Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Grand master'

The figure of the 'nabob' in British graphic satire of the late eighteenth century symbolized domestic anxieties concerning a foreign, ad hoc empire in India. Characterized through uncontrollable greed, untreatable diseases and uninhibited passions, India had been portrayed in Britain through a rhetoric of excess. Embodied in the nabob, these corruptive forces would travel to the West to infect the metropole. I argue that closer scrutiny of graphic satire reveals that British critics understood the true source of Indian excess to be Britain itself. Methodologically, Thomas Rowlandson's images in The Grand Master, or Adventures of Qui Hi? in Hindostan (1816) are considered as both a cohesive unit of nabob representation and as a foundation from which discussions of other nabob imagery can be launched. This approach reveals significant departures in how we view the reception of the imperial project in the metropole, the function of representations of Anglo-Indians, the production method of the 'illustrated book' and the characterization of Rowlandson's artistic production. Each chapter represents a step on the nabob's progress: In Chapter 1, Lord Moira is revealed as a bellicose representative of an overly ambitious class, bent on the ruin of the metropole through the destruction of India. In Chapter 2, depictions of nabobs engaged in excessive drinking, the results of excessive spending and in displays of excessive idleness are examined, illustrating the criticism of questionable imperial agents. In Chapter 3, the dominant strategies of representing imperial illness in India are examined, revealing the decline of the liminal, self-interested figure who could assume the physical and psychological characteristics of the East. In Chapter 4, the negotiation of British masculine identities, created through Company-state policies and processes and justified through conflict with allegedly Eastern excess, are juxtaposed with the reality and the complexity of Anglo-Indian relationships with women. Through this progress, the nabob is exposed as a modern figure created in order to negotiate British national identity amidst significant imperial anxiety. This dissertation contributes to postcolonial debates on empire by revealing a critical, metropolitan response to the ideological function of satirical representations of Anglo-Indians.
La figure du "nabab" dans la caricature britannique de la fin du dix-huitième siècle symbolise des inquiétudes domestiques concernant un empire étranger, ad hoc, en Inde. Caractérisée par une avidité incontrôlable, par des passions débordantes et par des maladies incurables, l'Inde a été représentée en Angleterre par une rhétorique de l'excès. Incarnées dans le nabab, ces forces corruptrices voyageraient dans l'Occident pour infecter la métropole. Je soutiens ainsi qu'un examen attentif de la caricature révèle que les critiques britanniques ont compris que la vraie source de l'excès indien fut l'Angleterre elle-même. Du point de vue méthodologique, les images de Thomas Rowlandson pour The Grand Master, or Adventures of Qui Hi? in Hindostan (1816) sont implémentées comme une unité cohésive de la représentation du nabab et comme un point de départ à partir duquel d'autres discussions de l'imagerie du nabab peuvent être lancées de façon rationnelle. Cette approche révèle la perspective divergente dont nous apercevons la réception du projet impérial dans la métropole, la fonction de la représentation des Anglo-Indiens, la méthode de la production du « livre illustré » et la caractérisation de la production artistique de Rowlandson. Chaque chapitre reconstitue une étape dans la progression du nabab : dans le premier chapitre, Lord Moira est montré comme ayant été un représentatif belliqueux d'une classe excessivement ambitieuse, en route vers la ruine de la métropole à travers la destruction de l'Inde. Dans le deuxième chapitre, seront examinés des portraits de nababs en train de boire excessivement, des résultats des dépenses exorbitantes et des images de la paresse démesurée, afin de démontrer l'esprit critique envers des agents impériaux à la fiabilité douteuse. Dans le troisième chapitre, les stratégies dominantes utilisées pour mettre en scène la maladie impériale en Inde seront analysées dans le but de montrer le déclin de la figure liminaire, intéressée qui pourrait assumer les caractéristiques physiques et psychologiques de l'Orient. Dans le quatrième chapitre, la négociation des identités masculines britanniques, créées par le biais des règlements et procédés de la Compagnie, et justifiées par leur conflit avec le soi-disant excès oriental, sera juxtaposée à la réalité et à la complexité des relations anglo-indiennes avec la femme. À travers ce progrès, le nabab ressort comme une figure moderne qui fut créée pour négocier l'identité nationale britannique dans un temps marqué par une anxiété impériale importante. Cette thèse contribue aux débats post-coloniaux à propos de l'empire en révélant une réponse critique, métropolitaine à la fonction idéologique des représentations satiriques des Anglo-Indiens.

Thesis (S.M. in Real Estate Development)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Real Estate Development in Conjunction with the Center for Real Estate, 2011.
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New Urbanism has been described as an urban design movement promoting the master planning and development of communities that have walkable, human-scale neighborhoods while integrating the necessary elements of modern life such as vehicular traffic and parking, wide ranging retail offerings, and diverse employment centers. As its core, New Urbanism attempts to counter the multitude of problems stemming from the rise of automobile transport and resulting mass migration to the suburbs in the 20th Century, including sprawl, a lost sense of local community, lack of diversity, untenable housing and transportation costs, arduous commuting times, negative environmental impacts, and harmful effects to individuals' physical health. There have been a number of smaller -- "town-scale" -- New Urbanist developments built since the movement gained traction and formal organization in the 1980s. These communities have proved their mettle not only as positive social engineering experiments, but also as profitable business models for real estate entrepreneurs. The context for New Urbanism has changed greatly over the past several decades. Today, design and development firms are undertaking the construction of secondary cities and urban nodes with housing units numbered in the tens of thousands and areas measured in hundreds of acres. These "city-scale" developments carry risks and uncertainties that eclipse the rather controllable and largely foreseeable nature of small town development by requiring exponentially larger amounts of capital over periods typically extending more than a decade. The phasing in of the wide array of product types call for clear vision, steady leadership, and stalwart relationships, despite the real challenges of fickle political support, unpredictable economic cycles, and increasingly opportunistic labor pools. The thesis will primarily focus on Miasteczko Wilanow, a master planned community in southern Warsaw, Poland. Supplemental research, through comparisons to Kentlands, Maryland and Pinehills, Massachusetts, will be presented. Through on-site interviews and analysis of historical documentation, the thesis will aim to 1) present the initial considerations and intentions of Miasteczko Wilanow; 2) chart the development's progress and evolution from groundbreaking to present day; and 3) present conclusions and potential solutions towards better planning and implementation of similar "city-scale" projects.
by Edward J. Olchowicz.
S.M.in Real Estate Development

A presente dissertação tem como objetivo principal compreender o processo de transição de ex-jogadores de futebol profissional do período em que deixam de ser profissionais ao período em que se tornam jogadores de futebol master. Analisa como esses atletas reconstroem sua subjetividade, assim como os modos através dos quais (re)significam o ‘ser’ jogador de futebol no processo de desterritorialização e o processo de reterritorialização por eles produzido quando deixam os gramados de futebol profissional e passam a ocupar os gramados de campeonatos master. A fundamentação teórico-metodológica está ancorada no campo da história oral, tendo como fonte privilegiada a realização de seis entrevistas com jogadores do Esportivo Master, clube no qual repousa a análise aqui empreendida. Além desse campo, a etnografia foi inspiração para a captação de informações, como um diário de campo, fontes imagéticas e documentais, e o acompanhamento do Campeonato Gaúcho de Futebol Master desde o ano de 2009. Busca-se apoio, sobretudo, em alguns dos conceitos trabalhados por Michel Foucault acerca do processo de subjetivação e de Gilles Deleuze no que diz respeito ao processo de desterritorialização e reterritorialização, conceitos tomados de empréstimo para discutir o processo vivido pelos referidos jogadores. São sujeitos dotados de uma subjetividade futebolística em constante transformação. Trata-se de uma subjetividade (re)construída ao longo dos anos em que atuaram nos gramados e que, de algum modo, continua existindo e em processo de construção, sendo reterritorializada constantemente. Não se trata, apenas, de uma reprodução adaptada do mundo futebolístico profissional, mas de outro universo possível dentro desse mesmo mundo da bola. Reconhece-se que foram levantadas muitas questões neste estudo e que todas elas merecem uma atenção especial. Entretanto a intenção não é colocar um ponto final no assunto, mas inserir reticências, acreditando que muitas outras pesquisas possam apontar nesse sentido.
The present essay is a dissertation for a Mastering Degree presented in the Program for Post Graduation in Science of the Human Movement and has as its main aim to understand the process of subjectivity of former professional football players during the period they stop being professional players and become master football players.To understand how they rebuild their subjectivity as well as the way they recover the meaning of "being" a football player, besides understanding how the processes of desterritoliaty and reterrioliaty they go through when they leave professional pitches and start playing in master pitches occur. The main methodology for the mentioned investigation was based in Oral History with ethnographic inspirations in order to get the needed information. They are people endowed with football related subjectivityin constant transformation.It is a kind of subjectivity (re)built along the years they had played in football pitches all over the world and, in some way it still exists as a rebuilding process being constantly reterritorialized. It is not just the reproduction adapted from the football world but another possible universe inside this same world. I admit that many issues have been raised in this essay and all of them deserve special attention.But for now, that is all I have got. My intention is not t stop the research at this point, but insert reticences with the stong belief that a lot of other studies will point to the same subject.

