Att tillägna sig sin bostad är en viktig aspekt för att kunna känna sig hemma i sin egen bostad.Arkitekten Ola Nylander presenterar i sin forskning sju egenskapsfält (material och detaljer,axialitet, omslutenhet/öppenhet, rörelse, rumsfigurer, ljus och rumsorganisation) som kan fungerasom måttstockar för hur väl en lägenhet går att ta till sig. Uppsatsen utgår från de sjuegenskapsfälten och undersöker, genom dem, hur de boende upplever trivseln i sin bostad. Allabostäderna i undersökningen är placerade i ett passivhus på fastigheten Flaggskepparen 5 i VästraHamnen Malmö.Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka vilka egenskapsfält som är viktiga för hur de boendeupplever trivseln i ett nyproducerat passivt flerbostadshus. 9 stycken kvalitativa intervjuer hardärför genomförts med de boende i fastigheten. Dessa intervjuer har varit mellan 20 och 60 minuterlånga och genomförts på plats i respondenternas lägenheter (alla utom en). Intervjuerna hartranskriberats och analyserats genom de egenskapsfält undersökningen utgår från. Det har ävengenomförts en enklare inventering av de olika egenskaperna i rummen som omger den privatabostaden, exempelvis trapphus och innergård.Slutsatsen är att de sju olika egenskapsfälten har olika betydelse för och kan påverka trivselnolika i en bostad för de boende. Tillsammans bildar de ett sätt att mäta trivseln. Vissa avegenskapsfälten är lättare att ta till sig för de boende och blir därför lättare att undersöka. Andra harvarit svårare att upptäcka i undersökningen. Men tillsammans med de övriga egenskapsfälten fårdessa en mer framträdande roll. Uppsatsens slutsats är att material och detaljer,öppenhet/omslutenhet och ljus är de enklast tolkningsbara egenskaperna. De är därför också deegenskapsfält som kan vara av störst betydelse för trivseln i en bostad. / To make the dwelling your own is of great importance for your well-being.The swedish architect Ola Nylander presents in his research seven different fields of qualities.These qualities are supposed to work as tool for measuring how easy it is to make the dwelling yourown. Those qualities are: material and details, axiality, closeness/openness, motion, spatial shapes,light and organisation of rooms. This thesis is based on the seven fields of qualities and examinesthe characteristics that are important for the comfort of the dwelling. The building in the survey is apassive house on the property Flaggskepparen 5 of the Western Harbour in Malmö.The purpose with this thesis is to examine which fields of qualities that are of importance forthe perception of the comfort in a passive apartment block. 9 interviews have been conducted withthe residents of the building. The interviews has lasted between 20 to 60 minutes. All of theinterviews took place in their apartments except for one. The interviews were transcribed andanalysed based on the fields of qualities. There has also been made a simple inventory of thedifferent features in the spaces surrounding their private homes. For example, the staircase insidethe building and the courtyard that belongs to the house.The conclusion of this thesis is that the seven fields of qualities have difference significationfor making the dwelling your own. Together, they provide a tool for measuring the perception of thewell-being in the dwelling. Some of the fields of qualities are easier for the residents to understandand therefore easier to examine. Other fields of qualities have been hard to detect in the survey andharder for the residents to understand. Together, though, they make up a greater role in themeasuring of the perception of the well-being. The most easily interpretable properties of the fieldsof qualities in this study are: material and details, closeness/openness and light. They are thereforealso the fields that could be considered to being of most relevance for the comfort of the dwelling.

This project aims to explore the effects of feedback over experience invideo games. It acts as a part of a discussion around the concept of “Juiciness”, byattempting to define it both in theory and practice. The text describes a positionon “Juiciness” in relation to experience design and “Experiential qualities”, anddiscusses the role of aesthetics in the context of feedback. The practical aspect ofthe project is aimed towards finding where “Juiciness” can enrich a designprocess and this is done through the design, development and analysis of a videogame prototype. The project also takes a critical standpoint towards “Juiciness”,in order to question and expand on the current definitions of the concept.

