Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T15:31:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao Luiza Helena Barreira Machado 2008.pdf: 790841 bytes, checksum: ed1645f882390aeff01614bf7bb8825c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-12-19 / Understanding the relation between society and nature is to seek the meaning of the source and uses that humans have given the natures. During the existence of human beings on Earth we have observed that the representations and, consequently, the use of nature have changed according to the needs and over time. This work has been done according to the approach of the Cultural Geography trying to understand the relation of the rooters (people who sell and produce roots) in the city of Goiania with the nature. Identifying themselves, their origins, their knowledge, but also their eyes and representations of nature by using medical plants. Thus, the objectives like revealing the representations and medical uses that the rooters do with the natures in their professional activity, doing a map of the occurrence of the rooters in the city of Goiania, and identifying their areas of occurrence and concentration, identify the people that buy medical plants, their belief on the effectiveness of them and highlighting the various networks that are related to the collection, distribution and sale of medical plants were also in this search. The methodology has begun with the looking for the bibliographic searches and related topics. It has also researched the city hall departments (such as the Department of City Development - SEDEM) the register of rooters at fairs and other places. Employing a qualitative approach the exploratory visits have been executed in order to produce the places where the rooters acted and the interviews were executed. The final considerations are presented in three main areas: the representations, the uses and knowledge, the organization and how this is spread of the places where they sell the roots, the relation of the society and nature and the role of the rooters in this relation. As a result it highlights the importance of the family as a link in the transmission of the knowledge, but also as a generator of expansion of the sales of medical plants, materialized in stalls of fairs and markets and shops. It was evident that the Center district and some points in Campinas district concentrate the trade of medical plants in the city. The Politics of Medical Plants and Phytotherapic is an important step, but it still shows up that a set of intentions needs to be put into practice in a complete way. In conclusion, this research ends showing the importance and influence that the recent term "biodiversity" and its speech, has in mediation of representations of nature. / Entender a relação sociedade/natureza é buscar a origem do(s) significado(s) e usos que os seres humanos têm dado as naturezas. Durante a existência do ser humano na Terra observa-se que as representações e, conseqüentemente, os usos das naturezas mudam de acordo com as necessidades e com o passar do tempo. Este trabalho realizado na perspectiva da abordagem da Geografia Cultural buscou compreender a relação dos raizeiros da cidade de Goiânia com as naturezas identificando os próprios raizeiros, suas origens, seus conhecimentos, como também seus olhares e representações das naturezas pelos usos de plantas medicinais. Sendo assim, os objetivos como desvelar as representações e usos medicinais que os raizeiros fazem das naturezas no exercício de sua atividade profissional, mapear a ocorrência de raizeiros na cidade de Goiânia, identificando suas áreas e de ocorrência e concentração, identificar os consumidores de plantas medicinais, sua crença e eficácia e evidenciar as várias redes que surgem relacionadas com a coleta, distribuição e venda de plantas medicinais também foram orientaram essa pesquisa. A metodologia iniciou-se com o levantamento bibliográfico sobre pesquisas e temas afins. Também levantou-se nos órgãos competentes da prefeitura (como a Secretaria de Desenvolvimento do Município - SEDEM) o cadastro de raizeiros em feiras e demais lugares. Empregando a abordagem qualitativa as incursões exploratórias foram executadas para que se elaborasse o mapeamento dos raizeiros e realizadas as entrevistas. Estão apresentadas as considerações finais em três principais eixos: as representações, os usos e os saberes; a organização e propagação das redes de comercialização; e a relação sociedade / naturezas e o papel dos raizeiros nesta relação. Dentre os resultados alcançados destaca-se a importância da família como elo de transmissão de saberes, mas também como geradora da ampliação da rede comercial de plantas medicinais, materializada em bancas de feiras e de mercados e lojas, como nós. Ficou evidenciado que os setores Centro e Campinas concentram os pontos comerciais de plantas medicinais da cidade. Que a Política de Plantas Medicinais e Fitoterápicos é um passo importante, mas ainda mostra-se como um conjunto de intenções que necessita ser colocado em prática de maneira completa. Encerra-se com a importância e influência que o recente termo biodiversidade e seu discurso, exercem na mediação das representações das naturezas.

