Freie Univ., Diss.--Berlin, 2006. / Literaturverz. S. 464 - 488.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-12T20:15:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Claudia Schmidt.pdf: 341536 bytes, checksum: e474da47db5271f6ff692ba3d3603ea9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-07-31 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Rydberg atoms have as one of their characteristic the high principal quantum number. One consequence is the dimension of the order n2 implying in a large dipole moment, which allows one to use them for studies of atomic interactions with electromagnetic fields, including processes of photoionization. The increasing attention given to the investigation of photoionization cross sections of these highly excited atoms, is due to its importance to several areas like Atomic and Molecular Physics, Astrophysics, Plasma Physics, among others. Based on the model proposed by Aymar and co-workers, we studied the photoionization cross sections of some alkali atoms, namely, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium and Cesium, expanding the previous analysis to n < 44. Since the photoionization processes can be enormously affected by the photoelectron energy, the we performed an analysis of the behaviour of radial wave functions depending on the photoelectron energies. And, this analysis, also studied the possible evidence of the Cooper minima. / Átomos de Rydberg têm como uma de suas principais características o alto numero quântico principal. Uma das conseqüências é a sua dimensão da ordem n2, implicando em um grande momento de dipolo, o que permite usá-los para estudos de interações atômicas com campos eletromagnéticos, incluindo processos de fotoionização. A atenção crescente dada a investigação de seções de choque de fotoionização desses átomos altamente excitados, é devido a sua importância para diversas áreas como Física Atômica e Molecular, Astrof&#305;sica, Física de Plasma, entre outros. Com base no modelo proposto por Aymar e colaboradores, estudamos as seções de choque de fotoionização de alguns átomos alcalinos, ou seja, Sódio, Potássio, Rubídio e Césio, ampliando a analise anterior para n < 44. Uma vez que os processos de fotoionização podem ser enormemente afetados pela energia dos fotoelétrons, realizou-se uma analise do comportamento das funções de onda radiais em função das energias do fotoelétron. E, desta analise, também estudamos a possível evidencia dos mínimos Cooper.

Cette thèse propose une étude sur la relation entre les arts graphiques et le cinéma à travers une observation analytique du générique de film en tant que fragment cinématographique hybride présentant un entremêlement ou encore une rencontre entre les éléments graphiques et les éléments filmiques. Par cette étude nous interrogeons le générique d’ouverture de film, de l’apparition de la cinématographie aux expériences plus contemporaines, en suivant l’évolution d’une forme à la fois graphique et cinématographique reposant sur une frontière technique constamment mouvante grâce aux multiples innovations technologiques.Dans ce travail, nous nous intéressons aux fonctions, typologies, typographies et mises en scène du générique d’ouverture, ainsi qu'aux différents éléments le composant, qui s’expriment selon des modalités à la fois historiques, techniques et esthétiques. L’esthétique de la typographie et son évolution font l’objet d’une attention particulière.Cette thèse se concentre particulièrement sur Kyle Cooper et plus spécialement sur le générique d’ouverture de Se7en, remarquable par son style de typographie cinétique ainsi que son incroyable tour de force technique et esthétique.Notre objectif est de démontrer, à travers les développements graphiques et filmiques du générique d’ouverture, à quel point les apports de Kyle Cooper pour l’art de sa conception sont fondamentaux et considérables. Cooper a contribué à la renaissance de l’art du générique de film à la suite de Saul Bass, dans les années 1950. / This thesis proposes a study of the relation between graphic art and cinema through ananalytical approach of film opening credits as a hybrid cinematographic fragment with areunion of graphic elements and cinematographic elements. Through this study, we willanalyze opening credits, from the beginning of cinema until contemporary experiences,following the evolution of a from simultaneously/both graphic and film based on a technicalline constantly shifting with innovations.In this work, we are also interested in fonctions, types, typography and staged opening credits,elements which are expressed according to historical, technical and aesthetic modes. Theaesthetics of typography and its evolution are the subject of a particular attention.This thesis focuses specifically on Kyle Cooper and more precisely on the opening credits ofSe7en with its outstanding style of kinetic typography and its incredible aesthetic andtechnical tour de force.Our goal is to prove the significance of Kyle Cooper’s contribution and why his contributionsfor art of the generic design are so fundamental and substantial across graphic developmentsand opening credits. Cooper had an important part in the rebirth of the art of film credits withSaul Bass in the 1950s.

