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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Search for the Higgs boson decaying to two photons and produced in association with a pair of top quarks in the CMS experiment / Recherche du boson de Higgs se désintégrant en deux photons et produit en association avec une paire de quarks top dans l'expérience CMS au LHC

Kucher, Inna 17 July 2017 (has links)
Dans cette thèse, la mesure des propriétés du boson de Higgs dans le canal de désintégration en deux photons avec l'expérience CMS au Grand Collisionneur de Hadrons (LHC) est présentée. L'objectif de ce travail est l’étude du mode de production associé à une paire de quark top (tṫH). Ce mode représente le seul accès direct au couplage de Yukawa du quark top, un paramètre fondamental du Modèle Standard. Le mode de production tṫH est un processus très rare. Il est de l'ordre de deux ordres de grandeur plus petits que la production principale du boson de Higgs par fusion de gluons. À 13 TeV, le mode de production ttH est environ 4 fois plus grand qu'à 8 TeV. Cette thèse reprend les études réalisées à 8 TeV, où l’échantillon de données ne suffisait pas pour établir une observation de ce mode de production. Bien que le canal en deux photons ne soit pas celui qui présente le plus grand rapport de branchement (seulement 0,2%), il est très prometteur en raison de son excellente résolution en masse (1%). De plus, sa signature est très propre dans le détecteur. Le canal de désintégration en deux photons est particulièrement intéressant puisqu'il s'agit du seul canal permettant l'étude de tous les modes de production : la fusion de gluons, la fusion de bosons vecteurs, les productions associées avec des bosons W ou Z ou avec une paire de quarks top. Le document commence par une introduction théorique du Modèle Standard et la physique du boson de Higgs au LHC, suivie d'une description du détecteur CMS. Pour obtenir une excellente résolution de masse dans le canal de désintégration en deux photons , le calorimètre électromagnétique doit être calibré. Le système de monitorage de la transparence des cristaux du calorimètre électromagnétique de CMS par le système laser joue un rôle important dans la chaîne d'étalonnage et est décrit en détail. Sur le long terme, le système de monitorage laser devra être amélioré car le niveau de rayonnement influence son électronique. Je présente mon travail sur l'amélioration possible du système de monitorage laser, ainsi que l'étude de sa précision possible. L'analyse inclusive H → ᵞᵞ a eu plusieurs itérations pour les conférences en 2016 et 2017. La stratégie pour 2017 est décrite dans ce document. Une classification des événement sert à maximiser la significance du signal et à étudier les modes spécifiques de production du boson de Higgs. Mes contributions à l'analyse H → ᵞᵞ consistent en l'identification du vertex primaire, l'identification du photon et l'étude du mode de production tṫH. Chaque contribution est décrite en détail dans des chapitres dédiés. L'analyse tṫH, H → ᵞᵞ est présentée pour deux itérations en 2016 et 2017, en mettant l'accent sur les améliorations dans l'analyse de 2017. Enfin, les résultats de l'analyse inclusive et tṫH, H → ᵞᵞ, en utilisant l'ensemble complet de données 2016 correspondant à une luminosité intégrée de 35,9 fb-1, sont présentés. / In this thesis, the measurement of the Higgs boson properties in the diphoton decay channel with the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is presented. The focus of this work is the tṫH production mode, as it is the only direct access to the top quark Yukawa coupling, a fundamental parameter of the Standard Model. tṫH is a very rare process, two orders of magnitude smaller than the dominant Higgs boson production by gluon fusion. At 13 TeV, ttH production is about 4 times larger than at 8 TeV. This thesis takes over the studies performed at 8 TeV, where the statistics was not enough for an observation of ttH. Despite a very small branching ratio (only about 0.2%), the two photons decay channel of the Higgs boson is very promising, because of its excellent mass resolution (about 1%). Moreover, its signature in the detector is very clear. The diphoton decay channel is also of particular interest as it is the only channel allowing the study of all production modes: gluon fusion, vector boson fusion, associated productions with a W or a Z bosons, or with a top quark pair.The document starts with a theoretical introduction about the Standard Model and Higgs boson physics at LHC, followed by a description of the CMS detector. To achieve an excellent mass resolution in the H → ᵞᵞ channel, the electromagnetic calorimeter has to be calibrated. The laser monitoring system plays an important role in the calibration chain and it is described in details. On the long term, the laser monitoring system will have to be upgraded as level of radiation influences its electronics. I present my work on the possible upgrade of the laser monitoring system, along with the study of its possible precision.H → ᵞᵞ inclusive analysis had several iterations for conferences in 2016 and 2017. The strategy for 2017 is described in this document. An event classification is used to maximize the signal significance and to study specific Higgs boson production modes. My contributions to the H → ᵞᵞ analysis are primary vertex identification, photon identification and the study of the tṫH production mode. Each contribution is described in details in dedicated chapters. The tṫH, H → ᵞᵞ analysis is shown for two iterations in 2016 and 2017, with the emphasis on improvements in 2017 analysis. Finally, the results of the inclusive and tṫH, H → ᵞᵞ analysis, using the full 2016 dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb-1, are shown.
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Analýza carriage Top Drivu vrtné věže / Analysis of carriage of Top Drive of drilling tower

