Dissertations / Theses: 'Spada'

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Sala, Clizia Anna <1987&gt. "Strategie traduttive per il sottotitolaggio della serie tv "Il Destino del Maestro di Spada"." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/1521.

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Gandini, Sebastiano <1987&gt. "La spada di Monna Yue. Proposta di traduzione di un romanzo wuxia di Jin Yong." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/12843.

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Sentendo oggi la definizione “arti marziali”, moltissime persone potrebbero assumere l’idea ci si stia riferendo alla cinematografia anziché al mondo letterario. In realtà, la cultura visiva contemporanea - film, icone, graphic novels, fumetti e i più recenti video games - è nata come conseguenza storica delle influenze generate dalla letteratura wuxia: il Romanzo d’arti marziali. Jin Yong (金庸, 1924-), pseudonimo di Cha Leung-yung (查良鏞), è uno dei più influenti romanzieri wuxia che hanno scritto in lingua cinese moderna. Con sede a Hong Kong, dal 1955 al 1972, ha composto più di 14 romanzi d’arti marziali e molti di essi sono stati, appunto, adattati in film, fiction televisive, fumetti e videogiochi. Il primo capitolo di questo elaborato ha l’obiettivo di presentare la storia della letteratura wuxia, senza la pretesa di risultare esaustivo sotto ogni punto di vista, a partire dalle sue radici fino alla “nuova scuola” degli anni ’50 di Hong Kong. Il secondo capitolo consiste invece nella traduzione dei primi tre capitoli di un romanzo di Jin Yong, l’ultimo finora, cronologicamente parlando, dal titolo Yuenu jian 越女劍 (La spada di Monna Yue), pubblicato in serie dal gennaio 1970. Il terzo capitolo, infine, presenta il commento traduttologico, compresa l’analisi delle peculiarità del testo, nonché le sue difficoltà e le seguenti strategie adottate.

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Bianchi, Denise <1995&gt. "Più simile a un guerriero che un guerriero - La spada nella cultura e nell'arte giapponese." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/17414.

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In questo elaborato, si vuole analizzare la spada come simbolo in svariati campi della cultura giapponese: la sua presenza e la sua simbologia nella mitologia, il suo ruolo nel creare il contesto sociale nel periodo Tokugawa (1603-1868), ciò che rappresentava nelle correnti filosofiche legate alla cultura bushi e infine tracciare un parallelo con la storia dell’arte e del design giapponese, ricercando nelle decorazioni delle montature temi e motivi che in qualche modo si ricollegano all’estetica nazionale. In particolare, l’analisi artistica è stata effettuata su una coppia di spade, lunga e corta, denominato daishō, attualmente conservate presso il Museo di Arte Orientale della città di Venezia.

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Dall'Armellina, Vittoria <1991&gt. "Potere dei simboli o simboli di potere? La spada lunga tra Vicino Oriente ed Egeo nel II millennio a.C." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/8223.

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Il lavoro include un catalogo delle spade lunghe vicino orientali ed egee, un'analisi delle fonti iconografiche e scritte e delle considerazioni sulla distribuzione e sullo sviluppo dell'arma. Ma il fine ultimo della tesi è quello di comprendere il significato sociale e simbolico di questa nuova tipologia di spada.

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MARISALDI, LUCA. "La biologia riproduttiva del pesce spada xiphias gladius e del tonno rosso atlantico thunnus thynnus nel mar mediterraneo: basi per una gestione sostenibile della pesca." Doctoral thesis, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11566/290113.

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Indagare la biologia riproduttiva e l'evoluzione contribuisce a definire un modello concettuale in grado di spiegare i processi che hanno permesso il successo di qualsiasi specie. L'emergere di caratteristiche anatomiche, di sviluppo e fisiologiche innovative che comportano un vantaggio selettivo è infatti strettamente legato al successo della strategia riproduttiva perché questo favorisce la sopravvivenza della specie. Inoltre, al giorno d'oggi, la comprensione delle strategie riproduttive è una chiave per un uso sostenibile delle risorse biologiche e per rispettare il principio di equità intergenerazionale, che consiste nel preservare le risorse naturali e l'ambiente a beneficio delle generazioni future. Gli obiettivi generali della presente tesi di dottorato erano 1) indagare la biologia riproduttiva del pesce spada Xiphias gladius e del tonno rosso atlantico Thunnus thynnus nel Mar Mediterraneo nel contesto della gestione della pesca e 2) far luce sull'evoluzione di alcune caratteristiche anatomiche, comportamentali e fisiologiche peculiari delle due specie. Gli obiettivi dettagliati sono forniti per ogni capitolo come segue 1) Assegnazione della maturità basata su criteri macroscopici validati dall'istologia: affrontare il declino dello stock di pesce spada del Mediterraneo (Xiphias gladius) - Obiettivi: i) migliorare la conoscenza della riproduzione del pesce spada nel Mediterraneo centrale e occidentale in termini di descrizione istologica degli stadi ovarici, tempi di riproduzione e dimensioni alla prima maturità (L50) ii) evidenziare l'importanza dell'indice gonadico (GI) come utile indicatore macroscopico attraverso la sua calibrazione con l'approccio istologico e la definizione di una soglia GI per discriminare le femmine sessualmente immature da quelle mature 2) Un approccio di assemblaggio de novo del trascrittoma chiarisce la dinamica della maturazione ovarica nel pesce spada (Xiphias gladius) - Obiettivi: i) elucidare i processi molecolari che guidano la maturazione ovarica ii) identificare i principali geni del pathway molecolare della steroidogenesi e disegnare una via ad-hoc per la sintesi e l'endocitosi della vitellogenina integrata con i risultati di espressione genica iii) caratterizzare un candidato recettore della vitellogenina iv) rendere i risultati liberamente disponibili attraverso un portale online dedicato 3) Quando il calore fa la differenza: il trascrittoma del tessuto termogenico del pesce spada Xiphias gladius - Obiettivi: i) fornire un toolbox molecolare per comprendere l'evoluzione dell'endotermia regionale nel pesce spada ii) espandere i risultati specie-specifici verso una più ampia esplorazione dell'evoluzione dell'endotermia nei vertebrati iii) contribuire alla conoscenza del tessuto termogenico a livello istologico 4) Assemblaggio de novo del trascrittoma, annotazione funzionale e caratterizzazione dello stadio larvale del tonno rosso atlantico (Thunnus thynnus) - Obiettivi: i) fornire alla comunità scientifica che attualmente lavora sull'allevamento larvale un trascrittoma pronto all'uso e annotato rappresentativo dello stadio larvale ii) identificare i pathways molecolari alla base degli alti tassi di crescita larvale attraverso un approccio comparativo con altre specie di pesci iii) individuare le famiglie di proteine in espansione iv) esplorare le funzioni biologiche associate ai trascritti che hanno un bias di utilizzo dei codoni più elevato 5) Un confronto del potenziale riproduttivo in femmine giovani e vecchie: un caso di studio sul tonno rosso atlantico nel Mar Mediterraneo - Obiettivi: i) chiarire il potenziale riproduttivo di vecchie e giovani femmine nel Mar Mediterraneo ii) caratterizzare l'espressione di mir-202 in giovani e vecchie femmine e tra periodi riproduttivi e non riproduttivi iii) identificare la localizzazione ovarica di mir-202 in ovari vitellogenici Investigating the reproductive biology and the evolution contributes to define a conceptual model able to explain the processes that allowed any species to succeed. The emergence of innovative anatomical, developmental and physiological features which entail a selective advantage is indeed tightly linked to the success of the reproductive strategy because this favours the species to survive. Furthermore, nowadays, understanding the reproductive strategies is a key for a sustainable use of the biological resources and to respect the principle of intergenerational equity, which consists in the preservation of natural resources and the environment for the benefit of future generations. The overall objectives of the present doctoral dissertation were 1) to investigate the reproductive biology of the swordfish Xiphias gladius and the Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus in the Mediterranean Sea in the context of the fishery management and 2) to shed light onto the evolution of some peculiar anatomical, behavioral and physiological features of the two species. The detailed objectives are provided for each chapter as follows 1) Maturity assignment based on histology-validated macroscopic criteria: tackling the stock decline of the Mediterranean swordfish (Xiphias gladius) • Aims: i) improving the knowledge of the swordfish reproduction in the central and western Mediterranean in terms of histological description of the ovarian stages, reproductive timing and size at first maturity (L50) ii) highlight the importance of the gonadic index (GI) as useful macroscopic indicator through its calibration with the histological approach and the definition of a GI threshold to discriminate sexually immature from mature females 2) A de novo transcriptome assembly approach elucidates the dynamics of ovarian maturation in the swordfish (Xiphias gladius) • Aims: i) elucidating the molecular processes driving the ovarian maturation ii) identifying the main genes of the molecular pathway of steroidogenesis and draw an ad-hoc pathway for the vitellogenin synthesis and uptake integrated with gene expression results iii) characterizing a candidate vitellogenin receptor iv) making the results freely available through a dedicated online portal 3) Some like it hot: the heater tissue transcriptome of the swordfish Xiphias gladius • Aims: i) providing a molecular toolbox to understand the evolution of the regional endothermy in the swordfish ii) expanding the species-specific findings towards the broader exploration of the evolution of endothermy in vertebrates iii) contributing to the knowledge on the heater tissue at a histological level 4) De novo transcriptome assembly, functional annotation and characterization of the Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) larval stage • Aims: i) providing the scientific community currently working on the larval rearing with a ready-to-use and annotated transcriptome representative of the larval stage ii) identifying the molecular pathways underlying the high larval growth rates through a comparative approach with other fish species iii) detecting the expanding protein families iv) exploring the biological functions associated with transcripts having higher codon usage bias 5) A comparison of reproductive potential in young and old females: a case study on the Atlantic bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean Sea • Aims: i) Elucidating the reproductive potential of old and young females in the Mediterranean Sea ii) characterizing the expression of mir-202 in young and old females and between reproductive and non-reproductive periods iii) identifying the mir-202 ovarian localization in vitellogenic ovaries

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RIGHI, TOMMASO. "Swordfish, Xiphias gladius (Linnaeus, 1758) genetic variability assessment within the Mediterranean Sea." Doctoral thesis, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11566/274524.

