Submitted by ANTONIO GENESIO VASCONCELOS NETO (genesiovasconcelos@gmail.com) on 2017-06-13T14:37:17Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese Antonio Genesio Vasconcelos Neto - Versao Final.pdf: 4336012 bytes, checksum: a4bab2839854f132e8c1dbecb527d14a (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Pamela Beltran Tonsa (pamela.tonsa@fgv.br) on 2017-06-13T14:53:05Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese Antonio Genesio Vasconcelos Neto - Versao Final.pdf: 4336012 bytes, checksum: a4bab2839854f132e8c1dbecb527d14a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-13T15:51:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese Antonio Genesio Vasconcelos Neto - Versao Final.pdf: 4336012 bytes, checksum: a4bab2839854f132e8c1dbecb527d14a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-06-06 / Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo verificar como Capacidades Operacionais das Cadeias de Suprimentos são desenvolvidas a partir de tecnologias (recursos) de um agente externo. Para isso, pretende-se analisar as alterações ou melhorias em Práticas e Capacidades Operacionais nos elos da Cadeia de Suprimentos, a partir do uso de tecnologias, transferidas por empresa intensiva em serviços tecnológicos (T-KIBS), bem como o impacto que estas tecnologias e alterações operacionais podem causar no Desempenho Operacional. O referencial teórico foca no processo de desenvolvimento de Capacidades Operacionais a partir de alterações nas Práticas Operacionais. Como metodologia qualitativa para coleta de dados, utilizou-se o estudo de casos, por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas. Assim, foram pesquisadas 73 empresas e dois grupos focais, pertencentes a 17 elos, de três Cadeias de Suprimentos Agroindustriais, de dois países. Como condicionante, estava o uso de tecnologias, transferidas por empresa externa à cadeia, utilizadas como recursos operacionais, indutoras de alterações operacionais. Os resultados foram verificados de acordo com alterações que as tecnologias induziram nos Parâmetros Operacionais (Práticas, Capacidades e Desempenho), tanto para os elos quanto para as Cadeias de Suprimentos. Ao final, são apresentadas proposições de pesquisa sobre as influências que a implementação de tecnologias advindas de T-KIBS podem causar nos Parâmetros Operacionais dos elos e das Cadeias de Suprimento, sofrendo variações de acordo com as estratégias operacionais das empresas, da posição dos elos adotantes em relação às Cadeias (montante ou jusante), bem como do nível de estruturação das Cadeias, o tempo que as tecnologias foram adotadas e a necessidade de criação de novos elos em decorrência do uso das tecnologias. / This research aims to verify how Supply Chain Operational Capabilities are developed from technologies (resources) of an external agent. For this, we intended to analyze the changes or improvements in Practices and Operational Capabilities in the links of the Supply Chain, from the use of technologies, transferred by technological knowledge business services (T-KIBS), as well as the impact that these technologies and operational changes may result in Operational Performance. The theoretical framework focuses on the process of developing Operational Capabilities based on changes in Operational Practices. As qualitative metolodigy for data collection, the case study was used, through semi-structured interviews. Thus, 73 companies and two focus groups, belonging to 17 links, from three Agroindustrial Supply Chains from two countries were researched. As a conditioning, was the use of technologies, transferred by an external company to the Supply Chain, used as operational resources, inducing operational changes. The results were verified according to changes that the technologies induced in the Operational Parameters (Practices, Capacities and Performance), both for the links and for the Supply Chains. Finally, we present research propositions about the influences that the implementation of T-KIBS technologies can cause in the Operational Parameters of the links and Supply Chains, varying according to the operational strategies of the companies, the position of adopting links in relation to the Chains (upstream or downstream), as well as the level of structuring of the chains, the time the technologies were adopted and the need to create new links due to the use of the technologies.

This thesis deals with the issue of operational and crisis management within the Police of the Czech Republic. The organizational structure and the staffing of operational centers and emergency management centers is described as closely related to police activities, with emphasis on the responsibility for executing tasks resulting in particular from internal acts of the Police management as the essential component of the Integrated Rescue System (IRS). The issue of emergency calls handling and the related communications between the basic components of the integrated rescue system, particularly between the Police and the Fire and Rescue Service, considering the technological and material and technical equipment of operational centers of the police of the CR is dealt with. The empirical section is focused directly on the "modern" Integrated Operational Centre of Regional Police Headquarters of the Vysočina region where questionnaires are distributed to workers (policemen) of this organizational element of the Police, the object of study is divided into three parts. The first part is focused on the IRS issues, the level of knowledge, orientation in this area and views on cooperation of the IRS components are identified by the questionnaire. The second part is focused on crisis management, the knowledge level of respondents in this area is determined. The third part of the questionnaire is directed entirely to obtain information and knowledge from practice of the staff members involved in special activities. The discussion and conclusion gives information about the progressive development and integration of operational centers, including the possible and most convenient way (system) of operational and crisis management within the Police of the Czech Republic.

