Beacon is a short, relatively low production value screenplay about two people coming to know each other better, about them coming to know themselves better and to grow as human beings. When Kate Clarence realizes she’s discovered the journal of her favorite pen-named author from childhood—“C. Rimes”—she embarks on a journey to return it to him, whoever he is. She’s delinquent on her rent, her bookshop’s failing, she’s far from her landlocked Midwest home and family, and she’s single; the obligation to return the journal is a welcomed adventure and reprieve. However, when she comes to the conclusion that C. Rimes meant for her to find the journal because he’s in love with her and wants to reveal who he is to the world, the situation gets complicated. A lighthouse on the coast of Maine will beckon her to a special meeting with the mysterious C. Rimes and serve as her guiding light while she gropes through the dark to find him—and who he is.

Today mobile network operators utilize IP Packet exchange (IPX) carriers to interconnect their networks with other operators. Mobile network operators are free to choose one IPX carrier for their data traffic and another for their control traffic. This thesis examines the case of control traffic, specifically Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) carrying Diameter protocol traffic arising from users roaming from their home Long Term Evolution (LTE) network to another operator’s LTE network. The thesis project aims to identify a set of SCTP parameter configurations that can provide improved application/service level availability between two Diameter nodes in different network connectivity environments, specifically for IPX carriers who are Diameter service providers. These service providers provide Diameter connectivity for their customers who are mobile network operators. These mobile network operators in turn provide LTE roaming services to their customers. Unfortunately, applying the ‘One size fits all’ configuration recommendations given in the SCTP documentation is unsuitable for different network environments. In addition, the amount of Diameter signaling traffic is growing at a very rapid rate. Therefore, it is valuable to identify suitable parameter selection criteria for Diameter service providers to ensure 100% Diameter connectivity reliability for their customers. In this thesis project, author investigated how tuning SCTP parameter values affect Diameter message transmission in terms of Round Trip Delay and identified its determining parameters for packet loss recovery performance. Both IPX carriers and mobile network operators may use these values as reference when attempting to ensure high availability of Diameter transmissions under reliable, semi reliable, and unreliable network transport conditions. / Mobilnätsoperatörer använder sig av IP Packet exchange (IPX) tjänstetillhandahållare för att koppla ihop sina nät med andra operatörers nät. Mobilnätsoperatörer kan fritt välja en IPX tjänstetillhandahållare för sin datatrafik och en annan för sin kontrolltrafik. Denna uppsats undersöker fallet för kontrolltrafik, specifikt Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) kommunikationsprotokoll för Diameter protocol-trafik vid användares roaming från sitt Long Term Evolution (LTE)-hemmanät till en annan operatörs LTE-nät. Examensarbetet avser etablera en uppsättning av SCTP-parameterkonfigurationer som ger förbättrad applikations-/tjänstetillgänglighetsnivå mellan två Diameter-noder i olika nätmiljöer, särskilt för IPX tjänstetillhandahållare som är Diameter tjänstetillhandahållare.  Dessa tjänstetillhandahållare erbjuder Diameter-konnektivitet till sina kunder, som är mobilnätsoperatörer. Dessa mobilnätsoperatörer tillhandahåller i sin tur LTE-roamingtjänster till sina kunder. Tyvärr är det olämpligt att tillämpa de enhetliga konfigurationsrekommendationer, som ges i SCTP- och Diameter-protokollens dokumentation, i olika nätmiljöer. Samtidigt ökar Diameter-signaleringstrafiken mycket snabbt. Därför är det värdefullt att identifiera lämpliga parameterkriterier för Diameter-tjänstetillhandahållare att säkerställa 100% tillförlitlig Diameter-tillgänglighet för sina kunder. I detta examensarbete har författaren undersökt hur trimning av SCTP-parametervärden påverkar Diameter-meddelandeöverföring vad avser överföringstiden tur- och retur, och identifierat de avgörande parametrarna för återställande av paketförluster. Både IPX tjänstetillhandahållare och mobilnätsoperatörer kan använda dessa värden som referens för att åstadkomma hög tillgänglighet för Diameter-överföring vid tillförlitliga, halvtillförlitliga och otillförlitliga nättransportförutsättningar.

Jonathan Livingston le Goéland, un best-seller qui a rendu célèbre son auteur Richard Bach dans les années soixante-dix, a été boudé par les critiques et dénigré dès sa parution par la communauté intellectuelle. Malgré un envol ardu, le livre a réussi à devenir une référence culturelle pour une génération entière. Les chercheurs en sciences humaines, des croyants et l'auteur du livre ont proposé des hypothèses personnelles sur la signification du message de ce goéland. Un conte apparemment simple et symbolique, mais une variété d'opinions et d'interprétations qui soulève des interrogations quant à l'origine et au contenu du message. L'analyse du texte dévoile un contenu ésotérique inspiré de la science chrétienne, ainsi qu'une vision personnelle de la vie et la mort.