Kříž, Jakub January 2017 (has links)
The subject of this diploma thesis is determination of the cause of crack formation at the carriage Top drive for MND Drilling & Services company. The aim of the diploma thesis is to analyze the load states of the component. Furthermore, the aim is to create a computational model and boundary conditions and to create suggestions of improvements leading to the elimination of cracks. And finally, to evaluate the results of construction improvements..
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Měření relativní variance optické intenzity / Measurement of relative variance of optical intensity

Vaníček, Jakub January 2011 (has links)
The intention of this master‘s thesis is the measurment of relative variance of optical intensity. In the first place, I have been studied Kolmogorov cascade theory of turbulence and relative variance of optical intensity . In addition, I have been deal with turbulent cells, Gaussian beam, Top Hat beam and influence of the atmospheric turbulences on the intensity profile of the laser beam. Lastly I have been measured determine influence of the atmospheric turbulences on the intensity profile of the laser beam and I have been calculated relative variance of optical intensity. I have suggested the optimum beam profile in the turbulent atmosphere from acquired data.
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Návrh tvarovacího systému pro laserový svazek / Design of laser beam shaping system

Kropáč, Ondřej January 2011 (has links)
Diploma thesis deal with design of laser beam shaping system. The theoretical part presents basic information about the light spread lika the optical beams. There are also properties of optical and optoelectronic components that are used for shaping the laser beam. The next section provides basic molding methods, their principles and qualities. In the last, experimental, part is first introduced designed computer algorithm, which is then used to calculate the quality parameters shaped laser beams. Following, there are presented the results of measurements and calculations for some of these methods.
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Query-Time Data Integration

Eberius, Julian 10 December 2015 (has links)
Today, data is collected in ever increasing scale and variety, opening up enormous potential for new insights and data-centric products. However, in many cases the volume and heterogeneity of new data sources precludes up-front integration using traditional ETL processes and data warehouses. In some cases, it is even unclear if and in what context the collected data will be utilized. Therefore, there is a need for agile methods that defer the effort of integration until the usage context is established. This thesis introduces Query-Time Data Integration as an alternative concept to traditional up-front integration. It aims at enabling users to issue ad-hoc queries on their own data as if all potential other data sources were already integrated, without declaring specific sources and mappings to use. Automated data search and integration methods are then coupled directly with query processing on the available data. The ambiguity and uncertainty introduced through fully automated retrieval and mapping methods is compensated by answering those queries with ranked lists of alternative results. Each result is then based on different data sources or query interpretations, allowing users to pick the result most suitable to their information need. To this end, this thesis makes three main contributions. Firstly, we introduce a novel method for Top-k Entity Augmentation, which is able to construct a top-k list of consistent integration results from a large corpus of heterogeneous data sources. It improves on the state-of-the-art by producing a set of individually consistent, but mutually diverse, set of alternative solutions, while minimizing the number of data sources used. Secondly, based on this novel augmentation method, we introduce the DrillBeyond system, which is able to process Open World SQL queries, i.e., queries referencing arbitrary attributes not defined in the queried database. The original database is then augmented at query time with Web data sources providing those attributes. Its hybrid augmentation/relational query processing enables the use of ad-hoc data search and integration in data analysis queries, and improves both performance and quality when compared to using separate systems for the two tasks. Finally, we studied the management of large-scale dataset corpora such as data lakes or Open Data platforms, which are used as data sources for our augmentation methods. We introduce Publish-time Data Integration as a new technique for data curation systems managing such corpora, which aims at improving the individual reusability of datasets without requiring up-front global integration. This is achieved by automatically generating metadata and format recommendations, allowing publishers to enhance their datasets with minimal effort. Collectively, these three contributions are the foundation of a Query-time Data Integration architecture, that enables ad-hoc data search and integration queries over large heterogeneous dataset collections.
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(International) top managers – Strategic implications for innovativeness, risk and digital transformation

