<p>Device Management Applications are applications which are used to manage software on devices such as mobile phones. OMSI Forum provides such an application which is used to update the software on a phone. Software updates can be done at device management stations placed in stores or other service locations. Whenever a phone's software is updated, information about the update process is stored in a log. These logs can then be analyzed to generate statistics about updates such as the number of successful or failed updates or which faults that are common.</p><p>This master thesis project solves the problem of manually collecting and compiling logs from several stores by making this process automatic. Rather than collecting logs manually, each device management station sends its logs to a centralized server which stores all collected logs in a database. This makes it possible to generate charts and statistics in a simple manner from a web application. This solution makes the analysis more e ective, allowing users to concentrate on analyzing data by removing the work task of collecting logs.</p>

The purpose of this essay is to provide performance and interpretive background and suggestions for David Maslanka's Give Us This Day. This essay serves as the first significant research document on the work and is intended as a source for musicians seeking information about the work. The essay includes a biography of David Maslanka, as well as descriptions of the history and commissioning of Give Us This Day, its compositional process, and its performance and interpretive issues. Information was accumulated through interviews with David Maslanka, Gary D. Green, director of bands at the University of Miami, and the consortium head, Eric Weirather.

Dans cette thèse, nous présentons nos travaux dans le domaine des algorithmes de décodage des codes LDPC non-binaires généralisés. Les codes LDPC binaires ont été initialement proposés par Gallager en 1963, et après quelques avancées théoriques fondamentales, ils ont été proposés dans des standards tels que DVB-S2, WI-MAX, DSL, W-LAN etc. Plus tard, les codes LDPC non-binaires (NB-LDPC) ont été pro- posés dans la littérature, et ont montré une meilleure performance pour de petites tailles de code ou lorsqu'ils sont utilisés sur des canaux non-binaires. Cependant, les avan- tages de l'utilisation de codes NB-LDPC impliquent une augmentation importante de la complexité de décodage. Pour un code défini dans un corps de Galois GF (q), la complexité est d'ordre O (q2). De même, la mémoire requise pour le stockage des messages est d'ordre O (q). Ainsi, l'implémentation d'un décodeur LDPC défini sur un corps de Galois pour q > 64 devient impossible dans la pratique. L'objectif prin- cipal de cette thèse est de développer des algorithmes avec une bonne performance et complexité réduite de sorte qu'ils deviennent implémentables. Pour une performance de décodage optimisée, non seulement l'algorithme est important, mais également la structure du code joue un rôle clé. Avec cet objectif à l'esprit, une nouvelle famille de codes appelés " cluster-NB-LDPC codes " a été élaborée ainsi que des améliorations spécifiques du décodeur non-binaire pour ces codes. Le résultat principal est que nous avons pu proposer des décodeurs pour les codes cluster-NB-LDPC avec une complex- ité réduite par rapport aux décodeurs classiques pour les codes NB-LDPC définis sur les corps de Galois, sans aucune perte de performance dans la capacité de correction vi Résumé d'erreur. Dans la première partie de la thèse, nous avons modifié l'algorithme EMS pour les cluster-codes. La généralisation directe de l'algorithme EMS aux codes cluster-NB- LDPC n'est pas réaliste . Il y a une perte de performance et une augmentation de la complexité. Par conséquent, nous proposons quelques modifications dans la procé- dure, qui non seulement améliore considérablement les performances de décodage, mais diminue également la complexité. Au niveau des noeuds de parité, cet algo- rithme conserve les mêmes limites sur le nombre d'opérations que l'algorithme EMS pour GF (q)-codes, O (nmlognm) avec nm << q. Nous proposons ensuite une autre méthode, basée sur la diversité des codes cluster, afin d'améliorer les performances de l'algorithme EMS pour les codes cluster-LDPC. Il contribue également à réduire la complexité globale du décodeur. Finalement, nous comparons les performances de décodage en utilisant cette méthode et analysons l'effet sur la complexité de décodage. Dans la dernière partie du chapitre, nous proposons une nouvelle direction pour le décodage des codes LDPC. Elle est basée sur la création des listes des mots de code qui correspondent à des noeuds de parité. Les listes sont construite de manière récur- sive dans une structure en arbre, ce qui en fait un bon candidat pour l'implémentation matérielle. Il s'agit d'une méthode nouvelle et doit encore être améliorée mais à pre- miére vue nous avons obtenu de bons résultats avec un nombre réduit d'operations.

