Tecnologias e sistemas de informação no desporto, uma revisão sistemática da literatura

Desde a sua origem que a tecnologia está intimamente ligada ao desenvolvimento e ao progresso do ser humano ao longo da História. Permitiu que nos adaptássemos a diferentes ambientes, que satisfizéssemos as necessidades mais essenciais e os nossos desejos. O objetivo deste estudo pretende caracterizar os avanços das Tecnologias e dos Sistemas de Informação no Desporto; explicar como o desporto e os atletas convivem com elas no seu dia-a-dia e em qualquer espaço da sua vida; o que elas lhes proporcionam e qual a produtividade na melhoria do rendimento desportivo. Caracterizamos, comparamos e observamos as Tecnologias e Sistemas de Informação no desporto e quem as tutela. Faz também parte deste estudo uma amostra considerável da revisão bibliográfica, dos conceitos e da atualidade do desenvolvimento das Tecnologias e Sistemas de Informação no Desporto. De acordo com a opinião dos vários autores existem inúmeros campos e disciplinas nos quais se aplicam as T e SI no Desporto, até nos atrevemos a dizer, com bastante êxito. Melhores condições podem ainda vir a ser desenvolvidas, pois não param de evoluir.Technology is closely linked to the development and progress of the human being throughtout History. It has allowed us to adapt to different environments, to fullfill our most essential needs and wishes. The main purpose of this study is to characterize the advance of Technologies and Systems of Information in Sport; to explain how sport and athletes coexist in their daily life and everywhere; what they provide them and which the productivity in the improvement of sports performance is. We characterize, compare and observe the Technologies and Systems of Information in Sport and who tutors them. This study also includes a considerable sample of the bibliographic review, of the concepts and of the current development of the Technologies and Systems of Information in Sport. According to several authors there are countless areas and subjects in which T and SI in Sport can be applied, we dare to say, with great success

Spring 2012: Academic Freedom

On the edge of discovery Academic freedom protects the ongoing conversation between faith and reason that constitutes the Catholic intellectual tradition. In this issue, we explore the implications of this necessary privilege for a college that is deeply rooted in three core traditions: Catholic, Norbertine, liberal arts. On the cover: The interplay between his scholarly and extracurricular passions is not lost on Michael Olson (Physics), who will compete in the American Cup Final-Short Track/National Age Group Short Track Championships this spring.https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/snc_magazine_archives/1002/thumbnail.jp

A 4D printing communication framework for designers and engineers

This thesis was submitted for the award of Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded by Brunel University London“Communication is an essential part of any design process.” (Clarkson and Eckert) [1]. The rapid emergence and growth of 4D printing technology are expected to impact the technology's development significantly. Due to the high level of interest shown by the research and manufacturing sectors, the technology is expected to jump in its development rapidly. Since 4D Printing technology is still in the early stage, it is also required to focus on advancements in the progress of emerging needs for development in various areas such as application, design, materials, etc. This thesis investigates the communication barriers between designers and engineers in communicating the 4D Printing design process, which has revealed there are only ambiguous ways of communicating without standardization, which led to misinterpretation in the communication of the 4D Printing design process. This thesis aims to develop a concept of design representations that can be used to communicate the 4D Printing design process. The study proposed a communication framework for a communication tool to aid the communication barriers between designers and engineers in the 4D Printing design process to optimize the effectiveness of the 4D Printing technology through the design process. The 4D Printing communication framework has been developed from idea generation through a series of iterative stages to bridge the communication gaps. The communication framework aimed to guide how to constructively design representation symbols for effectively communicating in the 4D Printing design process. With the standardization of communication tools, the designer and engineer could fluently refine and connect their approach design ideas and maximize the potential of 4D Printing technology

Machine Learning in Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition

This book is to chart the progress in applying machine learning, including deep learning, to a broad range of image analysis and pattern recognition problems and applications. In this book, we have assembled original research articles making unique contributions to the theory, methodology and applications of machine learning in image analysis and pattern recognition

