The Diploma Thesis concerns investigation of icing effects at L 410 NG aircraft. The aircraft is certified under FAR/CS/AP-23 Commuter category. An analysis was performed for existing Pneumatic De-icing Boots System at the wing area according to three flight configurations and icing conditions referring to document Part 25 Appendix C and O. The analysis was done by CFD solver FENSAP-ICE for various runs with respect to the icing envelope. Cases were assigned as two 2D cross-sections situated at the aircraft’s wing aileron part. Cross-sectional Reynold’s number oscillate between 4.5–8.5×106. Automatic operation of Pneumatic De-icing Boots System was proposed. Attention was paid to the ice accretion aft to the Pneumatic De-icing Boots System. The Appendix (Příloha) P6 contains an English written Article concerning main Diploma Thesis sections.

Since footwear flexibility impacts functional design factors, numerous studies have investigated footwear bending stiffness. However, the various methods used to measure footwear bending stiffness have some limitations. Hence, the scope of this study was to develop and quantify the reliability of a novel test set-up for measuring footwear bending stiffness. A test set-up consisting of a hydraulic testing machine, a bending apparatus and a fixation unit was created that fulfilled the requirements specified in the initial phase of the study. The test set-up was evaluated by testing 15 different boots in three series of measurements. Bending stiffness of the boots ranged from 0.61 ± 0.03 Nm/° to 2.38 ± 0.08 Nm/°. Two-way analysis of variance test yielded that the test set-up enabled the reliable measurement of footwear bending stiffness. Relative measurement uncertainty ranged from 1.3 % to 6.1 %.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-03T18:33:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Francisco_de_Assis_Oliveira.pdf: 466999 bytes, checksum: 7ee5c2aeb06ab684b567e72f798f59e6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2003-04-15 / This thesis is intended to address the standards for Credit Granting and all the constraints involved and also to assess associated policies, contracts and lines of credit. An assessment of the risks to which a lender is exposed in his relationship with clients is called Credit Analysis. Lines of credit are mostly based on asset translation. It is then required to develop a case-study for a company's businesses focusing on a thorough analysis of its modus operandi. In a certain way, Credit Granting is a means to leverage sales mainly from the acquisition of non-durable goods in the retail market. Consumption increases are a drive to heat up Economy and bring about new job positions with benefits to the Society as a whole coming from more taxes collected that are converted into promoting more social welfare. It should be pointed out that the financial sector is one that mostly benefits from Credit Granting because of the high interest rates applied in credit operations to individual persons and bank individual clients based on their wages and to corporations based on their sales volume. For corporations, lines of credit help them increase their capacity to pay up their debts and are an integral part of their business guidelines. Credit granting shall then be the focus of this work and all associated market details shall also be addressed in this paper. This thesis aimed to identify the Credit Analysis process and how important it is for companies' negotiations. A case-study methodology was used in the survey to achieve the results shown herein. / Esta disserta????o tem como objetivo abordar as normas de concess??o de cr??dito, bem como, suas dificuldades em conced??-los, analisa ainda suas pol??ticas, contratos e linhas de cr??dito. An??lise de Cr??dito ?? uma avalia????o de risco em que o emprestador deseja assumir no relacionamento com seu cliente. Os cr??ditos s??o em grande parte baseados na convers??o de ativos. Avaliar criticamente o modus operandi da empresa pesquisada atrav??s do estudo de caso. A concess??o de cr??dito, de certa forma, ?? um meio de se alavancar as vendas; principalmente na aquisi????o de bens dur??veis no mercado varejista, com um maior n??mero de pessoas haver?? conseq??entemente um elevado consumo, fazendo com que haja um aquecimento da economia como a aquisi????o de novos empregos, beneficiando a sociedade e ao governo que arrecadar?? mais impostos para revert??-los em bem estar social para a popula????o. H?? de ressaltar-se tamb??m que o grande beneficiado na concess??o de cr??dito ?? o setor financeiro, no qual os juros s??o muito altos e suas opera????es diferenciadas por faixas salariais; no caso das pessoas f??sicas, de seus correntistas e do faturamento das empresas, para as pessoas jur??dicas. Para as empresas, cr??dito significa ter capacidade de pagamento de seus deveres, e a capta????o desse cr??dito, faz parte de algumas diretrizes empresariais internas. Desta forma, a concess??o do cr??dito para empresas de com??rcio de cal??ados ser?? o foco deste trabalho, que analisar?? como se d?? a concess??o do cr??dito e seus detalhes dentro do enfoque de mercado. Este estudo objetivou identificar o processo de an??lise de cr??dito e a sua import??ncia na negocia????o da organiza????o. A metodologia de pesquisa utilizada para alcan??ar este objetivo foi o estudo de caso.