Structural changes in the economy, such as new technological developments that create new conditions for the production and consumption of goods and services, have had a particularly strong impact on the popular music industry. This dissertation explores how musicians, record companies and publishers deal with the control dilemmas that the current environment poses for them. Music corporations face increasing financial pressures and struggle to find the right formulas for qualitative, yet commercial, music. Musicians try to create meaningful lives which involve writing and performing music. At the same time they try to make a decent living. Through an ethnographically inspired field study, the author finds that commercial sociability in the shape of phony friend-making practices emerges as an important control mechanism in music production, and an award-and-list culture operates as a classificatory control mechanism in music consumption. It is suggested that the popular music industry can be characterized by pseudo-Gemeinschaft. / Diss. Stockholm : Handelshögskolan, 2008

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This BC Digitization Survey Results presentation was one of several presentations delivered at the BC Digitization Symposium 2008 held on December 1 & 2, 2008. For more information, please visit the BC Digitization Symposium 2008 website at: http://symposium.westbeyondthewest.ca.

La mesure du déjettement du tronc est un élément important pour évaluer la posture en ce qui a trait à la scoliose idiopathique. Cependant, il y a peu d'informations quant à sa mesure et les associations entre le déjettement du tronc et d'autres indicateurs ou facteurs pertinents. Les objectifs de cette étude sont : 1) d’évaluer la validité et la fiabilité de test-retest du fil à plomb pour mesurer le déjettement du tronc de C7 à S1 chez les personnes atteintes de scoliose idiopathique; et 2) d'étudier l'association entre le déjettement du tronc et les facteurs suivants : la douleur, l’angle de Cobb, le type de scoliose, la santé mentale et l’image de soi chez les personnes atteintes de scoliose idiopathique. Nous avons recruté 55 sujets âgés de 10 à 21 ans atteints de scoliose idiopathique (angle de Cobb : 15º à 60º) de la clinique de scoliose dans un hôpital pédiatrique de soins tertiaires. Le déjettement a été mesuré directement sur les sujets à deux reprises par la même physiothérapeute de même que sur les radiographies prises ce jour-là. Deux mesures ont été prises à chaque fois : une les pieds joints (FT) et l’autre en écartant les pieds (FA). Les sujets ont répondu au questionnaire adressé au patient de la Scoliosis Research Society-22, qui traite de la douleur, de l'image de soi et de la santé mentale. Le type de scoliose et l'angle de Cobb ont été mesurés sur les radiographies prises ce jour-là. Nous avons utilisé la théorie de la généralisabilité pour calculer la fidélité de test-retest pour les mesures FT et FA, en rapportant les coefficients de fiabilité (f) et les erreurs types de mesure (SEM). La validité de la mesure du fil à plomb a été calculée en comparant les mesures prises directement sur les radiographies en utilisant le coefficient de corrélation de Pearson. Les corrélations de Pearson ont été calculées entre le déjettement du tronc et la douleur, l'angle de Cobb, l'image de soi et la santé mentale. Les corrélations de Spearman ont été calculées entre le déjettement du tronc et le type de scoliose. Nous avons ensuite utilisé des modèles de régression linéaire multiple pour déterminer les associations entre ces variables. Nos résultats indiquent que les mesures de déjettement du tronc en utilisant un fil à plomb ont une forte corrélation (r = 0,87) avec la mesure obtenue par radiographie. La mesure du déjettement du tronc en utilisant un fil à plomb a démontré une excellente fidélité de test-retest (f: 0,98 pour la mesure FT et 0,99 pour la mesure FA) et les SEM étaient de 2,0 mm pour la mesure FT et 1,8 mm pour la mesure FA. Le déjettement du tronc est corrélé positivement avec l'angle de Cobb (r = 0,32, p = 0,02), mais il n'est pas corrélé à la douleur, la santé mentale, l'image de soi ou le type de scoliose. Les conclusions de notre étude ont montré que la mesure clinique du déjettement du tronc en utilisant un fil à plomb est une méthode fiable et valide et que le déjettement du tronc est associé à l'angle de Cobb. Une étude longitudinale est nécessaire pour déterminer si le déjettement du tronc est un indicateur pronostique de la progression de la scoliose. Mots-clés: la scoliose idiopathique, le déjettement du tronc, fil à plomb, posture, déplacement latéral du tronc / Measurement of trunk list