This thesis focuses on the skills necessary to detect children being at risk from the adults in their surroundings based on the signals that the children manifest. The specific signs are described in the theoretical part, for example, different child expressions (on psychological, physical or behavioural level etc.) which can accompany risk exposure. The thesis also focuses on analysis of different environments in which these signals can be detected (family, school, medical examination etc.). Risk factors of children being exposed to danger in their own families are also analysed. Knowledge of these factors can facilitate the detection by surrounding people. The empirical part examines the signals most frequently used for the detection of children at risk by the adults in their proximity, as well as signs which don't get much attention (the adults are unable to perceive those signals, or they don't consider them as important). This analysis uses the data from "Children Crisis Center" (Dětské krizové centrum). Quantitative content analysis was used for the data survey. The quantity of signals registered by the family carers was compared to the quantity of signals only discovered by psychological examination. The conclusion reached by this analysis suggests, that family carers are not yet very...

In this Ph.D. thesis, a new methodology for the fault tolerant system state synchronization design and its recovery from faults is presented. A state synchronization method designed by means of the proposed methodology allows to repair the state of sequential logic elements implemented in the FPGA application logic, which cannot be repaired by the partial dynamic reconfiguration. The proposed methodology describes possible state synchronization design methods with respect to TMR granularity, dependence of the system function on its previous states and the system architecture. The methodology focuses on coarse-grained TMR architectures and state synchronization in the systems controlled by means of finite state machines or a processor. The use of the methodology is demonstrated on the CAN bus control system and the microcontroller NEO430, for which specific synchronization methods were designed. The systems reliability and new ability of the systems for recovery from faults were verified in the presence of simulated SEU faults. The experimental results and the contribution of this thesis are discussed in the conclusion.

Práce se zabývá návrhem automobilové elektronické řídicí jednotky (ECU) s funkcí partial networking definovanou normou ISO 11898-6. Cílem je navrhnout a vytvořit demonstrační ECU s použitím system basis chip NCV7471. Protože NCV7471 obsahuje standardní CAN transceiver, funkce partial networking je realizována pouze softwarem řídicí jednotky. Práce zvažuje možné způsoby realizace jak HW, tak SW části, tak aby byla zajištěna nízká spotřeba ECU v různých operačních módech, a snaží se sledovat současné trendy v automobilovém průmyslu.

Diploma thesis handles with set up of peripheral modules of the processor TC275 families’ AURIX developed by Infineon. Processor’s peripheral module QSPI implements communication SPI set up as master on a bus supported by another processor’s module DMA. Module DMA periodically service transmit and receive shift buffers of QSPI which are connected with slave analog to digital converter IC CIC751. Another peripheral module is MultiCAN. Programmed drivers used only basic header files with register definition of processor TC275, which are part of IDE TriCore Free Entry Tool Chain used for created drivers.

The aim of this master's thesis was to design and construct complete telemetry system for the student formula Dragon IV constructed for international Formula Student competition. At first, the work deals with the measurement of the physical quantities, telemetry system and automotive sensors of the formula, their mutual communication and communication with the CAN bus. It also describes the procedure of hardware design including choosing right inertial sensors and a GPS module and their using in telemetry system. The work contains materials for production of two-layer printed circuit board extending the microcomputer BeagleBone Black on the inertial sensors and the GPS module. The bigger part of the telemetry system is the firmware for hardware and software for the computer user. Both written in programming language C++ and C# are included in this work as well. This user application serves for wireless receiving data from the hardware and their showing and logging. In addition this user application can be used for wireless hardware configuration. The final product is the complete telemetry system and it is suitable for selling to end customer.

Based on the surveys in Cat Tien National Park (CTNP), this paper explored the situation of forest land use among ethnic minorities (EMs). Overall, 170 households in 6 sampled hamlets of CTNP were interviewed. In-depth interviews and the Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) method were implemented to obtain the data. The result showed that the more the EMs participated in natural resource management and conservation activities the less they extracted the forest land resource (Pearson Chi-Square Test, p = 0.002). Moreover, the ratio of the natural resource use in terms of encroached forest land differed significantly between indigenous EMs and migrant ones (Pearson Chi-Square Test, p = 0.000). It is recommended that more participation of the EMs in forest management or environmental services may be one of the effective strategies for sustainable management of the forest land in CTNP, especially in the CZs. Additionally, different management arrangements between two groups is necessary. / Kết quả nghiên cứu đã cho thấy được thực trạng sử dụng đất rừng trong cộng đồng người dân tộc thiểu số tại Vườn quốc gia Cát Tiên. Phương pháp đánh giá nhanh nông thôn và phỏng vấn sâu được vận dụng để nghiên cứu 170 nông hộ mẫu thuộc 6 thôn tại vườn quốc gia. Kết quả cho thấy đồng bào dân tộc thiểu số càng tham gia các hoạt động quản lý và bảo tồn tài nguyên thì họ càng ít lấn chiếm đất rừng. Hơn nữa, tỉ lệ sử dụng đất rừng nhóm dân tộc thiểu số bản địa và di cư là khác biệt. Thu hút thêm sự tham gia của đồng bào dân tộc thiểu số trong quản lý tài nguyên hay dịch vụ môi trường rừng là giải pháp hữu hiệu cho công tác quản lý tài nguyên bền vững ở Vườn quốc gia Cát Tiên, đặc biệt đối với vùng lõi. Nghiên cứu cũng đề xuất cần có những giải pháp quản lý thích hợp cho từng nhóm đồng bào dân tộc thiểu số tham gia quản lý tài nguyên hay dịch vụ môi trường rừng.