Submitted by Daniele Santos (danielesantos.htl@gmail.com) on 2015-12-22T14:11:03Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Ashley.pdf: 3717036 bytes, checksum: fc187a3c5d98cd64509bdbad08f8362e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Janete de Oliveira Feitosa (janete.feitosa@fgv.br) on 2015-12-28T19:03:08Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Ashley.pdf: 3717036 bytes, checksum: fc187a3c5d98cd64509bdbad08f8362e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Marcia Bacha (marcia.bacha@fgv.br) on 2016-01-06T17:42:30Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Ashley.pdf: 3717036 bytes, checksum: fc187a3c5d98cd64509bdbad08f8362e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-06T17:43:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ashley.pdf: 3717036 bytes, checksum: fc187a3c5d98cd64509bdbad08f8362e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-10-26 / Even though the term corporate inversion has been heard globally for decades, it has only become more prevalent in the United States during the past two years. This case study examines two United States companies that recently had very high profile and public corporate inversion experiences. Complicated tax laws and high tax rales have long eroded the ability of United States companies to remain competitive on a global scale. During the past two years, tax reform has been elevated to the Presidential and Congressional levei. Because these reform efforts have stalled, however, and in the constant search for ways to become more competitive and profitable, United States dorniciled companies have begun to more aggressively explore corporate inversion. This case study of Walgreens Alliance Boots and Mylan N.V., is undertaken because while the reasons to pursue a corporate inversion for both companies were very similar and done during the same time period, the internai process and final outcome were dramatically different. The other dynamic studied is the role both internai and externai politics had on these two cornpanies and how they influenced the decisions made by the executives. Lastly, the Obama Administration continues to threaten so called 'corporate America' to remain in the country through regulatory pressure, but this has not stopped companies frorn pursing corporate inversions. Legislatively, attempts at corporate tax reform, another way to encourage Untied States companies to remain, have also failed. I will not try to determine i f a corporate inversion is the right path for a company to take. I am examining how the rise o f the practice o f corporate inversions has been elevated in boardroorns, on Wall Street, in Congress and at the White House during the past two years.

The purpose of this study is to explore the affective capacity of the Tabi boots by examining the object through the ideas of deconstruction. The boots by Maison Martin Margiela were first introduced in 1989 and sold in different variations over the course of the past 30 years. Although there have been several attempts to acknowledge the importance of the body in fashion studies, scholars have not focused on the literal experience of wearing a garment, examined through the touch. Thus, this study begins with a close object study of a pair of Tabi boots and draws on phenomenology to capture the feeling of being dressed. The emphasis is laid upon exploring how the ideas of deconstruction are embedded in the Tabi boots while staying open to other theoretical inquiries. Striving to test the affective potential of the boots, deduced in the first chapter, the second part of this thesis moves from the perception of the ‘I’ to other wearers of the Tabi boots. In conducting qualitative semi-structured interviews, the aim is to understand how the characteristics of the boots may affect the wearer and how this affective capacity may lead to a becoming, as defined by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. Guided by ‘applied theory’, this thesis allowed material, theory, and methods to continuously interact and affect each other.

