Submitted by Cássia Santos (cassia.bcufg@gmail.com) on 2016-06-29T15:20:33Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Sergio Giovanni Espinosa Villafuerte - 2016.pdf: 5665796 bytes, checksum: 265521cbc03e90b213938b3b6896dc46 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2016-06-30T11:14:18Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Sergio Giovanni Espinosa Villafuerte - 2016.pdf: 5665796 bytes, checksum: 265521cbc03e90b213938b3b6896dc46 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-30T11:14:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Sergio Giovanni Espinosa Villafuerte - 2016.pdf: 5665796 bytes, checksum: 265521cbc03e90b213938b3b6896dc46 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-08 / Pantaneiro genetic sheep group are native to the Pantanal Biome, in the Midwest region of Brazil, which is characterized by the production of meat. They are usually created under pasture, and the lambs usually finished in confinement. But should be considered sustainable and intensive finishing systems, adapted to the region. The aim of this study was to evaluate four finishing systems, including the productive performance and economic results as profitability indicators. Were used 54 lambs, 24 males and 30 females, wormed at weaning, with initial weight of 16.70 kg, with a mean age of 74 ± 9 days. Finishing systems were; Feedlot with corn silage (Zea mays) (CS) as roughage; Feedlot with mix corn silage and Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan cv Mandarin) as roughage (CPS); Integration Crop-Livestock (ICL) grazing Brachiaria brizantha cv. BRS Piatã grass with Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan cv Mandarin) in succession to mixed cultivation; stockpiled pasture (SP) with Brachiaria brizantha cv. BRS Piatã grass. All treatments the animals received energy-protein concentrate supplementation (16% CP and 82% TDN) equivalent to 2% of body weight. The experimental design was completely randomized in a factorial design, with four finishing systems and two sexes. The variables were final weight (FW) and average daily gain (ADG), and economic evaluation. Finishing systems under CS and ICL, obtained better productive performance not differing significantly from the CPS, which in turn did not differ statistically from SP. However, the economic evaluation demonstrated that the ICL and CPS systems were more profitable in finishing lambs. The pasture system formed in Integration Crop-Livestock with supplement of 2% of body weight, proved to be the most appropriate for the Midwest region in the finishing of Pantaneiro lambs in the dry season. / Ovinos Pantaneiros são nativos do Bioma Pantanal, na região Centro Oeste do Brasil, que tem como característica a produção de carne. Normalmente são criados em pastagens, sendo os cordeiros terminados geralmente no confinamento. Porém deve-se considerar sistemas de terminação sustentáveis e intensivos, adaptados a região. Neste sentido foram avaliados quatro sistemas de terminação, incluindo o desempenho produtivo e a eficiência econômica e indicadores de rentabilidade. Foram utilizados 54 cordeiros, 24 machos e 30 fêmeas, desverminados no desmame, com peso inicial de 16,70 kg, com idade média de 74±9 dias. Os sistemas de terminação avaliados foram o confinamento a base de volumoso de silagem de milho (Zea mays) (M); confinamento a base de volumoso de silagem de milho mais guandú (Cajanus cajan cv Mandarim) (MG); Integração Lavoura Pecuária (ILP) pastejo em Brachiaria brizantha cv. BRS Piatã mais guandú (Cajanus cajan cv Mandarim) em sucessão ao cultivo consorciado; pasto vedado (V) com Brachiaria brizantha cv. BRS Piatã. Em todos tratamentos os animais receberam suplementação de concentrado energético-proteico (16% PB e 82% NDT) equivalente a 2% do peso vivo. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi o inteiramente casualizado em esquema fatorial, sendo 4 sistemas de terminação e 2 sexos. As variáveis avaliadas foram, peso final (PVF) e ganho de peso médio diário (GMD), e a projeção econômica. Os sistemas de terminação sob M e ILP, obtiveram melhores desempenhos produtivos, não diferindo significativamente do MG, que por sua vez não diferiu estatisticamente do V. No entanto, na avaliação econômica ficou demonstrado que os sistemas ILP e MG foram mais rentáveis na terminação de cordeiros. O sistema a pasto formado em Integração Lavoura-Pecuária, com suplementação correspondente a 2% do peso corporal, mostrou-se o mais indicado para a região Centro-Oeste na terminação de cordeiros Pantaneiros no período seco.

