Cette thèse se propose d'étudier le processus de création et la gestion politique successive d'un espace correspondant à la péninsule italienne et les deux mers adjacentes -la mer Tyrrhénienne et la mer Adriatique- de la part du Siège apostolique romain. Cet espace, véritable création géopolitique, avait pour fonction de protéger le territoire et les intérêts du Patrimonium Sancti Petri contre les ingérences étrangères, dans une période de conflit profond avec le pouvoir impérial en raison de la lutte pour les investitures.De manière précise, l'objet de notre recherche est la partie tyrrhénienne de cette région. D'une part, ses littoraux insulaires, la Sardaigne et la Corse, toutes deux liées au Siège apostolique par des relations complexes au niveau juridique, institutionnel et ecclésiastique; d'autre part, sa limite continentale septentrionale axée sur la ville de Pise et liée au Siège apostolique par une relation tout aussi complexe, oscillant entre subordination et autonomie d'action au sein de l'espace géopolitique tyrrhénien. Au cours des premières décennies de la réforme de l'Eglise (1040-1080 environ), l'entité territoriale pontificale n'était pas encore devenue une réalité administrative et institutionnelle mature et structurée. Cependant, le pouvoir du pape existait et se manifestait de manière bien concrète : en premier lieu ecclésiastique et doctrinale, mais également politique et de pouvoir décisionnel sur toute la chrétienté de l'époque, à des intensités différentes selon la distance physique de Rome. La présence de l'Eglise n'avait certainement pas la même force de pénétration ni la même influence dans le lointain Groenland que dans la proche Marca de Tuscia. Toutefois, l'Eglise se présentait comme la "maison de tous"; elle était en cela bien plus l'héritière de l'universalisme de l'Empire romain que ne le fut jamais son concurrent, le Saint-Empire romain germanique.Nous prévoyons par conséquent de développer cette idée de départ en essayant de reconstruire une histoire prosopographique et thématique de la politique des pontifes romains sur les territoires de la région tyrrhénienne, cherchant ainsi à identifier de nouveaux thèmes de recherche jusqu'alors négligés ou peu approfondis par les historiens en général. Tenter de redessiner l'espace tyrrhénien (et en partie l'espace adriatique) du point de vue du Siège apostolique romain représente probablement un défi ambitieux et certainement risqué mais, à mon avis, nécessaire pour échapper à certains écueils de la "navigation" historiographique de ces dernières années, écueils qu'il n'est pas rare que le chercheur croise au cours de son travail. / This thesis aims to investigate the process of creation and subsequent management policy by the Apostolic Seat of the space centered on the Italian peninsula and its two seas, Tyrrhenian and Adriatic during the years of the Gregorian reform. In particular, the object of investigation concerns the Tyrrhenian part of this space and the lands bordering. The islands of Sardinia and Corsica were linked to the Apostolic Seat by a complex institutional and ecclesiastical relationships; on the other bank, the northern Italian coast, centered on the city of Pisa, was linked by an equally complex relationship with the Apostolic Seat, oscillating between subordination and autonomy of action within the geopolitical space of the Tyrrhenian Sea. The historical reconstruction has so far focused mainly on the « regional » aspects, which have seen the development of the large and influential tradition of studies on the relationships between the papacy and the Normans, the Papacy and the « repubbliche marinare », or surveys on Papacy and Sardinia and papacy and Corsica. It is instead intended to focus on the point of view of each Pope on Tyrrhenian area, starting with Gregory VII. This facts can be linked to a more general reflection on the relationship between the popes and a system in constant evolution: Rome in the international contest.In the first decades of the reform of the Church (1040-1080 approximately), the territorial entity papal had not yet become a mature and structured administrative and institutional reality, nevertheless the power of the pope and there was noticeable in its concreteness, ecclesiastical and doctrinal, in First, but also political and decision-making in all Christendom of the time, although with different intensities due to the physical distance from Rome.It is intended, therefore, to develop this initial idea, trying to reconstruct a history prosopographical and thematic policy of the Roman pontiffs in the territories of the Tyrrhenian space, thus trying to identify new research topics previously overlooked or only superficially by historiography general. / La presente tesi intende indagare il processo di creazione e la successiva gestione politica da parte della Sede Apostolica romana di uno spazio imperniato sulla penisola italica e i due mari ad essa adiacenti, il Tirreno e l’Adriatico durante il periodo della riforma “gregoriana”. Questo spazio, una vera e propria creazione geopolitica, svolse la funzione di protezione del territorio e degli interessi del Patrimonium Sancti Petri dalle ingerenze esterne, in un periodo in cui era profondo lo scontro con l’autorità imperiale per via della lotta per le investiture. Più precisamente, l’oggetto d’indagine è stato la parte tirrenica di questo spazio, con una particolare attenzione da un lato alla sponda insulare di esso, con le due isole di Sardegna e Corsica, legate alla Sede Apostolica da un rapporto complesso sul piano giuridico, istituzionale ed ecclesiastico; dall’altro alla sponda continentale settentrionale, imperniata sulla città di Pisa, legata da un rapporto altrettanto complesso con la Sede Apostolica,oscillante tra subalternità e autonomia di azione all’interno dello spazio geopolitico tirrenico.Nei primi decenni della riforma della Chiesa (1040-1080 circa), l’entità territoriale pontificia non era ancora divenuta una matura e strutturata realtà amministrativa e istituzionale, cionondimeno il potere del pontefice esisteva ed era avvertibile nella sua concretezza, ecclesiastica e dottrinale, in primo luogo, ma anche politica e decisionale in tutta la Cristianità del tempo, sebbene con le diverse intensità dovute alla distanza fisica da Roma. Sicuramente la presenza della Chiesa non aveva la stessa forza di penetrazione e la stessa influenza nella remota Groenlandia rispetto alla vicina Marca di Tuscia, tuttavia sia in una regione che nell’altra la SedeApostolica si proponeva come la “casa di tutti”, erede in questo dell’universalismo dell’Impero Romano molto più del suo competitor:il Sacro Romano Impero Germanico.Si è inteso dunque sviluppare questo spunto iniziale, provando a ricostruire una storia prosopografica e tematica della politica dei pontefici romani sui territori dello spazio tirrenico, cercando così di individuare nuovi temi di ricerca precedentemente trascurati o poco approfonditi dalla storiografia generale.Tentare di ridisegnare lo spazio tirrenico (e in parte quello adriatico) dal punto di vista della Sede Apostolica romana è probabilmente una sfida ambiziosa, e certo rischiosa ma a mio avviso necessaria per sfuggire ad alcune secche presenti nella navigazione storiografica degli ultimi anni e sulle quali non di rado lo studioso si imbatte nel corso della sua attività.

