The goal of my master‘s thesis is to project a municipality with an attached library in the town Leopoldov. The municipality building has two aboveground floors and the library is designed as a single-floor structure. Both are designed to be barrier-free. The construction system is made out of limestone-sand blocks. The ceilings are mostly made out of prestressed ceiling panels, except for the first floor of the municipality, where the prestressed panel ceiling is combined with monolithic ceiling plates made out of reinforced concrete. The roof of the library is projected as a green roof with a terrace and the municipality has a flat deck roof with river gravel.

Free-access acidified milk feeding is increasingly being adopted to feed dairy and veal calves. Acidification is used to preserve milk and facilitate free-access feeding. There is, however, little controlled research to support the adoption of free-access acidified milk feeding over traditional feeding programs. The objectives of this thesis were to describe the preweaned calf management and feeding practices used on dairy farms in Ontario, Canada, and to investigate the effects of milk replacer acidification and free-access feeding on the productivity and welfare of calves. A total of 140 Ontario dairy producers participated in a cross-sectional study and were surveyed about on-farm calf management and feeding practices. Results from this study documented that there are currently a range of management practices and several different feeding programs being used on farms. Colostrum and milk feeding management are the areas where the most progress has been made in recent years; however, several other aspects of calf management and feeding still warrant improvement. A pilot study was conducted to examine the effects of milk replacer acidification and free-access feeding on the nutrient intake, growth, rumen papillary development and behaviour of calves. A field study was designed to evaluate the effects of a free-access acidified milk replacer feeding program on the pre and postweaning health and growth of dairy and veal calves. A randomized controlled study was completed to investigate how milk replacer acidification, under free-access feeding conditions, affects the pre and postweaning performance and health of veal calves. Results from these studies demonstrated that milk replacer acidification limited calves’ intake of milk replacer by approximately 1 L/d, resulted in more fragmented feeding behaviour, promoted earlier solid feed intake and tended to support improved respiratory health, but had little impact on rumen development or long-term calf performance. Moreover, free-access feeding facilitated larger intakes of milk, resulted in fewer signs of hunger or frustration, and supported greater preweaning growth, but delayed the onset of solid feed consumption and appeared to negatively affect rumen development, compared to restricted feeding. Collectively, these results demonstrate that free-access acidified milk feeding promotes greater early life productivity and enhances calf welfare. / Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Dairy Farmers of Ontario, Ontario Veal Association, National Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Grober Nutrition and 3M Canada

The diploma thesis processes the documentation of project which displays a building of school facility with an area for kindergarten and center of leisure time. Construction is situated in village Jesenice, part of Zdimerice, in district Prague – west. Resolving land is located within growing residential region. The new building is designed as a standalone with two aboveground floors, covered with flat vegetative rooftop with extensive greenery. The entrance into the object is mutual for both organizations. At the first aboveground floor is positioned the kindergarten with two sections each for twelve children. The second aboveground floor is designed with the purpose for center of leisure time activities for children and young adults. It includes art studio, ceramic workshop, ballet hall, musical or computer classrooms with the overall capacity of forty-three children. The space is lay out in accordance with conditions of barrier-free use.

