知識分享是實現成功知識管理的關鍵步驟，然而在公共組織中的成員，當他們去分享自己的知識時，不僅需要花額外的時間和努力之外，甚至可能還會減少他們自己在組織中的權力地位和競爭價值，因此將成員個體的知識轉換組合成組織整體的知識，相形之下會更不容易達成。故本研究的目的在於瞭解哪些因素會影響公共組織成員中的知識分享行為，因此本研究模式中的構念係根據社會交換理論、社會資本理論以及計畫行為理論為基礎。 / 本研究根據這些相關理論所提出之構念發展出涵蓋社會心理(例如外在報酬、預期互惠及樂於助人)、組織系絡(例如認同、信任及支持分享的規範)以及資訊科技(例如資訊科技使用)等三組因素層面的整合性研究模式，並認為這三組因素層面下的變數都會影響成員的知識分享行為。而本研究對象為台北市政府所屬之一級行政機關單位的員工，經過叢聚隨機抽樣後，抽出16個市府所屬之一級行政機關單位中850位受訪者，有效問卷數為524份。而本研究採取結構方程模式(SEM)途徑來檢定本研究模式之假設關係與模式配適程度。 / 研究結果除了發現本研究模式配適度良好外，也發現模式內生變數部份中的知識分享意圖與知識分享行為有高度的正面影響關係，而知識分享的態度、主觀規範與行為控制認知對於知識分享意圖也有正面的影響關係。而模式外生變數部份，預期互惠、樂於助人和組織認同感對於知識分享態度有直接的正面影響；此外組織信任和支持分享的規範對於知識分享的主觀規範有直接的正面影響；還有資訊科技使用對於知識分享的行為控制認知有直接的正面影響，而令人訝異的是在本研究中的外在報酬對於知識分享態度卻是直接的負面影響。 / 因此基於這些研究結果的發現，認為增加員工間的知識分享行為和參加知識分享活動是和正面的社會互動文化有所關聯，因此除了型塑出彼此相互信任、認同的組織氣候或文化之外，也必須建構出易於知識分享的組織規範(如創新、團隊合作和尊重多元價值等)。然而知識分享主要是人與人之間的社會交換活動，因此還要強化成員分享知識的內在動機(如樂於助人)。所以鼓勵公共組織中的管理者和員工彼此間能夠保持頻繁的社會互動，以建立彼此間的人際信任與預期互關係，還有對組織整體的認同與信任，以促使成員產生分享知識的意圖。最後給組織中的公共管理者與政策制定者一個啟示，知識分享還是需要有一個知識分享環境或文化，因此管理者應該確保有效地創造出易於知識分享的環境或文化，以促使知識分享行為的產生。 / Knowledge sharing is a critical step for successful knowledge management. However, sharing knowledge not only requires time and effort but also reduces value or power in the public organization. Therefore, individual’s knowledge does not transform easily into organizational knowledge. The purpose of this study is to develop an understanding of the factors affecting the individual’s knowledge sharing behavior in the governmental context. The research model includes various constructs based on social exchange theory, social capital theory , and the theory of planned behavior .Hence, this research developed an integrated theoretical model and unveiled three sets of critical factors: psychological(extrinsic rewards, reciprocal relationships, enjoyment in helping others), organizational (identification ,trust , pro-sharing norm)and technological(information technology usage) that are believed to affect the knowledge sharing behaviors. Data collected from 524 employees in Taipei City Government were conducted to test the research model using the structural equation modeling (SEM) approach. / The results of the study provide empirical support for the overall structure theorized in the research model. Knowledge sharing behavior was predicted by the employees’ intention towards knowledge sharing and perceived behavioral control. Knowledge sharing intention in turn was predicted by employees’ attitude towards knowledge sharing, subjective norm and perceived behavioral control. The employees perceptions of reciprocal relationships, enjoyment in helping others and identification were positively associated with favorable attitude towards knowledge sharing. The perceptions of extrinsic rewards exerted a negative effect on the attitude. Organizational trust and pro-sharing norm positively influenced employees’ subjective norm. Additionally, information technology usage was positively associated with high levels of perceived behavioral control towards knowledge sharing. / Based on the findings, the study indicates that an increased effort to encourage employees to participate knowledge sharing activities is associated with a positive social interaction culture. Specifically, reinforcing individual’s intrinsic motivation and creating an organizational context characterized by trust, identification and pro-sharing norm are likely to encourage both management and employees to socialize and interact frequently with each other by means of driving knowledge sharing intention. Finally, the study has implications for public manager and policy maker to formulate policies and appropriately to ensure the effective creation of a knowledge sharing culture.

