Genetic algorithms are modern algorithms intended to solve optimization problems. Inspiration originates in evolutionary principles in nature. Parallelization of genetic algorithms provides not only faster processing but also new and better solutions. Parallel genetic algorithms are also closer to real nature than their sequential counterparts. This paper describes the most used models of parallelization of genetic algorithms. Moreover, it provides the design and implementation in programming language Python. Finally, the implementation is verified in several test cases.

This diploma thesis deals with the research of existing solutions of electronic information systems. The purpose of this survey is to inspire what is offered to users of these professional systems, or what users expect from these systems. Based on the acquired knowledge, the thesis also deals with the design of its own system, which can serve as another alternative to professional solutions of companies on the market, in the sense of the concept of solution of the given task. After the design of the system, the thesis deals chronologically with the selected "tools" used for the actual implementation of the assigned task Electronic Information Boards. Both hardware and software parts of the task, which form the majority of this thesis. At the end of the work are presented practical results.

Phenolic substances were detected in the celery (Apium graveolens) in three species. Monitoring the phenolics were accomplished in the raw state of the plant, in the plant that was cooked, in the stock and in the dried state. In this master´s thesis are summarized results that were measured, methodology relating to the measurement as well as a description of cultivation of those plants. From the results arise that the smallest amount of phenolic substances has an extract from cooked celery. The biggest amount of phenolic substances is in the raw celery´s stalk as well as in the dried celery. In the celery were identified another three phenolics - Apigenin, Kaempferol, and Lureolin.

In the agricultural muck soil area of southwestern Quebec, two native parasitoids, Peristenus pallipes and P. pseudopallipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) were found to parasitize nymphs of the tarnished plant bug Lygus lineolaris (Hemiptera: Miridae), on various flowering plants and on cultivated lettuce. Parasitism levels (ranging from 1.3% to 92.3%) varied with host plant species sampled, and with methods used for the calculation of percentage parasitism. The percentage parasitism of tarnished plant bug populations was expressed as pooled values from all samples in the season (method 1), and by the Southwood and Jepson's graphical method (method 2). Phenology of parasitism, defined as the time during which female parasitoids are active in the field, was evaluated for both native parasitoid species. The cold-hardiness of P. digoneutis, a European nymph parasitoid introduced in northern United States, was evaluated in the laboratory by measuring the supercooling point and cumulative cold damage at sub-zero temperatures. When compared to the native P. pallipes and P. pseudopallipes the exotic parasitoid showed the same capacity to withstand cold temperatures. Prior to introduction, the evaluation of the impact of P. digoneutis on indigenous species will require a rapid identification to species level. The development of immature stages of P. digoneutis was studied to find taxonomic and developmental differences between the three species. At $21 pm1 sp circ$C, the egg matures in five days, and there are three larval instars, the first two molting inside the host while the third emerges from the host, three to four weeks after egg deposition. Adult characters of the pre-imaginal stage can be used to distinguish the exotic P. digoneutis from the two native species since mouth sclerites of the final instar larvae of P. digoneutis, P. pallipes and P. pseudopallipes do not possess reliable distinguishing characters. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

