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Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2018-11-07T12:24:26Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcela Cordeiro Felix de Lima.pdf: 688841 bytes, checksum: 45b6ee32e268556ff12947294eeaa311 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-07T12:24:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcela Cordeiro Felix de Lima.pdf: 688841 bytes, checksum: 45b6ee32e268556ff12947294eeaa311 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-09-14 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The present work sought to understand the experience of swing men identifying the logic of swing, the reasons that lead to swing, the gender beliefs and the perceptions about jealousy. For this purpose, a qualitative research was carried out, through semi-structured interviews, subsequently submitted to a thematic analysis. Three men were selected for this research, with an average age of 42 years, college level, married or in stable union who participated in virtual communities exclusively destined to the swinger public. The results indicate that swing offers a masculinized experience of sexuality by imposing the separation between sex and feelings. The rules of the environment and practitioners have the role of sustaining the belief that it is possible to manipulate what constitutes human affection, preventing the formation of bonds. Failures to achieve the formation of bonds are attributed to individual problems, making swing not only reproduce heteronormative patterns but also perpetuate them. The interviewees presented a positive view of the swing and pointed out positive points that overcame the eventual problems of adaptation and conviviality with other swingers / O presente trabalho buscou compreender a experiência de homens praticantes de swing identificando a lógica do swing, os motivos que levam ao swing, as crenças de gênero e as percepções acerca do ciúme. Para tanto foi realizada uma pesquisa de natureza qualitativa, por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas, posteriormente submetidas a uma análise temática. Foram selecionados três homens, com idade média de 42 anos, nível universitário, casados ou em união estável que participavam em comunidades virtuais destinadas exclusivamente ao público swinger. Os resultados indicam que o swing oferece uma vivência masculinizada da sexualidade impondo a separação entre o sexo e os sentimentos. As regras do ambiente e dos praticantes tem o papel de sustentar a crença de que é possível manipular o que constitui o afeto humano, impedindo a formação de vínculos. As falhas em atingir este ideal são atribuídas aos problemas individuais, fazendo com que o swing não apenas reproduza padrões heteronormativos, mas também os perpetue. No geral, os entrevistados apresentaram uma visão positiva do swing e apontaram pontos positivos que superaram os eventuais problemas de adaptação e convívio com outros swingers

À la fois romancier, critique de jazz, trompettiste, chanteur et directeur artistique, Boris Vian est un homme polyvalent dont la réception est diverse. Omniprésente dans sa vie, la musique lui a conféré une sensibilité qui est certainement pour une part à la source de son originalité en tant qu'écrivain. Cette recherche vise à interroger l'importance de la musique dans son univers littéraire, ainsi que les efforts qu'il a consacrés au rapprochement des deux arts. Utilisant son acception ouverte des formes de la musique, nous avons découvert un monde où l'écrivain inscrit l'art d'Euterpe de maintes manières : par les espaces, les instruments, les musiciens et les morceaux interprétés ou cités. Les éléments empruntés au jazz ont, sur l'écriture romanesque de Vian, une emprise décisive. Boris Vian reconnaît lui-même l'importance de la musique dans son « écriture-jazz », toujours rythmée et improvisatrice, libre et inventive. Dans l'œuvre de fiction, la musique exerce ainsi son influence depuis le détail stylistique jusqu'à la structure macroscopique. Le premier volet de notre étude concerne les présentations explicites de la musique dans ses fictions tandis que la partie suivante poursuit l'exploration vers une dimension plus implicite. / As a novelist, jazz critic, trumpet player, singer and artistic director, Boris Vian is a versatile man recognized diversely. Omnipresent in his life, the music has given him a keen sense that is certainly part of his originality as a writer. This research aims to investigate the importance of music in his literary universe, as well as the efforts he has devoted to bringing the two arts closer together. By taking a broad view of music as Vian, we have discovered a world where the writer inscribes the art of Euterpe in many ways : by the spaces, the instruments, the musicians and the pieces interpreted or quoted. The elements borrowed from jazz have a decisive influence on Vian's novel writing. Boris Vian himself recognizes the importance of music in his "jazz-writing", which is always rhythmic and improvisatory, free and inventive. In the work of fiction, music exerts its influence from the stylistic detail to the macroscopic structure. The first part of our study concerns the explicit presentations of music in his fiction while the following part continues the exploration in a more implicit dimension.

