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This thesis will study the Italian literary phenomenon Gomorra, viaggi nell'impero economico e nel sogno di dominio della Camorra. First, the focus will be on the text's hybrid nature and implications and also on its literary and intellectual inspirations (such as Truman Capote, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Leonardo Sciascia). Secondly, we will take a closer look at the structure of the novel's narrative and its literary details, in order to reveal the different processes used by Roberto Saviano to convince the reader. Interwoven in this book's central plot, we will find a main obsession: the need to understand. Lastly, we will discuss the question of the great power treated in this novel, the one of a criminal organisation transformed by the revelations made throughout the story. These revelations will allow us to draw interesting comparisons between organized crime and merchant capitalism. For this part, we will refer to Guy Debord's La société du spectacle, and to Hannah Arendt's work on the question of totalitarianism. All of these elements will allow us to discuss the different perspectives within the narrative's framework, and more precisely, the figure of the narrator/author/character that gives Saviano's novel anthropological qualities, in the form of an ethnofiction (Augé). / Ce Mémoire cherchera a étudier le phénomène littéraire italien Gomorra, viaggio nell’impero economico e nel sogno di dominio della Camorra. Au fil de l’analyse il sera évoqué autant son caractère hybride et les implications que cela représente que les influences littéraires et intellectuelles, auquel un tel texte fait écho ( Truman Capote, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Leonardo Sciascia…). Par la suite nous nous attacherons aux structures narratives et aux particularités littéraires du roman, afin de faire ressortir les différents procédés utilisés par Roberto Saviano dans son intention de convaincre. Une obsession qui s’inscrit dans la dynamique centrale du livre, celle de comprendre. Enfin, il sera question de la grande force qui entoure ce roman, celle d’un crime organisé rendu différent de par les révélations faites au sein du roman. De cela nous tirerons une étude comparative entre le crime organisé et le capitalisme marchand, faisant appel autant à Guy Debord et son œuvre La société du spectacle, qu’à Hannah Arendt pour ses nombreux travaux entourant la problématique du totalitarisme. Tous ces éléments nous permettront de conclure sur la particularité des points de vue, notamment avec la figure du narrateur/auteur/personnage qui nous permettra de rapprocher le roman de Roberto Saviano au travail anthropologique, dans la dynamique d’une forme d’ethno- fiction (Augé)

This thesis discusses the topic of the organized translation activities in the second half of the 20th century. It focuses especially on translators of technical texts. The purpose of the thesis is to provide the basic overview of organizations and institutions which operated in Czechoslovakia, and to which the translation activities were concentrated. There is no similar systematic overview in the home professional literature yet. The research method of the oral history was realized via interviews with witnesses. Case studies, dealing in detail with one or another of the examined organizations or institutions, like International Federation of Translators, Translation Department of the Czechoslovakian Writer's Union, translation department in Škoda Auto a.s., International Organisation of Journalists, Prague City Tourism and World Federation of Trade Unions, resulted from the interviews. The information from the interviews was compared and general conclusions about the translating work in the second half of the 20th century were stated. KEY WORDS extern translator, institution, intern translator, technical translation, oral history, organization, organized activities, case study

This thesis deals with the life of current seniors in the country with regard to their leisure activities. The first part defines key terms, such as aging and old age; senior; active aging; ageism; Leisure, its functions and the factors that affect it. The second section deals with the different types of organized and unorganized leisure activities for seniors. The main part is the qualitative research of the life of seniors in the country. The research was conducted by interviewing fifteen seniors living in rural areas.

This study concerns political communication in general, and right-wing populist PR in particular. Research shows that the role of mass media in liberal democracies has changed as a result of emerging social- and alternative media. Political parties no longer need news media to spread their agenda, which proves an opportunity for right-wing populist parties to reach a broader audience. This study aims to determine how The Sweden Democrats, as Sweden’s largest right-wing populist party, communicate through the use of PR-activities. Building on existing work on the content of populist communication, this study aims to show not only what the party communicate but also how they communicate. The ambition is to enable a discussion on the possible effects of right-wing populist communication in liberal democracy.   Based on Habermas’ theory of the public sphere, a critical discourse analysis was carried out on two of the Sweden Democrat’s PR-activities. Analysis on the examples demonstrates use of a populist discourse as well as the use of manipulative persuasive strategies. The results indicate that right-wing populist communication have a negative effect on democracy. The Sweden Democrats utilize discontent and fear as a foundation for totalitarian reasoning, through a use of strategy that neglects the value of democracy. Based on the results the public sphere is recommended as a normative vision for political debate. Further research is needed on how right-wing populist parties communicate in Sweden and internationally, as well as how the use of strategic communication can be transformed to better serve democratic politics.