Although the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics describes observations well, there are several shortcomings of it. The most crucial of these are that the SM cannot explain the origin of neutrino masses and the existence of dark matter. Furthermore, there are several aspects of it that are seemingly ad hoc, such as the choice of gauge group and the cancellation of gauge anomalies. These shortcomings point to a theory beyond the SM. Although there are many proposed models for physics beyond the SM, in this thesis, we focus on grand unified theories based on the SO(10) gauge group. It predicts that the three gauge groups in the SM unify at a higher energy into one, which contains the SM as a subgroup. We focus on the Yukawa sector of these models and investigate the extent to which the observables such as fermion masses and mixing parameters can be accommodated into different models based on the SO(10) gauge group. Neutrino masses and leptonic mixing parameters are particularly interesting, since SO(10) models naturally embed the seesaw mechanism. The difference in energy scale between the electroweak scale and the scale of unification spans around 14 orders of magnitude. Therefore, one must relate the parameters of the SO(10) model to those of the SM through renormalization group equations. We investigate this for several different models by performing fits of SO(10) models to fermion masses and mixing parameters, taking into account thresholds at which heavy right-handed neutrinos are integrated out of the theory. Although the results are in general dependent on the particular model under consideration, there are some general results that appear to hold true. The observ- ables of the Yukawa sector can in general be accommodated into SO(10) models only if the neutrino masses are normally ordered and that inverted ordering is strongly disfavored. We find that the observable that provides the most tension in the fits is the leptonic mixing angle θ2l3, whose value is consistently favored to be lower in the fits than the actual value. Furthermore, we find that numerical fits to the data favor type-I seesaw over type-II seesaw for the generation of neutrino masses.

Examinator: Professor Mark Pearce, Fysik, KTH

Manuel Arenzana was the last chapel master of the Cathedral of Puebla from 1791 to 1821. Arenzana composed sacred music for the Cathedral of Mexico, as well as operas for the Coliseo Theater in Mexico City. Missa à 4 Compuesta a Grande Orquesta in D Major was composed for double choir and big orchestra, which included viola, clarinets and bassoon. This work is a scholarly edition of previously unedited manuscripts and it is collocated with two late copies located in Oaxaca. Also, the actas capitulares from the Cathedral of Puebla, during the period when Arenzana worked as chapel master (1791-1821), and the documents from the Archivo General de Indias revealed new biographic data, which is confronted with a review of the existing biography. Additionally, the music catalogue in New Spain is included with the repertoire of the archives of Cathedrals from Puebla, Morelia, and Oaxaca, two parishes, and the Basílica de Santa María de Guadalupe.

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In this dissertation we will approach the lepton and barion number simmetries as low energy manifestation of more fundamental theories at higher energies. By using effective operators we investigate the possibility of generating reasonable mass terms for leptons as well as suppressed proton lifetime in the Standard Model. We also look at the proton decay processes in a specific grand unified theory (the minimal SU(5)) and comment about the experimental bounds on proton lifetime from Superkamiokande. Finally, we consider a simple gauge extension of Standard Model, the minimal SUC(3) SUL(3) UN(1) model, pointing some drawbaces in this model concerning lepton masses and proton lifetime. We study how it is possible to diminish its scalar content and solve the lepton mass and proton decay issues.
Nesta dissertação abordaremos as simetrias de número bariônico e leptônico do modelo padrão como manifestações em baixas energias de teorias mais fundamentais. Por meio de operadores efetivos, estudaremos termos de massa para léptons e modos de decaimento para o próton. Também estudaremos a predição quanto ao tempo de decaimento do próton num modelo de grande unificação específico (modelo SU(5) mínimo), comparando com o limite experimental do Super-Kamiokande. Por último apontaremos alguns problemas numa extensão de gauge do modelo padrão (modelo SUC(3) SUL(3) UN(1) mínimo), diminuindo seu conteúdo de campos escalares, onde os operadores efetivos para massa dos léptons e decaimento do próton serão manipulados através da introdução de certas simetrias discretas.

A Lei Federal nº 10.257, de 10 de julho de 2001, regulamentou os artigos 182 e 183 da Constituição da República do Brasil e estabeleceu as “diretrizes gerais da política urbana”. Trata-se do Estatuto da Cidade que, em seu artigo 40, afirma: “o plano diretor, aprovado por lei municipal é o instrumento básico da política de expansão e desenvolvimento urbano”. O parágrafo 2º do referido artigo, entretanto, fixa que “o plano diretor deverá englobar o território do município como um todo”. O território da grande maioria dos municípios brasileiros não é exclusivamente urbano. Porções significativas de muitos desses municípios são utilizadas para atividades do setor primário e, em outros casos, compreendem áreas peculiares por suas características naturais (matas, dunas, mangues, mananciais hídricos, etc.). Portanto, o Estatuto da Cidade, pelo menos de maneira indireta, introduz a necessidade da planificação também das áreas rurais e/ou não-urbanas. É uma importante inovação considerando-se que, no Brasil, os planos diretores tradicionalmente limitaram sua abrangência ao perímetro urbano. Resultado de uma Campanha desenvolvida pelo Ministério das Cidades a partir de 2004, desde então um grande número de planos diretores foi produzido no Brasil. O objetivo central da pesquisa é saber como tais planos abordaram áreas municipais rurais, ou não-urbanas e quais relações levaram a distintos graus de aprofundamento da questão. Para tanto, constrói-se um método de análise, cujo objeto é o texto das leis de uma amostra de municípios centrada no estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Através do cruzamento de dados: os buscados nos planos diretores, versus a caracterização dos municípios investigados – construída a partir de indicadores estatísticos – tem-se a leitura dos graus de aprofundamento atingido na questão das áreas rurais, verificados no estudo.
The federal law nº 10.257, 10th of July, 2001, in the articles 182 and 183 of the Brazilian Constitution, regulated and established the "general directives of urban politics". It's the Estatuto da Cidade which explains on its 40th article: "the master plan, approved by municipal law, is the basic tool for the political expansion and development". Nevertheless, according the 2nd paragraph of the referred article, "The range of the planned urban areas shall consider the territory as a whole". The territory of the majority of the Brazilian cities is not necessarily and exclusively urban. A significant portion of their territory is utilized for activities related to primary sector and in some other cases are peculiar areas for its natural resources (dunes, forestland, mangroves, wellheads, etc.). So, the Estatuto da Cidade promulgation, even though not directly, introduces the need of planning also in the rural areas and/or non-urban ones. It's an extremely important innovation, considering that in Brazil, master plans traditionally were limited to the width of urban perimeter. As a consequence of the campaign led by the Ministry of the Cities which has begun in 2004, a great number of urban plans were made in Brazil until nowadays. The main idea of this research is to find out how these master plans ranged the rural municipal areas and non-urban areas and, also, what relations will take them to all these different degrees of deepening. Therefore, a method of analyses was created, which has as object the text of the laws from sample cities, located on the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. By data cross-checking, searched on the law texts, with the profile built on statistics indicators for the cities researched, this study shows a read-out of the deepening levels that have been reached by the plans on rural areas issues.
La Ley Federal nº 10.257, de 10 de julio de 2001, reglamentó los artículos 182 y 183 de la Constitución de la República de Brasil y estableció las "directrices generales para la política urbana". Es el Estatuto da Cidade, que en su artículo 40, establece: "el plan maestro, aprobado por ley municipal es el instrumento básico de desarrollo de políticas y expansión urbana". El parráfo 2 de dicho artículo, sin embargo, establece que "el plan maestro debe abarcar el territorio del municipio en su conjunto." El territorio de la gran mayoría de los municipios no es exclusivamente urbano. Porciones importantes de muchos de ellos se utilizan para las actividades en el sector primario y en otros casos, son áreas de características naturales únicas (bosques, dunas, humedales, fuentes de agua, etc). Por lo tanto, el Estatuto da Cidade, al menos indirectamente, introduce la necesidad de la planificación también en zonas rurales y/ o áreas no urbanas. Es un gran avance teniendo en cuenta que en Brasil, los planes maestros tradicionalmente han limitado su cobertura al perímetro urbano. Resultado de una campaña desarrollada por el Ministerio de las Ciudades a partir de 2004, desde entonces se ha producido un gran número de planes maestros en Brasil. El objetivo central de la investigación es cómo estos planes se han ocupado de las áreas rurales o no urbanas de los municipios, y cuales relaciones motivaran diferentes grados de profundización de la cuestión. Para eso, se construye un método de análisis, cuyo objeto son los textos de las leyes de una muestra de municipios del estado de Rio Grande do Sul, en Brasil. Mediante el cruce de datos: unos buscados en los planes maestros, otros resultantes da la caracterización de los municipios investigados – construida desde indicadores estadísticos – se tiene una lectura de los grados de profundización alcanzados en la cuestión de las áreas rurales verificadas en el estudio.

