Dans cette thèse, nous proposons de nouvelles approches et processus de conception pour créer et produire des plates-formes robotiques dont le contrôle et la morphologie peuvent être explorés et expérimentés librement dans le monde réel, tout en assurant une dissémination directe dans le milieu académique. Ainsi cette thèse adresse deux questions fondamentales dans le processus de recherche scientifique en robotique:1. Comment peut on étudier systématiquement et efficacement l’impact des propriétés morphologiques du corps d’un robot humanoïde pour l’acquisition et le contrôle de savoir-faire sensorimoteurs, ainsi que de capacités d’interactions physiques et sociales avec l’humain ?2. Comment peut on produire des contributions scientifiques en robotique qui soient réellement reproductibles et directement réutilisables, tout en exposant les moindres détails des expérimentations ? Ainsi notre approche propose de nouvelles méthodes de conception et de production, et ce, pour tous les aspects technologiques d’un robot (mécanique, actionneur,électronique, logiciels, distribution). En particulier, ces méthodes reposent sur l’impression 3D pour toutes les pièces mécaniques, un environnement Arduino pour l’acquisition des capteurs, une bibliothèque Python appelée pypot pour le contrôle proposant un API intuitive et enfin la distribution de tout notre travail sous des licences open source.En utilisant cette méthodologie, nous avons créé le robot Humanoïde Poppy, un robotlow-cost, entièrement modulaire et imprimé en 3D. Ce robot est diffusé sous licence open source et tous les fichiers sont facilement accessibles sur le dépôt GitHub du projet: https://www.github.com/poppy_project/.Nous expérimentons l’utilisation de ce robot pour plusieurs applications. Tout d’abord, comme un outil scientifique où nous montrons que Poppy peut être facilement et rapidement modifié, que ce soit pour explorer le rôle de la morphologie ou pour être adaptés à différentes configurations expérimentales. Basé sur ce travail, mais d’un autre point de vue, nous étudions aussi l’impact potentiel d’une telle plate-forme pour des applications éducatives et artistiques. / This thesis suggests novel approaches and design processes to create and produce robotic platforms, the control and morphology of which can be freely explored through experimentation in the real world, that are easy to diffuse and reproduce in the research community. Especially, this alternative design methodology is driven by the desire to:• freely explore morphological properties,• reduce the amount of time required between an idea and its experimentation on an actual robotic platform in the real world,• makes experiments that should be easy to do, actually easy to do,• make the work easily reproducible in any other lab,• keep the work modular and free to use in accordance with open source principles,so it can be reused and extended for other projects.Our approach follows novel design methods for both design and production, for all technological aspects of the robot (i.e. mechanics, actuation, electronics, software,distribution). In particular these methods relies on 3D printing for all mechanical parts, the Arduino electronic architecture for the sensors acquisition, an easy to use Python API called pypot for the control and finally the distribution of all our work under open source licenses. Using this methodology, we create the Poppy Humanoid robot, a fully modular robot allowing exploring freely the role of morphology and adapting its body to specific experimental setup. This robot has been released under open source license and all files are easily accessible on the GitHub repository: https://www.github.com/poppy_project/. We experiment the use of this robot for several applications. First, as a scientific tool and we show that Poppy can be easily and quickly modified to either explore the role of morphology or to be adapted to different experimental setups. Based on this work, but from another perspective we investigate the potential impact of such platform for educational and artistic applications.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2006. / Title from title screen (viewed Feb. 8, 2007). PDF text: 140 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 0.72Mb. UMI publication number: AAT 3216341. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in microfilm and microfiche format.

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This poster presents the results of an exploratory survey to understand the current publishing behaviours, and open access awareness and attitudes, of faculty at the University of Saskatchewan. The research was conducted in an effort to establish a basis for the potential development of a scholarly communications program at the University Library. / Poster presented at the 2013 Canadian Library Association (CLA) conference in Winnipeg.

Syfte:Syftet med denna studie är att öka kunskap om Open Spacemetoden samt för att se hur kreativ och effektiv den är i ettgruppsammanhang. Vi kan tillföra metoder som verksamheter kanta som hjälpverktyg och komma fram till fler lösningar på problemgenom Open Space metoden och bidra med verksamhetsutveckling. Teori:I teorikapitlet beskrivs de teorier som är grunden till dennauppsats. Vår teori bygger på kurslitteratur och vetenskapligaartiklar för att kunna beskriva innovation, kreativitet ochmotivation. Metod:Författarna har varit med i Eskilstuna kommun,vuxenförvaltningens möten vid ett tillfälle. Detta var ettobservationsmöte där författarna satt och observerade deltagarna imötet samt hur de gick till väga med sina problem. Sedanarrangerade författarna en workshop där de fick prova en metodsom kallas Open Space. Empiri/Analys:Vår empiri/analys är indelat i tre delar: ena delen är empiri avvideo, andra delen är en enkätundersökning och den tredje delen ärintervjun. Med hjälp av teorin har författarna analyserat delarna. Diskussion:Vi genomförde en workshop med Eskilstuna kommun med hjälpav metoden Open Space. Under hela workshopen hade deltagarnaett huvudtema att besvara. ”Hur kan vi hitta nya vägar för attkunna anpassa arbetet efter individer och inte kön?” Idiskussionskapitlet redogörs för studiens slutsatser och studiensbetydelse. Slutsatserna knyter vi ihop genom de tre indikatorerna”deltagande, lösning och bedömning”.