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Submitted by Cláudia Bueno (claudiamoura18@gmail.com) on 2016-06-29T17:52:52Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Grasielle Aires da Costa - 2015.pdf: 911952 bytes, checksum: c0ced5b7036e92c431253828b800dfc8 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2016-06-30T11:26:56Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Grasielle Aires da Costa - 2015.pdf: 911952 bytes, checksum: c0ced5b7036e92c431253828b800dfc8 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-30T11:26:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Grasielle Aires da Costa - 2015.pdf: 911952 bytes, checksum: c0ced5b7036e92c431253828b800dfc8 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-11-06 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This work aims to analyze the concepts of ritual developed by Richard Schechner and Victor Turner. This is realized through the definition, analysis and discussion of the concepts looking for the dialog between Schechner and Turner. The research was developed by reading and analysing the major volumes published by these authors, what is Schism and Continuity; Forest of Symbols; The Ritual Process; Dramas, Fields and Metaphors and From Ritual to Theater by Turner and made by Schechner Environmental Theater; Essays on Performance Theory; Between Theater and Anthropology; The Future of Ritual and Performance Studies. Was not found any work like this. It is an inedited and presented an important review on Schechner‟s and Turner‟s written. The ritual concept needs this multiplicity look to take a new breath and look up different sea-lines. This job has a methodological richness because points out precisely the fact that the research belongs analyse the field "between" the theatre and anthropology. It is not remand to any discipline and the same time belongs to all of them. This is a bibliographic study what can provide theoretical support for various research fields. / Este trabalho visa à análise do diálogo interdisciplinar e liminar estabelecido entre Richard Schechner e Victor Turner através da definição, análise e discussão do conceito de ritual em suas obras. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida através da leitura e fichamento dos principais volumes publicados destes autores, sendo eles Schism and Continuity; Forest of Symbols; The Ritual Process; Dramas, Fields and Metaphors e From Ritual to Theater de Turner e de Schechner Environmental Theater; Essays on Performance Theory; Between Theater and Anthropology; The Future of Ritual e Performance Studies. Não foram encontrados registros de trabalhos semelhantes. Sendo esse um trabalho inédito e que oferece uma revisão dos escritos destes dois autores. Discutir o ritual por esta perspectiva multifacetada é abrir o leque de novas possibilidades de discussão de um conceito tão importante e que tendo sido já tão discutido necessita de novo fôlego para ganhar novos horizontes. Trata-se de um trabalho considerado liminar, pois sua riqueza metodológica está justamente no fato de a pesquisa localizar-se no "entre" o teatro e a antropologia. Não se prende a nenhuma disciplina e ao mesmo tempo pertence a muitas. Trata-se de um estudo bibliográfico que poderá servir de aporte teórico para os mais variados campos de pesquisa.

This diploma thesis deals with Friedrich Nietzsche philosophy, especially his two works - The Birth of Tragedy and Thus Spoke Zarathustra. The first work, The Birth of Tragedy, was chosen, because it is author's first work and it built the basis for writing of his work Thus Spoke Zarathustra. The second work, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, was chosen, because it is the most important work from the philosophical point of view. The goal of the thesis is to examine both of these works and focus on Nietzsche's most important thoughts. The first work, The Birth of Tragedy, connects four important influences - the first is cultural interest that manifests itself on the artistic level through encounter of two elements - Apollonian and Dionysian, the second influence is the attempt to grasp the Greek antiquity in a new way in contrast to classicist insisting on the Greek harmony, the third is Shopenhauer philosophy and the last one is almost divine respectability to Richard Wagner, who was Nietzsche's loyal friend. The second work, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, shows in itself in the form of aphorisms, legends and myths the basis thoughts of Nietzsche's philosophy - death of God, nihilism, the will to power, the creation of "Übermensch", eternal return and the critique of mass culture. The work is not a collection of...

