Dissertations / Theses: 'Proposal of valuation methodology'

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Ćmok, František. "Problematika oceňování historických vozidel." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Ústav soudního inženýrství, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-233156.

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This thesis called Valuation of Historical Vehicles is dealing with mapping the issue of historical vehicles, their categorization and with proposing unified methodology for valuation of historical vehicles. The goal is to propose a methodology, on the base of which it will be possible to evaluate any historical vehicle. This methodology is going to be tested in the valuation of selected historical vehicles.

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Schlueter, Oliver. "A methodology for company valuation." Thesis, Brunel University, 2008. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/3787.

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This thesis presents an approach for company valuation by a replication portfolio of traded assets in discrete time. The model allows us to value companies with an uncertain cash flow stream without having to revert to any discount rates including premia. Modelling of asset values can be achieved in two steps: (i) Choosing a suitable stochastic process and calibrating its parameters to fit the historical asset time series behaviour, and (ii) generating a state space transition graph to implement the stochastic process dynamics in discrete time. For company valuation, a selected number of "assets" (economic, financial, and other factors) should be captured that may reasonably be assumed to influence future cash flows of the company. Each vertex of the transition graph represents a "state of the world" and is accompanied with a corresponding cash flow caused by the sales (or other company activities) at that vertex. These possible future company cash flows can be "replicated" (without the existence of the company) by investing in a self-financing portfolio of non-company assets at the beginning, and trading this portfolio as the future evolves. The minimum cost of such a self-financing portfolio equals the value of the company. A dynamic programming algorithm for this valuation problem has been derived in discrete time. Due to the fact that an exact duplication is not possible for all cases, the replication strategy will be generated by minimising the deviations in each state to approximate an exact replication. The company valuation algorithm in discrete time is based on two main ideas: The replication approach for arbitrage-free valuation as it is known for the valuation of contingency claims (Cox, Rubinstein 1985) as well as an optimisation to compute the least value replication portfolio following an approach originally established by Alexander Christofides (Christofides A. 2004). The research results derived in this thesis contribute to the further integration of some methodologies for contingent claim valuation and optimisation techniques. The derived algorithm has been applied for the valuation of companies with a high uncertainty in their expected cash flows (like start-up companies), and gives further insight in the valuation of non-traded companies. With the application of the derived company valuation algorithm, the limitations and shortcomings of determining the companies' weighted average cost of capital (WACC) can be by-passed. In a further step, the algorithm has been extended to calculate the potential value contribution of the companies' real options. Part of the contribution is the generalisation of the algorithm in the way that decision-making strategies from the capital markets, as well as strategic decisions from inside corporates can be implemented and evaluated. The optimal timing of the additional investment can be computed, and the attached additional value of the "optimal" execution of these investment options is calculated. The implementation of the algorithm is performed in C++. The extended algorithm has been applied for two high growth companies in the area of Life Sciences, confirming the applicability of the algorithm. Results will be reported for Qiagen and GPC Biotech.

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MENDES, ALEXANDRE. "CALIBRATION OF AEROSOL SAMPLING INSTRUMENTS: A METHODOLOGY PROPOSAL." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2012. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=21311@1.

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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO
COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
PROGRAMA DE EXCELENCIA ACADEMICA
O aumento da poluição nos grandes centros urbanos tem forçado a demanda por novos equipamentos capaz de fazer a amostragem correta das partículas em suspensão no ar. Estas partículas são de especial atenção, pois causam danos à nossa saúde. As partículas menores que 10um são consideradas inaláveis, sendo que as de tamanho menores que 3um são consideradas respiráveis, atingindo a região alveolar dos pulmões. Na busca para a diminuição dos efeitos da poluição, faz-se necessário monitorar as características físicas dos aerossóis (concentração e tamanho). No entanto, os procedimentos necessários para a calibração de medidores de aerossol são mal definidos, sem instruções formais e documentação. A fim de prover um ambiente com escoamento uniforme e controlado, foi construída uma câmara de calibração de aerossol, com pressão atmosférica em torno de 1atm e velocidade do ar variando entre 1,1cm/s a 3,1cm/s, para avaliação de amostradores de aerossol. Essa câmara é grande o bastante para acomodar vários instrumentos simultaneamente, tendo uma área de seção de teste relativamente ampla (aproximadamente 1,0m2) com uma concentração de aerossol controlável. Esta pesquisa propõe uma metodologia de calibração de amostradores atmosféricos em geral e em particular de impactadores em cascata. Adota metodologia de cálculo de incerteza de medição segundo o Guia para a expressão da Incerteza de Medição e utiliza terminologia respaldada no Vocabulário internacional de Termos Fundamentais e Gerais de Metrologia. Utilizando a Metrologia como ciência, para solucionar problemas oriundos da Medição de Aerossol.
Increasing pollution in large urban centers has forced the demand for new equipment capable of making a correct sampling of the particles suspended in the air. These particles are of particular attention because they cause damage to our health. Particles smaller than 10um are considered respirable, and the size smaller than 3um are considered respirable, reaching the alveolar region of the lungs. In seeking to reduce the effects of pollution, it is necessary to monitor the physical characteristics of aerosols (size and concentration). However, the procedures for calibration of aerosol are poorly defined, without formal instruction and documentation. In order to provide an environment with controlled and uniform flow, we constructed a calibration chamber aerosol, with atmospheric pressure around 1atm and air velocity ranging between 1.1cm/s to 3.1 cm/s for evaluation of samplers aerosol. This chamber is large enough to accommodate multiple instruments simultaneously, having a test section area relatively wide (approximately 1.0m2) at a concentration of aerosol controllable. This research proposes a methodology for calibration of atmospheric samplers in general and in particular of cascade impactors. It adopts the methodology of calculation of measurement uncertainty according to the Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement and uses terminology backed Vocabulary international General Terms and Fundamental Metrology. Using Metrology as a science, to solve problems arising from the Aerosol Measurement.

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Gui, Hairong Karen. "Real Options Methodology in Sportswear Retail Investment Valuation." PDXScholar, 2011. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/145.

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The net present value (NPV) approach has been widely accepted by corporate practitioners and academics as the principle tool for evaluating the feasibility of corporate financial investment opportunities. It conceptually provides an estimate in present value terms of a proposed investment's incremental contribution to the firm, enabling the company to pursue its goal of value maximization with more assurance. NPV uses a discount rate that in theory captures market risks. In the stable growth or mature industries, NPV works well. However, in high investment/high risk-return (HI/HRR) industries, where the investment environment is often profiled as highly uncertain with high returns, NPV is insufficient to reflect the multidimensional risks, hence unable to capture the extensive investment returns that may consist of non-financial values. This dissertation applies the real option (RO) valuation methodology, supplementing the NPV method to evaluate the return of the sports retail industry (SRI) flagship stores investments. This study further demonstrates that there are strategic values captured by the RO valuation method, complementing the financial values attained by the NPV. To test this assertion, we use case methodology to analyze four flagship investment activities (proprietary business data are concealed). These investments represent various investment options, including growth, expansion, staging, and delay. The cases include projections made prior to the investment, the retrospective application of RO to estimate strategic value, and the actual returns from these investments. Findings demonstrate convincingly RO methodology can and should be usefully applied to supplement the NPV method in HI/HRR industries, and SRI in particular.

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Trzcinski, Adam John. "Alternative methodology for time valuation associated with highway user costs." Diss., Connect to online resource, 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1435216.

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Kim, Il Joong. "Lease versus buy decision methodology for the Korean Army: a proposal." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/37545.

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In 1984, the Korean Army began using the lease transaction to gain the services of a computer network for high level (division or higher) units. But, more and more leases are expected in the Korean Army for system acquisition. Purchasing a system has high initial costs, and the leasing of highly technical equipment is easier than buying as regards to maintenance.

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Mario, Paschoal de. "Proposal to a methodology for purchasing at a public teaching institute." Universidade de Taubaté, 2002. http://www.bdtd.unitau.br/tedesimplificado/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=65.

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Universidade de Taubaté
The materials administration system is a quite important activity for the public administration, since it involves human resources, materials and finances. An efficient planning is essential, mainly with respect to the classification and specification of materials to be purchased. In this work it will be discussed the procedures found in specialized literature and to propose a systematic methodology of purchasing and specifying lasting goods until the permission stage for the bidding. Aiming the specific objective to demonstrate that it is possible to do this activity, by the public school institutions, with guaranteed quality, in obedience to the law. The study will be focused on the school desks or the sets of school desk and chair. The reference is the University of Taubaté (UNITAU) and a comparison between the furniture of UNITAU and the one indicated by the technical standard of ABNT - Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas. In this case, with school desks, what happens is the no meeting by the fair amount of the teaching institution (public and private) to what is called ergometric study for the user. As the school desks are done for the students to attend classes in a room, anthropometrical study must be performed since they are the one who is going to use most of the time (at least four classes per day). It is widely known that learning is consequence of combination of didactics and pedagogic which must, among others, distinguish the satisfactory conditions of physical space, aeration, illumination, acoustic and comfortable chair for the student to feel good in the environment and consequently to reach the objective of his stay in the school the learning. The selected case involve research with the students, to wish the acquisition of the chairs with appropriate specification is, when possible in obedience to the technical standard, it certainly will provide required comfort and safety for them to feel pleasure in being in a classroom. For the institution, the certainty of the acquisition of goods of high confidence which fully satisfy the technical necessities.
O Sistema de Administração de Materiais é uma atividade de fundamental importância para a Administração Pública, pois envolve recursos humanos, materiais e financeiros, tornando imprescindível um planejamento eficiente, principalmente no que diz respeito à classificação e especificação dos materiais a serem adquiridos. Serão discutidos, neste trabalho, os procedimentos encontrados na literatura da área, e será proposta uma metodologia sistemática de compras e especificação de bens permanentes até a fase de autorização para o tipo de licitação, com o objetivo específico de demonstrar que é possível a realização dessa atividade, por instituições públicas de ensino, com qualidade assegurada, em obediência ao cumprimento da Lei de Licitações e Contratos Lei n 8666, de 21.06.1993 (atualizada pelas Leis ns 8883 de 08.06.1994, 9032 de 28.04.1995 e 9648 de 27.05.1998). O estudo será focalizado nas carteiras ou conjuntos de mesa e cadeira escolares. O referencial é a Universidade de Taubaté, e será feita uma comparação entre o mobiliário da UNITAU e o indicado por norma técnica da ABNT -Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas. No caso em pauta, carteiras escolares, o que se verifica é o não atendimento por boa parte das instituições de ensino (públicas ou particulares), ao que se denomina estudo ergonométrico do usuário. Se as carteiras escolares são feitas para que os alunos assistam às aulas em uma sala, deve-se estudar os dados antropométricos dos estudantes que irão utilizá-las, tendo em vista que eles passarão boa parte de seu tempo (pelo menos quatro horas /aulas), sentados em suas carteiras. É notório que um bom aprendizado decorre de um conjunto de medidas didático-pedagógicas que deve, entre outras, ressaltar as condições satisfatórias de espaço físico, aeração, iluminação, acústica e carteiras confortáveis, para que o aluno possa se sentir bem dentro do ambiente, e, conseqüentemente, atingir o objetivo de sua estada na escola o aprendizado. O caso selecionado envolve pesquisa com os alunos, aos quais a aquisição de carteiras com adequada especificação e, sempre que possível, em obediência às normas técnicas, certamente proporcionará o conforto e a segurança necessários para que eles sintam prazer em estar dentro da sala de aula. Para a instituição, a certeza da aquisição de um bem de alta confiabilidade, que irá satisfazer plenamente suas necessidades técnicas.

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BAPTISTA, DANILO FEBRONI. "STRUCTURE OF ELECTRICITY WHITE TARIFF IN BRAZIL: CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND PROPOSAL OF METHODOLOGY." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2016. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=30527@1.

