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Almarshad, Mohammad. "Strategic thinking in Jordanian publicly quoted companies." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2013. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/19753/.
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Strategic thinking (ST) is a process by which managers and employees try to find alternative ways to solve problems in order to deal with rapid changes and forces in a business environment. Strategic thinking was established and has been used extensively in developed countries. However, strategic thinking in developing countries has received little attention. The research described in this thesis is an attempt to assess the extent of knowledge of and familiarity with the concept and purpose of strategic thinking, as well as to assess the extent of practice of strategic thinking factors in Jordanian publicly quoted companies. Also, this research explores the barriers which prevent the practice of strategic thinking in these companies. Data was collected by using both quantitative and qualitative methods (i.e. questionnaires and interviews) which were employed at three different levels of company structures. The questionnaires aimed to investigate knowledge of and familiarity with the concept and purpose of strategic thinking, the extent of strategic thinking practices, and the barriers which prevent the practice of strategic thinking in Jordanian publicly quoted companies. 336 questionnaires were collected from 112 Jordanian publicly quoted companies, followed by eight semi-structured interviews with eight of the companies to support the study objectives and to achieve a good understanding of strategic thinking practices in Jordanian companies. The main findings of this research are that the surveyed companies in Jordan have good knowledge of and are familiar with the concept of strategic thinking; that the age of a company has a moderate relationship with knowledge of the concept and purpose of strategic thinking, while the size of a company has no relationship with knowledge of the concept and purpose of strategic thinking; and that few differences exist between the four business sectors concerning the contribution to knowledge of and familiarity with the concept and purpose of strategic thinking. The majority of surveyed companies in Jordan use strategic thinking skills extensively in their companies. The findings also show that Jordanian publicly quoted companies face different barriers which prevent the practice of strategic thinking in their companies. The study makes an original contribution to academic and practical knowledge in the field of strategic management. This study is considered an important empirical study of strategic thinking practices in publicly quoted companies in Jordan. Some recommendations for further research have been derived from this study.
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Aldehayyat, Jehad Saleh. "Strategic planning in publicly quoted Jordanian companies." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.431517.
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Strategic planning was established and used in developed countries as a means to manage change in the environment. Over time the planning research and wisdom came from those countries. But, strategic planning in developing countries is not taken seriously and relatively little research has been conducted in these countries. The current research empirically examines the extent of practice strategic planning in publicly quoted Jordanian companies (hereafter referred to as Jordanian companies). In addition, this research explores the organisational characteristics (company size, company age and nature of business) that influence such practice. This research also reported the managers' views towards strategic planning and identified the problems associated with the implementation of strategic planning in these companies. A cross sectional survey employing a questionnaire as the data collection method was adopted. The empirical research was conducted in May-July 2004 by hand delivering the questionnaires, which were written in both Arabic and English, to the Jordanian companies. A total of 83 valid responses were received, representing a 40% response rate. Among the important contributions to the body of knowledge made by this research is that, firstly it provides empirical evidence of about important areas of strategic planning practice which include: the nature of the involvement of top and line management in planning activities; the time horizon for planning; the use of environmental scanning (internal and external); the commitment to strategic activities; the use of strategy toolsl techniques. Secondly, it provides empirical evidence about the nature of the relationship between the organisational characteristics (size, age and nature of business) and the extent of strategic planning practice. Thirdly, it is considered as a first attempt to study strategic planning in Jordanian companies through a comprehensive multidimensional approach. Fourthly, it represents an attempt to provide a better understanding of the nature and practices of strategic planning in developing countries. The results of this research provide clear evidence that Jordanian companies practice strategic planning to a greater or lesser extent; that these companies put less emphasis on internal scanning; that the participation of top management is relatively high in all strategic planning activities; that larger companies are more likely to engage in strategic planning; that these companies have given little emphasis to the implementation process; that the large companies believe that the strategy adopted is the result of a deliberate process of formulation; that the smaller companies believe that the strategy adopted has "emerged" over time.
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Shergill, Gurvinder Singh. "Strategy, structure and performance in New Zealand quoted companies." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Business Administration, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/4371.
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This thesis investigated the extent of diversification in New Zealand companies and its effect on their administrative structure and performance. So far there has not been any study done on the diversification process of New Zealand companies although rapid changes are taking place in their strategic posture. In the second half of the twentieth century the corporate profile in advanced countries like the USA and UK had undergone significant changes as a result of diversification strategies by their business corporations. Diversification is now becoming a major corporate strategy and hence it would be useful for corporate managements, shareholders, financial institutions and other corporate investors, public policy makers and researchers to know the effectiveness of diversification in improving profitability and growth, and reducing risk. Though theoretical and empirical studies done abroad by financial, economic and business researchers suggest that only certain categories of diversification would result in higher performance, a systematic study of this subject is yet to be carried out in New Zealand. This study attempts to accomplish this.
This study addresses the following issues: (1) Have the diversification strategies affected the administrative structure of the companies and which structure is the best performer? (2) Does the performance differ among the different types of diversification strategies, for example, between related and unrelated diversification? (3) Does the strategy-structure 'fit' affect the performance of companies? A multi-industry, multi-company approach involving a sample size of 103 New Zealand listed companies in the manufacturing and non-manufacturing sector is used for establishing generalizability of the findings. Adjustment for factors such as size, industry participation, leverage and risk are also incorporated in the design of the study. The performance measures used are in the dimensions of growth and profitability. Findings of this study suggest that in general diversification is useful for reducing the risk and improving the growth and profitability. However, where diversification shows significant improvement over single business strategy, it is in the areas of reduction of risk and improving overall performance. Related diversified companies performed better than the unrelated diversifiers. Regarding the structure, division ally organized companies are having better performance, followed by holding and functional structure. Companies in the strategy-structure 'match' group are having superior performance than the mis-matched category. Finally this study discusses the implications of the findings and suggests areas for future research.
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Sadler, Graham Vernon. "Executive compensation & share options in UK quoted companies." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1999. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/36372/.
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The topic of executive compensation has recently emerged as a legitimate field for academic study. The rapid growth in publications has almost been matched by the well-publicised growth in CEO remuneration. From the time of the first utility privatisation in the UK, right up to current day, the topic of board room pay has rarely been out of the news headlines or the academic journals. This thesis makes several new contributions to the executive compensation literature, primarily by providing an in depth analysis of the executive option holdings of directors in the UK. Data on this aspect of executive compensation has until recently been unavailable and as such this thesis represents the first work in the UK to fully incorporate this element of remuneration for a large sample of companies. Executive options have become an increasingly significant component in executive compensation, yet their valuation and the incentive effects they create are relatively poorly understood. This thesis attempts to undo these shortcomings by providing a thorough analysis of the determinants and consequences of the level of option information disclosure. Furthermore, it develops the rational for granting executive options and describes the creation and distribution of the pay for performance sensitivities created by holdings of executive options. Finally, it deals with valuation issues that are particular to executive options.
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Florou, Annita. "An empirical investigation into top management turnover in UK quoted companies." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2001. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/105014/.
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The present research analyses the determinants and the implications of senior management departures in the UK. Based on a sample of the 460 largest UK companies by market capitalisation over 1990-1998, and using regression techniques, this study investigates the event of top management turnover in three empirical chapters. The first one documents the circumstances under which poor firm performance may lead to a CEO job separation. The second chapter explores the organisational consequences of CEO turnover by modelling - for the first time in the UK - Chairman turnover at the time of CEO departure. The last empirical chapter deals with the implications of CEO turnover on investment choices. The most important methodological advancement is the rigorous and comprehensive classification of management departures, which increases significantly the power of the tests considered in the thesis. The provision of additional evidence on the conflicting issue of managerial entrenchment, the modelling of Chairman turnover and the investigation of the role of equity-based compensation in mitigating opportunistic managerial incentives are among the conceptual contributions of the study. The primary findings of the thesis can be summarised as follows. Firstly in terms of top management departures, CEO turnover is linked with poor firm performance although the latter must fall significantly in order to increase the turnover likelihood. This disciplining effect seems to have not become stronger over time and, CEOs do not appear to become entrenched at high ownership levels. Secondly with regard to Chairman turnover, there is evidence that some Chairmen also depart when the CEO turns-over, especially following poor company performance or CEO dismissals. Outside CEO succession, on the other hand, does not appear to be associated with additional increases in the Chairman turnover likelihood. Finally with respect to investment, it appears that CEOs threatened by forced termination, tend to cut down investment prior to their departure in order to increase reported income and “save” their jobs. In contrast, retiring CEOs do not engage in opportunistic behaviour, even if they own a small fraction of the company's equity.