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La reconnaissance internationale du metteur en scène Enrique Diaz s’est affirmée de façon sensible depuis plus d’une vingtaine d’années. Sa démarche artistique est très influencée par la performance et fait souvent appel à des textes métathéâtraux. Ses mises en scène autoréflexives ont pour thème leur propre processus de création. Elles mettent en évidence le jeu de l’acteur et utilisent les vídéos de façon autoréférentielle et critique.Cette thèse propose une étude du système de création de Enrique Diaz selon une approche systémique, prenant comme référence méthodologique transdisciplinaire les systèmes numériques appelés systèmes flous ou fuzzy systems. Cet angle d’analyse nous a paru permettre l’étude de la démarche de l’artiste selon des échelles d‘observation et des points de vue différents. Nous avons donc étudié tout d'abord le parcours artistique d’Enrique Diaz sur le plan global, intégrant les principaux spectacles et thématiques à partir du travail que Diaz demande à ses acteurs. Cette observation globale nous a offert les fondements nécessaires à la création d’une modélisation dynamique, c’est-à-dire, à l’élaboration d’hypothèses touchant le fonctionnement global du système de création de l’artiste, en tentant de montrer en quoi celui-ci constitue une forme de système flou.Afin de valider la modélisation créée, le spectacle Seagull-Play/ La Mouette est analyséselon les catégories utilisées pour la création d’un système flou. La fuzzification renvoieaux phases préliminaires du projet, aux choix esthétiques et aux techniques d’improvisation collective, comme celle de l’utilisation de la technique des Viewpoints and Composition. L’inférence concerne l’observation des prises de décisions du metteur en scène au cours du processus de création. Enfin la défuzzification est l’étude de la présentation du spectacle au public. L’objectif final est de montrer l’originalité de la démarche artistique d’Enrique Diaz en utilisant une méthodologie basée sur les systèmes flous et inspirée par le processus même de création de l’artiste. / The international recognition of the director Enrique Diaz has asserted itself for morethan twenty years. His artistic approach is very influenced by performance and it oftenuses metatheatrical texts. His reflexive productions focus on their own creative processes. They highlight the acting of the actor and they use the media in a selfreferential and critical way. Director Enrique Diaz' creation is approached for this thesis in a systemic way, using as a transdisciplinary methodological reference, the computer systems called fuzzy systems. Therefore, it allows to study his approach through different observation scales and varied points of view. First of all, its artistical experience is analyzed with a global scale: main themes and plays, specialy the actor's work. The overall observation offers substrate to a dynamic modeling, that is to say, the development of hypothesis regarding the general operation of Enrique Dias' creating system, and his main course of actions during the process of different plays. As a validating strategy, the play Gaivota - tema para um conto curto (Seagull-Play/La Mouette), is analyzed taking in consideration the operational of a fuzzy system - fuzzification, inferences and defuzzification - that is to say, according to the initial purposes of the project, the aesthetic references for its creation and the main procedures used for improvising (Viewpoints and Composition) and itsconnections/consequences/ to the play. The objective is to show the originality of theartistic approach of Enrique Diaz using a methodology based on the fuzzy system andinspired by his own approach. / A prática artística do encenador Enrique Diaz ganhou um reconhecimento internacional nos últimos vinte anos. Influenciado pela performance, Enrique Diaz faz uso recorrente de textos metateatrais e seus espetáculos autoréflexivos tematizam o próprio processo de criação. Sua prática é centrada no trabalho do ator e utiliza os vídeos de forma autoreferencial e crítica.Esta tese aborda a criação do encenador Enrique Diaz de forma sistêmica, tendo como referência metodológica transdisciplinar os sistemas informáticos chamados nebulosos (flous ou fuzzy). O sistema flou é uma analogia para a compreensão do funcionamento do trabalho de Enrique Diaz, de modo a evidenciar, segundo diferentes pontos de vista e conforme escalas de observação diversas, o que chamo de sistema de criação. Suaprática artística é abordada primeiramente numa escala global, enveredando por temas e espetáculos e fechando o foco sobre o trabalho do ator. Este modo de observação oferece substrato a uma modelização dinâmica, ou seja, permite o levantamento de hipóteses a respeito do funcionamento geral do sistema de criação de Enrique Diaz e das principais ações executadas para a construção de diferentes espetáculos. Como forma de validação, o espetáculo Gaivota – tema para um conto curto, é analisado levando em conta as fases de funcionamento de um sistema nebuloso – fuzzificação, inferências e defuzzificação –, ou seja, segundo as proposições iniciais do projeto e as técnicas utilizadas nos ensaios (como a técnica Viewpoints and Composition), os tipos de decisões da encenação e a apresentação do espetáculo. O objetivo é mostrar as singularidades do sistema de criação de Enrique Diaz a partir da criação de uma metodologia inspirada por sua prática artística.