This thesis examines the work of antiquary and scholar Joseph Ritson (1752-1803) in publishing significant and influential collections of early English and Scottish literature, including the first collection of medieval romance, by going beyond the biographical approaches to Ritson's work typical of nineteenth- and twentieth-century accounts, incorporating an analysis of Ritson's contributions to specific fields into a study of the context which made his work possible. It makes use of the 'Register of Manuscripts Sent to the Reading Room of the British Museum' to shed new light on Ritson's use of the manuscript collections of the British Museum. The thesis argues that Ritson's early polemic attacks on Thomas Warton, Thomas Percy, and the editors of Shakespeare allowed Ritson to establish his own claims to expertise and authority, built upon the research he had already undertaken in the British Museum and other public and private collections. Through his publications, Ritson experimented with different strategies for organizing, systematizing, interpreting and presenting his research, constructing very different collections for different kinds of texts, and different kinds of readers. A comparison of Ritson's three major collections of songs - A Select Collection of English Songs (1783), Ancient Songs (1790), and Scotish Songs (1794) - demonstrates some of the consequences of his decisions, particularly the distinction made between English and Scottish material. Although Ritson's Robin Hood (1795) is the most frequently reprinted of his collections, and one of the best studied, approaching this work within the immediate context of Ritson's research and other publications, rather than its later reception, offers some explanation for its more idiosyncratic features. Finally, Ritson's Ancient Engleish Metrical Romance's (1802) provides a striking example of Ritson's participation in collaborative networks and the difficulty of finding an audience and a market for editions of early English literature at the beginning of the nineteenth century.

Metoden för att avgränsa modellområdet i delavrinningsområden med homogena hydrologiska parametrar inför hydrauliska ledningsnätssimuleringar kan vara tidsödande. Olika metoder och tillvägagångssätt finns att tillgå, men kunskapen om hur valet av avgränsningsmetod påverkar simuleringsresultaten är begränsad.   I examensarbetet undersöktes hur fyra enkla avgränsningsmetoder, i jämförelse med två detaljerade metoder, påverkade en hydraulisk simulering av en regnhändelse på sex olika modelluppsättningar av spill- och dagvattennät. De detaljerade metoderna byggde på information om markhöjder i kombination med byggnaders placering, medan de enklare metoderna byggde på information om markhöjder respektive Thiessenpolygoner. Avgränsningsmetoderna testades för en dagvattenmodell, en kombinerad spill- och dagvattenmodell, och fyra spillvattenmodeller. Alla modellparametrar förutom de associerade med delavrinningsområdena (bidragande yta, koncentrationstid) hölls konstanta medan en regnhändelse med återkomsttid tio år och en maximal regnintensitet av 22,8 µm/s (82.1 mm/h) simulerades för varje avgränsningsmetod och modelluppsättning.    De olika metoderna gav upphov till skillnader i simulerat maximalt vattendjup i modelluppsättningarnas brunnar. De enklare metoderna tenderade att underskatta de simulerade vattendjupen och avvikelsen mot de detaljerade metoderna översteg 0,1 m, vilket utgjort en gräns för när avvikelsen får praktisk betydelse. Fler avvikelser erhölls uppströms i ledningsnätet och för modelluppsättningar med större avrinningsbildning. Inga entydigt upprepande förhållanden mellan metodernas påverkan på simuleringsresultaten mellan modelluppsättningarna fanns, varvid modellområdesegenskaper tros påverka effekten av vald avgränsningsmetod. Resultaten indikerade att det kan vara mer motiverat att använda enklare avgränsningsmetoder för spillvattenmodeller i förortsmiljö än för dagvattenmodeller i stadsmiljö, samt att metoder baserat på Thiessenpolygoner ger bättre överensstämmelse mot detaljerade metoder än de topografibaserade. / The method of delineating a model into sub-catchments with homogenous hydrological parameters, before performing hydraulic simulations, can be tedious work. Different approaches and methods for this purpose exist, but the understanding for how the choice of delineation method affects the modeling process and in the end the simulation results is limited.    This thesis explored how four simplified delineation methods, in comparison with two detailed methods, affected hydraulic simulation of a rain event on six different model set ups. The detailed methods were based on terrain analysis and property boundaries. The simplified methods were composed of twomethods based on terrain analysis of elevation models, and two methods based on Thiessen polygons. The delineation methods were applied on one stormwater model, one combined storm- and wastewater model, and on four wastewater models. All model parameters except for those associated with the sub-catchments (time of concentration, imperviousness) were kept constant as a scenario of a rain event with a return time period of 10 years and maximum intensity of 22.8 µm/s (82.1 mm/h) were simulated for every delineation method and model set up.   The different methods resulted in differences in simulated maximal water depth in the modelled manholes. The simplified methods tended to underestimate the water depth. Additionally, the deviation from the detailed methods exceeded 0.1m, which is a threshold value for when the deviations will be of practical importance. Greater deviations occurred upstream in the sewer system and for models with greater runoff volume. No unambiguous patterns were found between the methods and the model setups. Hence, the delineation methods cannot by themselves explain the observed deviation in the simulated water depths. The results indicate that it is more suitable to apply a simple method on a sewage model in a suburban area, than for a stormwater model in an urban area. In addition, the simplified methods based on Thiessen polygons showed more agreement with the detailed methods than the simple methods based on terrain analysis.

