Inaug.-diss. - Strassburg. / Lebenslauf.

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An (n, k, p, t) lotto design is a collection of k-subsets of a set X of n numbers wherein every p-subset of X must intersect at least one k-subset in t or more elements. L(n,k,p,t) is the minimum number of k-subsets which guarantees an intersection of at least t numbers between any p-subset of X and at least one of the k-subsets. To determine L(n,k,p,t) is the main goal of lotto design research. In previous work on lotto designs, other researchers used sequential algorithms to find bounds for L(n,k,p,t). We will determine the number of non-isomorphic optimal lotto designs on 5 or 6 blocks for n,k,p,t <= 20 and also improve lower bounds for L(n,k,p,t) >= 6 if possible by a more efficient implementation of a backtracking algorithm. / May 2005

An (n, k, p, t) lotto design is a collection of k-subsets of a set X of n numbers wherein every p-subset of X must intersect at least one k-subset in t or more elements. L(n,k,p,t) is the minimum number of k-subsets which guarantees an intersection of at least t numbers between any p-subset of X and at least one of the k-subsets. To determine L(n,k,p,t) is the main goal of lotto design research. In previous work on lotto designs, other researchers used sequential algorithms to find bounds for L(n,k,p,t). We will determine the number of non-isomorphic optimal lotto designs on 5 or 6 blocks for n,k,p,t <= 20 and also improve lower bounds for L(n,k,p,t) >= 6 if possible by a more efficient implementation of a backtracking algorithm.

An (n, k, p, t) lotto design is a collection of k-subsets of a set X of n numbers wherein every p-subset of X must intersect at least one k-subset in t or more elements. L(n,k,p,t) is the minimum number of k-subsets which guarantees an intersection of at least t numbers between any p-subset of X and at least one of the k-subsets. To determine L(n,k,p,t) is the main goal of lotto design research. In previous work on lotto designs, other researchers used sequential algorithms to find bounds for L(n,k,p,t). We will determine the number of non-isomorphic optimal lotto designs on 5 or 6 blocks for n,k,p,t <= 20 and also improve lower bounds for L(n,k,p,t) >= 6 if possible by a more efficient implementation of a backtracking algorithm.

This study investigated the normalisation of gambling within the New Zealand context to explore whether an ausugenic environment exists, using qualitative interviews in combination with a self-ethnography. An ausugenic environment is one where gambling has become embedded in the cultural attitudes and behaviour of a society to the extent that it is no longer considered to be an abnormal or noteworthy activity. In order to investigate this two phases of qualitative interviews were conducted with the first being with members of the public who were also asked to record a diary of gambling related things they noticed over the course of a weekend. To better understand the results for diary participant responses, the researcher underwent the same diary keeping process during the same weekend while also revisiting locations described by the participants to validate their reports. The second phase involved interviews with counsellors from the Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand to explore their attitudes towards gambling and experiences that their clients who were most affected by gambling in New Zealand. The outcomes of this research were two conceptual models that propose how individuals normalise gambling behaviour personally as well as how society both creates and perpetuates an ausugenic environment. This study also discusses the concept of environmental normalisation as a development upon advertising wearout theory. It suggests that individuals may become blind to attitudes and stimuli within their environment after prolonged periods of exposure through many different sources. The idea that this may be not simply something that advertisers seek to avoid as is classically thought, but implemented as a deliberate strategy for organisations seeking to gain wide acceptance of their product or service is also proposed. The study ten seeks to make significant contributions towards the betterment of society through use of the findings to recommend policy alterations the New Zealand Government should implement and suggest alternative ways that the treatment of problem gambling is addressed in future.

