Föreställningar kring maskulinitet och våld är i dagens samhälle nära sammankopplade och har så varit även historiskt. Denna studie har som mål att undersöka hur dessa sammankopplingar påverkar män som tränar och tävlar MMA och hur det påverkar deras maskulinitetskonstruktioner. Genom att undersöka dessa mäns inställning till våld, maskulinitet och intimitet inom MMA, syftar studien till att tydliggöra den diskurs som vuxit fram på en kampsortsklubb i Sverige. Slutsatsen av denna undersökning är att en tillsynes motsägelsefull bild kring våld och intimitet konstruerats inom denna diskurs. Inom MMA-diskursen finns utrymme för fysisk intimitet på ett sätt som sällan accepteras mellan män i samhället utanför. Samtidigt kan inställningen till våld förklaras genom att utövarna skiljer våldsamma handlingar från aggressivitet och därför inte ser utövandet som våld. / Concepts about masculinity and violence are closely connected in today´s society, and have been so historically as well. The purpose of this essay is to study how these connections influence men who practice and compete in MMA and how this affects their construction of  masculinities. By the study of these men’s attitudes towards violence, masculinity and intimacy within MMA, this study aims to clarify the discourse that has developed in a martial arts club in Sweden. The conclusion of this study is that a seemingly contradictory image of violence and intimacy is produced in this discourse. Inside the MMA discourse there is room for physical intimacy between men in a way that is rarely accepted in society at large. At the same time their attitudes towards violence can be explained by the fact that the practitioners separate violent actions from aggression and therefor do not view these actions as violence.

Este mestrado utiliza os gêneros cinematográficos e suas convenções como ponto de partida para a escrita de roteiros. A análise de filmes de ação, conhecidos como filme de boxe, é usada como referência na escrita de um roteiro de longa metragem de um filme de luta, que trata mais especificamente do universo do MMA. Assim, meu mestrado tem dois resultados distintos e ao mesmo tempo complementares: um pequeno estudo do gênero proposto, sugerindo suas transformações, e o próprio roteiro de longa metragem, O Demônio do Ringue. / This dissertation uses the cinematographic genres and its conventions as starting point to the writing of screenplays. The analysis of action movies, known as boxing movies, is taken as reference in the writing of a fighting films screenplay, which approach more specifically the MMA universe. Hence, my dissertation has two distinct results which are complementary at the same time: first a study of the proposed genre, suggesting its transformations, and the movie screenplay itself, O Demônio do Ringue

Let R be a connected selfinjective Artin algebra. We prove that any almost split sequence ending at an Omega-perfect R-module of finite complexity has at most four non-projective summands in a chosen decomposition of the middle term into indecomposable modules. Moreover, we show that a chosen decomposition into indecomposable modules of the middle term of an almost split sequence ending at an R-module of complexity 1 lying in a regular component of the Auslander-Reiten quiver has at most two summands. Furthermore, we prove that the regular component is of type ZA_{infinity} or ZA_{infinity}/<tau^n>. We use this to study modules with eventually constant and eventually periodic Betti numbers.

We have in this thesis looked at possible improvements with respect to security for the Norwegian Internet voting protocol. We have made a new protocol with independent secret keys, where all the encryptions of the votes are done by the voter's computer. We have also made two Special-Honest-Verifier-Zero-Knowledge Arguments of Knowledge for proving permutation and decryption of ElGamal ciphertexts, useful for the decryption service.

We show how to find quotients of path algebras isomorphic to tensor products, triangular matrix algebras and trivial extensions.

By means of the ungraded derived category we prove that the orbit category of the bounded derived category of an iterated tilted algebra with respect to translation is triangulated in such a way that the canonical functor from the bounded derived category to the orbit category becomes a triangle functor.

Denne masteroppgaven i analyse unders&#248;ker noen interesante matematiske problemer tilknyttet buemaking og bueskyting. Dette inkluderer temaer som form og optimering av en bue. Vi vil beskrive en bues form og hvordan denne formen avhenger av strenglengden, trekklengden og stivhetsfordelingen langs buen. Deretter finner vi uttrykk for buens elastiske energi og fors&#248;ker &#229; optimere buens effektivitet med hensyn p&#229; de samme variablene. Dette leder til b&#229;de diskrete og kontinuerlige optimeringsproblem der begrensingene, blant annet, er gitt av bueskytterens armlengde og armstyrke.Vi introduserer ogs&#229; den elastiske pendelen som et redskap for &#229; unders&#248;ke den elastiske stangens dynamiske egenskaper. Pendelens bevegelser er styrt av stangens elastiske potensial og vi gir noen numeriske l&#248;sninger av denne bevegelsen. I tillegg fors&#248;ker vi &#229; finne og klassifisere bifurkasjonslinjene i konfigurasjonsrommet.Tilslutt inkluderes to kapitler om henholdsvis elliptiske funksjoner og en utledning, fra generell line&#230;r elastisitetsteori, av forholdet mellom en stangs krumning og kreftene som virker p&#229; stangen.

Given a multiplicative cohomology theory represented by a spectrum, E,we define its associated geometric homology theory by means of bordism. Restrictedto CW pairs, we show how the geometric homology theory is naturally equivalent to the homology theory associated E. This was done by M. Jakob in 2000, and we give an expositionfollowing his approach. We also consider a naturally occurring cap product.

