Low-pass Fourier filter, wavelet filter, as well as matched filter detection methods were used to detect baleen whale signals in northern Gulf of Mexico data collected by the Littoral Acoustic Demonstration Center (LADC) consortium. Some potential low frequency signals appeared on the matched filter output figure. The shape of the signals is in line with one of the typical signal shapes of fin whales--vertical down-sweeps with 18s-time interval. Another shape of the signals is in line with one of the call type shapes of Bryde's whales--down-sweeps with 7s-time interval. A high-pass Fourier filter was also used to find toothed whale high frequency sounds in the Gulf of Mexico data. The sounds featuring click trains and codas belonging to sperm whales have been clearly identified.

O desenvolvimento testicular e a manutenção da espermatogênese são controlados por gonadotrofinas e testosterona, cujos efeitos são modulados por uma rede complexa de fatores produzidos localmente e, entre eles, os estrógenos estão em causa. Uma compreensão da dinâmica dos hormônios esteroides sexuais mostra-se importante para revelar as funções durante o desenvolvimento testicular. Sendo assim, este trabalho teve como objetivo aprofundar os conhecimentos sobre a espermatogênese do Galea spixii, associando a atuação das enzimas do complexo citocromo P450: P450 aromatase e P450c17 (17-α-hidroxilase/17,20-liase) importantes para a biossíntese de hormônios ligados à reprodução durante o desenvolvimento sexual pós-natal. Fragmentos de testículos de preás machos nas fases impúbere, pré-púbere, púbere e pós-púbere foram coletados no Centro de Multiplicação da Universidade Federal Rural do Semiárido, Mossoró, RN, fixados em Paraformoaldeido 4% e RNAlater, e processados para Imunohistoquímica e PCR em tempo real. A expressão gênica das enzimas esteroidogênicas foram cruciais da prépuberdade para a puberdade. Durante as fases do desenvolvimento sexual a enzima P450c17 apresentou imunomarcação positiva apenas nas células de Leydig. A imunomarcação da enzima P450 aromatase foi positiva em diferentes tipos celulares ao longo do desenvolvimento sexual. A síntese de estrógenos no parênquima testicular não ficou restrita às células somáticas, as células germinativas também mostraram capacidade de converter andrógenos em estrógenos / The testis development and maintenance of spermatogenesis are controlled by gonadotropins and testosterone, whose effects are modulated by a complex factor locally produced, and the estrogens are involved. An understanding of the dynamics of sex steroid hormones shown to be important to reveal the functions during testicular development. Thus, the aimed was study the spermatogenesis of Galea spixii, associating the performance of cytochrome P450 complex: P450 aromatase and P450c17 (17-α-hydroxylase / 17,20-lyase) important for the biosynthesis of hormones related to reproduction during postnatal sexual development. Fragments of testes of immature, prepubertal, pubertal and post-pubertal were collected at Centro de Multiplicação da Universidade Federal Rural do Semiárido, Mossoró, RN, fixed in Paraformaldehyde 4% and RNAlater, processed for immunohistochemistry and real time PCR. The steroidogenic enzymes gene expression were significant from prepubertal to pubertal stage. Cytochrome P450c17 expression in testicular parenchyma showed a positive reaction only in Leydig cell clusters. The expression of cytochrome P450 aromatase in testicular parenchyma were different during the sexual development of Galea spixii. During sexual development was observed that estrogen synthesis was not restricted to somatic cells (Leydig cells / Sertoli cells), the germ cells have also shown to be capable to convert androgens into estrogens via aromatase

