International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 17-20, 1988 / Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada / With more complex vehicle designs, the frequency and number of measurements contained in telemetry data streams has dramatically increased. One way of improving the use of bandwidth is to change the sample rate, quantity, or type of measurements dynamically. A telemetry front end must be programmable to handle different formats. In a front end that decommutates and routes measurements, a decom list is a control program, which defines the location, size, orientation, and identity of the measurements. To deal with dynamic format changes, a telemetry front end must be able to switch between decom lists. A practical approach to decom list switching must address the needs of error avoidance, packet switching, and the location of switching keys in any portion of the format. Switching between formats should not be restricted to a preprogrammed sequence, but should allow multiple destinations from a particular decom list. A practical and flexible implementation of decom list switching is detailed along with an explanation of how this implementation solves a variety of decommutation problems.

Burrows-Wheeler compression is a three stage process in which the data is transformed with the Burrows-Wheeler Transform, then transformed with Move-To-Front, and finally encoded with an entropy coder. Move-To-Front, Transpose, and Frequency Count are some of the many algorithms used on the List Update problem. In 1985, Competitive Analysis first showed the superiority of Move-To-Front over Transpose and Frequency Count for the List Update problem with arbitrary data. Earlier studies due to Bitner assumed independent identically distributed data, and showed that while Move-To-Front adapts to a distribution faster, incurring less overwork, the asymptotic costs of Frequency Count and Transpose are less. The improvements to Burrows-Wheeler compression this work covers are increases in the amount, not speed, of compression. Best x of 2x-1 is a new family of algorithms created to improve on Move-To-Front's processing of the output of the Burrows-Wheeler Transform which is like piecewise independent identically distributed data. Other algorithms for both the middle stage of Burrows-Wheeler compression and the List Update problem for which overwork, asymptotic cost, and competitive ratios are also analyzed are several variations of Move One From Front and part of the randomized algorithm Timestamp. The Best x of 2x - 1 family includes Move-To-Front, the part of Timestamp of interest, and Frequency Count. Lastly, a greedy choosing scheme, Snake, switches back and forth as the amount of compression that two List Update algorithms achieves fluctuates, to increase overall compression. The Burrows-Wheeler Transform is based on sorting of contexts. The other improvements are better sorting orders, such as “aeioubcdf...” instead of standard alphabetical “abcdefghi...” on English text data, and an algorithm for computing orders for any data, and Gray code sorting instead of standard sorting. Both techniques lessen the overwork incurred by whatever List Update algorithms are used by reducing the difference between adjacent sorted contexts.

The aim of the thesis was to map the change and the development of pharmaceutical interest rates in the years 1918−1945 and selected issues connected to it. The work is divided into four chapters. In the first chapter there is a characteristic of the period mentioned above. The second chapter deals with pharmacy situation in 1918−1945. The third chapter is devoted to the independent development of pharmaceutical interest rates, followed by the fourth chapter, where the individual processing rates are described in the charts. The result is a view of the diverse growth of prices of individual drugs that are listed in this thesis. I noticed the highest price increase after the end of the First World War. The second significant change in the price of drugs was at the beginning of the Second World War. It was the period of an increase and fixing of the prices. In conclusion, I evaluate the trend of prices of drugs and the influence of the end of the First World War and the impact of the Second World War on the pharmaceutical rates. Keywords: pharmaceutical rate, price list, pharmacy

The thesis focuses on segmentation of images with leaves of woody species. The main aim was to investigate existing image segmentation methods, choose suitable method for given data and implement it. Inputs are scanned leaves and photographs of various quality. The thesis summarizes the general methods of image segmentation and describes algorithm that gives us the best results. Based on the histogram, the algorithm decides whether the input is of sufficient quality and can be segmented by Otsu algorithm or is not and should be segmented using GrowCut algorithm. Next, the image is improved by morphological closing and holes filling. Finally, only the largest object is left. Results are illustrated using generated output images. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

The focus of this work is on parallels between Old Testament and New Testament. We chose specific texts that will help us to show how these two parts of the Bible are connected. We want to examine Paul's use of Psalms in his First letter to Corinth and decide whether his quotations have similar theological context and motifs. We would like to present three main topics that are connecting Paul's use of the Psalms: human wisdom, God's sovereignty and Christ's sovereignty. The first one covers Psalm 94:11 in 1 Cor 3:20, the second one covers Psalms 24, 89 and 50 in 1 Cor 10:26 and the third covers Psalms 8 and 110 in 1 Cor 15:25,27. In addition to quotations we work with allusions which are included in mentioned chapters as well as one other chapter dealing with topic of Exodus in various psalms and Ps 31:25. Our goal is to prove that Paul had theological reasons to use Psalms in his First epistle to Corinth; therefore we conduct an exegesis of the passages above.