Les algorithmes actuels pour la fouille d’ensembles fréquents sont dépassés par l’augmentation des volumes de données. Dans cette thèse nous nous intéressons plus particulièrement aux données transactionnelles (des collections d’ensembles d’objets, par exemple des tickets de caisse) qui contiennent au moins un million de transactions portant sur au moins des centaines de milliers d’objets. Les jeux de données de cette taille suivent généralement une distribution dite en "longue traine": alors que quelques objets sont très fréquents, la plupart sont rares. Ces distributions sont le plus souvent tronquées par les algorithmes de fouille d’ensembles fréquents, dont les résultats ne portent que sur une infime partie des objets disponibles (les plus fréquents). Les méthodes existantes ne permettent donc pas de découvrir des associations concises et pertinentes au sein d’un grand jeu de données. Nous proposons donc une nouvelle sémantique, plus intuitive pour l’analyste: parcourir les associations par objet, au plus une centaine à la fois, et ce pour chaque objet présent dans les données.Afin de parvenir à couvrir tous les objets, notre première contribution consiste à définir la fouille centrée sur les objets. Cela consiste à calculer, pour chaque objet trouvé dans les données, les k ensembles d’objets les plus fréquents qui le contiennent. Nous présentons un algorithme effectuant ce calcul, TopPI. Nous montrons que TopPI calcule efficacement des résultats intéressants sur nos jeux de données. Il est plus performant que des solutions naives ou des émulations reposant sur des algorithms existants, aussi bien en termes de rapidité que de complétude des résultats. Nous décrivons et expérimentons deux versions parallèles de TopPI (l’une sur des machines multi-coeurs, l’autre sur des grappes Hadoop) qui permettent d’accélerer le calcul à grande échelle.Notre seconde contribution est CAPA, un système permettant d’étudier quelle mesure de qualité des règles d’association serait la plus appropriée pour trier nos résultats. Cela s’applique aussi bien aux résultats issus de TopPI que de jLCM, notre implémentation d’un algorithme récent de fouille d’ensembles fréquents fermés (LCM). Notre étude quantitative montre que les 39 mesures que nous comparons peuvent être regroupées en 5 familles, d’après la similarité des classements de règles qu’elles produisent. Nous invitons aussi des experts en marketing à participer à une étude qualitative, afin de déterminer laquelle des 5 familles que nous proposons met en avant les associations d’objets les plus pertinentes dans leur domaine.Notre collaboration avec Intermarché, partenaire industriel dans le cadre du projet Datalyse, nous permet de présenter des expériences complètes et portant sur des données réelles issues de supermarchés dans toute la France. Nous décrivons un flux d’analyse complet, à même de répondre à cette application. Nous présentons également des expériences portant sur des données issues d’Internet; grâce à la généricité du modèle des ensembles d’objets, nos contributions peuvent s’appliquer dans d’autres domaines.Nos contributions permettent donc aux analystes de découvrir des associations d’objets au milieu de grandes masses de données. Nos travaux ouvrent aussi la voie vers la fouille d’associations interactive à large échelle, afin d’analyser des données hautement dynamiques ou de réduire la portion du fichier à analyser à celle qui intéresse le plus l’analyste
The recent increase of data volumes raises new challenges for itemset mining algorithms. In this thesis, we focus on transactional datasets (collections of items sets, for example supermarket tickets) containing at least a million transactions over hundreds of thousands items. These datasets usually follow a "long tail" distribution: a few items are very frequent, and most items appear rarely. Such distributions are often truncated by existing itemset mining algorithms, whose results concern only a very small portion of the available items (the most frequents, usually). Thus, existing methods fail to concisely provide relevant insights on large datasets. We therefore introduce a new semantics which is more intuitive for the analyst: browsing associations per item, for any item, and less than a hundred associations at once.To address the items' coverage challenge, our first contribution is the item-centric mining problem. It consists in computing, for each item in the dataset, the k most frequent closed itemsets containing this item. We present an algorithm to solve it, TopPI. We show that TopPI computes efficiently interesting results over our datasets, outperforming simpler solutions or emulations based on existing algorithms, both in terms of run-time and result completeness. We also show and empirically validate how TopPI can be parallelized, on multi-core machines and on Hadoop clusters, in order to speed-up computation on large scale datasets.Our second contribution is CAPA, a framework allowing us to study which existing measures of association rules' quality are relevant to rank results. This concerns results obtained from TopPI or from jLCM, our implementation of a state-of-the-art frequent closed itemsets mining algorithm (LCM). Our quantitative study shows that the 39 quality measures we compare can be grouped into 5 families, based on the similarity of the rankings they produce. We also involve marketing experts in a qualitative study, in order to discover which of the 5 families we propose highlights the most interesting associations for their domain.Our close collaboration with Intermarché, one of our industrial partners in the Datalyse project, allows us to show extensive experiments on real, nation-wide supermarket data. We present a complete analytics workflow addressing this use case. We also experiment on Web data. Our contributions can be relevant in various other fields, thanks to the genericity of transactional datasets.Altogether our contributions allow analysts to discover associations of interest in modern datasets. We pave the way for a more reactive discovery of items' associations in large-scale datasets, whether on highly dynamic data or for interactive exploration systems

TITOL: Anàlisi de l’estructura i procés d’innovació de quatre grans hospitals de Barcelona. INTRODUCCIÓ I JUSTIFICACIÓ: A Catalunya, en general, i dins del sistema sanitari i hospitalari en particular, es constata una gran producció científica, de gran qualitat, en l’àmbit biomèdic, i poc retorn econòmic en forma de patents, llicències i sobretot en productes al mercat, provinents del desenvolupament de projectes sorgits dels propis hospitals. Aquesta Tesi intenta mostrar les circumstàncies que envolten aquests projectes, la seva cadena de valor, els gaps que es produeixen a la mateixa i, per tant, les possibles solucions. OBJECTIUS: Són tres: Fer una anàlisi tipus benchmarking internacional entre diversos casos d’èxit, després fer una anàlisi de l’ecosistema innovador de quatre dels grans hospitals de Barcelona, i conèixer els colls d’ampolla dels seus projectes i, per tant, les possibles solucions. MATERIAL I MÈTODE: S’analitzen els casos del Karolinska Institutet, del NHS de Gran Bretanya, dels Hospitals de Toronto i dels Hospitals de París. Pel que fa als Hospitals, s’estudien l’Hospital de Sant Pau, l’Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, l’Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu d’Esplugues de Llobregat (Barcelona) i el Parc de Salut Mar. Per a l’estudi de l’evolució dels projectes, i com a treball de camp, s’han realitzat un total de vuit entrevistes qualitatives, seguint la metodologia del mètode COREQ (amb 32 items), amb els responsables d’Innovació dels Hospitals, i amb quatre reconeguts experts en Innovació. RESULTATS: Els resultats mostren la sistematització, amb els conseqüents bons resultats, dels processos d’innovació del models internacionals, i mostren també la dificultat per al desenvolupament dels projectes provinents dels Hospitals estudiats. Les entrevistes mostren el criteri dels experts pel que fa als gaps existents i les propostes de possibles solucions. DISCUSSIÓ: La discussió s’ha centrat bàsicament sobre els projectes d’innovació provinents dels Hospitals, la seva evolució, de com s’ha de produir la relació públicoprivada, sobre què cal fer per millorar la actual situació, de com el context europeu Horitzó 20/20 pot ser determinant, de quines fortaleses i limitacions tenen els Hospitals i, finalment, quines propostes de futur són viables. CONCLUSSIONS: Les conclusions de la Tesi, són: 1. La necessitat de complementarietat dels Hospitals. 2. La necessitat d’una interfase entre Hospitals i Empresa. 3. La creació d’un model centralitzat amb antenes i professionals qualificats, que desenvolupin aquesta interfase. 4. La necessitat de canvis regulatoris que permetin la competitivitat dels Hospitals. 5. L’oportunitat que representa l’estratègia europea RIS3 i l’Horitzó 20/20. 6. El paper de palanca que han de desenvolupar les administracions públiques.
TÍTULO: Análisis de la estructura y proceso de innovación en cuatro grandes hospitales de Barcelona. INTRODUCCIÓN Y JUSTIFICACIÓN: En Cataluña, en general, y dentro del sistema sanitario y hospitalario en particular, se constata una gran producción científica, de gran calidad, en el ámbito biomédico, y poco retorno económico en forma de patentes, licencias y sobretodo en productos al mercado, provenientes del desarrollo de proyectos surgidos de los propios hospitales. Esta Tesis, intenta mostrar las circunstancias que rodean estos proyectos, su cadena de valor, los gaps que se producen en la misma y, por tanto, las posibles soluciones. OBJETIVOS: Son tres: Hacer un análisis tipo benchmarking internacional entre diversos casos de éxito, después hacer un análisis del ecosistema innovador de cuatro grandes hospitales de Barcelona, y conocer los cuellos de botella de sus proyectos y, por tanto, las posibles soluciones. MATERIAL Y MÉTODO: Se analizan los casos del Karolinska Institutet, del NHS de Gran Bretaña, de los Hospitales de Toronto y de los Hospitales de París. En cuanto a los Hospitales, se estudian el Hospital de Sant Pau, el Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, el Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu de Esplugues de Llobregat (Barcelona) y el Parc de Salut Mar. Para el estudio de la evolución de los proyectos, y como trabajo de campo, se han realizado un total de ocho entrevistas cualitativas, siguiendo la metodología del método COREQ (con 32 ítems), con los responsables de Innovación de los Hospitales, y con cuatro reconocidos expertos en Innovación. RESULTADOS: Los resultados muestran la sistematización, con los consecuentes buenos resultados, de los procesos de innovación de los modelos internacionales, y muestran también la dificultad para el desarrollo de los proyectos provenientes de los Hospitales estudiados. Las entrevistas muestran el criterio de los expertos en cuanto los gaps existentes y las propuestas de posibles soluciones. DISCUSIÓN: La discusión se ha centrado básicamente sobre los proyectos de innovación provenientes de los Hospitales, su evolución, de cómo se tiene que producir la relación público-privada, sobre qué hacer para mejorar la situación actual, de cómo el contexto Europeo Horizon 20/20 puede ser determinante, de cuáles son las fortalezas y limitaciones que tienen los Hospitales y, finalmente, cuáles propuestas de futuro son viables. CONCLUSIONES: Las conclusiones de la Tesis, son: 1. La necesidad de complementariedad de los Hospitales. 2. La necesidad de una interface entre Hospitales y Empresas. 3. La creación de un modelo centralizado con antenas y profesionales cualificados, que desarrollen esta interface. 4. La necesidad de cambios regulatorios que permitan la competitividad de los Hospitales. 5. La oportunidad que representa la estrategia europea RIS3 y Horizon 20/20. 6. El papel de palanca que tienen que desarrollar las administraciones públicas.
TITLE: Analysis of the structure and process of innovation in four large hospitals in Barcelona. INTRODUCTION AND JUSTIFICATION: In Catalonia, in general, and especially inside the hospital healthcare system, we can observe large scientific output, of great quality, in the biomedical field, and low income return as far as patents are concerned, licenses and above all in products to the market, originating from projects developed within the hospitals themselves. This Thesis tries to show the circumstances surrounding these projects, its value chain, the gaps that are produced in the same, and therefore, the possible solutions. OBJECTIVES: There are three: Perform an international benchmarking type analysis between successful cases, and then perform an analysis of the innovative ecosystem of four large hospitals in Barcelona, getting to know the bottlenecks of their projects and, therefore, the possible solutions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The following cases are analysed: Karolinska Institutet, Great Britain’s NHS, Toronto Hospitals and Hospitals in Paris. In regards to the local Hospitals, the following were studied: Hospital de Sant Pau, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Sant Joan de Déu d’Esplugues de Llobregat (Barcelona) and Parc de Salut Mar. For the project evolution study, and as fieldwork, a total of eight qualitative interviews were carried out, following the COREQ method (with 32 items) methodology, as well as the Hospitals’ Innovation coordinators, and four renowned experts on Innovation. RESULTS: The results show the systematization and consistent good results, of the innovation processes of the international models; these also showed the difficulty for the development of projects from the Hospitals studied. The interviews are the opinion of the experts concerning the existing gaps and proposals for possible solutions. DISCUSSION: The discussion was basically focused on innovation projects from the Hospitals, their solutions, how the Public-Private relationship must be produced, what to do to improve the current situation, how the Horizon 20/20 concept can be decisive, what strengths and limitations do the Hospitals have and finally, what future proposals may be viable. CONCLUSIONS: The conclusions of the Thesis are: 1. The need of complementarities of the Hospitals. 2. The need of an interface between Hospitals and Companies. 3. The creation of a centralized model with antennae and qualified professionals, who can develop this interface. 4. The need for regulatory changes that would allow the competitiveness of the Hospitals. 5. The opportunity represented through the European strategy, RIS3, as well as, Horizon 20/20. 6. The leverage role that must be developed by the public administrations.

