O mangá é uma das mídias mais relevantes do Japão. Ele figura parte significativa da cultura popular japonesa e, como produto de tal cultura, está intrinsecamente ligado aos aspectos que constituem a sociedade nipônica. Com sua linguagem híbrida (imagem e escrita), o mangá vem permeado de elementos socioculturais, cujas representações apresentam um mosaico da sociedade. Como uma imagem substituta, ele retrata práticas sociais e conceitos (valores) que permitem diferentes e várias leituras da sociedade e cultura japonesa. Nessas narrativas, o protagonista do mangá agirá como ator social, sendo, concomitantemente, produtor e testemunha das práticas socioculturais japonesas. Este trabalho tem como objeto de estudo o mangá One Piece de Oda Eiichiro (1975), cujo enredo narra as aventuras da tripulação Piratas do Chapéu de Palha, comandada por Monkey D. Luffy. Por meio do protagonista e herói da narrativa, Monkey D. Luffy, procurou-se identificar elementos que fazem referência a aspectos característicos da figura do herói, visto que esse se reveste com as características de maior valor e destaque de sua cultura de origem. Na análise constatou-se a representação e o praticar de valores como honra, autossacrifício, lealdade, esforço, disciplina, perseverança e sinceridade. Pelas interações do protagonista também pode se verificar a pratica de dinâmicas sociais como hierarquia social, o conceito de on (débito moral) e giri (dever moral), além de referências a aspectos culturais da yakuza (máfia japonesa). / Manga is one of the most relevant midia in Japan. It has a significant part of Japanese popular culture and, as a product of such culture, is intrinsically linked to aspects that constitute Japanese society. With its hybrid language (image and writing), manga is permeated by sociocultural elements, whose representations present a mosaic of society. As a surrogate image, manga depicts social practices and concepts (values) that allow different and various readings of Japanese society and culture. In these narratives, the protagonist of manga will behave as a social actor, being, at the same time, a producer and a witness of Japanese sociocultural practices. Therefore, the aim of this study is manga One Piece written by Oda Eiichiro (1975), whose story tells the adventures of Hat of Straws pirate crew, commanded by Monkey D. Luffy. Through the protagonist and hero of the narrative, Monkey D. Luffy, it was expected to identify elements that make reference to characteristic aspects of the hero, since this one is full of characteristics of greater value and highlight of his culture of origin. In the analysis, it was found the representation and practice of values like honor, self-sacrifice, loyalty, effort, discipline, perseverance and sincerity. Through the interactions of the protagonist can also be verified the practice of social dynamics such as social hierarchy, the concept of on (moral debt) and giri (moral duty), as well as references to cultural aspects of yakuza (Japanese mafia).

O mangá é uma das mídias mais relevantes do Japão. Ele figura parte significativa da cultura popular japonesa e, como produto de tal cultura, está intrinsecamente ligado aos aspectos que constituem a sociedade nipônica. Com sua linguagem híbrida (imagem e escrita), o mangá vem permeado de elementos socioculturais, cujas representações apresentam um mosaico da sociedade. Como uma imagem substituta, ele retrata práticas sociais e conceitos (valores) que permitem diferentes e várias leituras da sociedade e cultura japonesa. Nessas narrativas, o protagonista do mangá agirá como ator social, sendo, concomitantemente, produtor e testemunha das práticas socioculturais japonesas. Este trabalho tem como objeto de estudo o mangá One Piece de Oda Eiichiro (1975), cujo enredo narra as aventuras da tripulação Piratas do Chapéu de Palha, comandada por Monkey D. Luffy. Por meio do protagonista e herói da narrativa, Monkey D. Luffy, procurou-se identificar elementos que fazem referência a aspectos característicos da figura do herói, visto que esse se reveste com as características de maior valor e destaque de sua cultura de origem. Na análise constatou-se a representação e o praticar de valores como honra, autossacrifício, lealdade, esforço, disciplina, perseverança e sinceridade. Pelas interações do protagonista também pode se verificar a pratica de dinâmicas sociais como hierarquia social, o conceito de on (débito moral) e giri (dever moral), além de referências a aspectos culturais da yakuza (máfia japonesa). / Manga is one of the most relevant midia in Japan. It has a significant part of Japanese popular culture and, as a product of such culture, is intrinsically linked to aspects that constitute Japanese society. With its hybrid language (image and writing), manga is permeated by sociocultural elements, whose representations present a mosaic of society. As a surrogate image, manga depicts social practices and concepts (values) that allow different and various readings of Japanese society and culture. In these narratives, the protagonist of manga will behave as a social actor, being, at the same time, a producer and a witness of Japanese sociocultural practices. Therefore, the aim of this study is manga One Piece written by Oda Eiichiro (1975), whose story tells the adventures of Hat of Straws pirate crew, commanded by Monkey D. Luffy. Through the protagonist and hero of the narrative, Monkey D. Luffy, it was expected to identify elements that make reference to characteristic aspects of the hero, since this one is full of characteristics of greater value and highlight of his culture of origin. In the analysis, it was found the representation and practice of values like honor, self-sacrifice, loyalty, effort, discipline, perseverance and sincerity. Through the interactions of the protagonist can also be verified the practice of social dynamics such as social hierarchy, the concept of on (moral debt) and giri (moral duty), as well as references to cultural aspects of yakuza (Japanese mafia).