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Al-Malkawi, Husam-Aladin Nizar Y., University of Western Sydney, College of Law and Business, and School of Economics and Finance. "Dividend policy of publicly quoted companies in emerging markets : the case of Jordan." THESIS_CLAB_EFI_Al-Malkawi_H.xml, 2005. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/819.
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The determinants of corporate dividend policy remain controversial despite half a century of active research. Over that time a number of competing theories of dividend policy have been proposed, but no consensus has been reached about their explanatory power. This thesis examines the determinants of dividend policy of publicly quoted companies in Jordan as a case study of an emerging market. The study uses a firm-level panel data set of all publicly traded firms on the Ammam Stock Exchange between 1989 and 2000. Nine research hypotheses are developed, which are used to represent the main theories of corporate dividends. The results of studies conducted in this thesis suggest that the proportion of stocks held by insiders and state ownership significantly affect the amount of dividends paid, but not the decision to pay dividends. Larger, mature, profitable firms with less investment opportunities are more likely to pay dividends. These factors are found to also positively affect the level of dividends. Results provide no support for the signalling hypothesis. The thesis concludes with a discussion of some of the implications of all results and suggestions for further research.<br>Doctor of Philosophy (Finance)
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Al-Malkawi, Husam-Aldin Nizar Y. "Dividend policy of publicly quoted companies in emerging markets the case of Jordan /." View Thesis, 2005. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20050804.103934/index.html.
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Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Western Sydney, 2005.<br>"A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Finance), February 2005, School of Economics and Finance, University of Western Sydney" Includes bibliography.
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Sinha, Rajeeva. "Corporate governance : a study of the corporate governance of quoted firms in the United Kingdom." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1998. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/36359/.
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The purpose of this study is to examine the corporate governance, of firms quoted on the stock market. An important contribution of the thesis is the derivation of the conceptual framework for analysing corporate governance which places conduct at the centre of the understanding of corporate governance. I propose a conceptual framework by extending the concept of incomplete contracts to include expost observability/verifiability of the contracts between shareholders and managers. Strategic co-operation between shareholders and managers is only feasible in the procedural justice mode. Deliberation between the contracting parties is identified as the centre piece of corporate governance. Managerial decision behaviour is shown to be endogenous to the corporate governance framework. A number of empirical issues emerge from the conceptual framework. We examine two of these using panel data techniques and data on 218 manufacturing firms and the complete list of 44 authorised financial institutions observed over a six year period, 1987-88 to 1994-95. I examine whether there is a case for deliberation in a corporate governance framework given that the procedural justice mode is the only basis of strategic co-operation. The second issue that was evaluated relates to the implications of the adoption of a dominant strategy by shareholders given that the UK corporate governance framework places a primary reliance on the market for corporate control. My evidence shows that firm-specific factors are important in control changes as measured by top management turnover. Thus the crucial recommendation of the procedural justice based corporate governance framework, that deliberation will have to be an integral component of the corporate governance framework, has been validated by the empirical analysis. In the absence of strategic co-operation based on procedural justice mode the conceptual framework proposed envisages the adoption of dominant strategy by shareholders. The consequence of this will be an emphasis on power relations in the top management team in a bid to minimise their human capital risk. There will be ambiguity in the control changes as reflected by top management turnover. I also find evidence that demonstrates the role of power in control changes. Control changes as reflected by turnover of all directors and executive directors, in all the estimates, are found to be consistently related to CEO changes. Financial performance indicators are consistently inversely related to directors turnover in the manufacturing sector but their impact on directors as reflected by elasticity measures are very low. The effect of financial performance on the likelihood of CEO change is not sgnificant for all the measures used in the study. Thus the evidence shows that there is little accountability in the processes of corporate governance as reflected in the top management turnover. The conceptual framework proposed is not in conflict with the principal and agents framework. The empirical results have also been used to evaluate the significance of individual variables and compare and contrast with the findings of the existing literature on top management turnover. Analysis of the regulatory arrangement for authorised financial institutions has shown that the central banks act as the centrepiece of the control structure in the financial services sector. The role of the central banks in terms of corporate governance, however, has been to replace the conventional governance goal of shareholder wealth maximisation with concerns for depositors security and the stability of the financial system. There are very few studies on the functioning of corporate governance mechanisms in banks. Researchers are also increasingly interested in how corporate governance mechanisms in general, vary in different legal and regulatory environments. The study of the manufacturing and financial services sectors of the same country provides valuable evidence for this comparison of corporate governance under differing legal and regulatory arrangements.
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Andreé, Back Joakim. "Information efficiency of Swedish warrants- : Empirical tests of warrants quoted on the Swedish plain vanilla market." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Nationalekonomi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-16066.
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Due to the sharpen regulation of the Swedish plain vanilla warrant in 2006 and the recent increase in trade among private investors, this thesis examined the informa-tion efficiency of Swedish plain vanilla warrants. This was done in three different ways. First the theoretical Black & Scholes (B&S) price was tested against the ac-tual market price. Secondly likelihood ratio test statistics was used to see whether information regarding past returns added any information to that already captured by the implied volatility (IV) generated from observed warrant market prices via the B&S model. The third method used was a comparison of the IV´s among com-parable warrants. As the regulation of the Swedish plain vanilla warrant market states that only certified issuer are allowed short calls and puts, the self adjusting price mechanism found in the option market doesn’t exist on this market. As a con-sequence of this, investors on this market is reliant of accurate ask and bid prices from the issuers. Further, the information efficiency of a capital market is of es-sence for capital allocation, price discovery and risk management. The results from all three tests rejected the information efficiency hypothesis of the sample. Thus concluding that the included warrants in this thesis are none ideally for activities such as capital allocation, price discovery and risk management.
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Marston, Claire Lesley. "Company communications with analysts and fund managers : a study of the investor relations activities of large UK quoted companies." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.339004.
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Sanusi, Muhammad Surajo. "Market efficiency, volatility behaviour and asset pricing analysis of the oil & gas companies quoted on the London Stock Exchange." Thesis, Robert Gordon University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1243.
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This research assessed market efficiency, volatility behaviour, asset pricing, and oil price risk exposure of the oil and gas companies quoted on the London Stock Exchange with the aim of providing fresh evidence on the pricing dynamics in this sector. In market efficiency analysis, efficient market hypothesis (EMH) and random walk hypothesis were tested using a mix of statistical tools such as Autocorrelation Function, Ljung-Box Q-Statistics, Runs Test, Variance Ratio Test, and BDS test for independence. To confirm the results from these parametric and non-parametric tools, technical trading and filter rules, and moving average based rules were also employed to assess the possibility of making abnormal profit from the stocks under study. In seasonality analysis, stock returns were tested for the day-of-the-week and month-of-the-year effects. Volatility processes, estimation, and forecasting were undertaken using both asymmetric and symmetric volatility models such as GARCH (1,1) and Threshold ARCH or TARCH (1,1,1) to investigate the volatility behaviour of stock returns. To determine the effect of an exogenous variable on volatility, Brent crude oil price was used in the models formulated as a variance regressor for the assessment of its impact on volatility. The models were then used to forecast the price volatility taking note of the forecasting errors for the determination of the most effective forecasting model. International oil price risk exposure of the oil and gas sector was measured using a multi-factor asset pricing model similar to that developed by Fama and French (1993). Factors used in the asset pricing model are assessed for statistical significance and relevance in the pricing of oil and gas stocks. Data used in the study were mainly the adjusted daily closing prices of oil and gas companies quoted on the exchange. Five indices of FTSE All Share, FTSE 100, FTSE UK Oil and Gas, FTSE UK Oil and Gas Producers, and FTSE AIM SS Oil and Gas were also included in the analysis. Our findings suggest that technical trading rules cannot be used to gain abnormal returns, which could be regarded as a sign for weak form market efficiency. The results from seasonality analysis have not shown any day-of-the-week or monthly effect in stock returns. The pattern of stock returns’ volatility can be estimated and forecasted, although the relationship between risk and return cannot be generalised. On a similar note, the relationship between volatility attributes and the efficient market hypothesis cannot be clearly established. However, we have established that volatility modelling can significantly measure the quantum of risk in the oil and gas sector. Market risk, oil price risk, size and book-to-market related factors in asset pricing models were found to be relevant in the determination of asset prices of the oil and gas companies.