Metal oxides are of immense technological importance. Their wide variety of structural and electronic characteristics leads to a flexibility unrivalled by other groups of materials. However, there is still much debate about the fundamental properties of some of the most widely used oxides, including TiO₂ and In₂O₃. This work presents high quality, in-depth characterisation of these two oxides in pure and doped form, including soft and hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. Bulk samples as well as thin film samples were prepared analysed. For the preparation of thin films a high quality sol-gel dip-coating method was developed, which resulted in epitaxial films. In more detail the organisation of the thesis is as follows: Chapter 1 provides an introduction to key ideas related to metal oxides and presents the metal oxides investigated in this thesis, In₂O₃, Ga₂O₃, Tl₂O₃, TiO₂, and SnO₂. Chapter 2 presents background information and Chapter 3 gives the practical details of the experimental techniques employed. Chapters 4 presents reciprocal space maps of MBE-grown In₂O₃ thin films and nanorods on YSZ substrates. Chapters 5 and 6 investigate the doping of In₂O₃ bulk samples with gallium and thallium and introduce a range of solid state characterisation techniques. Chapter 7 describes the development of a dip-coating sol-gel method for the growth of thin films of TiO₂ and shows 3D reciprocal space maps of the resulting films. Chapter 8 concerns hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of undoped and Sn-doped TiO₂. Chapter 9 interconnects previous chapters by presenting 2D reciprocal space maps of nano structured epitaxial samples of In₂O₃ grown by the newly developed sol-gel based method. Chapter 10 concludes this thesis with a summary of the results.

Les isolateurs optiques sont des composants non-réciproques très important dans les systèmes de télécommunication optique. Actuellement les composants commercialisés sont tous discrets, à cause de la difficulté d’intégration des matériaux magnéto-optiques avec les technologies de l’optique intégrée. L’objectif de ma thèse était d’ouvrir une nouvelle voie technologique pour aboutir à une telle intégration. Pour cela nous avons développé une approche basée sur l’utilisation d’un matériau magnéto-optique composite complètement compatible avec la technologie d’échange d’ions sur verre. Ce matériau est élaboré par la voie sol-gel organique-inorganique et dopé par des nanoparticules magnétiques de ferrite de Cobalt (CoFe204). Il a montré des potentialités très prometteuses, illustré par une rotation Faraday spécifique de 420°/cm (@1550nm). Ce composite est déposé par la méthode dip-coating sur un guide fait par échange ionique d’Ar+/Na+, avec des extrémités enterrées par la méthode d’enterrage sélective pour faciliter le couplage-découplage de la lumière dans la structure hybride. Enfin, un traitement thermique (<100°C) et un traitement UV compatibles avec le procédé d’échange d’ions sur verre sont appliqués sur le dispositif pour finaliser la couche magnéto-optique. La caractérisation optique de notre dispositif a montré une bonne distribution de la lumière entre la couche magnéto-optique et le guide fait par échange d’ions (un bon confinement latéral). De plus, l’application d’un champ magnétique longitudinal au composant a permis de démontrer une valeur de conversion de mode TE-TM qui correspond bien à la quantité de la lumière confinée dans la couche magnéto-optique et la biréfringence modale de la structure. Donc, le but principal de la thèse est atteint, et ces résultats montrent la faisabilité d’un convertisseur de mode TE-TM compatible avec la technologie d’optique intégrée sur verre / Optical isolators are essential nonreciprocal devices used in optical communication systems. Currently, these components are commercially available but only in bulk form, due to the difficulties to embed magneto-optical materials with integrated classical technologies. To overcome this problem, our group has developed a new approach based on composite magneto-optical matrix that is fully compatible with ion-exchanged glass waveguide technology. This