In The Souls of Black Folk (1903), W.E.B. Du Bois theorized that black peoples were viewed behind a metaphorical “veil” that consisted of three interrelated aspects: the skin as an indication of African Americans’ difference from their white counterparts, white people’s lack of capacity to see African Americans as Americans, and African Americans’ lack of capacity to see themselves outside of the labels white America has given them. This, according to Du Bois, resulted in the gift and curse of “double consciousness,” the feeling that one’s identity is divided. As African Americans fought for socio-political equality, the reconciliation of these halves became essential in creating a new identity in America by creating a distinct voice in the age of modernity. Intellectuals and artists of the Harlem Renaissance began to create new art forms with progressive messages that strove to uplift the race and ultimately lift the veil. William Grant Still (1895–1978), an American composer of African descent, accomplished this goal in his opera Blue Steel (1934) by changing how blackness—defined here as characteristics attributed to and intended to indicate the otherness of people of African or African-American descent—was portrayed on the operatic stage. Still exemplifies what Houston A. Baker called “mastery of form” by presenting double consciousness in the interactions of three characters, Blue Steel, Venable, and Neola, in order to offer a new and complex reading of blackness.

Nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si:H) is a promising material for Thin-Film Transistors (TFTs) offering potentially higher mobilities and improved stability over hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H). The slow growth rate of nc-Si:H can be overcome by using pulsed Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition (PECVD). Pulsed PECVD also reduces powder particle formation in the plasma and provides added degrees of freedom for process optimization. Unlike high frequency PECVD, pulsed PECVD can be scaled to deposit films over large areas with no reduction in performance. For this thesis, silicon thin films were deposited by the pulsed PECVD technique at a temperature of 150 °C and TFTs were made using this material. Radio Frequency (RF) power and silane (SiH₄) flow rate were varied in order to study the effect of different levels of crystallinity on the film. Raman spectroscopy, Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), electrical conductivity, Hall mobility, optical band gap, and stability under light-soaking were measured using films of two different thicknesses, 50 nm and 300 nm. From the Raman data we see that the 50 nm films deposited with high hydrogen dilution are mostly amorphous, indicating the presence of a thick incubation layer. The 300nm samples deposited with hydrogen dilution, on the other hand, showed very high crystallinity and conductivity, except for 300-2 which was surprisingly, mostly amorphous. AFM and XRD measurements were also performed to confirm the Raman data and get an estimate for the crystallite grain size in the 300 nm samples. The conductivity was measured for all films, and the Hall mobility and carrier concentration was measured for one of the 300 nm films. The thin samples which are mostly amorphous show low conductivity whereas the thick high crystallinity films show high conductivity, and n-type behaviour possibly due to oxygen doping. The optical gap was also measured using Ultra Violet (UV) light and results indicate the possible presence of small crystallites in the 50 nm films. The conductivity's stability under light-soaking was measured to observe the material's susceptibility to degradation, and the 300 nm with high crystallinity were much more stable than the a-Si:H films. All the results of these measurements varied depending on the film and these results are discussed. Bottom-gate TFTs were fabricated using a pulsed PECVD channel layer and an amorphous silicon nitride (a-SiN:H) gate dielectric. The extracted parameters of one of the best TFTs are μ_sat ≤ 0. 38 cm² V^-1 s^-1, V_t,sat ≥ 7. 3 V, I_on/off > 10⁶, and S < 1 V/decade. These parameters were extracted semi-automatically from the basic Field-Effect Transistor (FET) model using a computer program. Extraction using a more complicated model yielded similar results for mobility and threshold voltage but also gave a large power parameter α of 2. 31 and conduction band tail slope of 30 meV. The TFT performance and material properties are presented and discussed. On this first attempt at fabricating TFTs using a nc-Si:H channel layer deposited by pulsed PECVD, results were obtained which are consistent with results for low temperature a-Si:H TFTs and previous pulsed PECVD TFTs. The channel layer was mostly amorphous and non-crystalline, possibly due to the amorphous substrate or insufficient hydrogen dilution in the plasma. The 300 nm films showed, however, that high crystallinity material deposited directly on glass can easily be obtained, and this material showed less degradation under light-soaking than the purely amorphous counterpart. Pulsed PECVD is a promising technique for the growth of nc-Si:H and with further materials development and process optimization for TFTs, it may prove to be useful for the growth of high-quality nc-Si:H TFT channel layers.

Introdução: a busca por qualificação e desenvolvimento tecnológico é um indicador de prosperidade de uma nação. A educação é um componente fundamental para o progresso econômico e social. Mesmo países em desenvolvimento, como o Brasil, colaboram continuamente com o progresso da ciência e da tecnologia mundial por meio da produção de conhecimento e aperfeiçoamento profissional. A pós-graduação estrito senso abre o caminho para esta escalada evolutiva. Mesmo com as dificuldades econômicas, a pós-graduação em níveis de mestrado e doutorado tem viabilizado este progresso. Embora muito tenha sido feito para alavancar o alastramento de programas de pós-graduação, ainda há uma carência de meios para avaliar e para mensurar a evolução dos egressos. Esta é a motivação deste estudo, que objetiva compreender a trajetória e a contribuição dos Doutores formados pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina: Ciências Medicas (PPGCM), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Objetivo: Construir um índice de desempenho acadêmico e inserção profissional dos doutores egressos do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina: Ciências Médicas, Faculdade de Medicina, UFRGS. Método: Realizou-se um estudo transversal. Foram coletados dados dos alunos egressos de doutorado do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina: Ciências Médicas, no período compreendido de 1987 a 2014. A estratégia usada para localizar os membros desta amostra foi o nome dos egressos obtido nos registros do PPGCM. A partir destes, foram acessados currículos modelo Lattes, disponível na base de dados de aceso público do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico (CNPq). Visando proteger os dados dos egressos, foram extraídos apenas os dados pertinentes a sua origem, curso de graduação e de mestrado, produção intelectual, inserção acadêmica e a posição profissional. Resultados: foram analisados 324 doutores egressos. Deste total, 221 eram graduados em Medicina. Para obtenção do efeito independente no índice de produção qualificada o escore do mesmo foi ajustado usando um modelo de regressão linear múltipla hierárquico. O coeficiente de determinação (R2) demonstra que a proporção variância explicada pelas variáveis incluídas no modelo foi de 99%. As variáveis com maior contribuição na construção deste índice foram: graduação em medicina, vínculo laboral em universidade pública, exercer atividade como orientador em nível de doutorado ou de mestrado, ser bolsista de produtividade em pesquisa do CNPq e possuir registro do índice H no Currículo Lattes. Conclusão: Os resultados demonstram que os egressos produzem conhecimento qualificado, atestado pela sua disseminação em jornais de circulação internacional, formação de recursos humanos. No global conclui-se que os egressos em nível de doutorado do PPGCM possuem capacidade para interagir e criar parcerias em seu ambiente de trabalho e repassar o conhecimento, bem como para fomentar o conhecimento na área das ciências médicas com relevância regional, nacional e internacional.
Introduction: the search for qualification and technological development is a prosperity indicator of a nation. Education is a fundamental component of economic and social progress. Even though the Brazil is a developing country, our nation continuously collaborates with world science and with technological advances in the production of knowledge. In addition, the Brazil contributes to professional development. The graduation provides the way for this progressive knowledge pool. Despite the economic difficulties, graduates in doctoral levels have taken part in this advancement. Although much has been done to stimulate the creation of master and doctoral programs, there is an insufficient assessment of what happens to the graduates. Aim: To assess the track and the contribution of Doctors formed by the Graduate Program in Medicine Medical Sciences (PPGCM), Medicine School, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study. Data were collected from doctoral graduate students of the PPGCM from 1987 to 2014. The strategy used to locate the graduate students was their names and the curriculum vitae in the CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) CV Lattes Portal, an open public database. Only relevant data to this study were retrieved: origin, undergraduate and master's degree, intellectual production, academic integration and professional position. Results: The study included 324 graduated doctors. Of this total, 221 were graduated in Medicine. A hierarchical multiple linear regression model was used to identify the independent effect of variables on the H-index score. The variables graduation in medicine, to work in a public university and execute activity as the doctoral mentor, CNPq research scholarship, and an H-index record in CV Lattes. Conclusion: Our results show that graduates are qualified for the construction of qualified knowledge disseminated in international scientific journals, human resources training (master and doctor titles), interact and create international collaboration nets, in medical sciences with regional, national and international relevance.