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Silva, Ana Carolina Cuofano Gomes da. "O funcionamento dialógico em artigos de opinião dos anos finais do ensino fundamental." Universidade de São Paulo, 2017. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8162/tde-25042018-103856/.
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Nesta dissertação, o objetivo é analisar os artigos de opinião produzidos por estudantes dos anos finais do ensino fundamental de uma escola da rede pública da cidade de São Paulo. Está em foco a defesa de um ponto de vista sobre o tema O impeachment de Dilma Rousseff, em que as relações dialógicas foram estabelecidas com diferentes vozes apresentadas em discursos da mídia impressa e digital, no período de abril e maio de 2016. A fundamentação teórica centra-se nos conceitos de M. Bakhtin e o Círculo tais como esfera de circulação, enunciado concreto, discurso citado e na perspectiva ideológica dos estudos de letramento de Brian Street. O artigo de opinião como gênero do discurso está prescrito nos Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais (PCNs) como texto argumentativo a ser ensinado nas práticas de leitura e de produção escrita. Esta pesquisa apresentou uma proposta didática dialógica a quatro turmas do 9º ano em três momentos: leitura da coletânea, pesquisa e discussão dos textos; produção de texto (versão 1); revisão e produção de texto (versão 2). Tendo a concepção de escrita como um processo de compreensão responsiva foram selecionados 38 artigos a partir de dois critérios: i) o discurso citado: paráfrase, uso de aspas e cópia ii) a formulação expressiva nos títulos. A análise da apreensão dos discursos da coletânea considerou o engendramento ativo dos sujeitos na produção de sentidos e os vários leitores do artigo: colegas de turma e a professora. No conjunto dos artigos de opinião sobre o tema do impeachment de Dilma Rousseff, foram identificadas quatro formas de argumentação: i) paráfrase; ii) uso de aspas na marcação do discurso alheio; iii) cópia de trechos da coletânea; iv) posicionamento valorativo nos títulos. O resultado da produção dos estudantes mostrou uma diversidade de posições a favor ou contra a situação política polarizada entre pró e contra Dilma. Os recursos argumentativos recuperaram os debates tensos e conflitantes que aconteciam nas ruas e no Congresso Nacional brasileiro. E mostraram diferentes compreensões sobre a mesma informação, sinalizando que o trabalho com a escrita não está desvinculado dos contextos sócio-históricos das práticas letradas dos estudantes, mas refletem e refratam os textos-fonte. Compreender cada texto como resposta ao discurso do outro é proposta de atividade dialógica, um trabalho com discurso político nas aulas de português.<br>This dissertation aims to analyze the opinion upon articles produced by senior elementary school students from a state school in São Paulo, Brazil. It focuses on a point of view regarding the theme \"The Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff \" in which the dialogic relations were established by different voices found in speeches shown in the printed and digital media, between April and May 2016. The central theoretical framework is based on the concepts set by M. Bakhtin and the Circle such as the sphere of circulation\", \"utterance\", \"quoted speech\" as well as on the ideological perspective of Brian Street literacy studies. The opinion article as discourse gender is prescribed in the Brazilian National Curricular Parametres (PCNs) as an argumentative text to be taught in the practices of reading and writing production. This research displayed a didactic dialogic proposal to four 9th grade groups which was divided in three different moments: the reading of the compilation, researches and discussion on the texts; text production (version 1); revision and text production (version 2). Considering the conception of writing as a process of responsive understanding 39 articles were selected based on two criteria: i) the quoted speech: paraphrase, the use of quotation marks and copy; ii) the expressive formulation in the titles. The analysis of the apprehension of the speeches on the collection considered the active engendering of the subjects in the production of meanings and the different readers of the article: classmates and the teacher. In the set of the opinion articles regarding the theme Dilma Rousseffs impeachment, four types of argument were identified: i) paraphrase; ii) the use of quotes in the mark of the others speech, iii) copy of excerpts from the compilation; iv) valuation positioning in the titles. The result of students production showed a diversity of positions in favour or against the polarized political situation between pros and cons about Dilmas impeachment. The argumentative resources recovered the tense and conflicting debates have taken place on the streets and in the Brazilian National Congress. And they showed different understandings of the same information, signaling that the writing project is not detached from the socio-historical contexts of literacy practices of students, but reflect and refract the source texts. Understanding each text as a response to the others speech is the dialogic activity proposed: a work on the political speech in the Portuguese class.
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Moaveni, Ameneh, and Malin Ljungberg. "Verkligt värde : implementation of IAS 40 in quoted real estate companies on the Stockholm stock exchange, and effect on the company key ratios." Thesis, Södertörn University College, School of Business Studies, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-762.
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<p>Background: Within real estate companies assets according to IFRS/ IAS 40 should be valued at fair value, to compare with previous valuation criteria according to which real estate should valued at cost. Two models can be used within IAS 40, these are value at cost and fair value. When valued at cost the real estate value in the balance sheet should be specified at cost. The method chosen by the company should be used for all real estate within the company except for the premises used by the company. </p><p>Purpose: The purpose of the study is to analyse and evaluate how real estate companies experienced the problems that arose when converting to IAS 40, and to analyse the effects on the companies key ratios as a result of the change of accounting method. Key ratios examined were, return on equity, solvency ratio, P/E-ratio and debt/equity ratio. </p><p>Method: The essay is made on a qualitative effort in the form of four interviews with experts within the chosen subject area. The compilation of key ratio is made in a quantitative form and is made up of secondary data. Conclusions: With the implementing of IAS 40 for real estate accounting, the ability to better compare the accounting between real estate companies increased, even though all companies do not account for their real estate in the same way. It appeared that the regulation requirements need to be adjusted and formed in a way that better matches the reality in which real estate companies act. Valuation with fair value proved to have both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage was that the comparability and the fair picture between real estate companies increased. The disadvantage was that the valuation of the fair value gives an increased risk for the real estate companies to be over- or undervalued. A wrong valuation gives a wrong picture of the real estate companies and effects the key ratios in a volatile manner.</p>
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Gonçalves, Kamila [UNESP]. "A relação com o discurso citado em postagens no Facebook: o caso da página “Brasileiríssimos”." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/154066.
