abstract: By extracting communication sequences from audio data collected during two separate five-person mission-planning tasks, interaction patterns in team communication were analyzed using a recurrence-based, nonlinear dynamics approach. These methods, previously successful in detecting pattern change in a three-person team task, were evaluated for their applicability to larger team settings, and their ability to detect pattern change when team members switched roles or locations partway through the study (Study 1) or change in patterns over time (Study 2). Both traditional interaction variables (Talking Time, Co-Talking Time, and Sequence Length of Interactions) and dynamic interaction variables (Recurrence Rate, Determinism, and Pattern Information) were explored as indicators and predictors of changes in team structure and performance. Results from these analyses provided support that both traditional and dynamic interaction variables reflect some changes in team structure and performance. However, changes in communication patterns were not detected. Because simultaneous conversations are possible in larger teams, but not detectable through our communication sequence methods, team pattern changes may not be visible in communication sequences for larger teams. This suggests that these methods may not be applicable for larger teams, or in situations where simultaneous conversations may occur. Further research is needed to continue to explore the applicability of recurrence-based nonlinear dynamics in the analysis of team communication. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.S. Applied Psychology 2012

The thesis deals with algorithms for detecting anomalies in the data collected by the Problem Solving Tutor research. In the theoretical part, the author introduces the term of anomaly, the ideas of the PROSO research and a detailed overview of existing algorithms to detect anomalies. In the practical part, selected algorithms are implemented. Real outputs and results as well as recommendations to a user are presented in this part, and the chapter is supplemented by a number of graphs. The implemented algorithms are also compared to existing data mining software. An example of working with the data mining tools, applied to the data coming from PROSO, and explanation of their outputs is also part of the thesis. In the summary, the appropriate methodology for behavior analysis and anomaly detection is determinied.

The aim of my thesis is a comparison of the market value and the detected value of building land in the former district of Pisek . In the theoretical part I focused on the real estate market, focusing on building plots, parcels , their prices and factors which influence it. In the practical part I compare the market value and detected value.

This work aims to analyze the discourses of the press intentona Communist Pernambuco in 1935. Because these speeches helped and contributed to a negative image of the left in Brazil. Thus, several issues were relevant to an analysis of this intense study, as ideology, left and right and also as the press was used to build these issues in a distorted analysis of those who participated in the communist movement. We see listed in the official newspaper of Pernambuco left pejorative terms such as extremists, anarchy, disorder and other leading newspapers of the party (player) to see the movement as something detrimental to society. These terms have influenced the popular imagination a malicious look on the left. / Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar os discursos da imprensa escrita Pernambucana a intentona comunista de 1935. Como esses discursos ajudaram e contribuíram para uma imagem negativa da esquerda no Brasil. Desta forma, vários temas foram relevantes para uma análise intensa deste estudo, como ideologia, esquerda e direita e também como a imprensa se utilizou desses assuntos para construção de uma análise deturpada daqueles que participaram do movimento comunista. Observamos nos enunciados dos jornais oficiais de Pernambuco termos pejorativos à esquerda, como extremistas, anarquista, desordem entre outros, induzindo o interlocutor dos jornais (leitor) a ver o movimento como algo prejudicial à sociedade. Esses termos influenciaram no imaginário popular um olhar nocivo à esquerda.

