This dissertation examines how early modern English playwrights employ absence to enrich their representations of the unknown, including witchcraft and the supernatural. Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries magical themes were often dramatized through visual and linguistic excess. Whether this excess was manifested through the use of vibrant costumes, farcical caricatures, or exaggerated dialogue, magic was often synonymous with theatricality. Playwrights such as William Rowley, Ben Jonson, and William Shakespeare, however, challenge stereotypical depictions of magic by contrasting excessive magic with the subtler power of restrained or off-stage magic. Embedded in the fantastical events and elaborate plots of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, absence, whether as an unstaged thing or person or an absent ideology, becomes a crucial element in understanding how playwrights represented and understood occult issues during the early modern period. Further, when gendered feminine, magical absences serve to combat oppressive silences within scripts and provide female subjects with an unimpeded and inherently magical space from which to challenge pre-established patriarchal systems of control. Each chapter in this dissertation, therefore, appraises the magical possibilities that theatrical absences provide to women as a platform from which to develop their narrative voice. Partnered with a complementary discussion of Jonson’s The Masque of Queens and two thematically linked witchcraft cases, my first chapter argues that Mistress Ford uses the complete stage absence of both a witch and a queen in The Merry Wives of Windsor to reform her community and critique her society’s unjust categorization of women. In chapter two, I examine a series of “vanishing acts” in The Birth of Merlin and argue that Rowley’s female characters use their final moments on stage to contextualize their impending absences for audiences as moments of magical defiance rather than defeat in the face of male tyranny. In my final chapter, I look at how magical objects, such as the handkerchief in Shakespeare’s Othello or the belt in Jonson’s The Sad Shepherd resist the absence of their female creators and continue to provide physically absent or dead women with magical agency. By structuring my dissertation on these three specific gradations of absence, I provide a nuanced analysis of the purposes these dramatic omissions serve by focusing on how these shades of absence subtly alter the ways in which we interpret and define early modern magical belief. / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Anxiety disorders are among the most commonly diagnosed class of mental illness in the United States, and often involve abnormally high levels of stress and social fear. Despite high lifetime prevalence rates, social anxiety disorder (SAD) has remarkably low diagnosis and treatment rates. Furthermore, while individuals with other specific psychiatric disorders tend to exhibit significant neuropsychological deficits, neuropsychological functioning in individuals with SAD remains largely untested. A majority of the few existing studies concerning neuropsychological performance in SAD samples focus on specific functions, and their limited results are highly mixed. The primary objective of this investigation was to provide a more thorough, broad assessment of both auditory and visual working memory as related to psychometrically-defined social anxiety disorder. In addition, this study aimed to help clarify as to whether such deficits are related to the construct of social anxiety, or whether any potential deficits are better explained by generalized state and/or trait (in-the-moment) anxiety. The implications of a deficit in the visual and/or auditory working memory domains are multifaceted. For example, such a deficit may lead to the inability to detect visual cues in social situations. The inability to process these social cues has the potential to exacerbate some SAD- related symptoms, such as fear of humiliation and judgment. Twenty-nine college students completed both phases of this study, including an assessment of state and trait anxiety as well as social phobia and a four-part working memory battery. An analysis of the Phase II data indicates that individual scores on the four measures of both visual and auditory working memory did not relate to trait and/or state anxiety or psychometrically-defined social anxiety.; Thus, it appears that social, generalized trait, and generalized state anxiety do not relate to a neuropsychological deficit in either type of working memory in this sample population. However, we did find a statistical trend suggesting that as social anxiety increased, there was a relative decrease in visual vs. auditory working memory. This statistical trend remained after covarying for state and trait anxiety respectively. Therefore, future research in this area should examine the discrepancy in performance between the auditory and visual working memory domains as it relates to both diagnosed social phobia and psychometrically-defined social anxiety.