Magister Artium - MA / South Africa’s National Language Policy Framework was formulated in 2003. The framework was designed to create an enabling environment for the development of instruments and initiatives intended to promote multilingualism in the country. Following the formulation of the National Language Policy Framework, National Parliament, in collaboration with the Western Cape and the Eastern Cape Legislatures, commissioned a project of developing a Terminology List of terminology that is used in these settings. This Terminology List was taken over and expanded in 2005. According to the Terminology List’s preface, “stakeholders embarked on the enlarged terminology project in order to ensure that multilingualism was possible in this field. The Multilingual Parliamentary/Political Terminology List will promote multilingualism in Parliament and elsewhere, and will facilitate effective communication between parliamentarians, politicians, national and provincial language offices, provincial legislatures and Hansard offices” (DAC (2005: iii-iv). With perhaps one exception (Rondganger, 2012) focusing on the English-Afrikaans language pair, there are no known studies evaluating the Multilingual Parliamentary/Political Terminology List. As a result, it is not known to what extent envisaged target users (e.g. language practitioners) in National and Provincial Legislatures are even aware of its existence. It is also not known to what extent the terminology resource is able to support target users in the typical usage situations envisaged in the preface. More generally, there has also been no determination of how the Multilingual Parliamentary/Political Terminology List has contributed to language development, specifically, making possible the use of the nine indigenous African languages for parliamentary-related discourse. As a consequence of the above dearth of knowledge around the Multilingual Parliamentary/Political Terminology List, there also is no empirical database upon which suggestions can be made for improving it; that is, responding to the call in the preface for suggestions: “the compilers acknowledge that it might be useful to expand the collection, and any suggestions in this regard will be welcomed” (DAC (2005: iv). This research draws on the sociology of dictionary use (Kühn 1989, Flinz 2010) and on a knowledge-attitude-practice (KAP) approach to terminology evaluation (Antia 2000, Antia & Clas 2003; Rubin 1977, Kummer 1983) to analyse the Multilingual Parliamentary Terminology List.

Bakgrund: För många svårt sjuka patienter med organsvikt är organtransplantation deras enda chans till ett bättre och längre liv. Till följd av stora förändringar och framsteg har transplantationen utvecklats, men bristen på organ är global och beror på allmänhetens inställning. Förlorad kontroll är den mest centrala upplevelsen och upplevelsen av oförutsägbarhet och osäkerhet under väntetiden. Lagar och författningar som styr organdonation och organtransplantation ser olika ut i världen. Sverige har en samtyckeslag som betyder att personen är positivt inställd till donation, men närstående har vetorätt och kan motsätta sig ingreppet. Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva patienters upplevelse av att vänta på organtransplantation. Metod: En litteraturstudie med induktiv ansats som omfattas av tolv artiklar varav en kvantitativ. Databaserna Cinahl Complete och PubMed användes. Genom hela gransknings- och analysprocessen användes Polit och Becks niostegsmodell. Resultat: Fyra kategorier framkom: ”fysiska symtom”, ”den psykiska upplevelsen av att vänta”, ”copingstrategier” och ”sociala begränsningar”. Diskussion: Två huvudfynd framkom; det första beskriver fysiska symtom som genererar sociala begräsningar och det andra beskriver hur patienterna utvecklar copingstrategier, för att hantera den psykiska upplevelsen av att vänta. Dessa diskuteras med stöd från annan forskning och Antonovskys förhållningssätt KASAM.