O presente trabalho tem por objetivo demonstrar a formação de conhecimento em torno das Agroflorestas e, em específico, na formação do Certificado de sistemas agroflorestais de base ecológica. Propondo a existência de uma "agronomização" e de uma "biologização" das Agroflorestas, saberes diferentes incidem sobre o mundo rural e sobre a prática dos agricultores para a formação de um mecanismo de controle capaz de regularizar uma multiplicidade de práticas consideradas ilegais pelo atual regramento ambiental. O contexto da pesquisa se deu através da participação do Projeto “Fortalecimento das Agroflorestas no Rio Grande do Sul: formação de rede, etnoecologia e segurança alimentar e nutricional”, onde estavam atores que queriam contribuir com a discussão sobre Agrofloresta no Estado. Agricultores, técnicos ambientais, estudantes, professores, extensionistas rurais sensibilizados com a possibilidade de fortalecimento das Agroflorestas interessados em seu desenvolvimento como uma outra forma de pensar agricultura e floresta em conexão fazem discussões teóricas e práticas e formam uma arena de conhecimento sobre Agroflorestas, onde mesmo parecendo haver consensos, as diferenças e barreiras disciplinares salientam-se sobre a multiplicidade de práticas. Para a formação do certificado de sistemas agroflorestais de base ecológicas foram mapeadas no trabalho algumas negociações em cima do conceito de Agroflorestas, assim como analisados a trama de legislações e de conhecimentos que se conectam para a proteção ambiental. Os enquadramentos científicos e jurídicos que incidem sobre as Agroflorestas geram novos disciplinamentos a serem fabricados para gerar novas possibilidades de agriculturas ecológicas que possam ser recuperadoras de áreas degradadas. O trabalho se propõe a pensar nessa trama entre ciência e direito, onde a multiplicidade das práticas dos agricultores escapam as tentativas de regramento e, ao mesmo tempo, geram um movimento de multidão e resistência a essa trama. / The present work aims to demonstrate the formation of knowledge around the Agroforestry and in the Certificate of agroforestry ecological basis. Proposing the existence of "agronomização" and "biologização" of Agroforestry, different knowledge affect the rural world and the practice of farmers to form a control mechanism able to regulate a multitude of practices considered illegal by the current environmental law. The research context was through the participation of the Project "Fortalecimento das Agroflorestas no Rio Grande do Sul: formação de rede, etnoecologia e segurança alimentar e nutricional", where they were actors who wanted to contribute to the discussion on Agroforestry in the state. Farmers, environmental technicians, students, teachers, sensitized to the possibility of strengthening Agroforestry and interested in its development as another way of thinking about agriculture and forest in connection and making theoretical and practical discussions to form an arena of knowledge on Agroforestry. Even when there seems to be consensus, differences and disciplinary barriers protrude on the multiplicity of practices. The certificate of agroforestry ecological basis were mapped in your formation some negotiations over the concept of Agroforestry, as well as analyzed the plot of laws and knowledge that connect to environmental protection. The scientific and legal frameworks that focus on Agroforestry generate new disciplining to be made to generate new possibilities for ecological agriculture that can be reclaimers of degraded areas. The paper proposes to think of this plot between law and science, where the multiplicity of practices of farmers escape attempts regramento and at the same time generate a movement of resistance to this crowd and plot.

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) have considerable impacts on woody and herbaceous vegetation. Many oak-hickory forests in the eastern U.S. are experiencing a lack of oak (Quercus) and hickory (Carya) regeneration, with deer being a likely culprit. Furthermore, few have studied deer use of different herbaceous food plot mixtures. I addressed these gaps in the literature by assessing deer impacts on forest and herbaceous vegetation in southern Illinois. I established 150 paired plots (enclosed and control) in June 2015 and measured 25 habitat variables to assess impacts of deer herbivory from August 2015 to August 2016. Oak seedlings were present more often and in higher numbers within enclosed plots (F1,299 = 6.25, P < 0.050 and F1,387 = 4.50, P < 0.050, respectively). There were no differences in the height of oak seedlings or the presence, number, or height of hickory seedlings in enclosed versus control plots (F1,53 = 0.010, P = 0.938; F1,299 = 0.850, P = 0.357; F1,267 = 1.16, P = 0.282; and F1,15 = 0.030, P = 0.855; respectively). During September-November 2015, I counted and marked fallen acorns within 50 random paired plots; the number of acorns discovered or lost did not differ between enclosed and control plots (F1,94 = 0.310, P = 0.578 and F1,8 = 0.120, P = 0.736, respectively). I suggest managers incorporate potential deer impacts when designing management plans to best encourage oak regeneration. During September-November 2015, I established 16 food plots (half tilled; each 0.05 ha in size), planted to 4 food plot types. I compared Big Tine Buck Brunch, Evolved Harvest Throw & Gro, Antler King No Sweat, and a food plot mixture that I created. I measured deer use via 2 methods: vegetation growth in exclosures versus control (i.e., unfenced) areas and camera traps. Deer used all 4 food plot mixtures (n = 292 – 2,522 pictures/plot over 9 weeks), having a negative impact on mean vegetation height outside of exclosures (F3,1148 = 6.71, P < 0.001). Analysis of camera data indicated that deer did not preferentially use any one food plot mixture over the others (F3,12 = 0.090, P > 0.050). There also was no difference in the proportion of deer pictured in the process of eating within each food plot mixture (F3,12 = 0.592, P > 0.050). I suggest any of these 4 food plot varieties could be planted by a hunter or wildlife manager in the Midwest and observe similar use by deer.

