Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-239). Print copy also available.

Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka vad bilderna i en tidning med yngre målgrupp förmedlar för budskap till läsaren. Den tidning som valts till undersökningen är Julia, vars målgrupp är tjejer i åldern 9–14 år. Med utgångspunkt i den övergripande frågeställningen: "Hur ser människorna ut på bilderna i Julia – och vad förmedlar detta till läsaren?", genomförs en kvantitativ innehållsanalys utifrån 28 variabler. Totalt undersöks 1 245 bilder på människor i nio nummer av Julia från år 2000–2010. Uppsatsen utgår från teorier framförda av bland annat Jostein Gripsrud, Nina Huntemann och Michael Morgan, som avhandlar medias roll i barns skapande av identitet. Undersökningen visar att den typiska tjejen i Julia är ung, icke-blond, har europeiskt utseende, poserar, ler och tittar in i kameran. Det går också att se att målgruppsrepresentationen har minskat samt att idealbilden i Julia har förändrats genom åren.

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Baseband processing is an important and computationally heavy part of modern mobile cellular systems. These systems use specialized hardware that has many digital signal processing cores and hardware accelerators. The algorithms that run on these systems are complexand needs to take advantage of this hardware. Developing software for these systems requires domain knowledge about baseband processing and low level programming on parallel real time systems. This thesis investigates if the programming language Julia can be used to implement algorithms for baseband processing in mobile telephony base stations. If it is possible to use a scientific language like Julia to directly implement programs for the special hardware in the base stations it can reduce lead times and costs. In this thesis a uplink receiver is implemented in Julia. This implementation is written usinga domain specific language. This makes it possible to specify a number of transformations that use the metaprogramming capabilities in Julia to transform the uplink receiver such that it is better suited to execute on the hardware described above. This is achieved by transforming the program such that it consists of functions that either can be executed on single digital signal processing cores or hardware accelerators. It is concluded that Julia seems suited for prototyping baseband processing algorithms. Using metaprogramming to transform a baseband processing algorithm to be better suited for baseband processing hardware is also a feasible approach.

Zugl.: Kassel, Univ., Diplomarbeit, 2008

Proefschrift--Wijsbegeerte--Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, 1999. / Résumé en anglais. Bibliogr. p. 201-219. Index.

Bounded analytic functions on the open unit disk D = {z ∈ C | |z| < 1} are a fre-quent area of study in complex function theory. While it is easy to understand thebehavior of analytic functions on sequences with limit points inside D, the theorybecomes much more complicated as sequences converge to the boundary, ∂D. In thisthesis, we will explore boundary theorems, which can guarantee specific desired be-havior of these analytic functions. The thesis describes an elementary approach toproving Fatou’s Non-Tangential Limit Theorem, as well as proofs and discussion ofthe subsequent classical boundary theorems for specific points, Julia’s Theorem andthe Julia-Carathéodory Theorem. This thesis serves as a synthesis of these boundarytheorems in order to fill a gap in the overarching literature.

In utilizing Kristeva's psychoanalytic discursive theory of identity-formation within literary symbolic structures, my thesis seeks to follow the ontological processes involved in identity and signification in “subversive” signifying practices. Specifically, I'm interested in the ways modern poetry (such as Elizabeth Bishop) defies traditional patriarchal discourse as dominant literary devices while embracing plurality and inherent virtues of the female voice. My project will trace Kristeva's semiotic/psychoanalytic evolution from linguistic models of the signifying process, to particulars of her psychoanalytic/linguistic theories, and finally, will attempt to construct a space within modern poetry, where it can be said, the subject (poet) remains on trial/in crisis, and poetic expression reveals the “jouissance” or unspoken voice of repression. Bishop's poetry constantly questions reality, knowledge, sexuality and the self. I strive to expose how Bishop's poetry performs Kristeva's theory of the self in writing; her poetry puts at the core of the self a sense of loss in her attempts to express herself in language. I offer close readings of “The Fish,” “Questions of Travel,” and “One Art,” to show how Bishop's self exposes the unconscious process of poetic activity. Kelly Oliver articulates Kristeva's contributions to linguistics and psychoanalysis quite succinctly, “When we learn to embrace the return of the repressed/the foreigner within ourselves, then we learn to live with, and love, others” (14). / Master of Arts

Cette thèse présente les résultats des recherches réalisées sur l'architecture du centre monumental municipal et religieux de la cité antique d'Apta Iulia (Apt). Colonie latine créée vraisemblablement sous l'impulsion de Jules César et finalisée par Octave-Auguste durant le Ier siècle avant. J.- C., ses vestiges sont disséminés à l'intérieur des caves du centre ancien de la ville d'Apt. Nous nous sommes attachés à en définir la chronologie couvrant les périodes correspondant à sa mise en œuvre jusqu'à son devenir à l'intérieur des constructions modernes du centre ville. Les principaux édifices étudiés sont : le théâtre antique, sa porticus post scaenam, la possible présence d'une basilica et les principales composantes de son forum (temple et curie). Les résultats sont présentés sous forme de plans de l'ensemble des structures découvertes et par une importante collection de clichés photographiques des principaux édifices de cette panoplie monumentale urbaine gallo romaine. / This dissertation presents the results of research carried out on the architecture of the monumental municipal and religious center of the ancient city of Apta Iulia (Apt). A Latin colony created apparently by the initiative of Julius Caesar and finalized by Octavian-Augustus during the first century B.C., its remains are scattered inside the cellars of the old center of the city of Apt. We have committed ourselves to defining the chronology covering the periods corresponding to its creation up to its presence within modern constructions in the city center. The principal buildings studied are the ancient theatre, its porticus post scaenam, the possible presence of a basilica and the main components of its forum (temple and senate). The results are presented in the form of maps of the group of discovered structures and by a significant collection of photographs of the principal edifices of this monumental urban Gallo-Roman ensemble.

Estudaremos sistemas dinâmicos complexos da esfera de Riemann, e empregaremos técnicas do Formalismo Termodinâmico incluindo a fórmula de Bowen para provar que a dimensão de Hausdorff \'dim IND. H\' J( \'f IND. lâmbda\' ) do conjunto de Julia J( \'f IND. lâmbda\' ) de uma família holomorfa de funções racionais hiperbólicas f \'lambda\' define uma função real analítica do parâmetro \'lambda\' . Este resultado foi provado por Ruelle [44] em 1981. Daremos uma prova alternativa usando movimentos holomorfos. Trata-se de uma técnica inovadora, originalmente desenvolvida por Mañé, Sad e Sullivan no trabalho [31] sobre estabilidade estrutural de sistemas dinâmicos complexos / We shall study complex dynamical systems in the Riemann sphere and prove that the Hausdorff dimension \'dim IND. H\' J( \'f IND. Lãmbda\' ) of the Julia set J( \'f IND. lâmbda\' ) of an holomorphic family of hyperbolic rational maps \'f IND. lâmbda\' defines a real analytic map of the parameter \'lâmbda\': This result was proved in 1981 by D. Ruelle (see [44]). We give an alternative proof using holomorphic motions (see [31]), which was originally developed to study the structural stability problem of complex dynamical systems. Throughout this work, we shall use several tools of Thermodynamic Formalism, including Bowens formula