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La valutazione della variabilità e della struttura genetica delle popolazioni è un prerequisito essenziale per una gestione efficace delle specie ittiche. In questa tesi è stata studiata e descritta la struttura genetica del pesce spada (Xiphias gladius) nel Mar Mediterraneo. Inoltre, sono stati studiati cambiamenti temporali nella variabilità genetica del Mediterraneo confrontando campioni genetici raccolti nell'arco di vent'anni. Le strutture genetiche del pesce spada all'interno del Mar Mediterraneo e tra le popolazioni del NW-Atlantico e del Mediterraneo sono state indagate utilizzando sia 18 loci microsatelliti sia un dataset composto da più di 18.700 SNP identificati tramite la tecnica di sequenziamento RADseq. Il primo risultato mostra che entrambi i tipi di marcatori sono stati ugualmente in grado di identificare la differenziazione genetica inter-oceanica tra gli stock NW-Atlantico e Mediterraneo, incrementando la precisione nell'assegnare gli individui alle loro popolazioni originarie rispetto ai precedenti studi. In secondo luogo, a differenza degli studi precedenti, nonostante i bassi livelli di differenziazione osservati, l'analisi multivariata dei microsatelliti suggerisce un'eterogeneità genetica nel Mar Mediterraneo per la presenza di tre gruppi genetici. I risultati forniscono informazioni utili sulla struttura dello stock del pesce spada respingendo l'ipotesi di una singola popolazione mediterranea. La discontinuità tra le zone di riproduzione interne al Mediterraneo e l'istinto filopatrico del pesce spada verso queste zone potrebbe aver generato una differenziazione genetica tra le popolazioni anche su piccola scala all'interno del bacino del Mediterraneo. La seconda parte di questa tesi mira a determinare la stabilità temporale della variabilità genetica nella popolazione di pesce spada nel Mar Mediterraneo, considerata minacciata dall'eccessivo sforzo di pesca. Il modo più efficace per rilevare la perdita di variabilità genetica consiste nel confrontare campioni genetici raccolti nel tempo. A tale scopo, un dataset di sequenze mitocondriali di pesce spada mediterraneo campionati negli anni 90 e nei primi anni 2000 è stato confrontato con dati mtDNA omologhi ottenuti da campioni attuali per indagare la variazione genetica nella popolazione del pesce spada mediterraneo nell'arco di vent'anni. I risultati dell’indagine hanno rivelato che il pesce spada del Mediterraneo ha subito un impoverimento genetico negli ultimi vent'anni. Una perdita di variabilità mitocondriale in un così breve tempo potrebbe essere legata allo sforzo di pesca, in particolare dovuta al cambiamento nel tipo di attrezzi da pesca che, permettono la cattura più in profondità, potrebbero aver aumentato l'impatto della pesca sugli adulti, in particolare le femmine, riducendo lo stock riproduttivo del pesce spada mediterraneo. I risultati di questa tesi sottolineano l'urgente necessità di rivalutare le strategie di gestione del pesce spada nel Mar Mediterraneo. Description of the genetic variability and population genetic patterns is a prerequisite for the effective management of fish species. In this thesis, the population structure of swordfish within the Mediterranean Sea was studied and described. Further, temporal changes in the genetic variability of the Mediterranean was investigated comparing genetic samples collected over twenty years. Genetic structure of the swordfish Xiphias gladius, within the Mediterranean Sea and between NW-Atlantic and Mediterranean populations have been investigated using both a panel of 18 microsatellite loci and >18,700 SNPs, obtained by RADseq. The first result shows that both marker types were equally able to identify inter-oceanic genetic differentiation among NW-Atlantic and Mediterranean stocks, increasing the ability to assign individuals to their population of origin compared to previous multi-locus works. Secondly, differently from previous studies, microsatellite multivariate analysis suggests the presence of three mixed genetic groups within the Mediterranean Sea. Despite the low differentiation, genetic heterogeneity within the Mediterranean Sea was detected. The results provide useful information on the stock structure of the swordfish rejecting the hypothesis of a single Mediterranean population. The discontinuity between Mediterranean spawning areas and philopatry instinct of swordfish towards these areas may have generated a weak degree of genetic differentiation between populations even at the intra-basin scale. The second part of this thesis aimed to determine the temporal stability of genetic variability in the threatened and overexploited Mediterranean swordfish population. The most powerful way to detect loss of genetic variation in exploited populations is the examination of genetic samples collected over time. An available mitochondrial sequences dataset of Mediterranean swordfish sampled in the 1990s and early 2000s has been compared with homologous mtDNA data obtained from current samples to investigate temporal genetic variation in Mediterranean swordfish population over near twenty years. Temporal investigation results revealed that Mediterranean swordfish has undergone genetic depletion during the last twenty years. Mitochondrial genetic changes observed in this study suggest that changes in the type of fishing gears, that reaching deeper depth, may have increased the impact of harvesting on adults, especially in female, affecting the spawning stock of Mediterranean swordfish,. The results from this thesis underlined the urgent necessity to re-evaluate the management strategies of the swordfish in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Codato, Alberto <1991&gt. ""Tutj nuj chonvigneremo andar per fil dela spada turchesca e però nuj tutj galioti avemo deliberado de morir qua suxo queste galie per esser caxa nostra e per niuno muodo nuj non volemo morir in tera". Il Diario di Nicolò Barbaro." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/6805.

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Edizione critico/diplomatica e storica del manoscritto originale del diario di Nicolò Barbaro, conservato alla Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana (Ital. Suppl. VII 746 (n° invent. 7666)). Lo scopo è di restituire la giusta collocazione a una delle fonti principali sull'assedio e la caduta di Costantinopoli.

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Häusner, Eva-Maria. "Att spara eller inte spara? : En kvantitativ enkätstudie av informationslagringssystem för vetenskapliga artiklar." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för ABM, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-174967.

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Abstract Purpose This thesis aims to focus on how master students administer scholarly articles after they have found them. The purpose of the study is to detect how and to what extent people administer their articles from a personal information management-perspective (PIM). Method To answer the research questions, a web-based questionnaire survey was distributed which was announced to around 2,000 master students from different universities in Sweden. Most of the items in the survey focused on individual storage methods. The respondents were asked to rate the frequency of their different information administration behaviors on a seven level Likert-type-scale. Subsequently, items concerning specific information administration behaviors were posed, followed by questions on the respondent's sociodemographic status. The results were based on overall 316 answers. Analysis The quantitative data was analyzed using non-parametric tests such as Friedmans-test, Kruskal-Wallis-analysis, Wilcoxon-Signed Rank-test, Mann-Whitney-U-test and Chi-square-test with the statistical computer program SPSS. Findings The findings generally confirm that the majority of the surveyed graduate students are using scholarly articles. Regarding their information management, it is as usual to store the whole article as it is to store the reference. Further it is more common to choose electronic storage methods for articles and references than to use physical methods. The results highlight that most of the students use several method types and use them to varying extent. Neither age, computer skills, duration of study or satisfaction with their way of information storage influenced the quantity of used methods. Regarding specific handling, the storing of article copies on the computer’s hard drive were most frequently used. The respondents preferred furthermore to read the articles on a screen rather than printed paper versions. The influencing factors of gender, age, computer skills, subject discipline were affecting the choice of methods. General conclusions about these influencing factors are, however, complicated by possible occurring confounders. Moreover, the method types were used to different extents depending of subject discipline. Originality/value Most previous PIM research is concentrating on how people store information in general. The dealing and administrating with specific types of information are, however, rarely discussed. In the context of scholarly articles did research predominantly focus on seeking structures and reading patterns. The step between finding and reading an article has so far not directly been addressed in academic research. The study therefore is unique in addressing information storage systems of scholarly articles on such a large scale. Knowledge about storage patterns will help journal publishers and librarians to design more targeted solutions for journal systems and improve services like courses in information seeking. Paper type Two years master’s thesis

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Harnesk, Malin. "Att spara eller inte att inte spara? : En paneldatastudie över bestämningsfaktorer för hushållens sparkvot." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Nationalekonomi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-118707.

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Karlsson, Robin. "Att spara eller inte spara : En jämförelsestudie i formmaterial vid gjutning av Prefab element." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-21667.

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Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka för vilka byggen det är mer ekonomiskt lönsamt för leverantör av prefabelement att använda sig utav engångsskiva eller formplyfa som formmaterial. I uppdrag av UBAB har en undersökning gjorts om vilket formmaterial som är det lönsammare alternativet vid produktion av trappor. Detta har gjorts genom att analysera processernas tidåtgång, materialkostnad samt totalkostnad. Arbetssätten skiljer sig mellan de olika formmaterialen och därför har arbetsmomentet kartlagts genom tidsstudier för indata och observationer för ytterligare förståelse om processerna. Genom intervjuer har en materialåtgång framkommit som tillsammans med informationen från tidsstudierna använts för att ta fram totalkostnaden. Resultatet visar att totalkostnaden för engångsskivan är större än vid användandet av den traditionella formplyfan. Endast första gjutet visar sig vara lönsammare med engångsskivan. För att engångsskivan ska vara ett kostnadseffektivt alternativ vid flera gjut behövs materialåtgången sänkas då kostnaden för den snabbt blir dubbelt så dyr som med formplyfan. Även om kostnaden för engångsskivan är större finns fortfarande fördelar och möjligheter till förbättring. Att utveckla standardiserade arbetssätt även för engångsskivan kan göra det mer tidseffektivt och genom att få ner materialåtgången kan göra engångsskivan till ett mer lönsamt alternativ. The purpose of this study is to determent what type of build it’s more economic profitable for the supplier of prefab element to use single-use sheets or form plywood as mold material. Tasked by UBAB a survey was made to see which of the mold materials’ the most profitable alternative in production of stairs. This was made through analyzing the processes time consumption, material cost and total cost. Working procedure is different between the mold materials and that is why the operations been charted through time studies for input and observations for a greater understanding of the processes. A material consumption has emerged through interviews that together with the information from the time studies been used to determent the total cost. The result shows that the total cost for the single-use sheet is greater than when using the traditional form plywood. Only the first cast turns out to be more profitable with the single-use sheet. For the single-use sheet to be a cost efficient alternative at multiple casts the material consumption must be lowered since the cost quickly becomes twice as expensive as form plywood. Even though the cost of single-use sheets is greater there are still benefits and possibilities for improvement. To develop standardized working procedures for the single-use sheet as well could make it more time efficient and by decreasing the material consumption could make the single-use sheet a more profitable alternative.

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Požela, Juras. "Partinė spauda Lietuvos politinėje komunikacijoje." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2011. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2006~D_20110709_151350-85106.

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Magistro darbo objektas – partinė spauda Lietuvos politinėje komunikacijoje. Darbo tikslas – išsiaiškinti partinės spaudos tendencijas politinėje komunikacijoje, atsakyti į klausimą kodėl jos atsisakoma ir kokios atsiranda alternatyvos. Pagrindiniai darbo uždaviniai – politinės komunikacijos vystymosi tendencijas, politinės komunikacijos sąveiką, išnagrinėti politinio dalyvavimo savivaldoje ypatumus. Iškelto tikslo buvo siekiama analizuojant politinės komunikacijos teorinį istorinį kontekstą, vystymosi tendencijas, nagrinėjant politikos sampratą Lietuvoje ir partinę spaudą, jos kitimą. Pirmoje magistro darbo dalyje nagrinėjau politinės komunikacijos teorinę dalį, žiniasklaidos, kaip politinės komunikacijos tarpininko tarp valdžios ir visuomenės, vaidmenį. Antroje darbo dalyje nagrinėju politikos ir politinių partijų specifiką. Didelis dėmesys skiriamas XX amžiaus pradžios Lietuvos partinei žiniasklaidai. Trečioje darbo dalyje buvo atliktas tyrimas, kuriuo buvo siekiama išsiaiškinti partijų požiūris į partinę spaudą. Rašant darbą buvo naudoti tyrimo metodai: - teorinėje darbo dalyje naudotas literatūros analizės ir sintezės metodas; - praktinėje darbo dalyje naudotas ekspertų apklausos metodas. Darbas gali būti įdomus ir naudingas žiniasklaidos priemonėms, politinėms partijoms, taip pat studentams, besidomintiems politine komunikacija, partine spauda ir viešosios informavimo priemonių vaidmeniu. Nowadays information and communication technologies plays an increasingly role in all the fields of the life. This concerns changes in the systems of mass media and political communication as well. The main role in political communication belongs to the mass media so for this reason it is very important to analyse its impact and transformations. In my master thesis I am exploring political press in Lithuanian political communication. Usually political communication is analysed as application of political marketing and political advertising during political campaigns. Objective of the diploma thesis is political press in Lithuanian political communication. The aim of the work is to detect tendencies of evolution of the political communication and party press, its impact to political daily agenda, peciuliarity of political participation in the governance. I reached the aim of the work by analysing theoretical and historical context of the political communication and political press, tendencies of evolution, role of the mass media in formulating opinion for publics. In the first part of the thesis I analysed theory of the political communication, roles of the mass media as the mediator of communication between the government and society. The second part of the thesis is dedicated to specify the role of the political parties in the structure of governance, its specifics. As well as to answer how it influences every day life of the society. Big part of the second part of the... [to full text]

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Billing, Mischa. "Dricks på studs till späda lamm." Örebro universitet, Restaurang- och hotellhögskolan, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-29879.

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DAVIDSON, ANDREW JOSEPH. "SPADE: SEMANTICALLY PRESERVING ABSTRACT DECOMPILER EXPERIMENT." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/190436.

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Persson, Robin, and Andreas Ahlin. "Hemautomation : Spara energi genom att automatisera hemmet." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för matematik och datavetenskap, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-36284.

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In today's society there is a significant focus on energy efficiency. Despite this, people leave lamps, televisions and computer screens etc. powered on unnecessarily. The goal of this project is to build a simple prototype for home automation where a user, via an application on a mobile phone, can switch on and off the power of an electrical products in the home and as well as being able to check whether such products are switched on or off. The prototype will also collect data on power consumption for these electrical products. This thesis describes the development of the prototype and addresses the choices made during the project. The project resulted in a prototype which after tests showed that there is potential to save energy by using home automation. Sammanfattning I dagens samhälle är det stor fokus på energieffektivisering. Trots detta låter många människor lampor, tv-apparater och datorskärmar med mera, stå påslagna helt i onödan. Målet med detta projekt är att bygga en enkel prototyp för hemautomation där en användare via en applikation på en mobiltelefon kan slå på och av strömmen för elektriska produkter i hemmet, samt se om dessa produkter är på eller avslagna. Prototypen ska också samla in data om strömförbrukningen för dessa elektriska produkter. Denna uppsats beskriver utvecklingen av prototypen och tar upp de val som har gjorts under projektets gång. Projektet resulterade i en prototyp som efter test visade att det finns potential att använda hemautomation till att spara ström.

