An extensive bibliographic search of domestic and foreign resources was elaborated within the diploma thesis. In the sphere of major accident prevention, risk analysis and assessment are necessary to fulfill the aims. The development of this sphere is mentioned in the thesis. It also discusses reasons why the exact and detailed instruction for those analyses cannot be provided and why the standard methods of risk analysis cannot be introduced (as well as the methods for particular risk recipients). The thesis also discusses available software tools for evaluating the emergency impacts. The study suggests the optimal software tool for simulation of emergency impacts in the conditions of the Czech Republic and also recommends the possible technical precautions for increasing safety of dangerous chemical substances. The conclusion contains discussion on the finding the author revealed and their relation to the information found in the literature and it also summarizes author’s opinion.

The Master's Thesis deals with the usage of various software tools in emergency management and in environmental protection. Nowadays, on every step we make, we can face emergency situations which can cause great harm to the environment as well as to human life and property. The theoretical part provides an overview of software tools. Different software tools, their basic parameters, development and usage are described. There are also explained terms like geographic information system, etc. The practical part is focused on the instruments used in selected countries, including Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary, USA, Canada and the United Kingdom. In the conclusion is the comparison of the effectiveness of software tools in emergency management and in environmental protection.

The Master's Thesis deals with the usage of various software tools in emergency management and in environmental protection. Nowadays, on every step we make, we can face emergency situations which can cause great harm to the environment as well as to human life and property. The theoretical part provides an overview of software tools. Different software tools, their basic parameters, development and usage are described. There are also explained terms like geographic information system, etc. The practical part is focused on the instruments used in selected countries, including Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary, USA, Canada and the United Kingdom. In the conclusion is the comparison of the effectiveness of software tools in emergency management and in environmental protection.

Today’s embedded systems depend on the availability of hybrid platforms, that contain heterogeneous computing resources such as programmable processors units (CPU’s or DSP’s) and highly specialized hardware cores. These platforms have been scaled down to integrated embedded system-on-chip. Modern platform FPGAs enhance such systems by the flexibility of runtime configurable silicon. One of the major advantages that arises is the ability to use hardware (HW) and software (SW) resources in a time-shared manner. Though the ability to dynamically assign computing resources based on decisions taken at runtime is given.

Master of Science / Department of Mathematics / David Auckly / This report introduces the fiber bundles. It includes the definitions of fiber bundles such as vector bundles and principal bundles, with some interesting examples. Reduction of the structure groups, and covering homotopy theorem and some specific computation using obstruction classes, Cech cohomology, Stiefel-Whitney classes, and first Chern classes are included.

Uma das grandes dificuldades do desenvolvimento de software é adequar, de forma sistemática, os esforços na resolução de problemas e nas melhorias dos processos internos aos objetivos do negócio. O Seis Sigma é uma metodologia estruturada que incrementa a qualidade dos processos e o alinhamento com as estratégias empresariais, proporcionando altos ganhos financeiros para quem o utiliza. Surgido inicialmente na manufatura, o Seis Sigma vem sendo aplicado também noutros setores. No desenvolvimento de software, o seu uso é ainda restrito, mas há indícios de que possa ser utilizado com o mesmo sucesso. O objetivo desta dissertação de mestrado é propor um roteiro específico para a implementação do Seis Sigma nas organizações desenvolvedoras de software. Além do levantamento teórico, foi realizado um estudo de casos múltiplos para analisar as razões da sua adoção, as modalidades de seu uso, os seus benefícios e as suas limitações para os processos de software. Os resultados observados mostram que o Seis Sigma pode ser aplicado total ou parcialmente na melhoria dos processos de software. Além disso, é necessário alguma customização nos processos do Seis Sigma convencional, uma vez que os projetos de melhoria podem estar orientados para novos produtos, novos clientes ou, ainda, que os trabalhos de desenvolvimento fiquem a cargo de novas equipes, que muitas vezes são terceirizadas. O trabalho conclui que o Seis Sigma pode contribuir efetivamente para a melhoria dos processos de software, independentemente da organização objetivar níveis superiores de maturidade. O estudo sugere também um roteiro específico, chamado SW-DMAIC, para a aplicação do Seis Sigma em empresas desenvolvedoras de software. Este roteiro é composto por três etapas: implementação da filosofia do Seis Sigma, reciclagem desta filosofia, quando necessário e execução de projetos específicos. / Aligning sistematically efforts to solve problems and improve the software process with business goals is one of the challenges of software development. Six Sigma is a structured methodology that increases the process quality and aligning with enterprise strategies, providing high financial returns for those who uses it. Firstly applied in manufacturing companies, Six Sigma has been applied in other sectors too. It is not widely used in the software companies yet, but there are already some successful cases. The main objective of this master degree dissertation is to propose a specific roadmap for the Six Sigma application at software companies. Besides the theoretical research, it is accomplished a multiple case study to analyze the adoption reasons, the modalities of the use, the benefits and the limitations of Six Sigma for the software processes. The observed results show that Six Sigma could be applied totally or partially for software process improvement. Therefore it is necessary some tayloring in the Six Sigma processes, because improvement projects could refer for new products or new customers or some of the development work is in charge of new teams, specially when they are a outsoursing. The work has concluded that Six Sigma could contribute indeed to software process improvement, independently the enterprise is going to reach higher level maturity. This study suggests also a specific three-stage-roadmap, called SW-DMAIC, for the Six Sigma application at software companies containing processes for implementation of Six Sigma?s philosophy, recycling this philosophy when it?s necessary and, execution of specific Six Sigma projects.