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Previous issue date: 2018-04-27<br>Pró-Reitoria de Extensão Universitária (PROEX UNESP)<br>Esse trabalho propõe uma análise das relações dialógicas estabelecidas entre o eu e o outro, os quais podem ser ocupados por diferentes sujeitos a partir do espaço de dizer que ocupam na página, essas relações acontecem através da interação com as citações de músicas e literatura, as quais chamamos de produtos culturais, estas feitas em postagens do Facebook; em uma página específica chamada “Brasileiríssimos”. A página se considera e afirma ser um “projeto” de divulgação da cultura brasileira, em que há uma concepção de cultura por parte da mesma, a qual estabelece com seus seguidores uma relação contratual, visto que as interações são sempre positivas, salvo raros casos, em relação ao discurso citado. Identificamos, quando das análises, a relação dialógica dos sujeitos, a partir da relação do discurso citado e dos comentários que posicionam cada um positivamente diante do conteúdo postado. A dialogia é esse confronto das entoações e dos sistemas de valores, que posicionam as mais variadas visões de mundo dentro de um campo de visão. Ainda na mesma direção, participar do diálogo significa ouvir, responder e, no caso da página, concordar. Além disso, podemos depreender, com a análise dos recortes, que as postagens estão aquém de um conjunto de regras, ou procedimentos formais, pois as colagens dão conta da construção textual dos sentidos, da dimensão dialógica da linguagem, e compreende as posições enunciativas assumidas pela página. Por se tratar de um espaço com características singulares, o lugar de dizer é delimitado pelo Facebook, em que há o espaço da postagem, o comentário da publicação, e o comentário do comentário. Sendo assim, o eu e o outro podem ser respectivamente: o seguidor e o a página, o seguidor e o discurso citado, o seguidor e os outros seguidores e a página e o discurso e outrem, ou seja, as relações eu e outro se modificam a partir do espaço que ocupam. Ademais, as relações de vozes na interação com o discurso citado coconstroem as imagens, tanto da página, como dos seguidores e, os sentidos são construído através da compreensão responsiva dos sujeitos frente aos enunciados. Na discussão proposta sobre os conceitos do Círculo, podemos perceber a construção de sentido causada pela forma como a citação é feita, como a página se coloca diante do discurso citado e como se dá a relação desta com o seguidor. Para as análises utilizamos conceitos do Círculo de Bakhtin, que falam sobre sujeito, linguagem, enunciado, dialogismo e citação; esses conceitos são critérios de análise dos textos citados; principalmente da forma como é feita a citação e das interações dos seguidores com essas postagens.<br>This research aims to analyze the stablished dialogical relations between the I and the other, that can be occupied by different subjects from the space of saying that they occupy on the page, these relations happen through the interaction with the quotes of songs and literature, which we call cultural products, these made in Facebook posts; on a specific page called “Brasileiríssimos”. The page is considered and claims to be a project that intents to publicize Brazilian culture, according to its own concept of what that is. There is a contractual relation between the page and its followers, given that the interactions about the quoted discourses are majorly positive. During the analysis, we were able to identify the dialogical relation between subjects that unfold from the quoted discourses and the comments that place each one of the subjects in a positive stance in relation to the content. Dialogy is a confrontation of intonations and value systems, which place the most varied visions about the world in a given position. Furthermore, engaging in a dialog means to listen to, respond to, and, on this page, agree with. Additionally, it is possible to learn, from the analysis, that the posts work beyond any set of rules or formal procedures, considering that the quotes cover the textual construction of meanings, the dialogical dimension of language and comprise the enunciative positions displayed by the page. Precisely because it is a space with unique singularities, the place of speech on Facebook is delimited, consisting of specific areas for the posts, the comments and the responses to the comments. Taking that into account, the I and the other could be, respectively: the follower and the page; the follower and the quoted discourse; the follower and other followers, and so on. In other words, the relation between the I the other are modified depending on the place they hold in each situation. Also worth noting, the relation of voices in interaction with the quoted discourses build, together, the image of both the page and the followers, whereas the meanings are built within the responsive comprehension of the subjects that interact with the utterances. On the proposed discussion about the concepts brought forth by the Circle of Bakhtin, it is possible to perceive the construction of meaning springing from the manner in which the citations are made, from how the page positions itself before the quoted discourses and from the relationship between the page and its followers. In order to make the analysis, concepts formulated by the Circle of Bakhtin were employed, especially the ones that approach the idea of subject, language, utterance, dialogism and citation.<br>PROEX - 0487
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Bessa, José Cezinaldo Rocha [UNESP]. "Dialogismo e construção da voz autoral na escrita do texto científico de jovens pesquisadores." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/138181.
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Previous issue date: 2016-03-17<br>Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)<br>Na presente tese, objetivamos examinar diálogos que constituem o dizer do jovem pesquisador (no caso, o estudante de mestrado) na escrita de artigos científicos, procurando observar como esses diálogos participam da construção da voz autoral nessa escrita e como colaboram com a constituição do estudante de mestrado como sujeito/pesquisador. O trabalho assume como orientação teórico-metodológica central a teoria/análise dialógica do discurso, em diálogo com contribuições de Maingueneau e Authier-Revuz sobre discurso citado/reportado/representação do discurso outro, e com estudiosos da escrita científica em perspectiva retórica, enunciativa e discursiva, dentre os quais destacamos Swales (1990), Boch (2013), Boch e Grossmann (2002), Hyland (2001, 2005, 2011), Pollet e Piette (2002), Petrić (2007, 2012) e Rinck e Mansour (2013). Privilegiando o enfoque qualitativo e uma análise de natureza interpretativa, nosso trabalho contempla o exame de 10 artigos científicos de estudantes de mestrado da grande área de Letras e Linguística publicados em anais de um evento da ABRALIN. O corpus analisado aponta, dentre outros achados, que, na escrita do artigo científico, o jovem pesquisador constrói o seu dizer utilizando-se de diferentes estratégias de estabelecer diálogo com a palavra do outro, algumas das quais relevam um trabalho criativo complexo e produtivo de apropriação e assimilação dos dizeres dos autores citados, enquanto outras denunciam problemas relativos à manipulação inapropriada do dizer do outro e das fontes citadas. Nossas conclusões reforçam, sobretudo, a complexidade do citar na escrita científica e as dificuldades do sujeito jovem/pesquisador no processo de familiarização com convenções da esfera acadêmico-científica e com o discurso disciplinar.<br>In this thesis work we aim at examining dialogs that form what is the young researcher sayings (the young researcher here is a master student) when he writes his scientific articles. We search to see how those dialogs take part in authorial-voice-construction and how that writing helps in the constitution of a researcher subject of the master course student. The dialogical analysis/theory of discourse guide the work as central orientation of theoretical-methodology nature, in dialogs with Maingueneau and Authier-Revuz contributions about quoted discourse, reported discourse and discourse representation of others. We also take into account scholars from scientific writing in rhetoric, enunciation and discursive perspectives, among them we stick out Swales (1990), Boch (2013), Boch and Grossmann (2002), Hyland (2001, 2005, 2011), Pollet and Piette (2002), Petrić (2007, 2012) and finally Rinck and Mansour (2013). Our work examines ten scientific essays of master course students of Arts (Letters and Linguistics), these works were published at ABRALIN (A national meeting of Linguistics) and we gave focus a kind of qualitative and interpretative nature to the analysis. The analyzed corpora point out that in writing a scientific essay the young researcher constructs his "sayings" using different strategies to establish dialog with others' words, some of those strategies reveal a kind of creative complex work, and it is productive in appropriate and assimilate of saying from scholars quoted, while others strategies show problems related to inappropriate manipulation of others' saying and resources quoted. Our conclusions reinforce the complex activity in quote when writing, during scientific production. We also show the difficulties young researcher has in the process of familiarization with conventions in scientific academic environment and disciplinary discourse.<br>CNPq: 141408/2012-0
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GHIONNI, CRIVELLI VISCONTI PAOLO. "L'intrasferibilità delle quote nella s.r.l." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/728.
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Lo studio ha ad oggetto l’intrasferibilità delle quote nella s.r.l. L’indagine prende le mosse da un’analisi empirica delle varie clausole di incedibilità esistenti nella prassi. L’eterogeneità delle convenzioni riscontrate pone il problema di verificare quali di esse siano riconducibili alla fattispecie di intrasferibilità legalmente rilevante ex art. 2469, comma 2°, c.c.
La tesi reputa che l’intrasferibilità legalmente rilevante sia soltanto quella assoluta, distinguendo il divieto di trasferimento per atto tra vivi da quello mortis causa. In questo secondo caso, infatti, non ricorre alcuna esigenza di tutela dei soci; bensì dei soli eredi del defunto, ai quali è impedito di far ingresso nella s.r.l., alla stregua di quanto accade nelle società personali. Infine, vengono analizzate l’intrasferibilità ad applicazione differenziata e quella relativa, in quanto non rientranti direttamente nell’ambito di applicazione dell’art. 2469, comma 2°, c.c.<br>The study concerns the non-transferability of the shares in limited liability company. The research analyses at first, from the empirical point of view, the different existing clauses of non-transferability in reality. The heterogeneity of the found conventions places the problem to verify which of them are referable to the legal case of non-transferability ex art. 2469, comma 2°, c.c.