material is developed by organic inorganic sol-gel process and doped by magnetic nanoparticles (CoFe2O4). Such a magneto-optical composite matrix has shown promising potentialities illustrated by a specific Faraday rotation of 420°/cm (@1550nm). Using dip-coating technique, a composite layer was coated on a glass substrate containing straight channel waveguide made by a silver/sodium ion exchange. The extremities of the guides were previously buried using selective buried method in order to facilitate coupling-decoupling of light in hybrid structure. Last, a soft annealing (<100°C) and UV treatment, both compatible with the ion-exchanged process, have been implemented to finalize the magneto-optical film. Optical characterization demonstrated a good distribution of light between the magneto-optical thin film and the ion-exchanged waveguide (good lateral confinement). Furthermore TE to TM mode conversion has been observed when a longitudinal magnetic field is applied to the device. The amount of this conversion is in good agreement with the distribution of light between the layer and the guide obtained by numerical calculations, and the modal birefringence of the structure. So, the aim of my thesis is achieved and the results demonstrate the feasibility of TE to TM mode converter fully compatible with glass integrated optics

Participant d'une nature mixte, contractuelle par sa source, juridictionnelle par son objet, la transaction permet ainsi aux parties de terminer une contestation née ou prévenir une contestation à naître. Elle présente une utilité remarquable pour la matière administrative. La transaction, notion de droit civil empruntée par le juge administratif, a donné lieu à des interprétations prétoriennes diverses. Le droit n'étant pas figé, le juge administratif, sous couvert d'une philosophie propre, a oeuvré pour la préservation de ses intérêts en se détachant progressivement des principes civils du contrat de transaction. L'expression de « transaction administrative » vise le fait que la transaction est conclue par ou au nom d'une personne publique. Celle-ci peut cependant être un contrat de droit privé ou un contrat administratif. Certes, l'expression « matière administrative » peut être entendue au sens large et au sens strict. Le contentieux de la transaction est en plein essor. Depuis longtemps déjà le droit public emprunte les règles civiles du contrat de transaction relevant de régimes juridiques différents. Des difficultés sérieuses subsistent cependant. Aussi, il convenait de démontrer pourquoi et comment le juge administratif a entrepris une clarification de l'état du droit de la transaction en matière administrative. L'étude a été l'occasion de distinguer la fonction d'adaptation et de systématisation du juge administratif, là où cette différenciation n'était que rarement envisagée. / Participant of a mixed nature, by its contractual source, legal in its object, the transaction and allows the parties to end a dispute arising or prevent future litigation. It has a remarkable usefulness for administrative matters. The transaction, civil law concept borrowed by the administrative judge, gave rise to various interpretations praetorian. The law is not static, the administrative judge, under cover of a personal philosophy, worked to preserve its interests gradually detaching civilians principles of contract transaction. The term "administrative transaction" refers to the fact that the transaction is entered into by or on behalf of a public entity. This can however be a private contract or an administrative contract. Admittedly, the term "administration" can be interpreted broadly and narrowly. Litigation of the transaction is booming. Has long been public law borrows the civil rules of contract transaction subject to different legal regimes. Serious difficulties remain. Also, it was necessary to demonstrate why and how the administrative judge undertook a clarification of the law of the transaction in administrative matters. The study was an opportunity to distinguish the function of adaptation and systematization of administrative courts, where this differentiation was rarely considered.