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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO
Essa dissertação de mestrado teve dois objetivos principais. O primeiro foi avaliar a metodologia atual de determinação de preços para tarifa branca de energia elétrica. O segundo foi propor uma nova metodologia, baseada na simulação e otimização do parâmetro kz, com a inserção de variáveis voltadas para a observação do equilíbrio econômico e financeiro da tarifa, a modicidade tarifária. De acordo com a estrutura tarifária brasileira, a tomada de decisão equivocada no tocante à regulamentação da tarifa branca poderá acarretar em consequências deletérias para a tarifa de energia, caso sejam concedidos benefícios indevidos a consumidores, ou por outro lado, ser uma barreira impeditiva para a migração, que causaria o fracasso da nova modalidade. Para o desenvolvimento do trabalho foi utilizada uma metodologia de clusterização das curvas de carga por tipo e desenvolvido uma metodologia baseada em parâmetros da regulamentação atual e variáveis fundamentadas em experiências internacionais de tarifação horo-sazonal na baixa tensão. A aplicação da metodologia foi realizada pela simulação do parâmetro kz, com a obtenção das respectivas tarifas (fora de ponta, intermediária e ponta), para cada kz simulado foram calculadas as variáveis do modelo por tipologia e, na sequência, realizada a otimização da variável kz pela observação dos resultados consolidados das tipologias do subgrupo. Concluiu-se com esse estudo que a metodologia atual não observa parâmetros relevantes para a determinação dos preços da tarifa branca e que as distorções possuem maior impacto absoluto no subgrupo residencial e maior impacto relativo na classe industrial. A metodologia proposta demonstrou-se consistente na obtenção das relações de preços da tarifa branca e, oportunamente, poderá contribuir para o aprimoramento da nova modalidade tarifária.
This Master s thesis has two main goals. The first is to assess the current method for determining the electrical energy white tariff prices. The second is to propose a new methodology based on simulation and optimization of the kz parameter with the inclusion of new variables, aiming at the the economic and financial balance of the tariff, considering the fact that its adoption by the utility clientes is not at all compulsory. According to the Brazilian tariff structure, making wrong decision regarding the regulation of the white tariff may result in harmful consequences not only for the energy tariff, but also for the distribution utility. To develop the thesis it was used a clustering methodology by type of load curves and applied parameters based on international experiences that has used such kind of tariff. The methodology was carried out by simulation of the kz parameter, obtaining the white tariffs, for each simulated kz value. the model variables by type were then calculated. Finally, the optimal kz value was obtained by observing the consolidated results of the subgroup typologies. It is concluded from this study that the current methodology does not consider relevant parameters for the determination of the white tariffs prices and that distortions have greater absolute impact on residential subgroup and greater relative impact on the industrial class. The proposed methodology proved to be consistent in getting the price ratios of the white tariff and, in due course, can contribute to the improvement of the new tariff structure.

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Lucy, Theodore John. "End User Resource Valuation in Community College Libraries: A Q Methodology Study." UNF Digital Commons, 2010. http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/176.

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The purpose of this study was to explore the valuation process of community college library end-users as they decide which information resources to use when conducting research. This study was designed as an exploratory study using Q methodology and focused on five specific information resources that community college library end-users routinely use in their research process: the Internet, the reference librarian, books, newspapers, and subscription databases. Little is known about the valuation hierarchy that end-users overlay on these resources when deciding which ones to use to address a specific research need. Sixty-four community college library end-users from four main campuses of a large community college sorted 40 statements describing specific value statements pertaining to the information resources under study. The statements were sorted along a continuum ranging from least like me (-4) to most like me (+4) with 0 representing an opinion of neutrality. Following these procedures, five factors emerged that represented different perspectives on value relating to the five information resources under study. Interpretation of these factors yielded distinct patterns of opinion relating to the perceived value of each information resource. These factors were named: (a) Browsers, (b) Proficient, (c) Vacillators, (d) Bibliophiles, and (e) Traditionalists. The results of the study suggest that community college library end-users value, to varying degrees, all five of the information resources selected for this study. The results also suggest that while the Internet has become a dominant information resource in the community college library end-user's research process, other more traditional information resources such as the reference librarian, books, and, to a lesser extent, newspapers still hold value in the research process. The perspectives described and the interpretation provided in this study can greatly assist community college library end-users in the valuation of available community college library information resources.

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Akram, Muhammad Farooq. "A methodology for uncertainty quantification in quantitative technology valuation based on expert elicitation." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/47717.

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The management of technology portfolios is an important element of aerospace system design. New technologies are often applied to new product designs to ensure their competitiveness at the time they are introduced to market. The future performance of yet-to-be designed components is inherently uncertain, necessitating subject matter expert knowledge, statistical methods and financial forecasting. Estimates of the appropriate parameter settings often come from disciplinary experts, who may disagree with each other because of varying experience and background. Due to inherent uncertain nature of expert elicitation in technology valuation process, appropriate uncertainty quantification and propagation is very critical. The uncertainty in defining the impact of an input on performance parameters of a system, make it difficult to use traditional probability theory. Often the available information is not enough to assign the appropriate probability distributions to uncertain inputs. Another problem faced during technology elicitation pertains to technology interactions in a portfolio. When multiple technologies are applied simultaneously on a system, often their cumulative impact is non-linear. Current methods assume that technologies are either incompatible or linearly independent. It is observed that in case of lack of knowledge about the problem, epistemic uncertainty is most suitable representation of the process. It reduces the number of assumptions during the elicitation process, when experts are forced to assign probability distributions to their opinions without sufficient knowledge. Epistemic uncertainty can be quantified by many techniques. In present research it is proposed that interval analysis and Dempster-Shafer theory of evidence are better suited for quantification of epistemic uncertainty in technology valuation process. Proposed technique seeks to offset some of the problems faced by using deterministic or traditional probabilistic approaches for uncertainty propagation. Non-linear behavior in technology interactions is captured through expert elicitation based technology synergy matrices (TSM). Proposed TSMs increase the fidelity of current technology forecasting methods by including higher order technology interactions. A test case for quantification of epistemic uncertainty on a large scale problem of combined cycle power generation system was selected. A detailed multidisciplinary modeling and simulation environment was adopted for this problem. Results have shown that evidence theory based technique provides more insight on the uncertainties arising from incomplete information or lack of knowledge as compared to deterministic or probability theory methods. Margin analysis was also carried out for both the techniques. A detailed description of TSMs and their usage in conjunction with technology impact matrices and technology compatibility matrices is discussed. Various combination methods are also proposed for higher order interactions, which can be applied according to the expert opinion or historical data. The introduction of technology synergy matrix enabled capturing the higher order technology interactions, and improvement in predicted system performance.

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Taylor, Aaron B. "Demonstrating the benefits of knowledge management assets : developing and applying a valuation methodology." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35095.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, February 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-148).
Since the early 1980s numerous knowledge-dependent organizations have made diligent attempts to measure their intangible assets. In more recent years, knowledge-dependent organizations have expressed a desire to demonstrate the benefits resulting from significant investments in knowledge management assets in order to provide reassurance to senior executives, to motivate knowledge worker utilization of the asset, and to leverage further funds for knowledge management investments. A six-step methodology is prescribed in this thesis to assist organizations seeking to identify both qualitative and quantitative benefits realized from the utilization of knowledge management assets. This methodology is underpinned by take-a-ways from current intellectual capital measurement models found in literature, and the lessons learned from industry application of an immature version of the prescribed methodology in two industry case studies. Lessons learned from the practical applications of the methodology, and a detailed description of the methodology, are provided as key findings of this thesis.
(cont.) Application of the methodology in the provided industry case studies indicates significant benefits from the utilization of knowledge management assets can be demonstrated if the appropriate performance indicators are selected for measurement.
by Aaron B. Taylor.
S.M.

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Margolius, Jerry. "A critical review of the valuation processes of petrol filling stations in terms of the Municipal Property Rates Act 2004." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16912.

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In 2004, the Municipal Property Rates Act 6 of 2004 (MPRA) was promulgated which repealed all the Valuation Ordinances that existed in South Africa. This introduced a single piece of legislation for the purposes of conducting municipal valuations. This study concentrated on the Cape Town Metropolitan 2006 General Valuation that, at the time, was the first local authority to conduct municipal valuations in terms of the new legislation. The research explored the extent to which local authorities intervened in the valuation process, the in dependent judgment of property valuers as well as non-co-operation by oil companies during the valuation process, which was evident by them not responding to the survey questions. The manner in which petrol filling stations were valued, the most frequently used methodology applied and the application of the MPRA in the process were explored. The research was supplemented with a survey of property valuers employed by the local authorities as well as in private practices. This culminated in a holistic overview of the shortcomings in the legislation, the methodology and practice by interested parties in arriving at the municipal valuation in order to provide a critical review. From the critical review, the shortcomings in the valuation processes were identified, the methodology was addressed and recommendations made to the local authority.

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BARBOSA, CELSO LEONARDO DE JESUS. "A PROPOSAL FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY OF A RESEARCH UNIVERSITY: THE CASE PUC-RIO." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2010. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=17121@1.

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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO
O surgimento de uma economia empreendedora baseada na inovação, ao longo das duas últimas décadas, gerou novas demandas para a sociedade e definiu novas funções e papéis para a universidade de pesquisa e para a metrologia. Nesse sentido, por um lado, à medida que a universidade de pesquisa se transforma em uma universidade empreendedora com auxílio do governo, crescem as demandas sociais e políticas por resultados. Por outro, a metrologia é chamada a evoluir seus conceitos e métricas para atender a demandas do setor de serviços e dos processos de inovação, dominantes na economia empreendedora. Assim, os resultados dessa pesquisa para dissertação de mestrado produzem uma metodologia de avaliação de impacto que poderá ser de fato aplicada e gerar um ativo importante para a PUC-Rio, assim como para outras universidades de pesquisa que busquem trilhar um caminho semelhante. E, principalmente, fornecer respostas à sociedade. O autor da presente dissertação, como empreendedor e egresso da PUC-Rio, tem por motivação, contribuir para uma melhor caracterização da IES empreendedora no país, ao propor a mensuração do seu impacto empreendedor. Além de contribuir para a emergente literatura internacional sobre o tema, o trabalho traz, também, uma relevante contribuição empírica para o país, uma vez que não existem aqui estudos semelhantes. O presente trabalho apresenta uma proposta de metodologia de avaliação do impacto empreendedor da universidade de pesquisa. Esta foi desenvolvida a partir da análise do conceito de universidade empreendedora, de referenciais teóricos sobre impactos socioeconômicos de universidades, das transformações no papel e na dinâmica destas causadas pela evolução de uma economia empreendedora e, nesse contexto, de conceitos e métricas emergentes de uma metrologia para serviços e voltada à inovação.
Over the past two decades, the emergence of an entrepreneurial economy based on innovation has generated new demands on society and set new tasks and roles for university research and metrology. Accordingly, on the one hand, as the research university becomes an enterprising university with government assistance, there are growing social and political demands for results. On the other hand, the metrology is required to evolve its concepts and metrics to meet the demands of the service sector and innovation processes which are dominant in the entrepreneurial economy. Thus, the result of this research is a methodology for impact assessment that may actually be implemented and may generate an important asset to PUC, as well as other research universities that seek to tread a similar path. And above all, this study provides answers to society. The author, as an entrepreneur and alumni of PUC, is motivated by the belief that it may contribute to a better characterization of the entrepreneurial university in the country by measuring the impact of entrepreneurship. Besides this thesis contributes to the emerging international literature on the subject, the work also brings an important empirical contribution to the country since there are no similar studies. This paper proposes a methodology for assessing the impact of entrepreneurship of research universities. It was developed from the analysis of the concept of entrepreneurial university, the theoretical framework on socioeconomic impacts of universities, transformations on their roles and on the dynamics caused by the evolution of an entrepreneurial economy, and in this context, concepts and emerging metrics of a metrology which is service-oriented and focused on innovation.