Social robots are becoming more and more common in our everyday lives. In the field of conversational robotics, the development goes towards socially engaging robots with humanlike conversation. This project looked into one of the technical aspects when recognizing speech, videlicet speech activity detection (SAD). The presented solution uses a convolutional neural network (CNN) based system to detect speech in a forward azimuth area. The project used a dataset from FestVox, called CMU Artic and was complimented by adding recorded noises. A library called Pyroomacoustics were used to simulate a real world setup to create a robust system. A simplified version was built, this model only detected speech activity and a accuracy of 95%was reached. The finished model resulted in an accuracy of 93%.It was compared with similar project, a voice activity detection(VAD) algorithm WebRTC with beamforming, as no previous published solutions to our project was found. Our solution proved to be higher in accuracy in both cases, compared to the accuracy WebRTC achieved on our dataset. / Sociala robotar blir vanligare och vanligare i våra vardagliga liv. Inom konversationsrobotik går utvecklingen mot socialt engagerande robotar som kan ha mänskliga konversationer. Detta projekt tittar på en av de tekniska aspekterna vid taligenkänning, nämligen talaktivitets detektion. Den presenterade lösningen använder ett convolutional neuralt nätverks(CNN) baserat system för att detektera tal i ett framåtriktat azimut område. Projektet använde sig av ett dataset från FestVox, kallat CMU Artic och kompletterades genom att lägga till ett antal inspelade störningsljud. Ett bibliotek som heter Pyroomacoustics användes för att simulera en verklig miljö för att skapa ett robust system. En förenklad modell konstruerades som endast detekterade talaktivitet och en noggrannhet på 95% uppnåddes. Den färdiga maskinen resulterade i en noggrannhet på 93%. Det jämfördes med liknande projekt, en röstaktivitetsdetekterings (VAD) algoritm WebRTC med strålformning, eftersom inga tidigare publicerade lösningar för vårt projekt hittades. Det visade sig att våra lösningar hade högre noggrannhet än den WebRTC uppnådde på vårt dataset. / Kandidatexjobb i elektroteknik 2020, KTH, Stockholm

Le nouveau contexte de planification du Grand Montréal engendré par la Loi modifiant la Loi sur l’aménagement et l’urbanisme et d’autres dispositions législatives concernant les communautés métropolitaines (L.Q. 2010, c. 10) soulève un grand nombre de questions en matière d’aménagement, notamment par rapport à la gestion de l’urbanisation et plus spécifiquement en ce qui a trait à la notion de périmètre d’urbanisation. Ce nouveau contexte de planification est donc l’élément déclencheur de la présente recherche qui vise à examiner la conception du périmètre métropolitain définie dans le Plan métropolitain d’aménagement et de développement (PMAD) adopté par la Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM) et qui est entré en vigueur le 12 mars 2012, suite à l’avis favorable du gouvernement du Québec. Cette recherche vise également à examiner l’encadrement du périmètre métropolitain en fonction du contenu des schémas d’aménagement et de développement (SAD) en vigueur des cinq municipalités régionales de compté (MRC) de la Couronne Nord. Plus précisément, il s’agit d’examiner ces documents en ce qui a trait à quatre outils de planification complémentaires, soit les seuils minimaux de densité, les programmes de phasage, les plans de développement de la zone agricole et les demandes à portée collective, ceci afin d’évaluer leur présence et leur contribution à l’atteinte des objectifs poursuivis par le concept de périmètre d’urbanisation. La présente recherche a permis de conclure qu’en matière de conception, le périmètre métropolitain est un outil nettement plus stratégique, comparativement au rôle attribué à cette notion au préalable dans les schémas régionaux, et ce, même considérant le peu de complémentarité entre les périmètres régionaux et ce dernier. En matière d’encadrement, il est possible de conclure que le contexte de planification révèle une situation régionale hautement variable qui illustre le besoin d’une approche de planification commune afin d’atteindre les objectifs du périmètre métropolitain. / The new planning framework created by The Act to amend the Act respecting land use planning and development and other legislative provisions concerning metropolitan communities (S.Q. 2010, c. 10) raises a number of questions about land use issues, notably with regards to growth management and more specifically with the concept of urban growth boundaries. In light of the new planning framework, the aim of this research is to assess the design of Greater Montreal’s Metropolitan Growth Boundary as defined in The Metropolitan Land Use and Development Plan (PMAD) adopted by the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM) and which came into effect on March 12, 2012, following approval of the Québec government. This paper will also look at the management of the Metropolitan Growth Boundary within the new planning framework by focusing on the content of The Land Use and Development Plan (SAD) in force in the five Regional County Municipalities (RCM) of Greater Montreal’s North Shore. The regional planning documents will be examined with regards to four complementary planning tools (Minimum Density Thresholds, Phased Growth Programs, Agricultural Development Plans and Demands of Collective Scope) in order to ascertain whether the tools were used and if so, whether they contribute to supporting the Metropolitan Growth Boundary objectives. This research finds that, in terms of its design, even considering the lack of synchronization between regional growth boundaries and the Metropolitan Growth Boundary, the Metropolitan Growth Boundary is now a much more strategic tool than the previous regional incarnations within the regional Land Use and Development Plans. As well, in terms of the management of the Metropolitan Growth Boundary, it is possible to conclude that due to a highly variable planning situation, the regional planning framework highlights the need for a common planning approach in order to achieve the objectives of the Metropolitan Growth Boundary.