Bien qu'elles dominent en nombre la population stellaire de la Galaxie, les étoiles de très faible masse et les naines brunes sont longtemps restées difficiles (voir impossibles) à observer, à cause de leur faible luminosité. Les progrès récents des techniques instrumentales (et en particulier des détecteurs infrarouges) permettent maintenant de s'y intéresser et de commencer à répondre à de nombreuses questions. Parmi celles-ci, deux sont particulièrement importantes et nécessitent une bonne détermination de la fonction de masse (nombre d'objets par intervalle de masse): l'influence de cette population sur la dynamique Galactique, et le comportement de la fonction initiale de masse à l'approche du régime naine brune. Ces objets permettent d'autre part des tests sévères de notre compréhension de la physique des objets dégénérés, et des atmosphères denses et froides dominées par les opacités moléculaires. Dans cette thèse, j'ai d'abord déterminé la fonction de luminosité (nombre d'objets par intervalle de luminosité) jusqu'à la limite étoiles-naines brunes, ce qui est la première étape de la construction de la fonction de masse. Pour cela j'ai utilisé le relevé DENIS (a Deep Near Infrared Southern sky survey qui est parfaitement adapté à la détection de ces objets, et étudié les biais importants de la fonction de luminosité introduits par le bruit. Au cours de ces travaux la première naine brune confirmée du champ a été découverte et une étude spectroscopique des naines brunes froides a été entreprise. Pour passer de cette fonction de luminosité à la fonction de masse, il est ensuite necessaire, 1- de corriger le biais important de la fonction de luminosité causé par les étoiles binaires, et 2- de disposer d'une bonne relation masse-luminosité. Ces deux étapes de la détermination de la fonction de masse passent par une étude de binarité. Une recherche systématique de binaires spectroscopiques a donc été entreprise dans cette thèse. Elle a révélé que le voisinage solaire (à moins de 9 pc) reste mal connu, et qu'un nombre important de compagnons y reste à découvrir (11 ont été mis en évidence ici). La distance des systèmes doubles non identifiés est également sous-estimée. Enfin, l'étude de la rotation des naines M du champ a été un sous-produit important du programme de recherche de binaires. Elle a clairement montré que l'activité chromosphérique de ces objets, depuis longtemps connue, est bien due à leur rotation. L'allongement du temps de freinage aux type spectraux les plus tardifs est ainsi demontrée jusqu'à des âges beaucoup plus grands, et jusqu'à des masses où les étoiles sont entièrement convectives.

Актуальность магистерского исследования детерминирована необходимостью решения на государственном уровне проблемы воспитания патриотизма как основы консолидации общества и укрепления государства. Проблема связана с необходимостью противодействия фальсификации российской истории, разрушению системы традиционно-нравственных ценностей российской молодежи. Достижение данной цели предполагает решение задач совершенствования системы воспитания детей и молодежи, формирования социально активной личности гражданина и патриота. Приоритетным направлением государственной молодежной политики является создание условий для повышения гражданской ответственности за судьбу страны, обеспечение национальной безопасности и устойчивого развития социума. С целью актуализации потенциала молодого поколения необходимо осуществлять поддержку молодежных проектных инициатив. Проектный подход в государственной молодежной политике рассматривается и как образовательная технология и как инструмент воспитательной деятельности. Целью работы является совершенствование технологий военно-патриотического воспитания. Задачи, решенные в диссертации: анализ концепций военно-патриотического воспитания, проблем и перспектив системы военно-патриотического воспитания; изучение потенциала проектной деятельности молодежных организаций и Федерального агентства по делам молодежи «Росмолодежь» в военно-патриотическом воспитании; Разработка социального проекта патриотического воспитания «Бал Героев Отечества». Объект исследования – военно-патриотическое воспитание «Росмолодежи», предмет – проектные технологии военно-патриотического воспитания. Методы исследования: теоретический анализ нормативной, правовой информации и научной литературы по теме патриотического исследования; количественно-качественный анализ проектных инициатив молодежи. Новизной диссертационного исследования является выделение в военно-патриотическом воспитании широкого, социально-педагогического компонента, обеспечивающего глубокое понимание каждым молодым человеком своей роли и места в служении Отечеству, и специфического, в большей степени нацеленного на подготовку к конкретной деятельности, определяемой спецификой военной службы. Актуализация потенциала современной российской молодежи осуществляется в рамках Всероссийского конкурса молодежных проектов и Всероссийской молодежной форумной кампании. Традиционный метод анализа, выявляющий суть проекта, иллюстрирует превалирование проектов военно-патриотического воспитания, разработанных на основе специфического компонента. Более широкий социально-педагогический компонент представлен минимально в выигравших проектах. Представляется перспективным и необходимым разработку проектов более широкой направленности в рамках военно-патриотического воспитания. Теоретические разработки могут быть использованы для научного обоснования программ военно-патриотического воспитания молодежи, подготовки проектных заявок на грантовые конкурсы социально значимых инициатив. Разработанный проект может быть использован для организации культурно-досуговой деятельности как технологии формирования ценностных ориентаций в военно-патриотическом воспитании в разных молодежных группах.
The relevance of the master's study is determined by the need to solve at the state level the problem of the upbringing of patriotism as the basis for the consolidation of society and the strengthening of the state. The problem is related to the need to counter the falsification of Russian history, the destruction of the system of traditional moral values of Russian youth. Achieving this goal involves solving the problems of improving the system of upbringing of children and youth, forming a socially active personality of a citizen and patriot. The priority direction of state youth policy is to create conditions for increasing civil responsibility for the fate of the country, ensuring national security and sustainable development of society. In order to actualize the potential of the young generation, it is necessary to support youth project initiatives. The project approach in state youth policy is considered both as an educational technology and as an instrument of upbringing activity. The aim of the work is to improve the technology of military-patriotic upbringing. Tasks solved in the dissertation: analysis of the concepts of military-patriotic upbringing, problems and prospects of the system of military-patriotic upbringing; the study of the potential of the project activities of youth organizations and the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs "Rosmolodezh" in military-patriotic upbringing; Development of a social project of patriotic upbringing "Ball of Heroes of the Fatherland". The object of study is the military-patriotic upbringing of Rosmolodezh, the subject is the project technology of military-patriotic upbringing Research methods: theoretical analysis of regulatory, legal information and scientific literature on the topic of patriotic research; quantitative and qualitative analysis of youth project initiatives. The novelty of the dissertation research is the allocation in the military-patriotic upbringing of a broad, socio-pedagogical component that provides each young man with a deep understanding of his role and place in serving the Fatherland, and a specific one, more aimed at preparing for a specific activity determined by the specifics of military service. The potential of modern Russian youth is actualized within the framework of the All-Russian contest of youth projects and the All-Russian youth forum campaign. The traditional method of analysis, revealing the essence of the project, illustrates the prevalence of military-patriotic education projects developed on the basis of a specific component. A wider socio-pedagogical component is represented minimally in the winning projects. It seems promising and necessary to develop projects of a broader orientation within the framework of military-patriotic upbringing. Theoretical developments can be used to scientifically substantiate military-patriotic youth upbringing programs, to prepare project applications for grant competitions for socially significant initiatives. The developed project can be used to organize cultural and leisure activities as a technology for the formation of value orientations in military-patriotic upbringing in different youth groups.

