abstract: Technological advances have enabled the generation and collection of various data from complex systems, thus, creating ample opportunity to integrate knowledge in many decision making applications. This dissertation introduces holistic learning as the integration of a comprehensive set of relationships that are used towards the learning objective. The holistic view of the problem allows for richer learning from data and, thereby, improves decision making. The first topic of this dissertation is the prediction of several target attributes using a common set of predictor attributes. In a holistic learning approach, the relationships between target attributes are embedded into the learning algorithm created in this dissertation. Specifically, a novel tree based ensemble that leverages the relationships between target attributes towards constructing a diverse, yet strong, model is proposed. The method is justified through its connection to existing methods and experimental evaluations on synthetic and real data. The second topic pertains to monitoring complex systems that are modeled as networks. Such systems present a rich set of attributes and relationships for which holistic learning is important. In social networks, for example, in addition to friendship ties, various attributes concerning the users' gender, age, topic of messages, time of messages, etc. are collected. A restricted form of monitoring fails to take the relationships of multiple attributes into account, whereas the holistic view embeds such relationships in the monitoring methods. The focus is on the difficult task to detect a change that might only impact a small subset of the network and only occur in a sub-region of the high-dimensional space of the network attributes. One contribution is a monitoring algorithm based on a network statistical model. Another contribution is a transactional model that transforms the task into an expedient structure for machine learning, along with a generalizable algorithm to monitor the attributed network. A learning step in this algorithm adapts to changes that may only be local to sub-regions (with a broader potential for other learning tasks). Diagnostic tools to interpret the change are provided. This robust, generalizable, holistic monitoring method is elaborated on synthetic and real networks. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Industrial Engineering 2014

abstract: Many of Erik Morales's trumpet compositions have become standard repertoire. This study examines his trumpet works, which are examples of Morales's outstanding compositional skill and versatility. The composer, some of the most significant performers, and people who commissioned these pieces were interviewed. Biographical information and compositional characteristics of Morales are presented. Historical information about the pieces is also provided, including the premieres, commissions, recordings, and significant performances. Technical concerns specific to the trumpet, and performance recommendations, are assessed. This study is a pedagogical and informative source for all trumpet educators and performers interested in solo and trumpet ensemble music. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Music 2016

abstract: Symphonic Movement: On Works of H. P. Lovecraft is a single movement composition for wind band lasting approximately 11 minutes. The instrumentation for the work is as follows: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, euphonium, tuba, string bass, timpani, 5 percussionists, and piano. Symphonic Movement: On Works of H. P. Lovecraft is inspired by the horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft was famous for his ability to create a sense of creeping dread and terror in his stories. The composition evokes this dark atmosphere and uses a combination of melodic, harmonic, and orchestrational devices to imitate this ambience. The primary musical material of the work is a melody consisting of all twelve tones. The composition explores this melody through motivic development and phrase segmentation derived from the source material. This heavy use of chromaticism helps to create a dissonant and brooding atmosphere throughout. The work fluctuates between soft, lyrical passages and loud, cacophonous sections. The alternation of exposed melodic lines with large bombastic climaxes is a major component of the overall structure of the composition. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Music 2016

abstract: Rhythm is a work for percussion ensemble and narrator. The percussion ensemble includes five percussionists who each play multiple instruments. The narrator recites quotes from the book Meter as Rhythm by Dr. Christopher Hasty. The piece is in six parts with a short introduction (mm. 1-5). The structure is delineated by the quotes from Meter as Rhythm. The narrator describes an aspect of rhythm at the beginning of each section and the quote is sonically realized through the percussion ensemble. This piece experiments with different timbres and rhythmic motives. Timbral variety is achieved through grouping instruments into woods, metals, and membranes and using combinations of those groups to delineate different sections and ideas. The rhythmic motives are based on the numbers 3, 5, and 7, and appear as rhythmic values, phrase lengths, and number of repetitions. The first section states a definition of rhythm and contains all timbres and motives contained within the composition. The piece then explores the relativity of time and is represented by drums changing the speed of their notes. The third section discusses rhythm as repetition and is illustrated by repetitive rhythmic motives. The text then features rhythm as a subjective human experience and is reflected through polyrhythms played between ensemble members. What follows is a description of meter as a temporal measurement that is unchanged by rhythmic activity. By bringing back previous motives, this section reveals that all of the motives work within the same meter. In the final section, the performers play various subdivisions of the beat to show different aspects of proportion by dividing the beat in several ways. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Music 2018