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Le nouveau contexte de planification du Grand Montréal engendré par la Loi modifiant la Loi sur l’aménagement et l’urbanisme et d’autres dispositions législatives concernant les communautés métropolitaines (L.Q. 2010, c. 10) soulève un grand nombre de questions en matière d’aménagement, notamment par rapport à la gestion de l’urbanisation et plus spécifiquement en ce qui a trait à la notion de périmètre d’urbanisation. Ce nouveau contexte de planification est donc l’élément déclencheur de la présente recherche qui vise à examiner la conception du périmètre métropolitain définie dans le Plan métropolitain d’aménagement et de développement (PMAD) adopté par la Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM) et qui est entré en vigueur le 12 mars 2012, suite à l’avis favorable du gouvernement du Québec. Cette recherche vise également à examiner l’encadrement du périmètre métropolitain en fonction du contenu des schémas d’aménagement et de développement (SAD) en vigueur des cinq municipalités régionales de compté (MRC) de la Couronne Nord. Plus précisément, il s’agit d’examiner ces documents en ce qui a trait à quatre outils de planification complémentaires, soit les seuils minimaux de densité, les programmes de phasage, les plans de développement de la zone agricole et les demandes à portée collective, ceci afin d’évaluer leur présence et leur contribution à l’atteinte des objectifs poursuivis par le concept de périmètre d’urbanisation. La présente recherche a permis de conclure qu’en matière de conception, le périmètre métropolitain est un outil nettement plus stratégique, comparativement au rôle attribué à cette notion au préalable dans les schémas régionaux, et ce, même considérant le peu de complémentarité entre les périmètres régionaux et ce dernier. En matière d’encadrement, il est possible de conclure que le contexte de planification révèle une situation régionale hautement variable qui illustre le besoin d’une approche de planification commune afin d’atteindre les objectifs du périmètre métropolitain. / The new planning framework created by The Act to amend the Act respecting land use planning and development and other legislative provisions concerning metropolitan communities (S.Q. 2010, c. 10) raises a number of questions about land use issues, notably with regards to growth management and more specifically with the concept of urban growth boundaries. In light of the new planning framework, the aim of this research is to assess the design of Greater Montreal’s Metropolitan Growth Boundary as defined in The Metropolitan Land Use and Development Plan (PMAD) adopted by the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM) and which came into effect on March 12, 2012, following approval of the Québec government. This paper will also look at the management of the Metropolitan Growth Boundary within the new planning framework by focusing on the content of The Land Use and Development Plan (SAD) in force in the five Regional County Municipalities (RCM) of Greater Montreal’s North Shore. The regional planning documents will be examined with regards to four complementary planning tools (Minimum Density Thresholds, Phased Growth Programs, Agricultural Development Plans and Demands of Collective Scope) in order to ascertain whether the tools were used and if so, whether they contribute to supporting the Metropolitan Growth Boundary objectives. This research finds that, in terms of its design, even considering the lack of synchronization between regional growth boundaries and the Metropolitan Growth Boundary, the Metropolitan Growth Boundary is now a much more strategic tool than the previous regional incarnations within the regional Land Use and Development Plans. As well, in terms of the management of the Metropolitan Growth Boundary, it is possible to conclude that due to a highly variable planning situation, the regional planning framework highlights the need for a common planning approach in order to achieve the objectives of the Metropolitan Growth Boundary.

Social ångeststörning (SAD) är ett ångestsyndrom som orsakar stor funktionsnedsättning och försämrad livskvalitet. I föreliggande studie presenteras förklaringsmodeller till SAD med fokus på temperamentsforskning och reinforcement sensitivity theory (RST). Syftet var att genom explorativ faktoranalys identifiera latenta variabler i frågeformuläret ”Hur man var som barn” (HMVSB), som administrerats i en klinisk population (n= 100) och i en kontrollgrupp (n= 246). Faktoranalysen extraherade två faktorer som döptes till beteendeinhibering (BI) respektive beteendeaktivering (BA). Ett andra syfte var att jämföra den kliniska populationen med kontrollgruppen avseende de extraherade faktorerna. Resultaten visade att HMVSB uppvisade god intern konsistens och tillfredsställande instrumentell reliabilitet. Vissa signifikanta korrelationer mellan HMVSB och jämförda skattningsformulär vid SAD erhölls. Gruppjämförelserna visade att den kliniska gruppen var signifikant mer beteendeinhiberad och mer beteendeaktiverad som barn. En subgrupp med generaliserad SAD var både signifikant mer beteendeaktiverad och beteendeinhiberad som barn. Subgruppen med specifik SAD skilde sig ej signifikant från kontrollgruppen. Studien manar till att beakta temperamentala faktorer vid SAD där kombinationen hög BI och hög BA skulle kunna korrelera med allvarligare klinisk bild.