Cette thèse étudie des problèmes de contrôle d'accès et de qualité de service (QdS) dans les réseaux ad hoc utilisant la norme IEEE 802.11. Dans la première partie de notre travail, nous proposons des améliorations pour la norme 802.11 de base qui ne tient pas compte de la QdS. Au niveau du contrôle d'admission, nous proposons un algorithme d'ordonnancement des flux multimédia qui attribue la priorité aux paquets de manière moins stricte que dans l'algorithme EDF et nous comparons les deux algorithmes par simulation. Au niveau du contrôle d'accès, nous proposons un algorithme qui modifie dynamiquement la fenêtre de contention, et nous effectuons des simulations pour montrer l'amélioration de l'équité entre les stations. Nous nous intéressons par la suite à la différenciation des services, et nous étudions la coexistence de deux classes de service, dont les fenêtres de contention évoluent de manière différente, et évaluons leurs performances en termes de débit et de délai moyen. Ce qui nous amène, dans la deuxième partie de notre travail, à présenter une étude complète de la différenciation des services de l'amendement 802.11e. Nous proposons un cadre analytique général modélisant la méthode d'accès EDCA à l'aide de chaînes de Markov, et définissons quatre méthodes de différenciation, et évaluons les performances des classes en termes de débit, délai moyen et taux de perte. Des approximations pour les réseaux de grande taille nous ont permis d'obtenir, pour un indice de performance fixé, une expression simple de celui de toutes classes en fonction de celui de l'une d'entre elles. Nous déterminons ensuite la relation entre les différents indices de performance des classes, et comparons les différentes méthodes de différenciation, malgré la nature différente de leurs paramètres. De plus, nous établissons analytiquement et vérifions par simulation les conditions d'équivalence, entre les méthodes de différenciation basées sur la distribution du temps de retrait, qui produisent les mêmes performances en termes de débit, délai moyen et taux de perte. Et dans ces conditions, nous analysons l'effet du choix de la distribution sur la gigue. Nos résultats représentent des outils importants pour l'aide à la décision en vue d'atteindre des objectifs de QdS. / This thesis deals with access control and quality of service (QoS) issues in ad hoc networks. In the first part, we propose enhancements of the legacy 802.11 standard which lacks of QoS. For admission control, we propose a scheduling algorithm for multimedia traffic, in which priority is provided to packets with a less strict way than the EDF algorithm, and we compare both algorithms by simulation. For access control, we propose an algorithm that tunes dynamically the contention window, and we use simulations to show improvement of fairness between stations. Then we are interested in service differentiation, and we analyze the coexistence of two service classes having their contention window evolving in different ways, and we evaluate their performances in terms of throughput and mean delay. This leads us, in the second part of this thesis, to present a complete study of service differentiation in the 802.11e amendment. We propose a general analytical framework in which we model the EDCA access scheme by Markov chains. We define and study four differentiation schemes and evaluate class performances in terms of throughput, mean delay and drop ratio. Using approximations for large networks, we derive, for a given class performance index, a simple expression of this index in the other classes. That allows us to determine the relationship between class performances, and compare the differentiation schemes even if the nature of their parameters is different. Moreover, we determine analytically and verify by simulation equivalence conditions, between differentiation schemes based on backoff time distribution, that produce the same performances in terms of throughput, mean delay and drop ratio. Then, in these conditions, we analyze the effect of backoff time distribution on jitter. Our results are important tools for decision making in order to meet QoS objectives.