Modern vehicles contain lots of Electronic Control Units (ECUs) that control different systems. They communicate with each other and other components through communication interfaces such as Controller Area Network (CAN) and Local Interconnect Network (LIN) buses or simple Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) interfaces. Testing of ECUs is an important part of the vehicle development process. Testing can be performed in multiple levels, where ECUs are first tested individually and communication with other ECUs is simulated. At a later stage, multiple ECUs are integrated and communicate autonomously with each other. Testing at a lower abstraction level with simulated systems gives the tester a lot more control and ability to test edge cases while testing at a higher abstraction level with real systems is more realistic. This thesis project investigates a new testing concept, where ECUs are partially simulated by modifying CAN messages that are sent between connected ECUs in real time to answer the research question ”Can better or easier testing of ECUs be enabled by combining concepts and tools from different levels of testing?”. This is done by developing two different testing tool prototypes. One based around a computer, the CANoe software and a Vector CAN interface. One consisting of an embedded system with a simple Human-Machine Interface (HMI). A method for minimizing delay for data injection in a UART interface using a Multiplexer (MUX) is also proposed, implemented and tested. Prototypes are developed and tested with both generated input data and with real systems at Scania. Developers and testers at Scania are also interviewed to get their opinions on the prototypes, the general concept and future use cases. The results indicate that the partial simulation concept has potential to be useful and lead to better or easier testing as well as development of ECUs. Some future work is suggested for further development of the prototypes as well as for additional research into the subject. / Moderna fordon innehåller många elektroniska styrenheter, så kallade ECUer, somstyr olika system. Dessa kommunicerar med varandra via olika gränssnitt såsom Controller Area Network (CAN)- och Local Interconnect Network (LIN)-bussar eller enklare Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART)-gränssnitt. Testning av ECUer är en viktig del av utvecklingsprocessen för fordon. Testning kan utföras på flera nivåer, där ECUer först testas individuellt och kommunikation med andra ECUer simuleras. Senare integreras flera ECUer och kommunicerar autonomt med varandra. Testning på en lägre abstraktionsnivå med simulerade system ger testaren bättre kontroll över testerna och möjliggör att enkelt testa olika specialfall, medan testning på en högre abstraktionsnivå med riktiga system är mer realistisk. Detta examensarbete undersöker ett nytt testningskoncept, där ECUer simuleras partiellt genom att modifiera CAN-meddelanden som skickas mellan sammankopplade ECUer i realtid, för att svara på forskningsfrågan ”Kan bättre eller enklare testning av ECUer möjliggöras genom att kombinera koncept och verktyg från olika testnivåer?”. Detta görs genom att utveckla två olika prototyper för ändring av CAN-meddelanden. Den ena baseras på en dator, mjukvaran CANoe och ett CAN-interface från Vector. Den andra utgörs av ett inbyggt system med ett enkelt användargränssnitt. En metod för att minimera fördröjningen när data injiceras i ett UART-gränssnitt med hjälp av en Multiplexer (MUX) föreslås, implementeras och testas också. Prototyper utvecklas och testas både med genererad indata och med riktiga system på Scania. Utvecklare och testare på Scania intervjuas också för att samla in deras åsikter om prototyperna, det generella konceptet samt möjliga framtida användningsfall. Resultaten indikerar att partiell simulering som koncept har potential att vara användbart och leda till bättre eller enklare testning samt utveckling av ECUer. En del utökningar och ytterligare utveckling av de framtagna prototyperna föreslås tillsammans med förslag på ytterligare forskning inom området.

