Doctor of Philosophy / Biological & Agricultural Engineering / Mark E. Casada / Ronaldo G. Maghirang / Wind erosion is an important problem in many locations, including the Great Plains, that needs to be controlled to protect soil and land resources. This research was conducted to assess the effectiveness of vegetation (specifically, standing vegetation and tree barriers) as controls for wind erosion. Specific objectives were to: (1) measure sand transport and abrasion on artificial standing vegetation, (2) determine porosity and drag of a single row of Osage orange (Maclura pomifera) barrier, (3) assess effectiveness of Osage orange barriers in reducing dust, (4) predict airflow through standing vegetation, and (5) predict airflow and particle collection through Osage orange barriers. Wind tunnel tests were conducted to measure wind speed profiles, relative abrasion energies, and sand discharge rates for bare sand and for two vegetation heights (150 and 220 mm) at various densities of vegetation. Results showed that vegetation density was directly related to threshold velocity and inversely related to sand discharge. The coefficient of abrasion was adversely affected by saltation discharge but did not depend on wind speed. Field tests measured the aerodynamic and optical porosities of Osage orange trees using wind profiles and image analysis, respectively, and an empirical relationship between the two porosities was derived. Vertical wind profiles were also used to estimate drag coefficients. Optical porosity correlated well with the drag coefficient. Field measurements also showed a row of Osage orange barrier resulted in particulate concentration reduction of 15 to 54% for PM2.5 and 23 to 65% for PM10. A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software (OpenFOAM) was used to predict airflow in a wind tunnel with artificial standing vegetation. Predicted wind speeds differed slightly from the measured values, possibly due to oscillatory motions of the standing vegetation not accounted for in the CFD simulation. OpenFOAM was also used to simulate airflow and particle transport through a row of Osage orange barrier. Predicted and measured wind speeds agreed well. Measured dust concentration reduction at two points (upwind and downwind) were also similar to the predicted results.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:24:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-12-14Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:51:26Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 rumaquella_mr_me_bauru.pdf: 2800381 bytes, checksum: bcf3d8f6abd6b83ac190ca6e12b52261 (MD5) / Considerando a importância da saúde da coluna vertebral do trabalhador e sua direta relação com a postura corporal dentro do ambiente laborativo industrial, este estudo teve como objetivo principal identificar as ocorrências de queixas de dores nos segmentos na coluna vertebral, relacionadas com a postura de trabalho em pé, adotada pelos funcionários do setor de produção Colorido em uma Indústria de Alimentos. Para tantos, utilizou-se, como procedimento metodológico, um questionário para obter informações sobre dados pessoais e dados profissionais, postura adotada em pé, posturas mais incômodas dentro do ambiente de trabalho (assinaladas pelo formulário de Ranney, 2000) e dores (apontadas por meio do Diagrama de Corllet e Manenica, 1980). Utilizou-se também o questionário Nórdico (Kuorinka et al., 1986), validado na cultura brasileira por Barros e Alexandre (2003) e adaptado para o estudo, a observação direta dentro da produção de trabalho e a análise postural através do Método Owas, aplicado pelo software Win-Owas. Foi feita uma pesquisa descritiva de um estudo de caso em um setor industrial, com uma amostra de 30 funcionários. Os principais resultados apontam que a postura em pé é adotada durante o trabalho, e 73,3% dos entrevistados relataram cansaço em consequência dessa postura, principalmente quando associados à torção de tronco, inclinação de tronco e elevação do braço acima da cabeça. Quanto as maiores reclamações de dores e desconfortos no corpo, o diagrama de Corllet e Manenica (1980), apontou a região lombar, seguida da região dorsal e pernas; e da região do pescoço, ombros e coxa direita. O Questionário Nórdico adaptado também revelou a região lombar, com 10 entrevistados (33,3%) como a área mais atingida pela sintomalogia musculoesquelética, acompanhada da região dorsal, com cinco entrevistados (16,7%) e um dos entrevistados... / Considering the importance of the worker's spine healthy, and its direct relation with the corporal posture of the industrial labor atmosphere. This study had as main objective to identify the occurrences of complains about pain in the spine segments, that are related to work adopted by the collaborators that have to remain standing in the production section of a food industry. For so, it was used as methodological procedure, a questionnaire to obtain information on professional and personal data, posture to remain standing, the most uncomfortable postures in the work environment (signed by the form of Ranney, 2000) and pain (pointed out by Corllet and Manenica Diagram, 1980). It was also used the Nordic questionnaire (Kuorioka et al., 1986), validated in the Brazilian culture by Barros e Alexandre (2003) and adapted for the study, the direct evaluation and, a direct observation was made in the work production, a postural analysis using the Owas Method, applied using the Win-Owas software. A descriptive research was made studying a case in the industrial sector, using 30 employees as a sample. It was noticed that the posture of remain stand up is adopted during work, and 73.3% of the people that was interviewed said that they felt tired in consequence of this posture, especially when associated with trunk twists, trunk inclination and elevate their arms above their heads. Most complains regarding pain through their bodies, by Corllet e Manenica (1980) pointed to the lumbar region, followed in the dorsal area and legs and in the neck area, shoulders and right thigh. The adapted Nordic questionnaire reveled the lumbar area, 10 interviewed people (33,3%) as the area most affected by musculoskeletal symptoms, next in the dorsal area, with five people interviewed (16.7%) and one of them (3.3%) felt pain in the cervical area, none reported pain in the hips area... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

