A dissertation submitted in partial compliance with the requirements for a Masters Degree in Technology: Chiropractic, Durban Institute of Technology, 2003. / The purpose of this study was to compare the relative effectiveness of manual manipulation versus the Activator Adjusting Instrument in the management of acute facet syndrome of the lumbar spine / M

This thesis examines case studies and historical accounts taken from different periods of the history of recording technology, and addresses questions concerning the impact of mediatization, manipulation, and mediation on listeners' and performers' approaches to music. The project considers the development of the idea of "copies without originals," and of the ideological frameworks that have been used to describe and classify recorded sound. The first case study covers the early days of the phonograph and its development in Victorian society, then contrasts the values and motivations of those early years with modern-day rock performance and its own value systems. Moving into the mid-twentieth century, a chapter of this thesis is devoted to the work of Glenn Gould, and the possibilities for tape manipulation that the Canadian pianist explored during the period of his career that was focused on the recording studio. Lastly, this project examines the innovative, user-driven methods of music-making that are gaining momentum today, including Bjork's "Biophilia" app album, and the emergence of a new genre of popular music in Asia that uses vocal synthesizers in place of live performers. By exploring these case studies alongside the works of scholars in musicology, media studies, sound theory, film and television, and popular music studies, this thesis demonstrates how cultural need, individual innovation, and social involvement interact to direct the development and application of emerging media technologies.

Introduktion och problembakgrund: Finansiell rapportering är en viktig källa för information till externa intressenter. Analytiker spelar en viktig roll som informationsförmedlare, och bidrar således till en minskad informationsassymetri mellan företaget och dess intressenter. Vidare har analytiker även en övervakande roll i bolagsstyrningen. Real activities manipulation är en form av earnings management där företaget manipulerar sitt resultat genom riktiga affärshändelser. Det finns inga tidigare studier i Sverige på sambandet mellan analytikerbevakning och RAM. Således är det av intresse att genomföra en studie på börsnoterade företag i Sverige, vilket leder till forskningsfrågan: Finns det något samband mellan analytikerbevakning och förekomsten av real activities manipulation (RAM) i börsnoterade bolag i Sverige? Syfte: Studiens syfte är att undersöka sambandet mellan analytikerbevakning och förekomsten av real activities manipulation hos företag noterade på stockholmsbörsens small- mid- och large-cap listor. Studiens första delsyfte är att kartlägga analytikerbevakningen inom urvalet. Det andra delsyftet är att skatta RAM. Teoretisk referensram: Den teoretiska referensramen är byggd på tidigare studier inom earnings management, real activities manipulation och analytikerbevakning. Vidare inkluderas även teorier som förklarar relationen analytikerbevakning och earnings management; signalteorin, agent/stewardshipteorin och prospektteorin. Metod och data: Studien är baserad på en longitudinell design med en deduktiv ansats. Studiens urval är företag noterade på Stockholmsbörsens small- mid- och large-cap listor mellan åren 2005-2015 och består efter exkluderingar av 2706 unika årliga företagsobservationer. Den normala nivån av RAM skattas för varje år och bransch och genomförs genom flertalet OLS regressioner. Residualerna från regressionerna hypotestestas sedan mot analytikerbevakning och tre andra relevanta kontrollvariabler för att undersöka sambandet. Resultat: Studiens resultat är att det absoluta värdet av de undersökta RAM metoderna har ett positivt och signifikant samband med analytikerbevakning. Detta betyder att ju fler analytiker som följer ett företag desto mer manipulation genom RAM förekommer. Sambandet är i likhet med tidigare studier. Vidare finner vi även att signed värdet av RAM metoderna har ett signifikant samband med analytikerbevakning. Signed värdena visar på att de olika RAM metoderna tillämpas för att manipulera resultatet i en viss riktning beroende på nivån av analytikerbevakning. Slutsats: I studien har vi kommit fram till att analytikerbevakning har ett signifikant samband med förekomsten av RAM. Tänkbara anledningar till detta är att manipulation genom RAM kan ske på ett effektivt eller opportunistiskt vis. Vidare kan analytikerbevakningen tänkas bidra till en press på företagsledningen att utföra RAM. Detta för att kunna uppnå resultat i linje med analytikernas prognoser.

This diploma thesis describes design of Electrical railway station cart. This thesis contains research part, which focuses on historical background, contemporary products, trends, technical specications and possibilities of progressive technology applications. Based on this research, nal design was created and is described in the second part from the view of shape, technology, construction and ergonomics. Thesis ends with summarization of designs benets and with evaluation of fullling thesis goals.

This diploma work analyses technology documentation, material manipulation, machines and manipulation devices in its first part. Aim of this analyse is detection present entire lacks of manipulation state. Diploma work suggests options of solution to determinate entire lacks of manipulation in its second part and elaboration of chosen option.

This master’s thesis deals about equipment for manipulation with passenger car. It represents a summary of present equipment and engineering design of such devices. The purpose of this thesis is to make more efficient work with passenger cars for the ÚADI needs.

This thesis concerns with design of manufacturing system for specific company. Object of manufacture is warmwater boiler for solid fuels. Analysis of this object, design of necessary technologies, manipulation and transportation concept, layout concept and economic efectiveness of investment realization evaluation are apart of this thesis.

The topic of this diploma thesis was chosen by Valeo Compressor Europe Company. The aim is to propose an automation of the production line for grinding of a compressor part. The part is internally termed “Cylinder,” and it is an integral part of a new type of a rotational compressor for air-conditioning units of automobiles. The diploma thesis includes a complete proposal for the automation of workplace. The current state, the proposal of the concept, technical specification of the project, and the choice of a suitable supplier and economical assessment are included. The data were provided by Valeo Compressor Europe Company.

abstract: In order for a robot to solve complex tasks in real world, it needs to compute discrete, high-level strategies that can be translated into continuous movement trajectories. These problems become increasingly difficult with increasing numbers of objects and domain constraints, as well as with the increasing degrees of freedom of robotic manipulator arms. The first part of this thesis develops and investigates new methods for addressing these problems through hierarchical task and motion planning for manipulation with a focus on autonomous construction of free-standing structures using precision-cut planks. These planks can be arranged in various orientations to design complex structures; reliably and autonomously building such structures from scratch is computationally intractable due to the long planning horizon and the infinite branching factor of possible grasps and placements that the robot could make. An abstract representation is developed for this class of problems and show how pose generators can be used to autonomously compute feasible robot motion plans for constructing a given structure. The approach was evaluated through simulation and on a real ABB YuMi robot. Results show that hierarchical algorithms for planning can effectively overcome the computational barriers to solving such problems. The second part of this thesis proposes a deep learning-based algorithm to identify critical regions for motion planning. Further investigation is done whether these learned critical regions can be translated to learn high-level landmark actions for automated planning. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Computer Science 2019

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