The plots of Billy Budd and The Bonfire of the Vanities are organized entirely around a lawsuit. In The Pickwick Papers the trial is only a part, though an important one, of a series of related adventures in which the main characters of the novel participate. In the three novels there is a trial in which the accused is found guilty, although he is actually innocent. In The Posthumous Papers of the Club Pickwick, the author’s main purpose is to present the operation of the legal system, in which the modus operandi of unscrupulous lawyers, who rely only on cheating and deceiving methods, is atthe beginning of and determines the outcome of the lawsuit. In Billy Budd, an innocent is sentenced to death in order to preserve a supposed higher interest: the common good. In The Bonfire of the Vanities, political factors, personal interests, resentments and other worldly elements determine the outcome of the trial. In the three cases, the watchmaking mechanism that a lawsuit appears to be is completely overcome by factors outside it.
Las tramas de Billy Budd y La hoguera de las vanidades están organizadas íntegramente alrededor de un juicio. En Los papeles póstumos del Club Pickwick, el proceso es una parte importante de la obra, pero también existen aventuras relacionadas en las que participan los diversos personajes. En los tres juicios se juzga a un inocente. En Los papeles póstumos del Club Pickwick, el autor busca presentar el funcionamiento real del sistema legal, en el cual el modus operandi de abogados inescrupulosos, quienes emplean únicamente métodos tramposos y fraudulentos, determina el origen y el resultado del proceso. En Billy Budd, un inocente es condenado a muerte para preservar un supuesto interés mayor: el bien común. En La hoguera de las vanidades, factores políticos, intereses personales, resentimientos y otros elementos de carácter mundano determinan el resultado del proceso. En los tres casos, el mecanismo de relojería que parece ser el proceso es totalmente sobrepasado por factores externos al mismo.

碩士
輔仁大學
宗教學系碩士在職專班
106
Abstract Heaven and Earth create the sect. Sages form the religions. Grand Master Hunyuan learned from Heaven and Earth and founded Weixin Shengjiao (literally the holy religion of the mind). He based Weixin Shengjiao’s principles on laws of Heaven and Earth, with an aim to educate and influence people. Weixin Shengjiao’s principles are also based on mind and feng shui, which derived from I-Ching, or Book of Changes. There are 41 branches, shouldering the responsibilities of introduction, education and passing on the principles of Weixin Shengjiao. The importance of balance is emphasized in I-Ching; thus Grand Master Hunyuan encouraged his disciples to learn ancestor’s wisdom from I-Ching. After studying I-Ching, internalizing it, practicing it, transforming it, and promoting it, people can better understand themselves, others and the principles of the universe. Feng shui, which is closely related to peaceful living condition, is another focus of Weixin Shengjiao. Grand Master Hunyuan educates people about the correct concept of Feng shui and its application, in the hope of improving living conditions so that people can enjoy a peaceful life and thus make a peaceful society. The methodology of this study includes literature analysis and field research. This paper studies the establishment of Weixin Shengjiao and discusses problems and reality that Grand Master Hunyuan faced in his thirty years of promotion. The discussion also includes the origin, the meaning, and the goal of Weixin Shengjiao’s principles. It is hoped that this paper can lay the basis for future study of Weixin Shengjiao. Keywords: Grand Master Hunyuan, Weixin Shengjiao, I-Ching, feng shui

碩士
南華大學
宗教學研究所
104
This thesis explores the perspective of cultivation and significance of the Times of YuLin National Master. The perspective of cultivation adapts the Buddhist texts to study YuLin’s self-enlightenment and enlightening others. The way of self-enlightenment mainly based on YuLin’s personal cultivation such as craving, arrogance as well as fame and gain. And through the books YuLin carries out the bodhisattva path by awakening others according to individual capacity, fulfilling skillful means, and propagating the Dharma by giving, which is also a way of enlightening others. YuLin releases oneself by releasing others, benefits oneself by benefiting others, and enlightens oneself by enlightening others. The bodhisattva way is the essence of YuLin National Master, skillful means is the function. Also is the plot as well as no duality between essence and function of YuLin National Master by Grand Master Hsing Yun. The significance of the Times views from the cultural aspects, nationalities and the Times is cultural adaptability of Buddhism spread of YuLin National Master. People-oriented and Buddha spirit is an universal theme of Buddhist literature of YuLin National Master. Using the adroit way of Buddha spirit to enlighten others is the practice of Buddha of secular of YuLin National Master. In conclusion, YuLin National Master for the actual function of the community is "a renaissance of Chinese culture", "the Times literary and artistic creation", "people-oriented social care", "carrying forward Dharma" and "advocating sport", and these features aims to "purify the mind" , which is YuLin National Master possess sanctity.

The paper aims on the cultural life of Francis Matthew Böhmb (1722- 1750), a native of Lubenec (Bohemia), Superior General of the Order of Crusaders with the Red Star in Prague. The Grand Master of the Order took the vows under the rule of sophisticated, erudite lawyer Grandmaster Martin Constantine Beinlich and in the second half of the 17th century tread in the steps of the Restorer of the Order, George Ignatius Pospichal. Sophisticated Böhmb became parish priest in Carlsbad firs. It was in 1720 when the General Prior called him to Prague as a Prior and after Beinlich's death was, on the feast of St. Agnes in March 2, 1722, unanimously elected Grand Master. Thesis followed particularly the cultural activities of the forenamed prelate, in the time of the day-to-day duties of the convent ad Pedem Pontis. It was Beinlich, begining to negotiate an extended Order range beyond the borders of the Czech Kingdom, however it was Böhmb's duty to realize this idea when, in 1723, he installed the Knights of the Cross in Bratislava (Pressburg), and ten years after, in Vienna. In Bratislava he let to build a new commendam's hospital there, as in Vienna, where he used the newly erected prestigious church of St. Charles Borromeo. At home he, in the thirties of the 18th century, let the church of St. Mary...

