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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on November 6, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2008. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 118 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-118).

Thesis(M.S.)--Auburn University, 2005. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographic references (p.86-89).

Thesis (M.S.)--Northwest Missouri State University, 2008. / The full text of the thesis is included in the pdf file. Title from title screen of full text.pdf file (viewed on December 17, 2008) Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.U.D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-79) Also available in print.

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Abstract The purpose of this Bachelor thesis has been to find a way to increase physical activity through the digitization of hiking trails. With information on interesting places around the hiking trail, we hope that this will enable people to get out on the hiking trails. Both to exercise but also to learn a little more about places in their vicinity. Through walking interviews, we have gathered data about the user's thoughts and ideas about the hiking trails. As well as studying UX design and HCI to see patterns of the user that can be applied in the product, to make our design more appealing and more user friendly. In our process, we have used Wireframe to get a common and visual image to work for. After that, we have worked with Extreme programming to work together and create the code for the design. Our result has grown into a demo application that is open to more features and other fields of use if desired. At the end of this work, new thoughts and ideas have also been brought to life, how the demo app could be used in other areas, such as in the archipelago and for educational purposes for children. Keywords Smartphone application, walking trails, points of interests, movement, hiking. / Abstrakt Detta kandidatarbetets syfte har varit att finna ett sätt att öka den fysiska aktiviteten genom digitalisering av vandringsleder. Med hjälp av information om intressanta platser runt om vandringsleden, hoppas vi att detta förmår folk att ta sig ut på vandringslederna. Både för att motionera men också för att lära sig lite mer om platser i sin närmiljö. Vi har genom promenadintervjuer samlat data om användarens tankar och ideér gällande vandringslederna. Samt studerat UX design och HCI för att kunna se mönster hos användaren som går att applicera i produkten, för att göra vår design mer tilltalande och mera användarvänlig. I vår process har vi använt oss av Wireframe för att få en gemensam och visuell bild att jobba efter. Därefter har vi jobbat med Extreme programming för att tillsammans arbeta fram koden till gestaltningen. Vårt resultat har vuxit fram till en demo-applikation som är öppen för fler funktioner och användningsområden om så önskas. I slutet av detta arbetet har även nya tankar och ideér väckts till liv, om hur demo-appen skulle kunna användas inom andra områden såsom i skärgården och i lärosyfte för barn. Nyckelord Mobilapplikation, Vandringsleder, Intressepunkter, Rörelse, Vandring.

Muitas trilhas de formigas entre o ninho e a área de forrageamento são, obrigatoriamente, consideradas estradas de mão dupla, devido ao caminho marcado por feromônios. Nesses caminhos pelos quais fazem a sua viagem, a única maneira de uma formiga voltar ao ninho, depois de pegar um pouco de comida, é seguir a rota quimicamente marcada. Essas trilhas são um paradigma biológico na teoria da auto-organização quanto aos feitos coletivos dos animais. Uma maneira de testar a suficiência dos modelos atuais é perturbar os arranjos naturais em que as regras de interação deram origem aos padrões auto-organizados. Nós desenvolvemos um método que impede as formigas de forragearem em trilhas de mão-dupla. A única maneira de forragear dá-se através de duas rotas separadas, de forma que elas não podem voltar pelo mesmo caminho que fizeram para chegar à comida ou ao ninho. De maneira contrária ao que a teoria atual poderia antecipar, operárias de formigas cortadeiras Atta sexdens rubropilosa podem resolver esse problema. Nós sugerimos que essa habilidade é uma conseqüência evolutiva da necessidade de lidar com irregularidades ambientais que não 75 poderiam ser resolvidas através de comportamentos excessivamente estereotipados, e que isso é um exemplo de um fenômeno abrangente. Nós também indicamos que esse método pode ser usado para estudo com outros animais invertebrados e vertebrados para estudos de orientação, memória, percepção, aprendizado e comunicação. / Many ant trails between nest and foraging ground are considered compulsory two-way roads because of the pheromone-marked path on which the workers travel. The only way to get back home, after grasping a food load, is to take the chemically marked route. As such trails are the biological paragon of Self-organization Theory regarding the collective achievements of animals, a way to test the sufficiency of current models is to disrupt the natural arrangements in which the rules of interaction give origin to the self-organized pattern. We have developed a method to stop foraging ants from shuttling on two-way trails. The only way to forage is to take two separate roads, as they cannot go back on their steps after arriving at the food or at the nest. Contrary to what present theory would anticipate, workers of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa can solve the problem. We suggest that their ability is an evolutionary consequence of the need to deal with environmental irregularities that cannot be negotiated by means of excessively stereotyped behavior, and that it is but an example of a widespread phenomenon. We also suggest that our method can be adapted to other species, invertebrate and vertebrate, in the study of orientation, memory, perception, learning and communication.