Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:47:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 PedroPCM_DISSERT.pdf: 1574472 bytes, checksum: 51d5716514addf6a4cc91c3445d0a7fa (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-02-10 / In this work we present the architecture and implementation of MyPersonal-EPG, a personal EPG with support to recommendations, built on top of the Ginga middleware, that fulfill the following requirements: (i) to allow users to build their own personal programming grids, based on programming guides from several broadcasters; (ii) to offer a mechanism to tune the desired channels on the moment the selected programs are about to begin; (iii) to allow users to select the desired programs categories; (iv) to offer programs recommendations, in both synchronous and asynchronous way, based on the categories previously selected by users; (v) to allow users to modify the current configuration options; (vi) to allow the creation of several users accounts, so that each user can store its own information. The application‟s usability test is also presented and its results are discussed and analyzed / Neste trabalho apresentamos a arquitetura e implementa??o do MyPersonal-EPG, um EPG personaliz?vel e com suporte a recomenda??es, constru?do sobre o middleware Ginga, que atende aos seguintes requisitos: (i) permitir aos usu?rios a montagem da sua pr?pria grade de programa??o, com base nas grades de programa??o de diversas emissoras; (ii) oferecer um mecanismo para sintonizar os devidos canais no momento em que os programas selecionados pelo usu?rio estiverem prestes a come?ar; (iii) permitir que os usu?rios selecionem categorias de programas desejadas; (iv) oferecer recomenda??es de programas, de forma s?ncrona e ass?ncrona, com base nas categorias selecionadas previamente pelos usu?rios; (v) permitir que os usu?rios modifiquem as op??es de configura??o; (vi) possibilitar a cria??o de diversas contas de usu?rios, a fim de permitir que cada usu?rio possa armazenar todas as suas informa??es de interesse. A avalia??o de usabilidade da aplica??o ? tamb?m apresentada e seus resultados s?o discutidos e analisados

The objective of this article is to present the importance of implementing the Closure Planfor Mineral Projects. To this purpose, the author studies and analyzes success stories of closing mining projects, in particular, focuses its analysis on Colombian and Peruvian cases. / El objetivo de este artículo es dar a conocer la importancia de la implementación del Plan de Cierre de Proyectos Mineros. Para tal fin, el autor parte del estudio y análisis de casos exitosos de cierre de proyectos mineros, en particular, centra su análisis en los escenarios colombiano y peruano.

Ce mémoire traite de l'acoustique de la clarinette et du rôle de l'anche, résumant des travaux menés entre 2001 et 2018 sur divers sujets :I) Étude de modèles analytiques élémentaire focalisée sur : 1) le rôle des pertes. 2) les cartes itérées, mettant en évidence divers régimes de fonctionnement, utiles aussi pour la pédagogie instrumentale. II) Étude de caractérisation des anches : 1) Étude dynamique des résonances de l'anche réalisée par holographie. Elle conduit à un modèle de matériau viscoélastique expliquant certaines différences observées dans les fréquences des 15 premiers modes de l'anche. 2) Étude statique des caractéristiques mécaniques et aérauliques de l'excitateur (anche+bec+lèvre). La méthode mesure précisément la quantité d'air entrant dans l'instrument en fonction de la pression de lèvre et d'air. III) Synthèse sonore par modèle physique en temps réel : 1) Modélisation mécanique et aéraulique de l'anche, d'après mesure. Le modèle de ressort raidissant non linéaire proposé autorise une simulation dynamique efficace. 2) Estimation modale de l'impédance d'entrée (mesurée) des instruments à vent. On montre les techniques de conception de filtres numériques précis et passifs à toute fréquence. 3) Modélisation et simulation instruments à vent au moyen de guide-ondes, par estimation modale, implémentée dans un logiciel en C++. IV) Une étude de jouabilité d'un panel de 40 anches par analyse canonique des corrélations révèle des liens statistiquement solides entre mesures physiques, évaluations subjectives et synthèse sonore. Elle autorise une caractérisation des anches pouvant être réalisé par le fabricant, selon au moins 4 facteurs indépendants. / This thesis deals with the acoustics of the clarinet and the role of the reed, summarizing studies carried out between 2001 and 2018 on various topics : I) Study of elementary analytical models, focused on 1) role of losses. 2) iterated maps, highlighting various operating regimes, which are also useful for the instrumental pedagogy. II) Reed characterization study : 1) Dynamic study of the reed resonances, by holography. It leads to a model of viscoelastic material explaining some differences observed in the frequencies of the first 15 modes of the reed. 2) Static study of the mechanical and aeraulic characteristics of the exciter (reed + mouthpiece + lip). The method accurately measures the airflow entering the instrument as a function of lip and air pressure. III) Sound synthesis by physical model in real time : 1) Mechanical and aeraulic modeling of the reed, according to measurements. The proposed nonlinear stiffening spring model allows for an efficient dynamic simulation. 2) Modal estimation of the (measured) input impedance of wind instruments. Design techniques for accurate digital filters, passive at any frequency, are described. 3) Modal estimation and simulation of wind instruments by waveguides, implemented in C ++ software. IV) A playability study of a panel of 40 reeds by canonical correlation analysis reveals statistically strong links between physical measurements, subjective evaluations and sound synthesis. It allows a characterization of the reeds that can be made by the manufacturer, according to at least 4 independent factors.

