Este memorial consiste na reflexão estética e técnica do processo de composição musical realizado na peça Anamnesis, pertencente à área da Música Eletroacústica Mista, que configurou o trabalho artístico do curso de mestrado. O trabalho escrito está dividido em três partes: a primeira aborda a postura do compositor frente aos sons e a música, suas motivações, expectativas, influências e inspirações estéticas; a segunda compreende reflexões composicionais sobre o processo criativo, a descrição de procedimentos e técnicas adotadas, além do relato de dificuldades encontradas; a terceira apresenta uma reflexão da experiência após a realização da obra em recital e após a escrita das duas primeiras partes deste memorial, com a finalidade de identificar as contribuições para o desenvolvimento do compositor e para o meio musical. / This Masters Dissertation comprises an aesthetical and technical reflection on the compositional process of Anamnesis, a live electroacoustic music composition. It is divided into three sections, of which the first discusses the positioning of the composer in relation to sounds and music, his motivations, influences and aesthetical inspirations. The second part reflects on the creative process and describes its procedures and techniques, as well as the difficulties that arose during the composition. The third and last part presents a post-recital reflection and a reflection on the first two parts of the Dissertation. Its aim is to identify the contributions that this Masters Dissertation might present to its writer as well as to the musical milieu.

Este memorial consiste na reflexão estética e técnica do processo de composição musical realizado na peça Anamnesis, pertencente à área da Música Eletroacústica Mista, que configurou o trabalho artístico do curso de mestrado. O trabalho escrito está dividido em três partes: a primeira aborda a postura do compositor frente aos sons e a música, suas motivações, expectativas, influências e inspirações estéticas; a segunda compreende reflexões composicionais sobre o processo criativo, a descrição de procedimentos e técnicas adotadas, além do relato de dificuldades encontradas; a terceira apresenta uma reflexão da experiência após a realização da obra em recital e após a escrita das duas primeiras partes deste memorial, com a finalidade de identificar as contribuições para o desenvolvimento do compositor e para o meio musical. / This Masters Dissertation comprises an aesthetical and technical reflection on the compositional process of Anamnesis, a live electroacoustic music composition. It is divided into three sections, of which the first discusses the positioning of the composer in relation to sounds and music, his motivations, influences and aesthetical inspirations. The second part reflects on the creative process and describes its procedures and techniques, as well as the difficulties that arose during the composition. The third and last part presents a post-recital reflection and a reflection on the first two parts of the Dissertation. Its aim is to identify the contributions that this Masters Dissertation might present to its writer as well as to the musical milieu.

Este memorial consiste na reflexão estética e técnica do processo de composição musical realizado na peça Anamnesis, pertencente à área da Música Eletroacústica Mista, que configurou o trabalho artístico do curso de mestrado. O trabalho escrito está dividido em três partes: a primeira aborda a postura do compositor frente aos sons e a música, suas motivações, expectativas, influências e inspirações estéticas; a segunda compreende reflexões composicionais sobre o processo criativo, a descrição de procedimentos e técnicas adotadas, além do relato de dificuldades encontradas; a terceira apresenta uma reflexão da experiência após a realização da obra em recital e após a escrita das duas primeiras partes deste memorial, com a finalidade de identificar as contribuições para o desenvolvimento do compositor e para o meio musical. / This Masters Dissertation comprises an aesthetical and technical reflection on the compositional process of Anamnesis, a live electroacoustic music composition. It is divided into three sections, of which the first discusses the positioning of the composer in relation to sounds and music, his motivations, influences and aesthetical inspirations. The second part reflects on the creative process and describes its procedures and techniques, as well as the difficulties that arose during the composition. The third and last part presents a post-recital reflection and a reflection on the first two parts of the Dissertation. Its aim is to identify the contributions that this Masters Dissertation might present to its writer as well as to the musical milieu.

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Aujourd'hui, de nombreux appareils sont capables de capturer des vidéos en Full HD et d'utiliser une connexion réseau pour accéder à Internet. La popularisation des dispositifs et les efforts continus pour améliorer la qualité du réseau ont apporté un environnement propice à l'essor de la diffusion en direct. De par la grande quantité de contenu généré par les utilisateurs, la diffusion de flux en direct présente de nouveaux défis. Dans cette thèse, nous nous intéressons à la distribution et au transcodage des systèmes de diffusion en direct. Pour étudier les différent aspects des systèmes de diffusion en direct nous avons besoin de les caractériser et d'évaluer les solutions proposées avec des traces pertinentes. Par conséquent, notre première contribution est un ensemble de données et son analyse, contenant trois mois de traces de deux services de streaming en direct. Ensuite, nous avons exploré et développé des solutions pour la distribution du contenu produit par ces platesformes. L'un des défis est l'hétérogénéité de popularité des flux. Ceci implique généralement un surdimensionnement des services et par conséquent un gaspillage de ressources. Enfin, nous nous sommes focalisés sur les difficultés posées par le transcodage des flux en direct. Les opérations de transcodage sont coûteuses en ressources CPU et sont des étapes clés pour le Streaming à Débit Adaptatif (SDA). Nous montrons que le SDA est capable de réduire le coût en bande passante pour la distribution et d'augmenter la qualité d'expérience des téléspectateurs en échange d'un coût en ressources CPU. Pour comprendre le compromis entre les avantages et les coûts, nous formulons deux problèmes de gestion. / Today many devices are capable to capture full HD videos and to use its network connection to access Internet. The popularization of devices and continuous efforts to increase network quality has brought a proper environment for the rise of live streaming. Associated to the large scale of Users Generated Content (UGC), live streaming presents new challenges. In this thesis we target the delivery and transcoding of live streaming systems.First, to study the aspects we target of live streaming systems we need to characterize them and evaluate the proposed solutions with relevant traces. Therefore our first contribution is a data set, and its analysis, containing three months traces of two UGC live streaming services.Second, we explored and developed solutions for the delivery of the content produced by these platforms. One of the challenges is the heterogeneity among streams popularity, which generally implies over-provisioning and consequently resource waste. We show that there is a trade-off between the number of servers involved to broadcast the streams and the bandwidth usage among the servers. We also stress the importance to predict streams popularity in order to efficiently place them on the servers.Lastly, we target the difficulties concerning transcoding of live streams. The transcoding operations over streams are computing consuming and are key operations on adaptive bit rate streaming. We show that adaptive streaming is able to reduce the delivery bandwidth cost and to increase viewer quality of experience at the cost of computing resources. We formulate two management problems to address the trade-off between benefits and costs.