A análise da continuidade espacial inclui uma série de ferramentas para estimar e modelar a continuidade de variáveis aleatórias regionalizadas. Ela é a base para muitas das avaliações de depósitos minerais baseadas na geoestatísitca. O modelo ajustado é de grande importância e influencia nos resultados em vários algoritmos de krigagem e simulações subsequentes. Tanto os softwares acadêmicos e comerciais podem melhorar no desenvolvimento dos gráficos, na interatividade com o usuário e no uso de formas automáticas de modelagem. O SGeMS (Stanford Geoestatistical Modeling Software) é um programa gratuito usado entre a comunidade de geoestatísticos ao qual tem um grande potencial de desenvolvimento, mas que, no entanto, ainda não possui todas as ferramentas de análise da continuidade espacial incorporadas. Diferentemente do SGeMS, o GSLIB é uma boa biblioteca gratuita para análise geoestatística e é mais completa, mas as estradas do programa são modificadas pela edição de arquivos .txt e usando linhas de comando o que torna a utilização do software pouco amigável com o usuário, apesar da robustez e qualidade dos programas da biblioteca. Dada as limitações dos mais usados e completos softwares gratuitos de geoestatística, essa dissertação objetiva a transcrição e adaptação do algoritmo do GSLIB (GamV .f) para o software SGeMS, modificando a lógica de programação para criar diferentes ferramentas auxiliares como h-scatterplots e mapas de variograma e covariograma. Os resultados demonstraram que a adaptação de algoritmos antigos leva a uma solução gratuita. Além disso, um algoritmo para a otimização da modelagem de variogramas pelo método dos mínimos quadrados foi desenvolvido. As rotinas foram desenvolvidas ambas em C++ e em Python. Os algoritmos foram validados com os valores obtidos pelo software GSLIB. Todos os desenvolvimentos dos plug-ins foram testados e validados usando dois casos ilustrativos: um depósito de ferro e um caso polimetálico. Os resultados provaram ser consistentes e similares com aqueles obtidos com softwares comerciais e renomados. / The spatial continuity analysis includes a serie of tools to estimate and model the continuity of regionalized random variables. It is the basics for many mineral deposit evaluation methods based on geostatistics. The model adjusted is of paramount importance and influences the results in many subsequent kriging and simulation algorithms. Both commercial and academic softwares can be improved in graphics, users interactivity with and automated tools for modeling spatial continuity. SGeMS (Stanford Geoestatistical Modeling Software) is a freeware program used among the geostatistical community which has an extremely potential for development however it does not have enough variographic or graphical tools. Unlike SGeMS, GSLIB is a good and more complete free library for geostatistical analysis, however the program inputs are modified by editing of .txt files and uses DOS command lines. This makes the software less user friendly, despite its robustness and quality. Given the limitation on both most used and complete freeware geostatistical softwares, this dissertation aims at transcripting and adpating an algorithm from GSLIB(GamV.f) into SGeMS software, handling the programming logic to create different auxiliary tools as h-scatterplot and variomaps. The results demonstrated that the adaptation of the old and stable algortihms lead to an inexpensive solution. Futhermore, an algorithm was developed for optimizing variogram modeling based on weigthed least squares method. The routines were developed in both C++ and Phyton. The algorithms were validated against actual values generated by GSLIB. All developed of plug-ins were tested and validated using two illustration studies: an iron ore deposit and a polymetallic one. The results proved to be consistent and similar to the ones obtained by commercial well known sofwares.