Recent innovations in technology and demands for more functionality increased software size in cars up to 100 million lines of code. Explosion in software size is accompanied by an increased number of ECUs. Testing of software became more complex than ever. To be able to test the exact timing behavior of a software, it needs to be put on actual hardware. HIL test benches have become an indispensable part of ECU testing. The hard part of ECU testing is their dependency on each other. ECUs communicate to each other by passing information in the form of CAN messages. This makes testing a single ECU alone without its environment impossible. Because of their dependencies on each other they need to be integrated first to be tested. Before HIL benches those tests were done either on vehicles or in integration labs where ECUs are connected to each other in a lab environment. Advances in software science brought up an invention known as rest-bus simulation. In some sources it is also known as residual bus or rest of the bus simulation. HIL platforms simulate missing nodes and messages as if the actual hardware is there. HIL platforms blend the real world and simulated ones in real time. Device under test thinks it is present in a vehicle. Established HIL platforms solved many problems that existed in software projects. However, because of their cost, only a small number of such platforms are affordable within a company. Developers need to wait in long queues to test their ECUs. These waiting times can be even longer in agile software development methodologies due to their frequent testing needs. It is believed that front-loading tests before the HIL is the solution to this problem. The aim of this thesis is to investigate alternative small form factor HIL platforms which could be placed on every developer’s desk. To place the proposed solution at every desk, the solution must be affordable and portable. The solution will hopefully reduce queues accumulating behind established HIL platforms and shorten testing times. For this end, state-of-the-art HIL solutions will be investigated. Afterwards, a working proof-of-concept will be demonstrated in the form of residual bus simulation and gateway application. Portability of the solution is a must for the gateway application. Test engineers use gateway applications to alter some signal values either on HIL or on-vehicle. Only small and easy to carry solutions are feasible for on-vehicle testing. It will be shown that the proposed solution will reduce the testing time and testing cost. In addition to them, an increase in parallelism, testing frequency, and software quality will be observed by bringing testing equipment to every developer’s desk.

<p>Abstract</p><p>Title: When book becomes film... – a comparative analysis of the book and film Catch me if you can (När bok blir till film…En jämförande analys av boken och filmen Catch me if you can)</p><p>Number of pages: 46</p><p>Author: Majlinda Juniku</p><p>Tutor: Amelie Hössjer</p><p>Course: Media and Communication Studies C</p><p>Period: Autumn term 2007</p><p>University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Information Science, Uppsala University.</p><p>Purpose/Aim: To study what model of dramaturgy belongs to the film Catch me if you can and to see what has been crossed out, altered and added from the book so the narrative will fit this model.</p><p>Material/Method: The film Catch me if you can and the book with the same name has been used to analyze the differences between them. I have divided the differences into three categories: Crossed out, Altered and Added. In the analysis section these have been presented in each section of the film.</p><p>Main results: Catch me if you can is definetly a film made with the design of the Anglosaxon model, mostly because of its timestructure and that it portrays an action and not just a condition which is normal in the epic-lyric model. Big parts of the story have been crossed out, altered and added to make the film more acceptabel to the audience. Most of the changeshad been done to make the story shorter to fit the timeframe of a film. Events had been joinedtogether to save time but not miss anything. A character, Hanratty, has been reinforced to create a cat-and-mouse story and add excitement to the film. Other changes have been made to make the main character seem more likeable to the audience.</p><p>Keywords: book, film, dramaturgy, Catch me if you can, anglo-saxon, epic-lyric</p>

Theories of global justice are often criticised for being ineffective or unrealisable. The aim of this interdisciplinary thesis is to examine whether this motivational criticism holds regarding Singer’s Principle and Pogge’s theory of global egalitarian justice. First, I will show that the effectiveness argument is unconvincing: the underlying effectiveness criterion is either incoherent or not defined, and existing effectiveness predictions are empirically unsatisfactory. Second, I will analyse whether Singer’s interactional Principle satisfies the ‘ought implies can’ (OIC) criterion, which holds that obligations must be within the capacities of individuals. Having discussed the rationale and standard of the OIC criterion, I will show that the philosophical literature does not offer a convincing empirical justification of possibility evaluations. Drawing on psychological explanations of moral heroism, I will conclude that compliance with Singer’s Principle is possible for ordinary persons, i.e. that ‘every person is a hero in waiting’. Third, turning to the feasibility of Pogge’s theory of global egalitarian justice, I will discuss how the standard, time-frame, weight and rationale of the feasibility criterion should be defined. Based on psychological and sociological explanations about moral behaviour, social norms and identity, I will evaluate the empirical arguments advanced in the philosophical literature. In addition, I will consider how the long-term trends of globalisation are likely to influence the role of nationality, identity and global institutions. I will conclude that Pogge’s theory of egalitarian global justice is conditionally feasible, i.e. if we assume that domestic egalitarian justice is feasible. This implies that nationalism will not necessarily play a dominant role during the centuries to come. Overall, possibility and feasibility evaluations remain uncertain and partly subjective. I will thus argue that a burden of proof should be established to limit the negative effects of false evaluations.