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Farhangi, Siavash. "A numerical study of spade cell penetration." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.432022.

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Edeland, Charlotta, and Amanda Näsman. "Incitamentsstruktur för svenska ishallar att spara energi." Thesis, KTH, Energiteknik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-190207.

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Swedish ice rinks are in general owned by a municipality and are usually fundamentally landscaped during the years of 1980-1989. Many of the current facilities are outdated meaning that they are not energy efficient to the extent that they could be using modern technology and expertise. In most cases much of the heat generated when the ice is cooled is released in the ambient air and the heat required in the showers will in most cases come from the district heating network. In a modern facility, these two systems can be connected and essentially become self-sufficient. A transition to an energy efficient facility is a major investment that requires loads of time and money. It is a political decision that seems more or less attractive to take depending on existing conditions in the municipality. This report intends to highlight the incentives to switch to a more energy-efficient ice rink facility as well as how the structure of the municipality should be implemented in order to achieve a sustainable energy supply for the ice rinks in the long term. The report will account for the technical part of how ice rink works, and explain the different organizational and ownership structures that apply to different municipalities in order to easier understand on what basis decisions are taken. The study is complemented with a qualitative analysis study in which a number of municipalities have been interviewed on the subject. Within the framework of the technical background, the results from the literature study and the empirical data, we have been able to see that it is, above all, the economic achievements and the municipality's environmental goals which are the main incentives to invest in energy-efficient ice rinks. Although the incentives are clear, the structure of their implementation is not. It requires that the municipality has skilled and motivated people at all levels in the organization and that the municipality has a holistic investment perspective, where we look at the lifecycle of the investment. If the municipality has a common picture of how the work of the municipality shall be conducted it reduces the risk of split incentives arising from the shared ownership structure for the ice rink. Sveriges ishallar ägs av verksamheter inom kommunerna och är i grunden anlagda under åren 1980-1989. Att många av dagens anläggningar är föråldrade medför att de inte är energieffektiva i den mån det skulle kunna vara med modern teknik och kompetens. Till exempel släpps i de flesta fall mycket av den värme som genereras när isen kyls ut i omgivningsluften och värmen som värmer upp bland annat duscharna i omklädningsrum kommer i vissa fall från fjärrvärmenätet. I en modern anläggning kan dessa två system istället kopplas ihop och bli, till stor del, självförsörjande. En omställning till en energieffektiv anläggning är en stor investering som kräver tid och pengar. Det är ett politiskt beslut som förefaller mer eller mindre attraktivt att ta beroende vika förutsättningar en kommun har. Denna rapport ämnar belysa vilka incitament som finns att ställa om till en energieffektiv ishallanläggning samt vilken struktur kommunen bör tillämpa för att kunna uppnå en hållbar energiförsörjning på sikt. Rapporten kommer dels att redogöra för den tekniska delen om hur en anläggning fungerar samt dels redogöra för vilka olika organisations-och ägarstrukturer som gäller för olika kommuners ishallar för att enklare förstå på vilka grunder beslut tas. Studierna kompletteras med en kvalitativ studie där ett antal kommuner har intervjuats på ämnet. Inom den ramen för den tekniska bakgrunden samt resultatet från litteraturstudien och empirin har vi kunnat se att det framförallt är de ekonomiska vinningar och kommunens uppsatta miljömål som är de främsta incitamenten att investera i energieffektiva ishallar. Trots att incitamenten är tydliga är strukturen för hur dessa genomförs inte lika tydlig. Det krävs att kommunen har kunniga och drivna personer på alla nivåer i organsationen samt att kommunen har ett holistiskt investeringsperspektiv, där man ser till hela investeringens livslängd. Om kommunen har en gemensam bild av hur arbetet i kommunen ska bedrivas minskar risken för att delade incitament uppstår till följd av de en delad ägarstuktur för ishallen.

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Hellberg, Erica, and Therese Lindström. "Vad får användare att spara i Dreams?" Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-446305.

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The younger generation shows a different consumption behavior compared to previousgenerations where the attitude towards debt and loans is more relaxed. In addition, manypeople also experience difficulties with saving money and the human brain is a major factorin the connection between money and consumption behavior. Dreams is an application whereyou can save money and they argue that they increase the user’s wellbeing, feeling of safetyand motivation towards saving money. Dreams is designed for the users to be able to savemoney in an easy, fun and innovative way. The black background with white text bothclarifies and creates contrast for the user. This qualitative study that is based on semistructured interviews will analyze how Dreams persuade their users to save money. The studyis based on Fogg’s behavior model for persuasive design and Persuasive system designmodel. Both models explain persuasive design that influences behavior. The results show thatthere are design factors that contribute to users saving in Dreams as well as design factorsthat would make Dreams more persuasive. Den yngre generationen visar ett annorlunda konsumtionsbeteende jämfört med tidigaregenerationer, där inställningen till skulder och lån är mer avslappnad. Dessutom upplevermånga svårigheter med att spara pengar och den mänskliga hjärnan är en stor faktor ikopplingen mellan pengar och konsumtionsbeteende. Dreams är en app där man kan sparapengar och de argumenterar att de ökar användarens välmående, trygghet och motivation attspara pengar. Dreams är designad för att användarna ska kunna spara pengar på ett enkelt,roligt och innovativt sätt. Den svarta bakgrunden och vita texten som tydliggör och skaparkontraster för användaren. Den här kvalitativ studien som är baserad på semistruktureradeintervjuer kommer analysera hur Dreams övertygar sina användare att spara pengar. Studienutgår från Foggs beteendemodell och Persuasive system design model. Båda modellernaförklarar övertygande design som påverkar beteende. Resultatet visar att det finnsdesignfaktorer som bidrar till att användare sparar i Dreams samt designfaktorer som skullegöra Dreams mer övertygande.

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Holma, J. (Jouni). "FPGA controlled SPAD matrix test environment." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2013. http://jultika.oulu.fi/Record/nbnfioulu-201312062025.

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Abstract. Test environments for two SPAD matrix ICs are designed and implemented in this work. The matrixes are designed as a receiver of a Raman spectrometer. The aim of the work is a computer driven system that can perform SPAD matrix measurements according to the requirements. The background of the test environments describes the function of the SPAD and the quenching circuit. Besides, the structures and functionalities of the related ICs are presented. The work is about building two separate systems including computer software, a USB data converter on a PCB, an FPGA development board and a PCB for the IC. The user controls the measurements setting measurement parameters, monitors the measurements and reads the measurement results via the software. The results can be saved in an appropriate format that can be post-processed in Matlab. The communication between the computer and the measurement tools runs over USB. The USB data converter is an interface between the USB and FPGA. The FPGA is a controller that reads the measurement results from the IC, stores them temporarily and sends them to the computer. Besides, the FPGA holds the measurement settings. The PCB around the IC is a platform that offers connectivity to voltages, control and data. Measurements were performed in order to find out how suitable the SPAD matrixes are acting as a receiver of a Raman spectrometer. It was found that a timing signal of the time gated IC reaches all the elements within 60 ps. The timing homogeneity of the other IC was estimated based on the distributions of the TDC generated time window related code words. The mean parameters from the distributions showed the delay difference between the fastest and the slowest element was 180 ps.FPGA:n ohjaama SPAD-matriisin testausympäristö. Tiivistelmä. Tässä työssä suunnitellaan ja toteutetaan testausympäristö kahdelle IC-piirille rakennetulle SPAD-matriisille. Matriisit on suunniteltu Raman-spektrometrin vastaanottimeksi. Tavoitteena on tietokoneella ohjattava järjestelmä, joka kykenee suorittamaan mittauksia SPAD-matriiseilla niille asetettujen vaatimusten mukaisesti. Testausympäristön taustaosiossa kuvataan SPADin ja sammutuspiirin toiminta. Lisäksi molempien testausympäristöön liittyvien IC-piirien rakenteet ja toiminnallisuudet esitellään. Varsinainessa työosiossa rakennetaan kaksi erillistä järjestelmää, joihin kuuluvat tietokoneen mittausohjelma, piirilevylle toteutettu USB-datamuunnin, FPGA-kehitysalusta sekä IC:n ympärille rakennettu testikortti. Käyttäjä ohjaa mittauksia mittausohjelmalla syöttäen mittausparametreja, kontrolloimalla mittauksia ja lukemalla mittaustulokset. Tulokset voidaan tarvittaessa tallentaa muotoon, jota voidaan jatkokäsitellä esimerkiksi matlabilla. Kommunikaatio mittausjärjestelmän kanssa tapahtuu USB-protokollan yli. USB-datamuunnin toimii rajapintana USB-protokollan ja FPGA:n välillä. FPGA toimii kontrollerina, jonka tehtävinä ovat mittaustulosten lukeminen IC-piiriltä, välivarastointi ja lähettäminen tietokoneelle sekä mittausasetusten asettaminen. IC:n ympärille rakennettu testikortti toimii fyysisenä alustana, joka tarjoaa IC:lle jännite-, ohjaus- ja dataliittimet. Testausympäristössä suoritettiin mittauksia, joilla selvitettiin SPAD-matriisien soveltuvuutta Raman-spektrometrin vastaanottimeksi. Mittauksissa havaittiin, että aikaportitetussa piirissä ajoitusmerkki saapui kaikkiin SPAD elementteihin 60 ps sisällä. Toisen piirin mittauksissa ajoituksen homogeenisyyttä arvioitiin TDC:n generoimien koodisanojen jakauman perusteella. Jakaumista poimittujen keskiarvoparametrin perusteella nopeimman ja hitaimman elementin välinen erotus oli 180 ps.

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Talala, T. (Tuomo). "SPAD-rivisensorin ajoitusepäideaalisuuksien kompensointimenetelmiä aikaportitettuun ramanspektroskopiaan." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2018. http://jultika.oulu.fi/Record/nbnfioulu-201812113257.