O presente trabalho se propõe a compreender a variabilidade cultural humana em relação à organização da família por meio das teorias darwinianas da seleção natural e da seleção sexual, e se encontra baseado em evidências vindas da comparação de dados etnográficos. Pretende-se demonstrar que existe uma alteração marcante no comportamento de todos os envolvidos nas relações familiares quando mudam as regras de herança. Essas alterações assim ocorrem porque as regras de herança direcionam o Investimento Parental Masculino (MPI), ora ao sobrinho, ora ao filho. A hipótese apresentada é a de que a variação do MPI modifica de maneira compreensível e previsível as relações familiares em organizações matrilineares e patrilineares. A prova da hipótese será feita por meio da aplicação do método intercultural com pesquisa etnográfica nos bancos de dados do HRAF, e utilizando-se da amostra PSF. Os resultados do presente trabalho indicarão que em sociedades em que o tio tem uma relação afetuosa com seu sobrinho, o marido espanca a mulher; e quando o pai se relaciona de maneira indulgente e amigável com seu filho, irmãos e irmãs se evitam, alinhando esses fatos de maneira que possam ser coerentemente entendidos com a teoria sociobiológica. A riqueza cultural, o sem número de costumes, as tradições, os tabus, as normas explícitas ou ocultas, os aparatos de coerção de toda sorte, as regras sobre herança, casamento, dote, preço da noiva, divisão de trabalho, enfim, todas as regras observadas em todos os agrupamentos humanos podem ser explicadas à luz das seguintes teorias: a) da “seleção de consangüíneos" (Hamilton, 1963), b) do “altruísmo recíproco" (Trivers, 1971), c) do “investimento parental e seleção sexual" (Trivers, 1972), e d) do “conflito entre prole e parentais" (Trivers, 1974). / The present work proposes to account for cultural variability in connection to human family organization, through Darwin’s theories of natural selection and sexual selection. It is also founded on evidence based on the comparison of ethnographic data of diverse human societies. It intends to demonstrate that there is a significant alteration in the behavior of family members when the rules of inheritance of wealth change. These alterations are triggered because the rules of inheritance dictate the MPI – Male Parental Investment – sometimes in the nephew and sometimes in the son. The hypothesis is that this variation in MPI (male investment in either the nephew or the son) modifies family relations in matrilineal and patrilineal organizations in a predictable manner. The role played by MPI in determining family tensions will be shown by applying cross cultural analysis to the data obtained from HRAF (Human Relations Area Files), using PSF (Probability Sample Files). The results of the present work show that societies in which the uncle’s relation with his nephew is affectionate, the husband beats the wife; on the other hand, when the father’s relation with his son is indulgent and friendly, brother and sister avoid each other. This variability of behavior can be coherently explained by sociobiological theory. Cultural wealth: the innumerable customs, the traditions, the taboos, the manifest and hidden norms, the apparatus of coercion, the rules of inheritance, marriage, dowry, bride price, the division of labor, in short, all the rules observed in all human groups can be explained in the light of the following theories: a) ‘kinship selection’ (Hamilton, 1963); b) ‘reciprocal altruism’ (Trivers, 1971; Axelrod, 1981); c) ‘parental investment and sexual selection’ (Trivers, 1972); and d) ‘parentoffspring conflict’ (Trivers, 1974).

O Tiro com Arco é uma modalidade olímpica na qual os atletas exibem diversas estratégias de coordenação muscular na preparação do disparo da flecha, principalmente no período da liberação do clicker, tornando dificultosa a interpretação da coordenação de arqueiros no que tange à sua pontuação. Deste modo, algumas técnicas, como a Análise de Vetor Codificado e co-ativação/inibição recíproca, provenientes de abordagens de Controle Motor, podem ajudar-nos a desvendar quais parâmetros em comum que estes arqueiros utilizam quando atiram e sua relação com seu desempenho obtido durante o disparo sequencial de flechas. O objetivo do trabalho foi o de avaliar a coordenação muscular utilizada por arqueiros da seleção brasileira durante uma simulação qualificatória olímpica, através da técnica eletromiográfica. Participaram 11 arqueiros da seleção brasileira; idade: 25,2±4,9 anos, altura: 1,72±0,12m, peso: 