At head of title: National Centre for Petroleum Geology and Geophysics. CD-ROM contains Appendices (1-10) in PDF. Includes copies of papers co-authored by the author. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [471]-499 in vol. 2) Studies the provenance and diagenesis of the Merrimelia Formation in South Australia and Queensland; a complex mosaic of glacial facies in which the Tirrawarra Sandstone and Merrimelia Formation exhibit an interfingering relationship, and defines the relationship further. Indicates that the Tirrawarra Sandstone should be included in the Merrimelia Formation as a "facies type" as both the Merrimelia and Tirrawarra sediments form an integrated suite of sediments. System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Macintosh or IBM compatible computer with Windows NT. Other requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

This thesis consists of six published papers. The present-day stress tensor has been determined using petroleum well data in the Gippsland and Otway Basins in Southeast Australia (Papers 1 and 4) and the Cooper Basin in Central Australia (Paper 5). In the Gippsland Basin, the present-day stress regime is transitional between one of reverse and strike-slip faulting and the maximum horizontal stress (SHmax) is oriented ~139°N. The present-day stress regime in the Victorian sector of the Otway Basin is also transitional between one of reverse and strike-slip faulting and SHmax is oriented ~135°N. Horizontal stresses are lower in the South Australian sector of the Otway Basin where the stress regime is one of strike-slip faulting and SHmax is oriented ~124°N. The orientations of SHmax in Southeast Australia are consistent with focal mechanism solutions, neotectonic structures and modelling of plate-boundary forces (Paper 4). Closure pressures from mini-frac injection tests are commonly used to determine the minimum horizontal stress (Shmin) magnitude. However, in high stress basins such as the Cooper and Gippsland Basins, these pressures may not reliably yield Shmin (Papers 2 and 5). In the Cooper Basin, high closure pressures (>18 MPa/km) were observed in tests where pressure-declines indicated complex hydraulic fracture growth. Closure pressures in these injections are unlikely to be representative of Shmin. They are believed to reflect the normal stress incident on pre-existing planes of weakness that are exploited by hydraulic fluid during the mini-frac injection (Paper 5). Sub-horizontal fabrics that are open at the wellbore wall were observed on image logs in the Cooper and Gippsland Basins (Papers 2 and 5). This fabric is believed to be at least partially responsible for the complex growth of hydraulic fractures observed in the Cooper Basin. The occurrence of these sub-horizontal fabrics and knowledge of rock strength have been used to constrain the magnitudes of SHmax and Shmin independently of mini-frac injections in the Cooper and Gippsland Basins (Papers 2 and 5). The present-day stress tensor is often quoted as a single gradient at a sedimentary basinor petroleum field-scale. Image logs and mini-frac data from Central and Southeast Australia indicate significant stress differences between stratigraphic units (Papers 3 and 5). Finite element modelling of the stress distribution between interbedded sands and shales in the Gippsland Basin indicates that stress is ‘partitioned’ to ‘hard’ lithological units in high stress areas. This accounts for the observation that borehole breakout only occurs in hard, cemented sandstones in the Gippsland Basin (Paper 3). A generic ‘mechanical stratigraphy’ derived from knowledge of wellbore failure (from image logs), rock strength and rock properties in individual rock units in the Cooper Basin allows an approximation of the present-day stress-state to be made directly from image-logs for individual rock units prior to mini-frac injection (Paper 6). This is important for predicting and understanding hydraulic fracture growth and containment. When considered together, the papers comprising this thesis provide significant new data on the orientation and magnitude of present-day stresses in Central and Southeast Australia. They also provide insight into the tectonic origin of those stresses and their distribution within sedimentary basins. In particular the papers develop and use new methods for constraining the present-day stress in regions of high tectonic stress. They also discuss implications for problems in petroleum development including wellbore stability and hydraulic fracturing. / http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1283781 / Thesis(Ph.D.) -- Australian School of Petroleum, 2007