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Tiivistelmä. Työssä selvitettiin aikaportitetussa ramanspektroskopiassa käytettävän CMOS SPAD -rivisensorin ajoitusvirheiden vaikutusta mitattuun ramanspektriin ja kehitettiin menetelmiä ajoitusvirheiden määritykseen sekä spektriin ajoitusvirheistä aiheutuvien vääristymien korjaamiseen. Lisäksi selvitettiin ajoitusvirheiden korjaamisen kannalta aikaerotteiselle sensorille sopiva aikaresoluutio. Ramanspektroskopian suurimpia ongelmia on näytteiden voimakas fluoresenssi, jonka seasta ramansirontaa on vaikea havaita. Mittauksen aikaportitus on tehokas keino fluoresenssin vähentämiseksi. Mittauksen signaali-kohinasuhteen kannalta optimaalisesti asetetun aikaportin loppuhetkellä fluoresenssitaso on lähellä huippuaan. Tästä johtuen voimakkaasti fluoresoivan näytteen tapauksessa pieni poikkeama aikaportin loppuhetkessä vaikuttaa merkittävästi havaittujen fotonien määrään ja kun spektri mitataan monikanavaisella sensorilla, aikaportin loppuhetken vaihtelu kanavien välillä vääristää spektriä. Vääristymän suuruuteen vaikuttaa aikaportin loppuhetken ajallisen vaihtelun lisäksi näytteen fluoresenssitaso ja fluoresenssin aikavakio. Ajoitusvirheiden määritykseen kehitettyjä menetelmiä voidaan käyttää ramanspektrometrin ollessa normaalissa toimintatilassaan ilman erityistä karakterisointilaitteistoa. Nopean menetelmän käyttöön tarvitaan vain kalibrointinäyte, jonka fluoresenssin aikavakio on lyhyt suhteessa käytetyn laserin pulssin leveyteen. Tarkempaan ja hitaampaan menetelmään tarvitaan lisäksi tarkasti säädettävä optinen tai sähköinen viive-elementti. Ajoitusvirheistä aiheutuvaa spektrin vääristymistä voidaan kompensoida mittaustulosten jälkikäsittelyssä kompensointimenetelmien tehokkuuden riippuessa olennaisesti ajoitusvirheiden määrityksen tarkkuudesta. Tehtyjen mittausten perusteella spektrien luettavuutta voidaan parantaa kompensointimenetelmillä merkittävästi ja kompensoinnin avulla spektreistä voidaan löytää yksityiskohtia, joiden havaitseminen olisi ilman kompensointia mahdotonta. Tarkemmalla menetelmällä spektrin vääristymiä saatiin vähennettyä koko spektrin alueella yli 70% ja nopeammallakin menetelmällä yli 50%. Kehitettyjen menetelmien kannalta aikaportitettuun ramanspektroskopiaan käytettävän sensorin aikaresoluutioksi sopii nykyisten laserien ja SPAD-ilmaisinten arvoilla noin 50 ps.Timing skew compensation methods for time-gated Raman spectroscopy. Abstract. Distortion in Raman spectrum, caused by a timing skew of a time-resolved CMOS SPAD line sensor, was studied. Then methods for resolving the timing skew and to compensate for its effects on the Raman spectrum were developed. Suitable temporal resolution for a time-resolved sensor to be used in time-gated Raman spectroscopy was also considered. The measured Raman spectrum is masked by a strong fluorescence background in many applications. Efficient fluorescence suppression can be achieved with time gating. With a highly fluorescent sample and a time gate set to an optimal time position, fluorescence level is very high at the point where time gate closes. Because of high fluorescence level even a small variation in the time gate end point makes the number of detected photons vary significantly. Variation along the spectral points of a sensor creates distortion to the Raman spectrum. The magnitude of distortion caused by the timing skew depends on the fluorescence level and lifetime of a sample and on the size of the timing skew. Methods developed for resolving the timing skew can be used when Raman spectrometer is in a normal operating mode. Only a calibration sample with a short fluorescence lifetime and an adjustable delay line (optical or electrical) is needed. Distortion in the Raman spectrum caused by the timing skew can be reduced noticeably with post processing, the efficiency of which depends on the precision of a timing skew measurement. Two post processing methods were used and according to measurement results, the quality of measured Raman spectrum can be improved significantly with the post processing methods presented. With a more precise method distortion could be decreased by more than 70% and with a quick method by more than 50%. Considering the developed methods and the lasers and SPAD detectors available at the time, suitable temporal resolution for a sensor to be used in time-gated Raman spectroscopy is about 50 ps.

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Životkevičiūtė, Violeta. "Vilniaus periodinė spauda ir visuomenė 1797 - 1832 metais." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2005. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2005~D_20050610_143651-35737.

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The Vilnius press at the beginning of the 19th century was made of four types of news media: political and satirical newspapers, scientific and cultural journals. Each type of news media had specific kind of information. Political newspapers informed about political and military events of Russia Empire and foreign countries. News from Lithuania was rare and considered mostly Vilnius city. Scientific news media was made of three type’s journals: 1) propagated different kind of sciences. This type of scientific journal aimed to propagate science not only for clerisy, but for wider reader’s auditory; 2) informed about scientific work of Vilnius and foreign universities; 3) journals set for medicine. There were two satirical newspapers in Vilnius. Their main aim was to criticize the faulty way of life of nobility and officers. Cultural news media published fiction, history article, informed about cultural life of Vilnius and charity. The educated society wished to have tribune to propagate their ideas. That was the main reason for establishing new kinds of news media. And that is why Vilnius press allows knowing valuables of educated society of Lithuania. It is one of the main sources to know what kind of man’s life was standard. It is also the main source to know the forms of cultural life of Vilnius. But the goals of publishers did not check out with the goals of readers. That is one of the reasons why the Vilnius press had small number of readers. The others reasons were small... [to full text]

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Andersson, Daniel, and Andersson Petter. "Frikyla : En möjlighet för Östersjöfarten att spara energi?" Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Sjöfartshögskolan (SJÖ), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-62602.

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För att hålla ett behagligt inomhusklimat på fartyg krävs kylning under den varma tiden på året. Denna kylning kräver energi. Detta arbete är en undersökning om huruvida denna energiåtgång kan minskas genom så kallad frikylning. ROPAX-färjan Finntrader som trafikerar linjen Malmö–Travemünde har använts som exempel. Undersökningen utfördes genom att skapa en beräkningsmodell där ett köldbärarsystem med möjlighet till frikylning kopplades in i Finntraders nuvarande HVAC-system, tillsammans med nuvarande kylmaskiner. Statistik över lufttemperatur, luftfuktighet och sjövattentemperatur för perioden 2013–2015 införskaffades. Denna statistik fördes in i beräkningsmodellen. Resultatet av beräkningarna blev att en viss mängd energi kunde sparas med frikylning, hur mycket beroende på värmeväxlarnas effektivitet. Mängden energi som kunde sparas var förhållandevis liten jämfört med kostnaden för de komponenter modellen krävde. To maintain a comfortable climate on board ships, cooling is necessary during the warm period of the year which requires energy. This thesis is a survey about whether so-called free cooling could reduce this energy consumption. The ROPAX-ferry Finntrader trafficking the route Malmö–Travemünde has been used as an example. This survey was carried out by creating a calculation model in which a brine system with a possibility of free cooling was connected to Finntrader’s current HVAC-system, alongside the current chillers. Statistics of air temperature, air humidity and sea water temperature was acquired for the period 2013-2015 and were inserted into the calculation model. These calculations showed that a certain amount ofenergy could be saved with free cooling, how much depending on the effectiveness of the heat exchangers. The amount of energy that could be saved was quite small compared to the cost of the components required by the model.

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Mashiyi, Sikelelwa Anita. "Spaza Hip hop in the townships of Khayelitsha." University of the Western Cape, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6966.

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Masters of Art Since the arrival of hip-hop in Cape Town and indeed South Africa in the 1980s, a diverse and vibrant range of hip-hop sub-genres has developed in Cape Town. Scholarship, however, have approached hip-hop mainly through a linguistical angle focusing mostly on Cipha hiphop in the Cape Flats. This ethnographic work looks at performances and practices of Spaza hip-hop. It explores the musical genre of Spaza hip-hop in the township of Khayelitsha, discussing ideas advanced by scholarship almost ten years ago and re-assessing issues of language, citizenship and ethnicity from today’s perspective. It looks at Spaza hip-hop not only as a musical genre, as it explores questions of identity, ethnicity, race, and gender. My research discusses how Spaza hip-hop music is consumed today, how it is produced and how it circulates. Across two years of fieldwork, I followed park sessions, open mic sessions and events; I have interviewed artists, producers and audiences. I argue that Spaza hip-hop in 2018 had changed drastically from its first apparition. Not only most of the artists are now older, but also the Spaza hip-hop scene is now invaded by trap hip-hop artists. Across my research I explore issues of gender in hip hop which is generally perceived as a “masculine” music. I illustrate how female artists constantly challenge norms and negotiate a space of their own, paradoxically transforming Spaza hip hop in a space for freedom.

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Frattura, Alessia <1993&gt. "Leggere le spade: ipotesi sulla simbologia dei koshirae." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/16540.

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L’elaborato, basandosi su fonti da ambiti vari della cultura giapponese quali arte, letteratura, poesia, filosofia, ecc., si propone di trovare delle chiavi di lettura per le immagini presenti sui koshirae delle spade giapponesi. Dopo un breve excursus su quella che è la touken, una sintetica storia dal passato a oggi e il suo legame con la società, si entrerà nel cuore vero e proprio della tesi. Ogni capitolo presenterà un tipo di touken (tachi, uchigatana, wakizashi, tantou), offrendo una breve panoramica sulle caratteristiche generali di ognuna di esse e passando poi a una lettura dell’opera singola o, nel caso di vari significati all’interno della simbologia giapponese, plurima. Quello che l’elaborato si propone di fare è di presentare la touken come opera leggibile visivamente oltre le qualità estetiche e tecniche, non necessariamente di trovarvi un chiaro messaggio dell’artista (o di chi aveva commissionato il lavoro), ma ricercarne possibili interpretazioni.

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ALMEIDA, LIZE VICENTE DE. "THE DRESS AND THE SPADE: THE FEMALE PARTICIPATION IN COUNTRY." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2008. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=13189@1.

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CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO Esta dissertação apresenta os resultados de uma pesquisa sobre a participação feminina no trabalho na zona rural, assim como em movimentos comunitários ali presentes. O objetivo principal do estudo foi o de compreender o significado das atividades laborativas desempenhadas pelas mulheres no campo, assim como de sua inserção nestes movimentos. Buscou-se, também, verificar os efeitos das mudanças que vêm ocorrendo no mundo do trabalho sobre esta categoria de trabalhadoras, assim como entender o sentido que elas atribuem às suas atividades. Foram consideradas, na análise, a percepção que as mulheres têm sobre seu cotidiano de vida e trabalho, assim como a construção de perspectivas de futuro e sonhos. O espaço escolhido para a pesquisa foi o município de são Sebastião do Paraíso, no sudoeste de Minas Gerais, onde existem nove associações de produtores rurais. Através da utilização de metodologia qualitativa de pesquisa, foram realizadas entrevistas junto a mulheres, de idade entre 26 e 77 anos, residentes no município, assim como a funcionários de instituições relacionadas, de alguma forma, com as associações dos produtores rurais. A análise final dos dados aponta a composição de uma categoria feminina naquela área rural não apenas de proprietárias de terras mas, também, de outras que vendem sua força de trabalho em empregos fora de casa, tendo, inclusive, a responsabilidade de garantir a reprodução social da família. Observou-se uma estreita relação entre o trabalho desenvolvido dentro e fora do lar, independente da condição financeira destas mulheres. Com relação à participação das mesmas nos movimentos comunitários das associações de produtores rurais, apesar de ser detectado certo avanço em suas formas de inserção, foi possível perceber que falta, ainda, um caminho a ser percorrido até que aconteça, de fato, a igualdade social entre homens e mulheres. This dissertation presents the results of a research about the women participation in the work that is done in rural areas and as well as in the local community movement. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to understand the meaning of the labour activities carried away by these women and also their insertion in those movements. It was also pursued the verification of the effects resulting from the changes that have been taking place in the labour world regarding this category of workers as well as the understanding of the meaning attributed to their activities. The study analises considered the perception that women have about their daily life and work, as well as the building up of their dreams and perspectives for the future. The site chosen for the research was SÃ£o SebastiÃ£o do ParaÃso, a city located at the south of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, where they have nine associations of rural producers. Using a qualitative research metodology local women aging between 26 and 77 years old and employees of institutions related to rural producers associations were interviewed. The final analyses suggests the existence of a female category in that area formed by not only rural landowners but also by other women that sell their working force in addition to their work at home. This study observed an inner relation between the work cared on inside and outside their homes, independently of their financial situation. With regards to the participation of the same women in the community movements of the rural producers associations it was possible to verify that there is still missing a way through the real social equality between men and women, despite the fact that some progress was detected in their insertion in the community movement.

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Liedeman, Rory. "Understanding the internal dynamics and organisation of Spaza shop operators." University of the Western Cape, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4419.

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Magister Philosophiae - MPhil This thesis presents a study of spaza shop businesses in the Delft South township, Cape Town, South Africa. The major goal is to establish whether the advent of foreign run spaza businesses is due to a particular ‘entrepreneurial’ business model underwritten by relatively strong social networks. The study focuses primarily on South African and Somali owned spaza shops as previous research indicates that these are the two major groups of spaza operators in the area. The thesis centres on three core research questions: 1) is there a shift in spaza ownership from South African to Somali shopkeepers in Delft? 2) What are the different spaza business models in operation? 3) What is the significance of social networks or relationships to the success of these business models? The core findings confirm that a major shift has occurred in market share between South African and foreign owned spazas in Delft, with ownership now favouring Somali businessmen, even within the last year. The research shows that this change in ownership is a direct result of the emergence and use of a new, and more sophisticated, ‘entrepreneurial’ business model employed by foreign spaza operators, compared to the more ‘survivalist’ model used by South Africans. This business model is primarily based upon being price competitive and is made possible through collective procurement and distribution. However, an important factor in this success lies in the differential social networks that South African and Somali spaza owners can access to support their business practices in Delft South. Using an anthropologically influenced in-depth ethnographic case study approach, the research operationalises the concept of ‘business models’ by exploring the establishment process (ownership, labour and employment), capital investment, stock procurement, business operation and mobile distribution to spaza shops. The study demonstrates how the socially richer and clan-based social networks of Somali shopkeepers enable a more entrepreneurial business model, whereas South Africans rely on a network limited to the immediate family and approach the spaza business as a supplementary livelihoods strategy. In addition to deepening our understanding of competing business models and the social networks that underwrite them, this research also provides new insights into the significance of spatiality to the spaza economy through the concepts of ‘strongholds’ and ‘neighbourhood economies’; previously unseen forms of spaza related business, principally around the mobile distribution of spaza stock to retailers in Delft South; and the instrumental use of both formality and informality by foreign business people.

