Cavaliers, Heroes, and Devils: A Metaphoric Criticism of Dan Gilbert’s Attempt to Dethrone the King of Cleveland

This study focuses on the letter written by Dan Gilbert, the owner of the National Basketball Association’s Cleveland Cavaliers, in response to LeBron James’ decision on July 8, 2010, to play for another franchise. Metaphoric criticism is used to examine this artifact to reveal Gilbert’s motives for fabricating this letter. The discovered metaphors include LeBron as villain, LeBron as native son, LeBron as fallen hero/king/god, and ownership as hero. These separate metaphors coalesce to form the ultimate metaphor of LeBron as devil and expose Gilbert’s true feelings of anguish and betrayal after James’ departure. Particular attention is paid to what these metaphors suggest about the role of a professional athlete and the expectations they are required to fulfill

Electrical resistivity across the tricriticality in itinerant ferromagnet

We investigate the discontinuous ferromagnetic phase diagram near tricritical point in UCo 1-x Ru x Al compounds by electrical resistivity measurements. Separation of phases in UCo 0.995 Ru 0.005 Al at ambient pressure and in UCo 0.990 Ru 0.010 Al at pressure of 0.2 GPa and disappearance of ferromagnetism at 0.4 GPa is confirmed. The exponent of temperature dependence of electrical resistivity implies change from Fermi liquid behavior to non-Fermi liquid at 0.2 GPa and reaches minimum at 0.4 GPa. Our results are compared to results obtained on the pure UCoAl and explanation for different exponents is given

Augmented Reality on Mobile Devices

Bakalářská práce se zabývá návrhem a implementací aplikace, která umožňuje rozšířit realitu pomocí mříže jako hrací plochu pro hru. Hra by měla spočívat v pokládání bloků na tuto plochu. Jsou zde rozebrány možnosti rozšířené reality, vysvětleno proč je použita rozšířená realita pomocí markeru. Obsahuje také postup vypracování práce a částečně popisuje důležité skripty.This thesis deals with design and implementation of an application that let’s you expand your reality throught he grid which serve as theplaying surface for the game. The game works on the basis of laying the blocks on this surface. There are analyzed the possibilities of augmented reality, explains why augmented reality is used with a marker. It also contains a description of the work and describes some important scripts.

Air filtration methods

Bakalářská práce poskytuje přehled o používaných metodách při filtraci průmyslového vzduchu. Práce se skládá z těchto 5 hlavních částí- suché a mokré mechanické odlučovače, elektrické odlučovače, látkové filtry a filtrační materiály.achelor thesis provides an overview of the methods used in industrial air filtration. The work consists of the 5 main parts of dry and wet mechanical separators, electric precipitators, fabric filters and filter media.

Manufacture of heavy steel castings

Cílem bakalářské práce je rešerše na téma výroba masivních ocelových odlitků. Práce obsahuje shrnutí výrobního procesu masivních odlitků a její specifikace. Dané velkými rozměry, vysokou váhou a dlouho dobou tuhnutí odlitku.The aim of this work is background research on a topic of manufacture of heavy steel castings . The work contains a summary of the manufacturing process of heavy casting and its specifications. This is associated with the large size, high weight and a long period of solidification.

"Tjedan fizike" u knjižnici

SREDIŠNJA KNJIÝNICA ZA FIZIKU (SKF) povodom Svjetske godine fizike (World Year of Physics 2005.) u studenom (7. 11. – 12. 11. 2005.) pridružila se zajedničkoj organizaciji u sklopu Tjedna fizike, koje je koordiniralo Hrvatsko fizikalno društvo (HFD). SKF je u svojim prostorima priredila izložbu s ostalim pratećim manifestacijama (predavanjima, prezentacijama, projekcijama filmova, promocijama knjiga, danima otvorenih vrata, organiziranim posjetima uèenika srednjih i osmogodišnjih škola i sl.)

Power quality measuring system

Tato práce se zabývá problematikou měření kvality elektrické energie. Budou rozebrány parametry, dle kterých se kvalita hodnotí, dále budou popsány systémy dálkového sběru dat a s nimi spojené technologie přenosu. V dnešní době by se také nemělo zapomínat na zabezpečení přenášených dat. Z tohoto důvodu budou také popsány a testovány nejrůznější druhy kryptografických algoritmů. Budou realizovány kryptografické algoritmy, pomocí kterých je možné zabezpečit datovou komunikaci ze sběrných míst dálkového měření. Kryptografické algoritmy budou realizovány nejprve v simulačním prostředí MATLAB a následně v jazyce C/C++. V poslední části práce je navržen a realizován simulační model sběrné sítě dálkového měření kvality elektrické energie.This thesis deals with the measurement of power quality. The evaluating quality parameters, data collection systems and transfer technologies will be discussed. The various type of cryptographic algorithms are also described. Cryptographic algorithms, which ensure to secure data communications from remote collection points of measurement, will be realized. These cryptographic algorithms will be realized in MATLAB and C/C++. The last part is focus on designed and implemented a simulation model to telemetry the power quality.

Micro-level return and volatility drivers in Boston's single family home market

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2003."September 2003."Includes bibliographical references (leaves 29-30).Developers and investors commonly target neighborhoods close to the urban core and with low median incomes as potential growth markets. Investments in these areas however are often perceived by private sector capital as being high risk and low return. An understanding of the predictors of investment volatility and return is critical to investors and homeowners who wish to maximize investment returns and portfolio growth. Moreover, for mortgage lenders who are obligated to invest in a wide spectrum of communities, volatilities in house prices may affect the distribution of their collateral values, the probability of default, and the profitability of lending in certain areas. This paper addresses the following questions: Does appreciation return and volatility in metropolitan house prices vary significantly among zip code areas? Can the variation in appreciation return and volatility among these areas be explained by additional data? This paper uses appreciation and volatility statistics calculated from a repeat sale index of house prices in metropolitan Boston compiled biannually by Case Schiller Weiss (CSW) as well as data gathered from the 2000 U.S. Census and the 1997 Economic Census.by Jay Valenta.S.M