Si les Poésies de l’époque des Thang (1862) de Hervey-Saint-Denys est apprécié des savants et des poètes, le Livre de Jade (1867) de Judith Gautier touche les non-spécialistes et diffuse la poésie chinoise en Occident. Regardé du point de vue de la poésie classique chinoise, le Livre de Jade porte plusieurs transformations : le changement du lyrisme à la narration, la perte inévitable des images et des formes poétiques classiques chinoises. Considéré du point de vue de la poésie française du XIXème siècle, le Livre de Jade porte les grands thèmes lyriques du romantisme et manifeste les récents développements du Parnasse : son enthousiasme pour le poème en prose et son goût pour la peinture. A la fin nous prendrons à la fois le point de vue de la poésie classique chinoise et celui de la poésie romantique française. Bien que le Livre de Jade possède deux caractéristiques communes à ces deux poésies, nous n’y trouvons pas de point de rencontre idéal. Tant de différences par rapport aux poèmes originaux justifient les réticences, depuis son apparition, à considérer Le Livre de Jade comme une traduction. Nous nous proposons de considérer ce livre du point de vue de la première rencontre poétique entre la France et la Chine. A travers cette rencontre, ces deux poésies se renvoient leur image comme un miroir l’une de l’autre et, ce faisant, leur fait découvrir ce qu’elles ne voyaient pas de leur propre culture. / If Hervey-Saint-Denys’s Poésies de l’époque des Thang (1862) have touched French sinologists and men of letters, the Judith Gautier’s Livre de Jade (1867) properly initiated classical Chinese poetry into the vision of the Western reader. Seen from the perspective of classical Chinese poetry, Poésies de l’époque des Thang can be taken as a reference for the Livre de Jade about what scholars and poets have in common when translating poetry. This demonstrates the influence and limitation that the Chinese and French languages, cultures, and literary traditions exert on poetic translation. Examined from the perspective of the 19th-century French poetry on the other hand, the Livre de Jade possesses qualities of romantic themes, but it also bears Parnassian imprints in its imitation of the newly emerging prose poetry and its transplantation of ideas of painting. Besides, in analyzing the two obvious features of the Livre de Jade, namely its abundant metaphors and the omnipresence of nature, this thesis juxtaposes French romantic poetry keen on figures of speech, especially metaphor, with classical Chinese poetry immersed in its tradition of bi-xing. The above analysis reveals that the Livre de Jade is by no means translation in the strict sense of the word. However we might regard it as the first encounter between Chinese and French poetry which enables them to reflect and rediscover each other before they finally merge into one.

This thesis deals with the study of contactless and noninvasive methods for estimation of heart rate. Contactless measurement is based on capturing person faces by video camera and from sequences of pictures are estimated values of the heart rate. The theoretical part describes heart rate and methods that are being used to estimate heart rate from color changes in the face. It also contains testing of tracking algorithms. Practical part deals with user interface of program for contactless measurement of heart rate and its software solution. Thesis also contains statistical evaluation of program functionality.

Despite the fact that there has been an enormous amount of jades excavated from the Western Han tombs of Chu Princes, Xuzhou in Jiangsu province, little scholarly literature has been focused on these artefacts. Based on archaeological findings, this thesis selects some significant jade objects as the focus of attention, including jade pendants, jade vessels, jade weapons, jade suites and other burial jades. As the role and value of jade is varied in the hierarchy of material within different cultural and historical context, the changes in its functions and meanings, to some extent reflects the changes in politics, economy, and society. Through tracing their origins, the identity of the owners and examining the changes in material and society, this study attempts to reveal the cultural and social value embedded in these objects, and in doing so to reconstruct the changes in material concepts and aesthetic ideologies in the Han periods. / On the basis of the achievements have hitherto in Han jade study, the present study is expected to shed light on our understanding of tomb culture and its relation to the society from a broader and more comprehensive perspective. Aside from placing specific types of jade into an accurate period or investigating their functions and sources, this study will read the object by cross reference to ancient textual material. / Using jade, a particular category of art objects, as the point of entry, this study seeks to explore and question the issue of materiality and identity within the context of tomb art, and the wider issue of cultural and social practices in the Han Dynasty. / 林巧羚. / Submitted: 2010年11月. / Submitted: 2010 nian 11 yue. / Adviser: Jenny F. So. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 73-04, Section: A, page: . / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-396). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [201-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Lin Qiaoling.