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MUSACCI, MARCO. "Design and characterization of CMOS SPADs for charged particle detectors." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Pavia, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11571/1247889.

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Violero, Pascal. "Spara : un système de programmation automatique de tâche de manipulation robotisée." Toulouse 3, 1991. http://www.theses.fr/1991TOU30244.

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Les travaux presentes dans ce memoire s'integrent dans le developpement d'un systeme de programmation automatique de tache de manipulation dans un environnement contraint. Le probleme pris dans son integralite etant trop complexe, celui-ci est decompose en plusieurs sous-problemes: choix d'une strategie de prise, calcul de mouvements locaux et calcul de mouvements de transfert. Cette decomposition du probleme initial en engendre un autre lors de la synthese des differentes solutions. En effet, les sous-problemes ne sont pas independants, ce qui induit des problemes de compatibilite entre les differentes solutions. Ces incompatibilites sont de deux types: geometrique et d'incertitude. Notre contribution porte sur l'analyse de ces interactions, ce qui nous a conduit a realiser une structure de controle permettant de propager ces differentes contraintes tout au long de la planification. Le premier chapitre est consacre a l'etat de l'art dans le domaine de la programmation automatique de niveau tache. Nous presentons ensuite de facon formelle le principe de decomposition que nous avons utilise, ce qui nous permet d'introduire les differents modules utilises dans notre systeme. Le troisieme chapitre est plus particulierement consacre au module de prise. Le chapitre suivant represente la part la plus importante de notre travail, c'est-a-dire la resolution du probleme de compatibilite des solutions des differents modules (notamment entre les modules de mouvements locaux et de mouvements de transfert ainsi que celui existant entre le module de prise et de pose). Pour une plus grande flexibilite de notre systeme nous proposons une architecture de controle creee de maniere interactive. Le dernier chapitre est consacre a la mise en uvre et a la validation du systeme

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Novotný, Josef. "Testování úspěšnosti aplikace indikátorů technické analýzy na vybrané akcie ze SPADu." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-12276.

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The purpose of this diploma thesis is a testing of utilization of the indicators for technical analysis on selected equities from SPAD. The main aim of this thesis is to answer whether the trading based on the indicators of technical analysis could be profitable particularly for an ordinary investor in the time of the financial crises. For this purpose there were used equity rates for ČEZ, Komerční banka, Philip Morris ČR and Telefónica O2C.R.. Analyzed period is divided into two parts. Parameters of the indicators are tested in the first period from 2002 to 2006 and the calculated optimized parameters are used in the second period from 2002 to March of 2009.

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Van, Woerkom Nick. "Product pack size decisions in the emerging market spaza retail sector." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59794.

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Despite research around marketing mix recommendations, granular analysis on product unit pack size in emerging markets has not been extensively researched. Furthermore, the impact of modern-day retailers on the distribution and sales of product unit pack sizes has received limited attention. Research has focused on the broader role that product variety plays in the marketing mix and its impact on firm performance (Ford, Moodie & Hastings, 2012; Jaiswal & Gupta, 2015; Kumar, Fan, Gulati & Venkat, 2009). However, little work has been done on how product variety impacts firm performance in emerging markets and specifically in terms of product unit pack size (Wan, Dresner & Evers, 2014) which this current study aims to address. A second aspect of the current study is the influence of modern-day retailers and the impact that distance between them and emerging market spaza shops has on the distribution and sales of product unit pack sizes. Secondary quantitative data from Clover was used to conduct exploratory research on different products in three geographical clusters. Both the availability of product unit size and the sales thereof were found to be influenced by the distance between the spaza shops and the modern-day retailers. Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2017. zk2017 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted

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Borovička, Adam. "Vícekriteriální hodnocení akciových titulů obchodovaných v systému SPAD na BCPP." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-17326.

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The subject of the diploma paper is multiple criteria analysis of stocks traded on Prague Stock Exchange in terms of System for Support of the Share and Bond Markets. The first part of theoretical passage discusses an introduction of exchange markets with an emphasis on Czech surrounding. The next extensive segment enters on decision making theory. In this chapter we can study basic ideas and connections in multiple criteria decision making. The most comprehensive section is created by theoretical study of methods in multiple criteria decision making. The last partition deals with share's analysis which is based on an application of suitable methodical approaches developed theoretically more closely in previous parts of the diploma paper. The main goal of the paper represents a release of investment recommendation for a potential investor decided to insert his free financial means into some of the most liquid stocks on Prague Stock Exchange.

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Boström, Jörgen, and Per Hagäng. "Energianalys av tryckluftsystem : så kan Billerud Skärblacka AB spara energi på tryckluft." Thesis, Linköping University, Fluid and Mechanical Engineering Systems, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-54234.

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Compressed air is a low efficiency media, and is thus very expensive to produce. This thesis work began by mind mapping how to create savings on the compressed air system at Billerud Skärblacka AB. Certain issues have been chosen for further studies.In order to identify the consumption of compressed air at PM 8 and 9, several measurements were made. At PM 8 there were not found any pressure drop, only large pressure variations for short periods of time. The causes of these pressure variations were not established. At PM 9 a registered pressure drop of around 1 bar was found. The cause of the pressure drop at PM9 was not found. A solution for the pressure drop was presented, which also could give an opportunity to reduce the nominal pressure in the compressed air system. An idea for improvement of the compressed air system structure has also been presented.A search for leakages on the compressed air system was carried out both at PM 8 and PM 9. Leakages at PM8 seem to be lower than at PM9. The search for leakages pointed out that those leakages on the compressed air system reduces the efficiency of the compressed air system.There are some large scale consumers of compressed air at Billerud, for example one function at PM8 and the cleaning function of timber trucks. One idea for reducing electrical consumption is to replace compressed air with a high pressure fan at PM8. In the report more suggestions for saving electrical energy regarding the other large scale consumers are presented.

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Erson, Jakob. "Att spara på värme : Energieffektiviseringar i fjärrvärmeanslutna flerbostadshus från miljonprogrammet i Uppsala." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Fasta tillståndets fysik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-300689.

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The purpose of this report is to survey the multi-family residential buildings that were built in the Swedish city of Uppsala during the state-funded Million Homes Program and to assess the technical potential of different energy efficiency measures that may be applied in order to improve the efficiency of the heating of these buildings. An additional purpose of this report is to discern how the entire district heating system would be affected if the proposed energy efficiency measures were implemented. The energy efficiency measures that were examined were: improved thermal envelopes (additional insulation and energy efficient windows and doors) and installation of air-to-air heat exchangers or exhaust air heat pumps in the ventilation systems. The buildings were categorized into four different types of buildings with different properties and a model was constructed for each category. All energy efficiency measures showed significant reductions in the amount of heating required. The measure with the best performance was improvement of thermal envelopes in combination with exhaust air heat pumps, which reduced the buildings' energy demand by about 80%. Regarding the heat demand in the entire district heating system, the reductions due to energy efficiency measures in the million homes program buildings were small. The exhaust air heat pumps showed the largest reductions in the capacity factor. Only the heat exchangers resulted in a higher capacity factor and the improvement was too small to be of interest. However, the results clearly show that saving energy in space heating is technically easily achievable.

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Biljana, Turanjanin. "Intertekstualno raslojavanje romana “Opsada crkve Sv. Spasa (kontekst “Biblije” i srednjovjekovne književnosti)." Phd thesis, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Filozofski fakultet u Novom Sadu, 2014. https://www.cris.uns.ac.rs/record.jsf?recordId=90062&source=NDLTD&language=en.

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У нашој дисертацији Интертекстуално раслојавање романа &bdquo;Опсада цркве Св. Спаса“ (контекст &bdquo;Библије“ и средњовјековне књижевности у настави) указујемо на функционисање интертекстуалне методологије у настави на примјеру српског постмодернистичког романа с краја двадесетог вијека.На почетку рада, у поглављу Преглед интертекстуалних теорија, дајемо кратак преглед најзначајнијих теорија интертекстуалности и потом указујемо како смо их, зависно од Петровићеве поетике, користили приликом анализе романа Опсада цркве Св. Спаса.Поглавље Опсада и &bdquo;Библија“ осмишљено је преко типологије Нортропа Фраја и стога се дијели на седам потпоглавља: стварање, излазак, закон, мудрост, пророчанство, јеванђеље, апокалипса, унутар којих се указује на низ цитата, алузија, реминисценција и мотива потеклих из библијског текста, па стога и на формирање постмодернистичких антитипова наведених библијских књига у роману.Опсада и средњовјековна књижевност  најсложеније је и најразуђеније поглавље у дисертацији. У првом потпоглављу указујемо како је философија Дионисија Псеудо-Ареопагита дубински уграђена у савремени текст те се препознаје како на семантичком, тако и на стилском нивоу – отуд и наше компаративно истраживање стила плетенија словес средњовјековне књижевности према стилу Петровићевог романа. Посебну пажњу посветили смо композицији књиге и, самјеривши је са средњовјековним предлошцима, указали на постмодернистички &bdquo;живот“ житија, слова, повијести, хронике, плача, записа. У посљедњем дијелу проучавамо ликове Данила Другог, Драгутина и Милутина и то највише преко Даниловог зборника који је писац обилно имао за подтекст свом роману. Лик Данила Другог уобличава се поетичким поступком метанарације, Драгутин преко житија из Даниловог зборника, док је Милутинов лик остварен преко интермедијалних релација постмодернистичког романа са средњовјековним фрескама.У посљедњем поглављу, Опсада и ХХ вијек, указујемо на који начин,  преко библијског и средњовјековног подтекста, Опсада успоставља интертекстуалне везе са књижевношћу двадесетог вијека. Преко два неисторијска лика, Андрије Скадранина и Блашка, односно два типа – ђавола и јуродивог – успостављају се релације са романима На Дрини ћуприја Иве Андрића, Хазарски речник Милорада Павића и Страх и његов слуга Мирјане Новаковић, као и са збирком прича Божји људи Борисава Станковића и приповијетком Запис о даровима моје рођаке Марије Момчила Настасијевића. U našoj disertaciji Intertekstualno raslojavanje romana &bdquo;Opsada crkve Sv. Spasa“ (kontekst &bdquo;Biblije“ i srednjovjekovne književnosti u nastavi) ukazujemo na funkcionisanje intertekstualne metodologije u nastavi na primjeru srpskog postmodernističkog romana s kraja dvadesetog vijeka.Na početku rada, u poglavlju Pregled intertekstualnih teorija, dajemo kratak pregled najznačajnijih teorija intertekstualnosti i potom ukazujemo kako smo ih, zavisno od Petrovićeve poetike, koristili prilikom analize romana Opsada crkve Sv. Spasa.Poglavlje Opsada i &bdquo;Biblija“ osmišljeno je preko tipologije Nortropa Fraja i stoga se dijeli na sedam potpoglavlja: stvaranje, izlazak, zakon, mudrost, proročanstvo, jevanđelje, apokalipsa, unutar kojih se ukazuje na niz citata, aluzija, reminiscencija i motiva poteklih iz biblijskog teksta, pa stoga i na formiranje postmodernističkih antitipova navedenih biblijskih knjiga u romanu.Opsada i srednjovjekovna književnost  najsloženije je i najrazuđenije poglavlje u disertaciji. U prvom potpoglavlju ukazujemo kako je filosofija Dionisija Pseudo-Areopagita dubinski ugrađena u savremeni tekst te se prepoznaje kako na semantičkom, tako i na stilskom nivou – otud i naše komparativno istraživanje stila pletenija sloves srednjovjekovne književnosti prema stilu Petrovićevog romana. Posebnu pažnju posvetili smo kompoziciji knjige i, samjerivši je sa srednjovjekovnim predlošcima, ukazali na postmodernistički &bdquo;život“ žitija, slova, povijesti, hronike, plača, zapisa. U posljednjem dijelu proučavamo likove Danila Drugog, Dragutina i Milutina i to najviše preko Danilovog zbornika koji je pisac obilno imao za podtekst svom romanu. Lik Danila Drugog uobličava se poetičkim postupkom metanaracije, Dragutin preko žitija iz Danilovog zbornika, dok je Milutinov lik ostvaren preko intermedijalnih relacija postmodernističkog romana sa srednjovjekovnim freskama.U posljednjem poglavlju, Opsada i HH vijek, ukazujemo na koji način,  preko biblijskog i srednjovjekovnog podteksta, Opsada uspostavlja intertekstualne veze sa književnošću dvadesetog vijeka. Preko dva neistorijska lika, Andrije Skadranina i Blaška, odnosno dva tipa – đavola i jurodivog – uspostavljaju se relacije sa romanima Na Drini ćuprija Ive Andrića, Hazarski rečnik Milorada Pavića i Strah i njegov sluga Mirjane Novaković, kao i sa zbirkom priča Božji ljudi Borisava Stankovića i pripovijetkom Zapis o darovima moje rođake Marije Momčila Nastasijevića.