This diploma thesis "The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem - History and Nowadays"deals with the origins, historical evolution and activities of this order. This international Christian ecumenical order of knights operates with his activities in charitable, humanitarian, medical and educational field. The introduction of the thesis deals with cultural, social and political situation, which was the reason of formation of the order and also briefly shows the internal organization and structure of the order. The next chapter maps the contemporary history of the order and current situation abroad and in the Czech Republic, which is tainted by the dispute about grand master. In the end the thesis deals with activities of the order in the field of social activities. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Tese de doutoramento em Altos Estudos em História, no ramo de Época Contemporânea, apresentada ao Departamento de História, Estudos Europeus, Arqueologia e Artes da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra
A investigação que deu corpo a esta dissertação teve por objectivo estudar o percurso político do 1.º Duque de Loulé, uma das personagens cimeiras do Estado Português da segunda metade do séc. XIX, em especial na sua vertente de Homem Público, com particular incidência na época da Regeneração, nomeadamente no período em que esteve à frente da Presidência do Conselho de Ministros (1856-1870). Partindo da sua biografia, desenvolvemos os seus antecedentes, tanto pessoais, como políticos, com vista ao seu enquadramento na história e mentalidade do seu tempo, abordando as circunstâncias histórico-familiares subjacentes à sua formação, tanto no que se refere à Casa onde nasceu, como na análise posterior do seu percurso sociofamiliar. Neste contexto, destaca-se o casamento que fez com a Infanta D. Ana de Jesus Maria (filha do Rei D. João VI), tornando-se assim cunhado de D. Pedro IV, e tio da Rainha D. Maria II e de seus filhos os Reis D. Pedro V e D. Luís I. Seguiu o partido liberal, defendendo a legitimidade da Rainha, acompanhando D. Pedro IV durante toda a Guerra Civil (1832-1834), combatendo ao seu lado nas Campanhas da Liberdade e no cerco do Porto, sendo por ele nomeado Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros e da Marinha (1833). Restaurada a legitimidade dinástica e a Carta Constitucional, retomou o seu lugar como membro da Câmara dos Pares do Reino, onde com denodo se bateria pelos princípios constitucionais em que verdadeiramente acreditava, seguindo com moderação a facção radical do liberalismo monárquico. Esta singularidade o impeliria a seguir e propugnar pelo caminho do progressismo liberal, tendo sido então nomeado como Ministro da Marinha (1835) e dos Negócios Estrangeiros (1835-1836), aderindo depois ao Setembrismo, sendo eleito deputado às Cortes Constituintes (1837-1838) e Senador (1840), e posteriormente unido à Junta do Porto, continuando a exercer o lugar de Governador Civil de Coimbra (1846-1847). Após assinar a Convenção de Gramido (1847), retomaria o seu lugar na Câmara Alta, fazendo parte do partido Nacional na oposição ao Governo, mantendo-se nessa situação até à vitória do movimento da Regeneração, levantado por Saldanha (1851). Depois de uma breve passagem pelo Governo, do qual se afastaria agastado, seria eleito como Grão-Mestre da Confederação Maçónica Portuguesa (1852), acumulando entretanto com o lugar de Provedor da Casa Pia de Lisboa (1853-1856). Em 1856, seria nomeado por D. Pedro V como Presidente do Conselho de Ministros, dando assim, início a um novo ciclo na vida política nacional, assumindo a chefia do Partido Histórico, e mantendo-se na condução dos destinos da Governação de Portugal, por cerca de nove anos, nomeadamente entre 1856-1859, 1860-1865 e 1869-1870. Seguidor dos princípios programáticos do movimento da Regeneração que ajudou a estabelecer, ou seja, o progresso material e civilizacional do País, Loulé desenvolveria uma intensa actividade governativa, conseguindo ao longo dos seus mandatos, implantar diversas medidas que lançariam as bases de um Estado Moderno. As reformas efectuadas pelos diversos governos liderados por Loulé, possibilitariam dotar o país de modernas vias de comunicação, fossem viárias, ou ferroviárias. Além do notório incremento das Obras Públicas, assistimos ainda ao desenvolvimento dos estudos estatísticos, tendo Loulé mandado realizar o 1.º recenseamento geral da população (31 de Dezembro de 1863). No campo do Ensino e Instrução, seriam dados passos importantes tanto para o aumento de estabelecimentos de ensino primário, promovendo as escolas normais femininas, o ensino industrial e agrícola, sem esquecer o aprimoramento do Ensino Superior, nomeadamente na Universidade de Coimbra e na Escola Politécnica de Lisboa. No campo político-diplomático Loulé passaria por muitas situações difíceis, tanto no plano externo, como interno, nomeadamente com a questão da barca Charles et Georges, que oporia Portugal à França de Napoleão III, e a questão da Irmãs de Caridade, acicatada pelo confronto ideológico entre liberais e ultramontanos. Apesar das grandes contrariedades com que teve de lidar a respeito destas questões, Loulé conseguirá limitar os danos que poderiam advir do ultimato francês, tendo solucionado definitivamente a bem do Estado e do Rei, a melindrosa questão religiosa. A sua personalidade moderada, tendente a conciliar plataformas de entendimento supra-partidárias, levou a que ele fosse o maior responsável pelo aparecimento do Governo da Fusão, juntando históricos moderados com regeneradores, por forma a garantirem uma maioria confortável no Parlamento, indispensável para aprovação de diversas reformas legislativas, com vista aos melhoramentos materiais e morais dos povos, e a solucionar a questão das finanças públicas. O último período governativo de Loulé parecia promissor, tendo aglutinado ao seu redor grandes nomes do seu partido, mas inesperadamente seria confrontado com o golpe de estado designado da Saldanhada (1870), que fez o País mergulhar numa ditadura. Nos últimos anos de vida ainda seria elevado ao cargo vitalício de Presidente da Câmara dos Pares do Reino (1870-1872), do qual pediria a demissão devido a arreigados princípios de coerência ideológica, convictamente liberais. Em 1875, aquando das suas exéquias, António Cândido sintetizaria o excepcional contributo de Loulé para a consolidação do regime monárquico constitucional – “durante a sua vida pública dependeu em grande parte do seu nome e da sua pessoa o justo equilibrio das tradições do passado com as aspirações do futuro”.
The main purpose of the study which embodied this dissertation was to follow and reveal the political life of the first Duke of Loulé. Having rapidly become one of the main characters of the Portuguese State during the second half of the nineteenth century, his political career focused at the time of the “Regeneração” (namely the period when he was Prime Minister 1856-1870). We tried to develop his personal and political background departing from his biography.This in view towards a general framing of the history and mentality of his times. We approached the family circumstances pertaining his education, relating to the House where he was born into. This helped us in following his family and social career. In this context we must stress out his marriage to the Infanta D. Ana de Jesus Maria (King João VI’s daughter). This made him brother-in-law to King Pedro IV, and uncle to Queen Maria II and to her sons King Pedro V and Luís I of Portugal. His choosing of the liberal party by defending the Queen’s legitimacy made him a companion to King Pedro IV during the whole Civil War (1832-1834). He fought alongside the King during the “Campanhas da Liberdade” and during the siege of Oporto. This resulted on his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Navy (1833). With the start of the Constitutional Monarchy through the issuing of the “Carta Constitucional”, and after having restored the dynastic legitimacy; he reclaimed his place as member of the upper House, known as “Câmara dos Pares do Reino”. There he fought bravely for the constitutional principles in which he dearly believed, following with moderation the radical party of the “liberalismo” under the monarchy.This singular state of affairs led him to follow and fight the way of liberal “progressismo”. This resulted on his appointment as Minister of Navy (1835) and Foreign Affairs (1835-1836). This led him to becoming a member of the “Setembrismo”.Consequently being elected deputy to the “Cortes Constituintes” (1837-1838) and Senator (1840). Afterwhich he became united to the “Junta do Porto”, thus serving us Civil Governor of Coimbra (1846-1847). After having signed the “Convenção de Gramido” (1847), he would reclaim once again his place in the upper House. There he was part of the “Nacional” party, opposing the Government. This situation was kept until the victory of the “Regeneração” movement, led by Saldanha (1851). After a brief service in Office (from which he exited in dismay) he would be elected Grand Master of the “Confederação Maçónica Portuguesa” (Freemasonry). At the same time he held office as “Provedor da Casa Pia de Lisboa” (1853-1856). King Pedro V asked him to form a new government as President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) in 1856. This gave way to a new cycle in the Portuguese political scene where he became chief of the “Partido Histórico”.Thus keeping him at the head of Government in Portugal for about nine years. Namely between 1856-1859, 1860-1865 and 1869-1870. A follower of the principles of the “Regeneração” movement, which he helped himself to establish; aka the material and civilizational progress of the country; Loulé would develop a strenuous Government activity, achieving through his mandates to implement several measures which would create the foundations of a Modern State. The reforms carried out by the several Cabinets led by Loulé would enable the country to acquire modern ways of communication, either by road, or by railroad. Besides the notorious increment in public work, we must also stress out the development of statistical studies. Loulé was responsible for the first general census of the population (31st December 1863). In the field of Education and Instruction, important steps would be carried out to the increasing of primary teaching schools; the promotion of schools for girls; industrial and agricultural training; and last but not least the improvements in University, namely Coimbra and Lisbon polytechnic school. In the political-diplomatic field Loulé would endure many difficult situations either in the country or abroad.Namely the issue of the barge “Charles et Georges” which would oppose Portugal to the France of Napoleon III (an issue relating to the abolishment of the slave trade); and the issue of the sisters of charity (a confrontation between liberal ideology and catholic conservatives). In spite of all the setbacks relating to these issues Loulé has succeeded to limiting the damage which could have developed from a French ultimatum. The latter issue was happily concluded to the general satisfaction of the King and State. His moderate personality, which helped the creation of political understandings above the interests of the parties made him a major player when the Government of “Fusão” erupted, joining the moderate “históricos” with the “regeneradores”.This guaranteed a comfortable majority in Parliament, an indispensable tool to the approval of several executive reforms in view of the “material and moral developments of the peoples”; as well as solving the issue of public finances. Loulé’s latter government period in Office sounded promising, as he was able to attract along his ranks great names of his own party. Yet unexpectedly he was to be confronted with the coup of the “Saldanhada”(1870), which led the country to plunge into a dictatorship. In the last years of his life he was to be granted the life office of President of the upper House (1870-1872), from which he would demand his dismissal due to the logic of his principles, which were assuredly liberal. In 1875, during his funeral António Cândido would summarize the exceptional contribution of Loulé towards the consolidation of the Constitutional Monarchy regime: “…during his public life it depended greatly on his name and on his person the just balance of the traditions of the past and the aspirations of the future”.

The Rhodesian and Zimbabwean space-time involved the creation and adoption of hegemonic discourses that influenced ways of behavior, thinking, perceiving reality and particular ways of identity construction based on mystifying nationalisms. In raced and politically charged spaces, such grand narratives depended, for their currency, on stereotypes, essentialisms, domination and dichotomization of ‘nation as narration’. The metanarratives of the two spaces functioned as discursive tools for the legitimation of particular forms of exclusions, elisions and distortions. As discursive and polemical literary tools, these discourses always found sustenance and perpetuation in the existence of a different other. In other words, these constructed narratives sought to use difference as a basis for scapegoating and naturalizing racial, economic, political and resource asymmetries in the Rhodesian and Zimbabwean spaces. Power was wielded not in the service of, but against, the majority who are marginalized. This study explores John Eppel’s writings on the constructions of both Rhodesia and Zimbabwe as ideological spaces for the legitimation of power based on class, race and politics. I argue that Eppel’s selected writings are a literary intervention that proffers a satirically dissident critique of the foundational myths, symbols and narratives of Rhodesian and Zimbabwean space-time. The study argues that Eppel offers literary resistance to unproblematized identity compositions predicated on socially constructed but skewed categories that limit the contours of belonging and citizenship. The Rhodesian space is viewed as a palimpsest upon which is overwritten the Zimbabwean patriotic discourse that also authorize racism, marginalization, power abuse and other forms of exclusion. In examining Eppel’s satiric disruption of both spaces, I use certain strands of the Postcolonial Theory that problematize issues of nation, identity, race, tribe and power. Its usefulness lies in its rejection of fixities, of absolutes and in its general counter-hegemonic thrust. I therefore invoke the theorizations of Frantz Fanon, Homi Bhabha, Maria Lara, Paul Gilroy, Mikhail Bakhtin and Benita Parry. These form the theoretical base with which the study confronts Eppel’s writings on Rhodesia and Zimbabwe. The focal texts used are: Absent: The English Teacher (2009), selected short stories in White Man Crawling (2007) and The Caruso of Colleen Bawn (2004), The Holy Innocents (2002), Hatchings (2006), selected poems from Spoils of War (1989), Songs my Country Taught me: Selected Poems 1965-2005(2005) and D.G.G.Berry’s The Great North Road (1992). I conclude by arguing that Eppel creates a fictional life-world where race, origin, politics, class and culture are figured as polarizing identity markers that should be re-negotiated and even transcended in order to materialize a more inclusive multicultural society. To the extent that both the colonial and post-independence eras cross-fertilize each other in terms of occlusions, creating hegemonic narratives, resort to race, violence, silencing and erasure of certain subjectivities, Eppel advocates the ‘hatching’ of a new national, moral and inclusive ethos that supersedes the claustrophobia of both spaces.
English Studies
D. Litt. et Phil.(English)

