The reality of quality systems software : working for the machine, or smart people around the machine?

This case study-based research examines the outcomes of using quality system software (QSS) in terms of the support it provides to, and the constraints it imposes on, its users. The results indicate that QSS can help facilitate knowledge access and sharing, and to a lesser extent, facilitate communication. It can be an effective mechanism for initiating and managing changes to work processes. Although some writers have opined that information technology (IT) is another way of controlling workers, this was not evidenced in this study. Technical shortcomings did hamper performance of some tasks, and for some managers, extra work was involved.

Publishing dynamic state changes of resources through state aware WSDL

A common architecture in today's development of distributed systems is the service-oriented architecture (SOA) implemented using Web services. Until recently, it was difficult to build a SOA based grid/distributed system using Web services due to the inability to learn the state of services. The state of a Web service could only be accessed through specialized clients and/or services. Should the specialized client or service fail, the state can't be accessed. This paper shows the innovative resources via Web instances (RVWI) framework. RVWI grants to web services the ability to show the state of dynamic resources in their WSDL. This was achieved via software components called connectors which watch for any changes in a resource and updates the web service. The significance of this report is the support for resources which can change state between requests and the innovation is the improvement of state updates between the service and discovery services.

Utilizing the CORBA platform in the construction of a highly immersive virtual environment

This article presents the implementation of a distributed system of virtual reality, through the integration of services offered by the CORBA platform (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) and by the environment of development of 3D graphic applications in real time, the WorldToolkit, of Sense8. The developed application for the validation of this integration is that of a virtual city, with an emphasis on its traffic ways, vehicles (movable objects) and buildings (immovable objects). In this virtual world, several users can interact, each one controlling his/her own car. Since the modelling of the application took into consideration the criteria and principles of the Transport Engineering, the aim is to use it in the planning, project and construction of traffic ways for vehicles. The system was structured according to the approach client/server utilizing multicast communication among the participating nodes. The chosen implementation for the CORBA was the Iona's ORBIX software. The performance results obtained are presented and discussed in the end.

A tool to simplify the management of homogeneous and heterogeneous grids

To simplify computer management, several system administrators are adopting advanced techniques to manage software configuration on grids, but the tight coupling between hardware and software makes every PC an individual managed entity, lowering the scalability and increasing the costs to manage hundreds or thousands of PCs. This paper discusses the feasibility of a distributed virtual machine environment, named Flexlab: a new approach for computer management that combines virtualization and distributed system architectures as the basis of a management system. Flexlab is able to extend the coverage of a computer management solution beyond client operating system limitations and also offers a convenient hardware abstraction, decoupling software and hardware, simplifying computer management. The results obtained in this work indicate that FlexLab is able to overcome the limitations imposed by the coupling between software and hardware, simplifying the management of homogeneous and heterogeneous grids. © 2009 IEEE.

TAO - A software platform for autonomous mobile robots

To date, different techniques of navigation for mobile robots have been developed. However, the experimentation of these techniques is not a trivial task because usually it is not possible to reuse the developed control software due to system incompabilities. This paper proposes a software platform that provides means for creating reusable software modules through the standardization of software interfaces, which represent the various robot modules. © 2012 ICROS.

Implementação de um ambiente computacional para ensino à distância

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Paralelização da ferramenta de alinhamento de sequências MUSCLE para um ambiente distribuído

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Modelo de virtualização distribuída aplicado ao gerenciamento e replicação de cluster multiuso

