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Salvador, Francisco Vitor Gomes. "Avaliação comparativa de formatos de dados georreferenciados para troca de informação entre sistemas de comando e controlo no contexto militar." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/6584.
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Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em
Engenharia InformáticaA NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) desenvolveu recentemente um novo formato de dados georreferenciados NATOVector Graphics (NVG), para codificar informação georreferenciada enviada entre sistemas de comando e controlo. Existem vários formatos de dados georreferenciados que poderiam ser, do ponto de vista técnico, uma opção credível para a NATO, nomeadamente, formatos abertos da W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) e da OGC (Open Geoespacial Consortium). Contudo, por razões de complexidade ou aparente inadaptação ao contexto militar, a NATO decidiu pelo desenvolvimento de um novo formato de dados georreferenciados. Não se conhecem quaisquer estudos que envolvam uma avaliação comparativa do NVG com outros formatos alternativos que permitam fazer uma análise fundamentada acerca das vantagens e desvantagens do NVG em relação aos restantes. Para se perceber se existem alternativas melhores ao formato NVG no contexto militar, propõe-se nesta dissertação realizar uma avaliação comparativa do formato NVG com os formatos de dados alternativos. Esta avaliação será alicerçada num estudo qualitativo das características dos formatos de dados NVG, SVG, KML e NVG, e numa análise quantitativa, realizada a partir de um simulador de troca de informação georreferenciada entre sistema de comando e controlo, desenvolvido no âmbito deste trabalho, que permita comparar os formatos de dados NVG, SVG e KML com recurso a métricas apropriadas. Os principais contributos desta dissertação são: i) Comparação qualitativa dos formatos em avaliação, resultante de um estudo sistemático da especificação de cada um deles, segundo os mesmos critérios; ii) Desenho e implementação de um simulador de cenários militares; iii) Seleção de métricas para a avaliação dos vários formatos e implementação de um sistema para a recolha automática das referidas métricas; iv) Comparação quantitativa entre os diversos formatos de dados georreferenciados, num cenário militar.
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Mugnai, Gabriele. "Night Vision Imaging System (NVIS) certification requirements analysis of an Airbus Helicopters H135." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2016. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/9801/.
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The safe operation of nighttime flight missions would be enhanced using Night Vision Imaging Systems (NVIS) equipment. This has been clear to the military since 1970s and to the civil helicopters since 1990s. In these last months, even Italian Emergency Medical Service (EMS) operators require Night Vision Goggles (NVG) devices that therefore amplify the ambient light. In order to fly with this technology, helicopters have to be NVIS-approved. The author have supported a company, to quantify the potentiality of undertaking the certification activity, through a feasibility study.
Even before, NVG description and working principles have been done, then specifications analysis about the processes to make a helicopter NVIS-approved has been addressed. The noteworthy difference between military specifications and the civilian ones highlights non-irrevelant lacks in the latter.
The activity of NVIS certification could be a good investment because the following targets have been achieved: Reductions of the certification cost, of the operating time and of the number of non-compliance.
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Santos, André Filipe Roseiro. "Equity research - The Navigator Company S.A." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/20853.
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Mestrado em FinançasEste estudo, pretende realizar uma avaliação relativamente ao preço-alvo das ações da Navigator Company, S.A, uma empresa portuguesa que atualmente negoceia na Bolsa Euronext. Para desenvolver esta relatório, adotou-se o formato recomendado pelo Instituto CFA. Para a indústria, a Navigator, S.A representa uma referência em termos de qualidade e eficiência operacional. Para Portugal e para os portugueses, a Navigator simboliza uma das maiores empresas que operam no nosso país, desenvolvendo a economia local, tendo sempre uma elevada consideração pela preocupação ambiental. A alta eficiência operacional e as medidas restritivas desenvolvidas nos últimos anos com o objetivo de redução de custos, pretendem maximizar o valor futuro da empresa, valorizando igualmente os seus acionistas. Esta avaliação usa modelos absolutos e relativos para propôr um preço-alvo de 3,16€ para o período entre 2021-2026 de acordo com o "WACC Method, representando um potencial de valorização de 36%. Foram também considerados o "APV Method" e o "Peers Valuation Method" que corroboram a recomendação de investimento. Tendo em conta a situação atual dos mercados acionistas e da indústria do papel, a Navigator mostra-se capaz de tomar decisões que limitam o risco associado aos possíveis efeitos negativos esperados. Neste sentido, esta análise representa uma recomendação de COMPRA para as ações da Navigator para o periodo de 2021-2026, mesmo considerando o perfil de alto risco a que a empresa e a indústria estão sujeitas.
The following master's final project intends to perform an equity valuation in a Portuguese company currently trading at Euronext. In order to develop this analysis, the research report format recommended by the CFA institute was adopted. For the industry Navigator, S.A represents a benchmark in quality and operational efficiency. For Portugal and Portuguese, Navigator represents one of biggest companies operating in the country developing local economy to another level, with an increasing concern for environmental and biological issues. The company shows high efficiency-oriented operations with cost reduction measures well implemented that are expected to result in future shareholder gains. This equity valuation uses both absolute and relative valuation models to propose a target price of 3,16€ for the period between 2021-2026 according to the WACC Method, representing an upside potential of 36%. Also, the APV and Peers Valuation Methods were used and are in line with investment recommendation. Even when considering the current market and industry situation, Navigator is able to well balance their operations. Therefore, this report represents BUY recommendation for Navigator shares considering the high-risk profile that the company and the industry are subject to. Even with high volatility in paper and pulp prices and high market penetration from Asian p&p producers the company is able to increase UWF market share in Europe.
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Sapparth, David James. "Refining topographic line maps for use with ground based night vision systems." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2002. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/15877/1/Dave_Sapparth_Thesis.pdf.
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This study aims to refine the current cartographic standards and specifications used by the Australian Defence Force to produce the 1:50 000 scale Topographic Line Map (TLM) so that TLMs can be read with both normal chromatic vision and with achromatic NVG vision.
The proliferation and integration of Night Vision Goggles (NVG) into the Australian Army has increased the operating capacity of forces at night. The Australian Army has incorporated NVG into standard operating procedures and training to the effect that Australian military personnel do not operate, at night, without NVG. The increased use of NVG in the Australian Army has required existing systems to be modified or redesigned to be effective within the limitations of NVG. The inability to read TLMs effectively with NVG is an identified problem within the Australian Army. This research has investigated the problems associated with using NVG and the information, which cannot be read on TLMs with NVG. This information was compared to a survey of features on a TLM that are critical for successful military operations. The combined information determined which features on a TLM were to be refined to enable effective reading with NVG.
The scope of this research limited refinements to current or previous cartographic standards and specifications used by the Australian Army to produce TLMs. Refinements were limited to symbology, size, and colour and three critical information features of contours, watercourses and vegetation. The problems of cartographic design for a dual vision system (chromatic/achromatic) were investigated and it was determined that the common factor of value contrast exhibits the greatest effect on the refinement process.
