In dieser Arbeit behandeln wir exakte, nicht-perturbative Ergebnisse, die mithilfe der superkonformen Index-Technik, in supersymmetrischen Eichtheorien mit vier Superladungen (d. h. N=1 Supersymmetrie in vier Dimensionen und N=2 in drei Dimensionen) gewonnen wurden. Wir benutzen die superkonforme Index-Technik um mehrere Dualitäts Vermutungen in supersymmetrischen Eichtheorien zu testen. Wir führen Tests der dreidimensionalen Spiegelsymmetrie und Seiberg ähnlicher Dualitäten durch. Das Ziel dieser Promotionsarbeit ist es moderne Fortschritte in nicht-perturbativen supersymmetrischen Eichtheorien und ihre Beziehung zu mathematischer Physik darzustellen. Im Speziellen diskutieren wir einige interessante Identitäten der Integrale, denen einfache und hypergeometrische Funktionen genügen und ihren Bezug zu supersymmetrischen Dualitäten in drei und vier Dimensionen. Methoden der exakten Berechnungen in supersymmertischen Eichtheorien sind auch auf integrierbare statistische Modelle anwendbar. Dies wird im letzten Kapitel der vorliegenden Arbeit behandelt. / In this thesis we discuss exact, non-perturbative results achieved using superconformal index technique in supersymmetric gauge theories with four supercharges (which is N = 1 supersymmetry in four dimensions and N = 2 supersymmetry in three). We use the superconformal index technique to test several duality conjectures for supersymmetric gauge theories. We perform tests of three-dimensional mirror symmetry and Seiberg-like dualities. The purpose of this thesis is to present recent progress in non-perturbative supersymmetric gauge theories in relation to mathematical physics. In particular, we discuss some interesting integral identities satisfied by basic and elliptic hypergeometric functions and their relation to supersymmetric dualities in three and four dimensions. Methods of exact computations in supersymmetric theories are also applicable to integrable statistical models, which we discuss in the last chapter of the thesis.

Im filmischen Werk des russischen Regisseurs Andrej Tarkowskijs sind an markanten Stellen Spiegel zu sehen. Ein Film trägt sogar den Namen des Objektes. Vom einfachen Spiegel ausgehend wird der Prozess der Spiegelung über verschiedene Abstraktions- und Transformationsstufen ausgearbeitet. Der Spiegel wird als Objekt und Metapher ganz hinter sich gelassen und zur zentralen filmischen Konstruktionsmaschine, dem Kinematographen, entwickelt und theoretisch interpretiert. Hierzu wird von Andrej Tarkowskijs Filmen ausgegangen und von seinen Schriften her das theoretische Instrumentarium erarbeitet, das sich an entscheidenden Stellen mit filmtheoretischen Kategorien von Gilles Deleuze trifft. Der zweite Teil dokumentiert die theatralische Umsetzung des nicht realisierten Szenarios "Hoffmanniana" von Andrej Tarkowskij in dessen Zentrum ein Spiegel steht. Hierzu wird der literarische Text im Zusammenhang des tarkowskijschen Filmwerkes als "Kinotext" interpretiert, d.h. auf seine kinematographischen Konstruktionselemente hin gelesen, "gesehen" und "gehört". / Films from Russian director Andrei Tarkovski often present mirors in various situations. One of his films is even named "The mirror". The reflection process starts from a simple mirror up to many levels of abstraction and transformation. Beyond mirrors as mere objects, or simple metaphors, the tarkovskian concept of "construction-machine" of cinema (i.e. the cinematographe) is described. Additionnal theoretical elements of my work are based on Andrei Tarkovskies films and many writings; they will coincide with the film theory of French philosopher Gilles Deleuze. Another part of this work deals with the staged version of "Hoffmanniana" (script by Tarkovski, the film was was never shot) tha I directed: The poetic scenario is seen through Andrei Tarkovskies other films, considered as "film material2 and analysed in terms of visual and musical elements.