This thesis aims to characterize the annelid diversity of whale bones implanted in the SW Atlantic at two different depths (1500 and 3300 m) and its relation with other whale falls and chemosynthetic environments. The first chapter presents a general introduction with a brief review on whale-fall composition and its importance to the deep-sea ecosystem. Chapter 1 also exhibits the distribution of annelid families showing that assemblages are probably under the control of oceanographic processes, such as water masses characteristics and direction of flow. The diversity of the most important whale fall specialist, Osedax, is explored in chapter 2. The distribution of Osedax species on the studied depths reinforces the importance of oceanographic processes for community structure. In this chapter we also compare Atlantic and Pacific populations of Osedax frankpressi. Interestingly, the family Capitellidae was the most abundant annelid in whale bones and, for this reason, the diversity of Capitella is evaluated in chapter 3, the only capitellid genus found in whale falls. The phylogenetic relationships of shallow-water and deep-sea Capitella are present in chapter 3, providing insights for the invasion and diversification of this genus in the deep-sea environment. In Chapter 4, the diversity and phylogeny of Sirsoe and Vrijenhoekia is investigated. The phylogenic analysis of both genera indicates the inclusion of Vrijenhoekia inside Sirsoe. Ten new Sirsoe species were found, some of them cryptic and some shared between Atlantic and Pacific whale falls. Only one new species was previously found in vents. Finally, chapter 5 highlights the contribution of this thesis to the knowledge of whale fall diversity, suggesting important issues for future studies. / Esta tese tem como objetivo caracterizar a diversidade de anelídeos de ossos de baleia implantados no Atlântico Sudoeste em duas profundidades diferentes (1500 e 3300 m), e a relação com outras carcaças de baleia e ambientes quimiossintetizantes. O primeiro capítulo apresenta uma introdução geral com uma breve revisão sobre a composição da fauna e sua importância ecológica para o ecossistema de mar profundo. O capítulo 1 também mostra a distribuição das famílias de anelídeos evidenciando que as assembleias provavelmente estão sob influência dos processos oceanográficos, tais como as características das massas d\'águas e seu fluxo direcional. A diversidade do especialista de carcaça, Osedax, é abordado no capítulo 2. A distribuição das espécies de Osedax nas profundidades estudadas reforçam a importância dos processos oceanográficos na estrutura da comunidade. Neste capítulo nós também comparamos as populações do Atlântico e do Pacífico de Osedax frankpressi. Surpreendentemente, a família Capitellidae foi o anelídeo mais abundante nos ossos de baleia, e por esta razão, a diversidade de Capitella, o único gênero de capitelídeo encontrado nas carcaças, é avaliada no capítulo 3. As relações filogenéticas entre Capitella de águas rasas e de mar profundo são apresentadas no capítulo 3, gerando percepções sobre a invasão e diversificação do gênero no mar profundo. No capítulo 4, a diversidade e filogenia de Sirsoe e Vrijenhoekia são investigadas, evidenciando a inclusão de Vrijenhoekia dentro de Sirsoe. Dez novas espécies de Sirsoe foram descritas, algumas delas crípticas e outras compartilhadas entre as carcaças de baleia do Atlântico e do Pacífico. Apenas uma espécie nova foi previamente registrada em fontes hidrotermais. Por último, o capítulo 5 ressalta a contribuição desta tese para o conhecimento da diversidade de carcaças de baleia, sugerindo questões importantes para futuros estudos.

This study assessed the Prevent-Teach-Reinforce (PTR) model to determine its impact on problem and replacement behaviors of three children who are typically developing with behavioral challenges in a high-need elementary school setting. Specifically, this study evaluated the use of the PTR model as an intensive individualized Tier 3 intervention within a multi-tiered intervention system. In addition, the study examined the validity and usability of the Individualized Behavior Rating Scale Tool (IBRST), which was developed as a feasible daily progress monitoring tool in conjunction with the PTR model. Social validity and fidelity of intervention implementation were also assessed. A multiple baseline across participants was employed to evaluate the impact of implementation of the model on the children's behaviors. The results of the study indicated that the PTR model was effective in reducing problem behaviors and increasing the use of replacement behaviors for all three participants. In addition, the IBRST completed by the teachers was found to have a substantial correlation to data collected during direct observations.