Settling time is very important for data acquisition systems because it is the primary factor that defines the data rate for a given error level. Therefore settling time measurement is a crucial test. The goal of the project was to design, test and compare different measurement techniques. Three methods were tested to the accuracies of 0.1% and 0.01%. Also simulations were conducted to explain the parameters that affect the settling behavior. Additionally bench measurements were correlated to simulation results. This report is intended as a guide for settling time measurements.

We present a distributed garbage collection algorithm for Java distributed objects using the object model provided by the Java Support for Distributed Objects (JSDA) object model and using weak references in Java. The algorithm can also be used for any other Java based distributed object models that use the stub-skeleton paradigm. Furthermore, the solution could also be applied to any language that supports weak references as a mean of interaction with the local garbage collector. We also give a formal definition and a proof of correctness for the proposed algorithm.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-21T18:13:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Drielli Peyerl.pdf: 5151661 bytes, checksum: 907240b2811071e74121341de647d074 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-02-05 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The person of Frederico Waldemar Lange (1911-1988) is the center of many information contained in the Collection of the Paleontology and Stratigraphy Lab of Ponta Grossa State University - UEPG. Lange gathered, in an organized, detailed and meticulous way, a rich material which embraces a group of relations in different levels, such as geographical, biological, historical, territorial and regional references. The Collection organization itself and the relationships among the different types of documentation with the History of Geoscience reveal part of the intellectual trajectory of this paleontologist. Thus, this dissertation aims to describe the trajectory of Lange and his participation in the scientific field, in regional and national contexts of the twentieth century, to history of Geosciences through the reading of his personal collection. / A pessoa de Frederico Waldemar Lange (1911-1988) é o centro de muitas das informações contidas no Acervo do Laboratório de Paleontologia e Estratigrafia da Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa - UEPG. Lange reuniu, de forma organizada, detalhada e meticulosa, um rico material que abrange um conjunto de relações de diversos níveis, tais como referências geográficas, biológicas, históricas, territoriais e regionais. A própria organização do acervo e as relações entre os diversos tipos de documentação com a História das Geociências revelam parte da trajetória intelectual do paleontólogo. Assim, esta dissertação pretende descrever a trajetória de Lange e sua participação no campo científico, no contexto nacional e regional do século XX, com a História das Geociências através da leitura do seu Acervo pessoal.

Submitted by Angela Maria de Oliveira (amolivei@uepg.br) on 2018-11-26T19:51:22Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) Andrea Rita da Silva Nabozny.pdf: 7686327 bytes, checksum: e333c5cfe7ac6cabf4a7c24574fd2f70 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-26T19:51:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) Andrea Rita da Silva Nabozny.pdf: 7686327 bytes, checksum: e333c5cfe7ac6cabf4a7c24574fd2f70 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-09-20 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Esta dissertação aborda a composição da paisagem urbana de Ponta Grossa por meio da iconografia de Domingos Silva Souza. Desta maneira, objetiva-se investigar as transformações e as permanências dos elementos urbanos significativos para a população ponta-grossense como marcas que caracterizam a paisagem. O contexto desta discussão é baseado pelas narrativas dos seguidores do perfil Foto Elite na rede social Facebook, em relação à visualidade da cidade por meio da divulgação das fotografias produzidas pela empresa fotográfica Foto Elite, no decorrer dos 64 anos de sua existência. Também, o estudo aponta métodos de análise para a exploração científica das relações entre paisagem e fotografia. A metodologia fundamenta-se em trabalhos de observação da paisagem urbana, entrevistas com o fotógrafo responsável pela produção iconográfica do acervo Foto Elite, além de investigações e interpretações constituídas por meio das manifestações dos seguidores do acervo digital no Facebook. Estas observações estão associadas às interpretações de análise de conteúdo conforme Bardin (1979) e também em relação ao aspecto visível da paisagem como forma de pensamento geográfico. Como resultados salienta-se que a paisagem urbana de Ponta Grossa é compreendida como uma composição constituída por múltiplos textos provenientes da interpretação dos símbolos urbanos analisados por quatro dimensões fundamentais: o ato fotográfico de Domingos e seus percursos espaço-temporais na cidade fotografada; a disponibilidade de um conjunto imagético intencional na rede social Facebook; os possíveis sentidos „compartilhados‟, ‟comunicados‟ e „curtidos‟ pelos seguidores do „perfil Foto Elite‟ em relação ao material fotográfico disponível na internet e os recursos teórico-metodológicos utilizados para a interpretação simbólica da