The Forgiveness Project includes a critical introduction that defines the author’s approach to the short-short form as well as an explanation of how historiographical metafiction can work to memorialize. The first section contains primarily short-short stories that address the themes of motherhood, small tyrannies, happy liars, caregiving and the clichés of grief. A collection of linked short stories follows, revolving around elusive forgiveness. On the night of July 17, 1977, Juanita Lee, a bridge tender in South Florida, was abducted by two men and executed in the Everglades to silence her opposition to the demolition of an Intracoastal Waterway bridge. Twenty-two years later her daughter, Jill, now a Washington D.C. lobbyist who views the world through the cynical lens of her life’s work, is confronted with a plea for forgiveness via an organization called “The Forgiveness Project,” representing one of her mother’s killers.

Cette thèse traite de la relocalisation des filières agricoles et alimentaires en région PACA qui s’opère à travers le développement des circuits courts depuis les années 2000. L’approche développée ici s’intéresse à la dynamique d’institutionnalisation des circuits courts en région. On l’observe par un positionnement croissant des pouvoirs publics et la multiplication des organisations qui visent à créer un cadre à leur développement. La proximité est identifiée comme le principe de changement qu’impliquent les circuits courts au niveau de l’organisation spatiale des filières agricoles et alimentaires et au niveau de la coordination des acteurs. Par une approche empirique et inductive, ces deux aspects sont étudiés de façon dynamique (2000-2015) pour observer l’évolution de leurs formes en région PACA. Des systèmes alimentaires territoriaux émergent et la demande urbaine apparaît alors très structurante. Simultanément, une gouvernance alimentaire régionale émerge et permet un décloisonnement des acteurs agricoles et de la société civile, mais elle reste un processus fragile. Considérer ces deux aspects souligne l’enjeu de l’articulation de la coordination des acteurs à l’échelle de la relocalisation des filières agricoles et alimentaires, notamment du point de vue du rôle que peuvent avoir les villes. Finalement, cette thèse souligne aussi l’existence de phénomènes d’exclusions qui accompagnent cette relocalisation agricole et alimentaire : la concurrence localisée (économique et spatiale) pour les producteurs et l’exclusion d’acteurs de l’accompagnement et de circuits courts spécifiques selon le modèle de développement légitimé par la gouvernance régionale. / This thesis concerns the relocation of agricultural and food sectors in the PACA region through the development of short food chains (SFC) since the 2000s. SFC are a form of food commercialization organized according to a principle of geographical, social and economic proximity. The approach developed is focused on the dynamics of institutionalization of SFCs, which is observed by increasing positioning of government and the proliferation of organizations aiming to develop and structure these food systems. Proximity is defined as the principle of change implied by SFCs in terms of the spatial organization of agriculture and food sectors and in terms of the coordination of the actors. Through an empirical and inductive approach, these two aspects are studied dynamically (2000-2015) to observe their structural evolution in the PACA region. We describe territorial food system organization and the structural impact that urban demand has on these developing systems. Simultaneously, the emergence of regional food governance allows a decompartmentalization of agricultural stakeholders and civil society members. These two aspects emphasize the importance of the coordination of actors hroughout the relocation of agricultural and food sectors and specifically the emerging involvement of cities. Finally, this thesis also highlights patterns of exclusion accompanying this agricultural and food relocation resulting from localized competition (economic and spatial) between producers and the exclusion of specific SFCs following the development of models legitimized by the regional governance.

The subject of the thesis is creation and description of mathematical model of three-phase asymmetric power line and proposal for three-phase operation calculating of the power network by variet aspects. Another component is the creation of a program in PHP, which would use this mathematical model for the calculation of the three-phase operation of the power network. Part of this work deals with derivation of matrices of elementary multipoles and their serial ordering derive complex multipoles that can be use for concentrated parameters compensation of the power lines.

La proposition centrale de cette thèse est double. D’une part, il s’agit de jeter les bases d’un modèle historique qui réunirait tous les dispositifs audiovisuels qui associent des images animées à une chanson populaire qui leur est préexistante sous un même paradigme culturel que nous baptiserons « phono-cinématographie ». Celui-ci aurait débuté vers la fin du XIXe siècle, avec l’invention du kinétoscope d’Edison, pour aboutir à nos jours avec l’émergence des vidéos musicales interactives sur Internet. D’autre part, il s’agit de nous interroger sur le rôle a priori central que les Beatles occupent au sein de cette histoire de la chanson populaire mise en image. Notre hypothèse principale est que le vidéoclip, tel qu’il s’est institutionnalisé au début des années 1980 pour ensuite se perpétuer jusque dans les années 2000, n’a rien d’une pratique culturelle (voir même d’un média) figé(e) :bien au contraire, cette pratique/ce média a été l’objet de réélaborations continues tant sur le plan de la production, de la diffusion que de la fonction.<p>Notre approche se situe à cheval sur l’histoire du cinéma, de la musique populaire et de la télévision. En nous appuyant sur certaines propositions théoriques et certains concepts formulés dans le champ des études cinématographiques ainsi que dans le champ des performance studies, nous serons particulièrement attentif aux questions de représentation qui se déploient dans ces différents dispositifs phono-cinématographiques :à savoir, les premiers films chantants (les phono-scènes Gaumont et les Vitaphone shorts), les juke-boxes équipés d’un écran (les Soundies et les Scopitones) et enfin les vidéos musicales télévisées (les films promotionnels et les vidéoclips). / Doctorat en Information et communication / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

