation atmosphérique du pétrole. Cette approche repose sur le fait que l'installation de plusieurs flashs sur le train de préchauffage de ce procédé associée à un choix approprié du plateau d'alimentation des vapeurs résultantes à la colonne de distillation, provoque une diminution de la chaleur apportée à ce train de préchauffage. Le déficit de chaleur de haut niveau thermique ainsi créé est causé par la réduction des débits des reflux latéraux de la colonne de distillation et il est compensé par de la chaleur de bas niveau thermique apportée par les effluents résiduaires disponibles dans toute la raffinerie. Cette approche peut être appliquée aux nouveaux procédés comme à l'expansion des procédés existants et l'économie d'énergie de haut niveau thermique dans le four peut atteindre les 21%. Une réduction équivalente des gaz à effet de serre est aussi observée / The objective of this thesis is to demonstrate, on thermodynamic grounds, that introducing a flash in the preheating train of an atmospheric oil distillation process , together with an appropriate feeding of the resulting vapors into the column, could potentially bring substantial energy savings by reducing the duty of the preheating furnace and by reducing the distillation column irreversibilities. This idea has been expended by showing how this can be done while keeping the throughput and the product characteristics unchanged. The outcome is that placing several flashes after the heat exchangers and feeding the corresponding vapor streams to the appropriate trays of the column, reduces the pumparound flows and then the heat brought to the preheating train. The resulting heat deficit may then be compensated in additional heat exchangers by using low level heat recuperated from the products of the distillation and/or imported from other processes. The use of this residual heat reduces the furnace duty by approximately an equivalent amount and could be as high as 21%. The approach can be applied in the design of news processes or in the revamping of existing ones

Survival of teleost larvae requires growth and development which depend upon endocrine processes. In this dissertation I have examined the ontogeny of elements of the thyroid hormone (TH) and corticosteroid (CS) systems in red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). Basal cortisol production was first detected 3 days post-hatch (DPH) and a cortisol stress response was present from 6 DPH forward. Changes in steroidogenic enzyme mRNA (CYP11B and CYP21) levels did not correlate with these events. The time necessary to reach peak cortisol levels as well as return to basal levels declined as larvae developed. A second set of studies examined ontogenetic patterns in levels of mRNAs encoding thyroid (soTR[alpha] and soTR[beta]) and corticosteroid (soGR) hormone receptors and assessed the regulation of these mRNAs by exogenous triiodothyronine (T3) and cortisol. soTR[alpha], soTR[beta] and soGR were expressed in all stages of red drum examined. soTR[alpha] levels increased during the time when surging TH levels have been reported. soTR[beta] levels did not differ significantly during development. soGR levels were strongly correlated with those of soTR[alpha]. T3 up-regulated soTR[alpha] and soTR[beta] levels in 7 DPH, but not older larvae. Cross-regulation of receptor mRNAs by exogenous treatment with T3 or cortisol was not observed. Finally, I assessed the influence of a common herbicide, atrazine, on receptor mRNA, TH levels and growth of red drum. In two experiments, red drum exposed to environmentally relevant levels of atrazine did not alter hormone receptor mRNA levels, or TH content. However, atrazine did depress growth in some instances. In conclusion, the expression patterns of hormone receptor mRNA in embryos suggests receptor proteins could be activated by maternal hormones prior to the onset of endogenous hormone production. A correlation between soTR[alpha] and soGR mRNA levels suggests coordinated function of TH and CS systems, although regulatory interactions between these systems were not evident under the conditions in this study. Patterns in soTR[alpha] and soTR[beta] mRNA levels support an important role for TH in the larval to juvenile transformation of red drum larvae. The results also support growing evidence indicating atrazine exposure effects larval growth and may impact their survival in the wild. / text

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