The meat industry is always alert to consumer s requirements. Consumer s are now in search for healthier products, once they are changing their food habits. The sodium nitrite and other chemical preservatives are related to diseases such as cancer and, because of that, food products without the use of cure agents, or naturally cured, are being largely studied. From vegetable extracts and a nitrate reducing starter culture can prepare cured meat products similar to the conventionally cured. The objective of this research was to develop and evaluate the quality of Italian salami produced by natural curing, using celery and Swiss chard extracts as nitrate source, with or without a nitrate reducing starter culture. Six treatments were evaluated (T1 0,8% celery extract and pre-incubated starter culture; T2 0,8% celery extract and no incubated starter culture; T3 1,2% celery extract and pre-incubated starter culture; T4 0,3% celery extract; T5 0,3% celery extract and pre-incubated starter culture; T6 0,3% Swiss chard and pre-incubated starter culture) and a control (sodium nitrate and sodium eritorbate). Physical-chemical analysis (pH, proximate composition, water activity, sodium nitrite and nitrate, color and TBARS (thiobarbituric test)), microbiological analysis (coliforms at 45ºC, Staphylococcus coagulase-positive, Salmonella sp., sulfite-reducing Clostridium and lactic acid bacteria) and sensory evaluation were done during the maturation period at 0, 1, 4, 7, 10, 15 and 32 days. During the storage period, the oxidative activity (TBARS) and the color of the salami, at 30, 60 and 90 days were evaluated. All treatments showed a development of the typical color of cured meat products and the physical-chemical and microbiological results corresponded to the Brazilian official food regulations. In the sensorial analyses, all treatments were considered worst than control, although treatments T4, T5 and T6 were considered acceptable. The attribute considered most different by the testers was the flavor followed by the odor. During the storage period, the color of the treatments was considered similar to the control, but evaluating the a* values, no color stability was observed in the treatments that used lower extract concentrations, and these values were higher in the treatments than the ones used in the pre-incubated starter culture. Meanwhile, for the color development the pre-incubation time was not necessary. At the end of the storage period, the control showed the highest TBARS value, demonstrating that the vegetable extracts used had an anti-oxidation effect. / A indústria cárnea está sempre atenta às exigências dos consumidores, e na busca por produtos saudáveis, uma vez que consumidores estão mudando seus hábitos alimentares. O nitrito de sódio é usualmente utilizado como conservante químico e está relacionado com doenças como o câncer, por isso, produtos elaborados sem a adição desse agente de cura, ou naturalmente curados, estão tendo uma ampla atenção. A partir de extratos vegetais e uma cultura starter nitrato-redutora, podem-se obter produtos cárneos similares aos curados convencionalmente. O objetivo deste trabalho foi desenvolver e avaliar a qualidade de salames tipo Italiano produzidos por cura natural, utilizando extratos de aipo e acelga como fontes de nitrato, adicionados ou não de culturas starters nitrato-redutoras. Avaliaram-se seis tratamentos (T1 - 0,8% de extrato de aipo e cultura starter pré-incubada; T2 - 0,8% de extrato de aipo sem incubação da cultura starter; T3 - 1,2% de extrato de aipo e cultura starter pré-incubada; T4 - 0,3% de extrato de aipo; T5 - 0,3% de extrato de aipo e cultura starter pré-incubada e T6 - 0,3% de extrato de acelga e cultura starter pré-incubada) e um controle (nitrato de sódio e eritorbato de sódio). Realizaram-se análises físico-químicas (pH, composição centesimal, atividade de água, nitrito e nitrato de sódio, cor e TBA (teste do ácido tiobarbitúrico), análises microbiológicas (coliformes a 45ºC, Staphylococcus coagulase positiva, Salmonella sp., clostrídios sulfito-redutores e bactérias lácticas) e análise sensorial. Após 30, 60 e 90 dias de armazenamento, foram avaliadas a estabilidade à oxidação lipídica (TBA) e os parâmetros de cor dos salames. Todos os tratamentos apresentaram desenvolvimento de cor típica de produto curado e os resultados físico-químicos e microbiológicos atenderam aos padrões da Legislação Brasileira. Sensorialmente todos os tratamentos foram considerados inferiores ao controle, porém, aceitáveis para os tratamentos T4, T5 e T6. O atributo mais prejudicado foi o sabor, seguido do odor. Durante o período de armazenamento, a cor dos tratamentos manteve-se de maneira semelhante à do controle, porém, avaliando os valores de a*, não apresentou estabilidade nos tratamentos com as menores concentrações de extratos, e estes valores foram superiores nos tratamentos onde houve pré-incubação da cultura starter. Entretanto, para a formação da mesma, não é necessário o tempo de pré-incubação da cultura starter. No final do armazenamento, o tratamento controle apresentou maiores valores de TBA, mostrando a eficiência dos extratos vegetais como antioxidantes.

本研究主旨是希望提供一個智能金融演算法交易平台，以Django CMS作為網頁框架，區分成研發環境與交易環境，完整的功能包含用戶研發、用戶測試以及使用演算法服務。用戶研發與測試上採用IPython的互動式開發介面，利用JupyterHub進行管理與配置，能夠同時提供多個用戶存取平台，使得平台足以負載大規模用戶的使用；而演算法服務經由Celery包裝成任務，以利交付給後台進行分散式運算。搭上近年來深度學習的熱潮，平台額外擴充Tensorflow套件與GPU建置，支援多核及高速演算法運算。 面對存取大量、複雜且結構化的金融資料，本研究的資料庫採用HAWQ做為解決方案，利用其極大量平行化的架構，改善過往存取大數據所造成的系統複雜性與效能瓶頸，並搭配Ambari達到創建、監視及管理Hadoop分散式集群的功用，讓開發者在部署與維運上都將事半功倍。 由於採用新的資料庫HAWQ，傳統的資料表設計將不利反傷，因此本研究會針對程式端存取資料庫裡的金融資料，量身打造適合的資料表設計，並對其做效能評測，以確保資料能有效且迅速地被程式所取用。 / The purpose of this research is to provide a smartly algorithmic trading platform with financial data. I use Django CMS as a web framework and consisting of Develop environment and Trade environment. The entire functions of the platform include “User Research and Development”,” User Testing” and “Algorithmic Services”. “User Research and Development” and “User Testing” using IPython interactive development interface, with JupyterHub management and configuration, can simultaneously provide multiple user accessing and make the platform enough to support more and more users; “Algorithmic Services” using Celery to package algorithms into tasks can facilitate the delivery to the Server for distributed computing. By means of the growth of Deep Learning in recent years, the platform adds extra Tensorflow and GPU deployment to support multi-core and high-speed algorithm computing. In face of accessing large number of complex and structured financial data, I choose HAWQ as the database in this research. Its extremely massively parallel processing can alleviate the complexity of system and the bottlenecks of efficiency caused by accessing massive number of data. Combing HAWQ with Ambari can achieve the functions of creation, monitoring and management of Hadoop distributed cluster. The developers will do much more easily in deployment and maintenance. The traditional table design may not fit in with the new database HAWQ, so this research will design appropriate table, and evaluate its performance to ensure that data can be accessed effectively and quickly from programs.