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SILVA, MONICA GOMES DA. "PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE SUPPLIERS OF ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTOR CELPA: PROPOSAL BASED ON THE METHODOLOGY AHP." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2014. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=29133@1.

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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO
CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO
As organizações têm buscado novas formas de se destacar em cenários competitivos, aplicando diferentes tipos de estratégias. Dentre essas estratégias, destacam-se novos formatos de relacionamento entre as empresas no contexto da gestão de compras. Os fornecedores são elos que precisam ser notados, quanto à oferta dos seus produtos ou à prestação dos serviços, em aspectos que vão além da definição de preço, quantidade e prazo de entrega. Este trabalho, portanto, dedica-se a propor uma metodologia de avaliação de prestadores de serviços terceirizados da concessionária distribuidora de energia elétrica Celpa, utilizando resultados do questionário aplicado às duas gerências envolvidas no processo de contratação de serviços, do portfolio estratégico de compras e da Análise Hierárquica de Processos, AHP. O AHP foi utilizado para identificar os critérios na medição da performance das empresas prestadoras dos serviços da distribuidora, criando um ranking destas a partir da importância dos critérios. As duas gerências definiram graus de importância diferentes para cada critério e subcritérios, no entanto como resultado consolidado, o critério Desempenho Técnico foi o que apresentou maior importância, seguido do Desempenho da Segurança e da Administração. Foi realizado também o ranking das empresas terceirizadas, a Terceirizada 1 foi considerada a melhor colocada. Esta avaliação é útil para a melhoria do relacionamento entre fornecedores e empresa, pois é possível analisar os desempenhos e identificar as empresas capazes de realizar o melhor serviço de fornecimento, além de alinhar as expectativas mostrando no que é importante focar seus esforços e considerado relevante para a empresa compradora ou contratante.
Organizations have sought new ways to stand out in competitive scenarios by applying different strategies. Among these strategies, can highlight new forms of relationship between companies, in the context of purchasing management. Suppliers are links that need to be noted, as the provision of their products or the provision of services in ways that go beyond the definition of price, quantity and delivery time. This work, therefore, is devoted to propose a methodology for evaluating outsourced service distributor of electric utility Celpa, using results of the questionnaire applied to the two managers involved in the process of hiring services, strategic portfolio purchases and Analytic Hierarchy Process, AHP. AHP was used to identify the criteria for measuring the performance of providers of distributing utilities, creating a ranking of the importance from these criteria. The two managers have defined different degrees of importance to each criterion and sub-criteria, however as the consolidated results, the test shows that the Technical Performance showed the greatest importance, followed by the Performance Security and Administration. The ranking of outsourcing companies has also performed in Outsourced 1 was considered the best placed. This review is helpful for improving the relationship between suppliers and the company, it is possible to analyze performance and identify companies capable of achieving better service and align expectations in showing that it is important to focus their efforts and considered relevant to the buyer or contractor.

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Martin, Villaescusa Laura, and Montes Maria del Mar Benavides. "Design proposal of a double base for child restraint system for two children." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-11504.

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In this project the design of a double base for two child restraint seats (CRS) has been developed. The objective of this project is to facilitate the transportation of two children in the rear seats of a car, maximizing the space available in the rear of the car and providing a comfortable movement to the user when placing the CRS baskets into the car. Scientific articles have been analysed providing a reference of the strength limitations and ergonomics aspects of the users as well as misuse of current CRS. Also, ergonomics and safety issues have been studied through these articles in order to fulfil with the current regulations established by the EU standards and the regulation 44 of Economic Commission for Europe. A market research and survey investigations have been done in order to study the features of existing CRS designs, opinion and needs of habitual users. The employed methodology based on a divergent and convergent design process has been carried out through different methods such as Brainstorming, 6-3-5 Method and Dark Horse Prototype in which many ideas, concepts and proposals have been developed and explained. The results of this project are shown and explained through a virtual 3D CAD model with their respective renders, explanations and technical drawings. The use and material selection of the final design are presented as well as the results of an ergonomic study performed by test with a simple physical prototype of the final design. The main outcomes of this project are included in conclusion, discussions and future work sections.

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VIANELLO, JULIANO MELQUIADES. "VALUATION OF MULTIPLE REAL OPTIONS IN MODULARIZED PROJECTS: A ROBUST METHODOLOGY FOR INVESTMENT ANALYSIS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2013. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=35080@1.

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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO
Em alguns casos pode ser útil para a empresa dividir um projeto em várias subunidades independentes. Esta divisão pode ocorrer, por exemplo, em grandes projetos nos quais são identificados partes integrantes ou módulos com diferentes riscos, retornos, matérias primas, produtos, atividades e mercados. Por outro lado, na avaliação de projetos, a consideração de opções reais de adiar o investimento, investir em informação e parar temporariamente a produção é uma sofisticada e amplificada abordagem, quando comparada com o método tradicional do Valor Presente Líquido (VPL). Desta forma, o objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar os fatores econômicos de risco de um projeto dividido em várias subunidades independentes identificados como relevantes na análise da distribuição probabilística do VPL; o processo estocástico usado para simular cada um destes fatores; a distribuição probabilística deste VPL utilizando a metodologia de opções reais de adiar o investimento, investir em informação e parar temporariamente a produção, além do valor isolado e conjunto (múltiplo) destas opções para o projeto. Com esses dados, pode-se apresentar uma metodologia para achar a combinação temporal ótima para o início dos investimentos em cada uma das subunidades que constituem este tipo de projeto, aquela em que o valor do VPL deste empreendimento é maximizado. Entre outras contribuições importantes deste trabalho para a análise de risco de projetos, apresentou-se também uma modelagem inédita para a geração de cenários estocásticos apropriados para modelar a incerteza no valor do investimento, um dos principais fatores de risco em projetos.
In some cases it may be advantageous for the company to divide a project into several independent subunits. This can occur, for example, on large projects, in which are identified modules with different risks, returns, raw materials, products, activities and markets. On the other hand, in the assessment of projects, the consideration of real options to postpone investment, invest in information and stop production temporarily is a sophisticated approach compared with the traditional Net Present Value (NPV). Thus, the objective of this work is to present the economic risk factors of a project divided into several independent subunits identified as relevant in the analysis of the probability distribution of NPV; the stochastic process used to simulate each of these factors; the probability distribution of NPV using the methodology of real options to postpone investment, invest in information and temporarily stop production, besides the isolated and multiple value of these options. By making use of these data, we can present a methodology for finding the optimal time combination for the investement in each of the subunits, the one in which the value of the NPV of this project is maximized. Another specific contribution of this work, refers to the generation of appropriate stochastic scenarios to model the uncertainty in the value of investment, one of the main risk factors in projects.

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Greden, Lara V. (Lara Virginia) 1977. "Flexibility in building design : a real options approach and valuation methodology to address risk." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/30366.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2005.
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-232).
This research develops an approach to designing and valuing flexible systems subject to identified future uncertainties. The approach addresses two shortcomings of current design and decision-making practices that are particularly evident in the buildings industry: 1) systems are designed as though they will remain as static entities despite existing in uncertain environments, and 2) typical decision-making methods, such as net present value and life-cycle costing, do not recognize uncertainty and the ability to make decisions in the future as uncertainties are resolved. The flexible design approach produces an improved design result by addressing the risks and opportunities induced by uncertainty. Two applications relevant to sustainable building design are developed to demonstrate the approach. First, the value of the flexibility to change the use of a space, thereby increasing building longevity and reducing waste, is evaluated. Option value is defined as the savings of low renovations costs as compared to the cost of renting space on the market. Uncertainties include the market price of rent, timing, amount of space needed, and number of renovations. It is shown that higher upfront investment leading to reduced cost for future change is economically justified in certain scenarios. The value of flexibility increases with increased time horizon and increased uncertainty in the market price of rent. The Black-Scholes formula can be used to approximate the value of flexibility in some cases. Second, the risk of employing an innovative technology is addressed with a flexible design that provides a fallback position.
(cont.) Specifically, the risk that a naturally ventilated (NV) building becomes overheated in the future due to climate uncertainty is addressed with an option to install mechanical cooling (MC). A model that simulates the system's technical performance under uncertainty demonstrates the value of the option. It is shown that in some locations, increased climate variability does not reduce the viability of NV (i.e., the option to install MC remains unexercised). The likelihood of installing MC is sensitive to design parameters. The results also demonstrate the benefits of the flexible, NV building as compared to MC: delayed or avoided capital costs (e.g., chillers) and cooling energy savings.
by Lara V. Greden.
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Nelson, Howard A. "Partnership in Zaire a proposal for a new methodology for the Free Church mission in Zaire /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.

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Domercant, Jean Charles. "ARC-VM: an architecture real options complexity-based valuation methodology for military systems-of-systems acquisitions." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/42928.

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An Architecture Real Options Complexity-Based Valuation Methodology (ARC-VM) is developed for use to aid in the acquisition of military systems-of-systems (SoS). ARC-VM is suitable for acquisition-level decision making, where there is a stated desire for more informed tradeoffs between cost, schedule, and performance during the early phases of design. First, a framework is introduced to measure architecture complexity as it directly relates to military SoS. Development of the framework draws upon a diverse set of disciplines, including Complexity Science, software architecting, measurement theory, and utility theory. Next, a Real Options based valuation strategy is developed using techniques established for financial stock options that have recently been adapted for use in business and engineering decisions. The derived complexity measure provides architects with an objective measure of complexity that focuses on relevant complex system attributes. These attributes are related to the organization and distribution of SoS functionality and the sharing and processing of resources. The use of Real Options provides the necessary conceptual and visual framework to quantifiably and traceably combine measured architecture complexity, time-valued performance levels, as well as programmatic risks and uncertainties. An example suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD) capability demonstrates the development and utility of the resulting architecture complexity&Real Options based valuation methodology. Different portfolios of candidate system types are used to generate an array of architecture alternatives that are then evaluated using an engagement model. This performance data is combined with both measured architecture complexity and programmatic data to assign an acquisition value to each alternative. This proves useful when selecting alternatives most likely to meet current and future capability needs.

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Mercado, Angel, Hervin Vargas, Edgardo Carvallo, and Carlos Raymundo. "Proposal to optimize the flow of preparation and delivery of vehicles to dealers based on the Lean methodology." Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/656262.

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Currently, there is a monthly breach with its vehicle delivery policy. This policy refers to said company, it refers to a minimum of 92% of units towards the points of sale. However, in the last quarter of 2017 and the semester of 2018, it has only been met from 82% to 90%. These are 5% -10% that have not come to meet in each month, but also directly to the profitability of the company. On the one hand, storage costs are increased by each car that does not arrive or dissatisfaction is generated by the customer, this is the problem of 3 main causes, which is the installation time of radios, installation of alarms and more vehicles that are not served in the damage assessment area. As a root cause, we have the first, since, on the one hand, a bottleneck is generated by the lack of car attention and, on the other hand, represents 20% of the monthly sales of the case study, For what needs to be done to reduce this bottleneck and increase the capacity of the vehicles in this area, the damage is detailed, two lines of evaluation are carried out. This type of triage, we ensure a standardized work, since there was a group of vehicles waiting with different types of damage in the same operating line. Also, the delivery of vehicles on time is improved to 95% and the times of the areas of installation of radios, installation of alarms and damage assessment are reduced by 42.85%, 51.42% and 50% respectively.

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Oliveira, Bianca Daniela Velez. "Proposal of a methodology for customer relationship management adoption in small and medium enterprises : a multiple case study." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/6050.

