Dissertation--Music--Chicago, 1989. / Bibliogr. f. 723-737.

Tesis para optar al grado de Magíster en Finanzas / El objetivo de este estudio es realizar una valoración económica de la empresa Ripley Corp S.A. Para esto se utilizará una de las metodologías más robustas y precisas existente dentro de los diversos grupos de métodos de valoración de empresas pre sentes en la literatura, conocida como: Método de Flujo de Caja Descontado (DCF por sus siglas en inglés - Discounted Cash Flow). Este método, conceptualmente más utilizado, permite efectuar valoraciones de empresas mediante la construcción y proyección de flujos d ebido a que está directamente relacionado con la utilidad y el crecimiento del negocio evaluado . El proceso para realizar una correcta valoración se basó , principalmente, en el análisis detallado de todas aquellas variables que podrían incidir en el compor tamie nto de los flujos futuros de la compañía . Para esto , se utilizó una detallada descripción de la empresa e industria a la que Ripley Corp pertenece. Centrando el análisis en el posicionamiento de la compañía dentro la industria del r etail , analizando sus principales comparables, rubros y negocios. Luego se realizó un estudio desde la óptica financiera, mediante el análisis de las operaciones , inversio nes, financiamiento y estructura de deuda de la empresa , junto con un análisis de las dos empresas comparables seleccionadas para este estudio : Falabella e Hites. En esta misma línea y para poder realizar una comparación apropiada, se estudió la situación financiera de estas dos empresas, detectando tanto sus fortalezas como debilidades. La ventana de t iempo utilizada para la elaboración de la valoración fue desde el año 2009 hasta el 30 de septiembre del año 2013. El primer paso realizado en el estudio, con sideró estimar la estructura de capital de la empresa , utilizando las estructuras de c apital históricas disponibles desde el año 2009 en adelante . Luego utilizando el promedio ponderado del costo de capital WACC ( Weighted Average Cost of Capital) , se estimó el costo de capital ( k 0 ) de Ripley Corp. Para la elaboración de la valoración se llevaron a cabo proyecciones de ingresos, costos, gastos, etc., es decir, todas aquellas variables necesarias para proyectar un estado de resultados. Luego de esto, se incorporaron distintos ajustes al estado de resultados, convirtiéndolo en un flujo d e c aja libre, el cual nos permitió obtener el valor de la empresa y por ende, el precio de su acción. Al 30 de septiembre del 2013 , mediante el método de flujo de cajas descontadas se obtuvo un precio por acción para Ripley Corp de $487,20

Th. Etat--Littérature générale et comparée--Paris 12, 1999. / Contient les textes des chansons de J. Bertin. Discogr. p. 741-745. Bibliogr. p. 841-860. Index.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 250-265). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1993. / Department: Art History. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 205-210).

En 1857, Joseph d'Ortigue constatait que les maîtrises des cathédrales en France, en activité au cours de la première moitié du XIXe siècle, ne pourraient jamais prétendre au rôle qu'elles avaient rempli pendant des siècles avant leur fermeture en 1791. Malgré le soutien dans un premier temps des pouvoirs publics, la tentative de refondation souhaitée pour chaque cathédrale, s'est en effet soldée par un échec : l'Église catholique n'a pas réussi à redonner au culte l'éclat musical et cantoral qu'il revêtait avant la Révolution. À travers l'étude de la maîtrise du Mans de 1801 à 1860, « une des premières rétablies et une des plus florissantes », cette thèse analyse les principales causes de cet échec inévitable : l'incertitude des ressources financières, l'évolution des mentalités en matière de religion, la formation incomplète des nouvelles générations de musiciens d'Église, le changement des goûts musicaux. Dans les années 1830-40, la liturgie et sa musique sont l'objet de vives polémiques où s’affrontent les partisans d'une musique expressive et les militants d'une restauration du plain-chant. Le renouveau musical dans les cathédrales, et notamment au Mans, ne trouve finalement son accomplissement qu'après une réforme de la liturgie qui définit la musique la plus appropriée au culte. Avec le retour de la liturgie romaine et du chant grégorien, plus de cinquante ans d’efforts auront été nécessaires pour que les cérémonies religieuses gagnent en cohérence ce qu’elles ont perdu en éclat. / In 1857, Joseph d’Ortigue saw that the music schools attached to French cathedrals in the first half of the 19th century could never play the part they had had for centuries, until they were closed in 1791. Though they were at first officially aided, all the cathedrals failed when they tried to revive their musical activity : the catholic church did not succeed in giving back to their celebrations the brilliance of music and song that had been theirs before the Revolution. Studying the Le Mans music school from 1801 to 1860 – it was « one of the first to be re-estblished and one of the most flourishing » –, this thesis analyses the main causes of this inevitable failure: the uncertainty of financial resources, the evolution of habits of thought as regarded religion, the incomplete training of the new generation of church musicians, as well as the changes in musical tastes. In the years 1830-1840, the liturgy and its music are hotly argued about by those in favour of an expressive music and those advocating a restoration of plain chant. The musical revival in cathedrals – notably in Le Mans – was eventually achieved only after a reform of the liturgy defining which music is most suitable for divine worship. With the return of the Roman liturgy and Gregorian chant, over fifty years were necessary for religious ceremonies to gain in coherency what they had lost in brilliance.

