Wyatt Cephas Hedrick, builder and architect, was born in Virginia in 1888 and came to Texas in 1913. At his death in 1964, Hedrick's companies had managed construction projects worth more than $1.3 billion. Hedrick's architectural business designed and built edifices of all kinds, including educational facilities, hotels, military bases, railroad terminals, courthouses, and road systems. His companies built all over the United States, and in some foreign countries, but primarily in Texas. The purpose of Hedrick's structures and their architectural styles changed to accommodate historical events. This can be seen by examining many of the commissions he received during the 1920s and 1930s. Hedrick had a unique opportunity to participate in years of great change and development in Texas, and he played a vital role in the history of those times. This thesis examines the career of Wyatt C. Hedrick from his beginnings in Virginia through his years in Texas, closing in 1940. As a builder, he played a major role in changing the skylines of Texas cities, especially Fort Worth.

This Master's degree thesis deals with the life of the important builder Hubert Svoboda from Brno, who was after the Second World War sentenced to two years in prison. The structure of this thesis is based on two interedependent chapters. In the initial study there is presented the story of Hubert Svoboda, from his birth to his death. The reader will learn what stood behind builder's collaboration. The following chapter describes the historians path to reconstructure the history of the present. There were made subchapters concerning the history of the present, which take part on scholar's interpretation. According to the usage of the oral history method, the next chapters are devoted to the validity of narrator's statements, to compare the validity not only of the witnesses, but of the archival source too. This work is based on my own methodological approach, which I have created during my research and in the same time it's the only one, which reflects the history of the present in the historic work.

Utö ligger ca 16 km nordost om Nynäshamn i Stockholms skärgård som förvaltas av Skärgårdsstiftelsen. På öns norra del ligger Utö Värdshus som har hotell, stugor, restaurang, konferens och-samlingslokaler. Delar av Värdshuset är idag uppvärmda med hjälp av värmepumpar i en värmecentral som tar sin värme från närbelägna vattenfyllda gruvhål. Ventilationen i fastigheterna som används som konferens och samlingslokaler är bristfällig och uppfyller inte dagens standard för konferenslokaler. Syftet med projektet var att undersöka möjligheter och kostnader för att förbättra ventilationen i byggnaderna samt undersöka förslag för att minska energianvändningen. Projektet har genomförts i samarbete med Skärgårdsstiftelsen, Utö Värdshus och med Värmex som bidragit med underlag för värmecentralen. Studiebesök har genomförts för att samla data och för att kunna kartlägga de nuvarande energisystemen. Modeller för konferensbyggnaderna har skapats i simuleringsprogrammet Design Builder där även besparingspotential har varit möjlig att fastslå vid implementering av förbättrad ventilation. Beräkningar har genomförts för att få fram viktiga nyckeltal som använts i simuleringarna samt vid dimensionering av en ny värmecentral. Genom att installera FTX-ventilation samt minska infiltrationen i Societetshuset och Disponenthuset kan 34 % respektive 54 % av det årliga värmebehovet reduceras i byggnaderna. Om även ett värmenät installeras kopplat till samtliga byggnader som ingår i studien och om en ny värmepump och ett solvärmesystem installeras, kan en besparing motsvarande 84 000 SEK per år erhållas i elkostnader. Om dessa förbättringsförslag implementeras kan även koldioxidutsläppen reduceras med 3,1 ton vilket motsvarar 34 % av de nuvarande utsläppen.