Embedded system designers face multiple challenges in fulfilling the runtime requirements of programs. Effective scheduling of programs is required to extract as much parallelism as possible. These scheduling algorithms must also improve speedup after instruction-set extensions have occurred. Scheduling of dynamic code at run time is made more difficult when the static components of the program are scheduled inefficiently. This research aims to optimize a program’s static code at compile time. This is achieved with four algorithms designed to schedule code at the task and instruction level. Additionally, the algorithms improve scheduling using instruction set extended code on symmetrical homogeneous multiprocessor systems. Using these algorithms, we achieve speedups up to 3.86X over sequential execution for a 4-issue 2-processor system, and show better performance than recent heuristic techniques for small programs. Finally, the algorithms generate speedup values for a 64-point FFT that are similar to the test runs.

The project is concerned with the effectiveness of the Independent Living Program (ILP) in assessing the effectiveness of preparing youth for emancipation from the foster care system. Specifically, the project focused on ILP participants' preparedness to live independently as determined by: education, housing, employment/career, and money management skills attained.

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With the increase of device complexity and test-data volume required to guarantee adequate defect coverage, external testing is becoming increasingly difficult and expensive. Logic Built-in Self Test (LBIST) is a viable alternative test strategy as it helps reduce dependence on an elaborate external test equipment, enables the application of a large number of random tests, and allows for at-speed testing. The main problem with LBIST is suboptimal fault coverage achievable with random vectors. LFSR reseeding is used to increase the coverage. However, to achieve satisfactory coverage, one often needs a large number of seeds. Computing a small number of seeds for LBIST reseeding still remains a tremendous challenge, since the vectors needed to detect all faults may be spread across the huge LFSR vector space. In this work, we propose new methods to enable the computation of a small number of LFSR seeds to cover all stuck-at faults as a first-order satisfiability problem involving extended theories. We present a technique based on SMT (Satisfiability Modulo Theories) with the theory of bit-vectors to combine the tasks of test-generation and seed computation. We describe a seed reduction flow which is based on the `chaining' of faults instead of pre-computed vectors. We experimentally demonstrate that our method can produce very small sets of seeds for complete stuck-at fault coverage. Additionally, we present methods for inserting test-points to enhance the testability of a circuit in such a way as to allow even further reduction in the number of seeds. / Master of Science