Dans un contexte de changement climatique et d’augmentation de la variabilité du climat, une raison majeure qui freine le développement et l’adoption d’une gestion efficace des ravageurs des cultures est celle des caractéristiques thermiques des paysages agricoles, qui sont reconnues pour leur effet sur la dynamique ces ravageurs. De plus, la différence entre la taille des organismes considérés et les échelles auxquelles les données climatiques sont collectées et modélisées est une problématique clé pour comprendre et prédire la distribution des ravageurs des cultures. Dans ce travail de thèse, nous explorons la prise en compte des microclimats ressentis par les ravageurs des cultures dans leur environnement afin de mieux déduire leur distribution spatiotemporelle. Par conséquent, cette thèse s’est intéressée à: 1) réduire les différences d’échelles entre les prédictions des modèles climatiques globaux et la fine échelle spatiotemporelle des microclimats vécus par les organismes, 2) développer des approches techniques innovantes, comme la combinaison de caméras thermiques avec des drones aéroportés, pour faciliter l’étude de l’écologie thermique des ravageurs des cultures dans leur milieu, 3) déterminer dans quelle mesure la caractérisation de l’hétérogénéité thermique spatiotemporelle des paysages agricoles est utile pour comprendre les dynamiques des ravageurs des cultures et 4) comment intégrer les microclimats dans les modèles de prédiction des ravageurs des cultures. Ce travail montre que les microclimats conditionnent partiellement la dynamique des ravageurs des cultures dans les agrosystèmes et peuvent leur fournir des opportunités pour améliorer leur performances (et atténuer les effets du changement climatique) dans quelques centimètres carrées seulement. Par conséquent, cette thèse a montré l’importance d’une meilleure prise en compte des microclimats dans les modèles de distribution d’espèces (et de vulnérabilité face au changement climatique). Finalement, ce travail a révélé que l’étude des microclimats pourrait ouvrir de nouvelles voies de lutte intégrée agro-écologiques contre les ravageurs des cultures. / In the context of global warming and increasing climatic variability, a major uncertainty that hampers effective pest management is that related to the thermal characteristics of agricultural landscapes, which are known to have profound effects on insect pest dynamics. Moreover the spatial mismatch between the size of organisms and the scale at which climate data are collected and modeled is also a major barrier to better understand and predict pest distribution and dynamics. In this thesis, we addressed the issue of considering microclimates experienced by crop pests in their environments with the main objective to infer their spatiotemporal distribution. Therefore, we focused on the following questions: 1) How to bridge the gap between the predictions of coarse-scale climatic models and the fine-scale climatic reality experienced by organisms (i.e. microclimates), 2) How to develop innovative technological approaches such as thermal infrared cameras and unmanned aerial vehicle as a tool for the study of crop pest thermal ecology, 3) to what extent the fine spatiotemporal variability in thermal heterogeneity of natural and agricultural landscapes is useful to understand pest dynamics, and 4) how to integrate microclimatic data in models predicting the interrelation between pest organisms and the microclimate of their environments.This work revealed that microclimate substantially affects pest dynamics in agrosystems and may offer them opportunities to enhance their performances, as well as to buffer global warming effects within only few centimetres. Consequently, this thesis stresses the need of a better incorporation of microclimatic data into models of species distribution (and vulnerability to climate change) and evidences that microclimates might provide new insights towards agro-ecological pest management.

Cette thèse porte sur la mémoire transactive (Wegner, 1985), une forme de mémoire socialement partagée qui influence la performance collective grâce à une spécialisation, une coordination tacite et une confiance ou crédibilité dans les compétences de l'autre. Une revue de la littérature sur la mémoire transactive a permis de faire plusieurs constats. Premièrement, rares sont les recherches qui ont été réalisées sur la mémoire transactive dans les couples. Deuxièmement, les recherches ont négligé les niveaux d’explication positionnelle et idéologique, se centrant essentiellement sur des explications intra- et interindividuelles. Enfin, les effets de la diversité culturelle liée à la composition des couples et binômes et/ou à la nature de la tâche collaborative n'ont pas été étudiés sur la mémoire transactive. L’objectif de la thèse est donc d’examiner les effets de la composition culturelle des couples (et binômes « artificiels ») et du marquage culturel d’une tâche réalisée en collaboration sur la mémoire transactive. Les couples (et binômes) sont composés de personnes de même culture ou de cultures différentes (française et/ou marocaine). La tâche se présente sous la forme d’un jeu de « memory » qui comprend des cartes avec des images de culture marocaine et française. Une observation des comportements des participants à partir de vidéos, un rappel des cartes, et des mesures par questionnaires ont été combinés pour mettre en évidence une régulation culturelle de la mémoire