Crop wild relatives (CWR) are an indispensable and at the same time threatened genetic resources for plant breeding. The study uses wild species related to celery to demonstrate how genetic resources of CWRs can be actively maintained in their natural surroundings (in-situ). Genetic reserves should be designated for long term conservation of selected occurrences. The study presents the selection procedure in detail, aiming at the identification of occurrences and sites suitable for the designation of genetic reserves, the spatial model of a genetic reserve and first practical results of the project. The overall aim of the project is the establishment of a nationwide network of genetic reserves for Apium graveolens, Helosciadium repens, H. nodiflorum and H. inundatum, the four wild celery species native to Germany. Helosciadum repens (Jacq.) W.D.J.Koch is threatened by genetic erosion due to a decline in population numbers and sizes. The loss of any population is an irretrievable loss of diversity and opportunity to enhance crops in the future. Genetic reserves are one way to conserve these populations and their genetic potential. Twenty-seven populations were selected for the analysis in a decision process based on site information. Microsatellites (SSR) were used to elucidate the genetic diversity of German populations. A cluster analysis was performed to see if the individuals form clusters of similarity. For that, a discriminate analysis of principal components (DAPC) was conducted, as the inbreeding index indicated a high number of inbreeding events in the populations and thus discordance with HWE (Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium). The analysis identified six genetic groups, which coincide well with the geographic origin of the analysed plants. The allelic richness (mean counts of alleles per individual per population) was higher in the southern populations compared to the northern ones. This North-South discrepancy was also visible as a high heterogeneity in the cluster assignments in the DAPC analysis. These differences in genetic diversity might be a result of the biogeographic history of Europe, especially the last glacial maximum. For the establishment of genetic reserves, two populations were considered as most important: The population that differs the most from the average genetic composition and the population that represents the average genetic composition of a population the best. The two extremes of differentiation were interpreted as such that the former has a specific adaptation to its local environment, and the latter represents all populations the best. DifferInt was used to analyse the SSR data and validate the differentiation of all populations compared to a pool of populations. However, SSRs are not capable of detecting adaptive traits. Populations were additionally chosen from different eco-geographic units (EGU), to increase the chance of capturing different traits. EGUs (Naturräume) are areas of specific abiotic and biotic features. These features may influence selection pressures and induce local adaptations. Based on site parameters and genetic data, 14 most appropriate wild populations (MAWP) were identified for genetic reserves establishment. For H. repens, two eco-forms are known and described in the literature. Besides their different habitats (terrestrial/semi-terrestrial and aquatic) they can be differentiated by morphological traits. Leave and stolon sizes and flowering behaviour differ significantly. Furthermore, the roots of the aquatic forms do not anchor in soil but on other aquatic plants, wood or roots of trees, while the terrestrial form exhibits a shallow root system network similar to other perennial species. To this end, no genetic analysis was conducted to clarify the phylogenetic status of the putative forms and authors avoided the usage of any specific noun rather than form. The SSR data from the previous study was evaluated, particularly with regards to the two forms. Additionally, an ISSR analysis was conducted, and the data was used to perform a PCA. There was no genetic clustering regarding the two forms neither in the SSR nor in the ISSR data. Nonetheless, the North-South discrepancy in the genetic diversity that was visible in the DAPC plot was confirmed in the PCA of the ISSR data. However, markers may fail to detect quantitative variation for adaptively important traits. As the most obvious difference in the two habitats was the water availability, the adaptation of both forms to drought stress was studied by measuring the relative water content of leaves, system water content and water loss during drought stress conditions. The stomatal index was measured for different water treatment levels. The results indicate that phenotypic plasticity rather than genotypic adaptation is responsible for different H. repens phenotypes.

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