Pós-graduação em Ciência da Computação - IBILCE

Caracterização genética de avestruzes (Struthio camelus) usando marcadores RAPD

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a variabilidade genética de populações de avestruzes (Struthio camelus) por meio de marcadores RAPD (Polimorfismos de DNA amplificado ao acaso). Foram coletadas 121 amostras de indivíduos procedentes dos estados do Pará, Maranhão, Tocantins e Minas Gerais. O DNA genômico foi extraído a partir de sangue total. A triagem de iniciadores permitiu a seleção de 15 entre os 60 analisados que foram amplificados pelo método PCR. Os produtos da PCR foram visualizados em gel de agarose 1,5% e foi gerada uma matriz binária para os fragmentos amplificados com presença (1) e ausência (0) de banda. Para a verificação do número ótimo de bandas polimórficas foi realizada a análise de bootstrap por meio do software GQMOL. Para a análise dos dados foi utilizado o programa NTSYS-pc (Numerical Taxonomy and Multivariate Analysis Sistem), versão 2.02. A similaridade entre as amostras foi analisada através do coeficiente de Jaccard. Foi gerada uma matriz de distância cofenética, usando o módulo Sahncof, do programa NTSYS 2.2. Para realização da estruturação gênica o procedimento empregado foi a análise de variância molecular (AMOVA), processada no software Arlequin 2.0 (Schneider et al., 2000). Os 15 iniciadores geraram um total de 109 bandas polimórficas. A análise de bootstrap mostrou que a partir de 100 bandas o trabalho já se torna mais confiável, uma vez que a magnitude da correlação foi bem próxima do valor máximo (r=0,99), como também a soma de quadrados dos desvios (SQd) atingiu valor baixo 1,25 e o valor do estresse (E) foi de 0,05. Na análise entre pares de grupos, foi verificado que a maior e menor similaridade estão em torno, respectivamente, de 0,86 e 0,00. No que diz respeito à distribuição de freqüência das similaridades obtidas entre os 5.644 pares formados na matriz genética, pode-se verificar que 32,69 % dos pares ficaram incluídos nas classes com similaridades variando de 0,01 a 0,10. Nota-se que a maior porcentagem (85,59%) dos pares ficou distribuídos nas três primeiras classes das extremidades e que a minoria deles (14,41%) apresentou similaridades variando de 0,21 a 1,00. O teste de Mantel mostrou correlação de 0,81 e o dendrograma gerou 67 grupos delimitados pela Sm que foi de 0,49. A maior similaridade foi de 0,86 e a menor de 0,06. Os dados relativos à análise de variância molecular mostraram que a porcentagem de variação genética entre procedências foi baixa e significativa (24,03%, p < 0,0001), evidenciando que grande parte da variação encontra-se dentro das populações (75,97 %). Os marcadores RAPD foram eficientes na caracterização da similaridade genética.

Software para estimativa do custo operacional de máquinas agrícolas - MAQCONTROL

A seleção e a otimização de sistemas mecanizados são os principais objetivos da mecanização racional. Não é suficiente uma compra adequada do maquinário agrícola se sua utilização não for controlada em aspectos operacionais e financeiros. Neste trabalho, é descrito o desenvolvimento de software para estimativa do custo operacional de máquinas agrícolas (MAQCONTROL), utilizando o ambiente de desenvolvimento Borland Delphi e o banco de dados Firebird. Os custos operacionais foram divididos em fixos e variáveis. Nos custos fixos, foram estimadas as despesas com depreciação, juros, alojamento e seguros. Nos custos variáveis, foi dada ênfase aos custos de manutenção como: óleos lubrificantes, filtros, pneus, graxa, combustível, pequenos reparos e troca de peças. Os resultados demonstraram a eficiência do software para os objetivos propostos. Assim, o MAQCONTROL pode ser uma importante ferramenta no processo de administração rural, pois reduz os custos da informação e agiliza a determinação precisa dos custos operacionais de máquinas agrícolas.

Performance Modeling Of Reconfigurable Distributed Systems Based On The Opensparc Fpga Board And The Sirc Communication Framewor

This thesis explores system performance for reconfigurable distributed systems and provides an analytical model for determining throughput of theoretical systems based on the OpenSPARC FPGA Board and the SIRC Communication Framework. This model was developed by studying a small set of variables that together determine a system¿s throughput. The importance of this model is in assisting system designers to make decisions as to whether or not to commit to designing a reconfigurable distributed system based on the estimated performance and hardware costs. Because custom hardware design and distributed system design are both time consuming and costly, it is important for designers to make decisions regarding system feasibility early in the development cycle. Based on experimental data the model presented in this paper shows a close fit with less than 10% experimental error on average. The model is limited to a certain range of problems, but it can still be used given those limitations and also provides a foundation for further development of modeling reconfigurable distributed systems.

Integriertes Informationsmanagement für Bildungseinrichtungen

Der CampusSource Workshop fand vom 10. bis 12. Oktober 2006 an der Westfälischen Wilhelms Universität (WWU) in Münster statt. Kernpunkte der Veranstaltung waren die Entwicklung einer Engine zur Verknüpfung von e-Learning Anwendungen mit Systemen der HIS GmbH und die Erstellung von Lehr- und Lerninhalten mit dem Ziel der Wiederverwendung. Im zweiten Kapitel sind Vorträge der Veranstaltung im Adobe Flash Format zusammengetragen. Zur Betrachtung der Vorträge ist der Adobe Flash Player, mindestens in der Version 6 erforderlich