68,6±11,8 kg, FITA score: 1258±43 pontos, Qualificação: 632±20 pontos, Flecha média: 8,7±0,3 pontos. A análise EMG foi dividida em 0,5s antes e 0,15s após a liberação do clicker. Foi utilizado o valor RMS deste sinal de doze músculos: no lado que traciona a corda (dominante) - FSD (Flexor Superficial dos dedos); ED (Extensor dos dedos); BBL (Bíceps Braquial); TBL (Tríceps Braquial Cabeça longa); GD (Grande Dorsal) PMC (Peitoral Maior Clavicular); TS (Trapézio Superior); SAD (Serrátil Anterior); RA (Reto Abdominal) e ML (Multífido Lombar). Lado não dominante (nD) DPnD (Deltóide Posterior); SAnD (Serrátil Anterior), no qual foram criados em 14 pares de análise (agonista-antagonista: FSD-ED; BBL-TBL; GD-PMC; TS-SAD; RA-ML; distal-proximal: FSD-BBL; FSD-TBL; ED-BBL; ED-TBL; e mistos: PMC-SAD; GD-TS; SAD-SAnD; SAnD-DPnD; GD-DPnD), para a análise dentro das técnicas de Co-ativação/Inibição Reciproca e Análise de Vetor Codificado. Nos resultados; oito pares (FSD-ED; BBL-TBL; TS-SAD; FSD-BBL; FSD-TBL; ED-TBL; SAD-SAnD; SAnD-DPnD) co-ativaram diferentemente na transição de blocos (p<0.05); e 12 (FSD-ED; BBL-TBL; GD-PMC; TS-SAD; FSD-BBL; FSD-TBL; ED-BBL; ED-TBL; PMC-SAD; SAD-SAnD; SAnD-DPnD; GD-DPnD) co-ativaram diferentemente na comparação do escore obtido (p<0.05). Em nove pares, os arqueiros, evidenciaram diferentes estratégias de inibição recíproca na transição de blocos (FSD-ED; BBL-TBL; TS-SAD; FSD-BBL; FSD-TBL; ED-BBL; ED-TBL; SAD-SAnD; SAnD-DPnD) (p<0.05); um (TS-SAD) na análise de flechas (p<0.05); e nove (FSD-ED; BBL-TBL; FSD-BBL; FSD-TBL; ED-BBL; ED-TBL; SAD-SAnD; SAnD-DPnD; GD-DPnD) na análise do escore. A análise de Vetor Codificado apresentou que, no total de flechas disparadas nove pares (FSD-ED; GD-PMC; FSD-BBL; FSD-TBL; ED-BBL; ED-TBL; PMC-SAD; SAD-SAnD; SAnD-DPnD) mudaram a moda de fase de coordenação na transição de ajustes posturais, enquanto no desempenho 11 pares (FSD-ED; BBL-TBL; GD-PMC; TS-SAD; FSD-BBL; FSD-TBL; ED-BBL; ED-TBL; PMC-SAD; SAD-SAnD; SAnD-DPnD) evidenciaram tais mudanças. As técnicas apresentadas no presente estudo revelaram parâmetros em comum associados com as sequências temporais de disparo de flechas e com os escores obtidos por arqueiros de elite, isto corrobora com a complexidade da análise do desempenho em atletas de alto rendimento, contudo também colocam a disposição técnicas que ajudam na filtragem e verificação desses parâmetros outrora divergentes / Archery is an Olympic sport in which the athletes exhibit several muscular coordination patterns in the arrow shooting, mainly in the clicker falls tempo, making difficult the interpretation of the coordination of archers in what concerns to their score. Thus, some techniques, such as Vector Coding and co-activation/reciprocal inhibition, from Motor Control approaches, can help us to discover what common patterns these archers use when firing and their relation to their obtained performance during the sequential firing of arrows. Aim: evaluate the muscular coordination used by archers of the Brazilian team during an Olympic qualifying simulation, using the electromyographic technique. Eleven archers of the Brazilian team participated; age: 25.2 ± 4.9 years, height: 1.72 ± 0.12m, weight: 68.6 ± 11.8 kg, FITA score: 1258 ± 43 points, Qualification: 632 ± 20 points, Mean arrow: 8.7 ± 0.3 points. The EMG analysis was divided in 0.5s before and 0.15s after the release of the clicker. The RMS value of this twelve-muscle signal was used: drawning arm (dominant side) - FDS (Flexor Digitorum Superficilis); ED (Extensor Digitorum); BB (Biceps Brachii); TBL (Triceps Brachii - Long Head); LD (Latissimus Dorsi) PMC (Pectoralis Major Clavicular Head); UT (Upper Trapezius); ASD (Anterior Serratus); RA (Rectus Abdominis) and LM (Lumbar Multifidus). Non-dominant side (nD) DPnD (Posterior deltoid) and ASnD (Anterior Serratus non-dominant side); pairs created (Agonist-Antagonist: FDS-ED, BBL-TBL, LD-PMC, UT-ASD, RA-LM; Distal-Proximal: FDS-BBL, FDS-TBL, ED-BBL, ED-TBL and the pairs glenohumeral-scapular: PMC-SAD, GD-TS, SAD-SAnD, SAnD-DPnD, GD-DPnD) for analysis of co-activation/reciprocal inhibition and Vector Coding. Results; eight pairs (FDS-ED, BB-TBL, UT-ASD, FDS-BB, FDS-TBL, ED-TBL, ASD-ASnD, ASnD-DPnD) coactivated differently in blocks transition (p<0.05); and 12 (FDS-ED, BB-TBL, LD-PMC, UT-ASD, FDS-BB, FDS-TBL, ED-BB, ED-TBL, PMC-ASD, ASD-ASnD, ASnD-DPnD, LD-DPnD) co-activated differently in the score comparison (p<0.05). Also, the archers displayed different strategies of reciprocal inhibition in the blocks transition (FDS-ED, BB-TBL, UT-ASD, FDS-BB, FDS-TBL, ED-BBL, ED-TBL, ASD-ASnD; ASnD-DPnD) (p<0.05); one (UT-ASD) in the arrow analysis (p<0.05); and nine (FDS-ED, BB-TBL, FDS-BBL, FDS-TBL, ED-BBL, ED-TBL, ASD-ASnD, ASnD-DPnD, LD-DPnD) in the score analysis. Nine Vector Coding pairs (FDS-BB, FDS-TBL, ED-BB, ED-TBL, PMC-ASD, ASD-ASnD, ASnD- DPnD) changed the coordination phase mode in postural adjustments transition, while 11 pairs (FDS-ED; BB-TBL; LD-PMC; UT-ASD; FDS-BB; FDS-TBL; ED-BB; ED-TBL, PMC-ASD, ASD-ASnD, ASnD-DPnD) showed such changes in score analysis. The techniques presented in the present study revealed common parameters associated with temporal shoot-out and scores obtained by elite archers, dispite the complexity of performance analysis in high-performance athletes

The topic of this diploma thesis is Interaction between parent and child with autistic spectrum disorder. The theoretical part is about mental development neurotypical preschool child and child with ASD, focused on social skills, speech and play. Emphasis is placed on reciprocity in parent-child socio-communication interaction. Next chapter is devoted to the specifics of raising a child with ASD. Empirical part contains qualitative research to investigate individual variability in social-communication behaviour in dyadic interaction parent-child with ASD. Videos were taken from which the socio-reciprocal skills, frequency and quality of interactions and initiation of contact on the part of the child and its response to parental initiation were analysed. Special attention was paid to making eye contact. The output of the thesis is practical recommendations for mothers, detailed qualitative analyses of observed interactions and a more detailed description of the socio-communicative behaviour of children with PAS. Keywords: interaction parent-child with ASD, social skills, social reciprocity, reciprocity in social communication, reciprocal-social behavior, play of preschool child, preschool child with ASD

Submitted by Kelson Anthony de Menezes (kelson@ucb.br) on 2017-01-09T11:10:46Z No. of bitstreams: 1 BrunaRibeiroGanemDissertacaoParcial2015.pdf: 952390 bytes, checksum: b9f45d5295e02005f556c040f27bb147 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-09T11:10:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 BrunaRibeiroGanemDissertacaoParcial2015.pdf: 952390 bytes, checksum: b9f45d5295e02005f556c040f27bb147 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-12-15 / This is a critical paper about the incidence of Real State Tax, a municipal tax, in cases where immovable properties and assets held by Federal or States Government are occupied by particular persons, as result of legal use concession contracts or authorized occupation, and its connections with the Mutual Tax Immunity. To achieve these aims, therefore, this study solved the following research problems: in first place, confirmation of the partial unconstitutionality of the National Tax Code in relation to the Constitution of 1946 and its non reception by the current Federal Constitution (1988); construction of the normative matrix rule of the studied tax, since the constitutional level, passing throw the complementary legal settlement, until the local legislation, study that resulted in a doctrinal refinement of the analyzed institute, specially, on its material, personal e quantitative criterions; and, in second place, implications of the Mutual Tax Immunity on the definition of the taxpayer subject, considering the impossibility of transferring the payment responsibility to a non-taxable person, such as the occupant of the public property covered by a concession contract. Furthermore, this research analyzed the Mutual Tax Immunity under the Article 150, VI, ???a???, of the Federal Constitution, in order to identify if it grants a absolute status of protection against the taxation, or if it can be relaxed in cases where the Public Person explore remunerate economic activities. These subjects are under judgment by the Brazilian Supreme Court in the Leading Case number 473 of the general repercussion. Finally, from the theory of the fundamental rights of Robert Alexy, pondering and weighing were developed in order to solve the conflict between the involved constitutional principles: the Free Competition as a key element of an open market economy; and the Mutual Tax Immunity as a guarantor of the Federation Principle. / O objeto de estudo deste trabalho ?? a an??lise da incid??ncia do Imposto Predial e Territorial Urbano (IPTU) sobre os im??veis p??blicos