Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia Política. / Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-22T09:20:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 241707.pdf: 1251521 bytes, checksum: 82529243f15154ae5f46d9d634a985d3 (MD5)

Com o objetivo de se conhecer a comunidade zooplanctônica da zona de arrebentação da Praia de Tramandaí – RS e identificar a variação sazonal das espécies e sua relação com os padrões de ventos e influências de massas de água, foram realizadas 24 amostragens com intervalo de quinze dias entre agosto de 2005 e agosto de 2006. Dados de temperatura do ar e da água, salinidade, velocidade do vento e direção do vento e da corrente de deriva foram obtidos no campo no momento de cada coleta. A concentração de clorofila-a foi obtida em laboratório, assim como a identificação e quantificação do zooplâncton e sua biomassa em peso seco. Copepoda foi o grupo mais diverso com maior importância representada pela espécie Temora turbinata, seguida de Acartia tonsa e Subeucalanus pileatus. O misidáceo Metamysidopsis elongata atlantica apresentou entre todos os taxa encontrados, a maior freqüência de ocorrência e abundância relativa, correspondendo a grande parte da biomassa em peso seco encontrada. Biomassa de zooplâncton e clorofila-a não apresentaram correlação significativa, apresentando picos de 96 mg.m-³ e 138 μg.L-¹, respectivamente. O copépode Ctenocalanus vanus, apesar de originário de Águas Subantárticas e Subtropicais foi freqüente na região de estudo e a falta de conhecimento sobre seu comportamento e exigências reprodutivas nos levou a realizar testes de laboratório que permitiram observar sua forma de desova e eclosão, assim como estimar valores de produção de ovos, pelotas fecais e náuplios em duas dietas diferentes. Assim os dados levantados servirão de base para novos estudos que permitam um maior entendimento dos processos que ocorrem na coluna d’água da Praia de Tramandaí - RS. / This article aims at the research of the zooplanktonic community of the Tramandaí Beach – RS surf zone and at the identification of the seasonal variation of the species; its relations with wind patterns and water mass influence. To reach such objective, 24 samplings were done between August 2005 and August 2006 at intervals of fifteen days. Data about air and water temperature, salinity, wind speed, drift current, and wind direction were collected in the field at the same time of each sampling. The chlorophyll-a concentration was measured in laboratory as well as the identification and quantification of the zooplankton and its dry biomass. Copepoda was the most diverse group. Temora turbinata was the most important species followed by Acartia tonsa and Subeucalanus pileatus. The Mysidacea Metamysidopsis elongata atlantica expressed the highest frequency of occurrence and relative abundance among all taxa, corresponding to a considerable part of the total dry biomass. Zooplankton biomass and chlorophyll-a did not present significant correlation. The highest concentrations found were 96 mg.m-³ and 138 μg.L-¹ respectively. In spite of being originated in Subtropical and sub-Antarctic waters, the copepod Ctenocalanus vanus was frequently found in the study area. Because of the lack of knowledge about their behaviour and reproductive requirements, we accomplished laboratorial tests which allowed the observation of their kind of spawning and hatching. It also allowed estimating at the number of eggs, fecal pellets and number of nauplius in two different diets. Such data is going to be the basis for new studies to provide a higher understanding of the processes occurring in the water column of Tramandaí Beach - RS

