The aim of this dissertation is to lay the groundwork for an integrated approach to violin instruction for children who are not being groomed explicitly for professional careers as instrumentalists. The study presents a particular focus on the age of middle school children, in order to showcase a more specialized and definitive result of research without, however, distinguishing between advantages and limitations of different age groups of children who study music and learn to play the violin. My first goal is to craft a sample method of teaching with a premise that not all students studying music must or need to become professional musicians in their future. I promote an approach based on the premise that music has universal value available to all and that any kind of music education encourages the growth, personality development, and imagination of children. My second goal is to explore how music education functions in 21st century western culture. Research is based on teachings and methods established by Suzuki, Kodaly, Jaques-Dalcroze, and Orff, among others.

Tests to evaluate runners' aerobic capacity aiming to design training programs are often performed on a treadmill, while the training mainly takes place on over-ground surfaces. Studies have shown that different degrees of inclination on treadmills can compensate for the differences in heart rate (HR) response between running on treadmills and over-ground surfaces. The purpose of the study was to test whether the blood lactate concentration (BLC) differs between over-ground running and treadmill running at matched HR, and if so; can inclination of the treadmill be adjusted to generate equal BLC at matched HR? Eight male elite runners performed three incremental running tests where HR and BLC were measured; on a flat treadmill at six running velocities, on a running track at six velocities equal to the HR at test one, and on a treadmill at a fixed HR on different inclines (0°, 0.3°, 0.6°, 0.9°, 1.1° and 1.5°). The results revealed a non-significant trend indicating that over-ground running yields higher BLC at matched HR than treadmill running, and that 0.3° incline on treadmill correlated best with over- ground running. This study demonstrates a clear tendency of higher BLC at a given HR when running on an over-ground surface in comparison to running on a treadmill. Furthermore, a 0.3° incline on a treadmill is suggested to compensate for the difference in BLC at matched HR, between running on a treadmill and on an over-ground surface. However, more research with a larger sample size is needed to conclude and generalize the results.

A search for displaced photons from exotic decays of the Higgs boson is presented, specifically targeting the relatively weak constraints on the branching ratio of Higgs boson decays to invisible particles imposed by other searches. 139 fb⁻¹ of 𝑝-𝑝 collision data at center-of-mass energy √𝑠 = 13 TeV, collected between 2015 and 2018, is analyzed. Exploiting the excellent timing performance and longitudinal segmentation of the ATLAS electromagnetic calorimeter, the photon arrival time and extrapolation to the beam axis, or pointing, can be used to extract the displaced photon signature from Standard Model background processes. The background photon timing and pointing distributions are predicted using carefully constructed, data-derived templates. Signal contributions are analyzed in the context of a Gauge-Mediated Supersymmetry Breaking model in which the Higgs boson decays into two, long-lived next-to-lightest supersymmetric particle neutralinos, which each subsequently decay into a photon and a gravitino. Agreement with background is observed with no significant excesses for any signal models considered. Limits at the 95% confidence level are placed on the branching ratio of the Higgs boson to two neutralinos in the context of the various signal models.

京都大学 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(理学) / 甲第23018号 / 理博第4695号 / 新制||理||1673(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院理学研究科地球惑星科学専攻 / (主査)准教授 河上 哲生, 教授 田上 高広, 教授 下林 典正 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Science / Kyoto University / DFAM

SJ AB is the leading railway operating company in Sweden and is owned by the Swedish government. In Hagalund train depot (HGL) SJ AB, as well as some of SJ AB:s competitors, run their operational maintenance. The HGL property is owned by Jernhusen but some of the infrastructure is owned by Trafikverket; the Swedish transport administration. The number of depot tracks available for SJ AB have been reduced over time, as competition is increasing. SJ AB constructs their own track plans, i.e. decide the arrival and departure track for each train turnaround in the depot. These track plans are currently made by a so called production planner in the planning system RPS. In RPS the planners base their decisions on common sence, as there is no optimising function in the system. The mathematical problem associated with this task is called the Track Assignment Problem (TAP), which is a well-known problem within railway related research. This report presents an optimisation program - TAP Solver (TAPS) - that takes information from RPS and then generates an optimised solution visualised as a track plan. The user is given the opportunity to direct the solution through parameters in a weight matrix in Excel. TAPS is created to make the process of constructing a track plan both faster and easier. Our results show that TAPS is able to find the optimal 24 hour track plan within a few minutes.

The aim of the thesis is a reconstruct the railway station Bystřice pod Hostýnem, so it would suit current and future traffic. The main purpose of the reconstruction is a design of platforms that meet requirements for persons with reduced mobility under applicable legislation.

This thesis presents various approaches for race track surface reconstruction based on different algorithms designated for these purposes. In addition to surface reconstruction it also offers proposals for polygon mesh filling in the unscanned areas around the track.

Thesis deals with the relation between track geometry and development of long-pitch corrugation in curves of small radii. In the frame of this diploma thesis, measurements of track geometry and measurements of long-pitch corrugation in the sections between Brno - Malomerice and Babice nad Svitavou were carried out. The measured data were processed and evaluated, while individual parameters were compared with each other and their dependencies were searched.

The aim of this master's degree thesis is a design the route of the high-speed railway line between Hradec Králové - state border CZ/PL. The section starts near the town of Jaroměř and ends at the state border of CZ / PL, near the village of Petříkovice. The proposal is developed in two basic variants, variant nr. 1 only for passenger traffic and variant nr. 2 for mixed traffic of passenger and freight transport. Part of both variants is the design of the exit to the conventional network near the town of Trutnov, enabling its connection to the high speed railway in the direction of Hradec Králové - Trutnov. Part of the work is also the calculation of investment costs for the implementation of individual variants.

The diploma thesis is dealing with the area of controlling and safety technology for the railway transportation. The problems of the design and practical realization of an functional sample of switching unit supplying the ends of a track circuit are solved here. The switching unit enables the operation of the train control system. The outline of the design is formed by a power switch operated with a microprocessor. In addition, for the increase in safety the switching unit contains a control processor, which is controlling the right function of a work microprocessor and the failure-free state of a power switch.