The thesis deems that the legal relevant non-transferability is only that absolute, distinguishing the prohibition of transfer inter vivos from that mortis causa. In this second case, in fact, it does not subsist some requirement of associates protection; it needs, instead, to see the heirs reasons, who are prevented to became member of the company, as happens in partnerships. At last, is analyzed the non-transferability to differentiated application and that relative one, as not re-entering directly within application of the art. 2469, comma 2°, c.c.
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GHIONNI, CRIVELLI VISCONTI PAOLO. "L'intrasferibilità delle quote nella s.r.l." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/728.
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Lo studio ha ad oggetto l’intrasferibilità delle quote nella s.r.l. L’indagine prende le mosse da un’analisi empirica delle varie clausole di incedibilità esistenti nella prassi. L’eterogeneità delle convenzioni riscontrate pone il problema di verificare quali di esse siano riconducibili alla fattispecie di intrasferibilità legalmente rilevante ex art. 2469, comma 2°, c.c.
La tesi reputa che l’intrasferibilità legalmente rilevante sia soltanto quella assoluta, distinguendo il divieto di trasferimento per atto tra vivi da quello mortis causa. In questo secondo caso, infatti, non ricorre alcuna esigenza di tutela dei soci; bensì dei soli eredi del defunto, ai quali è impedito di far ingresso nella s.r.l., alla stregua di quanto accade nelle società personali. Infine, vengono analizzate l’intrasferibilità ad applicazione differenziata e quella relativa, in quanto non rientranti direttamente nell’ambito di applicazione dell’art. 2469, comma 2°, c.c.<br>The study concerns the non-transferability of the shares in limited liability company. The research analyses at first, from the empirical point of view, the different existing clauses of non-transferability in reality. The heterogeneity of the found conventions places the problem to verify which of them are referable to the legal case of non-transferability ex art. 2469, comma 2°, c.c.
The thesis deems that the legal relevant non-transferability is only that absolute, distinguishing the prohibition of transfer inter vivos from that mortis causa. In this second case, in fact, it does not subsist some requirement of associates protection; it needs, instead, to see the heirs reasons, who are prevented to became member of the company, as happens in partnerships. At last, is analyzed the non-transferability to differentiated application and that relative one, as not re-entering directly within application of the art. 2469, comma 2°, c.c.
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Manzo, Preceles Hernandez. "Implementation of tariff rate quotas in the Philippines." Diss., Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/289.
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Hughes, Gordon. "Scare quotes, towards an ontology of antisemitism." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ42241.pdf.
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Hagemeier, Nicholas E. "Physician-Pharmacist Communication: Quotes, Quandaries and Quality." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1424.
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Böhme-Mehner, Tatjana. "Nouvelle Chanson française – Identität oder Quote?" Bärenreiter Verlag, 2012. https://slub.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A72044.
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Tassinari, Aurelio. "Sistemi di quote in ambito nazionale ed europeo." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2016.
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La tesi si propone in una prima parte di introdurre importanti concetti quali la reale forma della Terra, la definizione di quota ortometrica ed ondulazione geoidica ed i riferimenti rispetto a cui esse si misurano: ciò è necessario per descrivere la quota Helmert, la quota dinamica e la quota normale, ossia i sistemi di quote corrette per gravità attualmente utilizzati.
Nella seconda parte le argomentazioni principali verteranno sui sistemi di riferimento verticali dei paesi europei e sull’importanza di unificare i datums in un’unica soluzione. Si elencheranno i vari tentativi di aggregazione dei sistemi che si sono susseguiti nella storia europea, con approfondimenti sulle loro caratteristiche e parametri statistici.
Nella terza ed ultima parte, si discuterà della realizzazione più moderna di un sistema di riferimento verticale comune ai paesi comunitari, e si indicheranno le sue differenze rispetto ai sistemi precedenti. Si concluderà l’elaborato con un breve accenno sul futuro dei datum verticali europei.
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Smyth, Rebecca M. D. "The QUOTE Study (Qualitative Understanding of Trial Experience)." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.502544.
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This thesis presents the QUOTE (Qualitative Understanding of Trial Experience) Study. The study explored women's views and experiences of participating in a large multi-centre randomised controlled trial - The Magpie Trial. The Magpie Trial was designed to test the hypothesis that in women with p're-eclampsia treatment with magnesium sulphate reduces the risk of eclampsia, and so improves outcome. Wqmen recruited to the Magpie Trial all had sufficiently severe pre-eclampsia to warrant consideration of magnesium sulphate for seizure prophylaxis. They were therefore being recruited at a time when they were likely to be having intensive monitoring, and there was often concern about their health and that of the baby. At present little is known about the experiences of pregnant women recruited to trials, especially when in potentially' life-threatening situations. Issues regarding the randomisation of pregnant women to trials have been identified as needing special consideration.
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Bean, David Hardy. "Understanding Quote-Tweet Usage During the COVID-19 Pandemic." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2021. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/9129.
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The Covid-19 pandemic first entered the international news cycle with mixed levels of concern. How did people across the globe react to first encounters with this virus? For many it was like seeing for the first time the spewing ash of a volcano, or the receding tides of a tsunami. Many reacted with disbelief, not knowing the proper course of action for themselves or for their community. This study explores the topics of discussion and reactions to the pandemic through the lens of quote-tweets--from the initial confusion and disbelief to the eventual politicization, economic closures, and reopening events. Quote-tweets are reactions to other tweets. This makes them idea to study opinions on various topics. If a tweet covers something interesting, often a quote-tweet will follow, displaying a reaction message tacked under the original message. This generates discussion about the topic in the original tweet. We gathered tweets from five of the first months of the pandemic and found several trends. Early on, collected quote-tweets were much more likely to discuss health-related topics such as symptoms, demographic information, or death. Conspiracy theories and disinformation also abounded during this time. Quote-tweet reactions were often short, simple, and expressing disbelief. Quote-tweets made up between 30 and 40 percent of all tweets streamed from twitter using search terms of Coronavirus and Covid-19. Later in our collected data, quote-tweets discussing the economy in relation to Covid-19 began to appear. They also grew more critical and political, often directing criticisms toward local or foreign government officials. Quote-tweet reactions followed suit and more often expressed criticisms and opinions of their own. Both agreement and disagreement increased over time. Although disasters often generate political debate, online discussion about the Covid-19 pandemic shifted dramatically over the course of this study. The trends of topics and opinions that make up these online discussions via quote-tweets and original tweets can inform health and emergency officials on trends to be found in pandemics and disasters to come.
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Pérez, Pérez Jorge. "Discapacidad y acción positiva: incentivación de la contratación laboral y cuotas de reserva de empleo." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/283938.
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La presente tesis doctoral aborda el estudio de las principales técnicas correctoras de la discriminación en el acceso al empleo y en el desarrollo de las relaciones laborales de las personas con discapacidad. Tras plantear el contenido de la normativa española e internacional en materia de igualdad de oportunidades, especialmente de los aspectos relacionados con la discapacidad, se procede a analizar este concepto y la terminología utilizada desde el punto de vista jurídico, proponiendo modificaciones que eviten la identificación exclusiva de la discapacidad con los aspectos médicos y nos permitan configurar un auténtico modelo social.
Una vez analizados los aspectos conceptuales, determinantes en esta materia por cuanto son la premisa de la delimitación del ámbito subjetivo de la normativa reguladora de los derechos de las personas con discapacidad, se analizan las medidas de acción positiva desde el punto de vista del derecho constitucional a la igualdad, y se procede a realizar un recorrido por el vasto catálogo de acciones que se han planteado para corregir las discriminaciones en este ámbito. La presencia de estas medidas positivas ha resultado determinante para la mejora de las condiciones de trabajo y de acceso al empleo de las personas con discapacidad, por lo que, aún cuando algunas de ellas han sido abiertamente cuestionadas, resulta imprescindible su mantenimiento y aun recomendable un reforzamiento de su utilización.