Submitted by Valdinei Souza (neisouza@hotmail.com) on 2015-10-07T20:09:00Z No. of bitstreams: 1 SILVA-RCM-2013.pdf: 2991638 bytes, checksum: 84e0555fc87c195f89037b6d771be87a (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Urania Araujo (urania@ufba.br) on 2015-10-29T18:38:42Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 SILVA-RCM-2013.pdf: 2991638 bytes, checksum: 84e0555fc87c195f89037b6d771be87a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-10-29T18:38:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SILVA-RCM-2013.pdf: 2991638 bytes, checksum: 84e0555fc87c195f89037b6d771be87a (MD5) / Trata-se de um estudo que tem como finalidade identificar a adequação do repositório híbrido na gestão da informação científica e artística produzida na IES do SENAI Bahia. Para atingir o objetivo, buscar-se-á pesquisar o nível de conhecimento dos profissionais do Sistema FIEB sobre o movimento de acesso aberto e o uso de repositórios no processo de comunicação e uso da informação. Dessa forma, será possível identificar as práticas de tratamento da informação disponível no meio digital, realizadas pela instituição. A população utilizada foi o corpo de funcionários que atuam como coordenadores de cursos superiores e de pós-graduação, assim como os que trabalham nos seguintes setores: o Núcleo de Pesquisa Aplicada (NPA), que oferece suporte à gestão técnica e financeira de projetos de pesquisa; o Núcleo de Propriedade Intelectual (NPI), que gerencia tanto os procedimentos protetivos da propriedade intelectual dos produtos e/ou processos quanto resultados de projetos de Pesquisa, Desenvolvimento e Inovação (P&D&I) – seja os dos serviços técnicos e tecnológicos ou os de educação profissional das unidades operacionais do SENAI-BA; o Núcleo de Educação a Distância (NEAD), que desenvolve objetos de aprendizagem; e a Biblioteca que gerencia a produção intelectual e documental da Instituição, salvaguardando a memória institucional. Trata-se de um estudo de caso, com abordagens qualitativas e quantitativas, cujos métodos, para o alcance dos objetivos estabelecidos, são o descritivo e o exploratório. O instrumento utilizado para coleta de dados foi o questionário semiestruturado aplicado por meio do sistema Survey Monkey. O repositório híbrido é considerado uma ferramenta que reúne várias obras (livros, artigos, vídeos, imagens, entre outros) disponibilizando-as em diferentes formatos (pdf, jpg, txt, avi, doc, e-pub, entre outros), propondo promover a partilha, a (re) utilização de recursos e objetos de aprendizagem. Ao refletir sobre seu uso, neste estudo, observa-se que as comunidades de prática (bibliotecas, aprendizagem a distância, sistemas de informação, publicações e gestão de registros) têm um importante papel em seu desenvolvimento e manutenção. Nessa perspectiva, verifica-se que a falta de uma gestão eficaz da informação científica, técnica e artística, disponíveis no ambiente digital, além de ocasionar dificuldades na acessibilidade e intercâmbio da informação, pode inviabilizar sua preservação, difusão e também dificultar a expansão da visibilidade da instituição. / ABSTRACT This is a study that aims to identify the suitability of the hybrid repository in the management of scientific and artistic information produced in IES - Senai, Bahia. To achieve the goal, seeking will study the level of knowledge of the professionals at FIEB system about the open access movement and use of repositories in the process of communication and information use. Thus, it was possible to identify the treatment practices of information available in digital media, performed by the institution. The population used was the body of employees who act as coordinators of undergraduate courses and postgraduate, as well as those working in the following sectors: the Center for Applied Research (NPA), which supports the technical and financial management of projects Research, the Center for Intellectual Property (NPI), which manages both the protective procedures of intellectual property products and / or the processes as outcomes of Research projects, Development and Innovation (R & D & I) - as is the technical and technology services or of professional education units operating at Senai-BA, the Center for Distance Education (NEAD), which develops learning objects, and the library that manages the intellectual and documentary output of the institution, safeguarding the institutional memory. This is a case study with qualitative and quantitative approaches, whose methods to achieve the established objectives, are descriptive and exploratory. The instrument used for data collection was a semi-structured questionnaire administered using the Survey Monkey system. The hybrid repository is considered a tool that combines several works (books, articles, videos, images, etc.) making them available in different formats (pdf, jpg, txt, avi, doc, e-pub, among others), proposing to promote sharing, the (re) use of resources and learning objects. Reflecting on their use, in this study, it is observed that communities of practice (libraries, distance learning, information systems, publications and records management) have an important role in its development and maintenance. In this perspective, it appears that the lack of an effective management of scientific information, technical and artistic, available in the digital environment, in addition to causing difficulties in the accessibility and exchange of information, can derail their preservation, dissemination and also hinder the expansion of the institution visibility.

