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Secure symmetrical multilevel diversity coding (S-SMDC) is a source coding problem, where a total of L - N discrete memoryless sources (S1,...,S_L-N) are to be encoded by a total of L encoders. This thesis considers a natural generalization of SMDC to the secure communication setting with an additional eavesdropper. In a general S-SMDC system, a legitimate receiver and an eavesdropper have access to a subset U and A of the encoder outputs, respectively. Which subsets U and A will materialize are unknown a priori at the encoders. No matter which subsets U and A actually occur, the sources (S1,...,Sk) need to be perfectly reconstructable at the legitimate receiver whenever |U| = N +k, and all sources (S1,...,S_L-N) need to be kept perfectly secure from the eavesdropper as long as |A| <= N. A precise characterization of the entire admissible rate region is established via a connection to the problem of secure coding over a three-layer wiretap network and utilizing some properties of basic polyhedral structure of the admissible rate region. Building on this result, it is then shown that superposition coding remains optimal in terms of achieving the minimum sum rate for the general secure SMDC problem.

Symmetrical multilevel diversity coding (SMDC) is a classical model for coding over distributed storage. In this setting, a simple separate encoding strategy known as superposition coding was shown to be optimal in terms of achieving the minimum sum rate and the entire admissible rate region of the problem in the literature. The proofs utilized carefully constructed induction arguments, for which the classical subset entropy inequality of Han played a key role. This thesis includes two parts. In the first part the existing optimality proofs for classical SMDC are revisited, with a focus on their connections to subset entropy inequalities. First, a new sliding-window subset entropy inequality is introduced and then used to establish the optimality of superposition coding for achieving the minimum sum rate under a weaker source-reconstruction requirement. Second, a subset entropy inequality recently proved by Madiman and Tetali is used to develop a new structural understanding to the proof of Yeung and Zhang on the optimality of superposition coding for achieving the entire admissible rate region. Building on the connections between classical SMDC and the subset entropy inequalities developed in the first part, in the second part the optimality of superposition coding is further extended to the cases where there is an additional all-access encoder, an additional secrecy constraint or an encoder hierarchy.

This research project was carried out in Winnipeg Manitoba between October, 1970 and April, 1971. It is an exploratory study in which the authors used the concepts of complementary and symmetrical communication to code family interaction. Of the twenty-two families who were contacted through the Psychiatric Out-Patient Department of the Winnipeg General Hospital, nine consented to take part in the study. Complementary and symmetrical communication interaction elicited by a structured interview was tape recorded and coded for the two concepts. The results were correlated with the descriptions of the patient's behavior as recorded on the hospital charts. It was found that family interaction could be coded as symmetrical or complementary and that there was some relationship between communication patterns, descriptions of behaviour and the spouse who was labeled as the identified patient.

The objective of this study is to show the analysis and behavior of symmetrical components and balanced faults in power transformers. Thus, the symmetric component methods solve directly the distribution of voltages and currents, allowing the correct verification of the procedure and the influence of earth circuit faults with the neutral point in distribution transformers. Therefore, the symmetric component analysis procedure has an innovative contribution to the determination of problem solving that solves practical cases and allows to determine the unbalanced failure analysis. / Revisión por pares

Thesis / Master of Engineering (MEngr)

The effects of point loss for symmetrical probe performances on other performances of an observed equivalence class, on the emergence of equivalence performances, and on performances in other contexts were examined. After training six conditional discriminations in three contexts, probes (symmetry, transitivity, symmetrical transitivity) were introduced in contexts 1 and 2. In context 3, only trained conditional discrimination trials were delivered. After demonstrations of equivalence in contexts 1 and 2, point loss was placed on symmetrical performances in one of these contexts; probe trials and point loss for symmetrical performances were simultaneously introduced in context 3. Point loss for symmetrical performances may disrupt other probe performances of an observed equivalence class in that same context; does not necessarily disrupt the emergence of equivalence performances; and may disrupt probe performances in other contexts.