Prototype TLMs were produced and tested with normal and NVG vision to determine the best cartographic portrayal of the critical information features, without compromising the Figure/ground relationship, balance and cognitive meanings of the TLM. A final product was produced from the prototype experiment results providing a TLM for use with both normal and NVG vision. The refined TLM has changed contours from brown to black without changes to symbology or size and watercourses from 0.1mm width to 0.2mm width without changing colour or symbology. Vegetation was retained at the current standard and specification.
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Sapparth, David James. "Refining Topographic Line Maps for Use with Ground Based Night Vision Systems." Queensland University of Technology, 2002. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/15877/.
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This study aims to refine the current cartographic standards and specifications used by the Australian Defence Force to produce the 1:50 000 scale Topographic Line Map (TLM) so that TLMs can be read with both normal chromatic vision and with achromatic NVG vision. The proliferation and integration of Night Vision Goggles (NVG) into the Australian Army has increased the operating capacity of forces at night. The Australian Army has incorporated NVG into standard operating procedures and training to the effect that Australian military personnel do not operate, at night, without NVG. The increased use of NVG in the Australian Army has required existing systems to be modified or redesigned to be effective within the limitations of NVG. The inability to read TLMs effectively with NVG is an identified problem within the Australian Army. This research has investigated the problems associated with using NVG and the information, which cannot be read on TLMs with NVG. This information was compared to a survey of features on a TLM that are critical for successful military operations. The combined information determined which features on a TLM were to be refined to enable effective reading with NVG. The scope of this research limited refinements to current or previous cartographic standards and specifications used by the Australian Army to produce TLMs. Refinements were limited to symbology, size, and colour and three critical information features of contours, watercourses and vegetation. The problems of cartographic design for a dual vision system (chromatic/achromatic) were investigated and it was determined that the common factor of value contrast exhibits the greatest effect on the refinement process. Prototype TLMs were produced and tested with normal and NVG vision to determine the best cartographic portrayal of the critical information features, without compromising the Figure/ground relationship, balance and cognitive meanings of the TLM. A final product was produced from the prototype experiment results providing a TLM for use with both normal and NVG vision. The refined TLM has changed contours from brown to black without changes to symbology or size and watercourses from 0.1mm width to 0.2mm width without changing colour or symbology. Vegetation was retained at the current standard and specification.
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Aurand, Alexander M. "Dynamic Moments on the Cervical Spine Imposed by Head-Mounted Equipment." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1430747355.
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Sandgren, Christoffer. "Ingenjörkompaniets förändring från NBG-08 till NBG-11 : - En myt eller sanning?" Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-2704.
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Uppsatsen Ingenjörkompaniets förändring från NBG-08 till NBG-11 – En myt eller sanning? behandlar ingenjörkompaniet under Nordic Battlegroup-08 respektive Nordic Battlegroup-11. Uppsatsens skildrar de skillnader vilka fanns på respektive kompani avseende organisationen, materiel och utrustning samt de krav och uppgifter vilka kompaniet hade. Detta har genomförts med en komparation mellan de respektive kompanierna. Syftet med uppsatsen är att se vilken inverkan tidigare organisationer har på framställandet av en ny organisation under respektive Nordic Battlegroup. I detta fallet ingenjörkompaniet under respektive Nordic Battlegroup. En komparation mellan de två olika kompanierna innefattande tre av de grundläggande förmågorna verkan, rörlighet och uthållighet har genomförts kopplat mot två av krigsföringsförmågorna, konceptuella- och fysiska förmågorna. Resultatet av studien visar att slutsatser kopplade till i huvudsak brister kring kommunikationen mellan respektive ingenjörkompani där inget eller mycket begränsat erfarenhetsutbyte genomförts mellan dessa. Detta resulterade i att ingenjörkompaniets utveckling kan sammanfattas som uppbyggnaden av en helt ny organisation snarare än en reorganisation där erfarenheter och lärdommar hjälpt till att bygga upp den ”nya” organisationen.The essay "Changes in the engineer coy between NBG-08 to NBG-11 - A myth or truth?" deals with the engineer company under Nordic Battlegroup-08 and Nordic Battlegroup-11. The essay depicts the differences that existed between the respective companies regarding organization, material and equipment, as well as requirements and tasks, and has been conducted through a comparison between the respective companies. The purpose of the essay is to see which effect earlier organizations has on the preparation of a new organization under the respective Nordic Battlegroup. In this case, the engineer company under the respective Nordic Battlegroup. A comparison between the two different companies, containing three of the basic skills: effect, movement and endurance, has been conducted linked to two of the warfare skills, conceptual and physical skills. The result of the study shows conclusions connected to mainly lack of communication between the respective engineer companies, where no, or very limited, experience exchanges have been made between them. This resulted in that the development of the engineer company can be summarized as the construction of a completely new organization rather than a reorganization, where experience and lessons learned could have helped building the "new" organization.
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Mählberg, Esbjörn. "Agilt - men agilt nog?" Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Informationssystem, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-155302.
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This paper aims to investigate whether a small organization with small development teams can find a value in leaving a functioning development process to follow a formal systems development methodology, if these organizations can find support in an agile systems development method and in such case the method needs to be adjusted according to the organizations unique conditions. A traditional plan-driven system development methodology includes a number of phases that are carried out sequentially and a completed phase can basically not be resumed. All requirements are specified at the beginning of a project and at the end of the project only one delivery of software take place. This can cause difficulties in for example dealing with changing requirements. Agile system development methods intend to deal with changing requirements and to enable continuous delivery of valuable, working software. In this paper, both the traditional plan-driven methods and agile methods will be explained. Research methodology and existing system development theories will be discussed and a company where the study has been conducted will be presented. The company's current work processes are analyzed and presented, and all collected data will be reviewed. The results of the paper shows that no initial adaptation of agile methods, Scrum in this specific case, needs to be implemented and that there is no evidence to suggest that small organizations with small development teams can not work after a formal agile methodology. Finally, a general discussion of the study will be conducted and conclusions whether the study objective has been achieved or not will be discussed.Denna uppsats ämnar undersöka huruvida en mindre organisation med små utvecklingsteam kan finna ett värde i att lämna en fungerande utvecklingsprocess för att följa en formell systemutvecklingsmetod, ifall dessa organisationer kan hitta ett metodstöd i agila systemutvecklingsmetoder och om metoderna i så fall behöver anpassas utefter organisationens unika förutsättningar. En traditionell plandriven systemutvecklingsmetod innehåller ett antal faser som genomförs sekventiellt och en slutförd fas kan i stort sett inte återupptas. Alla krav specificeras i början av ett projekt och endast en leverans av mjukvara sker. Detta kan medföra svårigheter med att hantera till exempel förändrade krav. Agila systemutvecklingsmetoder har för avsikt att hantera förändrade krav samt möjliggöra kontinuerliga leveranser av värdefull och fungerande programvara. Under uppsatsen kommer såväl traditionella plandrivna metoder som agila metoder att förklaras närmare. Metodval för forskningen och befintliga systemutvecklingsteorier kommer att diskuteras och ett företag där studien har bedrivits kommer att presenteras. Företagets nuvarande arbetsprocess analyseras och presenteras och alla datainsamlingar kommer att gås igenom. Resultatet av uppsatsen visar på att inga initiala anpassningar av agila metoder, Scrum i det här specifika fallet, behöver genomföras och att det inte finns något som tyder på att små organisationer med små utvecklingsteam inte kan arbeta efter en formell agil metod. Slutligen kommer en allmän diskussion om studien att föras och slutsatser gällande om syftet med studien har uppnåtts kommer att diskuteras.