Subdivision surfaces are capable of modeling and representing complex shapes of arbi-trary topology. However, methods on how to build the control mesh of a complex surfaceare not studied much. Currently, most meshes of complicated objects come from trian-gulation and simplification of raster scanned data points, like the Stanford 3D ScanningRepository. This approach is costly and leads to very dense meshes.Subdivision surface based one-piece representation means to represent the final objectin a design process with only one subdivision surface, no matter how complicated theobject's topology or shape. Hence the number of parts in the final representation isalways one.In this dissertation we present necessary mathematical theories and geometric algo-rithms to support subdivision surface based one-piece representation. First, an explicitparametrization method is presented for exact evaluation of Catmull-Clark subdivisionsurfaces. Based on it, two approaches are proposed for constructing the one-piece rep-resentation of a given object with arbitrary topology. One approach is to construct theone-piece representation by using the interpolation technique. Interpolation is a naturalway to build models, but the fairness of the interpolating surface is a big concern inprevious methods. With similarity based interpolation technique, we can obtain bet-ter modeling results with less undesired artifacts and undulations. Another approachis through performing Boolean operations. Up to this point, accurate Boolean oper-ations over subdivision surfaces are not approached yet in the literature. We presenta robust and error controllable Boolean operation method which results in a one-piecerepresentation. Because one-piece representations resulting from the above two methodsare usually dense, error controllable simplification of one-piece representations is needed.Two methods are presented for this purpose: adaptive tessellation and multiresolutionanalysis. Both methods can significantly reduce the complexity of a one-piece represen-tation and while having accurate error estimation.A system that performs subdivision surface based one-piece representation was im-plemented and a lot of examples have been tested. All the examples show that our ap-proaches can obtain very good subdivision based one-piece representation results. Eventhough our methods are based on Catmull-Clark subdivision scheme, we believe they canbe adapted to other subdivision schemes as well with small modifications.

<p>Tidigare forskning har visat att pengar som incitament positivt korrelerar med medarbetares prestationer men ur ett hälsoperspektiv framstår forskningen som bristfällig. Studiens syfte var att undersöka arbetsklimatet på arbetsplatser där lagermedarbetare arbetar för ackordslöner. Forskningsfrågan var vilken inverkan KASAM, organisationsengagemang och inställning till ackordslönesystemet har på psykosomatisk stress hos lagermedarbetare. Detta har empiriskt undersökts genom att medarbetarna (n = 99) har fått besvara enkäter i en av Sveriges största distributionsenheter för detaljhandel. Genom en multipel regressionsanalys påvisades en signifikant modell för psykosomatisk stress där KASAM och ackordsinställning tillsammans förklarade upp till hälften av den totala variansen.</p>

Tidigare forskning har visat att pengar som incitament positivt korrelerar med medarbetares prestationer men ur ett hälsoperspektiv framstår forskningen som bristfällig. Studiens syfte var att undersöka arbetsklimatet på arbetsplatser där lagermedarbetare arbetar för ackordslöner. Forskningsfrågan var vilken inverkan KASAM, organisationsengagemang och inställning till ackordslönesystemet har på psykosomatisk stress hos lagermedarbetare. Detta har empiriskt undersökts genom att medarbetarna (n = 99) har fått besvara enkäter i en av Sveriges största distributionsenheter för detaljhandel. Genom en multipel regressionsanalys påvisades en signifikant modell för psykosomatisk stress där KASAM och ackordsinställning tillsammans förklarade upp till hälften av den totala variansen.