Wrede, Michaela 16 December 2020 (has links)
This cumulative dissertation investigates the role and implications of top managers in firms. By building on two influential contemporary phenomena – internationalization and digitalization – and by examining top managers from a multitude of conceptional and methodological angles, the dissertation provides novel insights to upper echelons research. The first study examines the association between top management team (TMT) internationalization and firm innovativeness and argues that the accumulation of international knowledge and resources in the TMT benefits firm innovativeness. The second study analyzes the association between CEO internationalization and firms’ strategic risk-taking, paying particular attention to various governance mechanisms that may influence this relationship. The third study explores the role and facilitating actions of top managers in response to the digital transformation. Overall, this dissertation contributes toward a more fine-grained understanding of top managers and their individual characteristics. Given the contemporary relevance of the topics under consideration, the presented findings are of significant value for both theorists and practitioners.:Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Scope of the dissertation and research gaps 1.2 Theoretical foundation 1.3 Empirical foundation 1.4 Research purpose and scientific contribution Chapter 2: Research article 1 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Theory and hypotheses 2.3 Methodology 2.4 Results 2.5 Discussion and conclusions 2.6 Limitations and future research Chapter 3: Research article 2 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Theory and hypotheses 3.3 Methodology 3.4 Results 3.5 Discussion and conclusion 3.6 Limitations and future research Chapter 4: Research article 3 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Theoretical background 4.3 Data and method 4.4 Findings 4.5 Discussion References
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High efficiency top-emitting organic light-emitting diodes: design and fabrication

Huang, Qiang 24 September 2007 (has links)
This thesis focuses mainly on the techniques to achieve high-performance top-emitting OLEDs, regarding device efficiency and lifetime for both non-inverted and inverted structures. It is thus organized as follows: In Chapter 2, the basic physics of organic semiconductor materials are reviewed, including the electronic properties of organic semiconductor materials, molecular excitations and their electronic transitions etc., which are believed to be critical for understanding of the work. Then, the general device physics of OLEDs are reviewed in detail, which includes almost every important electrical and optical process involved in the device. Finally, techniques and methods used to improve the device performance are summarized, which includes electrical doping of charge carrier transport layers. In Chapter 3, all organic materials, experimental techniques, and characterization methods used in this study are briefly described. In the following Chapter 4, techniques that are used for device optimization of non-inverted top-emitting OLEDs are discussed. Also, the mechanism of light outcoupling enhancement by a capping layer is discussed there. In the last part of Chapter 4, the influence of the optical device structure on the intrinsic quantum yield of the emitters is studied. Chapter 5 is focused on inverted top-emitting OLEDs, which are believed to be better applicable with current mainstream n-type amorphous silicon thin film transistor (TFT) technology. In this Chapter, the organic/metal and metal/organic interfaces are investigated in detail and their influence on device performance is discussed. In Chapter 6, the degradation of top-emitting OLEDs is studied, with a focus on the influence of electrode material and electrode thickness on the lifetime of top-emitting devices.
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Konsten att berätta : -En fallstudie om narrativ och delaktighet / The art of telling : -A case study on narrative and participation