Submitted by Lafaiete Santos Santiago (lafaiete.santiago@ucsal.br) on 2016-11-23T14:00:37Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Aliger.pdf: 2958113 bytes, checksum: 5b15e7d7d50100291453be13d8e478ea (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rosemary Magalhães (rosemary.magalhaes@ucsal.br) on 2017-01-14T17:12:26Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 LOTERIAS UMA PARCERIA PÚBLICO-PRIVADA NO TERRITÓRIO DE SALVA.pdf: 2958113 bytes, checksum: 5b15e7d7d50100291453be13d8e478ea (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-14T17:12:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Aliger.pdf: 2958113 bytes, checksum: 5b15e7d7d50100291453be13d8e478ea (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-11-19 / Esta dissertação analisa a organização e a dinâmica do território da cidade de Salvador através da movimentação quantitativa dos jogos lotéricos no segundo semestre dos anos de 2002 e 2003, com o objetivo de caracterizar alguns atributos dos bairros de Salvador, no espaço intra e inter urbano, a partir da localização das lotéricas por bairros e sua classificação conforme movimentação dos jogos lotéricos, definidos em Prognósticos Numéricos (Mega-Sena, Lotomania, Quina e Dupla-Sena), Bilhetes (Instantânea e Federal) e Prognósticos Esportivos (Loteca e Lotogol). A abordagem utilizada para responder à problemática da pesquisa (será que a movimentação dos jogos lotéricos nos diferentes bairros soteropolitanos é capaz de ajudar a traçar ou não a dinâmica do território e da territorialidade de Salvador?) e contemplar os objetivos, foi à indutiva, através do uso da pesquisa documental, da pesquisa bibliográfica e da pesquisa de campo. O referencial teórico e a pesquisa de campo foram elaborados utilizando principalmente os estudos de Walter Christaller sobre localidades centrais, com base em três palavras: centralidade, territorização e centro urbano soteropolitano. Foi possível caracterizar o público dos bairros da capital baiana, pois ao analisar separadamente cada jogo lotérico, constatou-se que cada um possui atributos diferentes, fazendo com que seus apostadores tenham perfis diferenciados. Ao final da pesquisa, as lotéricas foram identificadas, mapeadas e classificadas por bairros e por tipo de jogo em quatro categorias: as que estão entre as 25% da maior movimentação, as que movimentam entre 25% até 50%, as que são responsáveis por 50% a 75% e as que ficam entre 75% a 100% da movimentação. À proporção que se afasta da categoria das que estão entre as 25% da maior movimentação até as que estão entre 75% a 100% da movimentação, verificou-se que há uma diminuição na centralidade dos bairros e do grau de importância destes para a população de Salvador, mostrando uma hierarquia entre os bairros, além de uma interdependência entre estes, confirmando os estudos dos lugares centrais referenciado por Walter Christaller. / The dissertation is the result of a research about the lotto gambling in the territory of Salvador city during the last terms of 2002 and 2003. The methodology basis was inductive with documental, bibliographical and field research. The main goal of the research was to categorize Salvador’s urban inner space from the analysis of the relations among the several different neighborhoods over the city through the lotto gambling. The different types of games are: Numbers Forecast (Mega Sena, Lotomania, Quina and Dupla Sena), Tickets (Instantânea and Federal) and Sports Forecast (Loteca and Lotogol). These different types of games enabled the analysis of the different kinds of people profiles that are attracted do these games. With these elements at hand, some of Salvador’s territory characteristics were described answering the research’s main questioning: the lotto gambling in the different neighborhoods of Salvador may or may not help to draw the territorial dynamics and the territoriality of Salvador? The theoretical basis and the field work had its development mainly from the researches of Walter Christaller, with these concepts: territory, territory dynamics’ relations and urban center. At the end was seen the lotto gambling spots identified, map and classified by neighborhood e by the type of game in four categories: the 25% most visited, the ones with 25% to 50%, the responsible for 50% a 75% of visits and the ones with 75% to 100% of visits. From the 25% most visited to the last (75% to 100%) it is possible to see a decay of centrality in the neighborhoods and also a decay of importance in the population of Salvador. That shows the hierarchy of neighborhoods in the city and also the dependency of one another in their relations. Confirming in this way the central places theory referred from Walter Christaller.

This study is an art history of Santa Maria dei Carmini, Venice, from its foundation in c. 1286 to the present day, with a special focus on the late Renaissance period (c. 1500-1560). It explores a relatively overlooked corner of Renaissance Venice and provides an opportunity to study the Carmelite Order's relationship to art. It seeks to answer outstanding questions of attribution, dating, patronage, architectural arrangements and locations of works of art in the church. Additionally it has attempted to have a diverse approach to problems of interpretation and has examined the visual imagery's relationship to the Carmelite liturgy, religious function and later interpretations of art works. Santa Maria dei Carmini was amongst the largest basilicas in Venice when it was completed and the Carmelites were a major international order with a strong literary tradition. Their church in Venice contained a wealth of art works produced by one of the most restlessly inventive generations in the Western European tradition. Chapter 1 outlines a history of the Carmelites, their hagiography and devotions, which inform much of the discussion in later chapters. The second Chapter discusses the early history of the Carmelite church in Venice, establishing when it was founded, and examining the decorative aspects before 1500. It demonstrates how the tramezzo and choir-stalls compartmentalised the nave and how these different spaces within the church were used. Chapter 3 studies two commissions for the decoration of the tramezzo, that span the central period of this thesis, c. 1500-1560. There it is shown that subjects relevant to the Carmelite Order, and the expected public on different sides of the tramezzo were chosen and reinterpreted over time as devotions changed. Cima da Conegliano's Adoration of the Shepherds (c. 1511) is discussed in Chapter 4, where the dedication of the altar is definitively proven and the respective liturgy is expanded upon. The tradition of votive images is shown to have influenced Cima's representation of the donor. In Chapter 5 Cima's altarpiece for the Scuola di Sant'Alberto's altar is shown to have been replaced because of the increasing ambiguity over the identification of the titulus after the introduction of new Carmelite saints at the beginning of the century. Its compositional relationship to the vesperbild tradition is also examined and shown to assist the faithful in important aspects of religious faith. The sixth chapter examines the composition of Lorenzo Lotto's St Nicholas in Glory (1527-29) and how it dramatises the relationship between the devoted, the interceding saints and heaven. It further hypothesises that the inclusion of St Lucy is a corroboration of the roles performed by St Nicholas and related to the confraternity's annual celebrations in December. The authorship, date and iconography of Tintoretto's Presentation of Christ (c. 1545) is analysed in Chapter 7, which also demonstrates how the altarpiece responds to the particular liturgical circumstances on the feast of Candlemas. The final chapter discusses the church as a whole, providing the first narrative of the movement of altars and development of the decorative schemes. The Conclusion highlights the important themes that have developed from this study and provides a verdict on the role of ‘Carmelite art' in the Venice Carmini.