Submitted by Maria Aparecida (cidazen@gmail.com) on 2017-08-16T14:43:36Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Osevaldo.pdf: 5559401 bytes, checksum: 1ce073c772c3403a0b7875f9f9a13ed9 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-16T14:43:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Osevaldo.pdf: 5559401 bytes, checksum: 1ce073c772c3403a0b7875f9f9a13ed9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-02-09 / FAPEMA, CAPES / This work leads to the modeling and implementation of a multi-agent application of faults selection and decision making for VALE’s rotary railcar dumpers. The work explore development approaches and knowledge-based achtectures aiming to SADDEM build, a multi-agent system applyed to decision making in ore unload cells. The particularities of cognitives agents structures are based on Jess inference engine in order to link decisions and maintain plans recommendations made by the system. The ontology is developed throught elicitation of information and knowledge during interviews and VV311-K01 car positioner set operating activities. The artifacts produced during the development clycle phases employs PASSI methodology technics, Artificial Intelligence and support engineering to software development using JADE framework. The real time module is linked to the software of supervision and monitoring of the unloading cell productions of VALE. / Este trabalho apresenta a modelagem e implementação de um aplicação multiagente para a seleção de falhas e tomada de decisão em viradores de vagões da VALE. A proposta investiga abordagens de desenvolvimento e arquiteturas baseadas no conhecimento para criação do SADDEM, um sistema multiagente aplicado ao apoio a decisão em células de descarga de minério. As particularidades das estruturas cognitivas de agentes são baseadas no mecanismo inferência Jess, objetivando encadear decisões e recomendações de planos de manutenção feitas pelo sistema. A ontologia do sistema é elaborada por meio das informações e conhecimento eliciados durante entrevista e atividades operacionais referentes ao conjunto carro posicionador observadas no equipamento virador de vagões VV311- K01. Os artefatos produzidos durante as fases do ciclo de desenvolvimento têm a aplicação das técnicas da metodologia PASSI, Inteligência Artificial e das engenharias de apoio ao desenvolvimento de software com uso do framework JADE. O módulo de tempo real do sistema está vinculado ao software de supervisão e monitoramento das células de produção do setor de descarga de minério da VALE.

Sparčiai augant modernių būstų skaičiui, taip pat sparčiai auga šių kompiuterizuotų būstų informacijos valdymo sistemų poreikis. Šios sistemos įvairiais jutikliais renka informaciją apie būsto patalpų temperatūrą, drėgmę ir kt. Ši informacija dažniausiai yra kaupiama skirtingais būdais atskirose posistemėse, todėl vartotojui nėra paranku stebėti kiekvienos posistemės duomenis. Informacijos valdymo sistemos leidžia vartotojui stebėti visą savo kompiuterizuoto būsto sistemų informaciją vienoje vartotojo sąsajoje. Informacijos valdymo sistemos, panaudodamos esamus būsto informacijos sistemų duomenis, gali pateikti vartotojui išteklių naudojimo rekomendacijas, atsižvelgdamos į vartotojo suformuotus reikalavimus – paskaičiuoti mėnesio šildymo kainą vartotojui nurodant norimą patalpos temperatūrą įvertinant išteklių kainas. Šio darbo objektas – informacijos valdymo sistema įterpta į kompiuterizuoto būsto sistemą. Darbo tikslas – sukurti protingos namų informacijos valdymo sistemos prototipą. Sistemą sudaro programiniai agentai, kurie pagal vartotojo poreikius sugeba surinkti ir pateikti informaciją vartotojui ir pagal tai priimti sprendimus. Darbe tiriamos programinių agentų savybės, informacijos, kurią naudoja agentai, surinkimo metodai, jų (agentų) kasifikacija ir tipologija, taikymas informacijos valdymo sistemose. Darbas susideda iš probleminės srities analizės, sistemos modelio ir eksperimentinio tyrimo. / With the rapid growth of automated houses, there is same rapid growth of these houses information management systems needs. Systems with various sensors gather information about zones temperature, humidity etc., information about other systems resources (e.g. heating services, electricity prices) is also gathered.Most of the time this information is being saves by different methods in separate systems, and that is not very handy for a user to track all data from different systems sources. Information management systems let the user to see all his automated house systems information in one graphical user interface. Information management systems, using existing house information systems data, can provide user resource usage recommendations, considered with users needs. E.g. calculate months heating costs, when user provides desired zone temperature, using resource prices to achieve this goal. Master thesis object – information management system, working inside home automation system. Master thesis goal – to create smart house information managent systems prototype. System consists of software agents, which, according to users’ needs, can gather and deliver information for user. Master thesis studies software agent features, agent information gathering methods, their (agents) classification and typology, usage in information management systems. Master thesis consists of three parts: problem analysis, system model and experiment.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-11T14:02:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcio Alencar.pdf: 1656491 bytes, checksum: a441863efe54446babff31c15171027b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-12-19 / With the widespread use of Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) in various educational institutions, usually in education courses distance, the task of monitoring the activities of students per guardians and mediators to achieve levels of quality have been a increasing work. To follow up the students in these new technologies require new thinking and attitudes of educators in these environments and new solutions by the designers of this class of systems. This paper describes architectures based on Multiagent Systems, focused on the concept of perception, designed to assist students and tutors on completion and monitoring of activities in distance education courses. The systems implemented according to the proposed architectures, help tutors and students through a discussion forum, solving doubts about the course and recommend the realization of activities that the student has not completed, favoring facilitating the smooth running of the course and collaboration among the other participants. Each proposed architecture there was a prototype implemented and evaluated, resulting in proposals for improvements in the next version. The results obtained during the experiments demonstrate the importance of using Multi-agent Systems in Virtual Learning Environments, supporting the realization of activities of the course participants and monitored by the tutors. / Com a disseminação do uso de Ambientes Virtuais de Aprendizagem (AVA) por diversas instituições de ensino, notadamente em cursos de Educação a Distância, a tarefa de acompanhamento das atividades dos alunos por tutores e mediadores para atingir níveis de qualidade têm sido um trabalho cada vez maior. Realizar o acompanhamento dos alunos nessas novas tecnologias, requerer novas reflexões e posturas de educadores nestes ambientes e novas soluções por parte dos projetistas desta classe de sistemas. Esta dissertação descreve arquiteturas baseadas em Sistemas Multiagente, focadas no conceito de percepção, criadas para auxiliar alunos e tutores na conclusão e acompanhamento de atividades em cursos de Educação a Distância. Os sistemas implementados seguindo as arquiteturas propostas auxiliam alunos e tutores por meio de um fórum de discussão, sanando dúvidas sobre o curso, além de recomendar a realização de atividades que o aluno não tenha concluído, favorecendo o bom andamento do curso e a colaboração entre os demais participantes. Cada arquitetura proposta teve um protótipo implementado e avaliado, resultando em propostas de melhorias na versão seguinte. Os resultados obtidos durante as experimentações demostram a importância do uso de Sistemas Multiagente em Ambientes Virtuais de Aprendizagem, apoiando a execução de atividades dos cursistas e o acompanhamento por parte dos tutores.