The IEEE 802.15.4 standard is a low-power, low-rate MAC/PHY standard that meets most of the stringent requirements of single-hop wireless sensor networks. Sensor networks with nodal populations comprised of thousands of devices have been envisioned in conjunction with environmental, vehicular, and military applications, to mention a few. However, such large sensor network deployments necessitate multi-hop support as well as low power consumption. In light of the standard's extremely limited joint support of the two aforementioned attributes, this thesis presents two essential contributions. First, a framework is proposed to implement a new IEEE 802.15.4 operating mode, namely the synchronized peer-to-peer mode. This mode is designed to enable the standard's low-power features in peer-to-peer multi-hop-ready topologies. The second contribution is a distributed Guaranteed Time Slot (dGTS ) management scheme designed to function in the newly devised network mode. This protocol provides reliable contention-free access in peer-to-peer topologies in a completely distributed manner. Assuming optimal routing, our simulation experiments reveal perfect delivery ratios as long as the traffic load does not reach or surpass its saturation threshold. dGTS sustains at least twice the delivery ratio of contention access under sub-optimal dynamic routing. Moreover, the dGTS scheme exhibits minimum power consumption by eliminating the retransmissions attributed to contention, which in turn reduces the number of transmissions to a minimum. / Thesis (Master, Electrical & Computer Engineering) -- Queen's University, 2007-10-25 14:55:36.811

Com a evolução da Web e seu consequente aumento de fluxo de informações, produtos e serviços passam a ter maior demanda por meio de seu ambiente. Observa-se esse panorama nas diversas áreas da sociedade e mais a rigor nas entidades que têm a informação e o conhecimento como instrumentos de trabalho. Com este argumento, o presente trabalho científico teve como objetivos, investigar os produtos e serviços com acesso on-line oferecidos pelas bibliotecas universitárias para examinar o uso das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação e explorar em bibliotecas e instituições similares para verificar as tendências de acesso, compartilhamento e colaboração da informação. Para atingir os objetivos propostos, utilizou-se a Pesquisa Descritiva, tendo o questionário como suporte de coleta de dados, possibilitando interação com bibliotecários responsáveis pelas bibliotecas universitárias, sujeitos dessa pesquisa. E para enriquecer os dados deste trabalho também se fez uso da Pesquisa Documental, na qual teve como método, a análise de um corpus de sites de bibliotecas e organizações similares, visando ilustrar como produtos e serviços são e podem ser oferecidos pelas bibliotecas universitárias, de acordo com as tendências acima relatadas. De posse das informações coletadas, pode-se averiguar em relação aos produtos e serviços: quais são mais oferecidos pelas bibliotecas, se possuem as características das tendências atuais, os motivos para a não oferta desses produtos e serviços pelos bibliotecários, bem como a visualização de produtos e serviços da Web que contém características de acesso, compartilhamento e colaboração da informação e conhecimento em bibliotecas e entidades semelhantes. / With the evolution of the Web and its consequent increase of flow of information, products and services start to have a greater demand by means of its environment. This panorama is observed in the diverse areas of society and more particularly in those entities that have the information and the knowledge as their work instruments. With this argument, the present scientific work had as its objectives, to investigate the products and services with on-line access offered by the university libraries in order to examine the use of the Information and Communication Technologies of and to explore in libraries and similar institutions in order to verify the trends of information access, sharing and contribution. To reach the proposed objectives, we used the Descriptive Research, having the questionnaire as a support for data collection, allowing the interaction with the subjects of this research, the librarians responsible for the university libraries. And to enrich the data of this work we have also used the Documentary Research, which had as method, the analysis of corpus from sites of libraries and from similar organizations, aiming at illustrating how products and services are offered and may be offered by university libraries, in accordance with the trends mentioned above. With the collected information, it is possible to inquire concerning the products and services: which are the most offered by the libraries, if these products and services possess the characteristics of the current trends, the reasons for absence of offering of these products and services by the librarians, as well as the visualization of Web products and services that contain characteristics of access, information and knowledge sharing and contribution in libraries and in similar entities.

