O trabalho que se segue pretende debater uma área determinada da cidade, a região norte do município de São Paulo, a partir de dois arcabouços conceituais diversos e complementares: da forma ou morfologia urbana, e o sistema de espaços livres. Dando ênfase à compreensão de uma realidade material, a cidade, a partir de sua observação, montou-se um percurso que partiu dos conceitos básicos desses dois campos disciplinares. Em seguida, fez-se uma aproximação à cidade contemporânea, focando as últimas duas décadas no Brasil e no mundo, de forma a permitir a apreensão dos fenômenos que constituem a área de estudo. Após essa preparação, desenvolve-se um estudo de caso, dividido em três partes: o Casario, compreendendo os tecidos urbanos que configuram a região; os tipos edificados, olhando para as formas mais comuns de edificação; e o sistema de espaços livres, mostrando as características dos espaços livres. Finalmente, são lançados algumas hipóteses interpretativas sobre os fenômenos que permitem a constituição das periferias urbanos, sobretudo em seus aspectos morfológicos. / This work intends to debate São Paulo\'s northern area, from two diverse and complementary conceptual frames: the urban form, and the open spaces system. Initially, we summarize the basic concepts of these two disciplinary fields, and after that, we make an approach to the contemporary city, focusing the last two decades in Brazil and the world, in a way to allow the apprehension of the phenomena that constitute the area. After that, we develop the case study, divided in three parts: the Urban Form, understanding the urban fabrics that configure the region; the built typology, looking at the most usual construction forms; and the open spaces system, showing the characteristics of the open spaces. Finally, some hypotheses are thrown, trying to explain the phenomena that allow the constitution of the urban peripheries, over all in its morphological aspects.

Arbetet innefattar en studie baserad på det grafiska verk som slutfördes på Colossai Studios 2007 som var ett förstadie till en kommande filmsekvens som skulle användas inför marknadsföringen av spelet Frontline Nation. Genom den expandering i detaljnivå som genomfördes mot spelets fotorealistiska stil studeras grafikens relation till spelupplevelsen utifrån begreppet the suspension of disbelief. Inom ett teoretiskt ramverk av spel- , design- och mediestudier analyseras verket och dess skapandeprocess för att slutligen mynna ut i en diskussion om hur expanderingen kan utföras med hänsyn tagen till en potentiell betraktares suspension of disbelief. Analysen leder slutligen fram till ett antal angreppssätt där kontentan är att vi kan underlätta betraktarens suspension of disbelief genom medvetna val att hålla grafiken trogen till verkligheten, fotografiska konventioner, förstärkande referenspunkter samt en sanningspräglad helhet. Angreppssätten kan med fördel användas inför framtida grafiska expanderingar mot en fotorealistisk stil där spelupplevelsen beaktas eller som språngbräde till framtida forskning.

Orientador: Omar Khouri / Resumo: A proposta desta dissertação foi estudar as bases teóricas e os princípios formais apresentados no "Plano-piloto para a Poesia Concreta", 1958, que foi publicado em Noigandres 4 pelos poetas Augusto de Campos, Haroldo de Campos e Décio Pignatari, os quais conceberam a poesia como "uma arte geral da palavra" e "o espaço gráfico como elemento constitutivo estrutural do poema". A partir dos conceitos da semiótica desenvolvida por Charles Sanders Peirce, pretendeu-se compreender a forma como uma estrutura em movimento ou isomorfismo estrutural, que foi desenvolvido pelo grupo Noigandres na sua fase ortodoxa, entre 1955 a 1959, quando predominaram a forma geométrica e a matemática da composição. Finalmente, foram analisados cinco poemas representativos da Poesia Concreta Paulista elaborados entre 1955 a 1959. / Abstract: The proposal of this dissertation was to study the theoretical basis and formal principles set forth in the "Pilot-Plan for Concrete Poetry", 1958, published in Noigandres 4 by the concrete poets Augusto de Campos, Haroldo de Campos e Décio Pignatari, who used to conceptualize poetry as the "general art of the word" within which "the graphic space acts as structural agent of poem". On the basis of Charles Sanders Peirce's semiotics, we have hereby undertook to understand the concept of form as structural movement or structural isomorphism that has been worked out by the group Noigandres in their orthodox phase, between 1955 and 1959, when the geometric form and the mathematics of composition used to prevail in their poetry. Accordingly we have analyzed five representative poems by Concrete Poets from São Paulo, that were written by then. / Mestre

Sejam X um espaço topológico não necessariamente compacto e T:X->X uma aplicação contínua. Se f:X->R é contínua, daremos condições sobre f que garantam a existência de medidas maximizantes caracterizadas em termos de seu suporte. / Let X be a topological space not necessarily compact, and T:X->X a continuous map. If f:X->R is a continuous function, we seek conditions on f in order to guarantee existence of maximizing measures that are characterized in terms of its support.