This dissertation is a degree project for a bachelor's degree at Media Producer Education, 180 credits, Umeå University. The study is about identifying and describing how the assistant roles differ from first, second and third and how the work is structured and distributed during a television and film production in Sweden, the United States and England. The study also shows the similarities and differences that exist between the countries. The report is initiated with a part in which the background to the study and the questions that gave rise to the study are presented. Then the method chosen for the study is presented. Through participation in a television drama production, interviews and literature studies have research material has been collected for the study. The conclusion of the study shows that in the United States and England the AD professions and what they include are pretty much the same, However, it differs in Sweden. In Sweden, the role of First AD is the same as in the United States and England, but the others have become more optimized to suit Swedish television or film production. In Sweden, the United States and England the First AD is the directors right hand person and the link between the crew and the director. The first AD is the one who controls the recording site and its main task is to lead and coordinate the film team and support the director in its work. A Second AD in the United States and England works directly under the First AD and acts as his or hers the right hand person. The second AD’s main task is to ensure that the First AD's directives is performed in time and by the right person, that the schedule for actors is held and put together every recording day's call sheet. In Sweden, the Second AD can act as the First AD right hand person, or have responsibility for the background actors. Then the Second AD under pre-production books extras for each scene, schedules costume tests and during production, the second AD has responsibility for the extras and directs the extras according to the director's wishes. In the United States and England the third AD works directly under the First AD and the Second AD and its main responsibility is to assist the First AD and Second AD. The Third AD is also the one that has the responsibility for the background actors. In Sweden, the Third AD works directly under the First AD and Seond AD, if the Second AD isn’t in charge of the background actors. However if the Second AD is in charge of the Extras, then the Third AD works closer to the first AD and fills up for the responsibilities that the Second AD would otherwise have. / Rapporten är ett examensarbete för en kandidatexamen vid Medieproducentutbildningen, 180 hp, Umeå Universitet. Studien handlar om att identifiera och beskriva hur regiassistentrollerna skiljer sig ifrån först, andra och tredje och hur arbetet struktureras och fördelas under en tv-produktion respektive filmproduktion i Sverige, USA och England. Studien visar även på de likheter och olikheter som finns mellan länderna. Rapporten inledes med en del där bakgrunden till studien och de frågeställningar som legat till grund för studien presenteras. Därefter presenteras metoden som valts för studien. Genom praktiskt deltagande i en tv-dramaproduktion, intervjuer och litteraturstudie har det samlats in underlag till studien. Resultatet av studien visar på att mellan USA och England skiljer sig yrkesrollerna och vad de innefattar nästintill ingenting, dock skiljer sig Sverige ifrån USA och England. I Sverige är FAD:ens roll den samma som i USA och England men de övriga har blivit mer optimerade för att kunna passa svensk tv-eller filmproduktion. I USA, England och Sverige är FAD:en regissörens högra hand och hen fungerar som en länk mellan filmteamet och regissören. FAD:en är den som styr inspelningsplatsen och dess viktigaste uppgift är att leda och koordinera filmteamet och stödja regissören i dess arbete. SAD:en I USA och England arbetar direkt under FAD:en och fungerar som hens högra hand. Dess huvuduppgifter är att se till att FAD:ens direktiv utförs i tid och av rätt person, att tidsplanen för skådespelare hålls och att göra i ordning varje inspelningsdags Call sheet, dagbesked. I Sverige kan SAD:en fungera som FAD:ens högerhand eller vara statistansvarig. Som statistansvarig arbetar SAD:en under förproduktion med att boka statister för varje scen, att styra upp mask och kostymprovningar. Under produktion har SAD:en ansvaret för att statisterna och SAD:en regisserar statisterna efter regissörens önskemål. I USA och England arbetar TAD:en direkt under FAD:en och SAD:en och dess huvudansvar är att assistera FAD:en och SAD:en. Ett huvudansvar som faller på en TAD i USA och England är att vara statistansvarig. I Sverige arbetar TAD:en direkt under FAD:en och SAD:en, om SAD:en inte fyller rollen som statistansvarig. Fyller däremot SAD:en rollen som statistansvarig, arbetar TAD:en närmare FAD:en än vad den gör SAD:en. TAD:en fyller då ofta upp för de funktioner som SAD:en annars skulle haft.