O desenvolvimento testicular e a manutenção da espermatogênese são controlados por gonadotrofinas e testosterona, cujos efeitos são modulados por uma rede complexa de fatores produzidos localmente e, entre eles, os estrógenos estão em causa. Uma compreensão da dinâmica dos hormônios esteroides sexuais mostra-se importante para revelar as funções durante o desenvolvimento testicular. Sendo assim, este trabalho teve como objetivo aprofundar os conhecimentos sobre a espermatogênese do Galea spixii, associando a atuação das enzimas do complexo citocromo P450: P450 aromatase e P450c17 (17-α-hidroxilase/17,20-liase) importantes para a biossíntese de hormônios ligados à reprodução durante o desenvolvimento sexual pós-natal. Fragmentos de testículos de preás machos nas fases impúbere, pré-púbere, púbere e pós-púbere foram coletados no Centro de Multiplicação da Universidade Federal Rural do Semiárido, Mossoró, RN, fixados em Paraformoaldeido 4% e RNAlater, e processados para Imunohistoquímica e PCR em tempo real. A expressão gênica das enzimas esteroidogênicas foram cruciais da prépuberdade para a puberdade. Durante as fases do desenvolvimento sexual a enzima P450c17 apresentou imunomarcação positiva apenas nas células de Leydig. A imunomarcação da enzima P450 aromatase foi positiva em diferentes tipos celulares ao longo do desenvolvimento sexual. A síntese de estrógenos no parênquima testicular não ficou restrita às células somáticas, as células germinativas também mostraram capacidade de converter andrógenos em estrógenos / The testis development and maintenance of spermatogenesis are controlled by gonadotropins and testosterone, whose effects are modulated by a complex factor locally produced, and the estrogens are involved. An understanding of the dynamics of sex steroid hormones shown to be important to reveal the functions during testicular development. Thus, the aimed was study the spermatogenesis of Galea spixii, associating the performance of cytochrome P450 complex: P450 aromatase and P450c17 (17-α-hydroxylase / 17,20-lyase) important for the biosynthesis of hormones related to reproduction during postnatal sexual development. Fragments of testes of immature, prepubertal, pubertal and post-pubertal were collected at Centro de Multiplicação da Universidade Federal Rural do Semiárido, Mossoró, RN, fixed in Paraformaldehyde 4% and RNAlater, processed for immunohistochemistry and real time PCR. The steroidogenic enzymes gene expression were significant from prepubertal to pubertal stage. Cytochrome P450c17 expression in testicular parenchyma showed a positive reaction only in Leydig cell clusters. The expression of cytochrome P450 aromatase in testicular parenchyma were different during the sexual development of Galea spixii. During sexual development was observed that estrogen synthesis was not restricted to somatic cells (Leydig cells / Sertoli cells), the germ cells have also shown to be capable to convert androgens into estrogens via aromatase

Increasingly higher and higher conveyor speeds are driven in industrial manufacturing. This goes along with a significant rise of the sound pressure level in the production lines. The main cause of this is the articulated and multi-articulated construction of standard plastic-slide-chains in conveyor systems. This condition could be significantly improved by the use of a nonarticulated attraction in the form of a transport toothed belt. In addition, the conveying speeds could be significantly increased. Modifications to the belt teeth provide fastening possibilities for plastic support plates. / Zunehmend werden immer höhere Fördergeschwindigkeiten in industriellen Anlagen gefahren. Dies geht einher mit einer signifikanten Erhöhung des Schalldruckpegels der Anlagen. Die Hauptursache dafür liegt im gliederartigen sowie mehrgelenkigen Aufbau von Standard-Kunststoffgleitketten in Förderanlagen. Dieser Zustand konnte durch die Verwendung eines gliederlosen Zugmittels in Form eines Transportzahnriemens deutlich verbessert sowie die Transportgeschwindigkeiten signifikant erhöht werden. Durch Modifikationen an den Riemen-zähnen werden Befestigungsmöglichkeiten für Kunststofftragplatten geschaffen.

Thesis: Ph. D., Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biology; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 2016. / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references. / To maintain the benefits of group membership, social animals need mechanisms to stay together and reunite if separated. This thesis explores the acoustic signals that dolphins use to overcome this challenge and mediate their complex relationships in a dynamic 3D environment. Bottlenose dolphins are the most extensively studied toothed whale, but research on acoustic behavior has been limited by an inability to identify the vocalizing individual or measure inter-animal distances in the wild. This thesis resolves these problems by simultaneously deploying acoustic tags on closely-associated pairs of known animals. These first reported deployments of acoustic tags on dolphins allowed me to characterize temporal patterns of vocal behavior on an individual level, uncovering large variation in vocal rates and inter-call waiting time between animals. Looking more specifically at signature whistles, a type of call often linked to cohesion, I found that when one animal produced its own signature whistle, its partner was more likely to respond with its own whistle. To better evaluate potential cohesion functions for signature whistles, I then modeled the probability of an animal producing a signature whistle at different times during a temporary separation and reunion from its partner. These data suggest that dolphins use signature whistles to signal a motivation to reunite and to confirm identity prior to rejoining their partner. To examine how cohesion is maintained during separations that do not include whistles, I then investigated whether dolphins could keep track of their partners by passively listening to conspecific echolocation clicks. Using a multi-pronged approach, I demonstrated that the passive detection range of echolocation clicks overlaps with the typical separation ranges of Sarasota mother-calf pairs and that the amount of time since an animal was last able to detect a click from its partner helped explain its probability of producing a signature whistle. Finally, this thesis developed a portable stereo camera system to study cohesion in situations where tagging is not possible. Integrating a GPS receiver, an attitude sensor and 3D stereo photogrammetry, the system rapidly positions multiple animals, grounding behavioral observations in quantitative metrics and characterizing fine-scale changes that might otherwise be missed. / by Nicholas Blair Wootton Macfarlane. / Ph. D.