Fairfield University Magazine - Winter 2017

In this Issue: Letter from the President, pg. 4 University News, pg. 5 Engineering the Clean Air App, by Tess (Brown) Long, pg. 12 The Piper, by Audra Bouffard, pg. 14 The Globetrotters, by Jack Jones, pg. 16 The Holy Name - Art of the Gesù: Bernini and His Age, by Linda Wolk-Simon, PhD, pg. 20 Mark R. Nemec, PhD is Formally Installed as Ninth President of Fairfield, by Teddy DeRosa, pg. 28 Grants & Gifts, pg. 34 Board of Trustees & Alumni Association Board of Directors, pg. 35 Academic Advisory Boards, pg. 36 University Administration, pg. 37 2015-16 Financial Report, pg. 38 Calendar of Events, pg. 40https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/fairfield-magazine/1032/thumbnail.jp

J Soc Social Work Res

Objective:Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPO) allow a petitioner to file a civil order to temporarily restrict access to firearms among individuals (\u201crespondents\u201d) deemed to be at extreme risk of harming themselves, others, or both. Although unable to file ERPOs for their clients in most states, health professionals may play a pivotal role in the ERPO process by recommending an eligible petitioner initiate the process. We describe the process of filing an ERPO when a healthcare, mental health, or social service professional contacted an ERPO petitioner.Method:Court documents of ERPOs involving health professionals in Washington State between December 8th, 2016 and May 10th, 2019 were qualitatively analyzed (n=24). We constructed pen portraits from the documents and analyzed them using an inductive qualitative thematic approach.Results:Themes included factors influencing the process by which each professional evaluated respondent behaviors, factors considered during assessment, factors influencing interpretation of respondent behaviors and subsequent provider response during a crisis. These influenced the outcome of the crisis event that led to ERPO filing.Conclusions:Each professional group differed in their approach to risk assessment of respondent behaviors. Strategies to better coordinate and align approaches may improve the ERPO process.R49 CE003087/CE/NCIPC CDC HHSUnited States

Contemporary use of co-design and computational design methods for inclusive built environments: a case study of platform-train interfaces

Accessibility of the built environment has a huge impact on the experience and extent of disability. This is particularly true for public spaces – for example, train stations – both indoors and outdoors. Mobility-related impairments are amongst the most common types of impairments, according to international disability indexes. There is an emerging need for researchers and practitioners to investigate the built environment through the lens of users of mobility assistive devices (MobAD) – such as wheelchairs or canes. The profound implications of design decisions on societal equality and individual wellbeing underscore the significance of this research. Universal Design is a late twentieth-century design philosophy aimed at creating built environments that are accessible for both disabled and non-disabled people. So far, very little attention has been paid to the role of contemporary approaches, such as computational design or structural adaptation, as agents of universal design. The disregard for the functional capabilities of a diverse population as well as the technological stagnation of the spatial design profession are two major factors for built environments of substandard quality insofar as disability access is concerned. The central aim of this research is to investigate the impact of ill-designed spaces on MobAD users and explore how designers can create accessible environments for all. Adopting a research-by-design approach, the research problem emerges from a real-world context and is continuously shaped by MobAD users’ needs and interests. The research-by-design strategy fosters a seamless interplay between theory and application, encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration and stakeholder participation to create a usable and accessible solution. The research design is realised in two parts: Part A focuses on understanding the problem through theoretical background investigation, literature review, and accessibility assessment. Part B centres on designing a suitable solution through a series of design ideation, inspiration, formation, and evaluation processes. The research employs various strategies to identify challenges and arrive at an appropriate solution, such as a systematic literature review, accessibility audits, online surveys, co-design workshops, computation-enabled design development, and usability evaluation. The research revealed substantial disparities in the built environment in terms of MobAD-accessibility. Ill-designed spaces significantly impeded the mobility and independence of these individuals, while well-designed spaces facilitated inclusivity and enhanced user wellbeing. The study identified key areas of concern regarding physical inaccessibility and outlined specific requirements for designing accessible spaces. For the identified research problem, a human-centred design solution was proposed, developed through stakeholder participation and extensive use of state-of-the-art computational tools as well as structural adaptation. Upon evaluation, this solution demonstrated potential to improve accessibility for MobAD users at critical points within the built environment. The contribution of this research has been to introduce new techniques, such applications of deep neural networks and evolutionary algorithms, which can highlight the potential usefulness of computational methods for the design practice. Moreover, this effort foregrounds structural adaptation as an enabler of physical accessibility and, thereby, augments the ambit of adaptive architecture beyond previously investigated domains. Most importantly, this research describes a practical application of an integrative design effort – i.e., one that adopts inclusive, collaborative, computational, and structurally-adaptive approaches – to alleviate social exclusion in the built environment