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Sabwa, Jean-Marie. "Modeling of Spaza shop operations using soft and hard operational research techniques." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7698.

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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-93). Globalization has transformed the world into a big village in which the rich are becoming richer and the poor getting poorer. In the commercial world the trend is for big business to buy out the smaller companies and consequently get bigger. Yet it is arguable that small businesses have assisted in providing much needed services to small communities that occupy informal settlements and exist on or below the poverty datum line. The South African government has amongst its main objectives the alleviation of poverty and the improvement of life in previously disadvantaged communities. The government has allowed the micro-enterprises and small businesses in the informal sector to thrive and in this sector are Spaza shops that supply a wide range of grocery commodities to informal settlements. This paper is about an application framework of soft and hard operational research (OR) techniques used to address the performance of micro-enterprises with Spaza shops in Western Cape as a speciﬁc case study. The techniques include Strategic Options Development and Analysis (SODA) using Causal mapping and Soft System Methodology (SSM). These were chosen because of their suitability to understand performance problems faced by Spaza shops owners and ﬁnd ways of improving the current situation by modelling the intervention of stakeholders. The improvement of Spaza shop businesses is a matter for all stakeholders. Causal mapping, helped to identify and structure the multiple conﬂicting aspects of Spaza shops business. Soft System Methodology made it possible to conceptualize the intervention model based on the rich picture and root deﬁnitions for relevant world-views and see what changes are culturally feasible and systematically desirable. Computer simulations were used to help design and test performance measurement indicators for the Spaza shops so as to enable decision-makers to choose the optimal strategy. Statistical analysis came into account to enable us to capture the seasonality and bring up clustering patterns.

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Hassan, Abdullahi Ali. "Enterprising Somali refugees in Cape Town: beyond informality, beyond the spaza shop." Master's thesis, Faculty of Science, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/11427/31811.

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Since the dawn of democracy, South Africa has received high numbers of refugees from around the African continent in particular. One of the largest groups of refugees, Somalis, have established numerous enterprises in South African cities, concentrated in micro and small business sectors, particularly in the grocery and textile industries. The presence of Somali entrepreneurs and their role in the South African economy is contested, framed in relation to township informal economies and debates on xenophobia. Research to-date, however, focuses almost exclusively on Somali informal micro-enterprises in the spaza shop sector. To address this gap in the research and debate, this thesis examines Somali entrepreneurs, their development of varied formal enterprises, and their business strategies. I demonstrate in that these small formal businesses operate beyond the micro township-based informal spaza sector, building networks between township and city formal economies, and linking multiple economic sectors. In doing so, they act as a medium between producers of goods and general city consumers. The research demonstrates that Somali immigrant entrepreneurs can be considered what Bonacich (1973) describes as “middleman minorities.” This argument builds on qualitative research in Cape Town with Somali refugees who own formal small businesses that employ between five and a hundred employees. I draw on their histories, examine the evolution of their businesses, to substantiate how as newcomers - refugees, with limited knowledge about South African business dynamics, and little access to resources of the country - they managed to find their feet in business in varied ways. I show how Bellville as Cape Town’s Little Mogadishu, acts as a business hub and melting pot, a place to meet, to work together and connect their businesses to the rest of the city. From these histories, experiences, and networks, I analyse the business strategies that Somali entrepreneurs draw on, which include partnerships, shareholding, the building of trust, and their own mobility. I also investigate what enabled them to get a foot in the door when they first arrived, find new business opportunities, and access new markets in the city, region, and in some cases beyond. I argue that Somali immigrant entrepreneurs have created a diverse set of complex formal businesses, ranging from the sale of textiles, the processing of animal products, to consumer household goods. Through these businesses, these entrepreneurs have created jobs, new economic networks, new products, and extended markets, as well as physical retail and wholesale spaces. In making this argument, this research offers a better understanding of entrepreneurial work and its logics in the Cape Town Somali immigrant community. Their own experiences as entrepreneurs, as well as their business strategies, exceed by far narratives of informality, the spaza shop sector, and experiences of violence and xenophobia. This research broadens understandings of immigrant entrepreneurial activity in South African cities, and shift existing negative perceptions that depict refugees and immigrants as burdens on host communities and cities. I hope the research might also help inform the formulation of relevant policies for transitioning informal micro-enterprises in the country into small formal enterprises, one strategy that might address the critical issue of high unemployment in South African cities and society.

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Spady, Dale. "Effects of storytelling on students beliefs and attitudes about the nature of science and doing science." Montana State University, 2012. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2012/spady/SpadyD0812.pdf.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate how storytelling, combined with opportunities for dialogue and inquiry, would impact middle school students' beliefs and attitudes about the nature of science and doing science. Specifically, the study sought to determine if storytelling sessions, involving science mysteries and historical narratives about scientists and their discoveries, would be effective instructional aids for helping students understand the way science is conducted. The study involved thirty-one sixth graders in two sections of a life science class. The storytelling sessions and related inquiry activities were implemented on a bi-weekly basis during a three month period. Pre and post-treatment surveys and interviews, periodic questionnaires, and daily observations were used to assess students' perspectives and reactions. The results of this study showed that storytelling combined with dialogue and inquiry improved students' attitudes about doing science and generated fresh depth and breadth of perception about the nature of science. The historical narratives were well suited to making science facts more meaningful and memorable, while the science mysteries were more effective in helping students generate investigative questions.

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Olsson, Marie, and Maria Rosengren. "Attityder till att spara el inom VA-sektorn : i verksamhet kopplad till pumphus." Thesis, University West, Department of Technology, Mathematics and Computer Science, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-881.

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Godin, Antoine. "Deciphering synaptic receptor distributions, clustering and stoichiometry using spatial intensity distribution analysis (SpIDA)." Thesis, McGill University, 2011. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=96774.

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Measuring protein interactions in subcellular compartments is key to understanding cell signalling mechanisms, but quantitative analysis of these interactions in situ has remained a major challenge. This thesis presents a novel analysis technique, spatial intensity distribution analysis (SpIDA), which may be applied to images obtained using fluorescence microscopy. SpIDA measures fluorescent particle densities and oligomerization states within individual images. The method is based on fitting intensity histograms from single images with super-Poissonian distributions to obtain density maps of fluorescent molecules and their quantal brightness. Since distributions are acquired spatially rather than temporally, this analysis may be applied to both live and chemically fixed cells and tissue. The technique does not rely on spatial correlations, freeing it from biases due to subcellular compartmentalization and heterogeneity within tissue samples. First, we validated the analysis technique evaluating its limits and demonstrating how it can be used to obtain useful information from complex biological samples. Analysis of simulations and heterodimeric GABAB receptors in spinal cord samples shows that the approach yields accurate estimates over a broad range of densities. SpIDA is applicable to sampling within subcell areas and reveals the presence of monomers and multimers with single dye labeling. We show that the substance P receptor (NK-1r) almost exclusively forms homodimers on the membrane and is primarily monomeric in the cytoplasm of dorsal horn neurons. Triggering receptor internalization caused a measurable decrease in homodimer density on the membrane surface. Finally, using GFP-tagged receptor subunits, we show that SpIDA can resolve dynamic changes in receptor oligomerization in live cells and is applicable to detection of high order oligomerization states. We then compared SpIDA results with those obtained from fluorescence lifetime imaging, and used it to extract information on receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) dimerization at the cell membrane in response to GPCR activation. We show that RTK dimerization can be used as an index of activation or transactivation and then characterize the level of transactivation of many RTK-GPCR pairs, with cell cultures and primary neuron cultures with endogenous levels of RTKs and GPCRs. Dose-response curves were obtained from which pharmalogical parameters can be compared for each GPCR studied. Our data demonstrates that by allowing for time and space quantification of heterogenous oligomeric states, SpIDA enables systematic quantitative mechanistic studies not only of RTK transactivation at the cell membrane, but also of other cell signaling processes involving changes in protein oligomerization, trafficking and activity in different subcellular localizations. Finally, we studied the changes in number of synaptic sites in the neurons of the dorsal horn of the spinal cord of rats after a peripheral nerve injury (PNI), which consists of our model for chronic pain. We show that, after the PNI, there is a general decrease in synaptic sites together with a scaling or increasing of some of the GABAA receptor subunits. This scaling of the GABAA receptors at the postsynaptic sites was replicated by incubating the histological sections in a brain derivative nerve factor. Furthermore, we use SpIDA to obtain stoichiometry information for the GABAA receptor subunits directly at the postsynaptic sites. In short, we observe a switch from receptors containing two alpha1 to receptors containing two alpha2 and alpha3. This general change in subunits will have a direct effect on the cell as it will have different effects on the cell membrane conductance in response to GABA. As demonstrated, the advantages and greater versatility of SpIDA over current techniques opens the door to a new level of quantification for studies of protein interactions in native tissue using standard fluorescence microscopy. Measuring protein interactions in subcellular compartments is key to understanding cell signalling mechanisms, but quantitative analysis of these interactions in situ has remained a major challenge. This thesis presents a novel analysis technique, spatial intensity distribution analysis (SpIDA), which may be applied to images obtained using fluorescence microscopy. SpIDA measures fluorescent particle densities and oligomerization states within individual images. The method is based on fitting intensity histograms from single images with super-Poissonian distributions to obtain density maps of fluorescent molecules and their quantal brightness. Since distributions are acquired spatially rather than temporally, this analysis may be applied to both live and chemically fixed cells and tissue. The technique does not rely on spatial correlations, freeing it from biases due to subcellular compartmentalization and heterogeneity within tissue samples. First, we validated the analysis technique evaluating its limits and demonstrating how it can be used to obtain useful information from complex biological samples. Analysis of simulations and heterodimeric GABAB receptors in spinal cord samples shows that the approach yields accurate estimates over a broad range of densities. SpIDA is applicable to sampling within subcell areas and reveals the presence of monomers and multimers with single dye labeling. We show that the substance P receptor (NK-1r) almost exclusively forms homodimers on the membrane and is primarily monomeric in the cytoplasm of dorsal horn neurons. Triggering receptor internalization caused a measurable decrease in homodimer density on the membrane surface. Finally, using GFP-tagged receptor subunits, we show that SpIDA can resolve dynamic changes in receptor oligomerization in live cells and is applicable to detection of high order oligomerization states. We then compared SpIDA results with those obtained from fluorescence lifetime imaging, and used it to extract information on receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) dimerization at the cell membrane in response to GPCR activation. We show that RTK dimerization can be used as an index of activation or transactivation and then characterize the level of transactivation of many RTK-GPCR pairs, with cell cultures and primary neuron cultures with endogenous levels of RTKs and GPCRs. Dose-response curves were obtained from which pharmalogical parameters can be compared for each GPCR studied. Our data demonstrates that by allowing for time and space quantification of heterogenous oligomeric states, SpIDA enables systematic quantitative mechanistic studies not only of RTK transactivation at the cell membrane, but also of other cell signaling processes involving changes in protein oligomerization, trafficking and activity in different subcellular localizations. Finally, we studied the changes in number of synaptic sites in the neurons of the dorsal horn of the spinal cord of rats after a peripheral nerve injury (PNI), which consists of our model for chronic pain. We show that, after the PNI, there is a general decrease in synaptic sites together with a scaling or increasing of some of the GABAA receptor subunits. This scaling of the GABAA receptors at the postsynaptic sites was replicated by incubating the histological sections in a brain derivative nerve factor. Furthermore, we use SpIDA to obtain stoichiometry information for the GABAA receptor subunits directly at the postsynaptic sites. In short, we observe a switch from receptors containing two alpha1 to receptors containing two alpha2 and alpha3. This general change in subunits will have a direct effect on the cell as it will have different effects on the cell membrane conductance in response to GABA. As demonstrated, the advantages and greater versatility of SpIDA over current techniques opens the door to a new level of quantification for studies of protein interactions in native tissue using standard fluorescence microscopy.

