This essay aims to examine how fan fiction texts and the digital non-profit platform Archive of Our Own can provide queer separatist spaces for reorienting cis- and heteronormativity as well as how that is manifest in the published stories. It does so through an analysis of the platform’s design and accessibility and through a reading of two short stories from the collection QUEER CONVERSATIONS by the pen name heliosole. Results include that the platform makes space for non-normative stories by being free of use, its equality between moderators, writers, and users, its tradition of education and resistance, by making writing accessible and collaborative, using famous characters’ voices for speaking comforting truths and by challenging norms regarding sexuality and temporality.

Recent experimental achievements in active noise control (ANC) for cooling fans have used near-field error sensors whose locations are determined according to a theoretical condition of minimized sound power. A theoretical point source model, based on the condition previously stated, reveals the location of near-field pressure nulls that may be used to optimize error sensor placement. The actual locations of these near-field pressure nulls for both an axial cooling fan and a monopole loudspeaker were measured over a two-dimensional grid with a linear array of microphones. The achieved global attenuation for each case is measured over a hemisphere located in the acoustic far field of the ANC system. The experimental results are compared to the theoretical pressure null locations in order to determine the efficacy of the point source model. The results closely matched the point source model with a loudspeaker as the primary source, and the sound power reduction was greatly reduced when error sensors were placed in non-ideal locations. A weakness of the current near-field modeling process is that a point monopole source is used to characterize the acoustic noise from an axial cooling fan, which may have multipole characteristics. A more complete characterization of fan noise may be obtained using a procedure based on the work of Martin and Roure [J. Sound Vib. 201 (5), 577--593 (1997)]. Pressure values are obtained over a hemisphere in the far field of a primary source and the contributions from point source distributions up to the second order, centered at the primary source, may be calculated using a multipole expansion. The source information is then used in the aforementioned theoretical near-field calculation of pressure. The error sensors are positioned using the complete fan characterization. The global far-field attenuation for the multipole expansion model of fan noise is compared to that of previous experiments. Results show that the multipole expansion model yields a more accurate representation the near field, but is not successful in achieving greater sound power reductions in the far field.

This thesis examines the themes of characterization of the character Sasha James and Not-Sasha within the media text The Magnus Archives, as well as which of the themes can be seen reflected in the visual paratextual works created by the audio dramas fan community. This is to examine what influences the visual representation created in paratextual work when the media text from which the visuals take inspiration lacks visuals and description of characters. The thesis employs a thematic-analysis approach and monster theory to understand how the horror genre and the monstrous narrative of Sasha James have helped inspire the visualizations. The result presents three themes of Sasha James' canon narrative that have impacted the visual paratextual work created by the audio dramas fan community: The “real” Sasha, Not-There, and wit. The themes showed how fans approached the subject of the monstrous body within the paratextual work by presenting a version of Not-Sasha with easily identified monstrous features, but also their willingness to employ the monster’s wit to visualize it as a humanoid version, working as a parallel to Sasha James.

Uppsatsens syfte är att undersöka hur fan-aktivistiska praktiker online kan skapa gemenskap bland fans och bidra till social förändring för hbtq-personer. Genom att använda kvalitativ innehållsanalys fördjupar jag mig i åtta artiklar som analyserar fansens engagemang, gemenskap och praktiker, relationen mellan producent och fans samt begreppet bury your gays. Då jag positionerar mig inom fältet fanstudier betraktar jag publiken som en aktiv och kreativ aktör. Det speglar även mina teoretiska perspektiv där jag utgår från begreppen medborgarskap, identitet och publikens taktiker kontra producenternas strategier. Resultatet av studien visar att fansen kollektivt kunde skapa en långvarig och handlingskraftig rörelse för att belysa hbtq-frågor. Då konvergensen och fankulturen utvecklats tillsammans kunde fans förlänga producenternas kulturproduktion och ge utrymme för egenproducerat material som även stärkte fansens identiteter. Slutsatsen blir att producenter har makt över mediet då de kan definiera och konstruera normer men det innebär också att publiken har kontroll över sitt eget formade och tolkande av innehållet. / The purpose of the essay is to investigate how fan activist practitioners online can create community among fans and contribute to social change for LGBTQ people. By using qualitative content analysis, I examine eight articles that analyze fans' involvement, community and practices, the relationship between producer and fans, as well as the concept of bury your gays. When I position myself in the field of fan studies, I consider the audience as an active and creative participant. My analysis also reflect my theoretical perspectives, assuming the concepts of citizenship, identity and the audience's tactics versus the producers' strategies. The result of the study shows that fans could collectively create a long-lasting and effective movement to highlight LGBTQ issues. When convergence and fan culture developed together, fans could prolong producers' culture production and provide space for self-produced material that also strengthened their identities. The conclusion is that producers have power over the medium as they can define and construct norms, but it also means that the public has control over their own form and interpretation of the content.