Cette étude introduit une nouvelle approche appelée Bivariate 2D-EMD pour séparer le mouvement organisé à grande échelle, soit la composante basse fréquence de l’écoulement des fluctuations turbulentes, soit la composante haute fréquence dans un champ de vitesse instantané bidimensionnel.Cette séparation nécessite un seul champ de vitesse instantané contrairement aux autres méthodes plus couramment utilisées en mécanique des fluides, comme le POD. La méthode proposée durant cette thèse est tout à fait appropriée à l’analyse des écoulements qui sont intrinsèquement instationnaires et non linéaires comme l'écoulement dans le cylindre lorsque le moteur fonctionne dans des conditions transitoires. Bivariate 2D-EMD est validé à travers différents cas test, sur un écoulement turbulent homogène et isotrope (THI) expérimental, qui a été perturbé par un tourbillon synthétique de type Lamb-Ossen, qui simule le mouvement organisé dans le cylindre. Enfin, Il est appliqué sur un écoulement expérimental obtenu dans un cylindre et les résultats de la séparation d'écoulement sont comparés à ceux basés sur l'analyse POD. L’évolution d’écoulement dans le cylindre pendant le fonctionnement du moteur transitoire, c’est à dire une accélération du régime moteur de 1000 à 2000tr/min en différentes rampes, sont mesurée en utilisant de PIV 2D-2C haute cadence. Les champs de vitesse sont obtenus dans le plan de tumble dans un moteur un moteur GDI mono-cylindre transparent et forment une base de données nécessaire pour valider les résultats de simulation numérique. / This study introduces a new approach called Bivariate 2D-EMD to separate large-scale organizedmotion i.e., flow low frequency component from random turbulent fluctuations i.e., high frequency onein a given in-cylinder instantaneous 2D velocity field. This signal processing method needs only oneinstantaneous velocity field contrary to the other methods commonly used in fluid mechanics, as POD.The proposed method is quite appropriate to analyze the flows intrinsically both unsteady and nonlinearflows as in in-cylinder. The Bivariate 2D-EMD is validated through different test cases, by optimize itand apply it on an experimental homogeneous and isotropic turbulent flow (HIT), perturbed by asynthetic Lamb-Ossen vortex, to simulate the feature of in-cylinder flows. Furthermore, it applies onexperimental in-cylinder flows. The results obtained by EMD and POD analysis are compared. Theevolution of in-cylinder flow during transient engine working mode, i.e., engine speed acceleration from1000 to 2000 rpm with different time periods, was obtained by High speed PIV 2D-2C. The velocityfields are obtained within tumble plane in a transparent mono-cylinder DISI engine and provide a database to validate CFD.