This thesis is focused on comparing methods for similarity image retrieval. Common techniques and testing sets are introduced. The testing sets are there to measure the accuracy of the searching systems based on similarity image retrieval. Measurements are done on those models which are implemented on the basis of presented techniques. These measurements examine their results depending on the input data, used components and parameters settings, especially the impact of image resolution on the retrieval precision is examined. These results are analysed and the models are compared. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Submitted by Nadir Basilio (nadirsb@uninove.br) on 2015-07-16T15:09:14Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Ana Carolina Costa Cruz.pdf: 984112 bytes, checksum: c9254736af80743005b2f8510a87c4e0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-16T15:09:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ana Carolina Costa Cruz.pdf: 984112 bytes, checksum: c9254736af80743005b2f8510a87c4e0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-02-20 / We can observe that there are several strategies that guide the competitive, one of them is diversification. This paper presents a study of diversification in the strategic management of surfing teaching of micro enterprises (MEES) of Rio de Janeiro. In the case of MEES, there are characteristics that make it very important to diversify their survival and development. Therefore, we chose to study the subject in this type of company. The research analyzed the diversification process used by MEES of Barra da Tijuca and of Recreio dos Bandeirantes, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, in order to demonstrate the impacts resulting from the choice of such a strategy. Considering the diversification of products (goods and services), we discuss the strengths and limitations of the strategies that promoted diversification in the companies studied. The research was a multi-case study, exploratory and qualitative. In data processing, mainly collected through semi structured interviews, they were analyzed with the support of the analysis of Atlas-ti qualitative data software. Develop intra and intercasos analysis, thus explaining the diversification process in seven firms. Comparing the cases studied, we identified best practices in strategic diversification of business management. All MEES diversified horizontally, ie expanded their services to additional markets - for example, surf trips (trips to surfing) and stand up paddle lessons. We found that vertical diversification of some occurred with the manufacture or repair of surfboards. There were also independent diversification (diversification with little or no relation to the services already existed before): petitions, bike rentals, pilates and yoga classes, massage and hosting customers. In most cases investigated, the diversified leaders to meet a customer demand. Another opportunity arose to diversify the experiences, learning and internal knowledge available in the company, which shows that the allied training to previous experience is related to the diversification in their business option. It is noticed that there is a sporadic concern for strategic management in MEES and long periods of attention exclusively focused on operational and administrative problems. On the other hand, the MEES owner-managers demonstrate awareness of the need to innovate and generate a differentiation by creating new services. Although not always performed as intended, a common goal to managers of MEES is to achieve a given amount of sales level (or servicing), but with high quality, paying attention to the shortage of human resources who have education and training to work this type of company. Finally, diversification in MEES brought higher revenues for companies, promoted the loyalty of customers who engage in one or more of the company's services, and has become a differentiating from competitors, reducing competition by price. As a result of a diversification strategy, the MEES are surviving in the long term and stabilized the financial company. / Podemos observar a existência de diversas estratégias que norteiam o desenvolvimento de um negócio. Uma delas é a diversificação. Esta dissertação apresenta um estudo da diversificação na gestão estratégica de microempresas de ensino do surfe (MEES) do Rio de Janeiro. No caso das MEES, há particularidades que tornam muito importante a diversificação para a sobrevivência e desenvolvimento delas. Por isso, escolhemos estudar o tema nesse tipo de empresa. A pesquisa analisou o processo de diversificação utilizado pelas MEES da Barra da Tijuca e do Recreio dos Bandeirantes, na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, de modo a demonstrar os impactos resultantes da opção de tal estratégia. Considerando a diversificação de produtos (bens e serviços), discutimos as forças e as limitações das estratégias que promoveram a diversificação nas empresas estudadas. A pesquisa realizada foi um estudo multicasos, exploratório e qualitativo. No tratamento dos dados, coletados principalmente por entrevistas semi-estruturadas, estes foram analisados com o apoio do software de análise de dados qualitativos Atlas-ti. Desenvolvemos análises intra e intercasos, explicando assim o processo de diversificação em sete microempresas. Na comparação dos casos estudados, identificamos melhores práticas de diversificação na gestão estratégica. Todas as MEES diversificaram horizontalmente, ou seja, ampliaram seus serviços para mercados complementares - por exemplo: surf trips (viagens para a prática de surf) e aulas de stand up paddle. Identificamos que a diversificação vertical de algumas ocorreu com a fabricação ou conserto de pranchas de surfe. Também houve diversificação independente (a diversificação com pouca ou nenhuma relação com os serviços já existentes anteriormente): como petições, aluguel de bicicletas, aulas de pilates e ioga, massagem e hospedagem dos clientes. Na maior parte dos casos investigados, os dirigentes diversificaram para atender a uma demanda de clientes. Outra oportunidade para diversificar surgiu das experiências, aprendizagens e conhecimentos internos disponíveis na empresa, o que mostra que a formação dos dirigentes aliada às experiências anteriores está relacionada com a opção pela diversificação em seus negócios. Percebe-se que existe uma preocupação esporádica com a gestão estratégica nas MEES e longos períodos de atenção exclusivamente voltada aos problemas operacionais e administrativos. Por outro lado, os proprietários-dirigentes de MEES demonstram consciência da necessidade de inovar e de gerar uma diferenciação pela criação de novos serviços. Embora nem sempre seja realizado como pretendido, um objetivo comum aos dirigentes das MEES é atingir um dado patamar de vendas (ou realização de serviços), mas com muita qualidade, atentando para a escassez de recursos humanos que tenha formação e capacitação para trabalhar nesse tipo de empresa. Ao tecer a comparação dos dados, percebemos certos padrões de atuação: no final da década de 1990 as primeiras MEES começaram a se constituir como negócios, apresentando-se como novos e promissores investimentos. O setor sofreu uma grande expansão, principalmente de 2004 a 2008, quando foi fundada a Associação das Escolas Cariocas de Surfe (2007). A partir de 2009 todas as MEES, grandes ou pequenas, ofereciam mais de um serviço, além do ensino do surfe; em 2012 o stand up apareceu e ampliou ainda mais o setor. E desde 2013, as empresas estão buscando a diversificação vertical para agregarem valores aos seus negócios, tais como consertos ou fabricação de pranchas. Enfim, a diversificação nas MEES trouxe maior faturamento para as empresas, promoveu a fidelização de clientes que se envolvem em um ou mais serviços da empresa, além de ter se tornado um diferenciador dos concorrentes, diminuindo assim a concorrência por preço. Como resultado de uma estratégia de diversificação, as MEES estão sobrevivendo no longo prazo e estabilizaram o financeiro da empresa.