Submitted by Maria Fernanda Rios Cavalcanti (mfcavalcanti@gmail.com) on 2012-03-26T12:33:18Z No. of bitstreams: 1 O Grau Zero da Organização- Dissertação Maria Fernanda Rios Cavalcanti.pdf: 719721 bytes, checksum: decde30f15df56e6b92594c10ee99d42 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Gisele Isaura Hannickel (gisele.hannickel@fgv.br) on 2012-03-26T12:51:13Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 O Grau Zero da Organização- Dissertação Maria Fernanda Rios Cavalcanti.pdf: 719721 bytes, checksum: decde30f15df56e6b92594c10ee99d42 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-03-26T12:57:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 O Grau Zero da Organização- Dissertação Maria Fernanda Rios Cavalcanti.pdf: 719721 bytes, checksum: decde30f15df56e6b92594c10ee99d42 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-02-26 / O objetivo do presente trabalho é reconstituir o conceito de grau zero da organização formulado por Robert Cooper a partir de um diálogo entre os escritos desse autor e a filosofia de Gilles Deleuze. Para alcançar este objetivo, primeiramente explicitaremos nosso compromisso epistemológico com o pós-estruturalismo, buscando situar este fenômeno do pensamento em termos de seu posicionamento nos estudos organizacionais. Nesta seção teremos o primeiro contato com o pensamento de Deleuze e Robert Cooper e, de antemão, apresentaremos a noção de grau zero como um conceito capaz de levantar possíveis pontos de convergência/divergência presentes nos trabalhos destes autores bem como de suscitar uma problematização do conceito de organização em seu nível ontológico e a própria ruptura do pós-estruturalismo com o estruturalismo no âmbito do estudo das organizações. Na segunda parte do trabalho analisaremos os escritos de Robert Cooper buscando realizar um apanhado geral de sua obra (que tratou do tema da organização), situaremos o conceito de grau zero da organização na mesma justificando sua escolha como o ponto de partida para o diálogo que buscaremos traçar entre Cooper e Deleuze. Após isso, faremos uma leitura ampla da filosofia deleuzeana e buscaremos compreender alguns de seus elementos fundamentais para, então, aproximar o pensamento de ambos os autores e desenhar possíveis aproximações e/ou afastamento. Foi possível identificar aproximações entre os pensamentos de Deleuze e Cooper: por um lado, destacamos que a primazia do devir, a proposta de um pensamento aberto e plural, uma preocupação com a linguagem e com materialidades, bem como fortes traços de influências vindas do estruturalismo e da psicanálise são pontos de aproximação marcantes entre os pensamentos destes autores. Por outro lado, também destacamos alguns possíveis pontos de divergência: a crítica à representação enquanto instância de limitação/negação; diferentes concepções de inconsciente (o inconsciente freudiano em Cooper/forjamento de noção própria do inconsciente em Deleuze); e, finalmente, no engajamento político da visão crítica proposta por seus trabalhos. Destacamos, finalmente, que a noção de grau zero da organização de Cooper ainda é passível de questionamentos quando deparada com a crítica ao estruturalismo e à representação conforme presente na filosofia de Deleuze. Concluímos que a filosofia de Deleuze impõe a necessidade reconstituir este conceito de forma a fazer com que ele afaste-se da possibilidade de ser tomado como uma visão estruturalista (uma esfera meramente linguística) e/ou oposicional (o grau zero enquanto mera desorganização) da organização.

Orientador: Luiz Guimarães Ferreira / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Fisica Gleb Wataghin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-10T00:36:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Pinho_MariaGloriadeOliveira_M.pdf: 832379 bytes, checksum: 05244cdafb054c3e2fffdc0bd34cdc3a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: Apresentamos neste trabalho o estudo da fotoionização, incluindo os efeitos relativísticos, de elétrons das camadas-s mais externas dos átomos de Sódio, Potássio, Rubídio e Césio. Tratamos do processo onde um átomo não polarizado é fotoionizado por luz incidente linearmente polarizada, utilizando o Estado de Transição de meia ocupação, sob a ótica da aproximação de dipolo elétrico e da Aproximação da Densidade Local (LDA). Em nosso procedimento fazemos uso das equações de Dirac para o cálculo das funções de onda relativísticas, utilizadas para a obtenção das seções de choque totais de fotoionização e dos parâmetros de assimetria. Mostramos as vantagens da utilização do Estado de Transção de meia ocupação e sua precisão numérica nos cálculos de grandezas físicas como o Potencial de Ionização dos átomos. Através dos resultados obtidos, observamos a influência que os mínimos das seções de choque, chamados Mínimos de Cooper, exercem sobre os parâmetros de assimetria. Estes dados sâo comparados com cálculos efetuados através de outras formulações por outros autores e também com resultados experimentais encontrados na literatura / Abstract: In this work we present photoionization results for the valence s-electrons of Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium and Cesium atoms including relativistic effects. In our calculations we consider the photoionization of a non-polarized atom by linearly polarized light, using half occupation transition states, within the electric dipole approximation and the Local Density Approximation. Our total photoionization cross sections and asymmetry parameters were calculated using relativistic wave functions obtained from Dirac¿s equations. We show that the use of half occupation transition states improves the results, producing many advantages, such as numeric precision in the evaluation of the Ionization Potentials. We have also studied the in uence of the cross section minimum (Cooper Minimum) on the asymmetry parameters. We compare our results with experimental data and with other calculations from the literature / Mestrado / Física Atômica e Molecular / Mestre em Física