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Rumbley, Sarah (Sarah E. ). "Photon-efficient computational imaging with single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) arrays." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106005.

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Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2015. This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-78). Single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) are highly sensitive photodetectors that enable LIDAR imaging at extremely low photon flux levels. While conventional image formation methods require hundreds or thousands of photon detections per pixel to suppress noise, a recent computational approach achieves comparable results when forming reflectivity and depth images from on the order of 1 photon detection per pixel. This method uses the statistics underlying photon detections, along with the assumption that depth and reflectivity are spatially correlated in natural scenes, to perform noise censoring and regularized maximum-likelihood estimation. We expand on this research by adapting the method for use with SPAD arrays, accounting for the spatial non-uniformity of imaging parameters and the effects of crosstalk. We develop statistical models that incorporate these non-idealities, and present a statistical method for censoring crosstalk detections. We show results that demonstrate the performance of our method on simulated data with a range of imaging parameters. by Sarah Rumbley. M. Eng.

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Bécue, Bertaut Monique. "Análisis de datos textuales : metodos estadisticos y algoritmos /." Paris ; [Saint-Mandé] (1 Av. Herbillon, 94160) : Cisia, 1991. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb355111281.

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FALCIOLA, LUCA. "SBAGLIANDO SI SPARA: LA CONTESTAZIONE DEL 1977 IN ITALIA E LA REAZIONE DELLO STATO." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/936.

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Questa ricerca si propone di contribuire ad una prima analisi storiografica del ciclo di protesta esploso in Italia nel 1977. A nove anni dal ’68, la contestazione tornò ad agitare le università e le piazze, lottando sul terreno della creatività e dell’ironia, ma esprimendo contestualmente una forte carica violenta. L’illegalità di massa e la guerriglia diffusa finirono infatti per ingrossare le fila del «partito armato» e del terrorismo. Il ‘movimento’ degli indiani metropolitani e delle P38, proprio in ragione di questa ambiguità, fatica ancora a trovare una descrizione esaustiva, mentre la sua escalation violenta è ancora in attesa di un’eziologia convincente. Questo studio tenta quindi, in primo luogo, di ricostruire un’immagine unitaria e realistica di quel fenomeno socio-politico, a partire dalle fonti del ‘movimento’ e dalle cronache. In secondo luogo, integra la variabile istituzionale nello studio della protesta, al fine di verificare quale grado di influenza ebbe lo Stato sui processi di riattivazione della mobilitazione e, soprattutto, sulla radicalizzazione dello scontro. Il focus dell’analisi è rappresentato dall’azione assai controversa del ministero dell’Interno, allora guidato da Francesco Cossiga, che viene qui ricostruita sulla base di documenti provenienti dagli archivi di Stato. Il policing of protest è infine messo a confronto con quello della Francia dei primi anni dopo il maggio ’68, quando l’estrema sinistra minacciò una deriva violenta ma si arrestò prima di passare all’atto. his research aims to contribute to a first preliminary historiographical analysis of the cycle of protest which spread out in Italy in 1977. Nine years after 1968, revolts started again on in the streets and inside universities. This new wave of protest was characterized by the use of creativity and humour but also by the acceptance of the violence: illegal action and urban guerrilla warfare became quite common and contributed to the expansion of the red terrorism. As a matter of fact, this ‘movement’ shows an inherent ambiguity: it put together political emulators of Dadaism with old-styled armed revolutionaries. Therefore, it is still hard and an open challenge to find an inclusive description of it and the escalation of political violence is still waiting for a convincing aetiology. The objective of this is research is twofold. On the one hand, it tries to rebuild a coherent and realistic picture of this phenomenon under analysis, adopting insider sources of the ‘movement’ and chronicles. On the other hand, it aims at integrating the institutional variable in the study of the protest, in order to verify to which extent the State was can be held responsible for the mobilization processes and, especially, for the radicalization of the social conflict. The analysis is centred on the action of the ministry of Interior and based on records from State archives. The Italian policing of protest is finally compared with to the case study of France during the first years after May 68. At that time, extreme-left activists threatened a similar escalation of violence, but they came to a halt before shooting.

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Embretsen, Daniel, William Bocenda, and Henrik Rollstedt. "Mottagligheten för energibesparandeoch beteendeförändrande innovationer : En svensk studie om benägenheten till att spara energi." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-29113.

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Date: June 5th 2015 Level: Bachelor thesis in Business Administration, 15 ECTS Institution: School of Business, Society and Engineering, Mälardalen University Authors: Bocenda, William 19900822. Embretsen, Daniel 19880522. Rollstedt, Henrik 19910328. Title: The receptiveness of energy-saving innovations that encourage behavioral change. A Swedish study about the desire to save energy. Tutor: Lennart Haglund Keywords: Adaption, innovation, opinion leader, innovator, early adopters, segmentation. Research questions:  What categorizes the segments of people who tend to be the most receptive towards energy saving and behavioral changing innovations?  What categorizes the segments of people that show tendencies towards spreading information about such product on to others in a social system? Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify and describe segments of people who have characteristics of innovators, early adopters as well as opinion leaders within the product category of energy sustainable and behavioral changing innovations. The result of this study can facilitate the continuing segmentation by companies in the introduction phase of an innovation. This develops the contemporary empirical and theoretical knowledge about the adaption of energy sustainable and behavioral changing innovations since there has not been many committed studies in this field before. Method: Quantitative Conclusions: Women 36 years of age or older, who earn 40 000 kronor or more a month and live with others show behavioural tendencies of being receptive towards energy sustainable- and behavioural changing innovations. Men who earn 40 000 kronor or more a month tend to be the most receptive onces towards energy sustainable - and behavioural changing innovations. Men who earn 40 000 kronor or more a month are most likely to spread information about an energy sustainable - and behavioural changing innovation to others in a social system, hence being an opinionleader. Datum: 5e juni 2015 Nivå: Kandidatuppsats i företagsekonomi, 15 HP Institution: Akademin för Ekonomi, Samhälle och Teknik, EST, Mälardalens Högskola Författare: Bocenda, William 19900822. Embretsen, Daniel 19880522. Rollstedt, Henrik 19910328. Titel: Mottagligheten för energibesparande- och beteendeförändrande innovationer. En svensk studie om benägenheten till att spara energi. Handledare: Lennart Haglund Nyckelord: Adaption, innovation, opinionsledare, innovatörer, tidiga användare, segmentering. Frågeställningar:  Vad karakteriserar de segment av människor som tenderar att vara mest mottagliga för energibesparande- och beteendeförändrande innovationer?  Vad karakteriserar de segment av människor som uppvisar tendenser till att vilja sprida information om en sådan produkt vidare till andra i ett socialt system? Syfte: Syftet med studien är att identifiera och beskriva segment av människor som innehar karaktärsdragen av innovatörer, tidiga användare samt opinionsledare inom produktkategorin energibesparande- och beteendeförändrande innovationer. Resultatet ska underlätta segmenteringsarbetet för företag som har en innovation inom produktkategorin, som ännu inte kommersialiserats, och samtidigt utveckla den befintliga empiriska- och teoretiska kunskapen om adaptionen av energibesparande- och beteendeförändrande innovationer eftersom det finns en avsaknad av tidigare forskning inom produktområdet. Metod: Kvantitativ Slutsatser: Kvinnor som är 36 år gamla eller äldre, tjänar över 40 000 kronor och bor i ett hushåll med andra uppvisar beteenden som sannolikt är till gagn för att ta till sig en energibesparande- och beteendeförändrande innovation. Män som tjänar 40 000 kronor eller mer tenderar att vara de som är mest mottagliga för innovationer i allmänhet då de håller sig uppdaterade om nya innovationer och är tidig med att köpa nya produkter. Män som tjänar 40 000 kronor eller mer är mest benägna att sprida en innovation vidare till andra i ett socialt system likt en opinionsledare.

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Falciola, Luca. "Sbagliando si spara : la contestazione del 1977 in Italia e la reazione dello Stato." Paris, Institut d'études politiques, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011IEPP0071.

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Cette recherche vise à contribuer à une analyse historiographique préliminaire du cycle de protestation qui est émergé en 1977 en Italie. Neuf ans après 1968, il y a eu à nouveau des manifestations de rue et des contestations dans les universités. Cette vague de protestation a été caractérisée par la présence de créativité et d'humour mais aussi par l'acceptation de pratiques violentes : les actions illégales et la guérilla urbaine se sont largement diffusées et cette mouvance a contribué à l'expansion du terrorisme rouge. Le sujet contestataire a montré une ambiguïté inhérente : il a réuni émulateurs politiques du Dadaïsme et révolutionnaires léninistes armés. Ainsi, se révèle-t-il toujours difficile de parvenir à une description inclusive de ce mouvement et de construire une étiologie convaincante de l'escalade de la violence. L'objet de cette recherche, par conséquent, est double. D'un côté, on essaie de brosser une image cohérente et réaliste du phénomène, en utilisant les sources internes de la contestation et les chroniques. De l'autre, ce travail veut explicitement intégrer la variable institutionnelle dans l'étude de la protestation, afin d'examiner l'ampleur des responsabilités de l'Etat dans les processus de mobilisation et, notamment, dans la radicalisation du conflit social. L'analyse est donc centrée sur l'action du ministre de l'Intérieur et basée sur les documents des archives nationales. La "gestion du désordre" est enfin comparée au cas d'étude de la France de l'après-Mai 68 À l'époque, une partie de l'extrême gauche a menacé une escalade de la violence tout à fait similaire, mais le processus s'est arrêté avant l'emploi des armes à feu This research aims to contribute to a preliminary historiographical analysis of the cycle of protest which spread out in Italy in 1977. Nine years after 1968, revolts started again in the streets and inside universities. This new wave of protest was charaterized by the use of creativity and humour but also by the acceptance of the violence: illegal action and urban guerrilla warfare became quite widespread and contributed to the expansion of the red terrorism. As a matter of fact, this "movement" shows an inherent ambiguity: it put together political emulators of Dadaism with oldstyled armed revolutionaries. Thus, finding an inclusive description of it is still an open challenge and the escalation of political violence is still awaiting for a convincing aetiology. The objective of this research is twofold On one hand rebuilding a coherent and realistic picture of the phenomenon under analysis, adopting insider sources of the "movement" and chronicles. On the other hand, the present work aims at integrating the institutional variable in the study of the protest, in order to verify to which extent the State can be held responsible for the mobilization processes and, especially, for the radicalization of the social conflict. The analysis is centred on the action of the ministry of Interior and based on records from States archives. The Italian policing of protest is finally compared to the case study of France during the first years after May 68. At that time, extreme-left activists threatened a similar escalation of violence, but they came to a halt before shooting

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Lemón, Elin. "Lönar det sig att spara hållbart? : Svenska fonders samband mellan ESG och finansiell prestation." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-448132.