The dissertation deals with the reception of Dutch realism in the late Gothic panel painting in Bohemia. Its aim is to examine the principles of reception of new artistic forms and ideas that originated in the Dutch art centers in the 15th century. The Czech painting of the 15th century was adopting these innovative trends exclusively from the neighbouring countries. Therefore, the work addresses mainly issues related to artistic exchanges between Bohemia and the surrounding - mostly German-speaking - regions. It looks into the specific ways in which artistic exchange took place - the mobility of artists, art imports, the importance of graphic and other models. The dissertation focuses on the most important examples that show the reception of Dutch realism: The Ark of Grand Master Puchner, The Křivoklát Altarpiece, and works associated with it. These matters are addressed mainly through a formal stylistic analysis and formal comparison. In the case of the Puchner Ark, via these methods, it has been possible to point out a possible artistic basis of the author in Swabia - within a circle of the followers of the Master of the Sterzing Altarpiece. The dissertation has tried to prove the artistic origin of the Master of the Litoměřice Altarpiece within the circle of the Ulm painter B. Zeitblom. These...

Schools have always played an important role in modern society. They are a reflection of local values and changing educational and societal trends. The 21st century brings with it a multitude of challenges as we design schools and communities that embrace and engage learners in an era of global communication and unfettered knowledge exchange. This project explores the concept of a school-centred neighbourhood in response to these changes. Through a case study review of Grande Prairie’s Community Knowledge Campus, the study looks at the social influences of a multi-use school facility through the use of indicators of social capital, lifelong learning and learning-based community development. Interviews with school and municipal planners as well as facility users are used to explore the intended purpose of the development and to measure the effectiveness of this concept. The study concludes that multi-use school facilities have a measurable impact on the promotion of these social elements and thus contribute to the creation of a school-centred neighbourhood. Six recommendations are presented at the end of this study for use by school and municipal planners. These include: i) central locations and community linkages, ii) efficiencies and flexibility through multi-use school facilities, iii) the promotion of joint-use agreements, iv) coordinated school board capital planning and municipal land use planning, v) establishing a common planning language between schools and municipalities and vi) community planning and neighbourhood design through CKCs.

The aim of my diploma thesis is to compare the current state of gymnastics education in field Physical education at public sport universities in the Czech Republic. The thesis has an analytical part describing the representation of gymnastics in the study of physical education. The analytical part also contains syllabus data of individual subjects. In the synthetic part is the comparison of the hour rates of gymnastic subjects at the sports universities.

The goal of this Master thesis is to demonstrate Witteńs mechanism in selected extensions of the Standard model based on the Pati-Salam gauge group. The purpose of this mechanism is to obtain an extremely large Majorana mass term for right-handed neutrinos at the two-loop level and consequently light physical masses of neutrinos using the type I see-saw mechanism. The existence of corresponding Feynman diagrams without any interactions of vector bosons is presented. While it is impossible to construct this type of corrections in minimal SO(10) or SU(5)xU(1) model in Pati-Salam model they may be even dominant. Subsequently, implications of possible partial gauge coupling unification or even embedding of the Pati-Salam group into a gauge group of "Great Unified Theory" are considered. At the end the possibility of unacceptably fast proton decay is inspected. The discussed models are concluded to be potentially realistic but only at the cost of predictivity, since completely unknown Yukawa couplings appear in numerous key relations. 1

The discovery of the Higgs boson by the LHC provided the last piece of the puzzle neces- sary for the Standard Model (SM) to be a successful theory of electroweak scale physics. However there exist various phenomenological reasons which serve as pointer towards the existence of physics beyond the Standard Model. For example the explanation for the smallness of the neutrino mass, baryon asymmetry of the universe, the presence of dark matter and dark energy etc. are not within purview of the Standard Model. Con- ceptual issues like the gauge hierarchy problem, weakness of gravity provide some of the theoretical motivation to pursue theories beyond the SM. We consider scenarios with warped extra-dimensions (Randall-Sundrum (RS) Model ) as our preferred candidate to answer some of the questions raised above. RS model gives an elegant geometric solution to address the hierarchy between the two fundamental scales of nature i.e. Planck scale and electroweak scale. In addition to this, the geometry of RS serves as a useful setup wherein the fermion mass hierarchy problem can also be solved. The goal of this thesis is to investigate whether RS model can be an acceptable theory of avour while at the same time serving as a solution to the hierarchy problem. In Chapter[1] we begin with a brief introduction of the SM, highlighting issues which pro- vides the necessary motivation for constructing new physics models. Various candidates of Beyond Standard Model (BSM) physics are introduced and a few preliminaries es- sential to understand frameworks with additional spatial-dimensions ( at and warped) is provided. In Chapter[2] we specialize to the case of warped extra-dimensions and motivate the need to have the SM elds in the bulk. Mathematical details related to the analysis of various spin elds (0; 12; 1 and 2) in a warped background necessary to understand relevant phenomenology is provided. The lack of knowledge of Dirac or Majorana nature of the neutrino leads to a wide variety of possibilities as far as neutrino mass generation is concerned. In Chapter[3] we focus on the leptonic sector where three cases of neutrino mass generation are consid- ered: a)Planck Scale lepton number violation (LLHH case) b) Dirac neutrinos c) Bulk Majorana mass terms. We then study the implications of each case on the charged lepton mass tting. The case with Planck scale lepton number violation in normal RS scenario requires large and negative values for the bulk mass parameters for the charged singlets cE. Dirac neutrinos and the case with Bulk Majorana mass terms give good t to data. For completeness, the ts for the hadronic sector is provided in the appendix. In Chapter[4] avour violation for each of three cases introduced in Chapter[3] is studied. For the case with Planck scale lepton number violation, the non-perturbative Yukawa coupling between the SM singlets and the KK states render the higher order diagrams incalculable. Lepton avour violation (LFV) is particularly large for the Dirac case and the bulk Majorana case for low Kaluza-Klein(KK) mass scales. We then invoke the ansatz of Minimal Flavour violation to suppress LFV with low lying KK scales and examples of avour group is provided for both cases. In Chapter[5] we present an example with a type II two Higgs doublet model applied to the LLHH case. The setup o ers a solution where LLHH scenario can be consistently realized in RS model, where the masses and mixing angles in the leptonic sector can bet with O(1) choice of bulk parameters. Assumption of global lepton number conservation (like in Dirac neutrinos) could lead to problems in theories of quantum gravity where it does not hold. This leads us to the question whether Dirac neutrinos can be naturally realized in nature. In Chapter[6] we consider the special case of bulk Majorana mass encountered in Chapter[3] where the bulk Dirac mass terms for the right handed neutrino is set to zero. We nd that this leads to a case where the e ective zero mode neutrino mass is of Dirac type with negligible e ects from the tower of Majorana states. In Chapter[7] we consider RS at the GUT scale which no longer serves as a solution to the hierarchy problem. SUSY is introduced in the bulk and the low energy SUSY serves as a solution to the hierarchy problem. Such models serve as a useful alternative to SUSY models with family symmetries (e.g. Froggatt-Nielsen Model). However the solutions to the Yukawa hierarchy problem are constrained due to anomaly cancellation conditions. In Chapter[8] supersymmetry breaking due to radion mediation in addition to brane localized sources is considered and detailed analysis of the running of soft masses and the low energy avour observables is considered for both cases separately. In Chapter[9] we conclude and present future directions.

Магистерская диссертация «Создание системы оценки социальных проектов молодежных НКО в Свердловской области» состоит из 2 глав, введения, заключения, библиографического списка и приложений. Целью диссертационной работы являлось разработать и предложить для внедрения в Министерстве образования и молодежной политики Свердловской области научно-обоснованную систему оценки социальных проектов НКО в сферах работы с молодежью и патриотического воспитания молодых граждан в Свердловской области. Объектом диссертационного исследования являлась система оценки социальных проектов НКО в сферах молодежной политики и патриотического воспитания молодых граждан в Свердловской области. Предмет диссертационного исследования – технология оценки социальных проектов молодежных НКО в Свердловской области. Объем работы составил 221 страницу. В работе содержатся 8 приложений, 18 таблиц, 30 рисунков. В библиографическом списке представлено 119 источников.
Master's thesis "Creating a system of evaluation of social projects of youth NPOs in the Sverdlovsk region" consists of 2 chapters, introduction, conclusion, bibliography and applications. The aim of the thesis was to develop and propose for implementation in the Ministry of education and youth policy of the Sverdlovsk region a scientifically-based system of evaluation of social projects of NPOs in the areas of work with youth and Patriotic education of young citizens in the Sverdlovsk region. The object of the dissertation research was the system of evaluation of social projects of NPOs in the areas of youth policy and Patriotic education of young citizens in the Sverdlovsk region. The subject of the dissertation research is the technology of evaluation of social projects of youth NPOs in the Sverdlovsk region. The volume of work was 221 pages. The work contains 8 applications, 18 tables, 30 figures. The bibliographic list includes 119 sources.