Sob a análise de uma obra escrita em 1572, o De Regis Institutione et Disciplina, e de um contexto histórico-politico crucial para a Dinastia de Avis, nos referimos aqui ao segundo quartel do século XVI, este trabalho tem como propósito esboçar o pensamento político humanista de Jerónimo Osório. Partindo do pressuposto que os fatos históricos, não são meramente ilustrativos, mas se entrecruzam com as idéias políticas, primeiramente enfocaremos como Osório pensava algumas questões que marcaram o reinado de D. Sebastião, como por exemplo: a Batalha em Alcácer Quibir, a necessidade do casamento do Rei e a sua educação ministrada pelo Padre Gonçalves da Câmara. Em segundo lugar, esboçaremos o seu pensamento político abordando temas como: o ofício do Rei, a melhor forma de governo e a ação dos aduladores. Na relação entre pedagogia e política, esboçaremos o seu modelo de príncipe cristão, pertencente ao gênero dos espelhos de príncipes, através das disciplinas necessárias para a educação do Rei. / Based in a work written in 1572, the De Regis Institutione et Disciplina, and in a historic and politic context that is decisive to the Avis Dynasty, we refer here to the second period of the 16th century. This works objective is to plan the humanist political thought of Jeronimo Osório. By the purpose that the historic facts will not be just an illustration, but a meeting with political ideas, first of all we will discuss about how Osório thought about some point that determined the reign of Dom Sebastião, as for example, the battle in Alcácer Quibir, the need of the kings marriage and his education, which the priest Gonçalvez da Câmara was responsible. Secondly, we will plan his political though, talking about themes like the kings function and the best governing form and the actions of the kings adulators. In the pedagogy and political relation, we will plan the Christian princes model, concerning the princes mirror, by subjects which were necessary to the kings education.

Thesis: The TV series Black Mirror as a substantial creation of British TV production Abstract: ENG The thesis deals with the analysis of the British TV anthology Black Mirror. It examines the program in terms of authorship, processing method, theme, genre, and impact on society. The aim is to determine the basic characteristics of the Black Mirror and to point out its uniqueness in the context of current trends in television content. In individual chapters, it focuses on the role of authorship, the definition of the genre and the definition of the main topic. The program is also subjected to a narrative and stylistic analysis that examines the way the story is constructed, the narrative structure, the work with the characters, the environment and the style. Furthermore this thesis also want to examine the the extent to which the topics of Black Mirror correspond to reality. The result of this research offers a complex picture of Black Mirror, including a comparison with selected British television programs.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:39:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rita Natalio.pdf: 1543881 bytes, checksum: ae69630225c03cbdf7bf9cc3fe0b719d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-13 / Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian / In this work, we will start from the imitation theories of the nineteenth-century French sociologist Gabriel Tarde, and the revision of these theories by the Italian philosopher Maurizio Lazzarato. These authors will allow us to think the contemporary processes of subjectivity, in which appears a specific dynamic between imitation and invention on individual life and that, in turn, go hand in hand with neoliberal capitalism dynamics and its incessant deterritorializations. Today, contemporary individuals quickly mobilize their imitations and inventions, their opinions replicate on a large scale and they are driven by the belief in the possibility of interfering, divert, sculpting, modeling and even reverse the direction of their own lives. Imitation and invention can be seen as tools of social construction. Furthermore, in the case of virality and contagion of ideas through social networking on the Internet or analog networks of consumption and influence, a bestial force of imitation is set up that seeks a global spread, a force whose power is extra-individual and allows us to consider subjects beyond self-contained units. To think this theme, we will establish our research in dialogue with other authors and examples from contemporary art to internet examples and, between chapters of the work, we will propose small textual shortcircuits that break the linearity of reasoning. These short-circuits can, in some cases, challenge the conventions of academic text, but they are mainly an experiment on the relationship between invention and imitation in the creation of my own voice / Neste trabalho, partimos das teorias da imitação do sociólogo francês do século XIX Gabriel Tarde, e da sua revisão, já no século XXI, pelo filósofo italiano Maurizio Lazzarato. Esses autores permitem-nos pensar os processos de subjetivação contemporâneos como processos onde se explicita uma dinâmica específica entre imitação e invenção na vida individual que, por sua vez, andam lado a lado com a dinâmica do capitalismo neoliberal e das suas desterritorializações incessantes. Hoje, os indivíduos contemporâneos mobilizam velozmente as suas imitações e invenções, replicam opiniões em larga escala, movidos pela crença na possibilidade de interferir, desviar, esculpir, modelar e até reverter o sentido das suas vidas. Imitação e invenção podem ser vistas como ferramentas de construção social. Para além disso, no caso da viralidade e do contágio de ideias por via de redes sociais na internet ou de redes analógicas de consumo e influência, instala-se uma força bestial de imitação que busca uma propagação planetária, cuja potência é extra-individual e permite pensar o sujeito para além de unidades estanques. Para pensar esta temática, situaremos a nossa pesquisa em diálogo com outros autores e exemplos, deste a arte contemporânea a exemplos retirados da internet, e entre os capítulos que compõem o trabalho, propomos pequenos curto-circuitos textuais na linearidade do raciocínio. Estes curto-circuitos poderão em alguns casos desafiar as convenções do texto académico, mas são sobretudo um experimento sobre a relação entre invenção e imitação na criação de uma voz própria