is an important component of an evaluation of posture in idiopathic scoliosis. However, there is little information regarding its measurement and the associations between trunk list and other relevant indicators or factors. The objectives of this study were to: 1) evaluate the validity and test-retest reliability of the plumbline to measure trunk list from C7 - S1 in persons with idiopathic scoliosis and 2) to explore the association between trunk list and the following factors: pain, Cobb angle, type of scoliosis, mental health and self-image, in persons with idiopathic scoliosis. We recruited 55 participants aged from 10 to 21 years old with idiopathic scoliosis (Cobb angle: 15º to 60º) from the scoliosis clinic at a tertiary care pediatric hospital. Trunk list was measured directly on participants on two occasions by the same physiotherapist and also on radiographs taken that day. Two measurements were taken each time: with feet together (FT) and feet apart (FA). The participants answered the Scoliosis Research Society-22 patient questionnaire, which addresses pain, self-image and mental health. Type of scoliosis and Cobb angle were measured on radiographs taken that day. We used generalizability theory to calculate test-retest reliability for FT and FA, reporting Dependability Coefficients (f) and Standard Errors of Measurement (SEM). Validity of the plumbline measurement was calculated by comparing to measurements taken directly on radiographs using the Pearson correlation coefficient. Pearson correlations were calculated between trunk list and pain, Cobb angle, self-image and mental health. Spearman correlations were calculated between trunk list and type of scoliosis. We then used multiple linear regression models to determine associations between these variables. Our results indicated that the plumbline measurements of trunk list correlated highly (r=0.87) with the measure obtained via radiograph. Plumbline measurements of trunk list demonstrated excellent test-retest reliability (f: 0.98 for FT and 0.99 for FA) and SEMs were 2.0 mm for FT and 1.8mm for FA. Trunk list was positively correlated with Cobb angle (r=0.32, p=0.02) but it was not correlated with pain, mental health, self-image, or type of scoliosis. The conclusions of our study were that the clinical measurement of trunk list using a plumbline is both reliable and valid and that trunk list was associated with Cobb angle. A longitudinal study is needed to determine whether trunk list is a prognostic indicator of scoliosis progression. Keywords: idiopathic scoliosis, trunk list, plumbline, posture, lateral trunk shift

Die „Liste der fachlichen Nachschlagewerke zu den Normdateien“ stellt mit ihren derzeit mehr als 1.800 Einträgen ein verbindliches Arbeitsinstrument für die tägliche Praxis in der kooperativen Normdatenpflege des deutschsprachigen Raumes, speziell für die Terminologiearbeit in der bibliothekarischen Sacherschließung, dar. In jedem Normdatensatz der Schlagwortnormdatei (SWD) werden für den Nachweis und die Begründung der Ansetzungs- und Verweisungsformen eines Deskriptors im Feld „Quelle“ Referenzwerke aus der so genannten Prioritätenliste (Rangfolge der Nachschlagewerke), darüber hinaus aus der gesamten NSW-Liste, festgehalten und normiert abgekürzt. Diese Liste erscheint – von der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek (DNB) regelmäßig aktualisiert – jährlich in gedruckter Form mit einem Änderungsdienst (Änderungen, Neuauflagen; Neuaufnahmen) und steht seit einigen Jahren auch elektronisch abrufbar bereit. Dennoch ist sie „in die Jahre“ gekommen. Eine verbesserte Form der NSW-Liste war daher ein langjähriges Desiderat. In dem Vortrag wird über die konzipierten Funktionalitäten, die datentechnische Realisierung, die praktische Verwendung, den aktuellen Entwicklungsstand und die potenzielle Weiterentwicklung des neuen NSW-Tools berichtet. Die Normdateiarbeit ist komplex und anspruchsvoll. Durch die praxisorientierte Aufbereitung in diesem Tool wird die Einhaltung der für alle Neuansetzungen verbindlichen Rangfolge ganz entscheidend erleichtert, was von Beginn an die Qualität jedes Normdatensatzes erhöht. Den größten Zeitgewinn in der täglichen Praxis bringt der sofortige Zugriff auf verlinkte Volltexte. - Angesichts des zunehmenden multilateralen Datentausches bei gleichzeitiger dramatischer Verknappung personeller Ressourcen trotz eines erheblichen Anstiegs des inhaltlich zu erschließenden Literaturaufkommens wird dies im Workflow des vor kurzem eingeführten Online-Redaktionsverfahrens (ONR) für Normdaten der wohl nachhaltigste Effekt von „NSW online“ sein und auch in der künftigen Gemeinsamen Normdatei (GND) bleiben.