Dans leur célèbre article de 1987, les physiciens Per Bak, Chao Tang et Kurt Wiesenfeld ont montré que certains systèmes complexes, composés d'un nombre important d'éléments en interaction dynamique, évoluent vers un état critique, sans intervention extérieure. Ce phénomène, appelé criticalité auto-organisée, peut être observé empiriquement ou simulé par ordinateur pour de nombreux modèles. Cependant leur analyse mathématique est très ardue. Même des modèles dont la définition est apparemment simple, comme les modèles décrivant la dynamique d'un tas de sable, ne sont pas bien compris mathématiquement. Le but de cette thèse est la construction d'un modèle de criticalité auto-organisée, qui est aussi simple que possible, et qui est accessible à une étude mathématique rigoureuse. Pour cela, nous modifions le modèle d'Ising Curie-Weiss généralisé en introduisant un contrôle automatique du paramètre de température. Pour une classe de distributions symétriques satisfaisant une certaine condition d'intégrabilité, nous montrons que la somme Sn des variables aléatoires du modèle a le comportement typique du modèle d'Ising Curie-Weiss généralisé critique: les fluctuations sont d'ordre n^(3/4) et la loi limite est C exp(- lambda*x^4) dx, où C et lambda sont des constantes strictement positives. Notre étude nous a menés à généraliser ce modèle dans plusieurs directions : cas de la dimension supérieure, fonctions d'interactions plus générales, extension à des auto-interactions menant à des fluctuations d'ordre n^(5/6). Nous étudions aussi des modèles dynamiques dont la distribution invariante est la loi de notre modèle d'Ising Curie-Weiss de criticalité auto-organisée. / In their famous 1987 article, Per Bak, Chao Tang and Kurt Wiesenfeld showed that certain complex systems, composed of a large number of dynamically interacting elements, are naturally attracted by critical points, without any external intervention. This phenomenon, called self-organized criticality, can be observed empirically or simulated on a computer in various models. However the mathematical analysis of these models turns out to be extremely difficult. Even models whose definition seems simple, such as the models describing the dynamics of a sandpile, are not well understood mathematically. The goal of this thesis is to design a model exhibiting self-organized criticality, which is as simple as possible, and which is amenable to a rigorous mathematical analysis. To this end, we modify the generalized Ising Curie-Weiss model by implementing an automatic control of the inverse temperature. For a class of symmetric distributions whose density satisfies some integrability conditions, we prove that the sum Sn of the random variables behaves as in the typical critical generalized Ising Curie-Weiss model: the fluctuations are of order n^(3/4) and the limiting law is C exp(- lambda*x^4) dx where C and lambda are suitable positive constants. Our study led us to generalize this model in several directions: the multidimensional case, more general interacting functions, extension to self-interactions leading to fluctuations with order n^(5/6). We also study dynamic models whose invariant distribution is the law of our Curie-Weiss model of self-organized criticality.

While research increasingly recognizes the importance of civilian agency and strategies in influencing conflict dynamics and reducing civilian victimization in the context of armed conflict, research has until now not investigated whether civilians also have the capacity to limit organized criminal violence. This study thus aims to answer under which conditions civilians can protect themselves from and influence levels of organized criminal violence and draws on the literatures on civilian self-protection and autonomy strategies in the context of armed conflict, as well as on organized criminal governance and violence. I argue that civilian communities with high levels of social organization will experience lower levels of violence, as they are more likely to mount successful collective strategies that influence costs and benefits for organized crime groups to use violence. Using the method of structured focused comparison, this hypothesis is tested on the Colombian municipalities San Juan de Arama, Vistahermosa and Granada. The results show some support for the theorized relationship. In general, municipalities with higher levels of social organization experienced lower levels of organized criminal violence, but this relationship appears to be moderated by levels of civil war violence. Due to the explorative character of this study, more research is warranted.