This study seeks to understand the current publishing behaviours and attitudes of faculty, across all disciplines, at the U of S in response to the growing significance of OA publishing and archiving. The broad objective of this research is to discover what the current and emerging needs of U of S researchers are in order to determine if scholarly communications services are in demand here. And, if so, to provide an evidence-based foundation for the potential future development of such a program of services at the University Library. / Slides from a presentation given at EBLIP7, Saskatoon, July 2013.

This paper looks at the topic of immigration from a philosophical standpoint and concludes that an open border policy is morally obligatory. I first argue that immigration cannot act as a corrective to the problems of global poverty as many philosophers have suggested. I then look at two common defenses for restrictive borders, one resting on the cultural community and one on the political community, and conclude that these two defenses are inadequate. The fact that a restrictive policy is morally unjustifiable coupled with my argument that people ought to be able to enjoy a freedom of movement suggests that an open border policy is necessary.

ABSTRACT The pig industry is one of the important industry for rural economy development in Taiwan¡CGross production value is about NTD 100 billion¡Awhich accounts for 51% and 16% respectively of animal husbandry and agricultural production value¡CIt is estimated around six hundred persons are engaged in related field of pig industry¡CTherefore¡Ain addition to proper rural economy¡Apig industry is also an important factor for social stability¡C Before foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Taiwan in 1997¡Ait was a gold era for Taiwan pig industry¡Aas Taiwan export big amount of pork to Japan¡CHowever pork export suddenly stopped due to FMD outbreak¡Aswine producer suffered enormous economic losses¡C In order to enter WTO¡Ain 1998 Taiwan agreed to open pork import by the way of increasing quota progressively¡Aand then ¡Ain 2005¡Aopen pork import in all-round way¡C Because of high labor and land cost plus high cost to prevent environment pollution¡ATaiwan pork cost is generally higher than that in the main pork producer¡CFortunately¡Apeople in Taiwanese prefer warm body pork than imported frozen pork at present¡CImported pork is mainly used in pork processing industry¡Ait has not caused immediate threat to the domestic pork¡CImported pork only accounted for 7.2 % of total pork consumption till 2003¡C Facing the situation¡ACOA(Council Of Agriculture) has drafted a complete plan to support swine producer¡CIn this research¡Athree representative pig farms were choosed for depth interview, and than carry on questionnaire interview to 139 different scale swine farmers located in different area¡CThe result shows swine farmers think that the open of pork market in an all-round way will influence the industry development, but the majority does not cherish the pessimistic attitude¡CThey think except open of pork market¡Athere are many other factors¡Asuch as high morbidity of swine disease¡Bwaste water treatment¡Bgovernment¡¦s industrial policy etc¡Awill impact pig industry development¡C According to the survey results¡A43% of swine farmer have taken some actions to face the open of pork market, the major actions include to improve breed stock¡Bto create brand pork¡Bgood swine farm authentication¡Bto enter pig cooperative society and to raise black hair pig¡C Key Word ¡Gopen of pork market¡Apig industry

The primary purpose of this study was to examine how teachers, parents, and students viewed their charter school as effective when effectiveness was defined by the following 11 characteristics: (a) instructional leadership, (b) clear mission, (c) safe and orderly environment, (d) positive school climate, (e) high expectations, (f) frequent monitoring, (g) basic skills, (h) opportunities for learning, (i) parent and community involvement, (j) professional development and (k) teacher involvement. Two exemplary open-enrollment charter schools in Texas were used in this study. All 24 teacher, parent, and student participants completed a questionnaire that addressed characteristics analyzed for each group. The 72 participants in this quantitative study were randomly chosen to respond to items on the School Effectiveness Questionnaire developed by Baldwin, Freeman, Coney, Fading, and Thomas. Data from the completed questionnaires were reported using descriptive statistics and frequency data. Major research findings for the study were as follows: 1. There was agreement among teachers, parents, and students regarding 5 characteristics. These characteristics were: (a) safe and orderly environment, (b) positive school climate, (c) high student expectations, (d) frequent student assessment, and (e) monitoring of achievement and basic skills. 2. Teachers and parents agreed their school demonstrated effective instructional leadership, a clear and focused mission, and a maximized opportunity for learning. On the other hand, students were uncertain their school provided maximum opportunities for learning. 3. Only parents and students were in agreement concerning the parental involvement in their school. In contrast, teachers were uncertain their school provided parent and community involvement. 4. Teachers were also uncertain their school provided strong professional development and included them in the decision-making process for the school.

Fachhochsch. Oldenburg/Ostfriesland/Wilhelmshaven, Diplomarbeit--Oldenburg, 2007.