Même s'ils n'appartiennent pas a une classe de signaux bien définie, les signaux transitoires se retrouvent dans plusieurs domaines pratiques très différents (comme les signaux médicaux et les signaux utilisés dans des systèmes de télécommunications), donc le développement des outils robustes et efficients pour faire leur analyse est un objectif important dans le traitement du signal. En particulier, cette thèse s'est concentrée surtout sur la résolution de quelques problèmes de traitement du signal posés par l'investigation ultrasonore de l'eau dans des conduites. Cependant, ce contexte applicatif a été utilisé seulement comme une base pour développer des outils génériques qui peuvent trouver leur utilité dans plusieurs d'autres applications. La thèse a abordé la question du traitement des signaux (transitoires) du point de vue du concept de récurrence dans l'espace des phases, qui est emprunté de la théorie des systèmes dynamiques. Nous avons montré que l'analyse du diagramme des recurrences (RPA) apporte dans le traitement du signal deux concepts importants : l'échantillon vectoriel, et la récurrence. L'utilisation de ces concepts nous a permis de généraliser et d'étendre des outils de traitement du signal bien connus, et aussi de construire des représentations de signal qui se sont révélées utiles dans des différentes tâches liées à la détection et à la caractérisation des transitoires. Essentiellement, dans cette thèse nous avons montré que la RPA peut être vue comme un cadre générique qui unifie dans une formulation commune des diverses outils bien connus dans le traitement du signal. En plus, elle généralise ces outils (à l'aide du concept des échantillons vectoriels) et les étend (en utilisant le concept de récurrence). / Although they do not belong to a very well defined class of signals, transient signals are found in many practical fields (from biological signals to signals used in telecommunication systems), so the development of robust and efficient tools for their analysis is an important objective in signal processing. In particular, this thesis was focused mainly on solving some signal analysis problems raised by the ultrasonic investigation of water in pipes. However, this applicative context was used only as a basis for developing generic tools that can find their usefulness in various other applications. The thesis addressed the issue of (transient) signal analysis from the perspective of the phase space recurrence concept, borrowed from dynamical systems theory. We showed that recurrence plot analysis (RPA) brings into the field of signal processing two important concepts: vector samples, and recurrence. The use of these concepts allowed us to generalize and extend well-known signal processing tools, as well as to build signal representations that proved to be useful in various tasks related to transient signal detection and characterization. Basically, in this thesis we have shown that RPA can be seen as a generic framework that unifies in a common formulation various well-known classic signal processing tools, which it generalizes (by using the concept of vector samples) and extends (by using the concept of recurrence).

La lecture de cinq romans grecs conservés, les histoires d'amour et d'aventures qui forment un corpus romanesque homogène (Leucippé et Clitophon d'Achille Tatius, Chéréas et Callirhoé de Chariton, Les Éthiopiques d'Héliodore, Daphnis et Chloé de Longus et Les Éphésiaques de Xénophon d'Éphèse), ne laisse pas présager de l'abondance des objets matériels que l'on peut y trouver. Nous répertorions exactement 710 termes qui désignent 426 objets différents, apparaissant à 4752 reprises dans l'ensemble des œuvres. Nous pouvons organiser ces objets et occurrences dans onze catégories fonctionnelles, qui sont plus ou moins représentées dans les romans : les biens et avoirs, les ustensiles, les armes, le mobilier, les vêtements, les accessoires, les soins corporels, les objets de la scène, les supports de l'écrit, les objets décoratifs et la vaisselle. Cette organisation permet de mieux appréhender l'ensemble des objets du corpus pour révéler l'utilisation littéraire que peuvent en faire les auteurs. En effet, l'objet accompagne avant tout le personnage au cours des péripéties : il est son attribut, l'élément qui permet de l'identifier sans doute possible dans le récit. L'objet donne des informations au lecteur sur l'histoire de ce personnage : témoin des événements qui ont marqué sa vie, il devient alors emblématique de l'individu. Cette relation est resserrée dans le cas des objets de reconnaissance dont font mention les romans de notre corpus. L'objet est signifiant lorsqu'il accompagne les protagonistes et ces derniers peuvent les utiliser pour indiquer leurs intentions ou essayer de les dissimuler. Les personnages tirent profit de l'objet pour le mettre en scène. L'objet leur est un adjuvant essentiel au cours des intrigues. L'objet fait pleinement partie du décor romanesque car il est un élément matériel qui peut être