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Diss. (sammanfattning) Umeå : Univ., 2008. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Master thesis is dedicated to path planning in uncertain environment focusing on AO* methods. In practical part it focuses on designing and implementation of own solving method for searching And/Or graph. To perform comparative experiments it was created a simulation program, which allows to test implemented algorithms.

We have designed a simulation that can be used to train police officers. Digital simulations are more cost-effective than a human role play. Use of force decisions are complex and made quickly, so there is a need for better training and innovative methods. Using this simulation, we are measuring the degree of presence that a human experience in a virtual environment. More presence implies better training. Participants are divided into two groups in which one group performs the experiment using a screen, keyboard, and mouse, and another uses virtual reality controls. In this experiment, we use subjective measurements and physiological measurements. We offer a questionnaire to participants before and after play. We also record the participants change in heart rate, skin conductivity and skin temperature using Empatica device. By comparing the data collected from both groups, we prove that people experience more presence in the virtual environment.

Submitted by Maria Medeiros (maria.dilva1@ufcg.edu.br) on 2018-10-03T10:52:10Z No. of bitstreams: 1 VENEZIANO GUEDES DE SOUSA - DISSERTAÇÃO (PPGRN) 2010.pdf: 3122219 bytes, checksum: e94fee4dcc34cec305780e14eb644a67 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-10-03T10:52:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 VENEZIANO GUEDES DE SOUSA - DISSERTAÇÃO (PPGRN) 2010.pdf: 3122219 bytes, checksum: e94fee4dcc34cec305780e14eb644a67 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-03-19 / Capes / Os fragmentos de vegetação em zonas urbanas estão sendo reduzidos e comprometem, assim, a estabilidade de bacias hidrográficas e a sobrevivência dos seres vivos nos tempos atuais e futuro. Inseridas na Serra da Borborema (PB) as nascentes de água doce da microbacia hidrográfica Riacho das Piabas (área deste estudo) compreendem um território rural e urbano (Mata do Louzeiro) geopoliticamente integrante de três municípios (Puxinanã, Lagoa Seca, Campina Grande) que ainda detém resquícios da flora e da fauna nativa. O objetivo principal desta pesquisa foi conhecer os indicadores socioeconômicos, tecnológicos e ambientais e avaliar o grau de deterioração dessa região à suplementar políticas publicas diante da recém criada região metropolitana de Campina Grande. Consoantes adaptações a metodologia proposta por Baracuhy (2001) e baseado em Rocha (1997) se construiu questionários estruturados com escores de 1 a 10, em que se atribuiu à condição ideal (valor 1) e no outro extremo, os maiores problemas (valor 10). Realizadas as entrevistas junto aos moradores das nascentes, foram, a partir dos dados obtidos, geradas equações lineares que demonstraram deterioração da ambiência social (29,33%), econômica (67,59%), tecnológica (75,82%) e ambiental (42,86%) decorrentes do uso inadequado dos recursos naturais e da inexistência de políticas públicas. Como prioridade os entrevistados relataram a deficiência de segurança, péssimas estradas, insuficiência da assistência médica e odontológica e inexistência técnico rural. Como prognóstico geral se recomenda urgente criação de políticas públicas específicas à convivência de base ecológica conservando a diversidade étnica, social e biológica na região das nascentes e que internalize os suplementos oriundos da pesquisa das instituições de ensino, antes e durante suas vigências. / The fragments of vegetation in urban areas are being reduced and this compromises the stability of watersheds and the survival of living beings, now and in the future. The springs of Riacho das Piabas are located in the Serra da Borborema (PB) and are fresh water. It is an area included in a rural and urban area (Mata do Louzeiro) that integrals three cities (Puxinanã, Lagoa Seca and Campina Grande) that still has remnants of native flora and fauna. The main objective of this research was to understand the social, economic, technological and environmental aspects and assess of degree deterioration of this region to further policies as helping to manage the newly established metropolitan area of Campina Grande. In accordance with the methodology proposed by Baracuhy (2001) and based in Rocha (1997) a questionnaires was prepared with scores of 1 to 10, which best condition 1 and worst condition 10. The data obtained after the interviews generated linear equations that showed deterioration social (29.33%), economic (67.59%), technology (75.82%) and environmental (42.86%) for inadequate use of natural resources and the absence of public policies. The respondents said that the priority was the safety deficiency, the poor roads, insufficient of medical and dental care and lack of technical worker assistance. As a general prognosis it is recommended that attention is urgently given to introduce a basic policy in this region for the springs maintaining the ethnic, social and biological aspects.