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No. of bitstreams: 2 tese_flavio_reina_abib.pdf: 2239588 bytes, checksum: 7ce416cc287034a56085359f2706a5ed (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-12-17 / Sem bolsa / A integração lavoura-pecuária com a utilização de azevém anual é uma prática bastante comum no sul do Brasil. No entanto, a maioria das cultivares oficiais presentes no mercado precisam ser dessecadas antes do final do ciclo para permitir uma adequada época de semeadura para culturas de estação quente. Alguns materiais não certificados apresentam ciclos mais precoces, porém também apresentam resistência a dessecantes e rendimentos de forragem insatisfatórios. Neste sentido a Embrapa lançou a cultivar BRS Integração com a proposta de um ciclo mais precoce, todavia, sem resistência a herbicidas, bem como com elevado rendimento forrageiro. Contudo, se desconhece o efeito do manejo de desfolha nesta cultivar para a colheita de forragem e seus impactos na produção e qualidade de sementes e no comprimento do ciclo produtivo. Deste modo o objetivo do presente estudo foi avaliar o efeito da desfolha na produção de forragem e de sementes do azevém anual BRS Integração. O experimento foi realizado na Estação Experimental Terras Baixas da Embrapa Clima Temperado com delineamento de blocos ao acaso com quatro repetições. Foram testados cinco níveis de desfolha (sem, uma, duas, três e quatro desfolhas) para a verificação da produção de forragem (fração de folhas, colmos e material morto); das características morfogênicas e estruturais; dos componentes de rendimento, do rendimento e da qualidade fisiológica das sementes. Verificou-se que o número de desfolhas afetou as características morfogênicas e estruturais da cultivar BRS Integração e, por conseguinte, o rendimento e a qualidade fisiológica de sementes. A execução de três desfolhas permitiu a colheita de aproximadamente 5t de MS.ha-1 e afetou positivamente o rendimento e a qualidade fisiológica das sementes, as quais foram colhidas ainda nos primeiros dias de novembro, o que possibilita o uso da área para a adequada semeadura de cultivos de estação quente. A realização de quatro desfolhas afetou negativamente as características morfogênicas, a estrutura pré-colheita, os componentes de rendimento de sementes, bem como o rendimento real de sementes. No entanto, a ação de quatro desfolhas (colheita total de aproximadamente 7t de MS.ha-1), não afetou negativamente a qualidade fisiológica da semente e ainda possibilitou um rendimento de sementes 15 vezes superior a densidade de semeadura recomendada. / The crop-livestock integration with the use of annual ryegrass is a common practice in southern Brazil. However, most official cultivars on the market need to be desiccated before the end of the cycle to allow adequate time for sowing warm season crops. Some not certified materials present earlier cycles, but also show resistance to desiccants and poor forage yields. In this sense, Embrapa launched “BRS Integração” with the proposal of an earlier cycle, however, without herbicide resistance as well as high forage yield. However, it is unknown the effect of defoliation management in this cultivar for forage crop and its impact on production and quality of seeds and the length of the production cycle. Thus the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of defoliation in the production of fodder and seeds of annual ryegrass “BRS Integração”. The experiment was conducted at the Estação Experimental Terras Baixas in Embrapa Clima Temperado with randomized block design with four replications. Five levels of defoliation were tested (no, one, two, three and four defoliation) for verification of forage production (leaves fraction, stems and dead material); morphogenic and structural characteristics; the yield components, yield and seed quality. It was found that the number of defoliation affect the morphogenic and structural characteristics of the “BRS Integração”, and therefore, the yield and physiological quality of seeds. The execution of three defoliation allowed the harvest of approximately 5 tons of dry matter per hectare and positively affected the yield and seed quality, which were still harvested in early November, what allow the use of the area for proper seeding of warm season crops. The performance of four defoliation adversely affected the morphogenic characteristics, pre-harvest structure, seed yield components and the real yield seeds. However, the action of four defoliation (total harvest about 7 tons of dry matter per hectare) didn’t affect negatively the physiological quality of the seed and still allowed a yield of seeds 15 times the recommended seeding rate.

This thesis focuses on the survivable routing problem in WDM mesh networks where the objective is to minimize the total number of wavelengths used for establishing working and protection paths in the WDM networks. The past studies for survivable routing suffers from the scalability problem when the number of nodes/links or connection requests grow in the network. In this thesis, a novel path based shared protection framework namely Inter-Group Shared protection (I-GSP) is proposed where the traffic matrix can be divided into multiple protection groups (PGs) based on specific grouping policy. Optimization is performed on these PGs such that sharing of protection wavelengths is considered not only inside a PG, but between the PGs. Simulation results show that I-GSP based integer linear programming model, namely, ILP-II solves the networks in a reasonable amount of time for which a regular integer linear programming formulation, namely, ILP-I becomes computationally intractable. For most of the cases the gap between the optimal solution and the ILP-II ranges between (2-16)%. The proposed ILP-II model yields a scalable solution for the capacity planning in the survivable optical networks based on the proposed I-GSP protection architecture.

