Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-12T17:40:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 arquivo724_1.pdf: 4245724 bytes, checksum: b240ce2b220d9b1956811559155c2404 (MD5) license.txt: 1748 bytes, checksum: 8a4605be74aa9ea9d79846c1fba20a33 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / As análises feitas para estudo dos aglomerados industriais se valem da sinergia obtida por suas ações e como as empresas conseguem ganhos advindos dos trabalhos em conjunto. O mundo globalizado, no entanto, tem uma complexidade bem maior de forma que não são todas as empresas que atuam em aglomerados industriais que conseguem obter resultados satisfatórios em seus negócios. O presente trabalho trata desta temática, inserindo a idéia de que os Arranjos Produtivos precisam avançar nas suas atividades para competências no nível de cadeias globais. A pesquisa utilizou como base a metodologia proposta por Kaplinsky e Morris (2000), a qual se configura em sete etapas que juntas, formam um modelo para pesquisa das cadeias globais de valor. Utilizando esta metodologia e com a avaliação da capacidade tecnológica no polo de tecnologia de informação da cidade de Campina Grande, o trabalho analisa os aspectos relacionados à inserção destas empresas em cadeias de valor global e sugere os tipos de upgrades que estas precisam realizar para garantir competências que as façam se inserir nestas cadeias. Entrevistas semi estruturadas utilizando escalas de Likert foram essenciais principalmente para a análise da metodologia da cadeia de valor. Além destas, questões qualitativas foram utilizadas na pesquisa para identificação das capacidades tecnológicas das empresas

This research study is focusing on the mid-high priced bikers to understand the process of bicyclers¡¦ purchasing behaviors and decision making. By studying bicyclers¡¦ purchasing behaviors, this research study will provide bikers¡¦ upgrading behavior patterns to bicycle manufacturers. This research study is using half structural formula to interview bikers who have mid-high priced bicycles. Based on process of data analysis in the grounded theory, this research study is using open coding, axial coding, and selecting coding methods to organize the response from participants. After using these three procedures, this research study receives five factors which can be used to form their interconnections. Lastly, this research study builds the upgrade model.

This paper reports findings from a two-year study to identify Lean practices for deriving software requirements from aerospace system level requirements, with a goal towards improving the software upgrade value stream. / Lean Aerospace Initiative

In the context of an intensive upgrade plan for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in order to provide proton beams of increased luminosity, a revision of the data readout electronics of the Liquid-Argon-Calorimeter of the ATLAS detector is scheduled. This is required to retain the efficiency of the trigger at increased event rates despite its fixed bandwidth. The focus lies on the early digitization and finer segmentation of the data provided to the trigger. Furthermore, there is the possibility to implement new energy reconstruction algorithms which are adapted to the specific requirements of the trigger. In order to constitute crucial design decisions, such as the digitization scale or the choice of digital signal processing algorithms, comprehensive simulations are required. High trigger efficiencies are decisive at it for the successful continuation of the measurements of rare StandardModel processes as well as for a high sensitivity to new physics beyond the established theories. It can be shown that a significantly improved resolution of the missing transverse energy calculated by the trigger is achievable due to the revised segmentation of the data. Various energy reconstruction algorithms are investigated in detail. It can be concluded that these will facilitate reliable trigger decisions for all expected working conditions and for the whole possible energy range.