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Mestrado em Marketing
How Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is regarded has been changing over time, and is currently a phenomenon with considerable importance, not only for big organizations but also for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), due to the competitiveness that presently exists. After the literature review about the theme, the research questions emerged were: Why do SMEs need to implement CRM? How is CRM implemented in SMEs? In this, we proposed a methodology for the adoption of CRM by SMEs. A multiple case study, with an exploratory approach, was conducted. Data was collected throught semi-structured interviews in 6 organizations, with a total of 19 interviews. These organizations needed to be SMEs and to have a CRM strategy implemented in it already. Although, there are many SMEs that do not have the necessary resources to implement an adequate combined CRM strategy as well as CRM software, many result in using other programs that are more accessible, but not without limitations. This study proposes a suggestion for CRM adoption in SMEs, taking into consideration the analysis of the current CRM strategies employed by 6 different Portuguese SMEs, their characteristics, qualities and limitations, as well as their current experience. In our sample we were alble to observe that most processes corroborated what was presented in the literature. However, there were some exceptions that are discussed and that may be of importance in the Portuguese current context.
A forma como o CRM (Customer Relationship Management) é visto tem-se modificado ao longo dos tempos, e actualmente é um fenómeno de grande importância, não apenas para as grandes empresas mas também para as PMEs (Pequenas e Médias Empresas) devido a competitividade existente hoje em dia. Após a revisão de literatura sobre o tema, surgiu o problema de investigação que foi: porque é que as PMEs necessitam de implementar o CRM? Como é que as PMEs implementam o CRM? Para tal, foi proposta uma metolodogia de adopção de CRM nas PMEs. Foram realizados estudos de caso múltiplos com abordagem exploratória. Os dados foram recolhidos através de entrevistas semi-estrutruradas a seis empresas, totalizando 19 entrevistas. Estas empresas tinham de ser PMEs e tinham de ter CRM implementado. No entanto, existem muitas PMES que não possuem os recursos necessários para a implementação de uma estratégia de CRM adequada e de um software de CRM, recorrendo a outros programas mais acessíveis, mas não sem limitações. Este estudo propõe uma sugestão para a adoção de CRM nas PMEs, tendo em consideração a análise das estratégias de CRM nas 6 diferentes PMEs Portuguesas, as suas características, qualidades e limitações, e actual experiência. Na nossa amostra pudemos observar que a maioria dos processos corraboram com o que foi apresentado na literatura. No entanto, há algumas excepções que são discutidas e que podem ser importantes no contexto português actual.

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Robitaille, Jean. "Valuation of household production time : conceptual and empirical refinements of the standard opportunity cost of time methodology /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9924919.

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Maniatakou, Sofia. "Unraveling diverse values of ecosystem services : A socio-cultural valuation using the Q-methodology in Messenia, Greece." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Stockholm Resilience Centre, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-170434.

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People perceive the importance of ecosystem services in different ways, depending on their values, beliefs and needs. This study provides a nuanced understanding of the multiple ways stakeholder groups perceive the benefits derived from hydrologic services in the surrounding area of the "Gialova" coastal wetland in Messenia, Greece. The social-ecological system of this region depends on a steady flow of water-related ecosystem services and livelihoods are closely linked to agriculture and tourism. At the same time, these activities, along with climate change driven weather extremes, could affect regional water quality and availability. The objective of the study is to understand the stakeholders' key viewpoints on water-based ecosystem services (WES) and provide contextual information regarding the drivers affecting the identified WES. A "value pluralism" lens is applied to capture the multiple dimensions of values expressed by the participants of the study. The study's primary method is "Q-methodology", a participatory mixed-methods approach suitable for eliciting patterns of valuation that are held in common within a group. Thirty-two stakeholders participated in the study and the analysis highlighted five key perspectives, titled "Basic needs first", "Us vs. them", "Tradition and history", "Modern environmentalists" and "Ecocentric". The results indicate different perceptions of the importance of WES, alongside a range of multiple explanations of why the WES are important. The five perspectives were compared and they reflected divergent understandings of i) the nested nature of socio-ecological systems, ii) spatial perception of ecosystem services and, iii) trade-off between relational and instrumental values. The points of consensus and disagreement among the participants along with their perceptions of drivers of change, suggest promising leverage points for sustainable and inclusive water resource management. In addition, this empirical case study contributes methodological insights to the ecosystem services socio-cultural valuation body of literature.

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Souza, Jackeline Lucas. "Methodological proposal for calculating the water footprint in the real estate construction." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2014. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=16003.

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O presente trabalho tem como objetivo propor uma metodologia de cÃlculo para mensurar a pegada hÃdrica (PH) na atividade de construÃÃo civil imobiliÃria. A pegada hÃdrica Ã um indicador empÃrico da quantidade, do perÃodo e do local onde a Ãgua Ã consumida e poluÃda, que Ã medido ao longo de toda a cadeia produtiva de um produto, mostrando nÃo sÃ o volume de Ãgua, como tambÃm o tipo de uso da Ãgua (consuntivo, de chuva, superficial ou subterrÃnea, ou a poluiÃÃo da Ãgua), a localizaÃÃo e o momento em que a Ãgua foi usada. Para calcular a pegada hÃdrica na atividade de construÃÃo civil imobiliÃria foi utilizada a metodologia de Hoekstra et al. (2011), utilizando o conceito parcial de âÃgua azulâ â um tipo de medida de apropriaÃÃo da pegada hÃdrica determinada pelo consumo, pela evaporaÃÃo e pelo escoamento para o oceano â em seu uso/consumo para propÃsitos humanos, a fim de estimar o quantum de Ãgua Ã necessÃrio para produÃÃo de um edifÃcio residencial. A mediÃÃo foi segregada em trÃs grupos que compÃem a atividade de construÃÃo civil, sendo estes: mÃo de obra, materiais e serviÃos. Os resultados comprovaram, estatisticamente, que uma amostra de 90 trabalhadores da mÃo de obra pÃde ser extrapolada Ã mÃdia de trabalhadores utilizados ao longo da obra (115 trabalhadores), permitindo mensurar o volume de consumo de Ãgua (pegada hÃdrica) para o grupo mÃo de obra de 1.124.068,2 m3 de Ãgua (distribuÃda em Direta e Indireta), para o grupo materiais formados por 128 itens que possuem componente hÃdrico a pegada hÃdrica de 30.100,5 m3 de Ãgua (Indireta) e para o grupo serviÃos formados por 92 itens que utilizam Ãgua em suas execuÃÃes a pegada hÃdrica de 584.423,1 m3 de Ãgua (Direta), ou seja, no total do empreendimento a pegada hÃdrica de 1.738.591,8 m3. O montante total de consumo de Ãgua (1.738.591,8 m3) dividido pela Ãrea total do empreendimento (em m2) resultou em 93,98 m3/m2. Conclui-se que a pegada hÃdrica Ã uma metodologia de cÃlculo capaz de mensurar do volume de Ãgua consumido na atividade de construÃÃo civil permitindo que esse volume seja estimado na fase de planejamento da obra para melhor fornecimento pelos ÃrgÃos pÃblicos de gestÃo, para estimativa mais prÃxima do real da extraÃÃo voluntÃria que empresas de engenharia precisam realizar na perfuraÃÃo de poÃos e para avaliar possÃveis impactos ambientais desse recurso escasso.
This paper aims to propose a calculation methodology to measure the water footprint (PH) in the real estate construction activity. The water footprint is an empirical quantity indicator, the period and the place where the water is consumed and polluted, which is measured over the entire productive chain of a product showing not only the volume of water, as well as the type of water use (consumptive, rain, surface or underground, or water pollution), the location and the time when water was used. To calculate the water footprint in housing construction activity was used the methodology of Hoekstra et al. (2011) using the partial concept of 'blue water' - a kind of measure of ownership of the water footprint determined by consumption, evaporation and runoff into the ocean - in its use / consumption for human purposes in order to estimate the quantum of water is required to produce a residential building. The measurement was divided into three groups that make up civil construction activity, namely: labor, materials and services. The results showed statistically that a sample of 90 workers could be extrapolated to the average of workers employed throughout the work (115 employees), allowing to measure the volume of water consumption (water footprint) for the group of hand work was 1124068200.0 l of water (distributed direct and indirect) for the materials group consisting of 128 items that have water component, the water footprint was 30,100,539.5 l of water (Indirect) and for the service group, consisting of 92 items that use water, the water footprint was 584,427,948.4 l of water (Direct), ie the total of the enterprise the water footprint of 1738596688.0 l . The most relevant consumption workmanship were given to the categories 'liquid' and 'other higienes' in PH Direct and 'industrialized' and 'transport' in PH Indirect; for the most outstanding materials was evidenced in 'irons CA' (PH Indirect), and in services, the largest water consumption was evident in the service of 'mechanical protection' (PH Direct). The total amount of water consumption (1738596688.0 l) divided by the total area of the project (in m2) resulted in 93978.2 l / m2, where the housing unit of 157.14 m2 has a water footprint of 14,767. 734.2 l and 167.12 m2 one water footprint of 15705636.8 l. It follows that the water footprint is a calculation method capable of measuring the volume of water consumed in construction activity, allowing builders estimate this volume from the work planning stage in order to manage this scarce environmental resource

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Pinon, Olivia Julie. "A methodology for the valuation and selection of adaptable technology portfolios and its application to small and medium airports." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/43632.

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The increase in the types of airspace users (large aircraft, small and regional jets, very light jets, unmanned aerial vehicles, etc.), as well as the very limited number of future new airport development projects are some of the factors that will characterize the next decades in air transportation. These factors, associated with a persistent growth in air traffic will worsen the current gridlock situation experienced at some major airports. As airports are becoming the major capacity bottleneck to continued growth in air traffic, it is therefore primordial to make the most efficient use of the current, and very often, underutilized airport infrastructure. This research thus proposes to address the increase in air traffic demand and resulting capacity issues by considering the implementation of operational concepts and technologies at underutilized airports. However, there are many challenges associated with sustaining the development of this type of airports. First, the need to synchronize evolving technologies with airports' needs and investment capabilities is paramount. Additionally, it was observed that the evolution of secondary airports, and their needs, is tightly linked to the environment in which they operate. In particular, sensitivity of airports to changes in the dynamics of their environment is important, therefore requiring that the factors that drive the need for capacity expansion be identified and characterized. Finally, the difficulty to evaluate risk and make financially viable decisions, particularly when investing in new technologies, cannot be ignored. This work thus focuses on the development of a methodology to address these challenges and ensure the sustainability of airport capacity-enhancement investments in a continuously changing environment. The four-step process developed in this research leverages the benefits yielded by impact assessment techniques, system dynamics modeling, and real options analysis to 1) provide the decision maker with a rigorous, structured, and traceable process for technology selection, 2) assess the combined impact of interrelated technologies, 3) support the translation of technology impact factors into airport performance indicators, and help identify the factors that drive the need for capacity expansion, and finally 4) enable the quantitative assessment of the strategic value of embedding flexibility in the formulation of technology portfolios and investment options. The proposed methodology demonstrates, through a change in demand at the airport modeled, the importance of being able to weigh both the technological and strategic performance of the technology portfolios considered. Hence, by capturing the time dimension and technology causality impacts in technology portfolio selection, this work helps identify key technologies or technology groupings, and assess their performance on airport metrics. By embedding flexibility in the formulation of investment scenarios, it provides the decision maker with a more accurate picture of the options available to him, as well as the time and sequence under which these should be exercised.

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NASCIMENTO, WALLACE JOSE DAMASCENO DO. "THERMAL POWER PORTFOLIO VALUATION UNDER UNCERTAINTY: A HYBRID METHODOLOGY USING FUZZY NUMBERS, REAL OPTIONS AND OPTIMIZATION BY GENETIC ALGORITHMS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2016. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=30498@1.