Für die Weich- und Mittelhartzerkleinerung von Primär- und Sekundärrohstoffen werden zunehmend Profilwalzenbrecher eingesetzt. Trotz relativ geringer Zerkleinerungsgrade zeichnen sie sich durch einen geringen spezifischen Leistungsbedarf, hohe Durchsätze, eine einfache Konstruktion und Instandhaltung sowie eine störungsfreie Betriebsweise aus und sind auch bei adhäsivem Aufgabematerial anwendbar. Trotz der Bedeutung dieser Maschinen gibt es bisher nur unzureichende Auslegungsmethoden. Die theoretisch begründete Modellierung der Zerkleinerung in markant profilierten Walzenbrechern ist deshalb Gegenstand dieser Arbeit, um dadurch die Dimensionierungsgrundlagen zu verbessern und Einsatzmöglichkeiten in der Hartzerkleinerung abzuschätzen. Dazu werden im Rahmen einer Systembetrachtung zunächst die wesentlichen Prozessparameter der Zerkleinerung ermittelt und die Bauarten von Profilwalzenbrechern klassifiziert (Kapitel 2). Die Darstellung der bekannten Berechnungsmodelle für die Hauptzielgrößen „Grenzdurchsatz“, „Produktgranulometrie“ und „Leistungsbedarf“ ist Gegenstand von Kapitel 3. Darauf aufbauend wird in Kapitel 4 ein neues, physikalisch begründetes Auslegungsmodell vorgestellt und das Untersuchungsfeld hinsichtlich der zu analysierenden Aufgabestoffart und Maschinengeometrie eingegrenzt. Die für dieses Modell erforderlichen Zerkleinerungstest- und Simulationsergebnisse werden in Kapitel 5 und 6 dargestellt, bevor die Arbeit in Kapitel 7 mit einer Zusammenfassung und einem Ausblick abschließt.

Zur Auslegung von profilierten Doppelwalzenbrechern werden bisher recht einfache Modelle verwendet, wobei wichtige Einflussfaktoren unberücksichtigt bleiben. Daher werden im Rahmen dieser Dissertation auf Basis experimenteller Untersuchungen verbesserte Auslegungsmodelle für die wichtigsten Zielgrößen von Doppelwalzenbrechern entwickelt, welche präzisere Prognosen ermöglichen. Das Versuchsprogramm sieht dabei die Variation von Aufgabematerial sowie –partikelgröße, Walzenumfangsgeschwindigkeit und Spaltweite in einem großen Wertebereich vor. Das zur Prognose der Produktpartikelgrößenverteilung entwickelte Modell basiert dabei auf der Swebrec-Funktion. Mit diesem lässt sich abhängig von der Spaltweite und der Aufgabepartikelgrößenverteilung die Produktpartikelgrößenverteilung bestimmen. Des Weiteren kann mit Hilfe des in dieser Arbeit aufgestellten Bilanzmodells der Grenzmassedurchsatz unter Kenntnis der Masse¬anteile für beliebige Mischungen von Einzelfraktionen prognostiziert werden. Dabei werden auch übergroße, nicht sofort einziehbare Partikel berücksichtigt, welche den Durchsatz signifikant senken können.

This diploma thesis is dealing with rebuilding of a lift with load 1000 kg into lift with load 1500 kg. This thesis is mainly intent on dimensioning of propulsion and choosing of traction means. The frame cage of a lift is counted by MKP analysis.

The aim of the thesis is the design machines for laser cutting and plasma workspace 2.0 x1, 8 meters. The work described technology laser cutting and plasma and the resulting demands on the machine. Longer work includes a search of design solutions, then the actual design, including the necessary calculations and drawings.

This thesis deals with the design of a low-cost robot used for educational purposes at robotic group Robotárna and at the secondary technical school SPŠ and VOŠ Brno, Sokolská, příspěvková organizace. The main intent of the robot is in teaching students programming. The research part deals with collaborational robots phenomenon and their practical usage in present production plants. The thesis covers the mechanical design of the robot, calculations of the required torques for each joints, design of the robot gripper and also a theoretical solution to robot control.