Nilsson, Andreas, Modig, Miriam January 2022 (has links)
Sammanfattning  Denna uppsats behandlar förhållandet mellan medborgardialog och offentlig konst utifrån en statligt ägd satsning vid namn Äga rum: Konst händer som Statens konstråd fick i uppdrag att genomföra. Satsningen syftade till att göra civilsamhället till beställare av offentlig konst och öka den demokratiska delaktigheten. Uppsatsen bygger på en fallstudie som involverar dokumentanalys, platsbesök och intervjustudier utifrån begreppen medborgardialog, delaktighet, tillit, och narrativ.  En stor del av det offentliga rummet består utav den offentliga konsten. Det offentliga rummet är en viktig del av det samhälle vi lever i och ska vara en demokratisk plats där invånaren ges möjlighet att påverka utvecklingen av den gemensamma miljön. I Sverige har den folkliga tilliten till den representativa demokratin sjunkit, ett problem som man vill lösa genom medborgardialog. Den här uppsatsen undersöker hur konstprojektet Konst händer i miljonprogramsområdet Gamlegården, Kristianstad lyckades med att föra dialog med medborgarna. Svårigheterna med medborgardialog belyses, bland annat utifrån narrativens kraft att påverka där olika maktperspektiv och uppifrån styrda, så kallade top-down satsningar lyfts. Utifrån vår undersökning så ser vi att det krävs mer än bara en önskan om att involvera medborgare för att faktiskt involvera dem. När de involveras bör delaktigheten utgå ifrån en reell makt att påverka annars riskerar det medborgerliga engagemanget att fallera. Samtidigt är det viktigt att möjligheterna till inflytande möjliggörs för alla medborgare så att det inte är samma grupper och personer som alltid får komma till tals. / Abstract  This essay analyses the relationship between citizen dialogue and public art through a state-owned initiative called Äga rum: Konst händer which the Swedish Arts Council was commissioned to perform. The initiative aimed to make the civil society the stakeholder of public art and increase democratic participation. The thesis is based on a case study that involves document analysis, site visits and interview studies based on the concepts of citizen dialogue, participation, trust and narrative.  A large part of the public space consists of public art. The public space is an important part of the society we live in and should be a democratic place where the citizens are given the opportunity to influence the development of the common space. In Sweden, the trust in representative democracy has weakened, a problem that aims to be solved through citizen dialogue. This essay examines how the art project Konst händer in the million program area of Gamlegården, Kristianstad succeeded in conducting a dialogue with the citizens. The difficulties with citizen dialogue are highlighted, among other things based on the power of narrative to influence, different power perspectives and the so called top-down initiatives. Based on our survey, we see that it takes more than just a desire to involve citizens to actually involve them. When they are involved, participation should be based on real power to influence, otherwise the civic participation risks failing. At the same time, it is important that the opportunities for influence are made for all citizens so that it´s not the same groups and people who always get their voices heard.
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Algorithm Design and Optimization of Convolutional Neural Networks Implemented on FPGAs