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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO
COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
FUNDAÇÃO DE APOIO À ESCOLA TÉCNICA
PROGRAMA DE EXCELENCIA ACADEMICA
Os grandes agentes do mercado de energia dedicam muitos esforços na avaliação e decisão da alocação ótima de capital para a implementação de projetos, em decorrência do grande número de projetos candidatos em seus portfólios de investimentos. Essas decisões visam escolher o subconjunto de projetos a ser implementado, pois os recursos orçamentários são geralmente menores que o necessário para a implementação de todos eles. Muitos são os riscos apresentados, e quanto mais riscos e incertezas, maiores se tornam as dificuldades de avaliação e decisões de investimento de maneira otimizada. As metodologias clássicas para avaliação de portfólios de projetos de investimento são baseadas em maximizar os retornos (VPL, TIR, etc) e minimizar o risco (desvio-padrão do VPL, variância, etc). Muitas vezes, estes métodos tradicionais de avaliação podem não conseguir tratar adequadamente as flexibilidades gerenciais (Opções Reais) características dos projetos, assim como os riscos e incertezas, devido às possíveis dificuldades de solução e modelagem matemática (multi-variáveis) dos problemas. O desenvolvimento e aplicação de modelos alternativos, tais como os baseados na Teoria de Opções Reais, inclusive com a utilização de métodos de Inteligência Computacional, podem se mostrar mais adequados para estes problemas. Nesta tese é desenvolvida uma metodologia híbrida, apresentando um modelo de Opções Reais Fuzzy para a avaliação de projetos de Revamp por um agente do mercado de Geração Termelétrica de Energia, a partir de um Portfólio de Opções Reais em ambiente de incertezas. Para a seleção do subconjunto de projetos por faixa orçamentária, é aplicado um Algoritmo Genético para otimização multi-critério, através da utilização de um índice de ponderação retorno x risco (lâmbda).
Large players in energy market dedicate many efforts in valuation and optimal capital allocation decision for their project implementation, due the large candidate projects number in their investment portfolios. These decisions aim to choose the projects subset to be implemented, because the monetary resources are generally smaller than necessary for all projects implementation. There are many risks, and with risks and uncertainties, greater become the difficulties in analysis and optimally investment decisions. The classical methods to investment portfolios are based on to maximize returns (NPV, IRR, among others) and to minimize risks (NPV standard deviation, variance, among others). Often, these traditional methods may not be able to handle properly the projects managerial flexibilities (Real Options), as well the risks and uncertainties, due to possible solution difficulties and mathematical modeling problems (multi variables). Alternative models development and implementation, such as those based on Real Options Theory, including the use of Computational Intelligence methods, may be more suitable for these problems. In this thesis, a hybrid methodology is developed, presenting a Fuzzy Real Options model for Revamp projects valuation by a Thermoelectric Power Generation market player, from a Real Options Portfolio in uncertainties environment. For selecting the projects subset by budget range, a multi-criteria Genetic Algorithm optimization is applied, using a weighting return x risk index (lambda).

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Van, der Walt Jacobus. "An analysis of the use of mass appraisal methods for agricultural properties." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/61385.

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Farms are highly heterogeneous and never identical. No two farms are ever alike in terms of (1) the basic resources, land, labour, or capital that are available, (2) the way these resources or factors of production are combined, or (3) in terms of the amounts of various crops and livestock produced. There are numerous factors that influence the price of a farm and some of these factors are not monetary related. This makes the task of the valuer complex, and it increases the possibility of large differences in the estimated market value determined and the actual selling price. The development and use of AVM (Automated Valuation Method) models in the valuation of especially residential property, is a worldwide phenomenon. The majority of AVM models use MRA (Multiple Regression Analysis) as a basis. The accuracy of a MRA relies heavily on the quality and accuracy of the data that are used. Thus, the availability of quality and accurate data has a significant impact on the potential accuracy of a MRA. Accurate MRA valuation estimates will be fair to individual farm owners regarding their municipal tax assessments and it will lead to a wider use of MRAs for the valuation of farms, with the associated benefits of lower valuation costs and speedier valuations, especially by financial institutions. This study analyses the unique and distinctive attributes of farms, which must be taken into account when a MRA model is developed. By following a stepwise regression approach, a regression model is developed which is fairly accurate, but it does not achieve a high level of accuracy. Furthermore, the results of the study show that it is difficult to have enough appropriate and accurate data available to develop a regression analysis for agricultural property to satisfy accuracy requirements. Although it is difficult, it is possible to develop MRA models that are fairly accurate. Therefore, if MRA models are currently used for the municipal valuation of farms, which are not fairly accurate, it should be possible to improve the accuracy. However, maximum accuracy cannot be achieved with MRA models. Thus, it cannot replace a valuation done by a skilled and knowledgeable professional valuer, when maximum accuracy is required.
Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
Construction Economics
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Skelton, Gerald P. ""Unpack my heart with words" : a proposal for an integrated rehearsal methodology for Shakespeare (and others) combining active analysis and viewpoints." Thesis, Kingston University, 2016. http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/38119/.

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The performance of Shakespeare represents a distinct challenge for actors versed in the naturalistic approach to acting as influenced by Stanislavsky. As John Barton suggests, this tradition is not readily compatible with the language-based tradition of Elizabethan players. He states that playing Shakespeare constitutes a collision of 'the Two Traditions' (1984, p. 3). The current training-based literature provides many guidelines on analysing and speaking dramatic verse by Shakespeare and others, but few texts include practical ways for contemporary performers to embrace both traditions specifically in a rehearsal context. This research seeks to develop a new actor-centred rehearsal methodology to help modern theatre artists create performances that balance the spontaneity and psychological insight that can be gained from a Stanislavsky-based approach with the textual clarity necessary for Shakespearean drama, and a physical rigour which, I will argue, helps root the voice within the body. The thesis establishes what practitioner Patsy Rodenburg (2005, p. 3) refers to as the need for words, or the impulse to respond to events primarily through language, as the key challenge that contemporary performers steeped in textual naturalism confront when approaching Shakespeare and other classical playwrights. The research offers a rehearsal methodology to meet this challenge. The methodology synthesises Stanislavsky's late-career extension of the 'system' referred to as Active Analysis, and Viewpoints, a technique of movement improvisation derived from contemporary dance by choreographer Mary Overlie and further adapted by directors Anne Bogart and Tina Landau. Active Analysis is an innovative method of textual analysis that centres on a series of improvisations, or études, which serve as successive blueprints toward performance. Viewpoints is a technique that offers a clear and accessible vocabulary related to principles of time and space as a way to create and evaluate stage movement. My study illustrates how these two techniques might be used in tandem to invite actors to discover the need for words in a rehearsal context. This combined methodology was developed through a series of three practical research laboratories related to The Comedy of Errors, As You Like It, and Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare. A fourth laboratory served to extend the combined methodology to a pre-Shakespearean classical text by focusing on the unattributed medieval morality play Mankind. Accounts of these laboratories are used to illustrate a 'director's anatomy' of the development and implementation of the methodology. The thesis concludes with my proposal for an integrated rehearsal practice that can help contemporary actors experience the language-based performance tradition related to Shakespeare and other classical playwrights. The research contributes to the current literature on playing Shakespeare and others by offering a set of principles and a responsive rehearsal model informed by those principles, whilst also providing illustrations of how they might be employed in the production process. The methodology can be utilised in both educational and professional settings. My deep engagement with Active Analysis and Viewpoints means that I am able to contribute to practice, training and scholarship related to each, extending previous enquiries into these systems. The findings can also be applied more generally to the literature and practice of acting, directing and textual analysis.

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Nawawi, Abdul Hadi. "Knowledge elicitation methodology from multiple experts for rating valuation by the comparison method for commercial and industrial properties in Malaysia." Thesis, University of South Wales, 1998. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/knowledge-elicitation-methodology-from-multiple-experts-for-rating-valuation-by-the-comparison-method-for-commercial-and-industrial-properties-in-malaysia(c951d970-fa41-4012-8450-ab08934d969c).html.

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A methodology for eliciting knowledge from several experts in the valuation of commercial and industrial properties for rating purposes in Malaysia using the rental comparison method was investigated by empirical research. The methodology comprised a conceptual approach (experts and their functions), selection of knowledge sources and techniques of knowledge elicitation. The objective of the methodology was to make explicit enriched knowledge ultimately for the development of a comprehensive system. Knowledge was elicited from selected experts mainly by interviews and observation. Several core valuers acted as a panel to provide core domain knowledge. The knowledge was augmented by knowledge from complementary valuers: valuers from six local authorities; a private valuer and an academic to contribute local contextual, market and legal knowledge respectively. Supporting specialists provided building technology, spatial and macro-economic knowledge. Secondary sources of knowledge were provided by documented materials, supporting staff from the local authorities and objection hearings. The pooling of experts' market opinions using the Delphi technique was investigated. A simple regression analysis to find the weightings of the main attributes was also incorporated in the knowledge-base. The knowledge-base was analysed, represented and evaluated in a prototype. It has been empirically established that the methodology has led to the elicitation of enriched knowledge. It has been shown that it is possible to represent this knowledge in a prototype iteratively with other means of knowledge elicitation. Limitations regarding communications between the experts and the potential of computer facilitated collaborative work have been highlighted. Issues in the development of a comprehensive system have been discussed namely, the accommodation of meta knowledge between different local authority valuers and database interface with the knowledge base. The research represents a novel enquiry into a methodology for eliciting knowledge from multiple experts in the valuation domain, specifically in the area of commercial and industrial properties for rating purposes in Malaysia.

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Nieto-Hidalgo, Mario. "Gait analysis using computer vision for the early detection of elderly syndromes. A formal proposal." Doctoral thesis, Universidad de Alicante, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10045/65535.

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El objetivo principal de esta tesis es el desarrollo de un sistema de análisis de la marcha basado en visión que permita clasificar la marcha patológica. Este objetivo general se divide en tres subobjetivos específicos más concretos: definición formal de la marcha, especificación e implementación de un sistema de obtención de parámetros de la marcha basado en visión y clasificación de la marcha patológica. En el primer subobjetivo, definición formal de la marcha, nuestros esfuerzos consisten en obtener una definición de la marcha que incluya la visión por computador pero sin excluir otros métodos y que sea lo suficientemente abierta como para incluir todos los casos de marcha humana. La definición propuesta es la siguiente: "Gait is the anthropomorphic upright self-displacement, in an alternating stepping of two feet, with no additional fulcra, keeping at least a point of support at every time, on a horizontal or slightly inclined surface." A partir de esta definición, las variables que consideramos son tiempos y longitudes de paso y zancada, tiempos de apoyo monopodal y bipodal, velocidad, cadencia, etc... Para el segundo subobjetivo, especificación e implementación de un sistema de obtención de parámetros de la marcha basado en visión, nos centramos en el análisis de la marcha mediante visión por computador utilizando únicamente una cámara RGB, que obtenga imágenes laterales y frontales del sujeto. El algoritmo propuesto es capaz de extraer las variables de la marcha, establecidas en la definición del objetivo de especificación, con suficiente precisión, de modo que la marcha puede ser interpretada y clasificada. La decisión de limitar la infraestructura necesaria a una única cámara RGB, obedece al interés por abaratar los costes del sistema y que sea sostenible medioambientalmente, ya que no requiere de energía adicional para capturar la imagen, sino que utiliza la radiación lumínica que inunda el escenario, ya sea de forma natural o artificial. Este sistema actúa como interfaz de entrada del subobjetivo tres que son las variables de la marcha propuestas en el subobjetivo uno. Por tanto, el subobjetivo dos puede ser reemplazado por otro sistema basado en otro fenómeno como es el caso de un sistema inercial, siempre y cuando pueda proporcionar las variables definidas en el subobjetivo uno. El subobjetivo tres, clasificador de la marcha patológica, usa las variables proporcionadas por el sistema del subobjetivo dos para caracterizar la marcha y clasificarla. Mediante una serie de casos de entrenamiento, el sistema genera los modelos de marcha patológica y normal. A partir de estos modelos, el clasificador es capaz de determinar a qué modelo pertenece la entrada de parámetros de la marcha proporcionada por el subobjetivo dos. El objetivo de formalización nos ha llevado a profundizar en los aspectos conceptuales y procedimentales del conocimiento y de su creación, con la consecuencia de aportar sendas definiciones para problema y modelo, así como hallar una justificación formal, basada en la teoría de conjuntos, que confiere coherencia causal al método experimental. Además de encontrar formalmente la justificación causal del método científico, hemos podido encajar en ese marco formal los enfoques divide et vinces, model driven y top-down de resolución de problemas ingenieriles. Al tiempo que hemos encontrado que la técnica top-down de diseño es coincidente con el método científico de resolución de problemas, el método bottom-up es coherente con la implementación de prototipos, lo cual justifica la restricción de su utilización al diseño de instancias para las que ya se conoce solución.