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Hermansson, Christopher, and Sebastian Johansson. "IPv6 - Gatewayredundans : Snabbt nog?" Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för datavetenskap, fysik och matematik, DFM, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-13011.
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IPv6 har, till skillnad från tidigare versioner av protokollet, inbyggt stöd för redundans hos gatewayenheter. Vid nyttjande av ett flertal gatewayenheter kan det, med hjälp av Neighbor Unreachability Detection, ske automatisk övergång till en ny gatewayenhet utifall att den aktiva skulle gå ur funktion. Innan IPv6 har man varit tvungen att förlita sig på externa lösningar för att uppnå denna redundans. Den huvudsakliga fråga som ställs i rapporten är om det inbyggda stödet för gatewayredundans i IPv6 är tillräckligt snabbt för att kunna nyttjas självständigt, utan att förlita sig på externa lösningar. För att kunna ta fram ett värde om vad som var ”tillräckligt snabbt” har vi, genom att läsa tidigare forskning om användares upplevelse av fördröjningar, kommit fram till att en fördröjning ej får överstiga tio sekunder. Rapporten undersöker även ifall det finns externa lösningar för gatewayredundans som arbetar tillräckligt snabbt, samt om det finns andra situationer där man kan föredra en extern lösning framför Neighbor Unreachability Detection. Efter ett antal experiment har vi kunnat klarlägga att det inbyggda stödet för gatewayredundans i IPv6 inte arbetar tillräckligt snabbt, enligt användare, för att självständigt klara av uppgiften. Undersökningar som beskrivs i rapporten visar även att ett externt First Hop Redundancy Protocol har god potential att återställa kommunikation tillräckligt snabbt för att en användare ska anse fördröjningen acceptabel. Dessutom bekräftar det här arbetet att det finns situationer där man kan föredra ett First Hop Redundancy Protocol framför Neighbor Unreachability Detection.Unlike earlier versions of the Internet Protocol, IPv6 have native support for gateway redundancy. By using more than one gateway, Neighbor Unreachability Detection supports automatic switching to a new gateway in the case the active one fails. Before IPv6 you had to rely on external solutions to achieve this kind of redundancy. The main question that is set in the report is if the built-in support for gateway redundancy in IPv6 is fast enough to be used independently, without the use of external solutions. In order to obtain a value about what was “fast enough” we have, by reading previous research about how users experience delay, concluded that a delay must not exceed ten seconds. The report also examines if there are external solutions for gateway redundancy that operates quick enough, and if there are other situations where you might prefer an external solution over Neighbor Unreachability Detection. After a number of experiments we’ve been able to conclude that, according to users, the native support for gateway redundancy in IPv6 is not working fast enough to independently solve the task. Experiments described in the report also shows that an external First Hop Redundancy Protocol has good potential to restore communication fast enough for a user to find the delay acceptable. Furthermore the work confirms that there are situations where you might prefer a First Hop Redundancy Protocol over Neighbor Unreachability Detection.
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Mrózek, Jan. "NVH analýza pohonné jednotky." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2021. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-444965.
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This master thesis is focused on the diagnostics of vibrations and noise of an internal combustion engine. The work also includes a summary of the current state of knowledge in which the quantities used, transmission paths, measuring devices and the possibilities of performing frequency analysis are analysed. As part of the technical experiment on which this work is based, vibrations and noise on the tractor engine are measured. The obtained data are then further processed using the BK Connect program. Subsequently, a frequency analysis is performed, specifically an order analysis. The conclusion of the analysis consists of an evaluation of individual orders that cause excitation that occur in the investigated motor.
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Gajewski, Jon Robert. "Neg-raising : polarity and presupposition." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33696.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 2005.Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-184).
In this thesis, I advance a semantic theory of Neg-Raising rooted in the work of Bartsch (1973) and Heim (2000) and defend it against syntactic and pragmatic alternatives. The primary source of support for my position on Neg-Raising comes from the natural way in which the approach explains a variety of facts about NPI-licensing in environments containing Neg-Raising predicates. In Chapter 2, a principled account is offered of a previously ill-understood contrast in NPI-licensing under stacked Neg-Raising predicates, first pointed out in Horn (1972). Also addressed are facts advanced in favor of the syntactic theory of Neg-Raising by Kiparsky and Kiparsky (1970) and Prince (1976). Horn's (1989) attractive account of Neg-Raising is reviewed in detail in Chapter 3 and found to have deficiencies, particularly in the domain of NPI-licensing. The most compelling aspect of Horn's analysis is his derivation of Neg-Raising from general principles. The purposes of Chapters 4 and 5 is to develop an alternative analysis of Neg-Raising that attains a comparable depth of explanation. First, I compare the behavior of negated Neg-Raising predicates to that of negated definite plurals.
(cont.) Next, I show that there is a significant correlation across constructions between obeying the Excluded Middle and having the properties of definite plurals. Finally, I offer a tentative explanation of why definite plurals obey the Excluded Middle.
by Jon Robert Gajewski.
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David, Jan. "NVH převodového ústrojí pro elektromobily." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2020. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-433548.
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This master’s thesis deals with determination of NVH parameters of the gearbox housing for electric vehicle. The introduction part is focused on the theoretical knowledge of this issue. Subsequently, the deviations of geometry on the gearbox were measure by 3D scan method. The next part of thesis is focused on the modal analysis, which is solved by numerical approach and followed by experimental verification. During the numerical calculation solving, the influence of the screw preloading on the modal properties of the structure, was also taken into account. Numerical harmonic analysis was then performed and the results were compared with the experimental approach. The conclusion is devoted to material damping and comparison of the individual results.
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Cammera, Caterina. "La Teoria delle classi NBG." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2013. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/5693/.
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Drtílek, Juraj. "Experimentální identifikace NVH brzdových soustav." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-318537.
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This Diploma Thesis is dedicated to solve the source of noise, observed during braking processes on tested vehicle, called Gouki noise and has been worked out in corporation with Federal Mogul company. The aim of this work to create test methology, which allows to experimentally detect the source of undesirable noise and eventually suggest next steps in its prevention.
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Belák, Kristián. "Určení NVH parametrů skříně převodovky." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-378021.
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This master’s thesis deals with determination of NVH parameters of the gearbox housing. Introductory part is focused on the necessary theoretical knowledge. Subsequently, it contains the modal analysis with the computational and experimental approach, which are being compared to each other. In the case of the computational approach, analysis of the influence of bolt pretension on the modal properties is also involved. The thesis continues with the harmonic analysis with the computational and experimental approach, including their mutual comparison. Based on these analyses, design modifications for improvement of the NVH parameters are designed at the end of the thesis, which are being compared to each other and to the original geometry, using the computational approach.