En los dos capítulos finales de la tesis se aborda el estudio en detalle de las dos medidas más utilizadas en el ámbito del empleo de las personas con discapacidad en España: las de incentivación económica de la contratación laboral de estas personas y las de reserva de empleo. Unas y otras han estado presentes en nuestra normativa desde hace tiempo, y siguen constituyendo el eje central de la lucha contra la discriminación de este colectivo.
El legislador mantiene importantes subvenciones, bonificaciones y reducciones de cuotas de la Seguridad Social, y otros incentivos económicos que han permitido suavizar, aunque sea levemente, las dificultades de las personas con discapacidad para acceder a un empleo y desarrollar un trabajo en condiciones de igualdad con el resto de trabajadores.
Por lo que hace referencia a las cuotas de reserva, resultan un mecanismo de acción positiva especialmente válido para corregir esas discriminaciones, si bien, a pesar del establecimiento de una modesta cuota del 2 por 100 para trabajadores con discapacidad en empresas de 50 o más trabajadores, y de la introducción de medidas alternativas al cumplimiento de la misma, el grado de cumplimiento sigue siendo, en estos momentos, decepcionante. Lo mismo cabría decir del empleo público, en el que la reserva del 7 por 100 en las ofertas públicas de empleo no ha conseguido siquiera generar un 2 por 100 de empleo real para las personas con discapacidad en nuestras Administraciones públicas.
Finalmente, se proponen modificaciones en nuestra normativa que permitan hacer más eficaces estos mecanismos impulsores de la igualdad de oportunidades y de la igualdad de trato de las personas con discapacidad en el ámbito del empleo, favoreciendo especialmente a aquellas que tienen especiales dificultades y corrigiendo ciertas prácticas en el uso de las medidas alternativas que razonablemente hacen dudar de su verdadera naturaleza como medidas de acción positiva.<br>The present doctoral thesis addresses the study of the main corrective techniques against discrimination in access to employment and development of labor relations for persons with disabilities. After discussing the content of both Spanish and international regulations in the field of equal opportunities, especially those aspects related to disability, this concept is then analyzed as well as the terminology used from a legal standpoint, and modifications are proposed in order to avoid the exclusive identification of disability with its medical aspects so that we can shape a real social model.
Once analyzed the conceptual aspects, determinant in this matter since they are the premise for the delimitation of the subjective ambit for the regulation of the rights for persons with disabilities, positive action measures are analyzed from the standpoint of the constitutional right to equality, and then we will proceed to make a journey through the vast catalogue of actions that have been proposed to correct discriminations in this ambit. The presence of these positive measures has turned out to be determinant to improve work conditions and access to employment for persons with disabilities, and therefore, and even though some of them have been openly questioned, it is indispensable to keep them and even advisable to enforce their use.
In the last two chapters of this thesis, an in-depth study of the two most frequent measures in the ambit of employment for persons with disabilities in Spain is presented: those related to economic incentives to hire these persons, and those related to job reservation. Both have been present in our regulation since long ago, and they continue to be the cornerstone of the fight against discrimination for this group.
The legislator maintains important subventions, subsidies and reductions to Social Security contributions, as well as other economic incentives that have allowed to smoothen, even if only slightly, the difficulties of the persons with disabilities to access employment and develop a job in equal conditions as the rest of workers.
Regarding reservation quotas, they turn out to be a mechanism of positive action especially valid to correct those discriminations, although, despite the establishment of a modest quota of 2% for workers with disabilities in companies with 50 or more employees, and the introduction of alternative measures to enforce its fulfillment, the degree of compliance continues to be, at present, disappointing. The same goes for public employment, where the 7% reservation for public job offers has not even managed to achieve a 2% of real employment for persons with disabilities in our public administrations.
Finally, some modifications to our regulation are proposed in order to try and make more effective those driving mechanisms for equal opportunities and equal treatment for persons with disabilities in the ambit of employment, especially favoring those with particular difficulties and correcting some practices in the use of alternative measures whose truly nature as positive action measures can be reasonably questioned.
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Hlavinková, Vítězslava. "OPTIMALIZACE ANALYTICKÉ METODY VÝPOČTU OPOTŘEBENÍ STAVEBNÍCH OBJEKTŮ." Doctoral thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Ústav soudního inženýrství, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-234316.
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The dissertation focuses on the problems associated with determining the amount of wear (finding the remaining technical values) that are being addressed. It deals with an overview of the different methods used. The basic premise of the thesis is a comprehensive overview of the calculation procedure and the methods used. This area of wear does not except the price regulation precisely defined procedure, nor are they addressed the circumstances in which that would be the method to be used. Various possible methods or inaccuracies may result in questioning the expert opinions as at trial. In conclusion of this dissertation is shown how the calculation procedure should wear for what purpose should be used and it is also proposed several alternatives.
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O'Keefe, Timothy William. "Extracting and Attributing Quotes in Text and Assessing them as Opinions." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12265.
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News articles often report on the opinions that salient people have about important issues. While it is possible to infer an opinion from a person's actions, it is much more common to demonstrate that a person holds an opinion by reporting on what they have said. These instances of speech are called reported speech, and in this thesis we set out to detect instances of reported speech, attribute them to their speaker, and to identify which instances provide evidence of an opinion. We first focus on extracting reported speech, which involves finding all acts of communication that are reported in an article. Previous work has approached this task with rule-based methods, however there are several factors that confound these approaches. To demonstrate this, we build a corpus of 965 news articles, where we mark all instances of speech. We then show that a supervised token-based approach outperforms all of our rule-based alternatives, even in extracting direct quotes. Next, we examine the problem of finding the speaker of each quote. For this task we annotate the same 965 news articles with links from each quote to its speaker. Using this, and three other corpora, we develop new methods and features for quote attribution, which achieve state-of-the-art accuracy on our corpus and strong results on the others. Having extracted quotes and determined who spoke them, we move on to the opinion mining part of our work. Most of the task definitions in opinion mining do not easily work with opinions in news, so we define a new task, where the aim is to classify whether quotes demonstrate support, neutrality, or opposition to a given position statement. This formulation improved annotator agreement when compared to our earlier annotation schemes. Using this we build an opinion corpus of 700 news documents covering 7 topics. In this thesis we do not attempt this full task, but we do present preliminary results.
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Espindola, Lucienne Claudete. ""Né", (eu) "acho" (que) e "aí" :: operadores argumentativos do texto falado /." Florianópolis, SC, 1998. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/77720.
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Melo, Lionete Neto Garcia. "O regionalismo na literatura de Guido Wilmar Sassi: um estudo dos contos "Piá", "Escola", "Amigo velho", "Cerração" e "Serragem" e do romance São Miguel." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSC, 2013. https://repositorio.ufsc.br/handle/123456789/106041.
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Alshareef, Abdulrhman. "Design and Development of a Quote Validation Tool for Arabic Scripts." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/23594.
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Over the past decade, there has been a tremendous development in e-publishing tools. The Arab world tendency towards electronic publishing has facilitated the prosperity of Arabic e-publishing over the Internet. Likewise, it has enabled the ordinary user to deploy documents, letters, opinions, and ideas with freedom and ease of use. Although freedom of expression should be guaranteed to everyone, it may be used to disseminate false or distorted information. This may lead to the loss of ordinary user's confidence in e-content. However, the user's confidence in e-content will increase if the credibility of the content is emphasized. There are many factors that challenge this task including not only the rapidly growth of Arabic digital publishing, the absent from control over electronic content, and the lack of e-publishing regulations and laws, but also how to develop an efficient framework to confirm the digital content authenticity. Therefore, the need to monitor the credibility of Internet content while maintaining freedom of expression to its users has become an urgent matter of debate. A flexible framework needs to be developed that will overcome these issues and allow for a comprehensible and comfortable content validation environment that would satisfy the end users' desires. This thesis proposes a framework that serves to confirm fundamental text authenticity in Arabic scripts on the Internet. This framework will demonstrate the design and the development of new quotes verification algorithm and the necessary components of framework design, development and implementation based on Service Oriented architecture.
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Giese, Curtis Paul. "A study of the Old Testament quote in Matthew 27:9,10." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1991. http://www.tren.com.
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Passante, Spaccapietra Tommaso. "Il mercato delle quote di emissione dei gas serra: prima attuazione." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2009. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/479/.