This thesis deals with the reconstruction of the scene using two or more images. It describes the whole reconstruction process consisting of detecting points in images, finding the appropriate geometry between images and resulting projection of these points into the space of scene. The thesis also includes a description of the application, which demonstrates the described methods.

Tato diplomová práce byla vytvořena během studijního pobytu na Uviversity of Estern Finland, Joensuu, Finsko. Tato diplomová práce se zabývá využitím technologie sledování pohledu neboli také sledování pohybu očí (Eye-Tracking) pro interakci člověk-počítač (Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)). Navržený a realizovaný systém mapuje pozici bodu pohledu/zájmu (the point of gaze), která odpovídá souřadnicím v souřadnicovém systému kamery scény do souřadnicového systému displeje. Zároveň tento systém kompenzuje pohyby uživatele a tím odstraňuje jeden z hlavních problémů využití sledování pohledu v HCI. Toho je dosaženo díky stanovení transformace mezi projektivním prostorem scény a projektivním prostorem displeje. Za použití význačných bodů (interesting points), které jsou nalezeny a popsány pomocí metody SURF, vyhledání a spárování korespondujících bodů a vypočítání homografie. Systém byl testován s využitím testovacích bodů, které byly rozložené po celé ploše displeje.

This master thesis is focused on parametrization of image point neighborhood. Some methods for point localization and point descriptors are described and summarized. Gabor filter is described in detail. The practical part of thesis is chiefly concerned with particle filter tracking system. The weight of each particle is determined by the Gabor filter.