A informação tem assumido ao longo dos anos maior papel de destaque no cotidiano empresarial, com as organizações contemporâneas passando reconhecê-la possivelmente como o seu principal recurso. Associado a isso, assistimos ao crescimento cada vez maior de um volume de informações organizacionais não estruturadas, mas que são de profunda importância na tomada de decisão; o que justifica o aumento de discussão do tema nos últimos anos. Atribui-se nada menos que quatro quintos (4/5) de informação não estruturada dentre todas as informações criadas em uma organização, volume considerável, pois, e para os quais ainda muito há por fazer em termos de métodos, técnicas e ferramental. Este trabalho se insere na continuação das pesquisas do grupo GIANTI (Grupo de pesquisa de Gestão do Impacto da Adoção de novas Tecnologias de Informação), complementarmente à abordagem referente à gestão da informação com caráter subjetivo, enfatizando seu compartilhamento nas organizações. O presente estudo objetivou adentrar neste contexto através de uma Observação Participante realizada na empresa Johnson & Johnson, propondo um framework de estruturação da coleta e do tratamento das informações qualitativas e mesmo subjetivas, baseado no compartilhamento de informações informais para sua utilização em processos decisórios individuais ou coletivos, trabalhando com uma dinâmica prática de processos, aqui denominado “Escuta Permanente”. A partir de uma literatura que buscou elementos de processo decisório e de compartilhamento de informação, foi possível retomar e agregar elementos ao conceito de Escuta Permanente, bem como operacionalizá-lo através de uma ferramenta computacional via web. Como contribuição, considera-se que teve condições de demonstrar, na realidade observada, a utilidade e, sobretudo a aplicabilidade do conceito de Escuta Permanente, mostrando-se efetiva sua aderência e link com os referenciais teóricos propostos, associando a aplicação prática e relevância a possíveis ganhos com sua utilização em maior escala. / Information has assumed over the years greater role in everyday business, with contemporary organizations through possibly recognize it as their main resource Associated with this, we see the growth of a growing volume of unstructured organizational information, but which are of profound importance in decision making, which explains the increased discussion of the topic in recent years. Assigns up no less than four-fifths (4/5) of unstructured information from all the information created in an organization, considerable amount, therefore, and for which there is still much to be done in terms of methods, techniques and tools. This work is part of the continuation of the research group GIANTI (Management Research Group Impact of the Adoption of New Information Technologies), complementary approach to the management of information relating to subjective character, emphasizing his sharing in organizations. The present study aimed to penetrate this context through a Participant Observation held at Johnson & Johnson company, proposing a model for structuring the collection and processing of qualitative information and even subjective, based on informal information sharing for its use in decision-making processes or individual collective, working with a dynamic practice processes, here called "Listen Standing." From a literature that sought elements of decision-making and sharing of information, it was possible to resume and add elements to the concept of Permanent Listening and operationalized it through a web-based computational tool. As a contribution, it is able to demonstrate that had actually observed, utility and especially the applicability of the concept of Permanent Listening, showing up your grip and effective link with the theoretical frameworks proposed, involving the practical application and relevance to possible gains from their use on a larger scale.