As teorias científicas surgiram da necessidade do homem entender o funcionamento das coisas. Novos métodos e técnicas são então criados com o objetivo não só de melhor compreender, mas também de desenvolver essas próprias teorias. Nesta dissertação, vamos estudar várias dessas técnicas (aqui chamadas de algoritmos) com o objetivo de obter estados fundamentais em sistemas de spin e de revelar suas possíveis propriedades de auto-organização crítica. No segundo capítulo desta dissertação, apresentamos os algoritmos de otimização: simulated annealing, algoritmo genético, otimização extrema (EO) e evolutivo de Bak-Sneppen (BS). No terceiro capítulo apresentamos o conceito de criticalidade auto-organizada (SOC), usando como exemplo o modelo da pilha de areia. Para uma melhor compreensão da importância da criticalidade auto-organizada, apresentamos vários outros exemplos de onde o fenômeno é observado. No quarto capítulo apresentamos o modelo de relógio quiral de p-estados que será nosso sistema de testes. No caso unidimensional, determinamos a matriz de transferência e utilizamos o teorema de Perron-Frobenius para provar a inexistência de transição de fase a temperaturas finitas a temperaturas finitas. Esboçamos os diagramas de fases dos estados fundamentais que obtivemos de maneira analítica e numérica para os casos de p = 2, 3, 4, 5 e 6, no caso numérico fazendo uso do algoritmo de Bak-Sneppen com sorteio (BSS). Apresentamos ainda um breve estudo do número de mínimos locais para o modelo de relógio quiral de p-estados, para os casos de p = 3 e 4. Por último, no quinto capítulo, propomos uma dinâmica Bak-Sneppen com ruído (BSR) como uma nova técnica de otimização para tratar sistemas discretos. O ruído é introduzido diretamente no espaço de configuração de spins. Conseqüentemente, o fitness (adaptabilidade) passa a assumir valores contínuos, num pequeno intervalo em torno do seu valor original (discreto). Os resultados dessa dinâmica indicam a presença de criticalidade auto-organizada, evidenciada pelo decaimento em leis de potências das correlações espacial e temporal. Também estudamos o método EO e obtivemos uma confirmação numérica de que sua dinâmica exibe um comportamento não crítico com alcance espacial infinito e decaimento exponencial das avalanches. Finalmente, para o modelo de relógio quiral, comparamos a eficiência das três dinâmicas (EO, BSS e BSR) no que tange às suas habilidades de encontrar o estado fundamental do sistema. / In order to understand how things work, man has formulated scientific theories. New methods and techniques have been created not only to increase our understanding on the subject but also to develop and even expand those theories. In this thesis, we study several techniques (here called algorithms) designed with the objective to get the ground states of some spin systems and eventually to reveal possible properties of critical self-organization. In the second chapter, we introduce four fundamental optimization algorithms: simulated annealing, genetics algorithms, extremal optimization (EO) and Bak-Sneppen (BS). In the third chapter we present the concept of self-organized criticality (SOC), using as an example the sandpile model. To understand the importance of the self-organized criticality, we show many other situations where the phenomenon can be observed. In the fourth chapter, we introduce the p-states chiral clock model. This will be our test or toy system. For the one-dimensional case, we first determined the corresponding transfer-matrix and then proved the nonexistence of phase transitions by using the Perron-Frobenius theorem. We calculate the ground state phase diagrams both analytically and numerically in the cases of p = 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. We also present a brief study of the number of local minima for the cases p = 3 and 4 of the chiral clock model. Finally, in the fifth chapter, we propose a Bak-Sneppen dynamics with noise (BSN) as a new technique of optimization to treat discrete systems. The noise is directly introduced into the spin configuration space. Consequently, the fitness now take values in a continuum but small interval around its original value (discrete). The results of this dynamics indicate the presence of self-organized criticality, which becomes evident with the power law scaling of the spacial and temporal correlations. We also study the EO algorithm and found a numerical con_rmation that it does not show a critical behavior since it has an in_nite space range and an exponential decay of the avalanches. At the end, we compare the e_ciency of the three dynamics (EO, BSD and BSN) for the chiral clock model, concerning their abilities to _nd the system\'s ground state.

O presente trabalho aborda a atuação de atores privados nos programas brasileiros de cooperação internacional para o desenvolvimento. Sua contribuição específica é tratar aqueles atores como grupos de interesse que perseguem objetivos próprios. A literatura que se dedica ao estudo de atores privados na cooperação internacional para o desenvolvimento (CID) tem considerado as organizações não-governamentais como os atores privados clássicos desse tipo de atividade. Alicerçada em premissas construtivistas, parcela substancial de tal literatura defende que os atores privados que atuam na CID se diferenciam dos outros atores por realizarem a prática de advocacy e, assim, defenderem interesses coletivos. Ao mesmo tempo, a globalização e o processo de liberalização política que atingiu diferentes países latino-americanos modificaram a natureza da política externa, que, além de representar interesses coletivos no plano internacional, passou a ter de negociar mais intensamente interesses setoriais, a partir de sua inserção no conflito distributivo interno. Apesar disso, o estudo da atuação desses atores privados como grupos de interesse na formulação de política externa ainda constitui uma área a ser explorada na literatura. Tal lacuna se aprofunda significativamente nos estudos sobre a atuação de atores privados na CID. Esta tese busca, por meio do diálogo com a literatura pertinente, auxiliar no preenchimento desses vazios. / This thesis approaches the participation of private actors in the Brazilian international cooperation for development programs. Its specific contribution is to treat those actors as interest groups who pursuit self-interests. The literature about private actors in international cooperation for development considers non-governmental organizations to be the classic private actors involved in this activity. Based on constructivist assumptions, a substantial part of that literature proposes the private actors who participate in international cooperation for development are different from the other actors because the former makes advocacy instead of lobbying and, therefore, support collective interests. At the same time, globalization and the process of political liberalization which occurred in many Latin- American countries modified the nature of foreign policy. In this new scenario, beyond to represent collective interests in the international arena, foreign policy decision makers have been pressured to negotiate with specific interests. Despite of that, the field of study about interest groups in foreign policy decision making process rests almost unexplored. This gap deepen significantly in the literature about private actors in international cooperation for development. This thesis objective is to help to fill those gaps.