Dans un environnement intérieur, le problème de l'extraction du composant l'Angle de Arrivée de la Line-of-Sight entre un émetteur et un récepteur Wi-Fi utilisant un lien SIMO est la principale préoccupation de cette thèse. Un des principaux défis à relever est dû au riche canal multipath que les environnements intérieurs apprécient. C'est ainsi parce que multipath résulte du fait que le canal de propagation se compose de plusieurs obstacles et réflecteurs. Ainsi, le signal reçu arrive comme un ensemble imprévisible de réflexions et / ou d'ondes directes avec son degré d'atténuation et de retard. D'autres défis sont la limitation des ressources, telles que le nombre d'antennes, la bande passante disponible et le rapport Signal / Bruit; sans parler des «imperfections» Wi-Fi, telles que les disparités de gain / phase entre les antennes et les problèmes de synchronisation entre l'émetteur et le récepteur. Dans cette thèse, notre objectif principal est de mettre en place un système en temps réel qui pourrait mesurer l'angle entre un émetteur et un récepteur en présence de tous les défis. En particulier, nous avons pris en compte tous les facteurs qui perturbent le problème d'estimation de l'angle articulaire et du délai et formulé un modèle de système en conséquence. Ces facteurs sont les suivants: Sampling Frequency offset (SFO), Carrier Frequency Offset (CFO), et Phase/Delay offsets à chaque antenne. Pour compenser l'efficacité de ces facteurs critiques, nous proposons une méthode d'étalonnage optimale pour compenser tous leurs effets. Cette thèse comprendra également d'autres méthodes théoriques qui doivent faire face au problème d'estimation de l'angle d'arrivée, à partir du point de vue de la compression et du traitement du signal. / In an indoor environment, the problem of extracting the Angle-of-Arrival of the Line-of-Sight component between a transmitter and Wi-Fi receiver using a SIMO link is the main concern of this thesis. One main challenge in doing so is due to the rich multipath channel that indoor environments enjoy. This is so because multipath results from the fact that the propagation channel consists of several obstacles and reflectors. Thus, the received signal arrives as an unpredictable set of reflections and/or direct waves each with its own degree of attenuation and delay. Other challenges are limitation of resources, such as number of antennas, available bandwidth, and Signal-to-Noise-Ratio; not to mention the Wi-Fi ”imperfections”, such as gain/phase mismatches between antennas and synchronisation issues between transmitter and receiver. In this thesis, our main focus is implementing a real-time system that could measure the angle between a transmitter and receiver in the presence of all challenges. In particular, we have taken into account all factors that perturb the Joint Angle and Delay estimation problem and formulated a system model accordingly. These factors are: Sampling Frequency offset (SFO), Carrier Frequency Offset (CFO), Phase and Delay offsets at each antenna. To compensate for the effect of these critical factors, we propose an offline calibration method to compensate for all their effects. This thesis will also include other theoretical methods that have to deal with Angle-of-Arrival Estimation problem from compressed sensing and signal processing point of views.