<p>Предмет ове докторске дисертације је едукациони туризам у гравитационој зони Новог Сада, сагледавање стања и могућности развоја. Циљ тезе је истраживање едукационог туризма и обезбеђивање научних сазнања о стању едукационог туризма на основу којих се могу предузимати одређене друштвене мере у области даљег развоја овог вида туризма. У току израде тезе извршена су обимна истраживања пре свега на Универзитету у Новом Саду, као најзначајнијем субјекту едукационог туризма, затим у установама културе Новог Сада и Сремских Карловаца, туристичким организацијама и другим асоцијацијама и удружењеима, државним органима и другим субјектима едукационог туризма, којима су потврђене постављене хипотезе. Сматра се да су резултати истраживања потврдили постављену основну хипотезу да је едукациони туризам у Новом Саду и његовој гравитационој зони недовољно развијен с обзиром на могућности. Истакнута је посебно важна улога Универзитета у Новом Саду, као најзначајнијег субјекта едукационог туризма, који својим квалитетним атрибутима може значајно допринети даљем развоју едукационог туризма на посматраној дестинацији. Део гравитационе зоне Новог Сада, а посебно Сремски Карловци са подунавским делом Фрушке горе представљају значајну основу за развој одређених облика едукационог туризма, као што су едукативно-образовни кампови, а кроз форму неформалног образовања пре свега школске и студентске популације. У раду су дати теоријски и бројни истраживачки аргументи, који потврђују изнете ставове аутора.</p> / <p>Predmet ove doktorske disertacije je edukacioni turizam u gravitacionoj zoni Novog Sada, sagledavanje stanja i mogućnosti razvoja. Cilj teze je istraživanje edukacionog turizma i obezbeđivanje naučnih saznanja o stanju edukacionog turizma na osnovu kojih se mogu preduzimati određene društvene mere u oblasti daljeg razvoja ovog vida turizma. U toku izrade teze izvršena su obimna istraživanja pre svega na Univerzitetu u Novom Sadu, kao najznačajnijem subjektu edukacionog turizma, zatim u ustanovama kulture Novog Sada i Sremskih Karlovaca, turističkim organizacijama i drugim asocijacijama i udruženjeima, državnim organima i drugim subjektima edukacionog turizma, kojima su potvrđene postavljene hipoteze. Smatra se da su rezultati istraživanja potvrdili postavljenu osnovnu hipotezu da je edukacioni turizam u Novom Sadu i njegovoj gravitacionoj zoni nedovoljno razvijen s obzirom na mogućnosti. Istaknuta je posebno važna uloga Univerziteta u Novom Sadu, kao najznačajnijeg subjekta edukacionog turizma, koji svojim kvalitetnim atributima može značajno doprineti daljem razvoju edukacionog turizma na posmatranoj destinaciji. Deo gravitacione zone Novog Sada, a posebno Sremski Karlovci sa podunavskim delom Fruške gore predstavljaju značajnu osnovu za razvoj određenih oblika edukacionog turizma, kao što su edukativno-obrazovni kampovi, a kroz formu neformalnog obrazovanja pre svega školske i studentske populacije. U radu su dati teorijski i brojni istraživački argumenti, koji potvrđuju iznete stavove autora.</p> / <p>The researched area of this thesis is educational tourism in gravitation area of Novi Sad, it&rsquo;s current situation and development possibilities. Objective of the thesis is providing scientific facts about current situation in educational tourism that can serve as a data base for actions benefiting further development of this form of tourism. Extensive research has been conducted at University of Novi Sad as the most important factor in educational tourism, as well as at cultural institutions in Novi Sad and Sremski Karlovci. Also, research has been done at number of tourist organizations, associations, government bodies and non governmental organizations who are regarded as key factors in educational tourism, in order to confirm hypothesis. Results of research confirmed the hypothesis that educational tourism in Novi Sad and it&rsquo;s gravitational area is underdeveloped, bearing in mind it&rsquo;s potential. The key role of University of Novi Sad as development factor has been determined. With it&rsquo;s quality attributes it can contribute significantly to educational tourism development at the given destination. Sremski Karlovci and riparian area of the Danube as part of Novi Sad gravitation area, represent significant base for developing certain forms of educational tourism, such as educational camps as a forn of informal education for student population. In the thesis number of theoretical and empirical facts are presented that confirm the hypothesis.</p>