The dissertation presents a female German composer Ellinor Valesby, who composed Chinese art songs in Chinese with classical Chinese poetry. For political reasons, she used her pseudonym rather than her given name Irmgard Heinrich (1894-1969). As a western composer, also the wife of a Chinese poet and composer Ching-chu, who lived in China for 25 years, Valesby's songs present various interpretive challenges stemming from the combination of traditional Chinese poetry, folk music vernacular, and Western music components. Because no documentation in English can be found about Valesby or her songs, there is a need to provide performers with a better understanding of her perspective in these increasingly multicultural times. In addition, the dissertation discusses the germination and development of the Chinese Art Song and introduces the school song, the predecessor of Chinese art songs. The focus is on examining the Chinese and Western influences that appear in Valesby's art songs, revealing through examination of text setting, form, musical texture, and the role of piano how this female Western composer who did not speak Chinese set Chinese poetry from her unique cross-cultural perspectives. Today the legacy of these Chinese art song pioneers remains incomplete, but Valesby and her husband Ching-chu's profound contribution to both Chinese art songs and Chinese musicology remains indisputable.

[pt] Os resultados empíricos apresentados na literatura sobre o CAPM em geral refletem as falhas teóricas do modelo em sua forma incondicional. Deste modo, duas linhas de pesquisas principais surgiram na tentativa de relaxar alguns dos pressupostos do modelo, dando origem aos chamados modelos de multifatores e modelos condicionais. Em síntese, os modelos condicionais são aqueles nos quais o valor esperado do retorno de um ativo é explicitado de forma condicional a um conjunto de informação disponível no período anterior, e a sensibilidade ao fator de risco, beta, bem como o intercepto da equação de regressão, alfa, são considerados parâmetros variantes no tempo. Este trabalho tem dois objetivos principais: (i) avaliar de forma comparativa o tratamento dos modelos CAPM condicionais na forma em espaço de estados estimados a partir do filtro de Kalman com os erros da equação de observação nas formas homocedástica e heterocedástica, com base no trabalho de Ortas, Salvador e Moneva (2014); (ii) avaliar como o uso de medidas condicionais obtidas a partir do modelo CAPM condicional sob a abordagem aqui descrita pode melhorar a prática atual de avaliação de performance dos fundos de investimentos a partir de uma amostra do mercado brasileiro. Os resultados obtidos indicam que a modelagem heterocedástica, do ponto de vista da qualidade de ajuste aos dados da amostra, é capaz de melhorar os resultados em relação ao modelo homocedástico e aos modelos incondicionais correspondentes, proporcionando, portanto, melhores práticas de avaliação de desempenho dos fundos. / [en] The empirical results presented in the literature on the CAPM generally reflect the theoretical flaws of the model in their unconditional form. Thus, two main lines of research have emerged in an attempt to relax some of the model assumptions in its original form, giving rise to so-called multi-factor models and conditional models. In summary, the conditional models are those in which the expected value of the return of an asset is explained conditionally to a set of information available in the previous period, and the sensitivity to the risk factor, beta, as well as the intercept of the equation regression, alpha, are assumed to be time varying parameter. This work has two main objectives: (i) assess comparatively the treatment of conditional CAPM models in state-space form and estimates from the Kalman filter with the residuals of the observation equation in homocedastic and heteroskedastic forms, based on the work of Ortas, Salvador and Moneva (2014); (ii) evaluate how the use of conditional measurements obtained from the conditional CAPM under the approach previously described can improve the current practice of performance evaluation of investment funds from a sample of the Brazilian market. The results obtained indicate that heteroskedastic modeling, from the point of view of the quality of fit for the sample data, is able to provide better results in relation to homocedastic model and corresponding unconditional models, providing better practices for performance evaluation of funds.

Music written by Black composers has often been overlooked in the classical saxophone community regarding study and performance. One piece that is inspired directly by Black culture is Steven Banks' Come As You Are (2020). In this composition, Banks incorporates material directly from classic Negro spirituals and Gospel church hymns. The purpose of this document is to assist in educating classical saxophone pedagogues and performers about a work from an underrepresented composer who is clearly meritorious and whose work is worthy of being added to what might be considered by many as the standard repertoire for the saxophone. Included in this document is a performance guide of Come As You Are, as well as an oral history provided by the composer, Steven Banks.