Bakalauro darbo tikslas sukurti dekoratyvų daugiafunkcinį baldą „KUBAS“. Kūrybiniame procese naudojamos informacijos šaltinių studijos. Nagrinėjama istorinė baldų raida, baldų rūšys, medžiagos naudojamos baldų gamyboje. Kūrybinio darbo idėjos paieškoje naudojant informacijos šaltiniuose pateiktą medžiagą nagrinėjama konceptualių, ekologiškų ir daugiafunkcinių baldų gamyba ir pritaikymas interjere. Išnagrinėjus šią medžiagą pristatoma galutinė gaminio idėja – dekoratyvus daugiafunkcinis baldas „KUBAS“. Įgyvendinant idėją kuriami eskizai, braižomi brėžiniai, gaminamas maketas. Praėjus šiuos kūrybinio darbo etapus, pasirinkus medžiagas ir suplanavus darbo eigą pagaminamas „KUBAS“. Dekoratyvaus daugiafunkcinio baldo kūrybinio darbo proceso patirtis bus pritaikoma technologinio ugdymo procese. / Bachelor's goal to create a decorative multi - functional furniture "Cube". Creative process, sources of information used in studies. Examining the historical development of furniture, furniture types of materials used in furniture manufacturing. Creative ideas for job search information sources using the material at issue in the conceptual, eco - friendly and multi - functional furniture and interior applications. Examination of the material presented in the final product idea - a multifunctional piece of furniture decorated with "Cube". Implementing the idea of creating sketches, drawings are done and made model. After these stages of the creative work, selecting materials and planning of the work produced in the course "Cube". Decorative multi - functional piece of furniture the creative process of working experience will be adapted to technological education.

Multi-piece wheels or rims used on large vehicles such as trucks, tractors, trailers, buses and off-road machines have often been known for their dangerous properties because of the large number of catastrophic accidents involving them. The main causes for these accidents range from dislocation of the rim components in the assembly, mismatch of the components, manufacturing tolerances, corrosion of components to tires. A finite element analysis of a two-piece rim design similar to one manufactured by some of the prominent rim manufacturers in the USA is undertaken. A linear static deformation analysis is performed with the appropriate loading and boundary conditions. The dislocation of the side ring with respect to the rim base and its original designer intent position is established using simulation results from ANSYS and actual rim failure cases. Reliability of the multi-piece rims is analyzed using the failure data provided by the rim manufacturers in connection with a lawsuit (Civil Action No. 88-C-1374). The data was analyzed using MINITAB. The effect of an OSHA standard (1910.177) on servicing multi-piece rims was studied for change in failure patterns of different rims. The hazard functions were plotted and failure rates were calculated for each type of rim. The failure rates were found to be increasing suggesting that the standard had minimal effect on the accidents and failures. The lack of proper service personnel training and design defects were suggested as the probable reasons for the increasing failure rates.

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Carl Czerny (1791-1857) was an Austrian piano teacher, composer, pianist, historian, and theorist, who made many contributions to the musical world. He wrote many pieces of music over the course of his life, the most familiar to us being his exercises. His other types of work are less known and studied nowadays for various reasons. Yet it cannot be denied that Czerny was a very important figure who should not be allowed to fade away. We must delve deeper into his life and uncover more of his pieces, to reveal aspects of his work that are unknown for us. This study concentrates on the forgotten piece Fantaisie sur des mélodies de Beethoven, Op. 752. This is one of the pieces that I included in a World Premiere release recording issued by Toccata Classics. The intent of the program for the recording was to change the traditional concept of Czerny's work and show that his compositions are worth adding to today's recital repertoire. The program included five forgotten pieces by Czerny, of which Op. 752 was the most complicated and virtuosic. The purpose of this study is to analyze the piece and illustrate practicing methods or solutions for the technical challenges of different types that it requires, thus constituting a performance guide. Furthermore, this dissertation also gives suggestions for using the piece in teaching. The aim is to help pianists and teachers to understand and successfully perform the piece on the modern piano. Moreover, I hope that this study will draw more attention to Czerny and inspire others to uncover more of his works.

Zdeněk Havlíček The Piano Works of Josef Bohuslav Foerster (The Lyrical Piano Pieces of the Turn of the Century) ABSTRACT: The presented thesis deals with the piano works of Josef Bohuslav Foerster - in detail, it is concerned with his lyrical piano pieces from the turn of the century. After mapping out the relevant Foerster-related literature and sources, it approaches the issue of lyrical piano piece as a music genre, and gives a relatively detailed outline of its development in the 19th century. This becomes a background against which, at some points, the nature of the analyzed pieces is to be shown. In the analysis of the piano cycle "Snění" ("Dreamings", 1898), the motivic and thematic processes are the main object, the analysis of the cycle "Růže vzpomínek" ("Roses of Memories", 1902) is dominated by the aspect of harmony and also takes into consideration the context of the various piano genres employed. From the cycle "A jabloně kvetly" ("And the Apple trees blossom", 1905), only the first piece ("Dream") is closely observed. Finally, an attempt is made to discuss the piano works in question in broader musical-historical and musical- historiographical contexts.