Contemporary use of co-design and computational design methods for inclusive built environments: a case study of platform-train interfaces

Accessibility of the built environment has a huge impact on the experience and extent of disability. This is particularly true for public spaces – for example, train stations – both indoors and outdoors. Mobility-related impairments are amongst the most common types of impairments, according to international disability indexes. There is an emerging need for researchers and practitioners to investigate the built environment through the lens of users of mobility assistive devices (MobAD) – such as wheelchairs or canes. The profound implications of design decisions on societal equality and individual wellbeing underscore the significance of this research. Universal Design is a late twentieth-century design philosophy aimed at creating built environments that are accessible for both disabled and non-disabled people. So far, very little attention has been paid to the role of contemporary approaches, such as computational design or structural adaptation, as agents of universal design. The disregard for the functional capabilities of a diverse population as well as the technological stagnation of the spatial design profession are two major factors for built environments of substandard quality insofar as disability access is concerned. The central aim of this research is to investigate the impact of ill-designed spaces on MobAD users and explore how designers can create accessible environments for all. Adopting a research-by-design approach, the research problem emerges from a real-world context and is continuously shaped by MobAD users’ needs and interests. The research-by-design strategy fosters a seamless interplay between theory and application, encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration and stakeholder participation to create a usable and accessible solution. The research design is realised in two parts: Part A focuses on understanding the problem through theoretical background investigation, literature review, and accessibility assessment. Part B centres on designing a suitable solution through a series of design ideation, inspiration, formation, and evaluation processes. The research employs various strategies to identify challenges and arrive at an appropriate solution, such as a systematic literature review, accessibility audits, online surveys, co-design workshops, computation-enabled design development, and usability evaluation. The research revealed substantial disparities in the built environment in terms of MobAD-accessibility. Ill-designed spaces significantly impeded the mobility and independence of these individuals, while well-designed spaces facilitated inclusivity and enhanced user wellbeing. The study identified key areas of concern regarding physical inaccessibility and outlined specific requirements for designing accessible spaces. For the identified research problem, a human-centred design solution was proposed, developed through stakeholder participation and extensive use of state-of-the-art computational tools as well as structural adaptation. Upon evaluation, this solution demonstrated potential to improve accessibility for MobAD users at critical points within the built environment. The contribution of this research has been to introduce new techniques, such applications of deep neural networks and evolutionary algorithms, which can highlight the potential usefulness of computational methods for the design practice. Moreover, this effort foregrounds structural adaptation as an enabler of physical accessibility and, thereby, augments the ambit of adaptive architecture beyond previously investigated domains. Most importantly, this research describes a practical application of an integrative design effort – i.e., one that adopts inclusive, collaborative, computational, and structurally-adaptive approaches – to alleviate social exclusion in the built environment

Strategies for precision measurements of the charge asymmetry of the W boson mass at the LHC within the ATLAS experiment

This thesis dissertation presents a prospect for a measurement of the charge asymmetry of the W boson mass (MW+ - MW-) at the LHC within the ATLAS experiment. This measurement is of primordial importance for the LHC experimental program, both as a direct test of the charge sign independent coupling of the W bosons to the fermions and as a mandatory preliminary step towards the precision measurement of the charge averaged W boson mass. This last pragmatic point can be understood since the LHC specific collisions will provide unprecedented kinematics for the positive and negative channels while the SPS and Tevatron collider produced W+ and W- on the same footing. For that reason, the study of the asymmetries between W+ and W- in Drell--Yan like processes (production of single W decaying into leptons), studied to extract the properties of the W boson, is described thoroughly in this document. Then, the prospect for a measurement of MW+ - MW- at the LHC is addressed in a perspective intending to decrease as much as possible the systematic errors that will inevitably comes from the misunderstanding of both phenomenological and apparatus modeling. For that matter strategies have been devised specifically for the present measurement to display robustness with respect to the main uncertainties. These strategies consist of introducing new observables along with considering specific LHC running modes and configurations of the ATLAS tracker. Eventually we show that the present (2009) precision can be improved at the LHC by a factor of 20 and argue that such a precision is beyond the reach of the standard measurement and calibration methods imported to the LHC from the Tevatron program.Comment: 199 pages, 95 figures, 10 tables, Ph.D. dissertatio