ocupados por particulares por meio de contratos onerosos de concess??o de direito real de uso. No primeiro cap??tulo, a autora fez uma an??lise hist??ria da evolu????o constitucional do estudado imposto e suas rela????es com o C??digo Tribut??rio Nacional (CTN), que resultou no reconhecimento da inconstitucionalidade material de partes dos artigos 32 e 34 do CTN em face da Constitui????o de 1946, bem como a sua n??o recep????o parcial pela Constitui????o Federal de 1988. No cap??tulo subsequente, a norma tribut??ria do IPTU foi estruturada em seus diversos planos normativos, com a constru????o de suas regras-matrizes constitucional, complementar e local, cujos conte??dos se mostraram conflitantes. O terceiro cap??tulo foi direcionado para a constru????o de uma proposta de solu????o para o Tema 437 da Repercuss??o Geral do Supremo Tribunal Federal, que tem como objeto a verifica????o da possibilidade de manuten????o da imunidade tribut??ria rec??proca dos entes p??blicos nas situa????es em que transferem a posse e o uso de seus bens im??veis para particulares mediante o recebimento de contrapresta????o. Nesse contexto, foi necess??rio analisar se a imunidade em quest??o pode ser afastada em raz??o do car??ter oneroso do contrato, bem como se essa atividade de concess??o de bem im??vel p??blico pode ser considerada como h??bil para interferir na livre concorr??ncia do setor imobili??rio local. Para solucionar essas quest??es, utilizou-se a teoria dos direitos fundamentais de Robert Alexy, com a pondera????o e o sopesamento do princ??pio da imunidade tribut??ria rec??proca com o da livre concorr??ncia, a fim de verificar qual deles deve prevalecer no caso concreto. Por fim, foi apresentada uma proposta de solu????o para o leading case que tem a pretens??o tanto de harmonizar o conflito principiol??gico constatado, como de aprimorar a estrutura????o da regra-matriz do IPTU, particularmente no que tange ?? defini????o de seus crit??rios material, pessoal e quantitativo.

Silicon technologyhas been seekingfor a monolithic solution for a chip where data processing and data communication is performed in the CMOS part and the photonic component, respectively. Traditionally, silicon has been widely considered for electronic applications but not for photonic applications due to its indirect bandgap nature. However, band structure engineering and manipulation through alloying Si with Ge and Sn has opened new possibilities. Theoretical calculations show that it is possible to achieve direct transitions from Ge ifit is alloyed with Sn. Therefore, a GeSn system is a choice to get a direct bandgap. Extending to ternary GeSnSi and quaternary GeSnSiCstructures grown on Si wafers not only makes the bandgap engineering possible but also allowsgrowing lattice matched systems with different strain and bandgaps located in the infrared region. Different heterostructures can be designed and fabricated for detecting lightas photonic sensing oremitting the light as lasers. Alloying not only makes engineering possible but it also induces strain which plays an important role for electronic applications. Theoretical and experimental works show that tensile strain could increase the mobility, which is promising for electronic devices where high mobility channels for high performance MOSFETs is needed to speed up the switching rate. On the other hand, high n-doping in tensile strains in p-i-n structures makesΓ band transitions most probable which is promising for detection and emission of the light. As another benefit of tensile strain, the direct bandgap part shrinks faster than the indirect one if the strain amount is increased. To get both electronic and photonic applications of GeSn-based structures, two heterostructures (Ge/GeSn(Si)/GeSi/Ge/Si and Ge/GeSn/Si systems), including relaxed and compressive strained layers used to produce tensile strained layers, were designed in this thesis. The low temperature growth is of key importance in this work because the synthesis of GeSn-based hetrostructures on Si wafers requires low thermal conditions due tothe large lattice mismatch which makes them metastable. RPCVD was used to synthesize theseheterostructures because not only it offers a low temperature growth but also because it is compatible with CMOS technology. For utilization of these structures in devices, n-type and p-type doping of relaxed and compressive strained layers were developed. HRRLMs, HRTEM, RBS, SIMS, and FPP techniques were employed to evaluatestrain, quality, Sn content and composition profile of the