Design trade-offs between estimation performance, processing delay and communication cost for a sensor scheduling problem is discussed. We consider a heterogeneous sensor network with two types of sensors: the first type has low-quality measurements, small processing delay and a light communication cost, while the second type is of high quality, but imposes a large processing delay and a high communication cost. Such a heterogeneous sensor network is common in applications, where for instance in a localization system the poor sensor can be an ultrasound sensor while the more powerful sensor can be a camera. Using a time-periodic Kalman filter, we show how one can find an optimal schedule of the sensor communication. One can significantly improve estimation quality by only using the expensive sensor rarely. We also demonstrate how simple sensor switching rules based on the Riccati equation drives the filter into a stable time-periodic Kalman filter. ￜ 2008 IEEE. / <p>QC 20110224</p>

This thesis aims to make a contribution to our current understanding regarding leisure-time pedagogues’ work with children’s relationships. Here focus is placed on the collective action repertoire as expressed by two different groups of leisure-time pedagogues. The research questions addressed are:   How do leisure-time pedagogues work with children’s relationships and how do they view such relationships? What communities do they identify? What qualities in children’s relationships do they regard as desirable?  The theoretical framework of this study is based on Wenger’s (1998) social theory regarding learning in communities of practice, as well as Gergen’s theory of relationships as an inevitable part of human existence. Consequently, within this thesis relationships are viewed as mainly negotiated and are therefore dynamic in character. The methodological approach is ethnographic, focusing on leisure-time pedagogues’ work with and talk about children’s relationships. The study is based on data derived from eight leisure-time pedagogues divided into two different work teams of four pedagogues, covering two different leisure-time centres and involving 60 children of 6-11 years of age.   Final analysis is based on concepts derived from both Wenger’s and Gergen’s theories, for example; action repertoire, relational qualities, communities of practice and shared interests. Results suggest that the communities of practice and the alliances that pedagogues identify are often gender-related and built on common interests. The pedagogues’ action repertoire illustrates a desire to facilitate encounters between children and promote harmonious relationships. Leisure-time pedagogues support relationships characterized by consensus, respect, confidence and adaptation to rules, whereas those marked by conflict, disharmony, breaking rules or aggressions are counteracted. Various notions emerge in pedagogues’ action repertoire based on normative thinking, where different relational competences are ascribed to children. Some children are described as relationally competent while other children, who do not adapt themselves in a desirable manner, are described as having difficulties adjusting their relational competence. The results also reveal a lack of guidelines for handling the variety of differences in children’s relationships and display the lack of a common professional language for verbalizing children’s relational work.

This thesis focuses on problems that have resulted from the increasing pressure facing urban and suburban land use in South Africa, brought on by a number of different factors including the political and historical background of the country, as well as by rapid urbanization. The objective of this thesis is to present the perspectives applied in the analysis of the built environment in selected case studies, in which different theoretical and methodological approaches have been developed to address the research questions. The empirical part of this thesis consists of four case studies, in which selected low-income housing projects are analyzed from a perspective of how to facilitate higher densities. A central question addressed is whether the provision of housing structures built at higher densities, maintain, improve, or aggravate spatial qualities; and whether the application of these types of projects can be considered as possible alternatives to address the problem of urban sprawl in South Africa. The study finds that the house types analyzed address the density dimension of urban sprawl, thus reducing the amount of land consumed. There is room for increasing densities and overall urban land use efficiency, to which the housing types analyzed in this study may contribute. This implies that cities such as Cape Town and Johannesburg, which suffer from urban sprawl, have the possibility to grow in terms of population without having to expand further in terms of land use. The analysis of spatial qualities shows the studied types maintain positive spatial qualities, and have the possibility of increasing living standards. Nevertheless, a number of other dimensions need to be included when addressing urban sprawl conditions, in order to consider the possibility of replicating these housing types. Furthermore, this study advances approaches in terms of methodologies and concepts applied, which aim to contribute to an increased understanding of the current knowledge in the housing and urban planning fields focusing on questions of urban sprawl in general / <p>QC 20100909</p>