Com a evolução da Web e seu consequente aumento de fluxo de informações, produtos e serviços passam a ter maior demanda por meio de seu ambiente. Observa-se esse panorama nas diversas áreas da sociedade e mais a rigor nas entidades que têm a informação e o conhecimento como instrumentos de trabalho. Com este argumento, o presente trabalho científico teve como objetivos, investigar os produtos e serviços com acesso on-line oferecidos pelas bibliotecas universitárias para examinar o uso das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação e explorar em bibliotecas e instituições similares para verificar as tendências de acesso, compartilhamento e colaboração da informação. Para atingir os objetivos propostos, utilizou-se a Pesquisa Descritiva, tendo o questionário como suporte de coleta de dados, possibilitando interação com bibliotecários responsáveis pelas bibliotecas universitárias, sujeitos dessa pesquisa. E para enriquecer os dados deste trabalho também se fez uso da Pesquisa Documental, na qual teve como método, a análise de um corpus de sites de bibliotecas e organizações similares, visando ilustrar como produtos e serviços são e podem ser oferecidos pelas bibliotecas universitárias, de acordo com as tendências acima relatadas. De posse das informações coletadas, pode-se averiguar em relação aos produtos e serviços: quais são mais oferecidos pelas bibliotecas, se possuem as características das tendências atuais, os motivos para a não oferta desses produtos e serviços pelos bibliotecários, bem como a visualização de produtos e serviços da Web que contém características de acesso, compartilhamento e colaboração da informação e conhecimento em bibliotecas e entidades semelhantes. / With the evolution of the Web and its consequent increase of flow of information, products and services start to have a greater demand by means of its environment. This panorama is observed in the diverse areas of society and more particularly in those entities that have the information and the knowledge as their work instruments. With this argument, the present scientific work had as its objectives, to investigate the products and services with on-line access offered by the university libraries in order to examine the use of the Information and Communication Technologies of and to explore in libraries and similar institutions in order to verify the trends of information access, sharing and contribution. To reach the proposed objectives, we used the Descriptive Research, having the questionnaire as a support for data collection, allowing the interaction with the subjects of this research, the librarians responsible for the university libraries. And to enrich the data of this work we have also used the Documentary Research, which had as method, the analysis of corpus from sites of libraries and from similar organizations, aiming at illustrating how products and services are offered and may be offered by university libraries, in accordance with the trends mentioned above. With the collected information, it is possible to inquire concerning the products and services: which are the most offered by the libraries, if these products and services possess the characteristics of the current trends, the reasons for absence of offering of these products and services by the librarians, as well as the visualization of Web products and services that contain characteristics of access, information and knowledge sharing and contribution in libraries and in similar entities.