Bakgrund och problem: Svenska elithockeyorganisationer behöver ta hänsyn till många olika aspekter. Till att börja med behöver de prestera sportsligt. Samtidigt finns det andra typer av prestationer som också är viktiga. Organisationerna behöver dels prestera ekonomiskt, inte minst för att uppfylla kraven för elitlicens och överhuvudtaget kunna bedriva sin verksamhet. De har också en samhällelig roll och behöver prestera sociala värden av olika slag. Det finns vidare olika typer av intressenter som har olika preferenser och vill få ut olika saker från idrottsorganisationerna. Detta påverkar verksamhetsstyrningen. De speciella kraven på styrning, samt att det finns flera verkliga fall från när svenska elithockeyklubbar har misslyckats med sin styrning, gör det praktiskt relevant att skapa ytterligare förståelse för ämnet. Dessutom har den kommersialisering som sportbranschen stått inför de senaste åren inneburit många förändringar för sportbranschen i allmänhet. Att branschen förändras innebär att det behövs mer frekventa undersökningar vilket gör studien teoretiskt relevant.  Syfte: Syftet med studien är att beskriva och skapa förståelse för hur verksamhetsstyrning går till i elitihockeyorganisationer, och i synnerhet hur de styr ekonomisk, sportslig och social prestation.  Metod: Studien är kvalitativ och har ett deduktivt angreppssätt, där en konceptuell modell skapad av tidigare litteratur låg till grund för intervjufrågor. Empiri samlades in genom 11 semistrukturerade intervjuer med ekonomichefer, sportchefer samt en klubbchef. Totalt ingår 5 klubbar i SHL och 3 klubbar i hockeyallsvenskan i studien. Empirin analyserades sedan med den framtagna konceptuella modellen som grund. Slutsats: Med hjälp av litteratur identiferas sex nyckelkomponenter för verksamhetsstyrningssystem: vsion, nyckelfaktorer för framgång, organisationsstruktur, strategi och planering, prestationsmätning samt belöningssystem. Studien visar att elithockeyorganisationer generellt använder många av de olika komponenterna, och att användningen av respektive komponent i flera fall går att relatera till ekonomisk, sportslig och social prestation. I svenska elithockeyorganisationer finns det vidare olika interna viljor som rör ekonomisk, sportslig och social prestation. Dessa viljor formas bland annat av de många olika krav som finns från nyckelintressenter. Hur viljorna samspelar är olika beroende på tidsperspektiv. På lång sikt samverkar ofta viljorna, medan det på kort sikt kan uppstå situationer som skapar konflikt. / Background: Swedish elite hockey organizations need to take multiple aspects into account. To begin with, they need to make sure that they perform athletically. However, there are also other kinds of performances that are important to the organizations. For example, they need to perform economically, not least in order to actually be allowed to play in the Swedish leagues. Furthermore, they need to perform socially, and produce social values of different kinds. This is all affected by the organizations´ stakeholders, who in many cases have different opinions as to what performances should be prioritized. All of these factors affect the management of the organizations. The special needs for management control, along with the real cases of failure in management of Swedish elite-hockey organizations, mean that there is practical relevance in investigating the subject. Furthermore, the sports industry has undergone extensive changes the past few years, and the industry has become more commercialized. These changes strengthen the theoretical relevance of a study in the field. Purpose: The purpose of the study is to describe and create an understanding of how management control is done in elite hockey organizations, and in particular how they control economic, sporting and social performance.  Method: The study is qualitative and has a deductive approach, where a conceptual model created from previous literature was the basis for interview questions. Empirical data was collected through 11 semi-structured interviews with chief financial officers, sport directors and a club director. A total of 5 clubs in the SHL and 3 clubs in Hockeyallsvenskan are included in the study. The empirical data was then analyzed using the conceptual model as a basis. Conclusion: Using the literature, six key components of management control systems were identified: vision, key success factors, organizational structure, strategy and planning, performance measurements and reward systems. The study shows that elite hockey organizations generally use many of the different components, and that the respective use of components can in several cases be related to economic, sporting and social performance. Furthermore, in Swedish elite hockey organizations there are other various internal wills that relate to economic, sporting and social performance. These wills are shaped by the many different demands that exist from key stakeholders. How these wills interact is different depending on the time perspective. In the long term, the wills often work together, while in the short term there can be situations that create conflict.

This DMA dissertation provides a pragmatic and coherent way of interpreting a piece of post-tonal music, Four Songs of Solitude, by John Harbison. In this study, a modified Schenkerian analysis, namely linear analysis, serves as a methodological tool for the performer to identify and understand the implicit focal pitches, linear progressions, musical directions, and background structures of the music. By exploring this modified Schenkerian approach to interpreting post-tonal music in-depth, the performer is expected to achieve convincing results in performance on stage.