This study is situated in the field of cultural intelligence (CQ) research. It involves expatriate teachers employed at a college for Emirati women in the United Arab Emirates who are all EFL trained native English speakers with a minimum of 5 years overseas teaching experience. This interpretive study explores these teachers’ understandings of cultural intelligence through individual interviews and focus groups. In so doing it contributes to the discussion on expatriate teachers constructs of what it is to be culturally intelligent, and augments knowledge on the cultural intelligence construct itself through rich qualitative data. The research design and subsequent data analysis are informed by Sternberg and Detterman’s (1986) multi-loci of intelligence theory, and Earley and Ang’s (2003) multi-factor construct of cultural intelligence; metacognitive CQ, cognitive CQ, motivational CQ, and behavioural CQ . Results suggest that these four factors of CQ feature in the respondents constructs of cultural intelligence. Metacognitive CQ is evident in the importance placed on being alert to the cultural context and of consciously assessing and reassessing cultural knowledge before making decisions about how to proceed appropriately. Cognitive CQ is displayed in the significance cultural knowledge has for the participants; the data suggest that cognitive CQ is evident in the willingness and the effort made to learn specific cultural information pertaining to the context. For the respondents the desire to travel and engage with different cultures and a confidence in their own ability to manage successfully in novel cultural settings is clear evidence of motivational CQ. The results show that not only do the participants demonstrate behavioural CQ in their actions, they also employ strategies to facilitate accurate acquisition of cultural norms of behaviour through adopting a non-threatening observe and listen approach. In addition the study produced some interesting findings related to the context and attitudes to Arab culture such as the idea of the Arabic language as a cultural ‘gate-keeper’. Other findings that warrant further study include the strong association the respondents made between language learning and CQ, close personal relationships and CQ, age and ‘stage of life’ influences on CQ development, and the correlation these respondents felt exists between EFL teacher qualities and CQ capabilities.

L'objectif de cette étude est de résoudre les qualités de vol d'une aile volante long courrier, au stade de la conception avion. Le concept d'aile volante promet un gain important en terme de performances et de niveau de finesse par rapport aux configurations classiques. Ce gain est obtenu par l'intégration des quatre fonctions principales de l'avion (portance, contrôle, propulsion, transport) dans un seul corps. Ces choix de configuration entraînent des challenges à relever, dont l'obtention de qualités de vol respectant la certification. La configuration initiale étudiée présente de fortes instabilités longitudinales et latérales, une faible autorité en roulis, et des difficultés à effectuer la manœuvre de rotation au décollage. Dans cette étude sont proposées des solutions, combinant des surfaces de contrôle innovantes et des degrés de libertés originaux, qui tirent profit des avantages de la configuration. Les qualités de vols sont résolues dans un processus de résolution avec aussi peu de boucles que possible, et l'impact sur les performances est minimisé. En sortie de ce processus se trouve l'architecture de surface de contrôle optimisée, qui minimise l'impact des qualités de vol sur le coût de la mission. / The aim of this study is to solve the handling qualities problems of a long range blended wing body, at the conceptual design phase. That concept, also named flying wing in this report, is an aircraft which integrates the four aircraft functions (lift, control, propulsion, passengers transportation) in one single body. That configuration presents a benefit in cruise lift-over-drag ratio, as well as in noise emissions, due to the shielding effect provided by the inner wing to mask the engine noise.That configuration choice leads also to challenges. One of them is the handling qualities. The baseline studied flying wing presents initially longitudinal and lateral instabilities, as well as lack of roll manoeuvrability and difficulty to do the rotation at takeoff. In this report are proposed solutions, combining innovative control surfaces and original drivers, which are adapted to the configuration advantages. The handling qualitiesare solved in a resolution process with as few loops as possible, and the impact on the performances is minimized. The output of that process is the best control surfaces architecture and airfoils design which minimizes the impact of the handling qualities resolution on the cost of the mission.