paisagem urbana. Resultantes das escolhas intelectuais, ancoradas nas bibliografias recentes (BESSE, 2014; COLLOT, 2013; GOMES, 2013) sobre as manifestações e representações da paisagem sob os aspectos da percepção, visão e memória de indivíduos que fazem parte desta pesquisa. A ênfase simbólica da paisagem vem ao encontro da perspectiva de identidade, na medida em que a paisagem é vista e vinculada pelos aspectos significativos atribuídos por seus sujeitos, criando uma dimensão de identidade emblemática a partir de seus imaginários. Sendo assim, nota-se que a paisagem urbana de Ponta Grossa se constituiu ao longo do tempo por meio de um processo determinado pelos desejos de seus habitantes ao reconhecimento de projeções grandiosas como fortificações de um sentimento de cosmopolitismo, que podem ser traduzidos por meio do intenso paradoxo manifestados nos desejos de progresso e nos sentimentos de nostalgia, almejando a cidade de Ponta Grossa como uma cidade protagonista da história. / This dissertation approaches the composition of the urban landscape of Ponta Grossa through the iconography of Domingos Silva Souza. Its main goal is to investigate the transformation and the permanence of urban elements that are significant to the population of Ponta Grossa as marks that characterize its landscape. The context of this discussion is based on the narratives of followers of the Foto Elite page on Facebook, regarding the city's visibility through the divulgation of photographs produced by the photography company Foto Elite over its 64 years of activity. The study also points out methods to analyze the relationship between landscape and photograph scientifically. The methodology is based on works of urban landscape monitoring and it involves interviews with the photographer responsible for the production of the Foto Elite image collection, in addition to investigations and interpretations of the followers' reactions on Facebook. These observations are related to interpretations of content analysis according to Bardin (1979) and to the visible aspect of the landscape as a form of geographical thought. As the result, we found that the urban landscape of Ponta Grossa can be comprehended as a configuration of multiple texts related to the interpretation of urban symbols, analyzed through four fundamental dimensions: the photographic act of Domingos and his journeys through space and time in the city; the availability of an intentional image collection on Facebook; the possible meanings conveyed, “shared”, and “liked” by the followers of the Foto Elite page about the photographs available online; and the theoretical-methodological resources employed in the symbolic interpretation of the urban landscape, which resulted from our intellectual choices based on recent publications (BESSE, 2014; COLLOT, 2013; GOMES, 2013) on the manifestations and representations of the landscape, considering the aspects of perception, sight and memory of individuals that took part in this research. The emphasis on the symbolism of the landscape meets the perspective of identity, in the degree that the landscape is seen and linked to significant aspects attributed by its subjects, creating a dimension of emblematic identity based on their ideals. Thus, we observed that the urban landscape of Ponta Grossa was constructed over time in a process determined by the wishes of its inhabitants, recognizing grandiose projections as a way to strengthen a feeling of cosmopolitanism, while manifesting an intense paradox regarding the desire for progress and the feelings of nostalgia, aiming to have the city of Ponta Grossa as a protagonist in history.

Since the opening of European borders to new EU member states, a large number of immigrants continue to arrive in the UK and specifically to the East Midlands and East Anglia. To date, little or no research has been conducted to understand their experience and adjustment in this part of the country. With my research I aimed to find out how Lithuanian emigration affected family relationships and to identify issues that families face when a member emigrates on his/her own. I conducted qualitative research using different methods of data collection: online (skype) and face-to-face interviews, focus group and remote discussion techniques. Data has been coded using NVivo8 and NVivo10 and analysed using grounded theory. Findings show that the transition stage, while a family lives apart, puts an enormous strain on relationships within a family. However, it does not lead to nor causes break ups provided the family was a close unit prior to migration. The final results support the emerging theory that if the family had good relationships back in Lithuania, then all challenges of migration would not break that bond. On the contrary, they would strengthen relationships. My findings answer the initial research question as to whether migration to the UK affects Lithuanian family relationships by suggesting that it does not any more than any other stressful life events, e.g. death, childbirth, job loss, illness, house move, etc. Findings suggest that, if families discuss matters and look for the solutions together, the negative impact of migration might be avoided or lessened. My research contributes to the knowledge by applying novelty frameworks such as grounded theory and Layder’s theory of social domains in order to analyse and understand the Lithuanian migration phenomenon in the UK, particularly in East Anglia and the East Midlands.