Darbe nagrinėjama Eclipse programavimo aplinka. Aprašomos jos pagalbinė funkcijos pertvarkant darbinę aplinką bei kuriant Java projektus. Taip pat šias pagalbines funkcijas demonstruoja sukurta video medžiaga. Aprašomi SWT vaizdiniai komponentai. Supažindinama su Eclipse aplinkos papildiniu WindowBuilder. Sukurtų projektų pagalba pateikiamas SWT bei Swing vaizdinių komponentų skirtumas. Eclipse Micro Edition papildinio bei Sun Wireless Toolkit mobiliųjų prietaisų programinės įrangos pagalba pateikiami Midlet projektų kūrimo pavyzdžiai. Aprašomas darbo su MySQL duomenų baze projektas naudojant JDBC. / In this thesis we analyze Eclipse integrated development environment in customization and Java projects development contexts and illustrate our research with videos. We also describe graphical SWT components and WindowBuilder plug-in. Differences between SWT and Swing components are shown using specially created projects. Examples of Midlet projects, developed using Eclipse Micro Edition plug-in and Sun Wireless Toolkit for mobile device, are described. We also demonstrate connectivity to MySQL database through JDBC interface.

Submitted by Maike Costa (maiksebas@gmail.com) on 2016-02-03T14:29:35Z No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 4700874 bytes, checksum: 46c2a6f8e964ef27528032f70c3c3f18 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-02-03T14:29:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 4700874 bytes, checksum: 46c2a6f8e964ef27528032f70c3c3f18 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-04-07 / This work consists in the analysis of swing while an event that provides a set of developments related to the subjectivation processes in sexualities and conjugalities in the contemporary world. To do it, I had tried to understand how linked networks are formed to the swing sex from two specific paths: the analysis of on-line sex networks, with a focus on Sexlog (sex social network on the internet); and networks of sex off line, with attention to parties and establishments dedicated to the subject (houses and swing clubs). As one of the main points, "swing" category's labor in Brazil as a generic term used to discuss a set of sexual practices that do not summarize the practice of exchanging couples. It has important consequences, in respect to how this time, the swing event, it makes possible to think of other joints in relation to categories related to swing as the gender, sexuality and the subjectivation processes from those who practices them. In this sense, the swing would be a sexual/social event that would make the suspension or the temporary decrease of moral codes at the same time that would allow the emergence of other desires unlinked to morality, possible made through secret, intimacy and the shuffling points concerning sexuality. / Esta tese consiste na análise do swing enquanto evento que proporciona um conjunto de desdobramentos relacionados aos processos de subjetivação, às sexualidades e às conjugalidades no mundo contemporâneo. Para fazer isso, tentei entender como são formadas as redes de sexo vinculadas ao swing partindo de dois caminhos específicos: a análise das redes de sexo on line, com ênfase no Sexlog (rede social de sexo na internet); e das redes de sexo off line, com atenção às festas e aos estabelecimentos dedicados ao tema (casas e clubes). Como um dos pontos principais, parto da categoria "swing" no Brasil como um termo genérico que serve para problematizar um conjunto de práticas sexuais que não se resumem a prática da troca de casais. Isso possui desdobramentos importantes, com relação a como esse momento, o evento de swing, possibilita pensar em outras articulações com relação a categorias relacionadas ao swing como o gênero, a sexualidade e os processos de subjetivação dos sujeitos participantes. Nesse sentido, o swing seria um evento sexual/social específico que possibilitaria a suspensão, ou a diminuição temporária de códigos morais ao mesmo tempo em que permitiria a produção de outros desejos desvinculados à moral vigente, possibilitados através do segredo, da intimidade e do embaralhamento de pontos referentes à sexualidade.