Tableau d'honneur de la Faculté des études supérieures et postdoctorales, 2016-2017 / Cette thèse s’inscrit dans le contexte d’une optimisation industrielle et économique des éléments de structure en BFUP permettant d’en garantir la ductilité au niveau structural, tout en ajustant la quantité de fibres et en optimisant le mode de fabrication. Le modèle développé décrit explicitement la participation du renfort fibré en traction au niveau local, en enchaînant une phase de comportement écrouissante suivie d’une phase adoucissante. La loi de comportement est fonction de la densité, de l’orientation des fibres vis-à-vis des directions principales de traction, de leur élancement et d’autres paramètres matériaux usuels liés aux fibres, à la matrice cimentaire et à leur interaction. L’orientation des fibres est prise en compte à partir d’une loi de probabilité normale à une ou deux variables permettant de reproduire n’importe quelle orientation obtenue à partir d’un calcul représentatif de la mise en oeuvre du BFUP frais ou renseignée par analyse expérimentale sur prototype. Enfin, le modèle reproduit la fissuration des BFUP sur le principe des modèles de fissures diffuses et tournantes. La loi de comportement est intégrée au sein d’un logiciel de calcul de structure par éléments finis, permettant de l’utiliser comme un outil prédictif de la fiabilité et de la ductilité globale d’éléments en BFUP. Deux campagnes expérimentales ont été effectuées, une à l’Université Laval de Québec et l’autre à l’Ifsttar, Marne-la-Vallée. La première permet de valider la capacité du modèle reproduire le comportement global sous des sollicitations typiques de traction et de flexion dans des éléments structurels simples pour lesquels l’orientation préférentielle des fibres a été renseignée par tomographie. La seconde campagne expérimentale démontre les capacités du modèle dans une démarche d’optimisation, pour la fabrication de plaques nervurées relativement complexes et présentant un intérêt industriel potentiel pour lesquels différentes modalités de fabrication et des BFUP plus ou moins fibrés ont été envisagés. Le contrôle de la répartition et de l’orientation des fibres a été réalisé à partir d’essais mécaniques sur prélèvements. Les prévisions du modèle ont été confrontées au comportement structurel global et à la ductilité mis en évidence expérimentalement. Le modèle a ainsi pu être qualifié vis-à-vis des méthodes analytiques usuelles de l’ingénierie, en prenant en compte la variabilité statistique. Des pistes d’amélioration et de complément de développement ont été identifiées. / This Ph.D. project has been prepared within the context of an industrial and economic optimisation of UHPFRC structural elements to ensure ductility at the structural level, while adjusting the amount of fibre and optimising the manufacturing process. The model developed explicitly describes the participation of local fibre reinforcement in tension, thanks to a hardening behaviour followed by a softening one. The constitutive law is a function of the local fibre content, of the fibre orientation with respect to tensile principal directions, of the fibre slenderness and other usual material parameters related to the fibres, the cementitious matrix and their interaction. The fibre orientation is taken into account using a normal probability distribution with one or two variables to reproduce any orientation either obtained from a representative simulation of casting fresh UHPFRC or informed by experimental analysis on prototypes. Lastly, the model reproduces the cracking of UHPFRC based on the principle of smeared rotating crack models. The constitutive law is implemented in a structural finite element software as a predictive tool of reliability and overall ductility of UHPFRC elements. Two experimental campaigns were carried out, one at Laval University in Québec and one at Ifsttar, Marne-la-Vallée. The first one is used to confirm the model ability to reproducethe overall behaviour under typical tensile and bending loads in simple structural elements for which the preferential fibre orientation was measured by microtomography. The second experimental campaign demonstrates the capabilities of the model, in an optimisation process, to help manufacture relatively complex ribbed triangular plates of industrial interest in which different manufacturing process and fibre volume have been considered. The identification of fibre distribution and orientation has been performed using mechanical tests on sawn samples. The model predictions have been compared to the global structural behaviour, and to the ductility demonstrated experimentally. The model could be qualified through comparison with conventional analytical engineering methods, taking into account the statistical variability. Improvement and additional developments have been identified.

Au cours des dernières décennies, on assiste à une mécanisation massive des opérations forestières, notamment des travaux d'abattage façonnage. Des engins sophistiqués ont été introduits pour améliorer la productivité et répondre aux multiples exigences des clients en termes de coût, de qualité, de quantité et de délai. Le secteur de l'abattage façonnage a enregistré une augmentation significative des accidents de travail. Plusieurs facteurs ont été identifiés à priori. Le présent mémoire propose une analyse exhaustive de ce problème basée sur les travaux publiés dans la littérature et sur les observations effectuées sur le terrain. Un recensement des engins utilisés et une analyse des processus d'exploitation ont permis d'examiner plusieurs facteurs qui affectent, non seulement la sécurité mais également la productivité de ces machines. Une analyse des modes de défaillances de la tête d'abattage la plus représentative au Québec a été réalisée. Le mémoire analyse d'une manière détaillée, aussi bien les volets techniques liés à l'utilisation des têtes d'abattage que ceux inhérents aux processus d'exploitation dans la forêt.