O presente estudo analisou o comportamento eletromiográfico de vários níveis dos músculos póstero-mediais do tronco, bilateralmente, para verificar a ocorrência de ativação elétrica simétrica e em busca de padrões de comportamento para embasar modelos biomecânicos. A amostra foi composta por 16 indivíduos saudáveis de ambos gêneros. Todas as execuções foram filmadas para análise cinemática, enquanto a atividade elétrica foi coletada com 14 pares de eletrodos de superfície dispostos lateral e simetricamente ao longo da coluna vertebral nos níveis da sétima vértebra cervical (C7), terceira, sexta e nona vértebras torácicas (T3, T6 e T9) e primeira, terceira e quinta vértebras lombares (L1, L3 e L5). Somente os gestos considerados simétricos através da cinemetria foram analisados. Para a análise do sinal eletromiográfico o gesto de levantar a carga foi dividido em quatro fases, considerando-se apenas a fase de subida com carga. A atividade elétrica dessa fase foi normalizada pela contração isométrica voluntária máxima. Utilizando uma ANOVA, os níveis vertebrais adjacentes foram agrupados em busca de ativação elétrica similar, foi adotado o nível de significância de p<0,05. Os resultados demonstraram que a ativação eletromiográfica não ocorre de maneira simétrica e que é possível identificar zonas com comportamento elétrico distinto entre elas, sendo que as maiores médias estavam localizadas nas regiões mais inferiores do tronco. / The present study analysed the electromyographical behaviour at various levels of posterior medial muscles on trunk, bilaterally, during load lifting to verify the occurrence of symmetry on electrical activation and to search patterns which could provide or supply biomechanical models. Sixteen healthy subjects were videotaped the 2D movement and the EMG signal was registered from 14 pairs of surface electrodes arranged symmetrically and bilaterally throughout trunk, specifically at seventh cervical vertebra (C7), third, sixth and ninth thoracic vertebra (T3, T6 and T9) and first, third and fifth lumbar vertebra (L1, L3 and L5). Only the symmetrical movements, from kinematical point-of-view, were analysed. The EMG analysis was divided in four phases and it was used in the present study the load lifting part. The electrical activation values of this phase were normalized by maximal voluntary isometric contraction. ANOVA was used to provide the adjacent groups in which electrical activation were similar. Differences were considered significant at a p<0.05. The results demonstrated the electromyographical activation does not occur in symmetrical way and, besides it was possible identify zones based on different electrical behaviours, taking into account the largest means were located on lower trunk region.

O presente estudo analisou o comportamento eletromiográfico de vários níveis dos músculos póstero-mediais do tronco, bilateralmente, para verificar a ocorrência de ativação elétrica simétrica e em busca de padrões de comportamento para embasar modelos biomecânicos. A amostra foi composta por 16 indivíduos saudáveis de ambos gêneros. Todas as execuções foram filmadas para análise cinemática, enquanto a atividade elétrica foi coletada com 14 pares de eletrodos de superfície dispostos lateral e simetricamente ao longo da coluna vertebral nos níveis da sétima vértebra cervical (C7), terceira, sexta e nona vértebras torácicas (T3, T6 e T9) e primeira, terceira e quinta vértebras lombares (L1, L3 e L5). Somente os gestos considerados simétricos através da cinemetria foram analisados. Para a análise do sinal eletromiográfico o gesto de levantar a carga foi dividido em quatro fases, considerando-se apenas a fase de subida com carga. A atividade elétrica dessa fase foi normalizada pela contração isométrica voluntária máxima. Utilizando uma ANOVA, os níveis vertebrais adjacentes foram agrupados em busca de ativação elétrica similar, foi adotado o nível de significância de p<0,05. Os resultados demonstraram que a ativação eletromiográfica não ocorre de maneira simétrica e que é possível identificar zonas com comportamento elétrico distinto entre elas, sendo que as maiores médias estavam localizadas nas regiões mais inferiores do tronco. / The present study analysed the electromyographical behaviour at various levels of posterior medial muscles on trunk, bilaterally, during load lifting to verify the occurrence of symmetry on electrical activation and to search patterns which could provide or supply biomechanical models. Sixteen healthy subjects were videotaped the 2D movement and the EMG signal was registered from 14 pairs of surface electrodes arranged symmetrically and bilaterally throughout trunk, specifically at seventh cervical vertebra (C7), third, sixth and ninth thoracic vertebra (T3, T6 and T9) and first, third and fifth lumbar vertebra (L1, L3 and L5). Only the symmetrical movements, from kinematical point-of-view, were analysed. The EMG analysis was divided in four phases and it was used in the present study the load lifting part. The electrical activation values of this phase were normalized by maximal voluntary isometric contraction. ANOVA was used to provide the adjacent groups in which electrical activation were similar. Differences were considered significant at a p<0.05. The results demonstrated the electromyographical activation does not occur in symmetrical way and, besides it was possible identify zones based on different electrical behaviours, taking into account the largest means were located on lower trunk region.