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Morgan, John Francis William. "The natural history of professionalisation and its relevance to differences in valuation methodology and practice in the United Kingdom and Germany." Thesis, University of Reading, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.265178.

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Trejo, José Edwardo. "Valuing Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in Belize: A Case Study Using Contigent Valuation Methodology (CVM) to determine tourists' willingness to pay (WTP)." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1126892727.

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Trejo, José Edwardo. "Valuing marine protected areas (MPAs) in Belize : a case study using contingent valuation methodology (CVM) to determine tourists' willingness to pay (WTP) /." Ohio : Ohio University, 2005. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1126892727.

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MacDonald, Kelly A. "Assessing the consumer's willingness to conserve, a case study application of contingent valuation methodology to municipal water provision in Sydney, Nova Scotia." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape8/PQDD_0015/MQ49397.pdf.

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Holemans, Amelia Nadine. "Applying a credit default swap valuation approach to price South African weather derivatives / Amelia Nadine Holemans." Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4456.

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Most farmers in South Africa use standard insurance to protect their crops against natural disasters such as hail or strong winds. However, no South African insurance contracts exist to compensate for too much or too little rain (although floods are covered), or which will pay out if temperatures were too high or too low for a certain period of time for the relevant crop. Weather derivatives - which farmers may employ to ensure crops against adverse temperatures - do exist, but these are mostly available in foreign markets in the form of Heating Degree Days contracts and Cooling Degree Day contracts and are used chiefly by energy companies. Some South African over-the-counter weather derivatives are available, but trading in these is rare and seldom used. The goal of this dissertation is to establish a pricing equation for weather derivatives specifically for use in the South African market. This equation will be derived using a similar methodology to that employed for credit default swaps. The premium derived will be designed to compensate grape farmers from losses arising from two different climatic outcomes - in this case temperature and precipitation. These derivatives will be region and crop specific and the formulation will be sufficiently flexible as to allow for further climatic possibilities (which may be added at a later stage). These weather derivative premiums will then be compared to standard crop insurance to establish economic viability of the products and recommendations will be made regarding their usage. The possibility of the simultaneous use of these derivatives and standard crop insurance for optimal crop coverage will also be explored and discussed.
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Chávez, H., H. Chávez, A. Pezo, G. Llerena, and V. Torres. "Theoretical design proposal for simulated hot asphalt mixture at a temperature below zero degrees Celsius." Institute of Physics Publishing, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/651795.

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In the world there are adverse climates, climates that hinder the good construction and paving of roads, generating insecurity among the locals and visitors. This over time affects the economy of a country, as a road boosts tourism, transport and commerce. Therefore, a mixture was designed to mitigate a problem in the placement of hot asphalt mixture at temperatures below zero degrees Celsius. That is, a conventional mix design was proposed, but with different types of filler (lime, Portland cement type I and silica) tested with the Marshall and Lottman method which are governed according to the EG-2013 standards [1] and parameters established in the Asphalt Institute [2]. To find the optimum, it was tested with 5.0%, 5.5% 6.0% and 6.5% asphalt cement. Then with the results obtained a comparative analysis was performed. Finally, specimens without any additives were made, the specimens once prepared at 140°C were subjected to freezing, resulting in the three types of filler, that the hot asphalt mixture with incorporation of Portland cement type I to a 5, 90% of asphalt cement is the optimum since, subject to extreme temperatures below 0°C they comply with the parameters required in the standards.

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Ergen, Mustafa [Verfasser], Christa [Akademischer Betreuer] Reicher, and Dietwald [Akademischer Betreuer] Gruehn. "A new methodology proposal for urban regeneration of Brownfield areas; case study of Zonguldak City, Turkey / Mustafa Ergen. Betreuer: Christa Reicher. Gutachter: Dietwald Gruehn." Dortmund : Universitätsbibliothek Dortmund, 2013. http://d-nb.info/110016622X/34.

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Kamimura, Quésia Postigo. "Microregionalization : a proposal of strategy, organization and methodology for health services of high and medium complexity on the North Cost of São Paulo State." Universidade de Taubaté, 2004. http://www.bdtd.unitau.br/tedesimplificado/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=21.

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This presentation, a case of study, has as objective to consider the strategy microregionalization of the health services of high and average complexities for the São Paulo northern coastal region, using the situational strategy planning. At a first moment, it was broken of the historical reconstruction of two existing cases of microregionalization, Jundiaí/São Paulo state and Penedo/Alagoas state, through interviews, with managers and directors involved in these projects, as well as official document analysis. Among the most significant results, the micro-regionalization is pointed as a strategy that searches greater fairness, allows an exchange of energy between the cities, favoring the better use of resources and that, in a practical way, has made improvements to the access to the most complex actions in the health system. It is also remarkable the necessity of negotiation between the cities and, the microregional planning consists of modern and positive alternative of regional group work that makes possible operation and organization of the municipal systems of health. The results guided the proposal of micro-regionalization by the Situational Strategy Planning (PES), for the methodological characteristic to add techniques that facilitate the development of the citizenship for the popular participation in all through the planning, either with the actors working for the City Health Councils or the other existing social movements in each one of the four cities of the region. The proposal includes each moment of the PES, including suggestions taken from documents and interviews so as to facilitate the understanding of the planning process. It is possible to concludes that if each one of the moments of the PES is observed, as analyzed cases show, it is possible that we get political interest to organize the micro-regionalization to obtain the principles of fairness and accessibility, and also, of popular participation and citizenship. It is to observe, that the diversity of local political interests can make it possible or hinder the perspective of the micro-regionalization as a facilitating strategy of the operational and organizational principles of the One System of Health (SUS).
A presente dissertação, um estudo de caso, tem como objetivo propor a estratégia microrregionalização dos serviços de saúde de alta e média complexidades para a região litoral norte paulista, utilizando o planejamento estratégico situacional. Num primeiro momento, partiu-se da reconstrução histórica, por meio de entrevistas de dois casos de microrregionalização existentes, Jundiaí/SP e Penedo/AL, com gestores e diretores envolvidos nos projetos e análise de documentos oficiais. Entre os resultados mais significativos, a microrregionalização é apontada como uma estratégia que busca maior eqüidade, permite uma sinergia entre os municípios, favorece a otimização de recursos e que, na prática, tem proporcionado melhoria ao acesso às ações mais complexas de saúde. Destaca-se, também, a necessidade de negociação entre os municípios, e o planejamento microrregional consiste em alternativa moderna e positiva de articulação regional que possibilita operacionalização e organização dos sistemas municipais de saúde. Os resultados nortearam a proposta de microrregionalização por meio do Planejamento Estratégico Situacional (PES), pela característica metodológica de agregar técnicas que facilitam o desenvolvimento da cidadania pela participação popular em todos os momentos do planejamento, seja dos atores vinculados aos Conselhos Municipais de Saúde ou dos demais movimentos sociais existentes em cada um dos forem quatro municípios da região. A proposta abrange cada momento do PES, incluindo sugestões retiradas dos documentos e das entrevistas, realizadas para facilitar a compreensão do processo de planejamento. Conclui-se que se cada um dos momentos do PES forem observados, como indicam os casos analisados, é possível que se consiga vontade política para que se organize a microrregionalização em direção ao alcance dos princípios de eqüidade e acessibilidade, como também, de participação popular e cidadania. Destaca-se que a diversidade dos interesses políticos dos poderes locais podem viabilizar ou impedir a perspectiva da microrregionalização como estratégia facilitadora dos princípios operacionais e organizacionais do Sistema Único de Saúde.

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Borges, Carrijo Fabrício. "A theoretical and methodological proposal in cultural diplomacy analysis. The case of the Brazilian Cultural Centre in Barcelona (2003-2013)." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/392699.

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La presente tesis doctoral en el campo de las Relaciones Internacionales se ocupa de la diplomacia cultural, entendida como el empleo de la dimensión cultural por un Estado en la conducción de su política exterior. Parte del objetivo de este estudio es proponer un marco teórico para estudiar Diplomacia Cultural dentro de la interacción agente-estructura, lo que llamamos el modelo rotacional. Este modelo Implica un instrumento que permite la identificación de los factores de agencia a y estructura que influyen en los procesos de toma de decisiones en la conducción de la diplomacia cultural. La dimensión teórica también incluye la propuesta de dos tipologías para el análisis de la Diplomacia Cultural: Diplomacia Cultural como poder y como resistencia. Otro objetivo de esta tesis abarca la propuesta de un modelo para llevar a cabo análisis estadístico sistemático en Diplomacia Cultural, que llamamos Marco de Análisis de Datos en Diplomacia Cultural (Cultural Diplomacy Data Analysis Framework - CDDAF). Además, la tesis trata de aplicar el marco teórico y metodológico propuesto al análisis de la Diplomacia Dultural brasileña. Esta tesis abarca una investigación empírica, con análisis cualitativo y cuantitativo en un diseño de estudio de caso con el análisis en profundidad de las acciones de la diplomacia cultural llevada a cabo por el Centro Cultural de Brasil en Barcelona (CCBBcn) de 2003 a 2013. El estudio de caso tiene como objetivo identificar los mecanismos de toma de decisiones con respecto al CCBBcn, las acciones resultantes la Diplomacia Cultural realizadas por el BCCBcn durante el período 2003-2013, los actores participantes y los factores de estructura y agencia implicados en este proceso. También se pretende identificar el impacto de la acción de la Diplomacia Cultural en lo que se refiere a los estudiantes del idioma portugués del CCBBcn. El aspecto metodológico incluyó el empleo de análisis documental, entrevistas semiestructuradas, cuestionario y grupos focales. Los datos cualitativos y cuantitativos fueron recolectados a través del trabajo de campo en el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de Brasil, en el Consulado de Brasil en Barcelona y en el Centro Cultural de Brasil en Barcelona. También incluyó grupos focales y la aplicación de una encuesta a los alumnos del CCBBcn inscritos en sus cursos de portugués.
The present doctoral thesis in the field of International Relations addresses Cultural Diplomacy, understood as the employment of the cultural dimension by a State in the conduction of its Foreign Policy. Part of the aim of this study is to propose a theoretical framework to study Cultural Diplomacy within the agent-structure interplay, which we call the rotational model. It entails an instrument that enables the identification of the agential and structural factors that influence the decision-making processes involved in the conduction of Cultural Diplomacy. The theoretical dimension also involves the proposal of two typologies to analyze Cultural Diplomacy, encompassing Cultural Diplomacy as power and Cultural Diplomacy as Resistance. Another purpose of this dissertation encompasses the proposal of a model to undertake a systematic statistical analysis in Cultural Diplomacy, which we call Cultural Diplomacy Data Analysis Framework (CDDAF). Further, the thesis seeks to apply the proposed theoretical and methodological frameworks to the analysis of Brazilian Cultural Diplomacy. This dissertation encompasses an empirical research, combining qualitative and quantitative analysis follows a case-study design, with in-depth study of the Cultural Diplomacy actions carried out by the Brazilian Cultural Centre in Barcelona (BCCBcn) from 2003 to 2013. The case study aims to identify the decision-making mechanisms regarding the BCCBcn and the resultant Cultural Diplomacy actions carried by the BCCBcn during the 2003-2013 period, the participant actors and the agent-structure factors involved in this process. It also seeks to identify the impact of the Cultural Diplomacy action in regard to the students of Portuguese Language at the BCCBcn. The methodological aspect included the employment of documental analysis, semi-structured interviews, survey and focal group discussion. The qualitative and quantitative data were collected through field work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Brazil, at the Brazilian Consulate in Barcelona and at the BCCBcn. It also included the focal group discussion and the application of a survey to the students of the Brazilian Cultural Centre in Barcelona enrolled in its Portuguese Language courses.