In this project, a band’s possibilities to deepen its improvisational capabilities as a group has been studied. The goal has been to make it possible for a quartet to improvise arrangements of original compositions in terms of varying forms, dynamics, tempi and roles in the music. To achieve this, several interplay exercises have been created to practice these parameters. After the concert related to the project, an analysis has been conducted on which of these exercises that seem to have influenced the band the most, but also which characteristics that made some exercises seem influential and some redundant.   After acknowledging the difficulties of knowing what is a result of the exercises, and what is merely a display of the quartet’s natural interplay, a conclusion has been reached. The interplay exercises that seem to deepen a group’s capabilities for improvising arrangements are the ones that can be done very concrete, but also be varied and feed new ideas. This was audible in a concert situation, where exercises in looping, free improvisation and varying musical roles became prominent. On the contrary, exercises that are too narrow, making them difficult to evolve, do not seem to have the same effect on a group’s interplay. Examples of these are playing fast rubato, or changing instrumentation quickly. / <p><strong>Repertoar:</strong>"Ask Me Now" - Thelonious Monk</p><p>"Anti" - Olle Lannér Risenfors</p><p>"Allt Hör Ihop" - Olle Lannér Risenfors</p><p>"Preparations Are Important?" - Olle Lannér Risenfors</p><p>"Never Ending" - Olle Lannér Risenfors</p><p>(Extranummer) "Now's The Time" - Charlie Parker</p><p><strong>Medverkande:</strong></p><p>Marius Zeeberg - tenorsaxofon</p><p>David Stener - piano</p><p>Olle Lannér Risenfors - kontrabas</p><p>Nils Agnas - trumset</p><p>Bifogat finns inspelning från examenskonserten.</p>

The live video streaming market is, as some research suggests, a difficult one to develop.Comparing it to other media it has the disadvantage of being available during a limitedperiod of time. This thesis explores how mobile devices can be used as an exploratorytool through live video streaming. The opportunity of control in the moment is studiedand examined in this report. This research will suggest a mobile device platform in whichpeople can assist other people exploring new environments around the globe. It also triesto evaluate whether this exploring interaction can occur between unacquainted people andat the same time not be hindered by any language barriers. The motivation behind thissubject is the human need and curiosity of exploring new environments and places.The foundation of the research approach was based on interaction design principles andmethods. This created a chain of methods used with the intent of better understandingwhat is to be considered when designing for live video experiences focusing onenvironments. The process lead to important understandings and key aspects to beconsidered when designing live experiences focusing on environments. The results thatemerged, showed that the most important encouragement is; to be presented with anenvironment that includes novel elements. Furthermore, the results could also concludethat by giving access to directional controls, and some means of expressing appreciation,can help to influence and shape exploration with live video.

Bakgrund: Diabetes mellitus typ 1 är en autoimmun sjukdom och antalet som insjuknar ökar varje år. Under ungdomstiden sker mycket i människans kropp och det kan vara en utmaning att balansera blodsockernivåer när hormonerna i kroppen svajar. Ungdomar med diabetes mellitus typ 1 står därför inför stora utmaningar för att lyckas med sin behandling. Syfte: Syftet är att belysa ungdomars upplevelser av att leva med diabetes mellitus typ 1. Metod: Metoden är en litteraturstudie baserad på både kvalitiva och kvantitativa studier. Analysen är genomförd utifrån en modell av Axelsson (2012). Resultat: I resultatet framkom att ungdomarna med diabetes mellitus typ 1 växte in i rollen i att bli mer självständiga i sin behandling. Detta var inte alltid lätt. Ungdomarna påverkades av hur deras vänner bemötte diagnosen, hur de blev bemötta av vården samt hur villiga deras föräldrar var att lämna över ansvaret. Resultatet presenteras utifrån fyra huvudteman samt nio subteman. Diskussion:I diskussionen tar vi upp vikten av att jobba med målet att patienten ska få kunskap så att denne kan sköta sin behandling självständigt. Vikten av stöd för att motverka känslor av skam för sjukdomen och dess behandling belyses också.

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