Finding a boot that fits comfortably in a ski rental shop can be a difficult and tedious task for many people. Having properly fitting boots is important to prevent injuries in the user and reduce the risk of accidents happening on the mountain. The goal of this master thesis was to develop a tool that could make it easier for the customers in a ski rental shop to find the right boot for them. This was done by first sending out surveys to students at LTU and Swedish rental stores and interviewing rental store staff. It was found that a lot of the students don’t want to take the time to properly test their boots in the shop and that the staff don’t feel like they have the time to properly measure and fit every customer with a proper set of boots. It was theorised that making the measuring of the foot easier, faster, and more thorough would increase the chances of customers finding the right set of boots. The measurements that need to be taken for a proper boot matching to be made were found to be foot length, foot width, instep height, and calf volume. Through a design process combining a convergent/divergent and an iterative phase a tool that can take these measurements was designed and developed. The tool is a sock with built in stretch sensors that align themselves on the user’s foot in the correct places as the user puts on the sock. With a microcontroller the sock takes the measurements and sends them wirelessly to a screen that is placed in the store making it easy for the user to read the measurements. On the screen the user can also see what boot they are recommended to rent based on the measurements and book them directly on the screen.

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The moral and aesthetic complexity of Cormac McCarthy's fiction demands sophisticated theoretical reading paradigms. Intertextuality informed by poststructuralism is a theoretical approach that enables one to read the moral and aesthetic elements of McCarthy's work in productive ways. McCarthy's work is augmented by its connection to the works of other great artists and writers. As a result, McCarthy's work forces us to read his precedents from a different framework. An examination of the conversation between Martin Heidegger, Meyer Schapiro, Jacques Derrida, and Frederic Jameson about Van Gogh's A Pair of Boots creates an intertextual framework for examining the connection between Cormac McCarthy's Outer Dark and William Faulkner's Light in August. This examination demonstrates that Cormac McCarthy provides a sophisticated aesthetic and moral critique of Faulkner. This application of intertextual theory can also be applied to better understand the intertextual connections that exist within McCarthy's own canon of work. The same discussion of Van Gogh's painting can be used to understand the significance of a pair of boots in McCarthy's No Country for Old Men. This analysis demonstrates that McCarthy has moved from a privilege of postmodern aesthetics in Outer Dark to a privilege of more modern cinematic aesthetics in No Country for Old Men. This shift in aesthetics also informs the moral universe in each novel. Understanding this shift in aesthetics also provides a useful framework for understanding the connection between All the Pretty Horses and its film adapation directed by Billy Bob Thornton. The adapted film of McCarthy's novel enables a productive reading of the tensions between modernism and postmodernism in McCarthy's work.

En armé marscherar på sin mage skall Napoleon Bonaparte ha yttrat, men hur är det med fötterna och ännu mer specifikt, skorna som soldaterna marscherar i.I en tid av snabba anskaffningar av materiel för olika insatsområden och specifika uppgifter inom ramen för internationella uppdrag för den svenska Försvarsmakten bär i många fall huvuddelen av arméns förband en känga som endast passar 6 av 10 i sin läst. Detta samtidigt som Försvarsmakten försöker tillhandahålla uniformer anpassade till både längd och vikt. I närtid kommer ett nytt uniformssystem att förbandssättas. Inga skodon ingår i detta nya system. I det nuvarande systemet var just marschkängorna en ytterst viktig del.Denna explorativa studie fördjupar sig i systemet runt soldaternas personliga utrustning och mer specifikt de marschkängor som tillhandahålls av Försvarsmakten åt soldater och befäl vid Norrland Dragonregemente K 4 i Arvidsjaur.Utvecklade under 1980-talet och med första introduktion 1987 har marschkänga M90 varit den svenska Försvarsmaktens skodon för värnpliktiga och befäl under barmarksdelen av året. Kängan är framtagen enligt en ny metodik, en omfattande forskning i fotens naturliga rörelsemönster samt konceptuella studier i framtagningsprocessen. Ett paradigmskifte i kängors utformning.Efter en uppdatering under inledningen av 1990-talet har kängan, vars mönster och design ägs av Försvarsmakten, inte genomgått någon produktutveckling. Kängan