Dans cette thèse, la recherche de neutrinos lourds droitiers à travers la désintégration d'un boson W droitier (Wʀ) en deux leptons et deux jets avec l'expérience CMS au Grand Collisionneur de Hadrons (LHC) est présentée.Le boson Wʀ se désintègre en un lepton et un neutrino massif (Nʀ), et le neutrino se désintègre en un autre lepton de la même saveur et en une paire de jets. Les données recueillies par l'expérience CMS dans les collisions proton-proton à 13 TeV en 2016 correspondant à une luminosité totale intégrée de 35.9 fb ⁻¹ ont été utilisés pour cette analyse.Ces neutrinos lourds manquent dans le Modèle Standard (SM) de la physique des particules et ils sont donc importants pour faire la lumière sur la physique au-delà du SM. Mes principales contributions ont été la simulation et la validation des échantillons de signaux, l'estimation de l'un des principaux bruit de fonds, la production des limites 1D et 2D sur la section transversale du Wʀ (en fonction de la masse du Wʀ et de la masse du Wʀ par rapport à la masse du Nʀ, et l'analyse statistique et systématique. Les résultats obtenus avec cette analyse donnent les limites les plus strictes à ce jour.Des études pour l'amélioration du calorimètre électromagnétique de CMS pour la Phase II du LHC, qui prévoit un remplacement partiel de l'électronique dans le tonneau, sont également présentés. Mes principales contributions ont été dans la préparation de l'installation et dans la prise de données des test beams réalisée à la ligne de faisceau H4 dans la zone SPS Nord du CERN,dont le but était d'étudier la performance du prototype pour les nouvelles Very-Front-End cartes (CATIA chips avec un ADC de 160 MHz), et dans l'étude des formes et bruit des signaux recueillis par une matrice de 5 x 5 cristaux pour calculer leur timing et leur résolution énergétique.Le document commence par une introduction théorique sur le Modèle Standard et sur la physique au delà du Modèle Standard, en particulier sur les neutrinos lourds, suivi d'une description du détecteur CMS et de son calorimètre électromagnétique. Les études pour l'amélioration du calorimètre électromagnétique sont présentées dans un chapitre dédié, puis l'analyse sur la recherche de neutrinos lourds et un aperçu de la physique des neutrinos au LHC et autres expériences sont décrits. / In this thesis, the search for heavy right-handed neutrinos through the decay of a right-handed W (Wʀ) boson into two leptons and two jets with the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider is presented. The Wʀ boson decays into a lepton and a massive neutrino (Nʀ), and the neutrino decays into another lepton of the same flavor and into a pair of jets. The data collected by the CMS experiment in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV during 2016 and corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb ⁻¹ were used for this analysis. These heavy neutrinos are missing in the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics and thus they are important to shed light on physics beyond the SM. My main contributions were the simulation and validation of the signal samples, the estimation of one of the main backgrounds, the production of the 1D and 2D limits on the Wʀ cross section (as a function of the Wʀ mass and of the Wʀ mass versus Nʀ mass), and the systematics and statistical analysis. The results obtained with this analysis give the most stringent limits to date.Studies on the upgrade of the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter for the LHC Phase II, that foresees a partial replacement of the electronics in the barrel, are also presented. My main contributions were in the preparation of the setup and in the data taking of test beams performed at the H4 beam line in the SPS North Area of CERN, whose goal was to study the performance of the prototype for the new Very-Front-End boards (CATIA chips with 160 MHz ADC), and in studying the shapes and noise of the signals collected by a matrix of 5 x 5 crystals calculating their timing and energy resolution.The document starts with a theoretical introduction about the Standard Model and the physics beyond the Standard Model, in particular on heavy neutrinos, followed by a description of the CMS detector and its electromagnetic calorimeter. The upgrade studies on the electromagnetic calorimeter are presented in a dedicated chapter, then the analysis on the search for heavy neutrinos and an overview on the overall neutrino physics at the LHC and other experiments are described.

Diploma thesis focuses on the system for Customer Relationship Management and its full modernization. Its task is to build the project and resolve needed to upgrade the system in a particular company, including any impact on its operations and processes of the business and technology solutions.

A measured cross section of simultaneously produced Υ(1S) and J/ψ mesons is performed using 20 fb-1 integrated luminosity in proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV center of mass energy recorded by the CMS detector. Both mesons are fully reconstructed from their final states, μ+ μ-. To extract the signal yield, an extended maximum likelihood fit is used on two (invariant mass of Υ(1S) and J/ψ) and three (invariant mass of Υ(1S) and J/ψ, cτ) dimensional components. A two-dimensional extended likelihood fit is used for the signal yield of data and a three-dimensional extended likelihood fit is used to know the possibility of displaced J/ψ candidate events arising from a B meson decay. A data embedding method is used to correct the efficiency in the data. The cross section in the fiducial region, defined as |y|<2.0, is determined to be 16.5±3.6(stat)±2.6(syst) pb. In order to improve the physics measurements capabilities for the harsh radiation environments at Large Hadron Collider (LHC), radiation hard detectors are needed. Secondary Emission Method (SEM) is a technique to measure the energy of particles such as e, n, and p in extreme radiation environments. Secondary Emission Ionization Calorimetry is a new technique for high radiation conditions. We designed two different types of test boards to test Hamamatsu single anode R7761 and multi-anode R5900-00-M16 PMTs and compared average gain values for both SE and PMT modes. We found that both values (SE and PMT) were comparable, which means the test boards that were developed perform very well and they could be used at Fermilab Test Beam Facility or in the CERN H2 beam area for the detection of minimum ionizing and showering particles.

<p>Today the Sjöbjörn studio has a mixing console controlled by a PC with outdated software and</p><p>hardware technology. The hardware requires an ISA-bus to work at all and thereby limits the</p><p>upgrades that can be made to the computer. The software runs in a DOS environment and has not</p><p>been updated for a long time as well. This makes working with the mixing console more difficult</p><p>then it has to be and new features are hard to implement. In this thesis I have developed new</p><p>hardware so that a more powerful computer can be used which hopefully will allow for a more</p><p>user friendly interface and make it easier for future upgrades and additions.</p><p>The thesis presents a solution on how to upgrade the system all the way from the PCcommunication</p><p>to the hardware designs.</p><p>The project was based around the Microchip PIC18F4550 microcontroller for the hardware and</p><p>the Visual Basic.NET programming language for the PC software.</p>

