Modern Land Mobile Radio has the potential for large growth in the near future. Current regulations have set the stage for a required transition to more spectrally efficient technologies. While several organizations are working to ease this transition, there still remain many details and feature sets which the end user must decide amongst and often there is no clear dividing line between these choices. This thesis provides a high-level view of the distinguishing components in modern LMR systems. Discussions related to trunked channel allocation, coverage, costs, security, and other capabilities are given. The application to and effect on everyday users is also considered. Several quantitative examples are provided to assist the end-user in determining when a solution is viable. The discussion and analysis included reaffirm that LMR design is complex and wide-ranging. Ultimately, the designer must evaluate needs and technologies to provide a course of action which is optimum and justifiable. / Master of Science

Esta dissertação apresenta o Percurso de uma Oficina realizada na Lomba do Pinheiro, em Porto Alegre. Com a participação de trabalhadores e usuários do Programa de Saúde da Família (PSF) Vila Viçosa constituiu-se como um desdobramento do Projeto de Pesquisa “Oficinando em Rede”, tendo como proposta a expansão de uma Oficina tecnológica a outros espaços da cidade. Atravessada pelas ações de pesquisa e extensão que constituem este Projeto, realizando Oficinas tecnológicas no Centro Integrado de Atenção Psicossocial (CIAPS) com a participação de jovens e trabalhadores, o interesse deste estudo foi despertado nas primeiras visitas da pesquisadora ao CIAPS quando de sua distinção a inscrições pelo corredor da instituição. Inscrições que, compreendidas neste estudo como marcas encarnadas em um espaço e tempo, constituem modos de viver/conviver. Interessada em analisar como a produção de inscrições pode explicitar redes de conversações e modular o conversar configurando novas distinções e emoções, tal questionamento resultou no objetivo desta pesquisa. Delineada como um estudo de natureza qualitativa, na perspectiva de uma pesquisa-intervenção, foi desenvolvida na realização de trajetos com o uso das TIC (tecnologias da informação e comunicação) por áreas de abrangência do PSF. Apresentando o Percurso como método indispensável à consolidação do trabalho possibilitou um operar performático no encontro com as inscrições naquele conversar que, em momentos de problematização coletiva, foram reconfiguradas nas inscrições de fotografia e vídeo. Constituída com o interesse dos participantes em conversarem com outras redes, a Oficina do Percurso possibilitou ações compartilhadas que em momentos de breakdowns abriu caminhos à cognição inventiva. / This dissertation presents the course of a workshop carried out in the Lomba do Pinheiro neighbourhood, in the city of Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Personnel and users of the Vila Viçosa Family‘s Health Programme participated in the workshop, which is part of the research project ‗Oficinando em rede‘ (Workshop on line). The main objective of such project is to expand technological workshops to other areas of the city. In addition, the workshop concept consists of ideas and actions originated during research and extension projects. As a result, a series of technological workshops were accomplished with the participation of young adults and workers at the Integrated Psychosocial Attention Centre (CIAPS) — where the interest of the present study originated. During my first visits to CIAPS, I was impressed with the considerable number of subjects willing to leave a mark in the workshops and in the hallways of the institution. The main objective of this research project is, therefore, to (i) analyse how inscription production can make conversation networks explicit and (ii) modulate the act of talking, setting new distinctions and emotions. This study is a qualitative intervention research which originated from the accomplishment of paths using TICs (information and communication technologies) by scope areas of PSF. Presenting the path as an indispensable method in consolidating work, this project has enabled a performative operation when meeting the inscriptions of that talking, which, during moments of collective problematisation, were reconfigured in the forms of photography and video. Aimed at a conversation between the participants and other networks, the Path Workshop resulted in shared actions which, at moments of breakdowns, opened new pathways into inventive cognition.

Esta dissertação apresenta o Percurso de uma Oficina realizada na Lomba do Pinheiro, em Porto Alegre. Com a participação de trabalhadores e usuários do Programa de Saúde da Família (PSF) Vila Viçosa constituiu-se como um desdobramento do Projeto de Pesquisa “Oficinando em Rede”, tendo como proposta a expansão de uma Oficina tecnológica a outros espaços da cidade. Atravessada pelas ações de pesquisa e extensão que constituem este Projeto, realizando Oficinas tecnológicas no Centro Integrado de Atenção Psicossocial (CIAPS) com a participação de jovens e trabalhadores, o interesse deste estudo foi despertado nas primeiras visitas da pesquisadora ao CIAPS quando de sua distinção a inscrições pelo corredor da instituição. Inscrições que, compreendidas neste estudo como marcas encarnadas em um espaço e tempo, constituem modos de viver/conviver. Interessada em analisar como a produção de inscrições pode explicitar redes de conversações e modular o conversar configurando novas distinções e emoções, tal questionamento resultou no objetivo desta pesquisa. Delineada como um estudo de natureza qualitativa, na perspectiva de uma pesquisa-intervenção, foi desenvolvida na realização de trajetos com o uso das TIC (tecnologias da informação e comunicação) por áreas de abrangência do PSF. Apresentando o Percurso como método indispensável à consolidação do trabalho possibilitou um operar performático no encontro com as inscrições naquele conversar que, em momentos de problematização coletiva, foram reconfiguradas nas inscrições de fotografia e vídeo. Constituída com o interesse dos participantes em conversarem com outras redes, a Oficina do Percurso possibilitou ações compartilhadas que em momentos de breakdowns abriu caminhos à cognição inventiva. / This dissertation presents the course of a workshop carried out in the Lomba do Pinheiro neighbourhood, in the city of Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Personnel and users of the Vila Viçosa Family‘s Health Programme participated in the workshop, which is part of the research project ‗Oficinando em rede‘ (Workshop on line). The main objective of such project is to expand technological workshops to other areas of the city. In addition, the workshop concept consists of ideas and actions originated during research and extension projects. As a result, a series of technological workshops were accomplished with the participation of young adults and workers at the Integrated Psychosocial Attention Centre (CIAPS) — where the interest of the present study originated. During my first visits to CIAPS, I was impressed with the considerable number of subjects willing to leave a mark in the workshops and in the hallways of the institution. The main objective of this research project is, therefore, to (i) analyse how inscription production can make conversation networks explicit and (ii) modulate the act of talking, setting new distinctions and emotions. This study is a qualitative intervention research which originated from the accomplishment of paths using TICs (information and communication technologies) by scope areas of PSF. Presenting the path as an indispensable method in consolidating work, this project has enabled a performative operation when meeting the inscriptions of that talking, which, during moments of collective problematisation, were reconfigured in the forms of photography and video. Aimed at a conversation between the participants and other networks, the Path Workshop resulted in shared actions which, at moments of breakdowns, opened new pathways into inventive cognition.