Du, Zekun January 2019 (has links)
Deep learning develops rapidly in recent years. It has been applied to many fields, which are the main areas of artificial intelligence. The combination of deep learning and embedded systems is a good direction in the technical field. This project is going to design a deep learning neural network algorithm that can be implemented on hardware, for example, FPGA. This project based on current researches about deep learning neural network and hardware features. The system uses PyTorch and CUDA as assistant methods. This project focuses on image classification based on a convolutional neural network (CNN). Many good CNN models can be studied, like ResNet, ResNeXt, and MobileNet. By applying these models to the design, an algorithm is decided with the model of MobileNet. Models are selected in some ways, like floating point operations (FLOPs), number of parameters and classification accuracy. Finally, the algorithm based on MobileNet is selected with a top-1 error of 5.5%on software with a 6-class data set.Furthermore, the hardware simulation comes on the MobileNet based algorithm. The parameters are transformed from floating point numbers to 8-bit integers. The output numbers of each individual layer are cut to fixed-bit integers to fit the hardware restriction. A number handling method is designed to simulate the number change on hardware. Based on this simulation method, the top-1 error increases to 12.3%, which is acceptable. / Deep learning har utvecklats snabbt under den senaste tiden. Det har funnit applikationer inom många områden, som är huvudfälten inom Artificial Intelligence. Kombinationen av Deep Learning och innbyggda system är en god inriktning i det tekniska fältet. Syftet med detta projekt är att designa en Deep Learning-baserad Neural Network algoritm som kan implementeras på hårdvara, till exempel en FPGA. Projektet är baserat på modern forskning inom Deep Learning Neural Networks samt hårdvaruegenskaper.Systemet är baserat på PyTorch och CUDA. Projektets fokus är bild klassificering baserat på Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN). Det finns många bra CNN modeller att studera, t.ex. ResNet, ResNeXt och MobileNet. Genom att applicera dessa modeller till designen valdes en algoritm med MobileNetmodellen. Valet av modell är baserat på faktorer så som antal flyttalsoperationer, antal modellparametrar och klassifikationsprecision. Den mjukvarubaserade versionen av den MobileNet-baserade algoritmen har top-1 error på 5.5En hårdvarusimulering av MobileNet nätverket designades, i vilket parametrarna är konverterade från flyttal till 8-bit heltal. Talen från varje lager klipps till fixed-bit heltal för att anpassa nätverket till befintliga hårdvarubegränsningar. En metod designas för att simulera talförändringen på hårdvaran. Baserat på denna simuleringsmetod reduceras top-1 error till 12.3
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Cross-section measurement of top quark pair production with additional b-jets in the eμ channel at √ s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Vishwakarma, Akanksha 27 November 2019 (has links)
Diese Doktorarbeit behandelt die Messung des Wirkungsquerschnittes der Paarbildung von Top-Quarks mit zusätzlichen B-Jets (Teilchenschauer aus der Fragmentierung von B-Quarks) in Proton-Proton-Kollisionen bei einer Schwerpunktsenergie von √s =13 TeV am Large Hadron Collider. Der Datensatz wurde 2015/16 mit dem ATLAS-Detektor aufgezeichnet und entspricht einer integrierten Luminosität von 36,1/fb. Die Wirkungsquerschnitte werden auf Teilchenebene in einem fiduziellen Phasenraum gemessen, der dicht an der Detektorakzeptanz gewählt wurde. Die fiduziellen inklusiven Wirkungsquerschnitte für tt-Endzustände mit mindestens einem oder mindestens zwei zusätzlichen B-Jet(s) nach Abzug der Beiträge von ttH(bb) und ttZ(bb) werden als 177 ± 5(stat) ± 24(syst) fb bzw. 25 ± 3(stat) ± 7(syst) fb bestimmt. Die Messungen werden mit dem neusten Stand von unterschiedlichen theoretischen Vorhersagen verglichen. Im Allgemeinen sind die gemessenen inklusiven, fiduziellen Wirkungsquerschnitte größer als die ttbb-Vorhersagen von verschiedenen NLO-Berechnungen des mit Partonschauern abgeglichenen tt-Matrixelements, bleiben aber im Rahmen der Messunsicherheit. Die Unsicherheiten der experimentellen Messung sind kleiner als die Unsicherheiten der Vorhersagen. Die differenzielle Messung von tt+B-Jets wird mit dieser Analyse zum ersten Mal innerhalb der ATLAS-Kollaboration durchgeführt. Die normalisierten differenziellen Wirkungsquerschnitte werden als Funktion der Multiplizität der B-Jets, kinematischen Ereignisobservablen und Observablen der Objekte in den Endzuständen dargestellt. Die beobachteten differenziellen Verteilungen werden mit einer Vielzahl an theoretischen Vorhersagen verglichen und eine gute Übereinstimmung mit den Daten für die meisten festgestellt. / This thesis presents the cross-section measurement of top quark pair (tt) production in association with additional b-jets (tt+b-jets) in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy, √s = 13 TeV at the Large Hadron Collider. The analysis is performed in the emu decay channel of tt using a dataset comprising an integrated luminosity of 36.1/fb collected by the ATLAS detector in the years 2015 and 2016. The cross-sections are measured at particle level in a fiducial phase space which is chosen close to the detector acceptance. The fiducial inclusive cross-section for tt final states with at least one and at least two additional b-jet(s) is measured to be 177 ± 5(stat) ± 24(syst) fb and 25 ± 3(stat) ± 7(syst) fb, respectively, after subtracting the contributions from ttH(bb) and ttZ(bb). Comparison of the measured cross-section to various state-of-the-art theoretical QCD predictions are made. The measured inclusive fiducial cross-sections generally exceed the ttbb predictions from various NLO matrix element calculations matched to a parton shower but are compatible within the uncertainties. The experimental uncertainties in the measurement are smaller than the uncertainties in the predictions. The differential measurement of tt+b-jets is carried out for the first time by the ATLAS collaboration in this analysis. The normalised differential cross-sections as a function of b-jet multiplicity, kinematic observables of the events and properties of b-jet pairs are shown. The observed differential distributions are compared with multitude of theoretical predictions and a good agreement with data is found for most of them.

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