For this thesis, I developed a curriculum for high school art students using centers for small group instruction that helped them develop skills and knowledge in creating art. The type of small group instruction that I implemented is centered based and includes a teacher facilitated component, an interactive activity, and a project done in a small group at their desks. The groups were broken down in levels of ability, skill, and the extra time needed for students to complete their work. By developing this type of curriculum for the Visual Art 1 course, the goal of small group instruction in the art classroom is to support student understanding of the artistic process through successful experiences.

Children with ASD often display behavior problems that can lead to daily academic and social disruptions. Many teachers and therapists have sought to create classroom interventions that improve the length of time a child stays seated and focused on the required task. This has led to the introduction of stability balls as an alternative seating method for children, both on the autism spectrum and with other needs. This study used a multiple baseline design and duration data to evaluate the effects of stability ball seating on attending and in-seat behavior for children with ASD who received ABA therapy in their homes. The intervention replaced their standard seating method with a stability ball. In the final phase participants chose their own seating method before beginning table work to assess preference. Following intervention the stability ball was found to increase both attending and in-seat durations for children with ASD.

This thesis deals with the process and management of the joint venture project from a theoretical point of view and subsequently analyzes particular international joint venture of two automobile companies - Spanish SEAT S.A. and Czech Skoda Auto Inc. - into the Volkswagen Group. The main goal of this thesis is to answer the question why the SEAT S.A. after the integration into the Volkswagen Group did not become as successful as Skoda Auto achieved to be.

This diploma project deals with the production line in the selected company. The theoretical part is dealing with lean production, followed by the company description and description of the production line itself. The diploma project looks at the production line from a variety of perspectives and looks for the most appropriate points to optimize. The most important aspects are the efficiency of production and ergonomics. After finding critical points, different solutions are proposed and they are further elaborated, evaluated and the most appropriate one is recommended.

This master´s thesis deals with a design of an electric stroller. This alternative means of transport for a parent and a child was designed based on a design and technical analysis. This product allows independent and fast movement in the city. Using the product requires an introduction of a new arrangement of streets, with designated communications for micromobility. Modern technologies are used in the concept of the designed product. The advantage of the design concept is that the product can be used as a classic electric scooter.