The central importance of vision to an organism is evident in the anatomical and physiological adaptations within the eye that can be correlated to the organism's behavior and ecology. The goal of this study was to perform a functional analysis of adaptations within the elasmobranch visual system. An integrative approach was used to examine morphological and physiological adaptations in several species and link these adaptations to phylogeny, locomotion, habitat, behavior and ecology. Functional aspects investigated were eye position, pupil shape, spectral sensitivity, temporal resolution, the extent of the visual field and ultimately the integration of the visual and electrosensory systems. The elasmobranch eye adapts to the light environment of its habitat. Sharks from similar habitats had similar spectral sensitivities such as the bonnethead and blacknose sharks, both maximally sensitive to blue light of 480 nm. The spectral sensitivity of the scalloped hammerhead, which lives in a different environment, was maximally sensitive to green light (530 nm). The temporal characteristics of the eye also matched habitat and lifestyle. Species experiencing variable light conditions exhibited increased critical flicker-fusion frequencies, such as the bonnethead (31 Hz) and scalloped hammerhead (27 Hz), in contrast to deeper or more nocturnal species such as the blacknose shark (18 Hz). Elasmobranch visual fields correlated to each species' lifestyle, habitat and foraging strategy. Expansive monocular views, including a 360° panoramic view in the yellow stingray, were measured in species that rely on vision for vigilance against predators. / The Atlantic stingray possessed large binocular overlaps (72°), which provided depth perception useful for tracking prey. By comparison, the frontal binocular overlaps of hammerhead species were larger than sharks with a more conventional head shape.This study quantified the range of the electrosensory system and the exte the visual field of several shark species, confirming both systems overlap around the head facilitating near seamless visual and electrosensory sensory function relevant to prey detection. The findings of this study indicate that ambient environmental light strongly influenced the function of the elasmobranch eye and that the extent of species' visual fields correlated with aspects of their morphology, locomotion and ecology. / by Dawn Michelle McComb. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2009. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

My exhibition consists of monstrous cyborg forms comprised of a variety of imagery of both biological and machine elements. The smaller works are constructed through the means of paper collage. The larger painting is built from discrete cut out shapes of plywood and canvas. I had the unique experience of growing up around both water treatment operations and the flora and fauna of South Florida. Those experiences were filtered through a fascination for the science fiction genre, and imparted with a dose of fearful imagination. This has resulted in personal anxieties concerning the future of the human experience. My work explores and utilizes expressive properties of paint. I utilize applications that range from the attractive and sensuous to the messy and grotesque. All of this adds up to a visual expression of the potential nightmarish outcomes created as a result of our manipulation of the environment. / by Joshua Hunter Davis. / Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2011. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

When interpreting how an animal "learns" discrimination tasks, strain capabilities must be considered, and it should be shown that they comprehend the task in a manner consistent with the given interpretation. A novel visual-discrimination (VD) task for relative-size-relations was used to examine visual cue use in C57BL/6J mice, which are shown to have biologically good vision and neurologically intact memory for VD tasks. Results suggest C57BL/6J strain may not be fully capable of relative cue-size associations or even object recognition-based on a water maze VD task. This is in contrast to previous studies suggesting this mice strain is quite strong in visual skills and on VD tasks. Additionally, cue size and/or cue-pairings do appear to influence specific directional preferences or stereotyped behaviors as trainings continued, and these strategies shifted during novel probes. Future studies should assess how mice discriminate between objects and test rat's capabilities on this task. / by Eric D. Buerger. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2008. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2008. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Esta pesquisa tem o propósito de verificar na prática o modo como os conceitos de Fayga Ostrower relativos ao processo de criação podem contribuir para a construção da obra cênica. Para essa finalidade é feito, nas páginas que se seguem o relato da elaboração de uma cena ao longo do ano de 2007 dentro da Universidade de São Paulo no Centro de Pesquisa em Experimentação Cênica do Ator, coordenado pelo professor livre docente Armando Sérgio da Silva. No primeiro capítulo é feita a apresentação do conceito de forma como é entendido por Fayga, bem como as bases do pensamento criativo por ela propostas. Na segunda parte estão expostos os princípios norteadores do caminho percorrido e a abordagem feita dos estímulos selecionados. O último capítulo traz uma descrição detalhada dos resultados alcançados e as seguidas transformações que a cena foi sofrendo até chegar na sua versão final. / The present research intends to verify in practice how the concepts of Fayga Ostrower relating to creating process can contribute to the construction of the scenic work. For this purpose is done, in the following pages, our story about the development of a scene during 2007 at University of São Paulo in the Research Center in Actors Scenic Trial, coordinated by Professor Armando Sergio da Silva. In the first chapter we have the form concept, as it is understood by Fayga, and the foundations of creative thinking are proposed. In the second part are exposed the guiding principles of the path and our approach made on selected stimuli. The last chapter provides a detailed description on achieved results and changes suffered by the scene until its final version.

O objetivo principal deste trabalho é apresentar uma exposição detalhada do Teorema de Poincaré-Andronov-Hopf para uma família de transformações do plano. Apresentaremos também uma aplicação a um sistema dinâmico que modela a evolução do preço e excesso de demanda em um mercado constituído por uma única mercadoria. / The main purpose of this work is to present a detailed exposition of the Poincaré-Andronov-Hopf Theorem for a family of transformations in the plane. We also present an application to a dynamical system modelling the evolution of the price and the excess demand in a single asset market.

Sejam X um espaço topológico não necessariamente compacto e T:X->X uma aplicação contínua. Se f:X->R é contínua, daremos condições sobre f que garantam a existência de medidas maximizantes caracterizadas em termos de seu suporte. / Let X be a topological space not necessarily compact, and T:X->X a continuous map. If f:X->R is a continuous function, we seek conditions on f in order to guarantee existence of maximizing measures that are characterized in terms of its support.