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Bouchner, Michal. "Určení NVH parametrů rovinné desky." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-378142.
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The aim of this thesis is examination and verification of numeric model for solving acoustics and vibration problems. Specifically, we are speaking about cast iron plate machined from gearbox. Main objectives of this work is set of experimental and numerical analysis at this simplified part with follow-up numerical model, where same analyses examining not only structure, but especially acoustic space around were performed. Due to this we were able to compare data between experimental and numerical analyses and to be able to prove or disprove functionality and limitation of numerical model.
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Freeman, Christopher J. "Biosensing and Catalysis Applications of Nanoporous Gold (NPG) and Platinum-Speckled Nanoporous Gold (NPG-Pt) Electrodes." VCU Scholars Compass, 2018. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5473.
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The importance of porous materials has risen substantially in the last few decades due to their ability to reduce the size and cost of bioanalytical devices and fuel cells. First, this work aims to describe the fabrication of nanoporous gold (NPG) electrodes that are resistant to electrode passivation due to fibrinogen biofouling in redox solutions. The effect on potentiometric and voltammetric experiments was seen as a deviation from ideal behavior on planar gold electrodes, whereas NPG electrodes were consistently behaving in a Nernstian fashion at low concentrations of ferri-ferrocyanide (£100 mM). An improvement in electrode behavior on NPG electrodes versus planar gold was seen in solutions containing ascorbic acid as well as blood plasma. Second, cost effective NPG electrodes were fabricated using a glass substrate to test the response in the presence of a variety of redox molecules. The optical transparency of these electrodes allowed for microdroplet measurements to be made using an inverted microscope in several redox solutions for validation and subsequent biological applicability. Nernstian behavior was demonstrated for all one- and two-electron transfer systems in both poised and unpoised solutions. All experiments were conducted using volumes between 280 and 1400 pL producing rapid results in less than one minute. Third, in order to decrease the requirement for complex instrumentation, microdroplet fabrication technique was used to create mini-nanoporous gold (mNPG) electrodes on glass capillary tubes. The cylindrical shape of the electrodes allowed for testing in sample volumes of 100 mL. The response to ferri-ferrocyanide, ascorbic acid, cysteine, and uric acid was then investigated with Nernstian behavior shown. However, the mNPG electrodes were insensitive to glucose and hydrogen peroxide. In order to increase the sensitivity of the electrodes, a minimal amount of platinum was electrodeposited onto the NPG surface using a low concentration of platinum salt (0.75 mM) for a short deposition time (2 seconds) producing a Nernstian response to both glucose and hydrogen peroxide. Lastly, to test the viability of crossover applications, the platinum incorporated NPG electrode was employed as a fuel cell anode material, testing their oxidation capability with methanol, ethanol, and formic acid.
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Rosén, Sofia. "Turkiet - inte europeiskt nog för gemenskapen?" Thesis, Växjö University, School of Social Sciences, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-2577.
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The Turkish accession to the European Union has been the most extended one that the Union
has been dealing with so far. Turkey is now accepted as a candidate country but it is still in a
problematic situation. Most of the EU’s member states do not share the Union’s belief that
Turkey should become a full member of the Union, if they should even become a member at
all. Europeanization constitutes a ground in this essay, and the “top-down” perspective within
this process can give an explanation to why most EU member states have such a hesitance
against Turkey.
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Mattiasson, Pernilla, and Emma Jonasson. "Strategiska Affärssystem? : -En fallstudie på NVS." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-21271.
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Sammanfattning Fördjupningsarbete i företagsekonomi. Ekonomihögskolan i Växjö, Linnéuniversitetet. Civilekonomprogrammet, controllerfördjupning. Vårterminen 2012. Titel: Strategiska affärssystem? – en fallstudie på NVS Bakgrund och problem: För att förenkla företags arbete mot dess mål kan de ta hjälp av ett välfungerande affärssystem. Detta ökar spridningen av information samt ledningens möjlighet att sprida strategin tillsammans med företagets uppsatta mål. För att på bästa sätt utforma den strategiska ekonomistyrningen krävs det att informationsflödet struktureras, vilket kan möjliggöras med hjälp av ett affärssystem. Vilka effekter förväntas NVS affärssystem medföra? Hur kan dessa effekter medföra en strategisk fördel eller nackdel för företaget? Syfte: Vi ska beskriva samt förklara hur ett affärssystem påverkar NVS möjligheter att uppnå sin strategi. Resultat och slutsatser: NVS har med hjälp av sitt affärssystem förbättrat och effektiviserat olika processer i företaget. Dessa förbättringar leder till att de enklare uppnår sin strategi och sina mål. Valet av leverantör och utformningen av affärssystemet har visat sig ha en stor strategisk inverkan. Fördjupningsarbetet har visat att affärssystemet både kan hjälpa och stjälpa NVS att uppnå sina mål.
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Anisimavičius, Marius. "NVO veiklos finansavimas Lietuvoje: savivaldybių atvejai." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2010. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2010~D_20100616_102029-02205.
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Nevyriausybinės organizacijos Europos sąjungoje yra pilietinės visuomenės garantas, leidžiantis vyriausybei, savivaldybėms padėti žmonėms tapti pilietiškais, tobulėti įvairiose gyvenimiškose srityse, aktyviai dalyvauti kuriant stabilią valstybę. Šiam tikslui pasiekti vyriausybės, ministerijos, savivaldybės ir privatūs asmenys skiria lėšas nevyriausybinių organizacijų veikloms finansuoti, užsibrėždamos tikslus, tokius kaip žmoniškumo ir tolerancijos skatinimas bendruomenėse, miesto ir kaimo atotrūkio mažinimas, jaunimo iniciatyvos ir užimtumas regionuose, kurie įsikūrimų provincijoje, naujų technologijų skverbimasis ir kūrybiškumo skatinimas.
. Darbo tikslas – išanalizuoti finansavimo šaltinio poveikio nevyriausybinėms organizacijoms, veikiančioms prie savivaldybių, problematiką.
Darbą sudaro keturios pagrindinės dalys, įvadas ir išvados.
Pirmojoje dalyje, kitaip dar vadinamoje teoriniu pagrindimu yra nagrinėjami užsakovo – vykdytojo teorijos problematika bei projektinės veiklos finansavimo principai ir metodai. Šis skyrius yra labai svarbus, leidęs atrinkti tinkamas sąvokas ir konceptualizuoti tyrimą.
Antroji dalis skirta nevyriausybinių organizacijų, veikiančių prie savivaldybių sąvokų ir sampratų analizei. Šioje dalyje gilinimąsi į nevyriausybinių organizacijų apibrėžtis skirstant jas ne tik pagal tipus, bet ir pagal veiklos pobūdį, lokalinę padėtį.