Any unexpected disruption to WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing) based optical networks which carry data traffic at tera-bit per second may result in a huge loss to its end-users and the carrier itself. Thus survivability has been well-recognized as one of the most important objectives in the design of optical Internet. This thesis proposes a novel survivable routing architecture for the optical Internet. We focus on a number of key issues that are essential to achieve the desired service scenarios, including the tasks of (a) minimizing the total number of wavelengths used for establishing working and protection paths in WDM networks; (b) minimizing the number of affected working paths in case of a link failure; (c) handling large scale WDM mesh networks; and (d) supporting both Quality of Service (QoS) and best-effort based working lightpaths. To implement the above objectives, a novel path based shared protection framework namely Group Shared protection (GSP) is proposed where the traffic matrix can be divided into multiple protection groups (PGs) based on specific grouping policy, and optimization is performed on these PGs. To the best of our knowledge this is the first work done in the area of group based WDM survivable routing approaches where not only the resource sharing is conducted among the PGs to achieve the best possible capacity efficiency, but also an integrated survivable routing framework is provided by incorporating the above objectives. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed schemes.

This thesis focuses on the survivable routing problem in WDM mesh networks where the objective is to minimize the total number of wavelengths used for establishing working and protection paths in the WDM networks. The past studies for survivable routing suffers from the scalability problem when the number of nodes/links or connection requests grow in the network. In this thesis, a novel path based shared protection framework namely Inter-Group Shared protection (I-GSP) is proposed where the traffic matrix can be divided into multiple protection groups (PGs) based on specific grouping policy. Optimization is performed on these PGs such that sharing of protection wavelengths is considered not only inside a PG, but between the PGs. Simulation results show that I-GSP based integer linear programming model, namely, ILP-II solves the networks in a reasonable amount of time for which a regular integer linear programming formulation, namely, ILP-I becomes computationally intractable. For most of the cases the gap between the optimal solution and the ILP-II ranges between (2-16)%. The proposed ILP-II model yields a scalable solution for the capacity planning in the survivable optical networks based on the proposed I-GSP protection architecture.

The demand for devices like Personal Digital Assistants (PDA’s), Laptops, Smart Mobile Phones, are at an all time high. As the demand for these devices increases, so is the push to provide sophisticated functionalities in these devices. However energy consumption has become a major constraint in providing increased functionality for these devices. A majority of the applications meant for these devices are rich with multimedia content. In this thesis, we propose two approaches for compiler directed energy reduction, one targeting the memory subsystem and another the processor. The first technique is a compiler directed optimization technique that reduces the energy consumption of the memory subsystem, for an off-chip partitioned memory archi- tecture, having multiple memory banks, and various low-power operating modes for each of these banks. We propose an efficient layout of the data segment to reduce the number of simultaneously active memory banks, so that the other memory banks that are inactive can be put to low power modes to reduce the energy. We model this problem as a graph partitioning problem, and use well known heuristics to solve the same. We also propose a simple Integer Linear Programming (ILP) formulation for the above problem. Perfor- mance results indicate that our approach achieves an energy reduction of 20% compared to the base scheme, and a reduction of 8%-10% over a previously suggested method. Also, our results are well within the optimal results obtained by using ILP method. The second approach proposed in this thesis reduces the dynamic energy consumed by the processor using dynamic voltage and frequency scaling technique. Earlier works on dynamic voltage scaling focused mainly on performing voltage scaling when the CPU is waiting for memory subsystem or concentrated chiefly on loop nests and/or subroutine calls having sufficient number of dynamic instructions. We concentrate on coarser pro- gram regions and for the first time uses program phase behavior for performing dynamic voltage scaling. We relate the Dynamic Voltage Scaling Problem to the Multiple Choice Knapsack Problem, and use well known heuristics to solve it efficiently. Also, we develop a simple Integer Linear Programming (ILP) problem formulation for this problem. Experi-mental evaluation on a set of media applications reveal that our heuristic method obtains 35-40% reduction in energy consumption on an average, with a negligible performance degradation. Further the energy consumed by our heuristic solution is within 1% the optimal solution obtained by the ILP approach.