In Metro Vancouver, immigrants are moving in at a rapid pace and many of them come from a wealthy background. Many of these wealthy people are looking to either buy a new home or renovate one. In Vancouver, the housing market has been growing exponentially in the past few years. There is a direct correlation with the Kitchen and Furniture Hardware Industry and the Housing Market. Due to the growth opportunity of the housing market, the Kitchen and Furniture Hardware Industries has a lot of potential. Luxl Hardwares Ltd. will be formed as a retail company that specializes in Kitchen and Furniture hardwares for high-end consumers in the Metro Vancouver region. The store will be located in an upscale region in Vancouver and will provide customers a luxurious atmosphere with well-designed interior furnishing. Its founders have extensive experience in the Kitchen and Furniture hardware industry as they have experience on distributing Kitchen and Furniture hardware. The company also provides customers with interior design service. Luxl Hardwares Ltd. allows clients to immerse themselves into the Kitchen and Furniture Hardware industry as well as helping clients build around a network of people within the industry. The business will drive the number of people into purchasing high end products and in addition, this new attraction will bring economic benefits to the industry and the region. Promoting new products is one of the key factors to a successful business model, as it will guarantee long-term growth, profit, and sustainability of the business model as well as the industry.

Les travaux présentés dans cette thèse visent le développement d'une méthodologie capable d’estimer rapidement les performances d’une architecture MPSoC avec des instructions spécialisées. Pour ces architectures, l’outil proposé intègre une méthodologie de partage des accélérateurs hardwares pour les mêmes motifs de calcul. L’idée est donc de trouver dans les différentes applications parallèles exécutées par les différents processeurs des motifs de calcul communs. Ces motifs seront alors implantés sur le FPGA par un nombre réduit d’accélérateurs partagés entre les processeurs. Grâce à des modèles de programmation mixte, la méthodologie développée est capable de trouver, pour des performances exigés par le concepteur, le nombre optimal d’accélérateurs privés et/ou partagés pour les différents motifs. / No summary in english

Essa dissertação de mestrado descreve o desenvolvimento de hardwares de colunas para cromatografia líquida capilar. O processo de desenvolvimentos desses dispositivos é descrito gradativamente e os pontos fortes e as limitações de cada modelo de hardware são discutidos. O melhor modelo de hardware desenvolvido apresentou produção simples, fácil conexão ao sistema cromatográfico e resistência a pressões superiores a 900 bar. Sucessivamente ao estabelecimento de um modelo de hardware apropriado, os efeitos dos materiais do hardware na eficiência das colunas foram avaliados. Poucos estudos relatam a influência do hardware nas separações em escala capilar, de forma que essa dissertação contribui para o preenchimento dessa lacuna. Capilares de aço inoxidável e sílica fundida e frits de aço inoxidável e fibra de vidro foram avaliados. Colunas com eficiências superiores a 100.000 pratos por metro foram produzidas. / This master\'s dissertation describes the development of hardware for capillary liquid chromatography columns. The development process of the devices is described gradually and the strengths and limitations of each model of hardware are discussed. The best-developed hardware model presented easy production, practice connection to the chromatographic system and resistance to pressures greater than 900 bar. After the establishment of an appropriate hardware model, the effects of hardware materials on the efficiency of the columns were evaluated. Few studies report the influence of the hardware on capillary scale separations; therefore, this dissertation contributes to fill this gap. Capillaries of stainless steel and fused silica and frits of stainless steel and glass fiber were evaluated. Columns with efficiencies greater than 100,000 plates per meter were produced.

Essa dissertação de mestrado descreve o desenvolvimento de hardwares de colunas para cromatografia líquida capilar. O processo de desenvolvimentos desses dispositivos é descrito gradativamente e os pontos fortes e as limitações de cada modelo de hardware são discutidos. O melhor modelo de hardware desenvolvido apresentou produção simples, fácil conexão ao sistema cromatográfico e resistência a pressões superiores a 900 bar. Sucessivamente ao estabelecimento de um modelo de hardware apropriado, os efeitos dos materiais do hardware na eficiência das colunas foram avaliados. Poucos estudos relatam a influência do hardware nas separações em escala capilar, de forma que essa dissertação contribui para o preenchimento dessa lacuna. Capilares de aço inoxidável e sílica fundida e frits de aço inoxidável e fibra de vidro foram avaliados. Colunas com eficiências superiores a 100.000 pratos por metro foram produzidas. / This master\'s dissertation describes the development of hardware for capillary liquid chromatography columns. The development process of the devices is described gradually and the strengths and limitations of each model of hardware are discussed. The best-developed hardware model presented easy production, practice connection to the chromatographic system and resistance to pressures greater than 900 bar. After the establishment of an appropriate hardware model, the effects of hardware materials on the efficiency of the columns were evaluated. Few studies report the influence of the hardware on capillary scale separations; therefore, this dissertation contributes to fill this gap. Capillaries of stainless steel and fused silica and frits of stainless steel and glass fiber were evaluated. Columns with efficiencies greater than 100,000 plates per meter were produced.