Esta dissertação apresenta o Percurso de uma Oficina realizada na Lomba do Pinheiro, em Porto Alegre. Com a participação de trabalhadores e usuários do Programa de Saúde da Família (PSF) Vila Viçosa constituiu-se como um desdobramento do Projeto de Pesquisa “Oficinando em Rede”, tendo como proposta a expansão de uma Oficina tecnológica a outros espaços da cidade. Atravessada pelas ações de pesquisa e extensão que constituem este Projeto, realizando Oficinas tecnológicas no Centro Integrado de Atenção Psicossocial (CIAPS) com a participação de jovens e trabalhadores, o interesse deste estudo foi despertado nas primeiras visitas da pesquisadora ao CIAPS quando de sua distinção a inscrições pelo corredor da instituição. Inscrições que, compreendidas neste estudo como marcas encarnadas em um espaço e tempo, constituem modos de viver/conviver. Interessada em analisar como a produção de inscrições pode explicitar redes de conversações e modular o conversar configurando novas distinções e emoções, tal questionamento resultou no objetivo desta pesquisa. Delineada como um estudo de natureza qualitativa, na perspectiva de uma pesquisa-intervenção, foi desenvolvida na realização de trajetos com o uso das TIC (tecnologias da informação e comunicação) por áreas de abrangência do PSF. Apresentando o Percurso como método indispensável à consolidação do trabalho possibilitou um operar performático no encontro com as inscrições naquele conversar que, em momentos de problematização coletiva, foram reconfiguradas nas inscrições de fotografia e vídeo. Constituída com o interesse dos participantes em conversarem com outras redes, a Oficina do Percurso possibilitou ações compartilhadas que em momentos de breakdowns abriu caminhos à cognição inventiva. / This dissertation presents the course of a workshop carried out in the Lomba do Pinheiro neighbourhood, in the city of Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Personnel and users of the Vila Viçosa Family‘s Health Programme participated in the workshop, which is part of the research project ‗Oficinando em rede‘ (Workshop on line). The main objective of such project is to expand technological workshops to other areas of the city. In addition, the workshop concept consists of ideas and actions originated during research and extension projects. As a result, a series of technological workshops were accomplished with the participation of young adults and workers at the Integrated Psychosocial Attention Centre (CIAPS) — where the interest of the present study originated. During my first visits to CIAPS, I was impressed with the considerable number of subjects willing to leave a mark in the workshops and in the hallways of the institution. The main objective of this research project is, therefore, to (i) analyse how inscription production can make conversation networks explicit and (ii) modulate the act of talking, setting new distinctions and emotions. This study is a qualitative intervention research which originated from the accomplishment of paths using TICs (information and communication technologies) by scope areas of PSF. Presenting the path as an indispensable method in consolidating work, this project has enabled a performative operation when meeting the inscriptions of that talking, which, during moments of collective problematisation, were reconfigured in the forms of photography and video. Aimed at a conversation between the participants and other networks, the Path Workshop resulted in shared actions which, at moments of breakdowns, opened new pathways into inventive cognition.

This essay analyses Lionel Shriver’s We Need to Talk about Kevin (2003) from a feminist perspective. The objective of the essay is to demonstrate that a feminist reading of We Need to Talk about Kevin sheds light on the concept of shame and generates a discussion on the implications of the expectations that are placed upon a woman when she becomes a mother. The essay draws on the work of cultural feminists, such as Elspeth Probyn and Adrienne Rich, to demonstrate how shame and motherhood are entwined in the novel. This approach illuminates how patriarchal patterns in today’s society can restrict women’s abilities to lead a full life by blaming and by making them feel ashamed of not only their own actions but also of those of their children. The concept of shame is outlined as a gendered emotion, and the essay then examines the novel’s description of a mother’s responsibilities. These are then contrasted with the way in which shame functions for the community. The conclusion of the essay is that patriarchal structures are ever present in the novel and in society as a whole, and the location of shame in the mother, brought on by other members of the community as well as by the protagonist herself, results in the community being unable to heal itself.

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In the stories of olden times and in those of our own American Indians, we learned of the picture writing of primitive peoples. It became an early method of recording people's thoughts. This was a very useful method at a time when the race was young. This in turn was the beginning of our alphabet, later the beginning of shaping letters into words, and then word into sentences and paragraphs. As our world has grown older, new idea have come into use and we are no longer content to live as our grandparents lived. We travel by fast express trains, high powered auto- mobiles, airplanes, or zeppelins. The radio gives us the news before our papers containing it are on the street. are not able to talk with people on the other side of the world. Business men find this a very valuable means of doing business when time means money. The motion pictures bring us the story of the book we have not had time to read and the characters from its pages talk to us from the screen. In short, we must have quicker ways of doing things.