Packaged software is widely adopted and has become an integral part of most organizations’ IT portfolios. Once packaged software is adopted, upgrades to subsequent versions appear to be inevitable. To date, research on packaged software upgrade has not received the attention that it warrants, as academic research continues to focus on initial technology adoption. To explore this understudied yet important area, three research questions were proposed: (1) What influences the decision to upgrade packaged software? (2) How do stakeholders cope with software upgrade? (3) How does a packaged software upgrade affect stakeholders? A qualitative research method was used to study the research questions. Two cases were conducted at a Fortune 500 company located in the Southeastern region of United States. The first case studied Windows 2000 upgrades and the second case studied SAP 4.6C upgrade. A theoretical model with six components was induced from the study; the components are decision, motivating forces, contingency forces, planned strategies, corrective actions, and impacts. Upgrade decisions are the outcome of interaction between motivating forces that can originate from internal and external environments, and contingency forces. A decision to upgrade will lead to both positive and negative impacts as experienced by users and IT groups. However, stakeholders’ experiences differ according to the types of software and also their roles in the company. Two types of strategies were observed in the study: planned strategies and corrective actions. Planned strategies were used to tackle anticipated issues, and corrective actions were adopted to solve ad hoc problems when negative impacts arose. Both strategies can affect the final outcome of impacts. Finally, in the event a corrective action was used, there is a chance that it will become a permanent planned strategy.

ABSTRACT On Nov.11, 2001, Taiwan obtained the accession of World Trade Organization and became a formal member of WTO on Jan 1st of 2002. As a member of WTO, Taiwan has equal rights to participate in the setting of global trade rules as well as sharing the benefits of liberalization. In the meantime, Taiwan must fulfill its WTO commitments completely, whether resulting from its bilateral and multilateral negotiations or from its standard WTO obligations. The accession to WTO means to Taiwan a big impact on all aspects of its general economics, people¡¦s everyday living as well as industrial policies. After 35 years of development, Export Processing Zone (EPZ) has emerged from focusing on traditional labor-intensive industry to capital and technical intensive industry then to global logistic type of industry. Facing the impact of WTO, the need to make next transition is becoming even more urgent now. In an effort to upgrade the industry and strengthen the competence of the country, the government has assigned another responsibility on EPZ by expanding its range of function from pure manufacturing to high value-added economics activities like Off-Territory Shipment Center, Logistics Center, Software Design Center, etc. Mainland China obtained its WTO membership same time as Taiwan. They are leveraging their fast economic development and huge market potential to attract foreign and Taiwanese investments. Hence we can not exclude the influence of Mainland China while trying to discuss the WTO impacts on EPZ and how EPZ can face the big change of economic environment. This study has set following three topics: 1. The impact on EPZ as a result of Taiwan¡¦s accession to WTO. 2. What is the outlook of EPZ¡¦s new positioning. 3. Suggestions to the government, EPZ Administrations and Companies inside and outside of EPZ. This study will firstly make a brief review on both WTO and EPZ. Then explore the impacts, as well as the opportunities and threats, of WTO on both the industries in Taiwan and in EPZ. Then we will study the two major directions of EPZ¡¦s new positioning: (1) New developments as a result of new economic relationship between Taiwan and Mainland China, this includes Off-Territory Shipment Center, a base for China¡¦s companies to enter Taiwan, and the ¡§deep processing¡¨ that utilizes the advantage of integrating operations across the Taiwan Strait, and (2) New developments as a result of the expanding of EPZ¡¦s new service function, that includes R&D center, headquarter for off-shore Taiwanese companies, International Trade Companies, center for specific industry cluster and logistic center, etc. Based on the results of this study, we have made suggestions to the government, the EPZ Administration and companies inside and outside EPZ. The suggestions to the Government are: Try to form Free Trade Zone with Asia-Pacific countries and also form a ¡§Greater China Free Trade Zone¡¨ with Mainland China and Hong Kong under the condition that the political disputes are settled. Also to promote business opportunities in the developing countries by utilizing Taiwan¡¦s strengths of manufacturing and technology. Regarding the suggestions to the EPZ Administration and companies inside and outside EPZ, the suggestions are all regarding how EPZ can strengthen their service and improve the investment environment, and how companies are to fully utilize these EPZ improvements. The conclusion of this study shows following four items: 1. The accession of Taiwan to WTO is not only a crisis for EPZ, but also an opportunity. 2. EPZ has built up sound infrastructure and set the direction for its new positioning to face this challenge. 3. Whether the new positioning is fulfilled and new investment poured in will decide if the next phase transition of EPZ is successful or not. 4. EPZ acted as the pilot model for Taiwan¡¦s economic success 35 years ago, we are hoping it acts one more time the same model for Taiwan¡¦s next economic re-form.