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Forskningen om sambandet mellan fonders hållbarhetsbetyg ESG (Environmental, Social och Governance) och finansiell prestation är utbredd och mångfacetterad, men samtidigt saknas studier med svenska marknaden som studieobjekt. Sverige är ett land där fondsparande med hållbar inriktning är vanligare än någon annanstans i världen, och det är därför intressant att rikta forskningens fokus till den svenska marknaden. Syftet med den här uppsatsen är således att undersöka sambanden mellan svenska fonders ESG-betyg och finansiell prestation utifrån det totala ESG-betyget och de enskilda kriteriernas betyg. Förhoppningen med studien är att bidra med nya bevis om sambanden inom en marknad som ligger i framkant, samt att ge svenska investerare en inblick i lönsamheten bakom hållbara investeringar. Syftet uppnås genom att pröva åtta hypoteser om sambanden, där hypoteserna berör det sammantagna ESG-betyget och de enskilda kriteriernas betyg samt delas upp utifrån prestationsmåtten. Hypoteserna utformades med hjälp av ett teoretiskt ramverk bestående av tidigare forskning om sambanden, samt teorier om varför sambanden existerar eller inte. Samtliga hypoteser förutspådde ett positivt statistiskt signifikant samband mellan ESG och finansiell prestation. För att pröva hypoteserna insamlades data om 70 svenskar fonder som analyserades genom fyra regressionsmodeller. Resultatet visade att inget statistiskt signifikant samband kan mätas mellan det sammanlagda ESG-betyget och avkastning respektive riskjusterad avkastning, då dessa analysmodeller inte uppnådde en korrekt signifikansnivå. Eftersom hypoteserna om det sammanlagda betyget inte fick stöd av regressionsmodellerna, drogs slutsatsen att det inte finns något samband mellan det totala betyget och finansiell prestation. Däremot utvanns statistiskt signifikanta modeller som visar sambanden mellan de enskilda kriterierna och avkastning respektive riskjusterad avkastning, men enbart två kriterier visade sig ha ett statistiskt signifikant samband med prestationsmåtten, dock inte positiva. Bolagstyrningskriteriet fastslogs ha ett negativt samband med avkastning medan det sociala kriteriet uppvisade ett negativt samband med riskjusterad avkastning. Övriga kriteriers samband fick inte stöd av modellerna. De icke-existerande och negativa sambanden kan förklaras av Friedmans aktieägarteori som säger att ett företag uppnår ekonomisk vinst genom fokus på att tillfredsställa aktieägarna, och att fokus på hållbarhet medför avkall på det fokuset. Kompromissteorin vidareutvecklar Friedmans teori och bekräftar resonemanget då den argumenterar för att sociala och ekonomiska prestationer inte kan maximeras samtidigt, och ger också en förklaring till resultatet.

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Lilja, Olof, and Elena Lundgren. "Betala eller spara? : En kvantitativ studie om samband mellan frivillig revision och finansiellt trångmål." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för ekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-35205.

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Syfte: Att undersöka samband mellan finansiellt trångmål och val av frivillig revision för små svenska aktiebolag. Metod: Studien använder en kvantitativ metod med en deduktiv ansats. I en tvärsnittsstudie har sekundärdata om svenska aktiebolag samlats in från databasen Retriever. Den oberoende variabeln trångmål har operationaliserats utifrån två olika definitioner. Dessa har testats separat mot den beroende variabeln revision genom binär logistisk regression. Resultat och slutsats: Analysen visar att det föreligger ett signifikant positivt samband mellan revision och trångmål utifrån den definition av trångmål som utgår från att ett företags rörelseresultat före räntor, skatt, avskrivningar och goodwillavskrivningar (EBITDA) understiger dess utgifter för räntekostnader. Det finns däremot ett negativt samband mellan revision och trångmål för den definition av trångmål som utgår från att ett företags aktiekapital är förbrukat till mer än hälften. Detta resultat är dock svårtolkat eftersom signifikansen varierar beroende på hur extremvärden hanteras. Det positiva, signifikanta samband som studien har funnit är överensstämmande med tidigare forskning som tyder på att företag i finansiellt trångmål är benägna att välja frivillig revision. Forskningsbidrag: Studien jämför hur flödesmått och kapitalmått påverkar sambandet mellan trångmål och frivillig revision genom att undersöka dessa mått i separata regressioner. Vidare undersöker studien data från ett stort antal små företag och vad vi vet är detta den första studie som undersöker sambandet mellan trångmål och frivillig revision utifrån ett svenskt perspektiv Vidare forskning: Det behövs mer forskning om hur kapitalmått påverkar samband mellan trångmål och frivillig revision. En detaljerad jämförelse med en finsk studie som funnit ett negativt samband mellan trångmål och revision skulle vara av intresse. Även en longitudinell undersökning för att undersöka möjliga kausala samband vore intressant. Ett annat möjligt forskningsområde är att undersöka om små företags val av frivillig revision påverkas av deras val att anlita en redovisningskonsult. Aim: To investigate the relationship between financial distress and voluntary audit for small Swedish limited companies. Method: The study employs a quantitative method with a deductive approach. In a cross-sectional study, secondary data about Swedish limited companies has been collected from the database Retriever. The independent variable financial distress has been operationalized according to two different definitions. Separate binary logistic regressions have been conducted to test the two definitions of financial distress against the dependent variable audit. Results and Conclusions: The analysis shows that there is a significant relationship between audit and financial distress according to the definition of distress based on a company’s EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization). But there is a negative relationship between audit and financial distress according to the definition of distress based on a company’s forfeited share capital. However, this result is difficult to interpret because the statistical significance varies depending on how outliers are handled. The significant, positive relationship that the study has found confirms previous research saying that companies in financial distress are prone to choose voluntary audits. Contributions: The study compares how a flow measure and a capital measure influence the relationship between financial distress and voluntary audit by exploring these measures in separate regressions. Furthermore, it investigates data from a large number of small companies. To our knowledge, this is the first study investigating the relationship between financial distress and voluntary audit from a Swedish perspective. Suggestions for future research: More research about how capital measures influence the relationship between distress and voluntary audit is needed. A detailed comparison with a Finnish study that has found a negative relationship between distress and audit would be of interest. A longitudinal design in order to investigate possible causal relationships would also be interesting. How various levels of threats influence the choice of voluntary audits for companies in distress is also worth continued studies. Another possible field is to examine whether the choice of employing an external accountant affects the choice of voluntary audit for small companies.

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Pappas, Adlerburg Nickolas T. "To Make Iron of Iron : A Comprehensive Analytical Study of Spade Shaped Iron Bars." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Arkeologiska forskningslaboratoriet, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-144383.

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This thesis aims to provide adequate analytical information on the spade shaped iron bars of Norrland and central Sweden. While their significance has been thoroughly debated for decades, analytical research on them has been confined to cases of single artefacts or theoretical interpretations of their value, meaning and origin. In this study a comprehensive approach is taken into consideration. Based on X-Ray fluorescence (XRF), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and metallographical analysis this thesis seeks to facilitate new interpretations on quality, production centres and usage based on analytical results. Aiming to settle some of the long lasting questions regarding the artefacts while producing results which can further the discussion by raising new questions, previously unasked.

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Pappas, Adlreburg Nickolas. "To Make Iron of Iron : A Comprehensive Analytical Study of Spade Shaped Iron Bars." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Arkeologiska forskningslaboratoriet, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-145694.

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This thesis aims to provide adequate analytical information on the spade shaped iron bars of Norrland and central Sweden. While their significance has been thoroughly debated for decades, analytical research on them has been confined to cases of single artefacts or theoretical interpretations of their value, meaning and origin. In this study a comprehensive approach is taken into consideration. Based on X-Ray fluorescence (XRF), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and metallographical analysis this thesis seeks to facilitate new interpretations on quality, production centres and usage based on analytical results. Aiming to settle some of the long lasting questions regarding the artefacts while producing results which can further the discussion by raising new questions, previously unasked.

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Mellgren, Ellicka, and Karin Ekelund. "Spadar är till för att grävas med : En kvalitativ studie om konflikthantering i förskolan." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-371729.

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Vår studie byggde på kvalitativa intervjuer med förskollärare från två olika pedagogiska inriktningar, Montessoripedagogik och traditionell förskolepedagogik. Syftet var att undersöka hur förskollärare definierar en konflikt samt undersöka vilka olika strategier de säger sig använda för att hjälpa barnen att hantera konflikterna. I vår teori utgick vi främst från Cohens konfliktpyramid och Malténs definition av konflikter samt fyra olika strategier för att hantera dessa. Resultatet visade att hur ofta förskollärarna bedömer att konflikter sker skiljer sig åt mellan de två pedagogiska inriktningarna. Däremot visade studien ingen större skillnad i hur förskollärarna hanterar konflikter. Inom båda inriktningarna förespråkades vikten av att i den utsträckning det är möjligt låta barnen hantera konflikterna på egen hand innan den vuxna kliver in som en tredje medlare. Resultatet pekade också på vikten av att stötta barnet i dess socio-emotionella utveckling och på följande sätt börja lägga grunden för hur konfliktsituationer kan hanteras. Slutsatsen är att konflikter inte alltid behöver undvikas utan bör få vara en del av den dagliga verksamheten, då kan de, om de hanteras på rätt sätt, bidra till ett meningsfullt lärande.

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Barnett, J. C. "A study of the SPAD and control measures to limit its occurrence." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.426954.

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Žiemys, Robertas. "Edukologinių problemų aptartis 1918-1940 m. Lietuvos pedagoginėje spaudoje." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2014. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2009~D_20140626_192955-88969.

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1918 - 1940 m. Lietuvos pedagoginė spauda vykdė komunikacinę funkciją švietimo srityje, informavo skaitytojus apie visas pedagoginiame pasaulyje vykstančias problemas ir naujienas, stengėsi reaguoti į visus mokyklą, mokytojus ir mokinius liečiančius einamojo momento klausimus. Nagrinėjamo laikotarpio Lietuvos pedagoginė spauda gali būti ir vienas pagrindinių šaltinių, analizuojant ugdymo mokslo brandą Lietuvoje. Darbo tikslas – išanalizuoti pedagoginės minties sklaidą 1918 - 1940 m. Lietuvos pedagoginėje spaudoje. Uždavinai: 1. Aptarti Lietuvos pedagoginės spaudos atsiradimo aplinkybes; 2. Išnagrinėti pagrindines 1918 - 1940 m. Lietuvos pedagoginėje spaudoje gvildentas ugdymo problemas. Metodas istorinis chronologinis – skirtas 1918-1940 metų edukacinės spaudos raidos ir savitumo analizei Bibliografiniai tyrimai leido išsiaiškinti nagrinėjamo laikotarpio pedagoginės raštijos autorius ir jų darbus, susipažinti su jų straipsniais ir nustatyti darbų vertingumą ugdymo mokslui. Nagrinėjamų straipsnių analizė baigiama ieškant bendrybių. Tam buvo naudojamas apibendrinimo metodas. Šiuo darbu nebuvo siekiama aprėpti visų ugdymo mokslo veikėjų ir jų straipsnių, bet pasirinkti ryškiausi atstovai, rašę įvairiais pedagogikos klausimais cituojami tarpukario laikotarpio pedagoginėje spaudoje, taip pat nagrinėjamu laikotarpiu į ugdymo mokslą įnešę kažką naujo. Cituojamais šaltiniais siekiama atskleisti bei išryškinti ugdymo mokslo problematiką ir ją aptarti. Analizuojant minimo laikotarpio... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] In 1918-1940 in the field of education the communicative function was being carried by the pedagogical press of Lithuania, readers were informed about the problems and news in pedagogy, in addition, there was a try to react to all the current affairs related to schools, teachers and students. Analysing the maturity of educational science in Lithuania during the consideration period, the pedagogical press of Lithuania may be considered as one of the main sources. The aim of this work is to analize the spread of pedagogical thought in the pedagogical press of Lithuania in the period of 1918-1940. Goals: 1. To discuss the circumstances of the origin of the pedagogical press in Lithuania. 2. To analyse the main educational problems examined in the pedagogical press of Lithuania of 1918-1940. Historical-chronological method was applied to analyse the development and the distinction of the educational press of 1918-1940. Bibliographical researches revealed the authors and their works on pedagogy of the analysed period, to survey their articles, and to assess the worth of their works to educational science. The analysis of articles is concluded by the search of commonalities. For this purpose, the method of generalization was applied. There was no aim to cover all the persona of educational science and their articles, but the most distinct representatives, who wrote on pedagogical topics and were quoted in the pedagogical press of the interwar period, and ones who brought... [to full text]

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