The purpose of this study has been to research which music is being played during ensemble lessons, how teachers relate to the syllabus, and lastly how teachers work to integrate music from different cultures and genres into their lessons. This study is of a qualitative nature and the method that has been used are interviews. Three interviews have been conducted with three music teachers from different schools. The results of this study show that music from other cultures than the Afro-American music tradition is barely being played in school, a large contributing factor is that the teachers do not have knowledge to teach music from other music traditions than the Afro-American tradition. The result state that students have influence regarding what music is being played at the ensemble lessons, which leads to the loss of many genres due to a democratic voting system regarding which songs to play. The students usually pick music from modern pop and rock music genre.

This dissertation describes research designed to enhance hydrometeorological forecasts. The objective of the research is to deliver an optimal methodology to produce reliable, skillful and economically valuable probabilistic temperature and precipitation forecasts. Weather plays a dominant role for energy companies relying on forecasts of watershed precipitation and temperature to drive reservoir models, and forecasts of temperatures to meet energy demand requirements. Extraordinary precipitation events and temperature extremes involve consequential water- and power-management decisions. This research compared weighted-average, recursive, and model output statistics bias-correction methods and determined optimal window-length to calibrate temperature and precipitation forecasts. The research evaluated seven different methods for daily maximum and minimum temperature forecasts, and three different methods for daily quantitative precipitation forecasts, within a region of complex terrain in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. This research then examined ensemble prediction system design by assessing a three-model suite of multi-resolution limited area mesoscale models. The research employed two different economic models to investigate the ensemble design that produced the highest-quality, most valuable forecasts. The best post-processing methods for temperature forecasts included moving-weighted average methods and a Kalman filter method. The optimal window-length proved to be 14 days. The best post-processing methods for achieving mass balance in quantitative precipitation forecasts were a moving-average method and the best easy systematic estimator method. The optimal window-length for moving-average quantitative precipitation forecasts was 40 days. The best ensemble configuration incorporated all resolution members from all three models. A cost/loss model adapted specifically for the hydro-electric energy sector indicated that operators managing rainfall-dominated, high-head reservoirs should lower their reservoir with relatively low probabilities of forecast precipitation. A reservoir-operation model based on decision theory and variable energy pricing showed that applying an ensemble-average or full-ensemble precipitation forecast provided a much greater profit than using only a single deterministic high-resolution forecast. Finally, a bias-corrected super-ensemble prediction system was designed to produce probabilistic temperature forecasts for ten cities in western North America. The system exhibited skill and value nine days into the future when using the ensemble average, and 12 days into the future when employing the full ensemble forecast. / Science, Faculty of / Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Department of / Graduate

L’identité est un des concepts qui ne peuvent pas être contournés dans nos efforts pour appréhender la politique mondiale. Tout effort dans cette direction implique nécessairement une certaine conceptualisation de l’identité, une certaine vision de qui sont le Nous et les Autres et de comment ils se manifestent sur la scène politique internationale. Depuis sa création, la discipline des Relations Internationales a cependant marginalisé ou même exclu tout intérêt pour les questions et les enjeux reliés à l’identité, les qualifiant comme non pertinents pour l’étude de la politique internationale. C’est surtout après la fin de la Guerre froide que l’identité est revenue en force et que nous avons assisté à une ouverture de la discipline aux réflexions sur l’identité et sur ses relations avec l’altérité. L’objectif de cette recherche est d’analyser si le retour de l’identité en Relations Internationales a aussi conduit au dépassement des conceptualisations traditionnelles du vivre ensemble dans la discipline – conceptualisations qui, soit excluent la différence, soit l’ignorent complètement - pour offrir une nouvelle manière de définir et de « contenir » théoriquement la diversité au niveau mondial. Mon hypothèse de départ est que pour avoir un changement dans la conceptualisation du vivre ensemble dans la discipline des Relations Internationales, le retour de l’identité doit nécessairement impliquer une reconceptualisation autant de l’identité que des rapports de pouvoirs dans lesquels les identités sont imbriquées. À travers une analyse qualitative du discours sur l’identité développé par les auteurs qui ont contribué au retour de l’identité dans la discipline, je développe l’idée que le retour de l’identité en Relations Internationales n’a pas conduit à une reconceptualisation du vivre ensemble dans la discipline, soit parce que l’identité continue d’être appréhendée en termes essentialistes et totalisants, soit parce que les rapports de pouvoir qui s’établissent entre les identités sont négligés.