Kenneth H. Cooper is considered to be a noted scholar in the field of wellness and fitness. This study explored his contributions to the preventive medicine and wellness movement in community college physical education programs in the United States. It examined Cooper's influence on the development of preventive medicine and wellness from its inception and growth to its impact on changes and factors affecting curriculum in community college programs. A random sample of436 physical education division directors from the nation's 1,400 community colleges yielded a 62% survey response. For purposes of comparison, the sample was stratified into two regions taken fromeast and west of the Mississippi River. Chi-square analysis at the .01 level of significance found no difference between variables due to geographic region. The findings of this study indicate that Kenneth Cooper's contributions to preventive medicine and wellness in community college physical education curriculum are overshadowed by state and local governing bodies that are the force behind curricular development in the nation's 2-year community colleges. However, as an individual contributor, Cooper ranks highly in influencing the wellness and physical education curriculum primarily in the areas of aerobic exercise, physical fitness, and cardiovascular disease. The extent of Cooper's impact on community college physical education programs is recognized by the wide utilization of the 1.5 mile run test and 12-minute run test developed by Cooper. Two areas of Cooper's research—antioxidants and spiritual fitness—are not priorities in physical education programming. Changes in physical education programs in the past 10 years show an increased emphasis and popularity in aerobic fitness courses. It was also found that 40% of the community colleges responding to the present study indicated no physical education programming and that credit hours for physical education are decreasing.

Background: The maximum rate of oxygen consumption (V̇O2max) can be measured through numerous tests, either directly or indirectly, where direct methods are considered more accurate, whereas indirect methods are more of an estimation with various degrees of reliability. Cooper's Test is one example of an indirect method considered reliable in estimating V̇O2max, with reliability coefficients ranging between 0.897-0.960. Cooper's Test is thus a test that is often used when estimating V̇O2max. However, there is a lack of test-retest research done utilising Cooper's Test on a younger population, which is the reasoning behind this study focusing on adolescents. Aim: The aim of the study was to study the test-retest reliability of Cooper's Test, in adolescents aged 16-19 years. Methods: Twelve healthy adolescents, aged 16-19 years, attending a sports high school participated in a test-retest study (test 1 and test 2) of Cooper's Test. The tests were performed on the short sides of a synthetic grass field, with 66 metres between the two sides, were the participants were instructed to cover as much distance as possible, with high motivation and intensity, for the whole 12 minutes of the Cooper's Test. Each individual participant's data was measured, recorded and later analysed. The total distance covered was then translated into miles and compared to Cooper's original estimated maximal oxygen consumption table for an estimation of each participant's V̇O2max value in ml*kg-1*min-1 from test 1 and test 2. The data from the test-retest and its variance was then analysed by a two-way mixed model of intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) with an absolute agreement type. Results: The analysed data from test 1 and test 2 of Cooper's Test showed the results of an ICC (95% CI) of 0.06 (-0.353 to 0.544), indicating a substantial error variance between the two separate Cooper's Tests. Conclusion: The data and analysis from this study implied that Cooper's Test was not reliable in the study population, consisting of adolescents. Possible factors influencing the result however were lack of participant motivation and the level of intensity variance during the test-retest of Cooper's Test. Further researchers and amateur and professional users should keep these factors in mind when utilising Cooper's Test to predict V̇O2max. More research is needed within this study's age population to draw any definite conclusions on the reliability of Cooper's test on adolescents.

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