Les matériaux cimentaires sont utilisés de plus en plus dans le domaine de la construction civile. Plusieurs recherches expérimentales sont réalisées dans le but de mieux comprendre les mécanismes pilotant le comportement des bétons et d’identifier les facteurs responsables afin d’en assurer à la fois une meilleure durabilité et une bonne résistance. Or, les bétons dits de haute performance sont susceptibles à se fissurer depuis les premières heures suivant l’initiation de la réaction d’hydratation. La durabilité des bétons est ainsi affectée. Ceci constitue un défi d’actualité. C’est dans cette optique que la présente recherche a été initiée. Le terme jeune âge représente les premiers jours, voire les premières heures, suivant l’amorcement de la réaction d’hydratation des grains de ciments. À l’heure actuelle, il n’existe pas de procédure ni de montages expérimentaux « normalisés » permettant d’évaluer le comportement des bétons depuis le jeune âge. Le Centre de recherche sur les infrastructures en béton (CRIB) a développé un dispositif expérimental qui permet de simuler le comportement des bétons sous des conditions de restrictions des déformations. Le montage, appelé montage de retrait restreint à déformations différées (R2D2), a été amélioré dans le cadre de cette étude afin de permettre d’examiner l’influence de la température sur le comportement des bétons au jeune âge. Plusieurs bétons ont été formulés et testés en se basant sur trois types de ciments. Cinq rapports eau/ciment ont été testés et plusieurs profils thermiques ont été appliqués. L’influence du rapport eau/ciment, de la composition minéralogique et de la température sur le comportement ont été investis plus en profondeur. Le détail des résultats de cette étude expérimentale est présenté dans les sections qui suivent. / Cementitious materials are used increasingly in the field of civil construction. Several experimental investigations are conducted to better understand the mechanisms controlling the behaviour of concrete and identify the factors responsible to ensure both durability and strength. But the so-called high performance concretes are likely to crack in the first hours after the initiation of the hydration reaction. The durability of concrete is thus affected. This constitutes a challenge for today. This research has been initiated with this perspective in mind. The term young age represents the first days, even the first few hours following the initiation of the reaction of hydration of cement grains. Currently, there is no procedure or experimental setups standardized to assess the behaviour of concrete from an early age. The Research Center on Concrete Infrastructures (CRIB) has developed an experimental device that simulates the behaviour of concrete under conditions of restricted deformation. The assembly, called the assembly for restrained shrinkage deformations (R2D2) was improved as part of this study to help examine the influence of temperature on the behaviour of concrete at early age. Several concrete were formulated and tested based on three types of cements. Five water /cement ratios were tested and several thermal profiles were applied. The influence of the water /cement ratio, the mineralogical composition of cement and the effect of the temperature on the concrete behaviour have been investigated in more depth.

Master of Music / Department of Music / Patricia Thompson / This report contains biographical, historical, and analytical commentary on the following composers and their pieces for soprano voice: Henry Purcell and The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation; Franz Schubert and Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister, Op. 62, D. 877; Jacques Offenbach and Les oiseaux dans la charmille, from Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Libby Larsen and Try Me, Good King: Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII; Charles Gounod and Ah! Je veux vivre, from Roméo et Juliette. These selections, unified by the theme of tragedy in various forms of love, were presented in a graduate recital in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Music in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy degree.

Collaboration between the playwright, director, designer and technicians is the backbone of theater. Costume designers, after discussion with the director and the other designers, rely on costume technicians to realize their ideas. The technician’s hands then realize the artistic vision. But what would the technicians try if there were no constraints? I am a technician, a craftsperson who is inspired not just by the play, but also by process, by methods. With every new technique I learn, I imagine the new ways it could be put to use, and the objects I would create if time and resources were not a factor. Imagined objects are seldom created. Once made, these objects exist without a performance, without a purpose. A costume not worn is an unfulfilled destiny. But maybe the pieces I want to make can be given a narrative after the act of construction, or during construction. I’m interested in exploring my ability to be a generative artist. How can my inspiration feed back into the theater community? Can a costume technician’s experimentation have a place in creating new theater? My thesis has two components, exploring my two interests. Those two interests are the creation of objects and the creation of a story. The first component, object creation, was an exploratory study of mask and headdress making techniques. I experimented with new techniques, such as 3-D printing, testing the limitations of new technology. The second component, story creation, was a collaborative process. My collaborator, Brian Oglesby, and I worked concurrently. Brian is a playwright, and as he wrote the play, I made the objects. Our processes mirrored each other. The narrative of the play incorporated the masks and headpieces I made. This project created a theater piece based on the experimentation of a costume technician, and presents a new way for future technicians to think about their work and to have their stories told. / text