heterostructures. The application of GeSn-based heterostructures is not restricted to electronics and photonics. Another application investigated in this work is photovoltaics. In competition with Si-based solar cells, which have, or areexpected to have,high stability and efficiency, thirdgeneration solar cells offer the use of low cost materials and production and can therefore be an alternative for future light energy conversion technology. Particularly, quantum dot sensitized solar cells are associated with favorable properties such as high extrinsic coefficients, size dependent bandgaps and multiple exciton generation and with a theoretical efficiencyof 44%. In this work, two categories of QDs, Cd-free and Cd-based QDs were employed as sensitizers in quantum dot sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs). Cd-based QDs have attracted large interest due to high quantum yield,however, toxicityremains still totheir disadvantage. Mn doping as a bandgap engineering tool for Cd-based type IIZnSe/CdS QDs wasemployed to boostthe solar cell efficiency. Theoretical and experimental investigations show that compared to single coreQDSSCs,typeII core-shells offer higher electron-hole separation due to efficient band alignment where the photogenerated electrons and holes are located in the conduction band of the shell and valence band of the core, respectively. This electron-hole separation suppresses recombination and by carefully designing the band alignment in the deviceit can increase the electron injection and consequently the power conversion efficiency of the device. Considering eco-friendly and commercialization aspects, three different “green” colloidal nanostructures having special band alignments, which are compatible for sensitized solar cells, were designed and fabricated by the hot injection method. Cu2GeS3-InP QDs not only can harvest light energy up to the infraredregion but can also be usedastypeII QDs. ZnS-coating was employed as a strategy to passivate the surface of InP QDs from interaction with air and electrolyte. In addition, ZnS-coating and hybrid passivation was applied for CuInS2QDs to eliminate surface traps. / <p>QC 20151125</p>

Abnormal electromagnetic wave propagation characterized by negative group velocity and consequently negative group delay (NGD) has been observed in certain materials as well as in artificially built structures. Within finite frequency intervals where an NGD phenomenon is observed, higher frequency components of the applied waveform are propagated with phase advancement, not delay, relative to the lower frequency components. These media have found use in many applications that require positive delay compensation and an engineered phase characteristic, such as eliminating phase variation with frequency in phase shifters, beam-squint minimization in phased array antenna systems, size reduction of feed-forward amplifiers and others. The three principal questions this thesis addresses are: can a generic formulation for artificial NGD structures based on electric circuit resonators be developed; is it possible to derive a quantitative functional relationship (asymptotic limit) between the maximum achievable NGD and the identified trade-off quantity (out-of-band gain); and, can a microwave circuit exhibiting a fully loss-compensated NGD propagation in both directions be designed and implemented? A generic frequency-domain formulation of artificial NGD structures based on electric circuit resonators is developed and characterized by three parameters, namely center frequency, bandwidth and the out-of-band gain. The developed formulation is validated through several topologies reported in the literature. The trade-off relationship between the achievable NGD on one hand, and the out-of-band gain on the other, is identified. The out-of-band gain is shown to be proportional to transient amplitudes when waveforms with defined “turn on/off” times are propagated through an NGD medium. An asymptotic limit for achievable NGD as a function of the out-of-band gain is derived for multi-stage resonator-based NGD circuits as well as for an optimally engineered linear causal NGD medium. Passive NGD media exhibit loss which can be compensated for via active elements. However, active elements are unilateral in nature and therefore do not allow propagation in both directions. A bilateral gain-compensated circuit is designed and implemented, which overcomes this problem by employing a dual-amplifier configuration while preserving the overall circuit stability.