Trečioji dalis skirta nevyriausybinių organizacijų finansavimo niuansams paaiškinti, gilinimąsi savivaldybių kaip paslaugos... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]Non-government organizations in European Union are civic society‘s guarantee, which lets the government and municipalities help people get more public, improve in various life fields and actively participate in creating a stable country. To achieve this purpose, governments, ministries, municipalities and private persons provide financial help to non-goverment organizations with a purpose of encouraging tolerance and humanity in society, reducing the distance between country and town, keeping the youth busy in more distant regions, spread of new technology and creativity. The aim of this Master's thesis – to analyze the problems of financial sourcing to non-government organizations which work with municipalities. The work consists of four main parts, introduction and conclusion. First part, which can be called reasoning of theory, takes the problems of principal – agent’s theory and project-based sponsorship methods and rules. It is a very important part, which enabled to gather appropriate ideas and conceptualize the research. Second part analyzes the conceptions and ideas of non-government organizations working with municipalities. It concentrates on definitions of non-goverment organizations not by types, but work order and local placement. Third part is for the explanation of financing of non-goverment organizations. It takes the municipalities’ role as principal and non-goverment organization as agent and their interests. Methodology of research is described here... [to full text]
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Björck, Elias, and Caroliné Ericsson. "Denna stan är inte stor nog…" Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Handels- och IT-högskolan, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-20526.
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Denna uppsats bygger på empiri kring ett case som utgörs av en dold konflikt mellan endel av surfkulturen i Varberg, Apelviken och Varbergs Kommun. Vi upplevde att detfanns en uppdämd konflikt som av olika orsaker blivit hindrad att nå ut. Uppsatsens fokusligger på den narrativa kopplingen i författandet av en managementberättelse som utgårfrån en case study.Vi bjuder Dig som läsare på en berättelse i vildavästernmiljö som handlar om livet i dennordamerikanska staden Coastville. På vintern är det mestadels kallt men undersommartid samlas både människor men också… problem. Vi kommer att få följa stadenssheriffer Allen och Will i deras uppdrag att hålla ordningen upprätt i staden. Vi kommerockså bekanta oss med guldvaskarna Johny och Jeff, två Lone Riders vars vägar då ochdå korsas.Vi har valt en abduktiv ansats genom uppsatsen och en design som i linje med syftet kanskapa perspektiv och djup i frågan om uppsatsens narrativa och organisatoriska ämne.Denna form av studie bjuder förhoppningsvis Dig som läsare en skön lässtund, meninnebär också att analysmaterialet framställs på ett annorlunda vis än i en traditionellnaturvetenskaplig uppsats. Vi är medvetna om detta och höjer därför ett varningensfinger. Dock innebär det oftast att i de fall det finns en risk så kantas andra sidan avvinning och så även i detta fall då analysen kommer innebära båda dessa ytterligheter.Vår tanke är att skapa ett engagemang och en ”poäng” bortom de case och tidsmässigasammanhang vi belyst och på så vis hoppas vi att en röd tråd ska finnas mellanuppsatsens olika delar.Program: Kandidatutbildning i företagsekonomi
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Castilho, Sofia Isabel de Miranda. "Project – Equity Research Novartis AG. (NVS)." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/18182.
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Mestrado em FinançasEste trabalho final de mestrado segue regras restritas de apresentação sugeridas no estilo do Trabalho Final do Programa de Mestrado do Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão ? Universidade de Lisboa e também do CFA Institute (Henry, Robison, Pinto and Stowe, 2010), seguindo assim o novo formato de apresentação deste tipo de trabalho final de mestrado, projeto. Este trabalho contém informação sobre a empresa Novartis AG e estudos sobre a mesma. Escolher esta empresa não foi propriamente uma tarefa árdua pois sempre tive imensa curiosidade sobre a indústria farmacêutica por ser uma indústria onde não se consegue projetar um fim e desta maneira um setor com um constante trabalho de investigação e inovação para acompanhar a evolução das doenças da humanidade, com todos os custos que esta tarefa acarreta. Numa primeira instância foi feito um estudo do negócio incluindo uma estrutura de negócio da companhia por cada divisão da mesma (Innovative Medicines, Sandoz e Alcon), posteriormente foi esmiuçada a estratégia de negócio da firma muito assente na inovação. Seguidamente, foi analisada estrutura de gestão da empresa. O price target desta avaliação foi calculado através do método dos Fluxos de Caixa Descontados (DCF). Para dar suporte a este método de avaliação alineei também o método dos Multiplos Comparáveis. Desta forma com dois métodos diferentes consegui chegar à mesma recomendação.
This project follow restricted presentation rules, aligning the style and regulations of ISEG Master Final Project with the CFA Institute (Pinto, Henry, Robison, and Stowe, 2010) recommendations, consolidated in this new presentation format for this kind of projects. This project contains detailed information and studies developed about Novartis AG. Choosing this company wasn´t properly a difficult choice, since I always had curiosity about pharmaceutical industry and its main features of continuing hard working and investments around innovation and investigation, influenced by arising new diseases globally, that makes it an endless industry in that matter. The price target of Novartis AG was computed using the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) approach. In order to support this valuation method, the Relative Valuation method was also performed. I reached similar results through both methods. The price target obtained in the course of the work performed about Novartis AG (NVS) was $89.52, which represents and upside potential of 4,44% comparing with the stock price at 2018, October 16th. Regarding the full analysis about Novartis AG (NVS) the final recommendation is Reduce, considering a medium risk assessment estimation for Novartis AG.
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Aikio, J. (Joni). "Myötäelävä vuorovaikutus (NVC) luokkahengen parantamisessa yläkoulussa." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2014. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201406041641.
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Tutkimuksemme tarkoituksena oli selvittää vuorovaikutusharjoitteluun ja sovitteluun painottuvan kymmentuntisen harjoitusjakson vaikutuksia yhdeksäsluokkalaisten opiskelijoiden kokemukseen luokkahengestä. Harjoitusjakson teoriapohjana toimi NVC-prosessi (Nonviolent Communication), joka tunnetaan myös nimellä myötäelävä vuorovaikutus.
Tutkimusmenetelmänä oli osallistava toimintatutkimus, jossa on keskeistä toimia yhdessä tutkimusjoukon kanssa. NVC-harjoitusjakson koostimme NVC-kirjallisuutta ja aiempia tutkimuksia hyödyntäen. Keskeisinä sisältöinä oli tunteiden ja tarpeiden ymmärtäminen, empaattinen kuunteleminen ja rehellinen ilmaisu, sekä opiskelijoiden välien sovitteleminen.
Tutkimukseen osallistui kaikkiaan kymmenen tyttöä erään pohjoissuomalaisen koulun yhdeksänneltä luokalta. Ennen harjoitusjaksoa jokainen heistä koki luokkahengen huonona ja kaipasi tilanteeseen muutosta. Harjoitusjaksomme rakenne muodostui alkukartoituksen, sekä jatkuvan palautteiden ja havaintojen analysoimisen kautta. Aineistonkeruumenetelmänä käytimme ryhmähaastatteluja ja kyselylomakkeita.