”Never!” That was the answer UFC President Dana White gave when asked when women would be seen in the UFC. Two years later the first fight between two women took place and now there’s more than 50 female competitors in the UFC - an organisation that earlier was reserved only for men. ”Women will never fight in the UFC” – A qualitative content analysis of the depiction of women’s MMA in media is a study which focuses on how women’s MMA and Ronda Rousey as an individual athlete are portrayed in american internet based MMA media, with a gender research perspective. This study also investigates how the introduction of the first women’s division in the UFC might have affected the depiction women’s MMA in media. The theoretical framework consists of gender theory concepts such as gender performativity, the man as norm, sports and masculinity. With this theoretical framework as foundation, a directed content analysis was used as research method. The results of this analysis shows a frequent emphasis on the appearance of female athletes in the material. An attractive woman is preferable, and a muscular and more masculine woman is considered as deviant. Female athletes are constantly in comparison to male athletes, both in a positive sense, when their athleticism or talent is compared, and in a negative sense to downgrade their appearance. It is clear that the man is the starting-point, which the women are compared to. The material shows that before the introduction of a female division in the UFC there were strong concerns about women entering the organisation - would it be received as a positive or a negative change and thus if it was economically sustainable. After the first women’s fight in the UFC, the appearances of the competitors weren’t referenced as frequently in the material as before, and their performances were highlighted in a much higher degree. Ronda Rousey is portrayed as the most important individual competitor in women’s MMA. She’s got “everything”, both the looks and talent. But to some extent her talent is marginalized. A resistance that may be based in the unfamiliarity of seeing a woman in the spotlight of the MMA-world.

Submitted by Izabel Franco (izabel-franco@ufscar.br) on 2016-10-10T13:32:35Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DissTHVM.pdf: 1434911 bytes, checksum: 6bda93b6ed17dc1b87dc6c2a10de38e8 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Marina Freitas (marinapf@ufscar.br) on 2016-10-20T19:45:57Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DissTHVM.pdf: 1434911 bytes, checksum: 6bda93b6ed17dc1b87dc6c2a10de38e8 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Marina Freitas (marinapf@ufscar.br) on 2016-10-20T19:46:02Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DissTHVM.pdf: 1434911 bytes, checksum: 6bda93b6ed17dc1b87dc6c2a10de38e8 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-20T19:46:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DissTHVM.pdf: 1434911 bytes, checksum: 6bda93b6ed17dc1b87dc6c2a10de38e8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-06-17 / Não recebi financiamento / Alternaria Brown Spot (ABS), caused by Alernaria alternata a fungus which produces a host specific toxin (HST), is a disease of huge importance in mandarin orchards in many producing regions in the world. The selection of varieties resistant to disease is of great economic importance. In this study different hybrids of citrus were evaluated. These hybrids were obtained by directed crosses and preselected by agronomic characteristics that make them potential new varieties of oranges and mandarins, for industry or fresh fruit. The evaluation of these new genotypes is an essential step for the release of new varieties. Seventy-nine hybrids and their parents were subjected to inoculation with an isolated from A. alternaria in detached leaves and plant assays. The severity of disease was measured by the scale described in the literature. The evaluation of Mendelian segregation in hybrids of Murcott tangor and Pera sweet orange, evaluated in greater numbers, allows inference about the genetics of resistance heritability of ABS and to map the genomic region associated with the fungus using an integrated genetic map previously obtained. Different responses were observed after the fungus inoculation. Five hybrids of Willowleaf mandarin like, six hybrids of mandarin like, three hybrids of Murcott like and 21 hybrids of orange like, resistant to ABS, or with few symptoms of the disease were selected. High values of heritability and genetic variability measured indicate that the selection of resistant plants in the progeny can be successful. A resistance gene and molecular markers associated with it were located in the same linkage group 3 of integrated map of Murcott and Pera. The selected genotypes constitute potential material for commercial planting and for the control of disease in the field. / A mancha marrom de alternaria (MMA), causada pelo fungo Alternaria alternata, que produz uma toxina específica ao hospedeiro (Host Specific Toxin, HST) é uma doença de grande importância nos pomares de tangerinas em muitas regiões produtoras no mundo. A seleção de variedades resistentes à doença é de grande importância econômica. Neste trabalho foram avaliados diferentes híbridos de citros, obtidos por cruzamentos dirigidos e pré-selecionados, por apresentarem características agronômicas que os tornam potenciais novas variedades de laranjas e tangerinas, tanto para a citricultura industrial, quanto de mesa. A avaliação destes novos genótipos é uma etapa imprescindível para a liberação de novas variedades. Setenta e nove híbridos juntamente com seus genitores foram submetidos à inoculação com um isolado de A. alternaria em folhas destacadas e em plantas. A severidade da doença foi mensurada através de escala descrita na literatura. A avaliação da segregação mendeliana nos híbridos de tangor Murcott e laranja Pera, avaliados em maior número, permitiu inferir acerca da herdabilidade genética da resistência a MMA e mapear a região genômica associada à resposta das plantas ao fungo em um mapa genético integrado dos genitores previamente obtido. Foram observadas diferentes respostas à inoculação controlada do fungo. Foram selecionados cinco híbridos tipo mexerica, seis híbridos tipo tangerina, três híbridos tipo tangor Murcott e 21 híbridos tipo laranja resistentes a MMA, ou que apresentaram poucos sintomas da doença. Os valores elevados de herdabilidade e variabilidade genotípica mensurados indicam que a seleção de plantas resistentes na progênie pode ser realizada com sucesso. Marcadores ligados à região associada à resposta à infecção com A. alternata foram localizados no grupo de ligação 3 do mapa integrado de tangor Murcott e laranja Pera. Os genótipos selecionados se constituem em materiais potenciais para plantio comercial, visando ao controle da doença no campo.