Cette thèse s’inscrit dans le domaine de l’automatique, et a pour but de fournir des outils utiles à l’atterrissage en mer d’hélicoptères (sur navire ou plateforme) et employés dans le cadre d’un potentiel pilotage automatique. L’objectif a donc été de développer une série de lois de commande pilotées manuellement, puis commandées de façon autonome à l’aide d’informations caméra. Les lois ainsi développées à l’aide de modèles dynamiques d’hélicoptères, limitations mécaniques incluses, se basent sur les critères de Qualité de Vol issus de la norme ADS-33. L’ensemble a fait appel à une approche anti-windup pour améliorer la robustesse face aux situations d’actionneurs en saturation. Enfin les lois issues de ces travaux ont été testées en temps-réel sur le banc de pilotage d’hélicoptères de l’ONERA Salon-de-Provence. / This thesis is related to the automatic & control engineering field, and itsmain goal is to provide useful tools for ship landing missions, tools that can be used fora potential autopilot. The objective has been to develop a series of control laws manuallypiloted, then automatically controlled by visual servoing using identified image features. Thelaws developped thanks to helicopter models with mechanical limitations were based on flyingqualities criteria from the ADS-33 standard. The process also defines an anti-windup approachto cope with actuator saturations. Finally the main results were assessed in real time withthe ONERA rotorcraft flight test bench at ONERA Salon-de-Provence.

Introdução: O tratamento hormonal para amenizar sintomas do climatério é bem conhecido, mas nem sempre pode ser indicado para grande parte das mulheres. Por estes motivos, tem-se testado várias opções de tratamento não hormonal, cujos resultados nem sempre são satisfatórios e conclusivos. Objetivo: Avaliar a eficácia da cinarizina no tratamento dos sintomas climatéricos. Casuística e método: Foram estudadas prospectivamente 62 mulheres climatéricas sintomáticas com predomínio de ondas de calor que preencheram os critérios de inclusão e exclusão com idade variando de 45 a 60 anos, as quais foram avaliadas pelo Índice Menopausal de Kupperman (IMK), e atendidas no Setor de Ginecologia Endócrina e Climatério do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo. Foram divididas aleatoriamente em dois grupos: S com 27 pacientes (25 mg de Cinarizina a cada 12 hs, v.o., por 6 meses) e M com 35 pacientes (1 comprimido de placebo a cada 12hs, v.o., por 6 meses). Resultados: No grupo S a média etária foi 53,9 anos; 51,9% brancas e 48,1% negras; e no grupo M a média etária foi de 54,7 anos; 51,4% brancas e 48,6% negras. Os níveis pressóricos e o índice de massa corpórea foram semelhantes, entre os grupos. A análise do IMK e suas variantes comparativamente nos grupos S e M nos tempos 0 e 1 foi p=0,235 e p=0,406, respectivamente. Conclusões: A cinarizina foi semelhante ao placebo no alívio dos sintomas do climatério avaliados pelo IMK. Houve melhora significante do sintoma vertigem nas pacientes que receberam cinarizina. / Introduction: The hormonal treatment for relief of climateric symptoms is well-known but most women can not be treated with homones. For this reason several treatments without hormones has been evaluated with no conclusive results yet. Objective: Evaluate the efficacy of cinnarizine in the treatment of climacteric symptoms. Casuistry and Method: Were prospectively studied 62 symptomatic climacteric women with prevalence of hot flashes who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria aged from 45 to 60 years, evaluated by Kupperman\'s Menopause Index (KMI) attended at the Sector of Endocrinology Gynecology and Climacteric from the Medical School of the Hospital das Clinicas of the University of São Paulo. The subjects were divided alleatory in two: 27 patients Group S (Cinnarizine 25mg every 12h) and Group M with 35 (1 Placebo each 12h). Results: In group S the mean age was 53.9 years; 51.9% white and 48.1% black; and in group M the mean age was 54.7 years; 51.4% white and 48.6% black. Blood pressure levels and body mass index were similar in both groups. The analysis of the KMI and their variables comparision betwen groups (S and M) at time 0 and 1 was p=0.235 and p=0.406 respectively. Conclusions: Cinnarizine was similar to placebo for recipe of climacteric symptoms evaluated by KMI. There was significant improvement of symptom vertigo in patients treated with cinnarizine.