[…] Dans ce travail de thèse, nous nous sommes intéressés à ces bandes interdites et à ces modes de propagations dans le cas d’un cristal photonique constitué d’une matrice de piliers déposés en surface d’un milieu semi-fini. L’étude des interactions entre les piliers résonants localement avec la surface du milieu semi fini nous a permis d’identifier de nouveaux modes de propagation […]Nous avons également montré comment obtenir une réfraction négative omnidirectionnelle[…] La dernière partie de ce travail a été consacré à l’étude des mécanismes permettant la propagation et le confinement d’ondes guidées[…] .Nous avons également explicité les mécanismes qui permettent de crée ce type d’ondes guidées sub-longeur d’onde et le confinement des photons de surface. / [...] We present the features of the interaction between surface acoustic wave and locally resonant pillar on the top of demi infinite medium. We shown that the photonic crystal we proposed possess an acoustic metamaterial feature for surface acoustic waves in the manner that pillars on the top of the surface introduce new guide modes in the non radiative region of the substrate outside sound cone. We also demonstrate the these guided modes are resonant modes that have frequencies greatly lower than those expected from the Bragg mechanism. […]

Dans l'océan, les changements de température induisent des perturbations de la vitesse de propagation des ondes acoustiques. La tomographie acoustique océanique utilise les fluctuations de signaux acoustiques enregistrés pour cartographier ces perturbations de vitesse du son. Cette étude propose une méthode alternative utilisant la direction de propagation des ondes acoustiques (plutôt que les temps de propagation utilisés classiquement) pour imager un guide d'onde océanique peu profond (~100 m), petite échelle (1 à 10 km), avec une haute résolution spatiale (10 m horizontalement, 2 m en profondeur). Dans ce contexte, les ondes acoustiques basse fréquence (~1 kHz) à large bande spectrale (~1.5 kHz) se propagent selon des trajectoires multiples assimilables à des rayons géométriques épais spatialement. L'utilisation d'un couple d'antennes (émission/réception) et de la double formation de voies permet de séparer les signaux en provenance des différents trajets acoustiques et de mesurer leur : temps de propagation (TP), direction d'arrivée (DA) et direction de départ (DD). Dans l'hypothèse de faibles perturbations, les variations des TP, DA et DD sont reliées linéairement aux perturbations de la distribution de vitesse du son de manière analytique. Cette formulation, basée sur la physique de la diffraction de Born au 1er ordre, utilise des fonctions noyaux appelées : noyaux de sensibilité temps-angles (NSTA). Les méthodes classiques d'inversion permettent alors de retrouver les perturbations de vitesse à partir des variations de TP, DA et DD en utilisant les NSTA. Les méthodes développées ont été validées sur données simulées, puis appliquées à des données réelles d'expériences à échelle réduites réalisées dans la cuve ultrasonore de l'ISTerre, Grenoble. / In the ocean, temperature changes induce sound-speed perturbations. Ocean acoustic tomography uses the fluctuations of recorded acoustic signals, to map those sound-speed perturbations. To this end, sound-speed perturbations are classically related to the acoustic-wave travel-times measured on the records. This study suggests an alternative method to perform acoustic thermometry based on acoustic-wave propagation directions. It allows imaging a shallow-water waveguide (~100 m), at small scale (1 to 10 km), with high spatial resolution (10 m in range, 2 m in depth). In this context, wideband (~1.5 kHz) low frequency (~1 kHz) acoustic waves propagates along multiple paths similar to spatially « fat » geometrical rays. Using a pair of arrays (source/receiver) and the double-beamforming processing to separate acoustic signals coming from different paths and measure their: travel-time (TT), directions-of-arrival (DOA) and directions-of-departure (DOD). Under the hypothesis of small perturbations, TP, DOA and DOD variations are linearly related to sound-speed perturbations in an analytical way. This formulation based on Born's diffraction physics at the first order uses kernel functions called: the time-angle sensitivity kernels (T-A-SK). The T-A-SK model is then combined to classical inversion methods to retrieve sound-speed perturbations from TT, DOA and DOD variations. The methods developed here have been validated on simulated data, and applied on real small-scale data coming from the ultrasonic tank of the ISTerre, Grenoble.