finns i storlekar enligt Mondopoint-systemet men endast i en fotbredd. Den “Nordiska”-lästen. Denna normativa läst är baserad på hur foten hos den svenska befolkningen såg ut under kängans utveckling. Sedan introduktionen har kängan burits av så gott som samtliga värnpliktiga inom armén och det är denna känga som huvuddelen av Försvarsmaktens förband kommer att utrustas med vid en eventuell mobilisering.Redan kort efter introduktionen av kängan började förband med tyngre buren packning att anmärka på skadebekymmer hos värnpliktiga och personal. Med ökningen av antalet kvinnliga värnpliktiga och befäl tillsammans med ökad vikt på den burna utrustningen för samtliga soldater har problemen ökat.Det förbandsslag som främst bedriver tjänst till fots och bär sin packning är kavalleriet där arméns jägarförband är organiserade.Norrlands Dragonregemente K 4 har under flertalet år påtalat brister med marschkänga M90 och även den ersättningskänga som introducerades 2012 marschkänga M08. Med marschkänga M08 anser sig Försvarsmaktens systemföreträdare sig ha löst det behov som föreligger vid de förband som bär tungt och går långt. Trots dessa påtalanden har ingen förändring skett. Förbandet har nu valt att utrusta samtliga inryckande soldater med marschkänga M90 trots att begränsningen i antalet användare är känd. Skaderisken med marschkänga M08 bedöms som högre och har därför valts bort. Samtliga soldater som uppvisar problem med marschkänga M90 genomgår därför medicinsk5 rehabiliteringsutredning och med stöd i den köps sedan civila vandringskängor in via försvarshälsans försorg.De övriga kängor som tillförts Försvarsmakten sedan introduktionen av marschkänga 90 har alla varit specifika för de klimatzoner som Sverige varit involverade i internationella operationer eller väldigt speciella nyttjandeområden i Sverige. Djungelkängor för Liberia, ökenkängor för Afghanistan och paradkängor för kronprinsessans bröllop.Först efter Chefen K 4 ́s återlämnande av arbetsmiljöansvaret till högre chef i november 2022 startas en forcerad upphandling av alternativa kängor för arméns jägarförband.Varför har utvecklingen tagit så lång tid och vilka åtgärder krävs det för att inleda processen?De huvudsakliga slutsatserna är att varje år Försvarsmakten fortsätter att utrusta tjänstgörande personal med marschkänga M90 skadas ett stort antal brukare och vissa erhåller men för livet, speciellt vid kavalleriförbanden. Att oavsett utformning av kommande system för marschkängor måste varje modell erbjudas i minst 3 fotbredder i syfte att passa huvuddelen av brukarna. Att Försvarsmaktens nuvarande rapporteringssystem för avvikelser saknar en funktion som på ett tydligt sätt kan gå in och påverka vid brister i personlig utrustning. En tydlig avsaknad av funktionsskola med utvecklingsansvar för de svenska jägarförbanden har också identifierats.Rekommendationen är därför att Försvarsmakten snarast genomför en upphandling av kängor i ett antal olika modeller för att passa olika individers fötter som tillfällig lösning.Att Försvarsmakten uppdrar åt FMV att tillsammans med K 4 utveckla en ny barmarkskänga för förbandstypen “Norrlandsjägare” med krav på minst 3 lästbredder.Att Försvarsmakten låter kavalleriförbandens behov gällande PFU-materiel vara styrande och ledande för utveckling av densamma då deras behov ligger som mest krävande enligt RVT krav på uthållighet.Att Försvarsmakten ser över hur avvikelsesystemet kan utvecklas för att få högre tillförlitlighet att den som behöver nås av informationen verkligen gör det.Att Försvarsmakten genom myndighetssamverkan får till stånd en lösning där Plikt och Prövningsverket blir ansvariga för insamling av data från mönstrande ungdomar avseende kroppsmått och även genomförande av scanning av fötterna.Att Försvarsinspektören för hälsa och miljö (FIHM) erhåller en funktion i uppföljningen av avvikelser i stödsystem PRIO vid anmälningar av personskador som möjliggör extern granskning av förekommande utrustning som orsakar skador.Att Försvarsmakten tillsammans med FMV ser över rutiner för hur avvikelser från vidmakthållandemöten hanteras och kommuniceras. / An army marches on its stomach, Napoleon Bonaparte is to have said, but what about the feet and even more specifically, the boots that the soldiers march in.In a time of fast acquisitions of materiel for different scenes of deployment and tasks within the framework of international operations for the Swedish Armed Forces many of the Army units use a boot that in its model only fits 6 out of 10 users. At the same time, we try to equip our soldiers with uniforms fitting both length and width. In the close future a new combat uniform system will be introduced to the Swedish Armed Forces. This does not include new boots.In the present system the combat boots were an essential part.Developed during the 1980s and first introduced in 1987, the “marching boot” M90 has been the Swedish Armed Forces' footwear