政策是公權力對大眾利益表現一種型態，為確保其一貫施政品質，公共治理的理論，逐漸重視政策的效果 - 政策論證（policy argument），尤其以全民政治為基礎的政策治理，對於整體資源的投入/產出，必須強化其自體檢核功能。 航運的操作有兩項基本的動因，一個是船，另一個是船員，兩者缺一不可，然後貨才能「暢其流」，尤其船員的因素，是航運興衰的關鍵動因。我國在邁進開發國家之列時，對於各類專業人才必須予以適當的培訓及保障，整體經濟的生產力才能提升，並能強化競爭力，邁向國際化，航運業界、政府及學界均應有此共識，在面對國際船員訓練、發證的考驗時，同心協力，參與國際海事組織(IMO)船員訓練發證政策的挑戰，突破港口國管制(PSC)的檢查，使船員在工作保障及社會福利有所依循，以符合船員訓練STCW 78/95國際公約修訂的檢查及港口國管制(PSC)的要求標準。 中國方面，因為是國際海事組織(IMO)的會員，對於船員訓練及發證，均按照STCW78/95國際公約的規定與要求，頒布一系列規章及訓練規範，而且根據中國「民法通則」規定，法律條約沒有規定的，可適用國際慣例，中華民國的船員執業證照則處於相對不確定的狀況，尚待政府的國際政策躓琢。 由於兩岸經濟依存，政治對立，各自表述，在意識形態上產生不接軌的現象，再加上國際情勢發展的不對稱影響，我國船員訓練主管單位及相關港監部門及學術組織，本於國家利益的基礎上，為謀我國航運業的發展及保障船員的工作權，除強化國內的船員訓練品質，另確有必要務實的參與國際組織相關活動及其相互間的合作，將我國現職船員訓練符合STCW 78/95國際公約之發證政策與執行規定，順利遞送國際海事組織(IMO)的秘書處，並確認發證履行報告，完成從第三走廊(軌道)列入〈白名單〉（White List）之列(如本論文第五章敘述)。 本研究肇因於國際公約的修訂，影響我國船員訓練執業證書的認可，政府從一貫的船員政策實施過程為核心，配合考試、適任評估，目標是符合國際公約STCW 78/95的標準及船員證照認證的公共治理為論證(policy argument)，從質性研究的模式，並依政治學方法論的比較研究法及政策論證的步驟與國際關係（IR）的談判元素，全文以建構類型(constructive typology) 理論，作為理論架構，驗證第三軌道的模式。 / Decision-making is the pattern that shows a certain type of state authority; administrative power displays the attitude to the general interests based on effectiveness of administration. In order to guarantee its consistent administrative quality, the administration theory shows how a state manages its public policy. Also, governments undoubtedly pay much attention to the outcome of them. How those public policies are approved (i.e., policy arguments), also exemplify the fact that decision-making is based on the participation of individuals in whole society. Inputs/output model could strengthen our knowledge from the key function of physical examination. There are two basic theories regarding the operation of shipping. One is the ship; with the other one names the seafarer. None of them can be dispensed with—can commodities be transported smoothly only through this understanding. Seafarer's role, in particular, is the key factor attributing to the shipping frequency. The Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan has to offer proper crew training so as to guarantee all kinds of qualified personnel in a specific field are sufficient while striding forward to develop its economy. Only if the productivity could be promoted, can the ROC strengthen competitiveness, march forward to further internationalization. Shipping could reflect a certain country’s industrial level, governmental effectiveness and its educational development. As local trains’ seafarers— instead of by international authorities, this country encounters the license-issuing problem. Only through concerted efforts, can this country meet ordeals when participating in International Maritime Organization (IMO)’s training and license-issuing process, pass through the inspection that the port state controlled (PSC), make seafarers’ rights guaranteed. In addition, the ROC has to assure seafarers’ welfare, in accordance with the inspection of the international convention revising (STCW 78/95) and to the standard demanded by the port state control (PSC). The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is a member of International Maritime Organization (IMO). The PRC obeys the regulations and request of international convention STCW78/95, the general rule of the civil law, and announces a series of training rules when training seafarers and issuing licenses. The PRC also declares that they could apply to international custom if their lacks of local regulations. In contrast, the seafarers of the Republic of China are still not for sure that they could be issues operation certificates. The ROC government is awaited to do something. Economies along the two sides of the Taiwan Straits have become mutually interdependent, whereas their political relations are still stridently confrontational. Due to the huge gap between their international statuses, the authorities that responsible for seafarer training and harbor supervisors, as well as scholars, have to promote the training quality of our seafarers, participate caucuses and activities of various international organizations so as to assure the ROC’s sea transportation and their working opportunities. The government has to submit its 78/95 STCW regulations training post crewman to the Secretariat of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), confirm license-issuing and fulfill the report, enlist itself to the White List from the “Third Track (as noted in Chapter 5).” This research could be attributed to the revision of the international convention, which affects the validity the ROC’s approval to the certificates in seafarer training and issuing licenses. The government designs courses from consistent policies of seafarer training, helping seafarers pass examination and evaluation and finally reach the standard of international convention named STCW 78/95. In addition, one of the government’s objectives is to comply the policy argument of governance concerning license issuing. This author tries to apply to quality research, comparative methodology, and negotiating factor in international relations (IR), and constructive typology for the purpose of verifying the operation of the “Third Track.”