This work is focused on an analysis of current programming period 2007 -- 2013. The objective is to provide an operational programme overview, both their specifics and survey. Special attention is paid to Regional Operational Programme NUTS 2 Central Bohemia. In the practical part there are summarised (following the research) the results of the absorption capacity of the region and the function of euromanagers. In conclusion there is an analysis of a succesful project in Central Bohemia, carried out through Common Regional Operational Programme from the last programming period.

This Master`s thesis deals with properties of current feedback operational amplifier. The main goal of this work is creation design process of current feedback operational amplifier by using CMOS technology AMIS 0,7 µm. Next goal of this work is attestation of funciton our design process. Last goal is creation the datasheet of our amplifier.

Operational risk has become an increasingly important topic within financial institutions of late, resulting in an increased spend by financial service organisations on operational risk management solutions. While this move is positive, evidence has shown that information technology implementations have tended to have low rates of success. Research highlighted that a series of defined critical success factors could reduce the risk of implementation failure. Investigations into the literature revealed that no critical success factors had been defined for the implementation of an operational risk management system. Through a literature study, a list of 29 critical success factors was identified. To confirm these factors, a questionnaire was developed. The questionnaire was distributed to an identified target audience within the South African financial services community. Reponses to the questionnaire revealed that 27 of the 29 critical success factors were deemed important and critical to the implementation of an operational risk management system. / Business Management / M. Com. (Business Management)

Timber is a building material that is becoming more common and of interest for use in high-rise buildings. One of the reasons is that timber requires less energy input for the manufacturing process of the material compared to non-wood based materials. When designing high- rise timber buildings it is of great significance to understand the dynamic behavior of the structure. One method to obtain the dynamic properties is to use Operational Modal Analysis, which is based on the structural response from operational use. Finite element (FE) analysis is a tool which can be used for dynamic analysis for large structures. In this study an Operation Modal Analysis (OMA) was conducted on a four-story timber building in Växjö. A finite element model was created of the same building using commercial FE packages. Based on the mode shapes and natural frequencies obtained from the OMA, the FE model was fine-tuned. The purpose of this thesis is to gain knowledge of which parameters that might have a significant role in finite element modelling for a structural dynamic analysis. The aim is to develop a finite element model that accurately simulates the dynamic behavior of the tested building. It was shown from the result that is possible with an enough detailed FE model to capture the dynamic behaviour of a structure. The parameters that had the largest effect on the result can be pointed to the mass and the stiffness of the structure. / Trä är ett byggnadsmaterial som börjar bli allt mer vanligt och är av intresse att använda som stommaterial för höga byggnader. En anledning till detta är att det krävs mindre energi i tillverkningsfasen för trä jämfört med stål och betong. Vid dimensionering av höga träbyggnader är det essentiellt att förstå byggnadens dynamiska egenskaper. För att ta fram en byggnads dynamiska egenskaper kan en metod som benämns Operational Modal Analysis (OMA) tillämpas vilken baseras på byggnadens rörelser vid daglig användning. Finita element (FE) metoden är ett verktyg som kan användas vid dynamisk analys för större byggnader. I detta arbete genomfördes en OMA för ett fyravåningshus med trästomme beläget i Växjö. Genom användning av kommersiella FE-mjukvaror togs en finita element modell av samma byggnad fram. Baserat på de egenfrekvenser och egenmoder erhållna från OMA, uppdaterades FE-modellen därefter. Syftet med detta arbete är att erhålla kunskap kring vilka parametrar som har betydelse vid FE-modellering med hänsyn till dynamisk analys. Syftet är även att validera den prototyp av datainsamlingsenhet som använts vid fältmätningen. Målet med arbetet är att ta fram en FE-modell som på ett korrekt sätt beskriver den testade byggnadens dynamiska beteende. Resultatet av arbetet påvisar att med en tillräckligt detaljerad FE-modell är det möjligt att erhålla en byggnads dynamiska egenskaper. De parametrar som har störst inverkan på resultatet är byggnadens styvhet och inkluderad massa.