Submitted by Rosivalda Pereira (mrs.pereira@ufma.br) on 2017-08-11T20:35:45Z No. of bitstreams: 1 CleberPereira.pdf: 3089056 bytes, checksum: ab85b5af73443dbf91e821cbac7192ab (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-11T20:35:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CleberPereira.pdf: 3089056 bytes, checksum: ab85b5af73443dbf91e821cbac7192ab (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-08-09 / The proposed modeling system for assessing undergraduate degree courses, according to the parameters required by ENADE emerges from the need of the IES adjust its methodology and assessment procedures to the terms set by the exam. The proposed solution does not address a specific undergraduate course and may be applied for any knowledge area. The use of software agents is justified on the grounds of a classical computer application not being able to adapt to the reality of each student, delivering the second behavioral questions identified during the evaluation process.The statistics generated from this reasoning will serve both for students and for teachers in order to reevaluate the teaching and learning process. The modeling was performed according to the UML 2.0 TROPOS methodology was used for the modeling of agents and their implementation was done in JADE. / A proposta de modelagem de sistema de avaliação dos cursos superiores de graduação, segundo os parâmetros exigidos pelo ENADE, emerge da necessidade das IES adequarem sua metodologia e procedimentos de avaliação aos moldes estabelecidos pelo exame. A solução proposta não se dirige a um curso específico de graduação, podendo ser utilizada para qualquer área do conhecimento. O uso de agentes de software em seu desenvolvimento justifica-se em razão de uma aplicação computacional clássica não ser capaz de adaptar-se à realidade de cada aluno, entregando quesitos segundo o comportamento identificado durante o processo de avaliação. As estatísticas geradas a partir deste raciocínio servirão tanto para os alunos como para os docentes no sentido de reavaliar o processo de ensino aprendizagem. A modelagem foi efetuada segundo a UML 2.0, foi utilizada a metodologia TROPOS para a modelagem dos agentes e sua implementação foi realizada no JADE.

The frontier has long been an important part of mythic American ideology as a space with untapped resources offering the potential for social mobility. This thesis looks at writing representing the three types of frontiers identified by Lucy Lockwood Hazard to demonstrate how this boundary between the “civilized” and “savage” actually reveals the instability and inaccessibility of the American Dream. Francis Parkman’s The Oregon Trail is one of the quintessential narratives about the geographical frontier; while deeply racist and sexist, it manifests doubts about the rhetoric of inhumanity attributed to indigenous populations. The industrial frontier’s creation of exploitative factory structures that were then translated into domestic spaces is illustrated by William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying. The canonical novel speaks to the inability of the poor to achieve social mobility and the reemergence of social hubs as the space of opportunity. Finally, Jade Chang’s 2016 debut novel, The Wangs vs. the World, works to completely reframe the frontier genre by positing characters of color as protagonists, resisting their typical location on the “savage” side of the frontier binary. Chang uses the concept of the spiritual frontier to foreground the difficulties minorities face in order to be accepted into white society. The instabilities manifested by each of these frontiers ultimately point to the ways in which the American Dream has historically been an escapist impossibility and inflicted violence on women, lower classes, and people of color.

The thesis work describes the development of a multiagent testing application (MTA) based on an agent approach for solving challenges in regression testing domain, such as: reducing the complexity of testing, optimizing the time consumption, increasing the efficiency and implementing the automation of this approach for regression testing. All these challenges related to effectiveness and cost, can be represented as measures of achieved code coverage and number of test cases created. A multiagent approach is proposed in this thesis since it allows the implementation of the autonomous behaviour and optimizes the data processing in a heterogeneous environment. In addition, the agent-based approach provides flexible design methods for building multitask applications and conducting parallel task execution. However, all of these advantages of using an agent-based approach need to be investigated in the regression testing domain for realistic scenarios. Therefore, a hypothesis was formulated in order to investigate the efficiency of the MTA approach using an experiment as the main research method for obtaining results. The thesis includes a comparison analysis between the MTA and well-known test case generation tools (i.e. EvoSuite and JUnitTools) for identifying the differences in terms of efficiency and code coverage achieved. The comparison results showed advantages of the MTA within regression testing context due to optimal level of code coverage and test cases. The outcome of the thesis work moves toward solving the aforementioned problems in regression testing domain and shows some advantages of using the multagent approach within regression testing context.