Submitted by Priscilla Araujo (priscilla@ibict.br) on 2016-07-25T16:39:54Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) MariaIrenedaFonsecaeSß_TeseDoutorado_07_03_2013.pdf: 1172239 bytes, checksum: c299afa670ba9fffb989b847e2b8ab3e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-25T16:39:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) MariaIrenedaFonsecaeSß_TeseDoutorado_07_03_2013.pdf: 1172239 bytes, checksum: c299afa670ba9fffb989b847e2b8ab3e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-03-07 / O acelerado avanço das TICs vem se somar à avalanche de conhecimento, fornecendo meios adequados para tornar mais efetiva a comunicação do conhecimento registrado entre os homens. O princípio de bibliotecas digitais tem como foco a concepção de um sistema de informação capaz de identificar, localizar, buscar e colocar à disposição de seus usuários a informação que eles necessitam. O objetivo do trabalho foi investigar o desenvolvimento de bibliotecas digitais quanto à sistematização da atividade de disponibilização do conhecimento gerado e/ou mantido por instituições de pesquisa e/ou governamentais, assim como a aderência a padrões internacionais, de forma a identificar características e tendências em seus projetos para propiciar o atendimento à diversidade de necessidades dos usuários. Para tal, se valeu da análise de práticas, políticas e padrões, como: tecnologias de software, padrões de metadados, fontes de financiamento e propósitos de criação, nas seguintes bibliotecas digitais: Europeana, DART, NDLDT, CDL, BDAV, BIBLIODAR, BDCOL e BDTD e do estudo das características inerentes a bibliotecas digitais, visando à identificação de recursos necessários ao seu desenvolvimento. Os primeiros projetos de bibliotecas digitais consideravam os usuários como simples consumidores de recursos digitais. O projeto era centrado no objeto digital. Atualmente, a biblioteca digital deve colocar o usuário no centro de seu desenvolvimento. Questões que envolvem a diversidade das necessidades dos usuários aliadas a questões de qualidade e continuidade dos serviços prestados estão em voga e podem ser observadas no uso de catálogos centralizados, uso de índice único, nos artefatos tecnológicos disponíveis e nos desenvolvimentos de projetos de pesquisa em algumas das bibliotecas analisadas. / The rapid advancement of ICTs has been adding to the avalanche of knowledge, by providing means to make more effective communication of recorded knowledge among men. The principle of digital libraries focuses on the design of an information system able to identify, locate, seek and make available to its users the information they need. The objective of this study was to investigate the development of digital libraries as the systematization of activity providing the knowledge generated and / or maintained by research institutions and / or government, as well as adherence to international standards in order to identify characteristics and trends in their projects to provide care to the diverse needs of users. To this end, availed himself of the analysis of practices, policies and standards, such as: software technologies, metadata standards, funding sources and purposes of creation, in the following digital libraries: Europeana, DART, NDLDT, CDL, BDAV, BIBLIODAR, BDCOL and BDTD and the study of the characteristics inherent in digital libraries, aiming at identifying the resources required for its development. The first projects of digital libraries users considered as mere consumers of digital resources. The project was focused on the digital object. Currently, the digital library should put the user at the center of its development. Issues involving the diversity of user needs coupled with issues of quality and continuity of services are in vogue and can be observed in the use of centralized catalogs, use of a single index, in artifacts available technological developments and research projects in some of libraries analyzed.

The subject of my diploma thesis is the design of a new home for the elderly and the elaboration of the implementation project documentation. The intention is to build a house for the permanent housing of older persons, with the possibility of using care services. The building consists of 16 residential dwellings and 6 housing units with nursing services. Maximum occupancy is 32 guests. The home for the elderly also offers facilities for boarding, medical service, hairdressing and rehabilitation. The object is designed for barrier-free use. The object is set in a flat terrain on the selected land. The building has 4 above-ground floors and one underground. The building is designed as a brick made of lime sand blocks. The vertical perimeter structures are provided with a contact insulation system. The horizontal bearing structures are designed as monolithic reinforced concrete slabs. The roof structure of the building consists of a mansard roof structure. The drawing documentation was processed in a computer program AutoCAD.

This paper investigates whether free access to scientific literature increases the participation of under-represented groups in scientific discourse. To this end, we aggregate and match data tracing access to Sci-Hub, a widely used black open access (OA) repository or shadow library, and publication data from the Web of Science (WoS). We treat the emergence of Sci-Hub as an exogenous event granting relatively unrestricted access to publications, which are otherwise hidden behind a paywall. We analyze changes in the publication count of researchers from developing countries in a given journal as a proxy for general participation in scientific discourse. Our results indicate that in the exemplary field of mathematics, free access to academic knowledge is likely to improve the representation of authors from developing countries in international journals. Assuming the desirability of greater international diversity in science (e.g., to generate more original work, reproduce empirical findings in different settings, or shift the research focus toward topics that are overlooked by researchers from more developed countries), our findings lend evidence to the claim of the OA movement that scientific knowledge should be free and widely distributed.