Le sujet de cette thèse est « L’étude dans le canal avec deux leptons de même signe de la physique du top au-delà du Modèle Standard avec le détecteur ATLAS au LHC et l’étude du niveau de déclenchement L1 du calorimètre ». Cette thèse porte sur la recherche de processus de nouvelle physique au LHC faisant jouer au quark top un rôle particulier. Le LHC est un collisionneur de protons, conçu pour un fonctionnement nominal avec une énergie dans le centre de masse de 14 TeV. Jusqu’à fin 2011 il a fonctionné avec une énergie de 7 TeV dans le centre de masse. Les premières données recueillies (5 fb−1 à 7 TeV) nous ont permis de contraindre certains paramètres de la nouvelle physique recherchée. C’est dans ce cadre que s’inscrit cette thèse. Celle-ci est divisée en trois parties. La première décrit rapidement l’accélérateur avant de s’intéresser à l’expérience ATLAS et au fonctionnement de son détecteur. Le bon fonctionnement des cartes de sommation du signal du calorimètre électromagnétique pour le premier niveau de déclenchement des événements a été tout particulièrement étudié. La deuxième partie est une analyse phénoménologique de la physique au-delà du Modèle Standard avec quatre quarks top dans l’état final pour plusieurs modèles théoriques. Cette étude a été effectuée principalement au niveau générateur pour 14 TeV dans le centre de masse mais nous commentons également les perspectives à 7 TeV. Elle peut être appliquée à l’expérience ATLAS comme à l’expérience CMS. La troisième partie est une étude expérimentale, réalisée avec le détecteur ATLAS, recherchant des manifestations d’un modèle de Higgs composite prédisant l’existence de partenaires exotiques au quark top (T5/3) et d’un modèle de théorie effective de production des 4 tops. Une limite sur la masse du partenaire exotique a été obtenue ainsi qu’une limite sur la section efficace des événements exotiques à quatre tops. / The subject of this thesis is the « Study in the two same sign leptons channel of top Beyond Standard Model Physics with the ATLAS detector at the LHC and the study of the L1 Calo Trigger ». The central subject of this thesis is the search for new physics in which the top quark plays a crucial role. The LHC is a proton collider, designed for a nominal operation with 14TeV. in the center of mass. Until december 2011 it worked with an energy of 7 TeV in the center of mass. The first 5 fb−1 of collected data allowed us to constrain some parameters of the new physics processes presented in this thesis. The document is divided into three parts : the first one describes briefly the LHC accelerator before presenting the ATLAS experiment and operation of the detector. The Tower Builder Boards for the electromagnetic level one trigger are especially studied. The second part is a phenomenological analysis of physics beyond the Standard Model with four top quarks in the final state. This analysis is presented for several theoretical models. This study was performed mainly at the generator level for 14 TeV in the center of mass but we also comments on prospects at 7 TeV. It can be applied to both ATLAS and CMS experiments. The third part is an experimental study, performed with the ATLAS detector, searching for two exotic processes with two same signe leptons in the final state (T5/3 and four tops production). A limit on the mass of the top partner T5/3 has been obtained as well as a limit on the cross section of exotic events with four tops.

Page builders är insticksmoduler till Wordpress, dessa blir ett allt mer populärt verktyg inom webbutveckling. De används idag av både frilansande designers och webbyråer som vill öka sin kostnadseffektivitet, men även av sådana som inte har någon erfarenhet alls inom webbutveckling. Syftet med denna typ av insticksmoduler är att förse användaren med de verktyg som behövs för att grafiskt skapa en webbsida. Detta examensarbete tittar närmare på de begränsningar Visual Composer medför i kombination med designmönstret Material Design och ramverket Materialize. Uppsatsen visar att Visual Composer kan vara ett bra verktyg för snabb prototyputveckling och för projekt med färre krav och designregler samt om det begränsade potential Visual Composers erbjuder även ses som ett eget designmönster redan tidigt i utvecklingen. / Page builders are becoming an increasingly popular tool in web development and are plugins for WordPress. Today they are used by both freelance designers and web agencies who want to increase their cost-effectiveness, but also by those who have no experience at all in web development. The purpose of this type of plugins is to provide the user with the tools needed to graphically create a web page. This practical thesis looks at the limitations Visual Composer cause in combination with Material Design principles and the framework Materialize. The thesis shows that Visual Composer can be a good tool for rapid prototyping and for projects with fewer requirements and design regulations and if the limited potential of Visual Composer is also seen as a design principle early on in development.

Bushings are a necessary component of the transformers in the power grid. A bushing is used to control the electric field's strength and shape. It is also an insulator for high-voltage conductors. The bushing enables a conductor to be safely brought through a grounded barrier. In this report, several methods for creating a 2D axi-symmetrical bushing core geometry in COMSOL Multiphysics were developed. The geometry includes the conductor, hollow area inside the conductor, the RIP, the mold and aluminum foils. First, the base-geometry was constructed, which includes all geometry parts except the foils. Afterward, two different approaches were used to construct the foils. The first approach was to automatically build a requested number of foils. The second approach was to create the foils based on data from excel-sheets. The developed method should be able to create both full foils and partial foils. A total of four foil methods were developed. The first method used COMSOL's Model Builder to create a requested number of foils uniformly distributed within the base-geometry. The second method used COMSOL's Application Builder to create a requested number of foils based on mathematical expressions. The third method reads data from an excel sheet to create the foils in COMSOL. Method four is an improved version of method three that can create partial foils as well as the base-geometry. Foil methods II, III, and IV, created every foil as a separate geometrical object. As a result, an associated method that deletes the foils were also developed for each of these methods. A conclusion that the fourth method was the most realistic method of creating a bushing core could be draw due to, among other factors, it is the only method that can build partial foils.