The main aim of this thesis is to create educational material for teaching of regional geography in the 7th year of primary school. The thesis uses a variety of activating methods. Teaching activities have three main themes - Tribes, Globalization and Colonialism. The thesis contains also a methodological guide for teachers that includes instructions, utilities, benefits and other information that will help teachers with the application of these materials in the teaching of geography. The author of all processed according to existing curricula in force in the Czech Republic, especially FEP and SEP of five primary schools.

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This graduation theses describes walk, cyclist, ski-ing and waterman{\crq}s tourist roads and educational trails in the Novohradské Mountains, its highlands and in part of the Třeboňská basin {--} in the territory demarked by tourist map {\clqq}Novohradské Mountains``, from edition Club of czech tourists, in ratio scale 1:50 000. Particular roads are described in text and in general tables, whereby is possible easy reproach the character of mentioned tourist roads. Methodology of work, which was taken over from D. Bobrová (2002) and description of particular tourist roads, is a substantial part of graduation theses. Introductory chapters specify the respective area from physical-geographic and social-geographic point of view. The appendix is formed by gazetteer, which processed D. Bobrová (2002) and by graphic part, formed by photographies.

Title: Guide for selection of tennis equipment for players and coaches Objectives: The main purpose of this thesis is to create a detailed guide for selecting tennis equipment for players and coaches, which will help players choose right racquet, strings, balls, shoes and bags. At the same time, it will inform the reader about equipment for tennis coaches. In addition a questionnare will be elaborated to detect the equipment preferences of players at performance level. Methods: Content analysis of documents was used in this thesis and was completed by a questionnare. Results: Result of this thesis is a guide for selecting tennis equipment for players and a coach, which helps people choose the right racquet and strings. One will also gain better knowledge of tennis ball characteristics in connection with different surfaces and varying game styles. Also results from the questionnare will be elaborated to illustrate the preferences of players at performance level. Keywords: Tennis, guide, tennis racquets, tennis strings, tennis shoes, tennis bags, tennis balls, history of tennis, tennis accessories, equipment, coach.

Text in Afrikaans / The Gestalt Play Therapeutic approach is used as contextual frame in this research where-in music is applied as an aid for the aggressive emotions of the primary learner. Emotional and behavioral problems in children in primary and secondary schools and even in pre-primary schools, are assuming alarming proportions. From the holistic approach of the Gestalt theory, it has an influence on the development of areas such as the emotional, physical, cognitive and social in the phase of middle childhood. There is a lack of research findings on the effect of music during support to the aggressive primary learner within a Gestalt Play Therapeutic frame. The experimental single system design was used as research method as part of the quantitative investigation. The conclusion is that music was used successfully in the handling of rage and aggressive emotions in the group of child respondents within the context of the Gestalt approach. / Social Work / M.Diac. (Play Therapy)