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Sund, Björn. "Economic evaluation, value of life, stated preference methodology and determinants of risks." Doctoral thesis, Örebro universitet, Handelshögskolan vid Örebro universitet, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-12557.

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The first paper examines the value of a statistical life (VSL) for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) victims. We found VSL values to be higher for OHCA victims than for people who die in road traffic accidents and a lower-bound estimate of VSL for OHCA would be in the range of 20 to 30 million Swedish crowns (SEK). The second paper concerns hypothetical bias in contingent valuation (CV) studies. We investigate the link between the determinants and empirical treatment of uncertainty through certainty calibration and find that the higher the confidence of the respondents the more we can trust that stated WTP is correlated to actual WTP. The third paper investigates the performance of two communication aids (a flexible community analogy and an array of dots) in valuing mortality risk reductions for OHCA. The results do not support the prediction of expected utility theory, i.e. that WTP for a mortality risk reduction increases with the amount of risk reduction (weak scope sensitivity), for any of the communication aids. The fourth paper presents a cost-benefit analysis to evaluate the effects of dual dispatch defibrillation by ambulance and fire services in the County of Stockholm. The intervention had positive economic effects, yielding a benefit-cost ratio of 36, a cost per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) of € 13 000 and the cost per saved life was € 60 000. The fifth paper explores how different response times from OHCA to defibrillation affect patients’ survival rates by using geographic information systems (GIS). The model predicted a baseline survival rate of 3.9% and reducing the ambulance response time by 1 minute increased survival to 4.6%. The sixth paper analyzes demographic determinants of incident experience and risk perception, and the relationship between the two, for eight different risk domains. Males and highly educated respondents perceive their risks lower than what is expected compared to actual incident experience.

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Gómez-Valent, Mònica. "Proposal for a new classification of orphan and/or rare conditions based on clinical characteristics that determine the applicability of different research methods to their study." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/405590.

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Antecedents: Les malalties rares són aquelles que afecten a un petit nombre de persones i tenen una prevalença particularment baixa en comparació amb la població general. Si bé individualment aquestes entitats són poc comuns, com a grup, són una important causa de malaltia crònica, discapacitat i de mort prematura en nens i adults. La Unió Europea considera que una malaltia és rara quan afecten a no més de 5 de cada 10.000 persones. Metodologies destinades a augmentar l'eficiència dels estudis clínics en poblacions petites han estat poc aplicades en el desenvolupament clínic de nous medicaments orfes. La manca de referències i guies pot explicar la reticència a utilitzar metodologies alternatives. Actualment l’existència d’una guia específica que engloba informació general és poc pràctica donat al gran nombre de condicions òrfenes existents. Un enfocament sistemàtic per a l'agrupació de condicions mèdiques en base als seus requeriments metodològics pot ser útil per permetre la generalització de recomanacions per tipus de condicions, en lloc de per condicions individuals. Hipòtesi: Les condicions òrfeness es poden agrupar a través d'un enfocament sistemàtic en funció dels seus requeriments metodològics, i l'agrupació resultant pot esdevenir una eina eficaç per a establir recomanacions específiques per a l'estudi dels grups de condicions en lloc de per condicions individuals. Aquesta eina pot facilitar un enfocament més estructurat en el desenvolupament i la presa de decisions regulatòries. Objectiu: Proposar una agrupació de condicions òrfenes en base als seus requeriments metodològics, amb l'objectiu de proporcionar una guia pel desenvolupament de nous tractaments i la presa de decisions regulatòries per a medicaments orfes. Mètodes: S’ha identificat les característiques clíniques que poden ser rellevants en el disseny d’un estudi i en la presa de decisions de regulatòries per a medicaments orfes. S’ha seleccionat un nombre de condicions rares descrites en detall mitjançant aquestes característiques clíniques, i s’han emprat per a crear una base de dades que ha estat analitzada a través d’un Anàlisis de Correspondències Múltiples (MCA) per a identificar grups de condicions. Els grups de condicions obtinguts han estat refinats i validats des d'un punt de vista clínic i regulatori. La validació clínica va incloure una reunió amb especialistes clínics amb experiència reconeguda en el camp de les malalties òrfenes, per tal de conèixer la seva opinió envers la classificació proposada. Resultats: Es proposen sis grups de condicions mèdiques que comparteixen aplicabilitat metodològica similar pel seu estudi: episodi agut únic, episodis aguts repetits, condició lenta / no progressiva, condició on intervé un òrgan o un sistema, progressiva multidimensional multi-orgànica i d’evolució per estadis. Un total de 125 indicacions mèdiques amb dictàmens favorables emesos per l'EMA per a medicament orfes han estat testats per a provar l'aplicabilitat de les inferències metodològiques derivades de cada grup. Les enquestes lliurades en la validació clínica als especialistes van concloure que l’aproximació proposada resulta útil per a guiar la decisió metodològica de la indústria, dels reguladors i també dels investigadors. Conclusions: Es proposa una nova agrupació de condicions en base als seus requeriments metodològics com a guia pel desenvolupament de nous tractaments i per a la presa de decisions regulatòries envers als medicaments orfes.
Background: Rare diseases are those that affect a small number of people and have a particularly low prevalence compared to the general population. While individually these entities are uncommon, as a group they are an important cause of chronic illness, disability and premature death in both children and adults. The European Union considers diseases to be rare when they affect not more than 5 in 10000 individuals. Methodologies aimed to increase efficiency of clinical studies in small populations have been only scarcely applied to the clinical development of new orphan medicinal products (OMP). The lack of references and guidance may explain reluctance to alternative methodologies, but specific guidance is impractical due to the huge number of existing orphan conditions. A systematic approach to grouping medical conditions based on their methodological requirements may be useful to allow generalisation of recommendations to type conditions, rather than to single disease models. Hypothesis: Orphan conditions can be grouped through a systematic approach based on their methodological requirements, and the resulting clustering can be an effective tool for establishing specific recommendations for the study of groups of conditions rather than for individual conditions, that would facilitate a more structured approach to regulatory development and decision making. Objective: To propose a clustering of medical conditions based on their methodological requirements, with the aim to provide a framework for guidance on treatment development and regulatory decision making on OMP. Methods: The characteristics of medical conditions which may be relevant to study design and regulatory decision making have been identified, and a number of sample conditions have been described in detail for these characteristics and used to produce a database that has been analysed through Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) to identify clusters of conditions. These have been refined and validated from a clinical and regulatory perspective which included a meeting with clinical specialists with recognised expertise in the field of orphan diseases, in order to know their opinion towards the proposed classification and to get insights on potential weaknesses of the approach. Results: Six groups of medical conditions are proposed which share applicability of similar methodologies to their study: single acute episode, repeated acute episodes, slow/non progressive, progressive led by one organ or system, progressive multidimensional multi-organ and staged condition. A total of 125 medical indications with positive opinions issued by the EMA on OMP applications have been clustered to test applicability of inferences. The methodological inferences to the different established clusters implied a first step of listing the variables that had a high discriminative value for each cluster, and a second step to make detailed descriptions of these determinants in relation to aspects required to define clinical study designs. This was done in order to test the validity of the proposed clusters to their main purpose as issuing common recommendations on product development for a given group of conditions. The results of the surveys given to members of the clinical board were collected and summarised. Clinicians agreed on the fact that current methods in clinical research have room for a more structured approach and that would help to the access to new treatments urgently needed, and considered it would be useful to guide methodological decision for industry and regulators, also to investigators and health technology assessment. Conclusions: A new clustering of conditions based on their methodological requirements is proposed as a framework for guidance on treatment development and regulatory decision making on OMP.

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Rodrigues, Espedito. "Uma proposta de ensino de semicondutores no ensino médio." Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2016. http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/6375.

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This paper presents a proposal of methodology about semiconductor´s teaching in high school, using electronic scrap, which objective is allowing the students to have a better understanding about the current technologies. Instead of this issue isn´t explicitly inserted in the school curriculum, the National Curriculum Parameters (NCP) of the Ministry of Education (MEC) treat it as a goal to be attained by high school students, when their definition of skills and competencies. Although there is little or no laboratories in public schools infrastructure, this project could be realized in a classroom, with the participation of students in groups. A didactic planning of eight meetings of two classes each, which highlights clearly the activities and its objectives, guiding teachers for this task was designed with accuracy necessary for your success. The project was conducted with four students of the 3rd year of the high school in a public school in the city of Uberlândia, MG, whose objective was the assembly of a source of DC voltage as from components removed out obsolete electronic equipment.
Este trabalho apresenta uma proposta metodológica de ensino de semicondutores no ensino médio, utilizando sucata eletrônica, com o intuito de possibilitar ao aluno uma melhor compreensão das atuais tecnologias. Apesar deste assunto não constar explicitamente nos currículos escolares, os Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais (PCN) do Ministério da Educação (MEC) o tratam como uma meta a ser atingida pelos alunos do ensino médio, quando de sua definição das habilidades e competências. Ainda que exista pouca ou quase nada de infraestrutura de laboratórios nas escolas públicas, este trabalho pode ser realizado dentro de uma sala de aula, com a participação dos alunos em grupos. Um planejamento didático de oito encontros de duas aulas cada, que destaca de forma clara as atividades e seus objetivos, orientando os professores para esta tarefa foi elaborado com acuidade necessária para seu sucesso. O trabalho foi realizado com quatro alunos do 3° Ano do ensino médio de uma escola pública da cidade de Uberlândia, MG, cujo objetivo foi a montagem de uma fonte de tensão contínua a partir de componentes retirados de equipamentos eletrônicos fora de uso.

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Khalid, Adeel S. "Development and Implementation of Rotorcraft Preliminary Design Methodology using Multidisciplinary Design Optimization." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/14013.

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A formal framework is developed and implemented in this research for preliminary rotorcraft design using IPPD methodology. All the technical aspects of design are considered including the vehicle engineering, dynamic analysis, stability and control, aerodynamic performance, propulsion, transmission design, weight and balance, noise analysis and economic analysis. The design loop starts with a detailed analysis of requirements. A baseline is selected and upgrade targets are identified depending on the mission requirements. An Overall Evaluation Criterion (OEC) is developed that is used to measure the goodness of the design or to compare the design with competitors. The requirements analysis and baseline upgrade targets lead to the initial sizing and performance estimation of the new design. The digital information is then passed to disciplinary experts. This is where the detailed disciplinary analyses are performed. Information is transferred from one discipline to another as the design loop is iterated. To coordinate all the disciplines in the product development cycle, Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) techniques e.g. All At Once (AAO) and Collaborative Optimization (CO) are suggested. The methodology is implemented on a Light Turbine Training Helicopter (LTTH) design. Detailed disciplinary analyses are integrated through a common platform for efficient and centralized transfer of design information from one discipline to another in a collaborative manner. Several disciplinary and system level optimization problems are solved. After all the constraints of a multidisciplinary problem have been satisfied and an optimal design has been obtained, it is compared with the initial baseline, using the earlier developed OEC, to measure the level of improvement achieved. Finally a digital preliminary design is proposed. The proposed design methodology provides an automated design framework, facilitates parallel design by removing disciplinary interdependency, current and updated information is made available to all disciplines at all times of the design through a central collaborative repository, overall design time is reduced and an optimized design is achieved.

