Documentation of creation of studio based on hand-printing, letterpress and paper creation. From the initial vision to the current production.

Diploma thesis is focused on analysis of documentation method in business analysis team in chosen company. Based on this analysis it proposes elimination of identified weaknesses and risks by creating a tool for shared documentation in form of business architecture model and definitions of processes which will allow to build and maintain proposed method of documentation.

La thèse traite des rapports entre documentations individuelle et communautaire des enseignants de mathématiques. L'étude est conduite sur deux terrains contrastés. Le premier est constitué d'une communauté institutionnelle : des enseignants de mathématiques d'un lycée, dont les classes sont simultanément équipées d'une technologie complexe ; le deuxième est constitué d'une communauté associative : un groupe de travail de l'association Sésamath engagé dans la conception d'un manuel numérique pour la classe de seconde. Dans les deux cas, l'étude s'intéresse plus particulièrement à l'enseignement de l'analyse, du fait de l'importance et de la complexité de ce domaine au niveau du lycée. La thèse propose des concepts (visions, monde du professeur, monde de la communauté) et des développements méthodologiques pour saisir les documentations individuelle et communautaire dans leur structure, leur dynamique et leurs interactions. Elle met en évidence, sur les deux terrains d'étude, des moments critiques de ces processus, les incidents documentaires, qui apparaissent à la fois comme des révélateurs et des accélérateurs. Elle montre enfin le potentiel qu'ont ces incidents pour le développement des articulations, globales ou locales, des documentations individuelles et communautaires / The present thesis treats the relation between the individual and community documentation of mathematics teachers. The study was carried out in two contrasting fields. The first field consists of an institutional community: mathematics teachers of a high school, whose classrooms are simultaneously equipped with complex technology; the second field consists of an associative community: a working group of Sésamath association that designs a digital Textbook for the grade 10. In the two cases, we are interested in the teaching of calculus, because of the importance and complexity of this mathematical field in high school. The thesis proposes new theoretical concepts (visions, teacher's world, and community world) and methodological developments to capture individual and community documentations in their structure, their dynamics and their interactions. It highlights, in the two fields of study, critical moments of these processes, documentary incidents, which appear as both revealing and accelerators. It demonstrates the potential these incidents have to develop articulations, global or local, between individual and community documentations

In current forensic practice, there are few standards for outdoor crime scene documentation, despite the need for such documentation to be accurate and precise in order to preserve evidence. A potential solution to this is the implementation of image-based photogrammetry. Applied Structure from Motion (SfM) reconstructs models through image point comparisons. A 3D model is produced from a reference photoset that captures a 360-degree view of the subject and the software employs triangulation to match specific points, datums, across individual photos. The datums are arranged into a point-cloud that is then transformed into the final model. Modifying the point-cloud into a final product requires algorithms that adjust the points by building a textured mesh from them. One of the disadvantages of SfM is that the point-cloud can be “noisy,” meaning that the program is unable to distinguish the features of one datum from another due to similarities, creating coverage gaps within the meshed images. To compensate for this, the software can smooth portions of the model in a best-guess process during meshing. As commercial software does not disclose the adjustment algorithms, this documentation technique, while very useful in other disciplines that regularly apply SfM such as archaeology, would fail to meet the standards of the Daubert and Kumho criteria in a forensic setting. A potential solution to this problem is to use open-source software, which discloses the adjustment algorithms to the user. It was hypothesized that the output of open-sourced software solutions would as accurate as the models produced with commercial software and with total station mapping techniques. To evaluate this hypothesis, a series of mock outdoor crime scenes were documented using SfM and traditional mapping techniques. The scenes included larger surface scatter and small surface scatter scenes. The large surface scatter scenes contained a dispersed set of plastic human remains, and various objects that might reasonably be associated with a crime scene. Ten of these scenes were laid out in 10 x 10 m units in a New England forested environment, each grid with a slightly different composition, and then documented using an electronic total station, data logger and digital camera. The small surface scatter scenes consisted of a pig mandible placed in different environments across two days of data collection. The resulting models were built using PhotoScan by AgiSoft, the commercial software, and MicMac for Mac OSX as the open-source comparison software. Accuracy is only part of the concern however; the full utility of any one of the workflows is defined additionally by the overall cost-effectiveness (affordability and accessibility) and the visual quality of the final model. Accuracy was measured by the amount of variance in fixed-datum measurements that remained consistent across scenes, whereas visual quality of the photogrammetric models were determined by cloud comparison histograms, which allows for comparison of models between software types and across different days of data collection. Histograms were generated using CloudCompare. Not all models that were rendered were useable—90% of large surface scatter models and 87.5% of small surface scatter models were useable. While there was variance in the metric outputs between the total station and photogrammetric models, the average total variance in fixed-datum lengths for individual scenes was below 0.635 cm for six of the ten scenes. However, only one of the large surface scatter scenes produced measurement that were significantly different between the total station measurements and the software measurement. The maximum differences in measurement between the total station and software measurements were 0.0917 m (PhotoScan) and 0.178 m (MicMac). The minimum difference that was found for either software was 0.000 m, indicating exact measurement. The histograms for the large scatter scenes were comparable, with the commercial and open-source software-derived models having low standard deviations and mean distances between points. For the small surface scatter scenes, the histograms between software types varied depending on the environment and the lighting conditions on the day of data collection. Conditions such as light, ground foliage and topography affect model quality significantly, as well as the amount of available computing power. No such issues of losing objects or limitations of computing power were encountered when mapping by total station and processing the data in AutoCAD. This research shows that SfM has the potential to be a rapid, accurate and low-cost resource for forensic investigation. SfM methodology for outdoor crime scene documentation can be adapted to fit within evidentiary criteria through the use of open-source software and transparent processing, but there are limitations that must be taken into consideration.