The aim of this work is to assess the possibilities of using numerical simulation tools in the process of laser welding of the guide rail of a car seat. In the diploma thesis, a description of the components and the problem, which consists in the deformation of the groove of the guide rail, was made. A description was made of the manufacturing operations that the components go through. The positives of selected welding methods were evaluated and the choice of those used in production was justified. A description of the issues of laser welding, deformation and the use of simulation tools was made. The influence of individual production operations was evaluated in terms of the size and nature of deformations. Using the Visual – Mesh, Visual – Weld and Visual – Assembly simulation tools, which are products of the French company ESI Group, the same state of the simulated and real process was achieved. Subsequently, a proposal for the elimination of deformations and its verification using a simulation tool could be approached. The use of a spacer wedge, which acts on the most deformed places of the groove, was proposed. By its application, the resulting deformations were eliminated or significantly reduced. In the last part of the work, a technical and economic evaluation was made, taking into account the current global crisis and the important role of the automotive industry.

Väldigt få av dagens skogsmaskiner har dämpning vid hjulen. Detta resulterar i att den enda dämpning operatören har tillgång till för att dämpa vibrationer och stötar från marken, är den som sitter under sätet, det dämpande underredet. Tyvärr håller dagens undereden icke måttet, då de är främst designade att användas i en helt annan miljö, oftast i lastbilar och bussar. Förutom problemet med kort livslängd, så finns problemet med att man ej kan få optimal dämpning vid lägsta och högsta positionen, på grund av hur konstruktionen är utformad. I detta examensarbete så görs ett försök att hitta en annan typ av dämpnings- och höjdläges-funktion som gör att höjd och dämpning ej är beroende av varandra, vilket skall resultera i optimal dämning oavsett höjd. Förutom detta så skall designen också hålla längre samt dämpa vibrationer och rörelser åt fler håll än bara vertikalt.Den resulterande konstruktionen analyserades sedan digitalt, för att ta fram de optimala dämpnings- och fjäder- konstanterna, samt egenfrekvenserna. Slutligen ges rekommendationer för design, analyser och övrigt fortsatt arbete som behövs för att kunna tillverka en prototyp. / Very few of today’s forest machines have damping at the wheels. The only damping that the operator has to shield him from the vibrations and shakes is the seats undercarriage. Unfortunately, today’s undercarriage do not measure up to the task, as they are often designed for trucks and busses, not to be used in a harsh environment as a forest. Except the short lifespan problem, there is also the issue of optimal damping. Today’s design does not allow for optimal damping at the maximum and minimum height positions.This Master´s Thesis project aim at creating a new and improved design that would separate height adjustment and damping, with the purpose to provide optimal damping within the entire height adjustment range. All this and at the same time making the design sturdier, with a greater lifespan, and to be able to damp vibrations and motions in more than one direction. The resulting design was then digitally analyzed to find out the optimal damping and spring coefficients, as well as the natural frequencies. Finally recommendations are given for design, analyses and further work that are needed to manufacture a prototype.

The purpose of this thesis is to develop a power seat structure that can serve as an alternativeto the one developed by Koenigsegg for their upcoming model Gemera and potentially others.The power seat structure will be designed around an existing chassis and will use it as areference to create an accommodating power seat structure. It will be designed to be used witha fixed-back seat that is used in the development process of the Gemera.Koenigsegg requires that the power seat structure allows for horizontal and lifting motion, aswell as tilting. These functions will be adapted to the power seat structure designed by theproject group.Due to confidentiality concerns, some parts of this thesis will not be made available to thepublic.

Open seat House of Representatives elections are an area that has not received the same attention as seats with incumbents, despite open seats traditionally providing more interesting results. This research examines partisan change in open seat House races from 2000-2014 in order to determine whether previous research is still applicable in light of changing behavior of open seats in the 2000s. This research found that since 2004 partisan change has occurred more often with incumbents being defeated and not due to open seats. A logit model was used with partisan change as the dichotomous dependent variable, a unique approach to House elections. The model found that candidate spending was the most significant variable in explaining partisan change, while other variables such as district competitiveness, candidate quality, and unemployment were also significant. The model was then used to predict the 2014 House elections, correctly predicting roughly 75% of races. Finally two case studies were examined where the model failed to provide accurate predictions to determine improvements that could be made to future iterations of the model