Begreppet ”fan edits” betecknar filmer som klipps om av fans, vilka är missnöjda med hur en adaption för vita duken som gjorts. I min uppsats vill jag påvisa dels hur samspelet mellan fans och filmmakare/filmbolag sett och ser ut, dels försöka klargöra varför copyright/fair use är så knepigt att applicera på området.

This master's thesis will explore the ways in which the fictional and real world blends with detective stories readers. In the methodological part, the author will focus on theoretical problems associated with perception of cult literary works, readers' activity and further expansion of fictional worlds. The phenomena the author will explore are, for example, fan clubs, fan fiction, fan art, naming real entities according to fictional characters and places, and searching for fictional entities in the real world. The practical part of this thesis will be devoted to three detective stories authors - A. C. Doyle, A. Christie and M. Jennings, and their functioning as cultural phenomena both in the Czech and world context.

Nous avons abordé dans ce travail deux aspects particuliers de la mécanique des fluides appliquées à la conception des matériels de lutte contre l’incendie. Le premier concerne la ventilation lors du traitement des compartiments. Nous avons montré qu’une grille alvéolaire, placée devant l’hélice du ventilateur, nous permet de façonner le jet et de lui donner une forme ovalisée. Cette forme est plus adéquate à l’entrant du compartiment et permet un gain important de la performance de ces ventilateurs. Le deuxième aspect de ce travail a été de concevoir un système de dosage d’émulseur dans un réseau d’eau sous pression. Nous avons pour cela défini un doseur de type venturi, équipé d’une ogive conique au niveau du col. Cette ogive, dont la position est définie par le rapport entre la pression d’entrée et la pression de sortie. Nous avons montré, à partir du théorème de Bernoulli, que ce système permet de maintenir une aspiration au niveau du col, quelle que soit la pression ou le débit le traversant. / In this work we have analysed two topics of fluid mechanics, applied to the design of fire fighting equipment. The first one is the performance of ventilation during the movement of air in a compartment that contains a fire. We have shown that specific blade angle designed within the gril and placed in front of the fan propeller, allows us to manipulate the jet of air giving it an oval shape. This shape is more efficient and allows a significant gain in the air movement performance within the compartment for these fans. The second aspect of this work was to define an emulsifier dosing system in a pressurized water system. We define a venturi dosing system with a movable cone piece. The position of this conical piece is Controlled by the pressure ratio between the inlet and the outlet. Based on Bernoulli's theorem, we have demontrated that this system maintains a level of suction at the Inlet regardless of the pressure or flow passing through it.