Esta tese apresenta a pesquisa de doutorado cujo objetivo é compreender a contribuição dos estudos de Guedes (2009) para a qualidade dos textos argumentativos de alunos do Ensino Médio, a partir do desenvolvimento das qualidades discursivas apontadas pelo autor e, como consequência, para o reconhecimento do destinatário nas produções textuais. Essa proposta é decorrente de questionamentos resultantes de um projeto de pesquisa sobre debates e produção textual desenvolvida em duas turmas de oitava série, em 2012, no Colégio de Aplicação da UFRGS. A partir dos questionamentos de 2012, no ano letivo de 2014, essas duas turmas, então no segundo ano do Ensino Médio, participaram de práticas de sala de aula envolvendo ensino-aprendizagem de textos argumentativos, analisadas a partir de estratégias metodológicas da pesquisa-ação. O corpus da pesquisa se constitui de textos escritos por esses alunos – as primeiras versões de cada proposta produzidas em cada um dos três trimestres e os textos reescritos a partir das discussões acerca das primeiras versões. Além disso, no decorrer das atividades práticas, aqui entendidas como práticas sociais, foram realizadas anotações referentes a comentários, a perguntas e a situações de sala de aula consideradas importantes para a análise dos textos. Do conjunto de textos, foram selecionados vinte, a fim de ilustrar os aspectos relacionados à pesquisa desenvolvida. Com a análise interpretativa dos dados, buscou-se atingir os seguintes objetivos: relacionar os estudos de Guedes e os de Bakhtin, além de comparar a proposta do autor às propostas de outros autores que escrevem sobre prática de escrita, situando-o no âmbito dos estudos dialógicos da linguagem; analisar a presença ou a ausência das qualidades discursivas apontadas por Guedes e sua contribuição para a qualidade dos textos dos alunos; e discorrer sobre os efeitos práticos do hábito de leitura dos textos para os colegas e para o professor em sala de aula. Ao final da pesquisa, tecem-se as seguintes considerações: a) as discussões em sala de aula levaram os alunos à busca da significação de termos utilizados nas primeiras versões, à reorganização de ideias e até a uma nova abordagem, a fim de tornar claro o que se queria dizer ao outro; b) a questão do reconhecimento do interlocutor, em razão de os textos serem discutidos pelos próprios leitores, pôde ser abordada de forma mais concreta, e os textos foram de fato produzidos com vistas a terem leitores daquela esfera comum, pois trataram de assuntos que diziam respeito àqueles leitores daquele colégio; c) a opção por propostas, e não por temas, parece facilitar a consolidação da unidade temática e do questionamento, além de estimular a prática de produção de textos; d) os alunos perceberam, a partir da necessidade que tiveram durante a elaboração de suas próprias produções e da leitura dos textos dos colegas, que diferentes sequências textuais perpassam os diferentes gêneros discursivos; e) houve, por parte dos alunos, apropriação de vocabulário relacionado ao estudo de texto; f) é preciso desenvolver estratégias para que os alunos se sintam capazes de produzir (e não apenas reproduzir) conhecimento, o que é uma habilidade que também o professor precisa exercitar para melhor auxiliá-los nessa busca. / This thesis presents the doctoral research whose objective is to understand the contribution of Studies from Guedes (2009) to the quality of the argumentative texts of High School students, from the development of the discursive qualities pointed out by the author and, as a consequence, for the recognition of the addressee in textual productions. This proposal is the result of questions raised during a research project on debates and textual production developed in two classes of eighth grade, in 2012, at Colégio de Aplicação da UFRGS. From the questions of 2012, in the academic year of 2014, these two classes, then in the second year of High School, participated in classroom practices involving teaching and learning of argumentative texts, analyzed from methodological strategies of action research. The research corpus consists of texts written by these students - the first versions of each proposal produced in each of the three quarters and texts rewritten from discussions about the first versions. In addition, in the course of practical activities, understood here as social practices, notes were made regarding comments, questions and classroom situations considered important for text analysis. From the set of texts, twenty were selected, in order to illustrate the aspects related to the developed research. With interpretative data analysis, the following objectives were sought: to relate the studies of Guedes and those of Bakhtin, besides comparing the author's proposal to the proposals of other authors who write about writing practice, placing it within the scope of dialogical studies of language; to analyze the presence or absence of discursive qualities pointed out by Guedes and his contribution to the student’s text quality; to discuss the practical