This research focused on a formal (theory based) approach to designing Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) authoring tool involving two specific conventional pedagogical theories—Conversation Theory (CT) and Cognitive Apprenticeship (CA). The research conceptualised an Augmented Conversation and Cognitive Apprenticeship Metamodel (ACCAM) based on apriori theoretical knowledge and assumptions of its underlying theories. ACCAM was implemented in an Intelligent Learning Activity Builder System (ILABS)—an ITS authoring tool. ACCAM’s implementation aims to facilitate formally designed tutoring systems, hence, ILABS―the practical implementation of ACCAM― constructs metamodels for Intelligent Learning Activity Tools (ILATs) in a numerical problem-solving context (focusing on the construction of procedural knowledge in applied numerical disciplines). Also, an Intelligent Learning Activity Management System (ILAMS), although not the focus of this research, was developed as a launchpad for ILATs constructed and to administer learning activities. Hence, ACCAM and ILABS constitute the conceptual and practical contributions that respectively flow from this research. ACCAM’s implementation was tested through the evaluation of ILABS and ILATs within an applied numerical domain―the accounting domain. The evaluation focused on the key constructs of ACCAM―cognitive visibility and conversation, implemented through a tutoring strategy employing Process Monitoring (PM). PM augments conversation within a cognitive apprenticeship framework; it aims to improve the visibility of the cognitive process of a learner and infers intelligence in tutoring systems. PM was implemented via an interface that attempts to bring learner’s thought process to the surface. This approach contrasted with previous studies that adopted standard Artificial Intelligence (AI) based inference techniques. The interface-based PM extends the existing CT and CA work. The strategy (i.e. interface-based PM) makes available a new tutoring approach that aimed fine-grain (or step-wise) feedbacks, unlike the goal-oriented feedbacks of model-tracing. The impact of PM—as a preventive strategy (or intervention) and to aid diagnosis of learners’ cognitive process—was investigated in relation to other constructs from the literature (such as detection of misconception, feedback generation and perceived learning effectiveness). Thus, the conceptualisation and implementation of PM via an interface also contributes to knowledge and practice. The evaluation of the ACCAM-based design approach and investigation of the above mentioned constructs were undertaken through users’ reaction/perception to ILABS and ILAT. This involved, principally, quantitative approach. However, a qualitative approach was also utilised to gain deeper insight. Findings from the evaluation supports the formal (theory based) design approach—the design of ILABS through interaction with ACCAM. Empirical data revealed the presence of conversation and cognitive visibility constructs in ILATs, which were determined through its behaviour during the learning process. This research identified some other theoretical elements (e.g. motivation, reflection, remediation, evaluation, etc.) that possibly play out in a learning process. This clarifies key conceptual variables that should be considered when constructing tutoring systems for applied numerical disciplines (e.g. accounting, engineering). Also, the research revealed that PM enhances the detection of a learner’s misconception and feedback generation. Nevertheless, qualitative data revealed that frequent feedbacks due to the implementation of PM could be obstructive to thought process at advance stage of learning. Thus, PM implementations should also include delayed diagnosis, especially for advance learners who prefer to have it on request. Despite that, current implementation allows users to turn PM off, thereby using alternative learning route. Overall, the research revealed that the implementation of interface-based PM (i.e. conversation and cognitive visibility) improved the visibility of learner’s cognitive process, and this in turn enhanced learning—as perceived.

This thesis covers software development for Apple's mobile phonde iPhone. Official iPhone SDK is available from Apple developer's web site. The thesis includes iVoip application, developed using iPhone SDK. This application could be used as VoIP client using SIP protocol.

The aim of the work is to analyze, design and implement project planning web application, integrated on SAP NetWeaver Portal platform. Although the requirements are based on the needs of Mibcon a.s. company, the resulting application solves the problematics of project management in general. Technologies, used during the implementation are Adobe Flex (user interface), Java (server integration layer) and Oracle database (backend). The reader is introduced to various aspects of portal application development. Representative technical details, used during implementation, are presented here as well.

<p>NMD 100 is a notes and media dispensing machine, manufactured by De La Rue Ltd, located in Flen, Sweden. The customers, mainly bank offices, have expressed a need for a more comprehensive description of errors occurring from time to time in their machines. In order to acquire a BSc-degree in Computer and Electronics Technology at the University of Linköping I have carried out a diploma work, regarding new computer programs to fulfil the customers’ wishes. The machine NMD 100 is connected to its PC through handshaking. From the PC, the personnel can give orders regarding desired actions to the NMD 100. In turn, the NMD will respond to the PC. Inside the NMD, the Note Stacker is equipped with a great number of sensors. They control that the bundle of notes, delivered to the ATM customer is correct, regarding the number of notes and denomination. Notes that in any way are not immaculate will be sent to the Reject Vault. </p><p>If internal errors or warnings occur in the NMD, a code consisting of 8 digits is sent to the PC. The location of the error or warning is defined by the last 4 digits. The scope of my work is to define and present this information. For this purpose the company uses the program language C++ and the tool Borland C++ Builder 6. In particular, the program NMDW-Test is used to send commands from the PC to the NMD. After having studied the above programs, I was able to write new programmes for error detection, interface and installation. After program testing, the company accepted the result of my work.</p>