Dans le cadre de ses recherches menées sur la fusion par confinement inertiel, le Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives met en œuvre un spectromètre X large bande étalonné en absolu et résolu en temps, appelé Diagnostic de Mesure du rayonnement X. Ce diagnostic, composé de 20 voies de mesure, permet de mesurer l’émissivité spectrale d’un plasma créé par laser entre 50 eV et 20 keV. Nous avons développé des voies de mesure complémentaires aux voies existantes, afin d’obtenir une redondance et une amélioration de la précision de la mesure. Le principe de ces nouvelles voies de mesure repose sur un concept original permettant d’obtenir des fonctions de transfert spectrales bornées et constantes. Deux voies ont été développées pour les gammes spectrales 2 – 4 keV et 4 – 6 keV, utilisant des miroirs multicouches apériodiques réalisés au Laboratoire Charles Fabry en Cr/Sc et Ni/W/SiC/W, respectivement. Ces miroirs ont ensuite été caractérisés sur synchrotrons puis intégrés dans le spectromètre. Les nouvelles voies ont été utilisées durant des campagnes d’expériences laser-Plasma sur l’installation laser OMEGA à Rochester (États-Unis). Elles ont permis de déterminer la puissance rayonnée directement avec une seule voie de mesure par bande spectrale et avec une meilleure précision qu’avec celles utilisées habituellement. Les résultats, en bon accord avec les voies de mesure classiques, permettent de valider l’utilisation des miroirs multicouches apériodiques pour la spectrométrie X large bande. / Within the framework of the research on inertial confinement fusion, the “Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives” has studied and implemented an absolute calibrated time-Resolved broadband soft x-Ray spectrometer, called “Diagnostic de Mesure du rayonnement X”. This diagnostic, composed of 20 measurement channels, measures the emitted radiant power from a laser created plasma in the range from 50 eV to 20 keV. We have developed additional measurement channels to obtain redundancy and an improvement in measurement accuracy. The principle of these new channels is based on an original concept to obtain spectral bounded flat-Responses. Two channels have been developed for the 2 – 4 keV and 4 – 6 keV spectral ranges, using aperiodic multilayer mirrors made at the “Laboratoire Charles Fabry” with Cr/Sc and Ni/W/SiC/W layers respectively. These mirrors were characterized at synchrotron radiation facilities and integrated into the spectrometer. The two new channels were used during laser-Plasma experimental campaigns at the OMEGA laser facility in Rochester (USA). This allowed us to determine directly the radiant power with only one measurement within a certain spectral band, and with a better precision when compared with using standard channels. The results, in good agreement with the standard measurement channels, allowed us to validate the use of aperiodic multilayer mirrors for X-Ray broadband spectrometry.

Les Eschés amoureux, poème allégorique de trente mille vers datant de 1370-1380, se présentent comme une réponse au Roman de la Rose, en rejouant notamment l’intrigue sur un échiquier. Conservé dans deux manuscrits inachevés, encore largement inédit, ce texte a rapidement été éclipsé par son commentaire en prose, Le Livre des eschez amoureux moralisés, rédigé par Évrart de Conty, médecin personnel de Charles V. La récente attribution des Eschés amoureux à ce même auteur hisse le poème initial au rang d’œuvre destinée à être (auto-)commentée ; cette auto-exégèse est déjà esquissée dans l’un des témoins du texte en vers, qui comprend un apparat de gloses marginales latines participant d’un projet auctorial. Les Eschés amoureux articulent ambition narrative et transmission de connaissances variées, en intégrant notamment en leur sein deux traductions d’auctoritates, les Remedia amoris d’Ovide et le De regimine principum de Gilles de Rome. Ils offrent une mise en fiction du savoir singulière, réservant souvent ce qui fonde l’autorité du discours à un commentaire à venir. Cette présente étude s’attache à examiner les stratégies de divulgation du savoir par le biais d’un récit à la fin du XIVe siècle, en analysant notamment les modèles investis par Les Eschés amoureux, l’assemblage d’éléments hétéroclites qui préside à l’élaboration de cette fiction et la fonction dévolue au commentaire. / The Eschés amoureux, a thirty thousand verse allegorical poem written circa 1370-1380, comes as a response to the Romance of the Rose, notably playing the initial plot on a chessboard. The text can be read in two incomplete manuscripts and is still mostly unedited. It was quickly outshone by its prose commentary, Le Livre des eschez amoureux moralisés, written by Évrart de Conty, King Charles V’s personal physician. The fact that the Eschés amoureux was recently attributed to this very same author pushes the initial poem to the rank of a work that requires (self-)commentaries; the outline of this self exegesis is to be found in one of the verse manuscripts, which comes with latin marginal glosses of major and auctorial importance. The Eschés amoureux connects a narrative project to the transmission of knowledge, inserting within the poem two translations of auctoritates, the ovidian Remedia amoris and the De regimine principum by Giles of Rome. It provides a peculiar fictionalization of knowledge, often setting aside the authoritative part of the discourse and keeping it for a forthcoming commentary. The present dissertation intends to analyze the ways knowledge was conveyed through narrative at the end of the XIVth century; it considers the models involved for this specific text, the miscellaneous items brought together in one single fiction and the part played by the commentary.