transactive. La première étude examine les effets de la composition culturelle des couples sur la mémoire transactive et montre que la performance au jeu de « memory » est meilleure dans les couples biculturels que dans les couples mono-culturels, mais uniquement sur les cartes de culture française. La seconde étude examine cette forme de mémoire dans des binômes« artificiels », mono- ou biculturels, où les compétences des partenaires dans la réalisation de la tâche peuvent être inférées à partir de caractéristiques culturelles présentes dans la situation. Les résultats indiquent que les binômes biculturels ont une performance à la tâche inférieure aux binômes mono-culturels, alors que l’effet inverse est observé sur la spécialisation perçue. Ce résultat suggère qu’une mémoire transactive « illusoire » a été mobilisée par les partenaires des binômes biculturels en inférant leurs compétences respectives à partir de leur appartenance à une culture donnée. Enfin, une dernière étude montre qu’un entraînement collectif préalable a un effet bénéfique sur la performance au jeu de « memory » des binômes biculturels, mais uniquement lorsque les cartes de culture française ont servi de support à cet entraînement. Considérés dans leur ensemble, les résultats de ces trois études permettent d’envisager que la mémoire transactive dans les couples et les binômes peut être régulée par des facteurs culturels / This thesis focuses on the transactive memory model (Wegner, 1985), a form of socially shared memory that influences collective performance through specialization, tacit coordination and trust or credibility in the partner’s skills. A review of the literature leads to several observations. First, little research has been conducted on transactive memory in couples. Second, research has overlooked the levels of positional and ideological explanation, focusing primarily on intra- and inter-individual explanations. Finally, the effects of cultural diversity on transactive memory, linked to the composition of couples and dyads and/or the collaborative task have not been studied. The aim of the thesis is to study the effects of the cultural composition of couples (and "artificial" dyads) and a culturally marked collaborative task on the transactive memory system. Couples (and dyads) were composed of individuals with either the same or different cultural backgrounds (French and/or Moroccan). The task was a "Memory" game using cards with Moroccan and French cultural images. Video observations of the participants’ behavior, recall of cards, and questionnaires were combined to investigate the cultural regulation oftransactive memory. The first study examined the effects of the composition of couples on transactive memory and found that performance on the "Memory" game was better in bi-cultural than in mono-cultural couples, but only with French culturally marked cards. The second study examined this form of memory in mono- or bi-cultural "artificial" dyads. It was assumed that the partners’ skills for the task could be inferred from the cultural characteristics of the situation. The results indicate that the performance of the bi-cultural dyads was poorer than that of the mono-cultural dyads, while the reverse was observed for perceived specialization. This result suggests that an "illusory" transactive memory was involved in bi-cultural dyads by inferring cultural skills based on cultural characteristics. The third study shows that prior collective training had a positive effect on the performance of bicultural dyads, but only when the French cultural cards were used as the medium. Taken together, the results of these studies suggest that transactive memory in couples and dyads could be regulated by cultural factors

L’engagement organisationnel a un effet réducteur sur les comportements déviants au travail. Cette recherche se propose de relever et de chiffrer les conséquences du déficit d’engagement puis d’identifier et d’analyser ses causes pour pouvoir, grâce au management et à la gestion stratégique des ressources humaines, élaborer et tester des propositions susceptibles d’améliorer durablement l’engagement dans un souci de performances socio-économiques.Notre terrain de recherche est le service nettoiement d’une collectivité territoriale en Tunisie où nous avons mené une recherche-intervention qui montre que l’estime et la valorisation du travail et du statut de l’employé, aussi bas dans l’échelle soit-il, est nécessaire pour augmenter l’engagement et le sentiment d’appartenance à l’organisation et par là l’amélioration des performances. Mots clés : engagement organisationnel, comportements déviants, management, performance socio-économique. / Organizational commitment has a reductive effect on deviant behaviors at work.This research intend to show up and calculate the cost of a lack of commitment and then identify and analyse its causes to be able, by the mean of the strategic management of human resources, to work up and test proposals that enhance durably commitment and socio-economic performance.Our research terrain is a local authority cleaning service in Tunisia where we conducted a research-intervention that shows that respect and valuation of employee labor and status, especially when he’s in the bottom end of the scale, is necessary to enhance commitment and strengthen the sense of belonging to the organisation and thereby performance.Keywords : commitment, dark side behaviors, socio-economic performance, management.

