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The convergence space of minimal usco mappings
No full textsummary:A convergence structure generalizing the order convergence structure on the set of Hausdorff continuous interval functions is defined on the set of minimal usco maps. The properties of the obtained convergence space are investigated and essential links with the pointwise convergence and the order convergence are revealed. The convergence structure can be extended to a uniform convergence structure so that the convergence space is complete. The important issue of the denseness of the subset of all continuous functions is also addressed
Architecture framework in support of effort estimation of legacy systems modernization towards a SOA environment
No full textBecause of their poor Business/IT alignment, many legacy systems lack the flexibility to support rapid changes to the business processes they implement, required by today's enterprises. Furthermore, after many years of maintenance, there is a need to manage their resulting increased complexity and maximize asset utilization through reuse. The third complicating circumstance is that these legacy systems cannot simply be replaced as it is too expensive and risky. For these three reasons, legacy systems are modernized towards a Service Oriented Architecture. This thesis presents a framework for performing an impact analysis of such a modernization. It supports the trade-off analysis, needed in the planning phase, for finding the optimal selection of modernization strategies and judging their yield. The impact is expressed through the estimation of, on the one side, the effort and, on the other side, the gain of the changes these modernization strategies entail. The thesis concentrates on one of the many types of changes in modernization -- the architectural and design changes to the software system. The presented framework structures current approaches to modernization in a set of class definitions, system model relationships and a process description. This is done according to the effort they produce, preparing them for its estimation. For this effort estimation, this thesis introduces a Rating Model for quantifying the modernization effort using the system models of the framework. This quantification is done through the identification of so-called Points of Modernization, a categorization of the modernization strategies and a set of effort indicator metrics. Based on this framework, this thesis also presents an experiment. For a subject legacy system, concrete approaches are shown for the instantiation of the framework models and the subsequent effort estimation is done using the indicator of Scattering. The analysis of the resulting effort and its relation to the gain show the optimal solutions for the modernization of the subject system. Concluding, this thesis discusses the feasibility of the approach and the future work such as more quantitative research on the rest of the effort indicators.Software EngineeringElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
Adapted managerial mathematical model to study the functions and interactions between enterprises in high-tech cluster
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www.website4free.co.nz
No full textReport on the planning, design, development and testing of the 'content management' management website 'website4free.co.nz'. The goal of this project was to develop a system that will allow the users to register and build their own website base on a chosen template.Computer ScienceElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
Propuesta de traducción comentada, del inglés al español, del documento judicial Sentencing remarks: R -v- Oliver Perry-Smith (Reading Crown Court, 29 de abril de 2022).
No full textAnálise interpretativa do concerto nº1 para trompa e orquestra, de Richard Strauss
No full textThis article is a brief analysis and reflection on Richard Strauss’s Concert
No. 1 for French Horn and Orchestra, a very important concert within the instrument’s
literature, considered obligatory to obtain a good technique and sound, necessary for
the professional training of the horn player, highlighting points where the performer
must pay more attention, the qualities necessary for the perfect interpretation of the
most difficult passages, as well as their historical importance.
Keywords: Richard Strauss. French Horn. Romanticism. Interpretation.Este artigo representa uma breve análise e reflexão sobre o Concerto No 1
para Trompa e Orquestra, de Richard Strauss, um concerto muito importante dentro
da literatura do instrumento, considerado obrigatório para obtenção de uma boa
técnica e sonoridade, necessários para a formação profissional do trompista. Artigo
destaca pontos onde o intérprete deve ter mais atenção, as qualidades necessárias
para a perfeita interpretação dos trechos considerados mais difíceis, além de falar
sobre a sua importância histórica.
Palavras-chave: Richard Strauss. Trompa. Romantismo. Interpretação
For a complex approach to human knowledge
No full textLos procesos sociales y los progresos científico-técnicos han acentuado la necesidad de un enfoque científico complejo en el estudio y conocimiento del hombre (la necesidad, en suma, de una antropología compleja). El autor reivindica desde planteamientos marxistas una aproximación compleja en el estudio y conocimiento del ser humano y analiza las posibilidades de dicha aproximación, así como los problemas metodológicos y epistemológicos que la misma plantea. Concluye señalando la necesidad de un enfoque complejo del ser humano para la construcción de una sociedad socialista y para el avance del desarrollo social.Social processes and scientific and technical progress have emphasized the need for a complex scientific approach in the study and knowledge of man (the need, in short, for a complex anthropology). From Marxist precepts, the author calls for a complex approach to the study and understanding of human beings and analyses the possibilities of this approach, as well as methodological and epistemological problems it poses. The study concludes by pointing out the need for a complex approach of humans to the construction of a socialist society and the advancement of social development.- Grupo de investigación Antropología y Filosofía (SEJ-126). Universidad de Granada. - Área de Antropología Social. Universidad de Jaén. - Laborarorio de Antropología Social y Cultural (HUM-472). Universidad de Almería. - Departamento de Filosofía II. Universidad de Granada
Banking the unbanked using prepaid platforms and mobile telephones in the United States
No full textThe rapid growth of mobile phone usage and the continuous rise in wireless coverage fuel the expectations that access to financial services trough mobile phones could transform the way financial services are provided. The emergence of new and more efficient business models, can potentially resolve supply inefficiencies that explain the large unbanked population that exists in the USA, much larger than in most developed countries. Nearly 40 million US households (approximately 73 million people) are financially underserved (CFSI, 2007), of which 15 million households (approximately 28 million people) are totally unbanked. This problem is explained by the non adequacy of the value proposals offered by financial institutions to the demands of the US customers. The areas of poor alignment refer mostly to the design of products and the marketing and distribution networks used. To resolve these misalignments, this paper will argue that business models based on prepaid cards as products and mobile phones as transactional and distribution channels could be used in order to close the supply gap. We will call the business model proposed based on prepaid products and mobile phones mobile banking, since these two elements are the basis of the business model used companies such as Smart Money and G-Cash in the Phillipines, Wizzit in South Africa and M-Pesa in Kenya.prepaid platform; unbanked; financial services; mobile phones; prepaid cards;
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