Kaikki opiskelijat kokivat harjoitusjakson parantaneen luokkahenkeä vähintään vähän ja opiskelijoista puolet koki muutoksen merkittävänä. Sovittelukeskustelut nähtiin tärkeimpänä luokkahenkeä parantaneena tekijänä. NVC-teoria ja erityisesti harjoitukset nähtiin tärkeänä pohjustuksena sovittelukeskusteluille. Sovittelussa esille nousi kaksi eniten luokkahenkeä heikentänyttä konfliktia, joista toinen saatiin käsiteltyä ja toisen käsittelyssä päästiin alkuun. Opiskelijat kokivat sovittelua helpottaneena tekijänä sen että sovittelukeskusteluja veti koulun ulkopuolinen ja puolueeton henkilö. Jatkuvuutta sovittelulle ja asioiden käsittelylle toivottiin.
Tulosten luotettavuutta lisää aineiston ja omien havaintojemme yhdenmukaisuus. NVC-prosessin mukaisesti tunteisiin ja tarpeisiin keskittymällä, sekä sovittelemalla opiskelijoiden asioita puolueettomasti, voidaan luokkahenkeä parantaa syvällisellä ja pitkäaikaisesti vaikuttavalla tavalla. NVC-prosessia voi käyttää kouluilla opiskelijoiden ristiriitojen käsittelemiseen ja avoimen sekä turvallisen ilmapiirin ylläpitämiseen, jolloin opettaja näyttää omalla esimerkillään mallia ja on luomassa uutta toimintakulttuuria.
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Mesch, Linnéa. "God nog för våra ensamkommande barn?" Thesis, Umeå universitet, Juridiska institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-180559.
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Ekholm, Dag. "Bioteknikkursen i NV3 Innehåll och metoder." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-32093.
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Scherer, Patr?cia Cristina. "Entendendo os neg?cios com impacto social : uma an?lise dos elementos constituintes do modelo de neg?cio." Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica do Rio Grande do Sul, 2014. http://tede2.pucrs.br/tede2/handle/tede/5688.
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Previous issue date: 2014-08-25Social impact business are cost effective initiatives that address the needs of lowincome people by providing them with the access to quality products and services at affordable prices, as well as employment and income opportunities. This study aims at contributing to the understanding of this business model that has been getting increasingly more relevant in both the academic and corporate fields. The analysis of the theoretical groundwork indicated that the concept of social impact business does not come from a homogeneous perspective. An analytical framework to identify the elements that constitute the business social impact was proposed based on the characteristics found in the literature review. The methodology applied was of qualitative-quantitative, exploratory nature. As the procedure required for data collection, three steps were followed: a documental analysis using secondary data, interviews and surveys. The results from the data collection allowed us to identify the constituent elements of the business model, mapping existing initiatives in Brazil and describe their characteristics from the proposed framework for analysis, and assess the social impact of these initiatives.
Os neg?cios com impacto social s?o iniciativas economicamente rent?veis que visam atender ?s necessidades da popula??o de baixa renda oferecendo oportunidades de acesso a produtos e servi?os de qualidade a pre?os acess?veis, bem como oportunidades de emprego e renda. O trabalho visa contribuir para o entendimento deste tema que vem recebendo crescente aten??o tanto da ?rea acad?mica como corporativa. O referencial te?rico permitiu o aprofundamento sobre o entendimento destes modelos de neg?cio cujo conceito ? amplo e ainda n?o possui uma vis?o homog?nea. Um quadro de an?lise para a identifica??o dos elementos que constituem os neg?cios com impacto social foi proposto a partir das caracter?sticas encontradas na revis?o bibliogr?fica. A metodologia empregada foi de um estudo qualitativo-quantitativo, de natureza explorat?ria. Foram utilizadas tr?s t?cnicas de coleta de dados: pesquisa documental com dados secund?rios, entrevistas e question?rios. Os resultados obtidos permitiram identificar os elementos constituintes do modelo de neg?cios, mapear as iniciativas existentes no Brasil e descrever suas caracter?sticas a partir do quadro de an?lise proposto, e avaliar o impacto social destas iniciativas.
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Davidson, Gordon Westly. "Aircraft NLG shimmy : methods, tools and analysis." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/10554.
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ELGEAR was a UK government/industry partnership created in 2006 to research electrical technology in aircraft landing gear systems. The project designed, built and ground tested electrical technology for a Landing Gear Extension/Retraction system (LGERS) and Nose Wheel Steering systems (NWS) for a 120 passenger aircraft. One thread of this research, and the topic of the present thesis, was to develop analysis methods and tools to investigate the effects of shimmy. Shimmy is the self excited vibration of a castored wheel assembly. It may be experienced on assemblies such as wheel chairs, shopping trolleys, motor cycles, and it is particularly prevalent on aircraft landing gears. Developed within this report is a generic set of system shimmy requirements to guide future engineers. Several models are developed from first principles, allowing a potential design to be quickly evaluated and damper sizes determined. A detailed Multi-Body Systems model has been created using the software modelling package ADAMS. The model includes a detailed representation of mass and inertia properties, stiffness’s, friction and tyre properties. The report includes a detailed method to determine the tyre parameters compatible with the ADAMS PAC2002 formulation (magic tyre formula). The dynamic model is simulated to investigate the landing gear’s behaviour to each requirement and is a significant enhancement to the models developed using first principles. To explore the influence of higher frequency tyre dynamics, a model incorporating a simplified SWIFT tyre model is generated from first principles. The report concludes with a validation of the methods and tools. Test results are used to validate several aspects of the tyre model, and a comparison between hand derived models and the detailed model provides a thorough check of modelling practices.
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Vaitkevičius, Valdas. "NVO kaip vaikų socialinės atskirties mažinimo agentas." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2008. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2008~D_20080924_174128-27254.
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Darbe siekta atskleisti NVO kaip vaikų socialinės atskirties mažinimo agentą. Mokslinės literatūros, dokumentų analizė ir atlikti du ekspertiniai tyrimai išryškino NVO veiklą vaikų socialinės atskirties aspektu. Ištirtos Panevėžio, Šiaulių ir Klaipėdos VDC kaip vaikų socialinės atskirties mažinimo agentų veiklos problemos ir galimybės, parengtos veiklos tobulinimo gairės.The purpose of the research work is to reveal NGO as an agent of lowering children social exclusion. The analysis of scientific literature, documentation (legislation) and two forensic examinations which were accomplished highlighted the work of NGO in the aspect of children social exclusion. Children day-centres as the agents of lowering children social exclusion were investigated in Siauliai, Panevezys and Klaipeda. The problems and possibilities of the work that children day-centres do were revealed. Points of reference for the improvement of NGO work were prepared.
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Revuckaitė, Evelina. "NVO dalyvavimas įgyvendinant Lietuvos vystomojo bendradarbiavimo politiką." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2013. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2013~D_20130612_141200-57500.
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Vystomojo bendradarbiavimo politika yra neatsiejama ES, Lietuvos ir viso pasaulio užsienio politikos dalis, kuri apima tiek geografines, tiek temines paramos vystymuisi formas. Todėl būtent pilietinio sąmoningumo pagrindu turi būti skatinamas visuotinių problemų suvokimas, žinių bei gebėjimų ugdymas, partnerystės tarp įvairių lygių sprendimų priėmėjų ir NVO plėtojimas vystomajam bendradarbiavimui įgyvendinti.