The research investigates the dynamic relations between sound, space and the audience perception as related to an artist’s intention. What is the relation between sound and space in the sonic arts, and to what kind of merger does it lead? What relationship exists between the intention of the composer and the perception of the audience regarding architectural and environmental spaces? Is there a common thread of perception of architectural and environmental spaces among participants? Is embodiment a key for the perception of the dynamic relations of sound and space? The framework for the investigation is based on a map of three defined spaces (Real, Virtual, and Hyperbiological) included in a portfolio of six works (three electroacoustic compositions, two sound installations, and one performance), which lead to the analysis of the perception of space, namely, the perception of architectural and environmental spaces as required by the portfolio. The original knowledge resides in the exploration of a potential common representation (space and sound perception being, of course, a personal representation) of internal perceptual spaces and mental imageries generated by the works. The act of listening plays a major role in the development of the portfolio presented and includes Pauline Oliveros’ concept of deep listening (Oliveros 2005). Sound and space are intimately related in the portfolio. One particular element emerging from this relationship is the plastic quality of sound, meaning that sound is considered and observed as a material that is shaped by space. From this perspective the research investigates the ‘sculptural’ and morphological quality of the relationship between sound and space. The results include the specific language and signature of the artworks that delineate the intersection of music and fine arts. The portfolio pays a large tribute to several iconic artists present in the outposts of sound blurred by space. Composers and artists are therefore presented in the theoretical section in order to highlight how their pioneering works have influenced and informed the present research portfolio. The analysis of the perception of the artworks relates to a methodology based on an empirical survey inspired by phenomenology.

Le confinement des poteaux en béton a fait l’objet de plusieurs recherches dans les années précédentes et l’influence des différents paramètres sur l’efficacité du confinement a été aussi soigneusement étudiée, à savoir : la limite élastique de l’acier de confinement, l’espacement entre les barres transversales, la contrainte maximale du béton, l’inclusion des fibres dans le béton. Plusieurs modèles de confinement ont été proposés dans la littérature et l’examen de ces derniers a souligné le besoin de développer un modèle de confinement pour le béton à hautes performances. Ce dernier est caractérisé par son comportement fragile surtout dans les zones à forte sismicité ce qui réduit son utilisation. Il s’est avéré que l’utilisation des fibres, ne serait-ce qu’en petite quantité (0,0% à 1,0% du volume de béton), dans la matrice de béton est très bénéfique pour palier à ce problème de fragilité des BHP. Dans le cadre de ce projet nous allons effectuer une étude expérimentale qui consiste à effectuer des tests de compression centrée sur douze poteaux de dimensions : diamètre : 303 mm, hauteur : 1400 mm, afin d’examiner l’effet de plusieurs paramètres sur le comportement structural des poteaux en béton armé, à savoir : la résistance en compression du béton, l’espacement des étriers, la quantité de fibres utilisée, la présence de l’enrobage du béton, la présence de supports servant à retenir l’enrobage du béton. Les spécimens ont été fabriqués avec des bétons dont la résistance en compression spécifiée varie de 30MPa à 90MPa, selon le cas. Deux pas de spirales sont utilisés, 50 mm et 100 mm. La quantité de fibres variait de 0,0% à 1,0%. Les résultats de l’étude expérimentale montrent que la présence des fibres synthétiques dans la matrice de béton permet de remédier au problème de fragilité des BHP et que des gains de résistance sont observés au niveau du béton confiné et non confiné. L’ajout des fibres a permis à l’enrobage du béton d’atteindre sa résistance théorique et de se rompre par écrasement de matériaux et non par flambage. Des niveaux de ductilité importants sont atteints en fournissant un confinement adéquat aux BHP. Le nombre de spécimens pour analyser les variables : présence de l’enrobage et de supports, était insuffisant pour pouvoir tirer des conclusions fiables à ce sujet. Une bonne corrélation est observée lors de la comparaison des résultats expérimentaux et de ceux obtenus avec le modèle analytique proposé par Eid et Paultre qui est dérivé du modèle Cusson et Paultre.