un repère spatial pour les personnages des romans comme pour le lecteur. L'objet, attaché à un lieu, donne également des indications symboliques aux personnages, les aiguillant dans leur voyage dans l'espace méditerranéen. Par conséquent, ces objets peuvent aussi être des obstacles à cette progression. L'objet est un opposant aux personnages, ce qui nourrit les intrigues romanesques. Parmi tous ces objets marqués par l'ambiguïté, le pharmakon se distingue par sa double fonction, déjà présente dans le mot grec, d'adjuvant et d'opposant. Les objets ne sont pas de simples éléments de décor, ils participent pleinement à l'action, au même titre que les personnages. L'objet, lorsqu'il est mentionné, n'est donc jamais anodin. Il peut également être emblématique de la relation entretenue par deux individus : l'objet est le support des relations, et devient symbolique de celles-ci. Effectivement, dans l'objet se cristallisent les sentiments des protagonistes, et l'objet permet leur union, métaphorique, à distance. De nombreux types d'objets participent de cette mise en relation des personnages : les coupes lors des banquets, les lettres échangées, les cadeaux offerts. L'objet est le signe de la relation elle-même. L'objet peut aussi être décoratif et orne dès lors le récit, lorsque les auteurs le mettent en avant dans de longues descriptions, notamment dans de longues ekphraseis qui enrichissent les textes. L'objet n'apparaît parfois pas pour les personnages des romans, néanmoins, il est bien utilisé par les auteurs, notamment pour concrétiser des expressions abstraites : de nombreuses comparaisons et métaphores mentionnent des objets, ce qui « matérialise » le texte. D'ailleurs, c'est dans les discours des personnages que l'objet occupe une place symbolique. Le symbole confère au texte une dimension interprétative qui enrichit encore la lecture des intrigues romanesques. Le discours symbolique éclaire le système des représentations.Ainsi l'objet, support du discours, est capital pour les œuvres romanesques car il permet au texte littéraire de se déployer dans toutes ses dimensions. / The five ideal Greek novels, nearly complete (Achilles Tatius' Leucippe and Clitophon, Chariton's Callirhoe, Heliodorus' Aethiopics, Longus' Daphnis and Chloe and Xenophon of Ephesus' An Ephesian Tale) constitute a genre that can fruitfully be studied as a unit. In these novels, the abundance of concrete objects is staggering. 426 distinct objects are described with 710 various lexemes and this group of words occurs 4752 times throughout the corpus under consideration. To organize and better understand the function of these objects and the language used to describe them, they can be meaningfully placed into eleven functional categories: property and assets, utensils, weapons, furniture, clothing, accessories, objects related to personal care, stage props, writing tools, decorative objects, and finally dishes. This organization allows the reader to have a better view of all the objects and enlightens each author's literary uses of them. Indeed, objects accompany characters throughout these narratives, can function as an attribute, that is the object that identifies them without any doubt. An object provides the reader with pertinent information about a character's personal history, since the object witnesses the events that have marked his or her life. The object becomes emblematic of the individuals. In the case of objects of recognition throughout corpus, the relationship between the identity of a character and his or her objects is even tighter. The object is significant when accompanying the protagonists, who can also use them to indicate their intentions or in turn try to hide them. The characters benefit from the object when used to manipulate a narrative situation. They often play the role of an essential tool without which the narrative could not progress. The object is an integral part of the scenery in that it is a material thing that embodies a spatial reference for characters as well as readers. This aspect of an object can work on both an intra- and extra-textual level providing characters within a novel or the work's readers with fundamental information. Imbued with spatial significance, an object can provide an impediment to a character's journey or, even more strongly, pose as an opponent that complicates a given plot's forward movement. Among the objects marked by this ambiguity of helping or hindering narrative, the pharmakon plays a distinguished role serving either as a poison or medicine. Accordingly, objects cannot be thought of as merely decorative elements in the novel, rather they must be thought of as things intimately involved in the action itself. The object, when mentioned, is never insignificant. Alongside its function as an agent, an object can also serve as a symbol for a relationship between individual characters. Indeed, the feelings of the protagonists crystallize themselves in the object, and the object allows for their metaphorical union, even