Syftet med studien är att undersöka vilka överväganden lärare på högstadiet säger sig göra när de organiserar sin ensembleundervisning och i vilken utsträckning dessa rutiner motsvaras av de ämneskonceptioner som beskrivs av Frede V. Nielsen. Genom intervjuer med musiklärare på högstadiet samlades data in som underlag i för studien. Resultatet i studien utgår ifrån de fyra frågeställningarna som berör överväganden angående kursens mål, repertoar, ramfaktorer och elevers förutsättningar som sätts i relation till den tidigare forskningen i diskussionen. Resultatet tolkas även utifrån de ämneskonceptioner som beskrivs av Frede V. Nielsen. Resultatet visar att överväganden mot kursens mål varierar kraftigt då några använder sig av kursplanen i hög grad då de organiserar ensembleundervisning medan andra bortser från den helt. I val av repertoar visade det sig att det viktigaste inte var att lära sig spela låtar enligt de intervjuade lärarna utan att musicera med flyt samt att kunna göra en egen tolkning av en låt. Den mest begränsande ramfaktoriska aspekten var att tiden skulle räcka till under lektionerna. När det kommer till elevers olika förutsättningar menade de intervjuade lärarna i studien att det gäller att vara lyhörd och anpassningsbar. Musikämnet som ett musiskt ämne och gemenskapsämne var de ämneskonceptioner som framstod mest i linje med de intervjuade lärarnas musikpedagogiska grundsyn.

Based on a story by Joshua Forehand with additional lyrics by Joshua Bradford, Clockwork Plums is an original musical work that integrates techniques and ideas from composers and different cultures. The accompanying essay about the work includes a summary of the story, "Clockwork Plums," some historical background covering 30 years of pop music, an analysis focusing on the use of African and Reichian compositional devices, and discussion about controlled improvisation and use of the voice as compositional tools. The music consists of three sections scored for 5 voices (lead male vocalist and SATB), flute (doubling tenor saxophone), Bb clarinet (doubling baritone saxophone), violin, cello, piano, electronic keyboard, electric guitar, electric bass, drum set, and percussion.

Syftet med föreliggande uppsats är att undersöka hur ensemblelärare vid estetiska programmet på gymnasiet uppfattar begreppet genus och integrerar jämställdhet i ensembleundervisningen. Studien har fokuserat på två kön, nämligen tjejer och killar, vilket inte betyder att uppsatsens innehåll förnekar existensen av flera kön. Undersökningen har genomförts med hjälp av kvalitativa intervjuer. Tre ensemblelärare från samma gymnasieskola har deltagit i studien, vars svar har analyserats utifrån begreppen genusmönster och jämställdhet. Resultat av genomförd studie har visat de intervjuade ensemblelärarnas medvetenhet om eventuella genusmönster och könsskillnader i ensembleundervisningen. Dock bygger deras undervisningsmetoder på att inte fokusera på skillnaderna mellan tjejer och killar, utan främst se personen bakom könet. Enligt studiens resultat är ensemblelärares uppgift att tillhandahålla alla elever lika förutsättningar gällande platstagande och agerande i samspelssituationer och utveckling av musikaliska och tekniska kunskaper och förmågor. Studien har också visat att ensemblelärarna är medvetna om vissa elevers underordnade position i samspelssituationer, vilket lärarna löser genom att uppmärksamma dessa elever och utvidga deras handlingsutrymme.