A significant challenge in large scale industrial production of butanol is its low product titer. Butanol needs to be purified to higher than 99% purity in order to be used for fuel applications. The focus of this study is to selectively remove water from butanol-water vapor to achieve fuel grade butanol in a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) system using biosorbents developed from agricultural byproduct canola meal (CM). CM was characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) that CM contains polar groups such as hydroxyls, carboxyls, and amines in cellulose, hemi-cellulose and protein that have the potential for water adsorption. Physico-chemical characterizations were also done to understand the major composition, elemental make-up, devolatilization characteristics and particle size distribution of the CM used. The results demonstrated that biosorbent based on CM was able to successfully dry lower grade butanol and generate fuel grade butanol of over 99 v/v%. Five operating parameters were studied at two different levels to get the optimum process conditions for butanol drying, including temperature (95 and 111°C); pressure (135 and 201 kPa); feed butanol concentration (55 and 95 v/v %); feed flow rate (1.5 and 3 mL min-1) and particle size of adsorbent (0.425-1.18 mm and 4.7 mm pellets). Orthogonal array design (OAD) tool was used to design experiments and to evaluate the effects of these parameters. The performance of butanol dehydration was evaluated using five indices - water uptake; butanol uptake; water selectivity; butanol recovery; and maximum effluent butanol concentration in the effluent. The results demonstrated that feed butanol concentration, temperature and pressure were found to be the most significant factors overall, affecting most of the indices. The effects of individual operating parameters on each butanol dehydration index were determined and a set of optimum operating conditions were proposed by the range analysis of the orthogonal array design at 111oC, 135 kPa, feed butanol concentration of 55 v/v%, feed butanol-water liquid flowrate of 3 mL/min and biosorbent particle size of 0.43-1.18 mm. The experiments conducted at the above mentioned optimum conditions resulted in water uptake of 0.48 g/g-ads, water selectivity of 5.4, butanol recovery of 90%, and the maximum butanol concentration in the effluent being over 99 v/v% , which are better than that obtained at any other conditions investigated in this work. The Dubinin–Polanyi model based on adsorption potential theory displayed a goodness of fit to the water adsorption isotherm data with a r2 value of 0.95 and average relative error of just 3.5%. The mean free energy determined from the model was 0.02 kJ/mol indicated the adsorption is physical. Thermodynamic parameters were also evaluated which revealed that the water adsorption is exothermic and spontaneous. Water saturated adsorbent was regenerated at 110°C under vacuum and reusability was studied. The contribution of two major components of CM namely cellulose and protein were also examined for their capability to selectively remove water from butanol. The results showed both of them were able to dry water, however cellulose was found to have a higher water uptake and water selectivity than protein, indicating that it plays a major role in drying butanol. In order to compare the performance of CM on drying of butanol with other biomaterials, adsorption experiments were done using corn meal as adsorbent, which is one of the most common starch based biosorbents for ethanol drying. The results demonstrated that canola meal had a higher water uptake and water selectivity than corn meal. Use of CM over corn meal adsorbent is also desirable so as to avoid placing pressure on food consumption. In addition, drying of butanol using other cellulose based biosorbents such as oat hull was also explored. Oat hull demonstrated a potential to adsorb water and dehydrate butanol, which requires further in-depth investigation.

In this thesis, we propose a circuit design technique that reduces the energy utilized by any logic circuit for computation. We achieve this, by reducing the voltage swing on the circuit without greatly compromising the speed of operation and keeping in mind the noise margin constraints. Our technique involves the use of head or tail transistors that provide a Vth drop in the voltage swing. We choose to use head or tail transistors on alternate logic levels providing us with an option of driver stage, based on the noise margin of the subsequent stage. We demonstrate the working of this concept on inverter chains, to prove the correctness as well as the ability of the reduced voltage swing circuits to drive subsequent stages. We also discuss the implementation of this technique on basic gates and simple combinational circuits. We then show detailed experiments on a larger circuit, in this case a Kogge-Stone parallel prefix adder. We will discuss the overheads involved in the design and methods to partially overcome these by the use of selectively skewed gates and application of forward body bias. Finally we implement the same design using a different technology to demonstrate the scalability of the technique. / text

Nesta tese procuramos caracterizar o Policarbonato Bisfenol-A, Durolon&#174 sob o ponto de vista elétrico, separando a reação dipolar e os processos de condução. Apesar de preparadas de forma análoga, as amostras (&#8773 30&#956m de espessura) mostraram comportamento pouco reprodutível, principalmente da componente condutiva. Várias anomalias foram detectadas embora não estudadas em detalhe pela pobre reprodutibilidade já mencionada. Além das técnicas usuais de polarização e despolarização isotérmicas, despolarização termoestimulada e de polarização termoestimulada, empregou-se pela primeira vez, em medidas desta natureza, a técnica de oscilação senoidal da temperatura, estando o campo elétrico aplicado. Media-se a corrente daí decorrente, procurando-se trabalhar sempre com uma mesma amostra. Na região de 50&#176C a 70&#176C, diferenças de fase superiores a 90&#176 foram encontradas (o sinal de corrente atrasado em relação ao de temperatura). Uma análise simples destes resultados indica que, neste caso, tanto a condutividade como a suscetibilidade diminuem com o crescimento da temperatura (dX/dT&#8773 -1x10-3/&#176C). Medidas de polarização termoestimulada, também, mostram uma inversão da corrente em relação ao campo aplicado desde cerca da temperatura ambiente ate &#8773 90&#176C. Um estudo sistemático da condução a 120&#176C indica que portadores são emitidos do eletródio, e que o trânsito dos mesmos é rápido (menor do que o tempo em que a polarização se estabelece, &#8773 2 min). Tensões e correntes espontâneas foram detectadas mesmo em amostras providas de eletródios de mesmo metal (uma correlação com a ordem empregada na metalização foi suspeitada, seguindo observação anteriormente feita pelo Prof. B. Gross). Algumas medidas com eletródios Al-Al, Al-Au e Au-Au foram feitas. Finalmente, sugestões para trabalhos futuros são feitas. / In this work the electrical characterization of the Polycarbonate Bisphenol-A, Durolon &#174 was attempted, trying to separate the dipole and the conduction processes. However, poor reproducibility, mainly in the conductivity, was achieved even for samples (&#8773 30&#956m thick usually) taken from the same batch. Anomalies were detected but not studied in detail owing the poor reproducibility referred above. Beside the usual techniques like the isothermal polarization and depolarization in short-circuit, thermally depolarization currents and thermally stimulated polarization, in a new one, employed by the first time for the study of transport and polarization, the temperature was oscillated and the ensuing current oscillation was monitored. Large phase shifts (the current lagging the temperature oscillation), even greater &#8773 90&#176 were found in the range 50&#176C 70&#176C. A simple analysis indicates that in this case both the conductivity as well as the susceptibility are decreased for increasing temperature (dX/dT&#8773 -1x10-3/&#176C). Accordingly thermally stimulated polarization shows a current reversal with respect to the electric field from room temperature to &#8773 90&#176C. A systematic study of the conduction process at 120&#176C was carried out, the analysis of which indicates that carriers are emitted from the electrode, whose transit across the sample is shorter than the duration of the polarization current (&#8773 2 min). Spontaneous tensions and currents were detected even for samples provisioned with similar electrodes (a correlation with the actual sequence of metallization, following a suggestion by Prof. B. Gross, was surmised). A few measurements with Al-Al, Al-Au and Au-Au electrodes were carried out. Finally suggestions for future work are given.