when separated by distance. Many types of objects put the characters into a relationship: banqueters' cups, letters, and gifts all have these sorts of functions. In these instances, an object becomes a sign of a relationship itself. The object can also be a decorative ornament in the scenery but also of the text itself, when authors feature them in long descriptions, for instance in long ekphraseis that enrich the text. Objects, however, are not always a visible aspect of the scenery, but can serve as metaphors or illustrations for abstract concepts. Not only do the novelists use objects in this way to explicate an idea for the reader, but characters do so as well in their speeches. The symbol gives the text a dimension of significance that enriches more and more the reading of the romantic plots. The symbolic system highlights the cultural representations. In a word, the object is far from secondary or subsidiary, but is fundamental to these fictions, since it allows the novel to develop and flourish in all of its dimensions.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T12:39:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1274423 bytes, checksum: 2abc4d6213c1eba93e89d6ead6aff8f3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-13 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The literature and cinema, although they have different languages, because while it uses iconic language that makes use of a verbal language, both have a characteristic that is the possibility of narrating a fictional plot. This characteristic is the one responsible for the relationship between these two arts. This strong relationship in the process of adaptation of an art to another. Thinking about it, this dissertation is a study on the adaptation of the novel Dom Casmurro, Machado de Assis to the cinema. For both were chosen to compose the corpus of this research the film Capitu, Paul Cezar Saraceni and the screenplay of the same name written by Lygia Fagundes Telles and Paulo Emilio Salles Gomes. Our goal is to analyze how was the implementation of the narrative from one language to another, observing the treatment given to the novel's structural narrative elements in this process of adaptation. Noting how every artistic expression provides the categories: plot, character and focalization as well as the interpretation generated for each work. In order to support our research we rely on some theoretical and critical literature and cinema. In the analysis of narrative aspects used for both arts, authors of literary theory as the Russian formalist Tomachevski (1976), Genette (s / d), Antonio Candido (2007), Todorov (2008) and criticism related to Dom Casmurro. In relation to the cinema in order to clarify issues regarding the adaptation of theoretical reflections used as Robert Stam (2003), Brian McFarlane (1996), Ismail Xavier (1996; 2003) and João Batista de Brito (1995; 2006; 2007). We conclude that the way events are reordered and presented to us viewers, both the film and the script changed the construction of characters and their relationship with the episodes of the book. / A literatura e o cinema, embora possuam linguagens diferentes, visto que enquanto este se utiliza predominantemente de uma linguagem audiovisual aquela faz uso de uma linguagem verbal, ambos apresentam um traço característico que consiste na possibilidade de narrar um enredo ficcional. Esse traço é um dos responsáveis pela relação existente entre essas duas artes. Relação essa acentuada no processo de adaptação de uma arte para a outra. Pensando nisso, essa dissertação consiste em um estudo sobre a adaptação do romance Dom Casmurro, de Machado de Assis, para o cinema. Para tanto foram escolhidos para compor o corpus dessa pesquisa o filme Capitu, de Paulo Cézar Saraceni e o roteiro homônimo escrito por Lygia Fagundes Telles e Paulo Emilio Salles Gomes. Nosso objetivo é analisar como se deu a transposição da narrativa de uma linguagem para a outra, observando o tratamento cedido a elementos narrativos estruturais do romance nesse processo de adaptação. Verificando como cada expressão artística apresenta as categorias: trama, focalização e personagem, assim como a interpretação gerada por cada obra. A fim de fundamentar a nossa pesquisa nos apoiamos em alguns teóricos e críticos da literatura e do cinema. Nas análises de aspectos narrativos buscamos, para ambas as artes, autores da teoria literária como o formalista russo Tomachevski (1976), Gérard Genette (s/d), Antonio Candido (2007), Todorov (2008) e da crítica referente a Dom Casmurro. Em relação ao cinema, a fim de esclarecer questões referentes à adaptação, utilizamos reflexões de teóricos como Robert Stam (2003), Brian McFarlane (1996), Ismail Xavier (1996; 2003) e João Batista de Brito (1995; 2006; 2007). Concluímos que a forma como os acontecimentos são reordenados e apresentados para nós espectadores, tanto pelo filme quanto pelo roteiro alterou a construção dos personagens e a relação destes com os episódios do livro.