Un système embarqué peut être défini comme un système électronique et informatique autonome, dédié à une tâche bien définie et soumis à des contraintes. Les défaillances des systèmes embarqués sont de plus en plus difficiles à prévoir, comprendre et réparer. Des travaux sur la sûreté de fonctionnement ont mis au point les techniques de vérification et des recommandations de conception pour maîtriser les risques. En même temps d'autres travaux ont entrepris d'améliorer la fiabilité de ces systèmes en rénovant les méthodologies de conception. Les méthodes de diagnostic, à leur tour, ont évolué afin d'améliorer la tolérance des systèmes embarqués aux pannes et leur capacité à s'auto-diagnostiquer. Ainsi, le domaine de l'analyse de la " diagnosticabilité " a vu le jour. Aujourd'hui, le concepteur d'un système doit s'assurer que celui-ci est diagnosticable, c'est-àdire que les fautes qui peuvent y apparaitre sont identifiables, avant de construire ou fabriquer le système. Les méthodes d'analyse de la diagnosticabilité se focalisent sur ce que nous appelons " la diagnosticabilité fonctionnelle " où l'architecture matérielle du système n'était pas directement considérée. Cette thèse contribue à l'analyse de l'impact de l'interaction des fonctions-architecture sur la diagnosticabilité d'un système embarqué. L'approche que nous avons conçue est intégrable dans le cycle de conception des systèmes embarqués ; elle commence par l'analyse de la diagnosticabilité des systèmes à événements discrets (telle qu'elle est présentée dans la littérature). Notre méthode, exige ensuite la vérification d'un ensemble de propriétés que nous avons définies et appelées " propriétés de la diagnosticabilité fonctionnelle-architecturale ". La vérification des propriétés s'effectue en deux étapes : la première étape est la vérification de la description de l'architecture (réalisée en AADL) et la deuxième étape est la vérification de l'interaction fonctions-architecture (réalisée en SystemC-Simulink). Pour l'analyse de l'interaction des fonctions avec l'architecture, réalisée en SystemC-Simulink, nous avons développé un prototype d'outil COSITA basé sur l'analyse des traces de la co-simulation du co-modèle. Nous avons comparé les résultats de l'analyse des traces de co-simulation avec des résultats que nous avons obtenus suite à une émulation sur une plateforme physique automobile dans le laboratoire Heudiasyc. Finalement, nous avons mis au point à travers cette thèse une méthodologie originale d'analyse de la diagnosticabilité qui prend en considération les contraintes de l'architecture matérielle du système.

The code division multiple access (CDMA) system implemented by the direct-sequence (DS) spread spectrum (SS) technique is one of the most promising multiplexing technologies for wireless communications services. The SS communication adopts a technique of using much wider bandwidth necessary to transmit the information over the channel. In the DS-CDMA system, due to the inherent structure interference, referred to as the multiple access interference (MAI), the system performance might degrade. Next, for DS-CDMA systems over frequency-selective fading channels, the effect of inter symbol interference (ISI) will exist, such that a multiuser RAKE receiver has to be employed to combat the ISI as well as MAI. Since, in practical wireless communication environment, there may have several communication systems operated in the same area at the same time. In this thesis, we consider the environment of DS-CDMA systems, where the asynchronous narrow band interference (NBI) due to other systems is joined suddenly to the CDMA system. In general, when a system works in a stable state with adaptive detectors, a suddenly joined NBI signal will cause the system performance to be crash down. Under such circumstance, the existing conventional adaptive RAKE detectors may not be able to track well for the rapidly sudden changing NBI associated with the problems of ISI and MAI. It is known that the adaptive filtering algorithms, based on the sliding window linear constrained recursive least squares (SW LC-RLS), is very attractive to a violent changing environment. The main concern of this thesis is to propose a novel sliding window constant modulus RLS (SW CM-RLS) algorithm, based on the Min/max criterion, to deal with the NBI for DS-CDMA system over multipath channels. For simplicity and having less system complexity the generalized side-lobe canceller (GSC) structure is employed, and is referred to as the SW CM-GSC-RLS algorithm. The aim of the SW CM-GSC-RLS algorithm is used to alleviate the effect of NBI. It has the advantages of having faster convergence property and tracking ability, and can be applied to the environment in which the NBI is suddenly joined to the system under the effect of channel mismatch to achieve desired performance. At the end of this thesis, we extend the idea of the proposed algorithm to the space-time DS-CDMA RAKE receiver, in which the adaptive beamformer with temporal domain DS-CDMA receiver is employed. Via computer simulation results, we show that our new proposed schemes outperform the conventional CM GSC-RLS algorithm as well as the GSC-RLS algorithm (the so-called LCMV approach), in terms of mean square error of estimating channel impulse response, output signal to interference plus noise ratio and bit-error-rate.