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Traditional methods of evaluating quality in computer end user documentation have been subjective in nature, and have not been widely used in practice. Attempts to quantify quality and more narrowly define the essential features of quality have been limited -- leaving the issue of quality largely up to the writer of the user manual. Quantifiable measures from the literature, especially Velotta (1992) and Brockman (1990), have been assembled into a set of uniformly weighted metrics for the measurement of document quality. This measure has been applied to the end user documentation of eighty-two personal computer packages. End user documentation is defined in terms of paper documents only. The research examined only those manuals that were titled “user guide,” “training manual,” “tutorial,” or similar title. The research examined six categories of software: applications, graphics, utilities, spreadsheets, databases, and word processing. Following the recommendation of Duffy (1985), a panel of experts was assembled and asked to evaluate several of the 82 end user manuals in order to determine what correlation exists between the set of metrics and the subjective opinion of experts. The eighty-two documents in the sample were scored by the metrics using a convenient random sampling technique. This technique was selected based the consistency of the material in commercial software manuals and the methods of Velotta (1992). Data from the metrics suggest that there is little correlation between quality, category, price, page length, version number, and experience. On a scale of 0.0 to 1.0, the minimum total score from the metrics was .2; the maximum score .83; the mean total score was. 70; the median .697 with a standard deviation of .093. The distribution is slightly skewed and leptokurtic (steeper than a normal curve). The metrics further suggest a declining score as the integration of sentences into chapters and chapters into the document progresses. Of the metrics two consistently had lower scores: those relating to the transition between sections of the document; and the reference tools provided. Though not conclusive, the analysis of data from the panel of experts compared with the model results suggests only a moderate correlation. However, by varying the weighting scheme, it is possible to improve model performance - essentially by "tuning" the model to match the sample data from the panelists. Further research would be required to verify if these weights have more global application.

This diploma work is dealing with the design of a multifunctional complex. These are two buildings on plot number 8618 on cat. the territory of the city of Trnava. The technical background of the buildings and hygiene background for employees are designed in the buildings. Vertical support structures are from ceramic blocks. Horizontal support structures are designed as reinforced concrete monolithic. The construction is based on the foundation strips. The roofing of the buildings is performed by a single-coated area non-permitable roof

Software documentation is one of the most important aspects of the software development process, as it allows the transfer of knowledge between individuals, regardless of their background and their technical knowledge. In particular, Application Programming Interfaces provide the basic structure for the communication and integration between different software systems. Therefore, providing solid API documentation is fundamental for the software development process as it represents one of the main learning tools for developers trying to learn new technologies. While researchers have studied the fundamentals of good API documentation design for over twenty years, most studies only focused on the point of view of developers. However, with the rising amount of companies offering Software-as-a-Service products, it has also become important to produce documentation that is accessible to people with limited technical knowledge, i.e. customer representatives.  In order to fill this research gap, a case study was conducted in collaboration with a software company. By using a design science approach, this project focused on creating an API playground environment where users could interact with various APIs offered by the company. The results were evaluated through a questionnaire for user feedback and with an interview conducted with developers from the company. While the outcome of the evaluation was positive, the limited scope of the project prevented some important aspects of API documentation such as navigation from being thoroughly examined, therefore more extensive research is needed in the future.

Syftet med denna empiriska studie var att granska hur sjuksköterskan dokumente-rar smärta på en postoperativ avdelning och hur åtgärder i samband med smärt-lindring följs upp. Studien genomfördes på Universitetssjukhuset i Malmö genom granskning av journaler för 14 patienter som givit sitt samtycke att delta i studien. Analysen resulterade i tre kategorier: god/tillfredsställande, delvis tillfredsställan-de och bristfällig/obefintlig dokumentation. Resultatet av studien visade brister gällande dokumentation av smärta. Avsaknad av användning av visuell analog skala, smärtans karaktär och uppföljning av smärtlindring kunde noteras i ett fler-tal journaler. Bristerna var särskilt uttalade i fråga om dokumentation av uppföljning. Vidare forskning på området är angelägen för att kunna ta itu med problemet och i framtiden bör sjuksköterskan få fördjupa sina kunskaper i utbildningen eller på sin arbetsplats. / The aim of this empirical study was to examine how nurses document pain in a postoperative unit and the follow up of the alleviation of pain. The study was car-ried out in Malmö University Hospital, Sweden, through examining journals from 14 patients whom agreed to participate. The analyse identified three categories: good/satisfying, partly satisfying and deficient/non-existing documentation. Fur-thermore the study showed qualitative shortages concerning documentation of pain e.g. Lack of using a pain scale, pain character and follow up of alleviation of pain could be seen in many journals. Further research in this area is needed to be able to handle the problem and in service training as well as increased focus on the documentation problems in basic nurse training is recommended.

In an effort to process my grief associated with the death of my grandmother, I created a series of drawings, documenting my daily life in Massachusetts. This body of work constitutes my thesis. In total, I made one thousand and sixty one drawings, each undergoing a series of identical, repeated processes, which represent the number of days lived there. The simplicity, detail and sheer volume of drawings in the installation chronicles a relatable story through complex means. Creating the drawings was a methodical act of remembrance, the practice allowing quiet reflection on each day and its respective history. This body of work inhabits and portrays a space between experience and memory. It was a cathartic, private practice, which permits viewers only to witness the outcome, the installation; the legacy of time spent. Creating the work was a meditative, tactile way of both marking and processing time; time spent mourning the loss of my grandmother, accessing memories, and healing.