Depuis longtemps, le rôle joué par les commissions permanentes dans le déroulement du travail parlementaire est considéré comme étant représentatif des équilibres institutionnels entre le Parlement et le Gouvernement. Les dispositifs imaginés en 2008 renforçant dans leurs prérogatives les commissions permanentes ont vocation à rééquilibrer ces rapports. Renouant avec le rôle tout à fait central que les commissions avaient perdu en 1958, le travail effectué au sein de ces instances renseigne sur l’essence même de la fonction parlementaire.Héritée du parlementarisme moderne, la summa divisio classiquement admise opposant la législation au contrôle constitue un cadre résolument inadapté à la présentation du travail parlementaire tel qu’il prend forme sous la Cinquième République, singulièrement au sein des commissions permanentes. Le constituant cristallise au sein de ces instances un mouvement jusqu’alors sous-jacent : la fusion des fonctions parlementaires classiques. En effet, si l’exercice du droit d’amendement participe sans conteste à l’exercice de la fonction législative, il n’en constitue pas moins un instrument aux mains des parlementaires leur permettant de contrôler le Gouvernement. À cet instrument classique, s’ajoutent peu à peu nombre de mécanismes hybrides participant tantôt à l’exercice de la première fonction, tantôt à celui de la seconde, tels que le contrôle de la qualité de la loi et des études d’impact des projets de loi, ou le contrôle exercé par les parlementaires sur la politique européenne, etc. Ces nouvelles méthodes de travail sont autant de prérogatives inédites que les parlementaires sont désormais en mesure d’exercer.Arène politique par excellence, le Parlement n’en est pas moins un lieu privilégié de recherche du compromis, particulièrement dans ses instances que sont les commissions permanentes. Par-delà leur diversité, la thèse s’attache à prouver que les commissions permanentes exercent, dans la totalité des activités qu’elles réalisent, la même fonction : la concertation. / For a long time now, standing committees have been playing, in the conduct of parliamentary work, a major part, which serves as a gauge of the institutional balance between Parliament and the Government.In that respect, the constitutional provisions devised in 2008 strengthen standing committees' prerogatives, as a means to stability in these relations.A reenactment of standing committees’ role untill 1958, the work carried out nowadays within these bodies tells us about the very essence of the parliamentary function.Inherited from modern parliamentarism, the authorized summa divisio in literature, opposing legislation to control, constitutes an inadequate framework for a comprehensive understandingof parliamentary work under the Fifth Republic, especially in the standing committees.The constituting power gave a decisive impetus for an incipient movement within these instances towards, in our opinion, the fusion of traditional parliamentary functions. Indeed, although the exercise of the right of amendment amounts to legislative activity, it is nonetheless a singular instrument of scrutiny in the hands of members of Parliament. In addition to this classical tool, a number of hybrid mechanisms is gradually being added, such as quality control of the law, that of impact studies of bills, parliamentary scrutiny of European policy, etc.Those new methods result from unprecedented prerogatives that the members of parliament are now entitled to use.Although Parliament is the ultimate political arena, it is meanwhile a privileged place for the search of compromise, mainly within the standing committees. This thesis tries to prove that, beyond their diversity, standing committees fulfill a specific function in all the activities they carry out: concertation.

A informação tem assumido ao longo dos anos maior papel de destaque no cotidiano empresarial, com as organizações contemporâneas passando reconhecê-la possivelmente como o seu principal recurso. Associado a isso, assistimos ao crescimento cada vez maior de um volume de informações organizacionais não estruturadas, mas que são de profunda importância na tomada de decisão; o que justifica o aumento de discussão do tema nos últimos anos. Atribui-se nada menos que quatro quintos (4/5) de informação não estruturada dentre todas as informações criadas em uma organização, volume considerável, pois, e para os quais ainda muito há por fazer em termos de métodos, técnicas e ferramental. Este trabalho se insere na continuação das pesquisas do grupo GIANTI (Grupo de pesquisa de Gestão do Impacto da Adoção de novas Tecnologias de Informação), complementarmente à abordagem referente à gestão da informação com caráter subjetivo, enfatizando seu compartilhamento nas organizações. O presente estudo objetivou adentrar neste contexto através de uma Observação Participante realizada na empresa Johnson & Johnson, propondo um framework de estruturação da coleta e do tratamento das informações qualitativas e mesmo subjetivas, baseado no compartilhamento de informações informais para sua utilização em processos decisórios individuais ou coletivos, trabalhando com uma dinâmica prática de processos, aqui denominado “Escuta Permanente”. A partir de uma literatura que buscou elementos de processo decisório e de compartilhamento de informação, foi possível retomar e agregar elementos ao conceito de Escuta Permanente, bem como operacionalizá-lo através de uma ferramenta computacional via web. Como contribuição, considera-se que teve condições de demonstrar, na realidade observada, a utilidade e, sobretudo a aplicabilidade do conceito de Escuta Permanente, mostrando-se efetiva sua aderência e link com os referenciais teóricos propostos, associando a aplicação prática e relevância a possíveis ganhos com sua utilização em maior escala. / Information has assumed over the years greater role in everyday business, with contemporary organizations through possibly recognize it as their main resource Associated with this, we see the growth of a growing volume of unstructured organizational information, but which are of profound importance in decision making, which explains the increased discussion of the topic in recent years. Assigns up no less than four-fifths (4/5) of unstructured information from all the information created in an organization, considerable amount, therefore, and for which there is still much to be done in terms of methods, techniques and tools. This work is part of the continuation of the research group GIANTI (Management Research Group Impact of the Adoption of New Information Technologies), complementary approach to the management of information relating to subjective character, emphasizing his sharing in organizations. The present study aimed to penetrate this context through a Participant Observation held at Johnson & Johnson company, proposing a model for structuring the collection and processing of qualitative information and even subjective, based on informal information sharing for its use in decision-making processes or individual collective, working with a dynamic practice processes, here called "Listen Standing." From a literature that sought elements of decision-making and sharing of information, it was possible to resume and add elements to the concept of Permanent Listening and operationalized it through a web-based computational tool. As a contribution, it is able to demonstrate that had actually observed, utility and especially the applicability of the concept of Permanent Listening, showing up your grip and effective link with the theoretical frameworks proposed, involving the practical application and relevance to possible gains from their use on a larger scale.