effects of the habit of reading the texts for the classmates and for the teacher in the classroom. At the end of the research, the following considerations are made: a) the classroom discussions led the students to search for the meaning of terms used in the first versions, the reorganization of ideas and even a new approach in order to make clear what was meant by the other; b) the question of the interlocutor recognition, because the texts are discussed by the readers themselves, could be approached in a more concrete way, and the texts were actually produced in order to have readers of that common sphere, since they dealt with subjects related to those readers of that school; c) the option for proposals, rather than themes, seems to facilitate the consolidation of the thematic unit and the questioning, besides stimulating the practice of text production; d) the students noticed, from the need they had during the elaboration of their own productions and the reading of texts from their colleagues, that different textual sequences permeate the different discursive genres; e) the students appropriated vocabulary related to text study; f) strategies need to be developed so that students feel capable of producing (not just reproducing) knowledge, which is a skill that the teacher must also exercise in order to assist them better in this search. / En esta tesis se presenta la investigación de doctorado que tiene el objetivo de comprender la contribución de los estudios de Guedes (2009) para la calidad de los textos argumentativos de los alumnos de la Enseñanza Media, a partir del desarrollo de las cualidades discursivas indicadas por el autor y, como consecuencia, para el reconocimiento del destinatario en las producciones textuales. Esa propuesta ha sido el resultado de las interrogantes derivadas de un proyecto de investigación sobre debates y producción textual desarrollado en dos grupos de octavo grado, en el 2012, en el Colégio de Aplicação de la UFRGS. A partir de esas indagaciones del 2012, durante el año lectivo de 2014, esos dos grupos, en ese momento ya en el segundo año de la Enseñanza Media, participaron de prácticas de clase que implicaban la enseñanza-aprendizaje de textos argumentativos, analizadas a partir de estrategias metodológicas desde la investigación-acción. El corpus de la investigación se constituyó de textos escritos por esos estudiantes – las primeras versiones de cada una de las propuestas producidas en cada uno de los tres trimestres y los textos reescritos a partir de las discusiones acerca de las primeras versiones. Además, en el trascurso de las actividades prácticas, aquí entendidas como prácticas sociales, se realizaron anotaciones referentes a los comentarios, a las preguntas y a las situaciones del aula que se han considerado importantes para el análisis de los textos. Del conjunto de textos, se seleccionaron veinte, con el propósito de ilustrar los aspectos relacionados a la investigación desarrollada. Con el análisis interpretativo de los datos, se ha intentado lograr los siguientes objetivos: relacionar los estudios de Guedes y los de Bakhtin, además de comparar la propuesta del autor con las propuestas de otros autores que han escrito sobre la práctica de la escritura, situándolo en el ámbito de los estudios dialógicos del lenguaje; analizar la presencia o la ausencia de las cualidades discursivas indicadas por Guedes y su contribución para la calidad de los textos de los alumnos y discurrir sobre los efectos prácticos del hábito de la lectura de los textos a los compañeros y al profesor en la clase. Al final de la investigación, se originan las siguientes consideraciones: a) las discusiones en el aula condujeron los alumnos hacia la búsqueda de la significación de términos empleados en las primeras versiones, hacia la reorganización de sus ideas y, aun, hacia un nuevo abordaje, con la finalidad de volver claro lo que quería decirse al otro; b) la cuestión del reconocimiento del interlocutor, en virtud de que los textos se discuten entre los propios lectores, se puede abordar de forma más concreta, y, de hecho, los textos se produjeron con la finalidad de que tuvieran lectores de aquel núcleo común, pues trataron asuntos que se relacionaban a los lectores de aquel colegio; c) la opción por propuestas, y no por temas, parece que facilita la consolidación de la unidad temática y del cuestionamiento, además de estimular la práctica de la producción de textos; d) los estudiantes percibieron, a partir de la necesidad que tuvieron durante la elaboración de sus propias producciones y de la lectura de los textos de sus compañeros, que distintas secuencias textuales impregnan los diferentes géneros discursivos; e) hubo, por parte de los estudiantes, apropiación del vocabulario relacionado al estudio del texto; f) se hace necesario desarrollar estrategias para que los estudiantes se sientan capaces de producir (y no solo reproducir) conocimiento, lo que también es una habilidad que el profesor debe ejercitar para que mejor pueda auxiliarlos en esa búsqueda.