Projektbericht: VITA

In traditionellen Übungsarrangements (z.B. handkorrigierte Hausaufgaben oder vorlesungsbegleitende Übungsgruppen) erhalten Studierende ihre Ergebnisse mit Zeitverzögerung, während der Kurs inzwischen fortschreitet. Dadurch besteht die Gefahr, dass Defizite nicht wahrgenommen oder nicht korrigiert werden. Traditionelle Übungsarrangements erfordern bei sinnvollem Einsatz (v. a. kleine Übungsgruppe) eine Personalkapazität, wie sie insbesondere an Fachhochschulen nicht existiert. Ein zweites Problem, das zum Teil infolge des mangelnden Übens auftritt, besteht darin, dass viele Studierende Lehrveranstaltungen nicht nachbereiten. Viele Studierende versuchen stattdessen, sich den Vorlesungsstoff in einem kurzen Zeitraum vor der Prüfung anzueignen, was, wenn es überhaupt gelingt, nicht zu einer nachhaltigen Verankerung der Inhalte führt. In der Folge fehlen in den Nachfolgeveranstaltungen die Grundlagen, die in den vorausgegangenen Veranstaltungen hätten gelegt werden sollen.

Procedimiento de diseño acústico y eletroacústico de sistemas tipo

El presente proyecto propone la creación de un procedimiento y metodología para el diseño de salas y sistemas electroacústicos basados en el software EASE. La sala tipo elegida para el diseño será una sala de cine bajo las premisas de DOLBY Digital. Los sistemas electroacústicos modelo serán: • Sistema distribuido tanto en malla cuadrada como hexagonal • Sistemas centralizados basados en agrupaciones, tanto lineales como circulares. Se establecerán los pasos básicos imprescindibles para el diseño de los sistemas descritos de forma que, con la ayuda de este tutorial y los medios didácticos adjuntos al mismo, se puedan acometer paso a paso las distintas fases de diseño, cálculo y análisis de los mismos. Como metodología de trabajo se acometerá el proceso de diseño de un ejemplo de cada tipo sobre el que se describirán todos los pasos, posibilidades de diseño y cálculo de los mismos. Los puntos de estudio serán: • Diseño de una sala de Cine ◦Importación de los Ficheros Autocad del cine a EASE ◦Dibujo del recinto en EASE ◦Inserción de materiales ◦Cálculo del tiempo de reverberación en función del volumen de la sala ◦Ajuste del tiempo de reverberación ◦Elección de altavoces para la sonorización ◦Comprobación de la uniformidad de campo sonoro en todos los canales ◦Comprobación de los niveles de pico y total por canal ◦Ecualización de la sala según la curva X (ISO-2969) ◦Inclusión de la Pantalla en la curva de ecualización ◦Estudios psicoacústico de la sala. Retardos ◦Inteligibilidad ◦Diagrama de bloques • Diseño de un sistema distribuido ◦Estudio de los diferentes tipos de solapamientos ▪Borde con Borde ▪Solapamiento mínimo ▪Centro con Centro ◦Estudio de los diferente tipos de mallas ▪Cuadrada ▪Hexagonal • Diseño de un sistema Centralizado ◦Sistemas centralizados tipo Linear Array ◦Sistemas centralizados tipo Circular Array Así mismo se estudiarán las diferentes posibilidades dentro de la suite EASE, incluyendo las versiones gratuitas del mismo EASE ADDRESS (sistemas distribuidos) y FOCUS II (sistemas centralizados), comparando sus posibilidades con los módulos comerciales equivalentes de EASE y las herramientas añadidas del mismo EARS (software para la auralización biaural) y AURA (utilidad de análisis extendido). ABSTRACT This project proposes the creation of a procedure and methodology for the design of rooms and electroacoustic systems based on EASE software. The room chosen as example design is a cinema under DOLBY Digital premises. Electroacoustic systems chosen as example are: • Distributed both square and hexagonal mesh • Centralized systems based on clusters, both linear and circular. It will be established the basic essential steps for the design of the systems described so, with this tutorial and attached teaching aids, could be undertaken the various stages of design, calculation and analysis. As a working methodology, the process design of an example will be described of each system on which all the steps described, design possibilities and calculation will be shown. The main points are: • Design of a cinema • Importing Autocad Files in EASE • Drawing with EASE • Materials insertion • Reverberation time based on the room volume • Adjusting reverberation time • Choosing speakers • Checking sound field uniformity in all channels • Checking peak levels and total level per each channel • Room equalization using X curve (ISO-2969) • Adding screen in the EQ • Psychoacoustic. Delays • Intelligibility • Block diagram • Design of a distributed system • Study of the different types of overlap o Edge to Edge o Minimum Overlap o Center to Center • Study of different types of mesh • Square • Hex • Centralized System Design • Centralized systems. Linear Array • Centralized systems. Circular Array It also will explore the different possibilities within the EASE suite, including the free versions of the same EASE ADDRESS (distributed systems) and FOCUS II (centralized), comparing its potential with commercial equivalents EASE modules and added tools EARS (software for biaural auralization) and AURA (utility extended analysis).