This thesis examines the implementation of the new digital information and communications technologies (ICTs) by the Women in Film and Television (WIFT) Non-government organisation (NGO) at the state, national and international levels through an ethnographic, participant observation case study, informed by the precepts of feminist research. A quantitative survey of Australian peak women's NGOs participating in the electronic mailing list - Pamela's List is also conducted mapping the context in which WIFT operates and providing an overview of Australian women's peak NGOs' uptake and use of ICTs. The findings are situated in relation to a review of the international surveys available on women's NGOs and the surveys and research reports available on the overall NGO sector, nationally and internationally. The study addresses two neglected areas in the ICT literature. For over a decade Feminist theorists have pointed to the omission of gender as a focus in studies on the new information and communications technologies. There has also been little research and few surveys into the uptake of ICTs by either women's NGOs or the broader NGO sector, nationally or internationally. The detailed, longitudinal case study of the implementation process from pre-establishment through to advanced use of digital communications by a women's NGO at state, national and international level is also unique. Combined with the survey, it affords the opportunity to not only document which ICTs are being adopted but also why particular technologies are being used over others and how they are being used. Despite key successes, the results show less than optimum uptake, a lack of advanced or strategic use, and the myriad of challenges shared by all three WIFT organisations, Australian women's peak NGOs, and the national and international NGO sector in utilising ICTs. The reasons for this are analysed revealing the conflicting values between the NGO sector and those underlying the development of ICTs and demonstrates that difficulties systemic to both the technology and the NGO sector are limiting access and utilisation by women's NGOs. While the myths of women as technophobic are seriously challenged by the findings, the study highlights the importance of gender factors in limiting access and uptake and shaping the use of ICTs. Australian women's NGOs' uptake is shown to be less than their mixed gender counterparts and the study also reveals a lack of acknowledgement by government of gender as a key factor in the uptake of ICTs. It is also shown that significant funding, infrastructure support and policy initiatives recognising the special technological and communication challenges of women's NGOs and the overall NGO sector are needed, if both are to fully and strategically embrace these technologies and function effectively in the new millennium. The significant contribution to knowledge of this thesis lies foremost in furthering the understanding of gender as a key factor in the uptake and utilisation of the new ICTs while at the same time challenging the patriarchal myth of women as technophobic. It thus contributes to the reconstruction of the epistemologies surrounding women's relationship to technology. The study also contributes to furthering the current very limited knowledge and understanding of women's NGOs and the overall NGO sector's uptake and use of information and communications technology. The knowledge and the critical insight provided is not purely historical but rather as the push to take up broadband begins, has relevance to this and future technological innovations. Without an understanding of the process, requirements and challenges faced by women's NGOs and the NGO sector in general, the existing problems will continue to be replicated. The material presented in this study will be useful to all women's organisations and NGOs contemplating establishing digital communications or wishing to review their current use of these technologies. It will also be of value to government and policy makers seeking to establish policies and initiatives that will enable NGOs to take up the new information and communication technologies.