Um den Einfluss des Sitzpolsters in Radhosen auf den mechanischen Komfort besser zu verstehen, wurden der Satteldruck und die Beckenbewegung in Abhängigkeit der Belastungsintensität sowie -dauer beim Radfahren analysiert. Die Ergebnisse der initialen Datenanalyse deuten darauf hin, dass weniger die Stabilitätsparameter, sondern eher die Druckwahrnehmung für die Beurteilung des mechanischen Komforts maßgeblich ist. / In order to better understand the influence of the seat pad in cycling shorts on mechanical comfort, saddle pressure and pelvic movement were analyzed as a function of load intensity as well as duration during cycling. The results of the initial data analysis indicate that it is not so much the stability parameters but rather the pressure perception that is decisive for the assessment of mechanical comfort.

FundaÃÃo de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Cearà / Nesta dissertaÃÃo foi estudada a aplicaÃÃo do filtro AcÃstico-Ãptico SintonizÃvel (AOTF), com a ModulaÃÃo de Pulsos por PosiÃÃo (PPM), objetivando implementar, utilizando o mÃtodo de Runge-Kutta de 4a ordem, portas lÃgicas (OR-OU e AND-E) Ãpticas operando com pulsos de luz ultracurtos (2ps). Neste trabalho à investigado o desempenho das portas considerando vÃrios comprimentos do filtro (&#61678; L) que integra a sua estrutura interna, com o intuito de obter o comprimento de filtro mais adequado para uma operaÃÃo satisfatÃria, em regime dispersivo, nÃo linear, sem perdas e com modulaÃÃo de fase cruzada (XPM). Esta investigaÃÃo à realizada em duas situaÃÃes: primeiramente, sÃo considerados filtros com automodulaÃÃo de fase (SPM) e GVD (dispersÃo da velocidade de grupo). Em um segundo momento, as mesmas portas sÃo obtidas com efeitos SPM, XPM e GVD agindo juntos no AOTF. Foi observado que para pulsos do tipo sÃliton, os efeitos da dispersÃo, da nÃo linearidade e da modulaÃÃo de fase cruzada exercem juntos uma forte influÃncia na propagaÃÃo do mesmo, provocando a quebra do pulso na saÃda do dispositivo quando utilizamos um comprimento maior para os filtros. Para dispositivos mais curtos, o pulso chaveado apresentou compressÃes e alargamentos temporais e espectrais, bem comodeslocamentos temporais nos dois modo de propagaÃÃo (TE e TM). ApÃs a escolha de um comprimento de filtro adequado, foi selecionado um deslocamento temporal Ãtimo a ser aplicado nos pulsos de entrada para conseguirmos, na saÃda da porta lÃgica, deslocamentos temporais satisfatÃrios (acertos) na aplicaÃÃo da modulaÃÃo PPM. Em seguida, introduzimos fases em um dos pulsos de entrada (TM), provocando um defasamento entre os pulsos TE e TM, reduzindo ainda mais a margem de erro PPM de operaÃÃo das portas. Finalmente, ao analisarmos as fases aplicadas no pulso TM (0 a 2&#61680;), definirmos o melhor Ãngulo de fase para que as portas operem na regiÃo de acerto da modulaÃÃo PPM. / In this dissertation it was studied the application of the Acoustic Optical Tunable Filter (AOTF), with Pulse Position Modulation (PPM), aiming at to implement, using the method of Runge-Kutta of 4a order, logical gates (OR and AND) optical operating with pulses of light ultra shorts (2ps). In this work the acting of the gates is investigated, considering several lengths of the filter ( &#61678; L) that integrates your internal structure, with the intention of obtaining the length of more appropriate filter for a satisfactory operation, in dispersion regime, nonlinear, without losses and with Cross Phase Modulation (XPM). This investigation is accomplished in two situations: firstly, filters are considered with Self Phase Modulation (SPM) and GVD (group-velocity dispersion). In a second moment, the same gates are obtained with effects SPM, XPM and GVD, acting together in AOTF. It was observed that for pulses of the type soliton, the effects of the dispersion, of the nonlinearity and of the cross phase modulation exercise together a strong influences in the propagation of the same, provoking the break of the pulse in the exit of the device when we used a larger length for the filters. For shorter devices, the switched pulse presented temporary and spectral compression and spread, as well as, displacement in the time in the two propagation modes (TE and TM). After the choice of a length of appropriate filter, a great temporary displacement was selected to be applied in the input pulses for us to get, in the exit of the logical gate, satisfactory temporary displacements (successes) in the application of the PPM modulation. Soon after, we introduced phases in one of the entrance pulses (TM), provoking a phase displacement among TE and TM pulses, still reducing more the margin of error PPM of operation of the gates. Finally, to the we analyze the applied phases in the pulse TM (0 to 2&#61680;), we defined the best phase angle for the gates to operate in the success area of the PPM modulation.