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Flos, Marianne Elisabeth. "William Shakespeare: the fools and folly in "As you like it", the first parto of "Henriy teh fourth", "Twelfth night" and "King lear"." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSC, 2013. https://repositorio.ufsc.br/handle/123456789/106109.
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Andersson, Filip, and Anders Pantzar. "Development of a mobile solution for delivering price quotes in the construction industry." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-24329.
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The rapid growth of the mobile consumer market has influenced companies to make their workplace digital and mobile, with the goal to remove ties to a physical workplace, increase productivity, and trivialize tedious tasks. The construction industry is in need of modernization; it is a competitive market and to get a contract it is vital to provide a reasonable price quote fast.This bachelor thesis was performed together with Byggwalle AB in Västerås with the objective to create a mobile solution for price quotes, based on an earlier experimental prototype. This thesis will look at how the manual price quote creation process can be sped up and made more transparent to build up trust between the companies and the customers. It will also look at the choices made when developing a mobile application for the construction industry, how to make it flexible enough to fit different kinds of businesses, and look at how the data is administrated using a web based administration system. The result of this thesis is a promotional prototype, which sped up the delivery of price quotes from 3 weeks to 3 hours, and will be distributed to selected companies for further testing in the near future. We hope that this product can change the way business is done in construction industry.
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Sadeddin, Marwan Fathi. "A study of Surat Al-Rahman: Explanation and analysis with quotes of interpreters." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289204.
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The study of this particular Sura was chosen due to a number of reasons, which we will list in detail in the forward sections and remaining chapters. In addition to the linguistic and artistic characteristics, the most important characteristic of Surat Al-Rahman lies in its structure and internal division. I found out that it was possible to break up this Sura into dramatic divisions that build up with events. Therefore, I innovatively distributed the verses into specific sections leading to the division of this study into four chapters besides the Introduction, Preface and the Epilogue. These four chapters walk hand-in-hand with the chronological order of the verses. Each chapter contains a period from the history of the creation. The first chapter discusses the period of pre-physical creation as known. The second chapter deals with the period of existence of the Universe and in particular the earth, which was prepared to be the dwelling for human beings. This period ends with the end of the world. The third and fourth chapters combined deal with the period of resurrection and judgment. The former deals with the state of the disobedient and the latter deals with the state of paradise and its dwellers. Those two chapters were supposed to be combined into one chapter from the drama point of view because they deal with one period. However, necessity dictated having two chapters due to the portion of the Sura dedicated to this period and the number of verses covered. The other reason is the internal artistic division of this Sura, which was marked with clear distinctions between the two kinds of people, the obedient and the disobedient. This study will try to explore the miraculous and the inimitability of the Qur'an, and in particular Surat Al-Rahman.
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Sterelyukhin, Alex. "Quantitative analysis of quota trading behaviour at the end of the quota year." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/2644.
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The Canadian supply management system offers some lessons for the design of a domestic permit trading system. One of the objectives of the domestic trading system is minimizing costs and maximizing the system's efficiency for participants and system administrators. This paper suggests that a permit trading system designed with a longer permit period and without a grace period can be more efficient than a system designed with a shorter permit period and a grace period for compliance. This study is based on Canadian Supply Management System experience and examines the Canadian dairy industry, where two different schemes (monthly and annual) have been used. Under the annual scheme, a strong compliance mechanism stimulates participants to exchange quotas during the dairy year (permit period) and does not require burdensome, non-compliance procedures after the permit period ends. The monthly scheme is characterized by a short permit period and a grace period for compliance. This study examines how these two schemes affect participants' behavior on the quota exchange. The empirical results show evidence of the influence of different schemes on farmers' behaviours regarding the quota exchange. As a conclusion, the paper recommends the use of a permit trading mechanism with a longer permit period and without a grace period for the design of a carbon trading system. The results support Barichello (2002), who developed the Canadian domestic permit trading scheme on the basis of receiving an offset from agricultural soil carbon sinks.
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Diaz, de Valdes Jose Manuel. "The constitutionality of electoral quotas for women." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:724b51c5-8686-4b44-aae9-4f67e05b6628.
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This thesis explores the constitutionality of compulsory electoral quotas for women imposed by law. The central question this thesis attempts to answer is what makes these quotas constitutional or unconstitutional in a given jurisdiction. A double methodology was employed to answer this question: theoretical and comparative. From a theoretical perspective, it is proposed that the constitutionality of electoral quotas for women depends on the approach that domestic legal orders adopt to four issues: political representation, equality, affirmative action and political rights. An additional crosscutting factor that influences the constitutionality of these quotas is gender, mainly through its effects on the understanding of political representation and equality. From the comparative law perspective, three jurisdictions were analysed: France, Spain and Mexico. After exploring these systems' approaches to political representation, equality, affirmative action and political rights, the process of adoption of electoral quotas for women is discussed, particularly the constitutional litigation about quota laws. Finally, the relationship between the theory and the practice of assessing the constitutionality of electoral quotas for women is analysed, concluding that although courts use a theoretical framework formed by political representation, equality, affirmative action and political rights, they adopt a somewhat simplistic approach to these issues, using only one of these theoretical factors as the primary determinant, often side-stepping the most controversial issues connected with these factors, and almost completly ignoring the particularities of the target group (women). Additionally, in each jurisdiction the decisions of the courts are also influenced by domestic political and legal factors.
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Mattijo-Bazugba, Angelina Julius. "Politics of gender quotas : what accounts for the relative success of gender quotas in the first South Sudanese elections?" Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/9756.
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The first South Sudanese elections in 2010 returned high proportions of women parliamentarians (32 per cent), largely as a result of gender quota provisions. In the case of post-conflict countries such as South Sudan, processes of political restructuring and constitutional ‘engineering’ can present opportunities for issues of women’s political representation to be institutionalised through gender quota laws. However, the gap between formal laws and their implementation in practice can result in uneven outcomes, particularly in the context of deeply entrenched patriarchal attitudes and customs. Furthermore, whilst the comparative literature underscores the importance of factors such as institutional environment, ‘goodness of fit’, and sanctions for non-compliance in explaining successful outcomes, such elements are routinely absent in sub-Saharan Africa. It is important, therefore, to explain the apparent success story of gender quotas in South Sudan. There are few in-depth stories of the implementation of gender quotas. As such, the mix of formal rules and informal norms that plays out in a particular context – i.e. the rules-in-use – has been asserted rather than captured in practice. The thesis argues that tracing these micro processes is particularly important in post-conflict cases where formal political institutions are fragile and embryonic. The thesis aims to: a) tell the story of the adoption and implementation of gender quotas in South Sudan; b) identify key actors (including political parties), institutional processes, practices, and exogenous and endogenous factors contributing to success; c) explore the role of rules-in-use in implementation; and d) problematise the ‘success’ of quotas and future prospects for women by examining formal and informal institutions and their design. The study employs documentary analysis, interviews and observation methods, using a broadly institutionalist approach. Intensive fieldwork in South Sudan was conducted for one year from July 2010 to 2011, including informal discussions and briefings with political, religious and local government elites, female parliamentarians, and experts in the media, international development and academia. The thesis argues that political institutions are gendered, and therefore the understanding of adoption and implementation processes and norms is crucial to understanding both the success and shortfalls of gender quotas. It argues that political elites matter because they frame popular mandates, strategic discourses and the authoritative drive for quotas. Analysing the interaction between old and new institutions, the thesis shows the impact of legacies on outcomes. It argues that institutional design matters because the use of reserved-seat quotas had unintended consequences which diluted the impact of gender quota on the wider system by concentrating women. Although women are not formally confined to quota seats, in practice female aspirants seeking mainstream candidacies encountered considerable resistance, demonstrating the existence of informal norms which constrained their access to political power. The success of gender quotas is fragile and future prospects for women’s representation are uncertain. Gender quotas are constitutionally enshrined and there is continued evidence of rhetorical support. However, the new political institutions are deeply permeated with traditional norms and power dynamics that blunt the reformist potential of quotas and reinforce the gender status quo. The thesis provides a benchmark study of women and political recruitment in South Sudan and contributes a new empirical case to the comparative gender quotas literature, as well as to the regional literature on gender in post-conflict contexts.