Dalyvavimas, kaip priemonė, siekia užtikrinti, kad bus atsižvelgta į visų grupių interesus ir integruoti bendrus aspektus į sprendimo priėmimo procesą. Dėl to yra svarbu, kad bendradarbiavimas ir NVO dalyvavimo formos būtų grįstos skaidrumu bei pasitikėjimu, taip užtikrinant sklandesnį institucijų ir visuomenės įtraukimą į vystomojo bendradarbiavimo politiką. Lietuvoje nevyriausybinės organizacijos susiduria su finansavimo, informavimo, atstovavimo ir eile kitų problemų, kurioms spręsti yra reikalingas bendras, sisteminis požiūris į vystomąjį bendradarbiavimą. Visuomenes veikia įvairūs iššūkiai, kurie yra sąlygojami socialinių ir ekonominių pokyčių, globalizacijos, politinių konfliktų bei technologijų tobulėjimo, todėl reikalinga nustatyti priežastis, kurios lemia realų atotrūkį tarp objektyvios partnerystės tarp institucijų ir organizacijų Lietuvos vystymo politikos įgyvendinime.
Darbo tikslas – ištirti nevyriausybinių vystomojo bendradarbiavimo organizacijų atstovavimo galimybes ir neįtraukimo priežastis įgyvendinant Lietuvos vystomojo bendradarbiavimo politiką... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]Development cooperation policy is an integral part of foreign policy of EU, Lithuania and the whole world. It includes both - geographic and thematic development aid forms. Therefore the understanding of global challenges, knowledge and skills education, the partnership among various levels of decision-makers and NGOs in the development of development cooperation should be built. Participation is a mean to ensure that the interests of all groups would be taken into account and integrated in the decision - making process. Therefore it is important that the cooperation and participation of NGOs would be based on transparency and trust. This can ensure equal inclusion of institutions and society in the implementation of development cooperation. Lithuanian NGOs face funding, information, advocacy and a range of other issues which can be solved by a systematic approach to development cooperation. Today societies are affected by various challenges, which are conditioned by the social, economic changes, globalization, political conflicts and technological development. According to these issues it is necessary to analyze the reasons which lead to the gap between the objective partnership of institutions and organizations in Lithuanian development policy. The aim of the paper is to explore the possibilities of non-governmental organizations‘ representation and involvement issues in the implementation of Lithuanian development cooperation policy. To achieve the aim, following... [to full text]
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Michel, M. F. "Hebben bacteriën nog wel het laatste woord." [S.l.] : Rotterdam : [de auteur] ; Erasmus University [Host], 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/7432.
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Järnefelt, Pia. "Nog är ju viktigt : The role of modal particles nog and ju in responsibility attribution in L1 and L2 speakers." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-172769.
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The present study investigates whether advanced adult L2 speakers comprehend the subtle linguistic cues that modal particles entail and seek to find if modal particles affect them in their responsibility attribution. Two groups of advanced L2 speakers of Swedish were tested; one group of L1 German speakers and one group of L1 English speakers. In an experiment that investigated responsibility attribution, participants read short stories that were manipulated with the modal particles nog and ju, to see if the use of these modal particles affected how they attributed responsibility to a character in the short story. The L2 learners were tested to see if L1 background affects the L2 acquisition of modal particles. A control group of native Swedish speakers were also tested. As an exploratory and complementary measure, reading times were recorded for the critical sentences modified with ju and nog. The results show a main effect of group and a main effect of condition, but no interaction between the two. However, upon closer inspections of the numerical values in the groups, possible trends and curious directions are seen. The results yielded no significant differences between groups and conditions, and are presented as possible trends, and discussed. Contrary to the hypotheses, these trends are indicative of the English speakers being affected by the modal particles in the way that natives were expected to, while Germans showed a pattern that was different from native speakers. The results show no significant differences for the different conditions in the native control group. The results show no support for L1 transfer facilitation in the acquisition of modal particles.
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Larsson, Sandra. "Är handdatorer säkra nog för hälso- och sjukvården?" Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Electrical Engineering, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-1507.
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The aim of this report is to discuss computer security in handheld computers and to find out the appropriate security level that must be implemented to be able to use handheld computers within the Swedish healthcare system. Most healthcare centers are using some kind of electronic journals for their patient´s data today, but there are still a number of clinics that are usingthe old paper-system.
On a few places in Sweden the use of handheld computers at the clinics has already started, but in the United States the use of handheld computers in the medical area is already widespread and from this we can see a lot of different situations where it is useful and effective to work with handheld computers.
The security demands on patient´s journals are high and regulated in both Swedish law and regulations from the National Swedish Board of Health and Welfare. The law does not have any substantial demands, but states that there should be an adequate security level based on the nature of the information and the costs. The conclusions of this report is that this level of security can be achieved in handheld computers if additional software is installed and used in combination with the security features in the operating system. It is also necessary to have a good method for user identification that is adjusted to fit the situation in the clinic.
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Rimkevičiūtė, Indrė. "Nekilnojamojo turto mokestis Europos Sąjungos ir NVS šalyse." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2006. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2006~D_20061221_133829-56999.
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Magistro baigiamajame darbe analizuojami nekilnojamojo turto apmokestinimo ypatumai Lietuvos Respublikoje, Čekijos Respublikoje, Ispanijos Karalystėje, Armėnijos Respublikoje bei Kazachstano Respublikoje. Didžiausią dėmesį skiriame Lietuvos Respublikos nekilnojamojo turto mokesčio įstatymo, priimto 2005 m. birželio 7 d., įsigaliojusio nuo 2006 m. sausio 1 d. ir sukėlusio daug prieštaringų vertinimų, analizei.In this Master thesis the greatest attention is paid to the Law on Immovable property tax of the Republic of Lithuania, which has been valid since the 1st of January in 2006. According to this Law, the Real Estate, owned by Individuals and used for commercial purposes was taxed for the first time. Wondering if it was useful and socially correct for the Legislator to enact such the Law, which caused a lot of endless and contradictories discussions, we objectively analyse different opinions of Lawyers, Economists, other Specialists and Politicians, related to this problematic topic, also declaring our position on the same question. Further in the thesis it is dealt with separate elements of the Real Estate tax: such as object, tax payers, rates, privileges and etc. Also discussing problems related to the taxable value of Real Estate. At the end of the first chapter, it is analysed the perspectives of this tax, discussing the idea of Universal Taxation of Real Estate in the Republic of Lithuania. In the beginning of the second chapter it is studied the EU politics on the direct taxation (which includes the taxation on Real Estate). Furthermore, in the second and third chapters it is analysed peculiarities of Real Estate tax in the Czech Republic, Spain, Armenia and Kazakhstan. At the end of this Master thesis, we present conclusions and model some suggestions how to make this Law on Immovable property more effective in the Republic of Lithuania.
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Miselienė, Evelina. "Švietimo sektoriaus NVO vykdomų projektų valdymo problemų analizė." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2007. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2007~D_20070118_210722-16147.