for conscripts and officers during the main part of the year except for the winter months. The boot is developed according to new methodology, extensive research in the natural biomechanics of the foot and conceptual studies of the development process. A paradigm shift in the development of military boots.After an update in the early 1990s, the boot, which pattern and design is owned by the Swedish Armed Forces, has not undergone any product development. The boot is available in sizes according to the Mondopoint system but only in one foot width. The "Nordic" last of the foot. This normative last of the foot was the most common foot of the Swedish population during the development of the boot. Since its introduction, the boots have been worn by almost all army conscripts and these are the boots that is going to be issued to most units in the case of a mobilisation.Already shortly after the introduction of the boot, the army began to notice injuries among conscripts and personnel from units with heavier carried packs. With the increase of the number of female conscripts and officers along with increased weight of the equipment carried by all soldiers, the problems have increased.The type of unit that primarily performs marching by foot and carries its packs is the cavalry, where the army's jaeger or ranger unit are organized.Norrland's Dragoon Regiment K 4 has for several years complained about shortcomings with the M90 marching boot and also the replacement boot that was introduced in 2012, the marching boot M08. With this boot the Armed Forces system-manager regards the demand from the units that carries heavy loads and marches long distances. Despite these complaints, no measures have been taken. The unit has despite this continued to distribute the marching boot M90 to all new soldiers despite the known limitations in number of users. The risk of injury with the marching boot M08 have been regarded as higher and there for been ruled out. All soldiers showing problems with the marching boot M90 are treated with a medical rehabilitation program that includes the purchase of civilian hiking-boots through the military HealthCare service.The new boots that have been supplied to the Armed Forces since the introduction of the 7 marching boot 90 have all been specific for other climate zones outside Sweden cohering with countries where Sweden have been involved in international operations or very special areas of use in Sweden. Jungle boots for Liberia, desert boots for Afghanistan and parade boots ceremonial tasks as the wedding of the crown princess. There, development and system measures have been carried out.Only after a return of work environment responsibility in November of 2022 a forced procurement of alternative boots for the army's cavalry unit is to be started.Why has the development taken so long and what measures are required to start the process?The main conclusion is that every year that the Swedish Armed Forces continue to distribute the marching-boot M90 a large number of users are injured and some get lifelong medical issues, especially at the cavalry units. No matter what the next system of combat boots are there is a need to offer the boots in at least 3 withs to fit the highest number of users. The Swedish Armed Forces present system for reporting faults and risks with systems is missing a key component of control when faults are reported in systems of personal equipment. A clear lack of a centre for the branch of the cavalry and development of specific systems for these has been identified.The Swedish Armed Forces are recommended to conduct a purquirement of a large number of civilian boots of a number of models as a temporary solution as soon as possible to accommodate the highest number of matches with the users.That the Armed Forces give the FMV the task of developing a marching-boot for the “Norrlandsjägare” in close coordination with the K4-Regiment with a minimum of 3 withs. That the Armed Forces let the demands and specifications of the cavalry set the norm of future soldiers' personal equipment as their demands are at the highest level according to the standards of ranking system.That the Armed Forces overlook how the system of deviations can be developed for a higher level of reliability that the end user of the information receives it.That the Armed Forces, true authority cooperation finds a solution where the Swedish Defence Conscription and Assessment Agency becomes responsible for the collection of data from tested youth, as their measurements including a scanning of the feet.That the Armed Forces Inspector for Health and Environment receives a function in the system PRIO regarding deviations with results of injury that comes from use of issued equipment. That the Armed Forces, true authority cooperation, with FMV overlook the routines of how reports from maintenance-meetings are handled and communicated.