Orientadores: João Marcos Bezerra do O, Orlando Francisco Lopes / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Matematica, Estatistica e Computação Cientifica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-09T00:03:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Severo_UberlandioBatista_D.pdf: 985878 bytes, checksum: 9d6e8a161a83e2812687d6ed4364bda1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: Neste trabalho, estudamos questões relacionadas à existência, multiplicidade e comportamento de concentração de soluções do tipo onda estacionária, para uma classe de equações de Schrödinger quase-lineares, as quais modelam fenômenos físicos, por exemplo, na F³sica de Plasmas. Na obtenção de nossos resultados, usamos métodos variacionais, tais como, teoremas do tipo mini-max, bem como, teoria de regularidade de equações elípticas de segunda ordem / Abstract: In this work, we study questions related to existence, multiplicity and concentration behavior of standing waves, for a class of quasilinear Schrödinger equations, arising, for example, in Plasma Physics. To obtain our results, we use variational methods, such as, minimax theorems and also regularity theory of elliptic equations of second order / Doutorado / Analise / Doutor em Matemática

66 Compensation for damage caused by breach of competition rules Abstract This thesis analyses actions for damages for infringements of the competition law, an area newly regulated by Directive 2014/104/EU of the European Parliament and of the council of 26 November 2014 on certain rules governing actions for damages under national law for infringements of the competition law provisions of the Member States and of the European Union. A main purpose of this thesis is to describe specific aspects of actions for damages for infringements of the competition law, introduce alternatives to provisions of the Directive, identify the impact of the Directive on successful private enforcement of damages and evaluate a new proposal for a statute transposing the Directive into Czech law. The thesis is divided into eight chapters. Chapter One contains a brief introduction which is followed in Chapter Two by an evaluation of the necessity of this Directive and of its scope. Chapter Three deals with indirect purchaser's standing and passing-on defense, where it is noted that this change brings more complexity into the proceedings and the lack of indirect purchasers' motivation to sue is still persistent. Chapter Four describes certain possibilities of collective redress. Chapter Five is the main chapter of this thesis and...

Locus standi is a Latin word for standing. Traditionally, it implies that a litigant must have sufficient interest to apply to the court for the enforcement of the right of another person, challenge the actions of the government, have a court declare a law unconstitutional or even to litigate in the interest of the public otherwise the application will not be successful. The interpretation of locus standi before the courts in most common law jurisdictions is liberal. Nigerian courts, however, interpret the principle of locus standi strictly, in the sense that standing is accorded the person who shows cause of action or sufficient interest. This position denies access to justice to many Nigerians who are poor or have no knowledge of their rights as the courts position on standing prevents NGOs or other individuals from applying to the courts on their behalf or litigating in the interest of the public. Presently, the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules 2009 regulate the practice and procedure for the enforcement of human rights before Nigerian courts. The Rules encourage the courts to ‗welcome public interest litigation in the human rights field‘ and not to dismiss or strike out human right cases for want of locus standi. However, it is doubtful if the courts will accept this invitation. This study looks at the context of the interpretation of the principle of locus standi by Nigerian Courts and its effect on access to justice and public interest litigation by NGOs and individuals. It also examines the impact of the provision for locus standi of the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules 2009. Finally, this study provides an analysis of the interpretation of this concept in other common law jurisdictions such as Kenya, India, United Kingdom and South Africa who once interpreted the concept strictly but now interpret it more liberally. This comparison is necessary to show that Nigerian courts are isolated in their position in the interpretation of locus standi and that there is need for the courts to conform to international best practice. / Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2014 / Centre for Human Rights / LLM / Unrestricted

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京都大学 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(人間健康科学) / 甲第23122号 / 人健博第84号 / 新制||人健||6(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院医学研究科人間健康科学系専攻 / (主査)教授 黒木 裕士, 教授 青山 朋樹, 教授 松田 秀一 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Human Health Sciences / Kyoto University / DFAM