From 1926 to 1958, the Savoy Ballroom in New York's Harlem neighborhood played a critical role in the development and showcasing of African-American popular culture. During its lifetime, the Savoy Ballroom significantly affected the concurrent development of jazz music and jazz dance, and laid important groundwork for racial integration. The Savoy Ballroom served as the home base for such jazz greats as William "Chick" Webb, Lucius Venable "Lucky" Millinder, and David "Panama" Francis, and launched the careers of John Birk "Dizzy" Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Thelonious Monk. Beyond music, the Lindy Hop, a partnered jazz dance that emerged at the Savoy during the late 1920s, was one of the Ballroom's cultural exports; it gained an unprecedented degree of fame and recognition during the late 1930s, and is still practiced today by communities across the United States and the world. The objective of this dissertation is to examine the cultural, social, and musical contribution made by the Savoy Ballroom to the promotion of African-American culture. The first and second chapters of this dissertation address the historical and cultural context of Harlem and the Savoy proper. The third chapter examines some of the emerging traditions behind the Savoy Ballroom's status as the "World's Finest Ballroom." The fourth and fifth chapters address the chronological and technical development of music and jazz dance at the Savoy, with particular attention given to the lasting impact of such advancements as the incorporation of swing feel into jazz. The sixth chapter examines the cultural impact of the Ballroom on contemporary and modern media, particularly print, music, film, and photography. Finally, the seventh chapter examines the Savoy Ballroom's participation in New York's World's Fair exhibition in 1939, and its impact on the worldwide export of Harlem's African-American culture.

<p>Disturbances in power systems are common and they result in electromechanical oscillations called power swing. The power swings could be severe and it may lead to loss of synchronism among the interconnected generators. This is referred to as out-of-step condition. The voltage and current swings during an out-of-step condition damage power system equipments and also cause unwanted operations of various protective devices. The protection systems require an effective algorithm for fast and accurate detection of out-of-step condition. </p> <p>This research is focused on the development of a simple and effective out-of-step relay capable of detecting out-of-step condition in a complex power system. To achieve this, the research has gone through four distinct stages: development of an algorithm, simulation, hardware implementation and its testing. </p> <p>An out-of-step algorithm is proposed based on equal area criterion in time domain. The equal area criterion in time domain is obtained by modifying the traditional equal area criterion in power angle domain. A single machine infinite bus system, a two machine infinite bus system and a three machine infinite bus system and a 17-bus multiple machines system are used as case studies and are modeled using simulation tool(PSCAD). </p> <p>To test the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm, various out-of-step conditions are simulated by applying disturbances at various locations in the above chosen power system configurations. For hardware implementation and testing of the algorithm, a digital signal processing board (ADSP-BF533 from Analog Devices ) is used. To test the performance of the developed digital relay in a closed loop, real time power system signals are necessary and therefore for this purpose, a Real Time Digital Simulator (RTDS) available in the power research laboratory is used. The RTDS simulator mimics the actual power systems in real time. The signals required by the relays can be tapped from the RTDS and the signals coming from relay can be fed back into the RTDS, which makes the closed loop testing of the digital relay possible. This research has yielded a simple out-of-step algorithm and unlike the other out-of-step detection techniques proposed in the literature does not need offline system studies to arrive at a solution.The developed digital out-of-step relay is capable of making decisions based only on the information available from its point of installation, thus it avoids the communication devices which is advantageous for the out-of-step protection of a complex power system. Finally, the simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can be applied to any power configurations and is faster compared to the conventional concentric rectangle schemes used in the literature.</p>