Orientador: Ulisses Rocha Antuniassi / Resumo: Para uma aplicação de pesticidas com qualidade e segurança, é necessário a escolha adequada da ponta de pulverização, espectro de gotas e volume de calda. O objetivo dessa pesquisa foi avaliar a interação entre os formatos dos jatos de pulverização, com espectro de gotas similares e volumes de calda na cobertura nas folhas de soja. A pesquisa foi realizada na Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas – UNESP/Botucatu e na Fazenda Fiorelli, Tejupá/SP. Para verificar se as pontas de pulverização utilizadas no ensaio possuíam o espectro de gotas similares, foi realizado um pré-ensaio, através da análise do espectro de gotas no analisador de partículas por imagem e em tempo real VisiSize Portable (Oxford Lasers Ltd/UK). A avaliação de cobertura das folhas foi conduzida em dois esquemas fatoriais 3x2, sendo um esquema fatorial utilizando as folhas do extrato superior da planta e outro no extrato médio/inferior e o delineamento em blocos casualisados, com cinco repetições. Os tratamentos foram compostos por três pontas de pulverização com formato do jato plano, jato plano duplo e jato plano angulado e dois volumes de caldas (100 e 200 L ha-1), na pressão de trabalho de 200 kPa. As caldas de pulverização foram preparadas utilizando o fungicida Sphere Max®, Aureo® e o corante Luxcor LRM 100. Para a avaliação da cobertura das folhas foram realizadas as aplicações no estádio R1 da soja, utilizando o pulverizador Columbia AD18, com velocidade de deslocamento de 7,8 e 3,9 km h-1 para os volumes ... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: For a pesticide application with quality and safety, it is necessary to choose the correctly spray nozzle, droplet spectrum and volume of spray solution. The aim of this research was to evaluate interaction between the spray nozzles shaped, with a similar droplet spectrum and volume of spray solution in the coverage in soybean leaves. The research was perform in the Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas - UNESP/Botucatu and at Fazenda Fiorelli, Tejupá/SP. To verify if the nozzles used in the experiment had a similar droplet spectrum was carry out a pre-test, through the analysis of the droplet spectrum using the VisiSize Portable real-time particle analyzer. The evaluation of leaves coverage was conducted in two 3x2 factorial schemes, one factorial scheme using the leaves of the upper portion of a plant canopy and another in the medium/lower portion of a plant canopy and was use randomized block design, with five replications. The treatments consisted of three spray nozzles with different shaped: pre-orifice low drift flat fan, pre-orifice low drift double flat fan and angled flat fan and two volume of spray solution (100 and 200 L ha-1), at a working pressure of 200 kPa. The spray solutions were prepared using the mixture with Sphere Max® fungicide, Aureo® and Luxcor LRM 100 dye. For the evaluation of the leaves coverage, the applications were perform at the soybean R1 stage, using the Columbia AD18 sprayer, with the spray velocity of 7.8 and 3.9 km h-1 for the volume of spray s... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Sport im Allgemeinen und Fußball im Besonderen erfreuen sich nicht nur unter aktiven Sportlern, sondern auch unter Zuschauern aktuell hoher Beliebtheit. Angesichts teils enormer Einschaltquoten scheint es wahrscheinlich, dass Fußballspiele nicht nur von Fans der beteiligten Mannschaften verfolgt werden. Dies kann sowohl gänzlich neutrale Zuschauer als auch Anhänger anderer Teams betreffen. Während Fans allerdings durch die Literatur bereits ausführliche Aufmerksamkeit erfahren haben und durch relativ eindeutige und verlässliche Denk- und Verhaltensweisen gekennzeichnet scheinen, bleibt dies für ‚sonstige‘ Zuschauer bisher unbeleuchtet. Aufbauend auf der Theorie der Selbstkategorisierung (Turner et al. 1987) widmet sich die vorliegende Arbeit deshalb – ohne explizite Einschränkung auf Anhänger einer Mannschaft – der Zuordnung von Zuschauern zu den beteiligten Teams eines Fußballspiels und beleuchtet, inwieweit diese teambezogenen Kategorien als Grundlage für das Denken und Handeln herangezogen werden. Hierfür werden theoretische Annahmen über eine Selbstkategorisierung zweiter Ordnung formuliert, welche das Entstehen salienter Selbstkategorien auch ohne das Vorliegen hoher Identifikation mit dem Team erklären. Die durchgeführten empirischen Studien stützen die Annahmen und zeigen, dass auch von Spiel zu Spiel wechselnde Selbstzuordnungen auftreten können.

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