Este trabalho se propõe como formulação de um glossário pessoal, a partir de uma coleção de elementos diversos agenciados como pensamento sobre minha forma de produzir. Imagens de muitas naturezas (trabalhos próprios, obras de outros artistas, fotografias, gráficos, esquemas, etc.) e textos de diversas origens (escritos de artistas, artigos teóricos, relatos literários, descrições técnicas e textos próprios) são aqui articulados de forma subjetiva, estabelecendo conexões e relações que visam mapear e mostrar o processo por meio do qual crio minhas intervenções. São escolhas baseadas em interesses pessoais, em afinidades com o conteúdo de cada uma das obras originais, mas também em relações movidas por afetos diretamente ligados a meu trabalho. Entendo este glossário como rede, nuvem, dispositivo, agenciamento dos elementos da coleção - um trabalho em processo, aberto, inacabado e inacabável, em permanente modificação e crescimento, que encontra nesta versão uma configuração provisória. Não busco, então, impor um discurso preciso nem uma narrativa específica, linear e cronológica. Nem procuro fazer análises teóricas ou propor definições, mas sim possibilitar e provocar encontros. Pretendo, enfim, convidar o leitor a diversas possíveis navegações e sobrevoos. / This work is proposed as the formulation of a personal glossary from a collection of diverse elements articulated as a reverberation of my way of producing. Images of many natures (my own works, works of other artists, photographs, diagrams, schemes, etc.) and texts of diverse origins (artists\' writings, theoretical articles, literary stories, technical descriptions and my own texts) are here articulated subjectively, establishing connections and relationships that aim to map and present the process through which I create my interventions. They are choices based on personal interests, on affinities with the content of each of the original works, but also related to affections directly linked to my work. I understand this glossary as a net, a cloud, a device, assemby of elements from the collection - a work in progress, open, unfinished and unfinishable, constantly changing and growing, which finds in this version a provisional configuration. Thus, I do not pursue to impose a precise discourse or a specific narrative, linear and chronological. Neither do I intend to make theoretical analyses, nor to propose definitions, but to enable and provoke encounters. Ultimately, I wish to invite the reader to various possible navigations and over flights.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T16:44:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Vasiliki Evangelou Calliyeris.pdf: 1496420 bytes, checksum: a342b524a305e962cb1286f267c52268 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-05-23 / This work has as objective analyze comparatively the respondents profile and the results obtained by two different data collection approaches: by internet (online) and face to face at home (offline). The criteria selected for this comparison were the response return rate for both methods, the answers quality obtained on the attributes evaluation questions and the results on habits and attitudes of the selected samples. The first two chosen criteria refer to a topic very discussed in the academy that is the relationship between the respondent and the electronic data collection method, on which is believed to be uncontrolled, causing low access rate and also compromising the quality of data collected. The last criteria selected refers to another theme approached by academics which is the respondents profile that both data collection methods reach, which is believed to be distinctive and in consequence, provides differences in consumption behavior of the approached targets. To reach the proposed objectives, initially some in depth exploratory interviews were conducted with executives of research institutes acting in Brazil, aiming to understand their point of view regarding the capability of the online research method. Subsequently a quantitative study was conducted through two data collection methods, electronic by internet and face to face at home, with two different samples, which results were compared. The hypotheses were confirmed once there were differences in answers return rates, bias on attributes evaluation caused by one of the targets and also differences in both social-demographic profiles that reflected in discriminant consumption habits and attitudes. This work is justified in a way that it presents a current and controversial subject in the academy and in the business world, which focus is debate the replace of the traditional date collection methods by the contemporary one by internet, or even its complementarity, in a moment that the virtual network is increasing its penetration in the relationship company-consumer / O presente trabalho tem por objetivo analisar comparativamente o perfil dos respondentes e os resultados advindos de duas abordagens distintas de coleta de dados: via internet (online) e via presencial face a face domiciliar (offline). Os critérios selecionados para essa comparação foram o índice de retorno das respostas de ambos