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Hofmann, Jürgen. "Von "Schnapphahn & Kallaputschni" nach "Mause Gorbitz"." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2007. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:swb:14-1176294748112-19957.
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Lee, Jae Woon 1979. "The concepts of "accident " and "bodily injury" in private international air law /." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=99143.
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Article 17 in the Warsaw Convention 1929, the core provision to all liability for passenger injury and death, has been the most litigated Article of the Warsaw Convention. The main reason for this is that the Warsaw Convention, the axis of private international air law, unfortunately did not provide clear definitions regarding "accident" and "bodily injury" in the Article 17. Its amendments, the Hague Protocol 1955 and the Guatemala Protocol 1971, did not succeed in clarifying the meanings. Although the Montreal Conference 1999 witnessed strong debates regarding the amendment of Article 17, the Montreal Convention 1999 did not succeed in changing Article 17. Since the Warsaw System did not provide definitions of "accident" and "bodily injury", each State has interpreted the two terms individually. Inconsistency in interpreting "accident" and "bodily injury" has emerged, since every State has a different jurisprudence. This phenomenon has created confusion in the international air transport community. In order to clear up the confusion, the International Civil Aviation Organization should amend Article 17 to specify and clarify the terms: "accident" and "bodily injury", while balancing the interests of all parties in the international air transport community.
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Chan, Ka Ming Camay. "The profitability of index futures spread arbitrage strategies with bid and ask index quotes." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2001. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/337.
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Dwyer, Gregory James. "The Dynamics of Bid and Ask Quotes Set by a Heterogeneously Informed Market Maker." Thesis, Discipline of Finance, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/4076.
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This paper studies the effects superiorly informed market makers have on the price formation process. Two models are developed in which the market maker receives some informative signal. In one version, the market maker receives an informative signal at the start of the day with which he assigns a probability to its correctness. In the other version, the market maker receives a fully informative signal at some random time throughout the day. By comparing the models to the Glosten and Milgrom (1985) model, it is shown that informed market makers are able to improve certain dimensions of market quality. Prices become more reflective of their true value, price discovery is enhanced, and trading costs for uninformed traders are decreased. These benefits to the market are further demonstrated through the development of simulations of the theoretical models.
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Goulart, Chrystianne. ""Janela" - elemento do ambiente construido. Uma abordagem psicologica da relação "homem-janela"." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSC, 1997. https://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/158124.
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Previous issue date: 1997<br>A dissertação elaborada tem como objeto de estudo um tipo de abertura, do ambiente construído, muito conhecida pelo ser humano - a "Janela". A janela é a responsável direta pela possibilidade de um contato com o exterior, seja através do fornecimento de luz natural, de vista ou de ar fresco à um ambiente interno. Por isso, ela exerce grande iniluência sobre este e, portanto, sobre seus usuários. O objetivo do trabalho é o estudo da relação 'homem-janela', através de uma abordagem psicológica. Buscou-se a investigação e obtenção dos atributos que as pessoas conferem à uma janela, à fim de contribuir para os poucos trabalhos existentes sobre este tema. O trabalho é dividido em duas partes: a conceitual e a experimental. A parte conceitual aborda definições da Ergonomia e da Arquitetura, enquanto ciências que regem esta Dissertação; a relação 'homem-ambiente construído'; alguns tipos de aberturas e, por fim, a "janela" - suas definições, sua história, importância, funções e beneficios gerados ao homem. Na parte experimental são apresentados os dois métodos utilizados no estudo: o "Método dos Qualificativos Associados", que foi aplicado junto à uma amostra de 200 pessoas, para a obtenção dos atributos que as pessoas conferem à janela; e o "Método das Constelações de Atributos", utilizado quando da organização em gráficos, dos resultados obtidos. A análise dos resultados demonstrou o desejo das pessoas por ambientes providos de janelas, e que além da importância das funções de iluminação, vista exterior e ventilação, tanto os homens quanto as mulheres, perceberam a janela como um elemento essencial para uma distração mental, uma sensação de liberdade, de vida, de saúde, de felicidade, ou seja, os aspectos funcionais e afetivos foram muito mais citados que os aspectos técnicos, tais como as formas, dimensões e tipos de janelas. Estes dados são importantes porque podem servir de base para auxiliar os projetistas na elaboração de projetos mais adequados ao ser humano. Além disso, os métodos apresentados são de grande valia, pois são simples, rápidos, eficientes e podem ser utilizados para estudos e projetos, tanto de Arquitetura quanto de Ergonomia.
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Goss, Stephen Richard. "Optimising milk production under quota." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.388910.
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Sadza, Peter Bernard. "Environmental Hypocrisy--or Environmental Quota?" W&M ScholarWorks, 2010. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626641.
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Reis, Fernando Soares dos. "Estudo e implementação de um "no-break" utilizando a tecnica dos "QRC-ZCS"." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSC, 1990. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/75636.
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80719.pdf: 9303589 bytes, checksum: 102ab262674aeee68ea8f6a317a86a36 (MD5)<br>Este trabalho consiste no estudo e implementação de um NO-BREAK empregando um Conversor Quase-Ressonante com Comutação na Passagem por Zero da Corrente (Quasi-Resonant Converter Zero-Current Switching - QRC-ZCS) associado a um inversor convencional do tipo 180o em ponte. A contribuição fundamental desta dissertação está no fato de apresentar uma tecnologia recente. Com conceitos totalmente novos (ex: comutação não dissipativa na realização de um equipamento para aplicações industriais. A grande característica desta nova tecnologia reside no fato de operar em altas freqüências sem que o rendimento seja prejudicado, reduzindo assim o peso e volume do equipamento. Neste trabalho é apresentado um estudo analítico do sistema com projeto e validações por simulação. Um protótipo de laboratório foi implementado e os resultados experimentais se mostraram satisfatórios.
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Latham, Jillian Anne. "Gender Quotas for Corporate Boards: Attitudes and Progression." Thesis, Curtin University, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89364.
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This constructivist-interpretivist research examined actors’ attitudes towards the prospect of legislated gender quotas for ASX200 boards in Australia. Thematic analysis demonstrated ongoing resistance towards board gender diversity, a preference for maintaining the status quo, and limited desire for structural change. A stark polarisation between actors who support and oppose board gender quotas was uncovered. These findings advance the board diversity literature and have implications for the progression of board gender composition in Australia.
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Binder, Nikola [Verfasser]. "Politische Repräsentation und Einfluss von Frauen in Ecuador : Quoten und ihre längerfristigen Auswirkungen / Nikola Binder." Bonn : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1077265328/34.
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Marchi, Rita de Cassia. ""Crianças espertas" : um retrato do "vicio da rua" em crianças pobres no centro de Florianopolis." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSC, 1994. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/76044.
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98120.pdf: 13399068 bytes, checksum: 060381abae0ed26b6a9ca8c24956b405 (MD5)<br>Este trabalho visa fornecer um retrato etnográfico do cotidano de crianças pobres no centro da cidade de Florianópolis, popularmente conhecidos como "meninos e meninas de rua", para uma comparação com retratos fornecidos pela literatura ficcional e jornalística sobre o tema. Também compara seus resultados com os de outras investigações etnográficas feitas no país. A pesquisa de campo realizou-se de abril a agosto de 1991, tendo sido feitas anteriormente várias outras aproximações ao universo do estudo. Através de uma convivência intensa com os sujeitos observados, busca-se uma descrição detalhada de vários aspectos de sua vida na rua, longe da supervisão dos pais, professores e instituições de atendimento. Assim, a sexualidade, o uso de drogas, as relações afetivas, a liderança, as estratégias de sobrevivência, a politização, as relações com a polícia, com instituições de atendimento e com a família, são investigadas como forma de se construir uma "ficção etnográfica".
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Emmel, Ina. "O "fazer" terminológico X o "fazer" tradutório. Uma aplicação prática na área de especialidade : tradutologia /." Florianópolis, SC, 1998. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/77375.
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