The dissertation addresses the research topics of machine learning outlined below. We developed the theory about traditional first-order algorithms from convex opti- mization and provide new insights in nonconvex objective functions from machine learning. Based on the theory analysis, we designed and developed new algorithms to overcome the difficulty of nonconvex objective and to accelerate the speed to obtain the desired result. In this thesis, we answer the two questions: (1) How to design a step size for gradient descent with random initialization? (2) Can we accelerate the current convex optimization algorithms and improve them into nonconvex objective? For application, we apply the optimization algorithms in sparse subspace clustering. A new algorithm, CoCoSSC, is proposed to improve the current sample complexity under the condition of the existence of noise and missing entries. Gradient-based optimization methods have been increasingly modeled and inter- preted by ordinary differential equations (ODEs). Existing ODEs in the literature are, however, inadequate to distinguish between two fundamentally different meth- ods, Nesterov’s acceleration gradient method for strongly convex functions (NAG-SC) and Polyak’s heavy-ball method. In this paper, we derive high-resolution ODEs as more accurate surrogates for the two methods in addition to Nesterov’s acceleration gradient method for general convex functions (NAG-C), respectively. These novel ODEs can be integrated into a general framework that allows for a fine-grained anal- ysis of the discrete optimization algorithms through translating properties of the amenable ODEs into those of their discrete counterparts. As a first application of this framework, we identify the effect of a term referred to as gradient correction in NAG-SC but not in the heavy-ball method, shedding deep insight into why the for- mer achieves acceleration while the latter does not. Moreover, in this high-resolution ODE framework, NAG-C is shown to boost the squared gradient norm minimization at the inverse cubic rate, which is the sharpest known rate concerning NAG-C itself. Finally, by modifying the high-resolution ODE of NAG-C, we obtain a family of new optimization methods that are shown to maintain the accelerated convergence rates as NAG-C for minimizing convex functions.

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Целью работы является разработка методического подхода к оценке эффективности операционной деятельности телекоммуникационной компании. В основе подхода – динамический анализ ключевых факторов операционной деятельности, проведение корреляционно-регрессионного анализа между операционными параметрами и показателями эффективности, а также расчет интегрального показателя. Разработанный методический подход к оценке операционной деятельности телекоммуникационной компании позволяет повысить точность расчетов, объективность комплексной оценки и оценить эффективность операционной деятельности. / The aim of the work is to develop a new pricing mechanism at woodworking enterprises. The mechanism is based on the calculation and further accounting in the pricing process of the waste coefficient, which characterizes the volume of waste in the sawmill, depending on such parameters of the final product as the thickness and width of lumber. The developed pricing mechanism makes it possible to more accurately determine the cost of production, form favorable offers to counterparties and concentrate the efforts of sales managers on the most profitable positions of the assortment.

Doctor of Philosophy / Department of Psychological Sciences / Gary L. Brase / Operational Sex Ratio (OSR: the ratio of reproductively viable males to females in a given population) has been theorized and studied as a construct that may influence behaviors. The encoding of sex ratio was examined in order to determine whether the cognitive process underlying it is automatic or effortful. Further, the current work examines whether OSR or Adult Sex Ratio (ASR: the ratio of adult males to females) is encoded. The current work involved four experiments; two using frequency tracking methodology and two using summary statistic methodology. Experiment 1 found a strong correlation between OSR of conditions and estimates of sex ratio. Participants in Experiment 1 were uninformed on the purpose of the experiment, thus the strong correlations between actual and estimated sex ratio suggest a level of automaticity. Experiment 2 found a strong correlation between the ASR of conditions and estimates, suggesting that individuals do not encode OSR over ASR. Experiments 3.a. and 3.b. demonstrated automaticity in estimates of sex ratio from briefly presented sets of faces, for two different durations: 1000ms and 330ms, the later of which is widely accepted as the length of a single eye fixation. Overall this work demonstrated a human ability to recall proportion of sexes from arrays of serially presented individuals (Experiments 1 and 2), and that ASR is encoded when participants are presented with conditions including older adults. This work found the encoding of sex ratio to be highly automatic, particularly stemming from the results of Experiments 3.a. and 3.b. Conclusions from this work help to verify previous research on sex ratio’s effect on mating strategies through evidence supporting the automatic nature of encoding sex ratio. Further, the current work is a foundation for future research regarding sex ratio, and leads to several proposals for future endeavors.