The central theme of this thesis is the application of mirror symmetry to the study of the arithmetic geometry of Calabi-Yau threefolds. It formulates a conjecture about the properties of the limit mixed Hodge structure at the large complex structure limit of an arbitrary mirror threefold, which is supported by a two-parameter example of a self-mirror Calabi-Yau threefold. It further studies the connections between this conjecture with Voevodsky's mixed motives. This thesis also studies the connections between the conifold transition and Beilinson's conjecture on the values of the L-functions at integral points. It carefully studies the arithmetic geometry of the conifold in the mirror family of the quintic Calabi-Yau threefold and its L-function, which is shown to provide a very interesting example to Beilinson's conjecture.

Cette recherche s’inscrit dans une double démarche : restitution d’une cohérence globale à l’œuvre d’Ibn Qutayba et essai de définition de la littérature d’adab. Elle s’articule autour de la fonction auteur dans les 'Uyºn al-AÏbær, et dans ce type de textes, ainsi que de la fonction rhétorique de cet ouvrage qui l’apparente à un recueil d’exempla de l’Occident médiéval. La parenté des 'Uyºn al-AÏbær avec le genre de l’encyclopédie y est également abordée. Enrichie d’un éclairage comparatiste apporté par la littérature médiévale occidentale, la confrontation critique de ce texte avec les interprétations qui en ont été données est fondée sur l’analyse rhétorique et stylistique du prologue des 'Uyºn al-AÏbær, ainsi que sur la lecture transversale des introductions des trois ouvrages fondamentaux d’adab d’Ibn Qutayba, que sont l’Adab al-Kætib, les 'Uyºn al-AÏbær et les Ma'ærif. La traduction annotée des deux dernières citées accompagne cette recherche. / The objectives of this thesis were twofold : the first was to restore to the work of Ibn Qutayba its overall coherence ; with this primary objective in view, it was necessary to elucidate its literary context : adab literature.The analysis is conducted firstly in terms of the author-function both in the 'Uyûn al-Akhbâr and in texts similar to it, and secondly in terms of the rhetorical function wich allies it with the Medieval exempla collections of the Western tradition. Drawing on rhetorical and stylistic analysis of the Prologue of the 'Uyûn al-Akhbâr, as well as on a transversal reading of the introductions to the three primary adab works : the Adab al-Kâtib, the 'Uyûn al-Akhbâr and the Ma'ârif of Ibn Qutayba, it was possible to confront the original with critical interpretations of the work. Annotated translations of the introductions to two of these three sister works (the 'Uyûn al-Akhbâr and the Ma'ârif) accompany this study.

A terapia do espelho, técnica utilizada no tratamento de pacientes em reabilitação neurológica, tem mostrado bons resultados a um custo relativamente baixo. Nessa terapia, um espelho é colocado ao longo do plano sagital mediano do paciente entre os dois membros, superiores ou inferiores, com o intuito de transmitir estímulos visuais para o cérebro para induzir a ilusão dos membros em questão estarem se deslocando de forma síncrona. Considerando a simplicidade, os resultados obtidos e o baixo custo da terapia do espelho, neste trabalho exploramos recursos tipicamente disponíveis em dispositivos móveis do tipo tablet e smartphones para propor um modelo de acompanhamento remoto baseado na gravação e no compartilhamento de vídeos de sessões de terapia do espelho considerando dois tipos de usuários: terapeutas e pacientes. O modelo é apresentado na forma de um protótipo de um sistema de acompanhamento remoto de pacientes que utilizam a terapia do espelho em sua reabilitação. Especialistas avaliaram que o sistema apresenta grande potencial no auxilio à reabilitação de membros superiores, podendo ser utilizado por qualquer paciente em reabilitação pela terapia do espelho devido à sua facilidade de uso. Entre os trabalhos futuros viabilizados pela versão atual do sistema estão testes com pacientes em tratamento para verificação das implicações resultantes de sua utilização. / The mirror therapy technique used in the treatment of patients in neurological rehabilitation has shown good results in a relatively low cost. In this therapy, a mirror is placed along the median sagittal plane of the patient between the two limbs, higher or lower, in order to transmit visual stimuli to the brain to induce the illusion of the limbs are moving synchronously. Considering the simplicity, the results obtained and the low cost of mirror therapy in this work we explore resources available on mobile devices like tablet and smartphones to propose a remote monitoring model based on recording and sharing videos of mirror therapy sessions considering two types of users: therapists and patients. The model is presented as a prototype of a remote monitoring system of patients that use mirror therapy in their rehabilitation. Experts evaluated that the system presents great potential to aid in the rehabilitation of the upper limbs and may be used by any patient due to its ease of use. Among the future work made possible by the current version of the system are the patients tests verifying the implications of the system in the therapy.