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Silva, Paula da. "Pedagogia da terra na UFSCar: uma análise acerca da proposta metodológica e das práticas educativas da turma Helenira Resende." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2013. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/2735.

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Our goal in this paper is to report and try to analyze the methodological approach and the pedagogical practices of the first Field Education Course conducted by INCRA and PRONERA in partnership with the Universidade Federal de São Carlos and Social Movements of the field, between the years 2008 and in 2011. For this we used a literature review, participatory research and data analysis. We started the work with a brief contextualization of social and economic conditions that trigger land struggles, then we characterize the four social movements struggling for land that participated in the planning, development and evaluation of the course. Given the role of the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra MST, in the fight for land and rural education and have a better defined educational proposal, we list as a parameter to the proposals and actions of course. Then, in the second chapter, devote ourselves to education in the MST, your concept of school and the Pedagogy of Movement, and approach the issue of rural education and the contribution of PRONERA in its consolidation. Finally, in the third chapter we highlight our object, featuring the gang Helenira Resende, pioneered the Pedagogy Course Earth in the State of São Paulo, and reporting pedagogical and methodological approach of the course, in addition to practices performed during the four years, thus, we describe the evaluation process, the organization of the steps, the stage, the pedagogical practices in communities, the community, the times and educational spaces, in addition to mechanisms for monitoring the course. Thus, we seek to contribute to this account future research and the construction of memory of Pedagogy in the Field, in São Paulo and Brazil.
Objetivamos neste trabalho relatar e analisar a proposta metodológica e as práticas pedagógicas do primeiro Curso de Pedagogia da Terra realizado pelo INCRA e o PRONERA em parceria com a Universidade Federal de São Carlos e Movimentos Sociais do Campo, entre os anos de 2008 e 2011. Para tanto lançamos mão de revisão bibliográfica, pesquisa participante e análise documental. Iniciamos o trabalho fazendo uma breve contextualização das condições sociais e econômicas que desencadeiam as lutas pela terra, em seguida caracterizamos os quatro Movimentos Sociais de luta pela terra que participaram do planejamento, desenvolvimento e avaliação do curso. Dado o protagonismo do Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais sem Terra- MST na luta pela terra e pela Educação do Campo e por possuir uma proposta educacional melhor delimitada, o elencamos como parâmetro de comparação das propostas e ações do curso. No segundo capítulo nos dedicarmos à educação no MST, seu conceito de escola e a Pedagogia do Movimento, além de abordarmos a questão da Educação do Campo e a contribuição do PRONERA em sua consolidação. Para finalizar, no terceiro capítulo demos destaque a nosso objeto, caracterizando a turma Helenira Resende, pioneira no Curso de Pedagogia da Terra no Estado de São Paulo, e relatando a proposta pedagógica e metodológica do curso, além das práticas realizadas no decorrer dos quatro anos, assim, descrevemos o processo avaliativo, a organização das etapas, o estágio, as práticas pedagógicas nas comunidades, a coletividade, os tempos e espaços educativos, além dos mecanismos de acompanhamento do curso. Assim, buscamos com este relato contribuir com pesquisas futuras e com a construção da memória dos cursos de Pedagogia da Terra no Estado de São Paulo e no Brasil.

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Tesařová, Zdeňka. "Návrh kritérií a tvorba metodiky pro stanovení výše nájmů z pozemků v zemědělských areálech v konkrétních lokalitách." Doctoral thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Ústav soudního inženýrství, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-364201.

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In the doctoral thesis deals with a problem situation, which is based on the lack of a clarified methodology for determining the rents from land in agricultural grounds. Criteria are proposed that could affect the amount of land rents in agricultural grounds. One is the type of water source. The created database consists of a variety of data that are subsequently evaluated. The data for the selected locations was statistically evaluated. Furthermore, the percentage of rentals was determined as against the usual (market) price of the leased land. The proposed coefficients were quantified and verified at the same time in practical cases. The output of the thesis is a methodology developed to determine the usual rental rates from land in agricultural grounds.

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Šabata, Petr. "Kolísání ceny stavebního produktu podle situace na trhu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-225400.

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The nature of that problem is to determine the value of the property in comparison to the value of construction supplies for the same property. The value is determined on the supply of building production and also by using the usual methods for the valuation of real estate.

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Felix, Thiago Francisco. "Pesquisando a melhoria de aulas de matemática seguindo a proposta curricular do estado de São Paulo, com a metodologia da pesquisa de aulas (Lesson Study)." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2010. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/4412.

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This project is a study that seeks a reflection of author about classroom practices in teaching mathematics, at public schools of State of São Paulo, Brazil, especially with 6th and 7th grades of Basic School System. We adopted the Methodology of Lesson Study, a original Japanese Methodology, that focus the research on investigative activities of a teacher aiming at the improvement of his/her teaching practices. The phases of such investigative activities comprise the planning and the execution of the lessons, followed by the critical reflections after the lesson, that constitute fundamental steps to the search for the improvement of the teaching/learning process. This methodology is being disseminated in Western countries, and this work is one of the first adapted experiences as an attempt to introduce it in Brazil, and it is commented in Chapter 2. In order to secure an effective reflection of this process, we have established the investigative procedure at each stage of teacher´s practice, grounding the work on the concept of Pedagogical Content Knowledge (Schulman, 1986), discussed in Chapter 1. As main product of Master Program for Teachers, we have designed lessons and activities that consider the curriculum proposal of The Secretary of Education of the State of São Paulo and have followed the Methodology of Problem Solving of Polya, as a strategy to yield the analysis of lessons, activities and the following reflections. One main result sought and obtained in this work is the participative learning of students when building their own knowledge through the steps of Problem Solving Methodology, described in Chapter 3. In Chapter 5, we present some proposals for different types of lessons, describing the ways the curriculum recommendations can be worked out with our approach. We show analyses of lesson planning and the expectations of teacher about the executions of the plans at this stage, as well as about many problems come up with students´ difficulties, reactions and participations. Moreover, we comment the didactical perceptions of the author that have allowed conducting the Lesson Study in the stage of improving the learning with active participation of students. The most important achievement of this work is the execution of after class reflections mediated by Lesson Study Methodology, which has implicated a new vision of the assessment of students answers and questions/doubts. The work has permitted a more refined search and comprehension of the errors and the analyses of correct answers, which has brought a quality upgrade to the assessment. The Chapter 6 contains a synthesis of our reflections connected to the activities. The Appendix consists of detachable sheets with the lesson plans and steps of their execution, which can be used by basic school teachers as well as by students of teacher preparation programs who seek ideas and suggestions to improve their classroom practice.
O presente projeto é um estudo que buscou uma reflexão sobre a prática docente do autor no ensino da matemática em escolas públicas do Estado de São Paulo, especialmente sobre o ensino nas séries iniciais do ciclo II do Ensino Fundamental (6º e 7º anos). Apoiamos na Metodologia de Pesquisa de Aula, uma metodologia de origem japonesa, que coloca o foco da pesquisa nas atividades investigativas do profissional docente para o aperfeiçoamento de suas práticas. A investigação passa pelas fases de planejamento e execução de aulas e reflexões pós-aula, que são primordiais para a busca da melhoria do ensino-aprendizagem da matemática. A Metodologia está sendo disseminada no Ocidente, sendo esse trabalho uma das primeiras experiências na tentativa de introduzir essa metodologia no Brasil, e seu conteúdo está explicado no Capítulo 2. Para garantir uma reflexão efetiva desse processo, buscamos estabelecer o olhar investigativo do professor em cada etapa da prática docente, baseando-nos no conceito de Conhecimento Pedagógico de Conteúdo (Schulman, 1986), que foi considerado no Capítulo 1. Como produto da pesquisa em Mestrado Profissional, elaboramos aulas e atividades baseadas na proposta curricular da Secretaria de Estado da Educação do Estado de São Paulo (SEE-SP), que está analisada no Capítulo 4, e seguimos a Metodologia de Resolução de Problemas (Polya, 1995) como uma estratégia para fundamentar a análise das atividades assim como as reflexões realizadas. A Metodologia de Resolução de Problemas foi estudada no Capítulo 3, comparando as fases da resolução dentro das atividades propostas no nosso estudo. Um dos resultados principais buscados e obtidos nesse projeto foi a aprendizagem participativa dos alunos na construção de seu conhecimento por meio das etapas da Metodologia de Resolução de Problemas. No capítulo 5, apresentamos algumas propostas de diferentes aulas, mostrando como os temas curriculares podem ser trabalhados sob tal enfoque. Apresentamos análises do preparo de aulas e expectativas do docente nesta fase, diversos problemas enfrentados com as dificuldades dos alunos, suas reações e participações. Além disso, comentamos as percepções didáticas do docente que permitiram conduzir a Pesquisa de Aula na fase de melhorar a aprendizagem com a participação ativa dos alunos. O resultado mais importante do trabalho foi conseguir executar as reflexões pós-aulas que, mediadas pela Metodologia da Pesquisa de Aula, permitiram um novo olhar nas análises das atividades feitas pelos alunos, implicando uma busca e compreensão mais acurada dos erros e acertos dos mesmos, o que trouxe um salto qualitativo nas avaliações da aprendizagem dos alunos. O Capítulo 6 contém uma síntese do nosso estudo relacionando as reflexões com as atividades executadas. O Apêndice deste trabalho consiste dos planos de aulas e atividades, e descrição das suas execuções, que podem ser destacados e utilizados por professores das escolas básicas ou por licenciandos em busca de sugestões e ideias para aperfeiçoar sua prática docente.

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Štěpánková, Jana. "Stanovení hodnoty obchodního závodu v tísni." Doctoral thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Ústav soudního inženýrství, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-256524.

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The doctoral thesis deals with bankruptcy and its possible solution from the point of view of expert activities. Valuation of the company in distress may be required at different stages of the business life cycle. While sometimes the valuation is requested directly by the shareholders or the managing partners facing bankruptcy (or preventing crisis) sometimes assessment is requested in insolvency proceedings by the insolvency administrator. Whether it is the intention to find out it is more beneficial for creditors to reorganise or liquidate the assets, in all these cases it is the work of experts in the insolvency proceedings who play a decisive role. The practical part of the thesis, therefore, focuses on the selection of appropriate methodologies which can be used at any given moment of crisis management.

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Novotný, Ladislav. "Návrh vytvoření a ověření produktu oceňovacího nástroje pro IS SAP v oblasti finančního řízení." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2019. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-399867.

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Štefková, Anna. "Problematika oceňování církevního majetku." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Ústav soudního inženýrství, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-232707.

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In my thesis I tried to look into the issue of state property settlement with churches. This issue stirs public opinion in our society since the mid-nineties. The first chapter endeavours to discover the fundamental principles of the performance of the church in the past. Covering from property acquisition, through its management to the semantic role of property in general. Last but not least, it tries to describe the economic situation of the largest church in Czech Republic - Roman Catholic. The second part seeks to describe the events of nationalization of church property in February 1948, under the applicable legislation from that period. It also gives some insight into other forms of expropriation. The third chapter explore insight into the legislative process of state property settlement with churches and discusses the pros and cons of the problem in general. The fourth and fifth chapter deals with the theoretical question of valuation, valuation methods or valuation regulations. The final section summarizes the control mechanisms, which will protect the recovered property from depreciation in value.

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