Wie wird sich der öffentliche Raum unserer Städte verändern, wenn die Bevölkerung altert? Das interaktive Architekturmodell „Eine Stadt für jedes Alter“ geht dieser Frage nach. Entstanden ist es für die Ausstellung „Alle Generationen in einem Boot“ auf der MS Wissenschaft. Das Ausstellungsschiff des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) war aus Anlass des Wissenschaftsjahres 2013, welches unter dem Titel „Die demografische Chance“ stand, auf einer Tour durch Deutschland und Österreich unterwegs. Die Betrachter des Exponats werden zunächst durch Szenarien in die Zukunft versetzt. Gezeigt wird ein Ausschnitt aus dem Alltag von drei Senioren und einem Kind im Jahr 2045. Diese vier Personen können dann als Figuren im Modell gesucht und wiedergefunden werden. Die wesentlichen Aspekte einer altersgerechten und barrierefreien Anpassung des städtischen Raums sind in ihrer Umgebung dargestellt und werden mit Texten erläutert. Die vorliegende Broschüre zeigt Eindrücke des Architekturmodells und liefert Informationen zu den zukünftig zu erwartenden Entwicklungen in den Bereichen Mobilität, Wohnen und Versorgung sowie Pflege und Betreuung.

In this dissertation, the strategic planning process in a family owned firm of Saudi Arabia will be discussed. The main aim is to develop a comprehensive model of strategic planning, specific and customized to the family businesses of Saudi Arabia. The model will encompass all the factors that are unique to the Saudi Arabian family businesses, such as the family culture of Saudi business families, the interfamily dynamics that shape the strategic approach of the family and the unique market conditions or the external environment that influences the strategic planning process of family owned firms in Saudi Arabia. The literature review extensively covers the topic of strategic planning, family business dynamics and major salient features of family business described by various authors. The literature review also discusses the models of family business that define the interaction of various elements in family owned firms, their drawbacks and the gaps in applicability of these documented models to family businesses in general and specificallyt o Saudi Arabian family businessesT. he literaturer eview revealst hat there is no comprehensivem odel of strategicp lanning processf or the family owned firms that highlight all the critical factors that shape the strategic planning process and also documents uccessfufli rms that haveb enefitedf rom thesem odels. Based on an extensive survey of the family owned firms of Saudi Arabia and statistical analysis of various unique features of such firms, the most critical factors that play a major role in strategy formulation could be isolated. These critical factors helped in designing the strategic planning model for the family owned firms of Saudi Arabia. The model was practically implemented and validated in 10 family businesses of the kingdom and results confirm the applicability of this model. The model formulation and validation in the family firms of Saudi Arabia, forms the main focus of this dissertation.

The dissertation explores the history and activities of the Brno-located Town and Country Planning Department of The Research Institute for Building and Architecture (RIBA) since its foundation in 1954 until its abolishment in 1994. As a part of the department functioning, a description of its main research tasks and publications, which had played an essential part while formulating theory and methodology of urban planning after the 2nd World War in Czechoslovakia, are introduced. Special attention is paid to tasks and publications whose authors and research workers applied interdisciplinary approaches and – in spite of the prevailing totalitarian regime – managed to apply their experience acquired abroad to produce highly influential works such as The Principles and Rules of Spatial Planning. Another objective of the dissertation is the creation of a complex bibliography of texts that were produced by the department (books, reports on the outcomes of research tasks that had been explored at the Town and Country Planning Department and that were released internally as handbooks serving research workers of the institute and other institutions focusing on building and architecture). Depictions of the Brno department of RIBA from the perspective of two of its significant representatives who have outlived the institution they had witnessed to be founded and to the functioning of which they had significantly contributed, become a key part of the text: Ing. arch. Vladimír Matoušek, CSc., the second head of the Town and Country Planning Department of RIBA and Ing. arch. Dušan Riedl, CSc., a theoretician of architecture and urban planning and a top expert on Czech national herritage. As the topic has not yet been subjected to scholarly research, the main objective of the work is to create the very first complex text on the Brno department of RIBA and its activities. The circumstances surrounding the constitution of RIBA in the context of other similarly functioning research institutes are pursued with a special focus on the fields of building, architecture and urban planning as well as legislative embedding of its foundation and functioning, its organization structure, staff, definition of taskmasters and the way the tasks were approached, relations to other institutions in the field, publishing activities and transfer of theoretical research outcomes to practice. The text also deals with the state of present-day research of architecture and urban planning. Archive material and publications released by the institute represent a predominant source of information about RIBA activities. They are now stored at the archive of ABF Foundation in Prague (the foundation has been administering both the archive and library of the Prague department of RIBA since its abolishment), at the library of The Institute for Spatial Development in Brno (the institute administers the library of the former Brno department) and at the Moravian Land Archive in Brno. Both of the archives have been thoroughly researched by the author. Critical reflections upon the urban-planning department of RIBA occurring in contemporary publications and periodicals are another important source of information which help to specify the character of its activities (recent literature mentions RIBA scarcely, a complex evaluation is still missing). Oral history reported by former employees of RIBA, who had contributed to the first-rate quality of its research activities.