From 1831 to 1836, Victor Hugo and Louise Bertin collaborated on an opera titled La Esmeralda. For Hugo, it would be the only opera libretto he would ever write, a mere footnote to his collection of widely admired novels, plays, and poetry; for Bertin, however, it would become her most important work, yet seemingly destined to fade into obscurity like so many great pieces of art. Using Schenkerian analysis, this thesis uncovers the tonal and voice-leading structure of the first act of La Esmeralda. A study of this nature, which operates from the premise that forms as large and complex as opera can be examined in terms of a large-scale structure, is valuable because it sheds new light on the correlation of tonal structure and dramatic organization. Through these methods, Act I of La Esmeralda is read as a background progression from D major (with F# kopfton) to F major, composing-out an F#/F♮ dichotomy introduced in the overture. With reference to several musical-symbolic ideas - including the representation of virtue through the pitch F#, the key of Notre-dame's bells - it is shown how the musical structure of Act I expresses the Hugolian themes of fate and decay.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Os painéis de gráficos estatísticos conhecidos como dashboards são utilizados comumente naárea de Business Intelligence (BI) para a visualização de grandes sistemas organizados de dados. A presente dissertação propõe embasar o projeto de dashboards pelas teorias de Jacques Bertin, formuladas nas obras Sémiologie Graphique e La Graphique et le Traitement Graphique de linformation. Considerando este referencial, e ainda parâmetros do design de informação e da visualização de dados, foram desenvolvidos dashboards que apresentam dados sobre a política de reserva de vagas da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, sistematizados pelo projeto de BI dessa instituição. O objetivo foi não apenas o de atender aos requisitos convencionais de um dashboard, mas sobretudo o de apresentar outras perspectivas informativas. Nesse sentido, investigam-se as especificidades dos métodos de Bertin e sua expansão para o domínio dos sistemas interativos. / The panels of statistical charts known as dashboards are employed in the area of Business Intelligence (BI) for the visualization of large-scale organized systems of data. This Masters Thesis proposes to base the design of dashboards by theories of Jacques Bertin, formulated in the books Sémiologie graphique and La graphique et le traitement de linformation. Considering this framework, and further parameters of information design and data visualization, it were developed dashboards that present data about the policy of quotas from the State University of Rio de Janeiro, systematized by the BI project of that institution. The goal was not only to meet the requirements of a conventional dashboard, but rather to present other perspectives of information. Accordingly, we investigate the specific methods of Bertin and its expansion into the area of interactive systems.

The theoretical structure of the study is composed of understanding the life cycle of metro system classified in three evolutionary phases. These process definitions respectively start with demand related to metro, continue with the acceptance of metro as the preferential alternative by inhabitants and end with the subway that embedded as an important reason that build city identity. Phases will be studied through its motives and will be analyzed through physical design considerations. The reason of the prevision is stemmed from the hypothetical approach which is stated as the influences of the design considerations of metro utilities are highly related on its life cycle and in forming local identity. The test of the hypothesis will be handled in two methods. The first will be a survey study which will include checklist to portraiture demand and course of the system in first two stages. At the preliminary stage, the topics of underground, underground use and the history of railway and urban railway network in world and Turkey are discussed to get a better and more comprehensive understanding of metro. Next method is designed to cross-examine design considerations and local identity by value judgment analysis for the last stage. In this phase, validity of the hypothesis will be audited by correspondence analysis. Value judgments depended assertion and expression of values which reached by correspondence analysis and Bertin Graphs, are accepted as the determinations that addresses the relationship between physical structure and local identity. The evaluation of the metro&rsquo / s physical qualifications during its life cycle, which can be noted under several headings and the relationship between the physical aspects and those of the local characteristics, are proposed to be put forth as contributions by this thesis.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Os painéis de gráficos estatísticos conhecidos como dashboards são utilizados comumente naárea de Business Intelligence (BI) para a visualização de grandes sistemas organizados de dados. A presente dissertação propõe embasar o projeto de dashboards pelas teorias de Jacques Bertin, formuladas nas obras Sémiologie Graphique e La Graphique et le Traitement Graphique de linformation. Considerando este referencial, e ainda parâmetros do design de informação e da visualização de dados, foram desenvolvidos dashboards que apresentam dados sobre a política de reserva de vagas da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, sistematizados pelo projeto de BI dessa instituição. O objetivo foi não apenas o de atender aos requisitos convencionais de um dashboard, mas sobretudo o de apresentar outras perspectivas informativas. Nesse sentido, investigam-se as especificidades dos métodos de Bertin e sua expansão para o domínio dos sistemas interativos. / The panels of statistical charts known as dashboards are employed in the area of Business Intelligence (BI) for the visualization of large-scale organized systems of data. This Masters Thesis proposes to base the design of dashboards by theories of Jacques Bertin, formulated in the books Sémiologie graphique and La graphique et le traitement de linformation. Considering this framework, and further parameters of information design and data visualization, it were developed dashboards that present data about the policy of quotas from the State University of Rio de Janeiro, systematized by the BI project of that institution. The goal was not only to meet the requirements of a conventional dashboard, but rather to present other perspectives of information. Accordingly, we investigate the specific methods of Bertin and its expansion into the area of interactive systems.