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A Mata Atlântica é considerada um dos ecossistemas mais biodiversos e ao mesmo tempo mais ameaçados do planeta. As aves são apontadas como o grupo de vertebrados com a maior riqueza geral, endemismos e espécies ameaçadas desse domínio. Embora possa ser considerado o domínio natural brasileiro cuja avifauna foi mais intensamente estudada, o conhecimento ornitológico acumulado sobre a Mata Atlântica encontra-se segmentado e altamente disperso, o que acaba por torná-lo sub-utilizável. Embora existam na literatura valores de riqueza e listas de espécies de aves da Mata Atlântica, há uma grande discrepância entre os resultados apresentados e uma falta de métodos explícitos detalhados nas maior parte desses trabalhos. Essa situação, somada a um significativo crescimento do conhecimento ornitológico em anos recentes, demonstra a necessidade de uma iniciativa que busque reunir o atual estado de conhecimento sobre a avifauna desse domínio. Dentro desse contexto, os objetivos do presente estudo foram definir a riqueza e composição de espécies, subspécies e endemismos da avifauna da Mata Atlântica, compilar informações sobre o status de ocorrência e preferência de habitat das suas espécies e traçar um panorama atualizado sobre a conservação das mesmas. Para isso, foram analisados os padrões de distribuição dos táxons com ocorrência conhecida dentro dos limites geográficos da Mata Atlântica e, para as espécies aceitas como pertencentes à sua avifauna, informações sobre sua ecologia e sazonalidade. Como fontes de informação foram consultados a literatura científica, mapas de distribuição, espécimes ornitógicos e informações primárias colhidas durante trabalhos de campo. Os resultados apontam que a avifauna da Mata Atlântica possui elevada riqueza de táxons, sendo composta por 891 espécies, das quais 464 são políticas e representadas no domínio por 608 subespécies, totalizando 1035 táxons específicos e subespecíficos, distribuidos em 26 ordens e 80 famílias. Apesar da maioria das espécies de aves da Mata Atlântica ser residente, deve ser ressaltada a presença de um número expressivo de espécies que realizam deslocamentos sazonais, cerca de 16%. Mais da metade das espécies de aves da Mata Atlântica ocorrem em ambientes florestais, mas uma parte significativa está associada a outros habitats, incluindo ambientes abertos naturais e antrópicos, áreas úmidas e ambientes marinhos costeiros. A avifauna da Mata Atlântica é caracterizada por uma alta taxa de endemismos, incluindo 27 gêneros, 213 espécies e 162 subespécies. O panorama atualizado sobre o estado de conservação das aves da Mata Atlântica reitera sua situação crítica e revela que um número de espécies muito maior do que se supunha pelas listas nacionais e internacional de espécies ameaçadas corre sério risco de se extinguir ou já se extinguiu dentro do domínio. Com base nas informações compiladas durante esse estudo são apontados como os principais desafios e oportunidades de pesquisa para a ornitologia da Mata Atlântica: a necessidade de revisão taxonômica de um grande número de subespécies, sobretudo de diversos táxons endêmicos e ameaçados; necessidade de revisão das áreas de endemismos de aves no domínio; utilização dos padrões de distribuição das aves da Mata Atlântica para analisar afinidades biogeográficas entre suas diferentes regiões; necessidade de levantar informações sobre padrões de ocorrência e sazonalidade de suas espécies migratórias e uma reavaliação da atual estratégica de conservação baseada em listas nacionais de espécies ameaçadas / The Atlantic Forest is one of the most important biodiversity hotspots, yet it is one of the most threatened domains in the planet. Birds are among the vertebrates with the greatest species richness, endemism and number of threatened species of this domain. The Atlantic Forest may be considered the domain in which the avifauna has been studied the most, but this ornithological knowledge is fragmented and highly dispersed, which makes it underused. Some reviews of the bird species occurring in the Atlantic Forest are available in the literature, but a comparative analysis of their results reveals many discrepancies and a lack of systematic methodology among most of them. In addition, in recent years there has been a significant increase in the ornithological knowledge of the Atlantic Forest, demonstrating the need for a new review that gathers the current knowledge about the avifauna of the Atlantic Forest. Therefore, the objectives of the present study were to define which are the species, sub-species and endemisms of the Atlantic Forest avifauna, to gather information about species occurrence and habitat preference and to give an updated overview of their conservation status. I analyzed the distribution patterns of each species and/or subspecies within the Atlantic Forest and described their habitat and seasonality. Data was gathered from the scientific literature, distribution maps, museum specimens and field work. The Atlantic Forest avifauna is composed of 861 species, with 464 of them being polytypic and accounting for, 608 subspecies, thus amounting 1035 specific and subspecific taxons grouped into 26 orders and 80 families. The majority of the species were found to be resident whereas a noteworthy 16% of them perform seasonal movements. More than half of species occur in forest habitats, while a significant portion is associated with other habitats including natural open habitats and anthropic environments, humid areas and costal marine environments. The Atlantic Forest avifauna is characterized by a high level of endemism, including 27 genera, 213 species and 162 sub-species. The updated overview about the conservation status of the Atlantic Forest birds reiterates their critical situation and reveals that the number of threatened or extinct species in this domain is much greater than previously reported in national and international lists of threatened species. The main challenges and opportunities to future research efforts on the Atlantic Forest avifauna are the need for a taxonomic review of the large number of sub-species, especially the many endemic and threatened taxons; a review of the endemic areas within the domain; the use of distribution patterns of the Atlantic Forest birds to analyze the biogeographic affinities among the different regions of the domain; to gather information about the occurrence of migratory species and their seasonal patterns; and re-evaluation of the a current conservation policies based on the national red list of threatened species

Diplomová práce obsahuje základní informace o hypotečním úvěru jako produktu bank se speciální licencí, zabývá se vlastnostmi nemovitostí a jejich oceněním z hlediska přijatelnosti do zástavy hypoteční bankou a z hlediska možnosti uznat pohledávku z hypotečního úvěru do řádného krytí hypotečních zástavních listů. Cílem práce je prokázání vzájemné vazby mezi hypotečními úvěry a emisemi hypotečních zástavních listů, která vyplývá z existence zastavené nemovitosti.