os métodos, a qualidade das respostas obtidas nas baterias de avaliação de atributos e os resultados de comportamento e atitudes das amostras selecionadas. Os dois primeiros critérios escolhidos referem-se a um tema muito discutido na academia que é a relação do respondente com o método de coleta eletrônico, sobre a qual acredita-se não haver controle, o que pode ocasionar um baixo índice de adesão e também comprometer a qualidade dos dados coletados. O último critério selecionado refere-se a outro tema muito debatido que é o perfil de respondente que ambos os métodos de coleta alcançam, que acredita-se ser distinto e, em consequência, reproduz diferenças de comportamento de consumo e de atitudes entre os dois públicos abordados. Para se alcançar os objetivos propostos, em primeiro lugar foram realizadas entrevistas em profundidade exploratórias com executivos de institutos de pesquisa atuantes no Brasil, com o intuito de se entender seus pontos de vista em relação à aplicabilidade do método de coleta online. Posteriormente, conduziu-se um estudo quantitativo por meio de dois métodos de coleta, eletrônico via internet e presencial face a face, com duas amostras distintas, cujos resultados foram comparados. As hipóteses levantadas foram confirmadas, uma vez que houve divergência entre os índices de retorno das respostas obtidas, viés no preenchimento das baterias de atributos por um dos públicos, e também diferenças no perfil sociodemográfico das amostras abordadas, que refletem padrões de consumo e de comportamento distintos entre ambas. Este trabalho justifica-se na medida em que apresenta um tema atual e controverso no ambiente acadêmico e corporativo, cujo foco é debater a substituição dos métodos de coleta tradicionais pelo método contemporâneo via internet, ou sua complementaridade, em um momento no qual a rede virtual de comunicação ganha cada vez mais espaço na relação empresa-cliente

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T18:10:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Camila Lopes Garcia.pdf: 4300232 bytes, checksum: e034c96be58a34dffa252f8d510f93ba (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-10-18 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The research Collections of floating images: digital online photo albums analyzes the photo collections in the passage of the secondary media to the tertiary media, that is, the transition of the traditional photo album to the digital online photo album put in the social network services, such as Orkut, Facebook and Flickr. The transformations on the amateur photographic habits are analyzed, concerning the filing logic and its social function, due to the technological substitution and the individualization of the machine that produces images. To do so, based on historical and theoretical perspectives, the image is taken in relation to death from the rupestrian paintings to the techno-images, part of Ivan Bystrina s, Edgard Morin s, Régis Debray s and Hans Belting s studies and the sharing of private life photo albums in digital environment, sustained on Vilém Flusser s concepts of no thing , greed and cosmic brain , Norval Baitello s iconography, Dietmar Kamper s visibility crisis , Eugênio Trivinho s ideia of real time existence and Jean Baudrillard s concept of simulacrum . Three digital online photo albums were analyzed, which made possible the identification of two different analyses categories of photo collections on the internet: the ones that give real existence to the network member s profile and the ones that contribute to a common world mapping, due to the use of a search model, or information recovery, by folksonomy tags / A pesquisa "Coleções de imagens flutuantes: álbuns fotográficos digitais on-line" analisa o colecionismo fotográfico na passagem da mídia secundária para a mídia terciária, isto é, na transição do álbum de fotos tradicional para o álbum de fotos digital on-line alocado em redes sociais como o Orkut, o Facebook e o Flickr. São estudadas as transformações ocorridas no hábito fotográfico amador, no que tange à lógica de arquivo e sua função social, em virtude da substituição tecnológica e da individualização do aparelho produtor de imagens. Para tanto, a partir das perspectivas históricas e teóricas, pensa-se a imagem e sua relação com a morte - desde as pinturas rupestres às tecno-imagens, presente nos estudos de Ivan Bystrina, Edgard Morin, Régis Debray e Hans Belting - e o compartilhamento dos álbuns de fotos da vida privada em ambiente digital, apoiando-se nos conceitos de não coisa , gula e cérebro cósmico de Vilém Flusser, na iconofagia de Norval Baitello, na crise da visibilidade de Dietmar Kamper e na ideia de existência em tempo real e simulacro de Eugênio Trivinho e Jean Baudrillard, respectivamente. Três álbuns de fotos digitais on-line foram analisados, o que possibilitou a identificação de duas categorias diferentes de colecionismo fotográfico na internet: os que conferem existência real ao perfil do integrante da rede e os que contribuem para um mapeamento coletivo do mundo, em função da utilização de um modelo de busca, ou recuperação das informações, por meio de tags folksonômicas