What people take for granted is not as easy for computers. Being able tojudge whether an image is the same even though it has a differentresolution or is taken from a different angle or light condition is easyfor humans but much more difficult for computers. Today’s mobiles aremore powerful than ever, which has opened up for more hardware-demandingalgorithms to be processed. How to effectively match handwritten notesto eliminate duplicates in an application. Are there better or worsemethods and approaches, and how do they compare to each other? Can youachieve both accuracy and speed? By analyzing images taken at differentangles, distances, and lighting conditions, different methods andapproaches have been developed and analyzed. The methods are representedin various tables where time and accuracy are represented. Eightdifferent methods were evaluated. The methods were tuned on one datasetconsisting of 150 post-it notes, each imaged under four conditions,leading to 600 images and 1800 possible pair-wise matches. The methodswere thereafter evaluated on an independent dataset consisting of 250post-it notes, each imaged under four conditions, leading to 1000 imagesand 3000 possible pair-wise matches. The best method found 99.7%, andthe worst method found 62.9% of the matching pairs. Seven of the eightevaluated matches did not make any incorrect matches. / Det människor tar för givet är inte lika lätt för datorer. Att kunna bedöma om en bild är den samma fast den har annan upplösning eller är tagen från en annan vinkel eller ljusförhållande är lätt för människor men betydligt svårare för datorer. Dagens mobiler är kraftfullare än någonsin vilket har öppnat upp för att mer hårdvaru krävande algoritmer kan processas. Hur matchar man handskrivna lappar på ett effektivt sätt för att eliminera kopior i en applikation. Finns det bättre eller sämre metoder och tillvägagångssätt, och hur står de gentemot varandra? Kan man uppnå både träffsäkerhet samt snabbhet? Genom att analysera bilder tagna får olika vinklar, avstånd samt ljusförhållanden har olika metoder och tillvägagångssätt utvecklats och analyserats. Metoderna är representerade i olika tabeller där tid, samt träffsäkerhet redovisas. Åtta olika metoder utvärderades. Metoderna ställdes in på ett dataset bestående av 150 post-it-lappar, var och en fotograferade under fyra förhållanden, vilket ledde till 600 bilder och 1800 möjliga matchningar. Metoderna utvärderades därefter på ett oberoende dataset bestående av 250 post-it-lappar, var och en fotograferade under fyra förhållanden, vilket ledde till 1000 bilder och 3000 möjliga matchningar. Den bästa metoden fann 99,7% och den sämsta metoden hittade 62,9% av de matchande paren. Sju av de åtta utvärderade metoderna gjorde inga felaktiga matchningar.

The concern for environmental sustainability is constantly growing within tourist destinations. Environmental concern is leading to increased consumer awareness of green sustainable destinations. The growing interest in sustainability-based practices contributes to companies using green marketing communication to attract green conscious consumers. The study contributes to understanding how green marketing communication and green practices can create misleading perceptions and affect the consumer experience of a surf destination, before versus after arriving in Bali, Indonesia. The study was conducted using an abductive and qualitative research approach. The data was collected from ten semi-structured interviews with visitors at a surf camp in Canggu, Bali. Observations of communication material were also conducted to complete the interviews. The results indicated that there was a difference between the perceived destination image compared to what the consumers experienced on site. The company misled their consumers through claims about their green efforts in their marketing communication. These occurrences can be seen as greenwashing, since the surf camp insists to be more ecologically sustainable than they actually are.

Film has always been an integral part of the culture of surfing. In the early 1960's, a film by the name of The Endless Summer ushered in the wide acceptance of the medium of film by the culture. As the years progressed and the sport radically adopted new styles, attitudes and lifestyles, surfing films changed along with it. This thesis will show how the aesthetics of surfing films both are shaped by the culture from which they are found and how, in turn, they continually reshape the culture. By looking at the aesthetic theories of Hans-Georg Gadamer, Leo Tolstoy and Walter Benjamin, this thesis will academically survey the aesthetics of the films The Endless Summer, Momentum, and the works of filmmaker Jack Johnson and his studio The Moonshine Conspiracy. This study will provide insight into the significant aspect of , film in a culture so strongly defined by aesthetics, both from within and without.