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Šiame darbe buvo siekiama išanalizuoti švietimo sektoriaus NVO vykdomų projektų
valdymo problemas ir pateikti projektų valdymo problemų sprendimo pasiūlymus. Šiam tikslui
pasiekti buvo analizuojama mokslinės literatūra, dokumentai, teisės aktai, spaudos publikacijos,
elektroninė informacija. Taip pat atliktas kiekybinis tyrimas, statistiniams duomenims surinkti
panaudotas anketavimo metodas. Pirmiausia darbe apžvelgiama projektų vadybos samprata:
aptariamas projekto sąvokos turinys bei projektų vadybos taikymas organizacijose; analizuojami
projektų gyvavimo, valdymo ypatumai; nagrinėjama projektų vadyba organizacijos kaitos bei
organizacijos kultūros kontekste; nagrinėjamos projektų vadyboje taikomos darbo organizavimo
formos. Toliau analizuojami NVO ypatumai Lietuvoje: aptariama NVO sąvoka bei pagrindiniai
principai ir tikslai; analizuojama NVO sektoriaus teisinė aplinka Lietuvoje; nagrinėjami NVO
veiklos sričių ypatumai; analizuojamos projektų vadybos taikymo tendencijos Lietuvos NVO,
kuomet NVO traukiamos problemų sprendimų, tą darant per projektų finansavimą,
nagrinėjama Europos Sąjungos paramos Lietuvai, kai projektų vadybos pagalba įsisavinamos
šaliai skiriamos lėšos; apibūdinami NVO sektoriaus valdymo ypatumai ir jų problemos.
Trečiame darbo skyriuje aptariami atlikto kiekybinio tyrimo rezultatai: aptariamas tyrimo
organizavimas ir metodika; apibūdinama tyrimo duomenų analizė; nagrinėjama gauta
informacija apie projektų administravimo personalą; analizuojama... [to full text]The purpose of this master thesis was to traverse projects’ governance problems of Educational sector NGOs and to present suggestions of solutions for these problems. In order to achieve the goal was chosen the method of analysis of nonfictions, documents of NGOs legislations, publications on internet websites; was made quantitative research, for gathering statistical information was chosen the method of questionnaire. First of all, the theoretic conceptions of project management were analyzed: there were discussed the notion and implementation of project management in the organizations; there were analyzed stages and singularities of the projects, as well as project management in the context of the culture of organization, and analyzed organized work forms, applied in the projects’ management. Further, there are analyzed singularities of NGOs in Lithuania: analyzed peculiarities of NGOs’ activities, when they are involved to solve the problems by implementing projects, analyzed peculiarities of projects governance and problems of NGOs. In the third part of this work the results of quantitative research are analyzed: there are discussed the methodology, how research was organized; described the data of research; analyzed gained information about projects’ administrative staff; analyzed information about projects’ governance system. In order to find differences and similarities between groups of respondents, gained information was compared, there were given common... [to full text]
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Marcinkevičienė, Sandra. "Vaikų ir globėjų santykiai NVO vaikų kaimų šeimynose." Bachelor's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2010. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2010~D_20100903_123221-56100.
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Kiekvieno vaiko prigimtinė teisė augti savo šeimoje – saugioje ir jo raidos poreikius atitinkančioje aplinkoje. Deja, kasmet daugėja vaikų, savo šeimose patiriančių nepriežiūrą ir apleistumą, skurdą, prievartą, tėvų piktnaudžiavimą savo valdžia ir pan. Kai biologinė vaiko šeima nebepajėgi tenkinti svarbiausių vaiko interesų, jos funkcijas perima globos institucijos.
Lietuvoje vaiko teises ir apsaugą reglamentuojantys pagrindiniai įstatymai pabrėžia būtinybę padėti vaikams iš socialinės rizikos šeimų išvengti socialinės atskirties, sukurti jiems palankias gyvenimo sąlygas bei teikti ugdymo paslaugas, kad jie galėtų vystyti savo socialinius įgūdžius. Globos įstaigos mūsų šalyje − bene pagrindinės institucijos, įgaliotos padėti tėvų globos netekusiems vaikams. Kartu pabrėžiama būtinybė iš esmės keisti požiūrį į vaiko globos klausimus, remiantis pagrindinėmis JT vaiko teisių deklaracijos nuostatomis, kuriomis vadovaujantis svarbu kuo daugiau vaikų apgyvendinti globėjų šeimose, šeimynose, kur tėvų globos netekusiems vaikams pagal galimybes būtų sukurta kuo artimesnė natūraliai šeimai aplinka. Tokią aplinką siūlo nevyriausybinės organizacijos, veikiančios pagal tarptautinės organizacijos SOS–KDI modelį, kur globotiniai gyvena šeimynose su mama-auklėtoja, vaikų kaimuose.
Vaikų gyvenimo uždaro tipo globos įstaigose klausimai Lietuvos mokslininkų analizuoti įvairiapusiškai, tačiau pasigendama tyrimų, vertinančių vaikų ir mamų-auklėtojų tarpusavio santykius NVO vaikų kaimų šeimynose... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]Every child has a right to grow in a family. However every year, due to various reasons, children get into guardianship institutions. It is a duty of the state and society to take care of these children in order to ensure the highest quality guardianship, as close to the environment of a family as the possibilities allow. Such environment is offered to children, who lost parental care, by non-governmental organisations acting under the model of the international organisation SOS – KDI, where the foster-children live in house-families with a foster mother, in special children villages. Organising the children’s life at foster home, it is very important to ensure good intercommunication between the personnel and foster-children. However so far only a few scientific researches were performed, which analyse the feelings of children, who grow in children’s villages families, and their relationships with the personnel. The objective of the Bachelor’s Thesis was to asses the intercommunication between the children residing in the children village families of NGOs and foster mothers, who work there. The research was performed at the foster families of NGO’s children villages. 98 foster-children and six foster mothers participated in the survey. Using the method of the questionnaire survey, it was researched how did children assess the care and guardianship of their foster mothers. Also, the approach of foster mothers towards their foster-children and their motivation to work... [to full text]
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Dias, Chaves Julio César. "The Nag Hammadi Apocalyptic Corpus: Delimitation and Analysis." Thesis, Université Laval, 2007. http://www.theses.ulaval.ca/2007/24300/24300.pdf.
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Ascencio, Michaelle. "Nèg kampé : lecture anthropologique du roman hai͏̈tien contemporain." Paris, EHESS, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994EHES0105.
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Genie du paganisme de marc auge, esthetique et theorie du roman de mikhail bakhtine et anatomie de la critique de northrop frye constituent les bases theoriques de cette these qui propose une lecture anthropologique du roman haitien contemporain. A partir de la question sur la place et la valeur que le roman haitien concede a la culture du pays, culture qui s'exprime globalemen dans le polytheisme vaudou, l'attachement a la terre, l'importance des liens affectifs. . . , notre these analyse la vision "bilingue" des romanciers haitiens et l'image de la societe qui apparaissent dans les quarante romans de notre corpus. La vie de l'individu en famille ( en haiti) et la vie de l'individu en exil sont les themes majeurs de cette litterature. Ces themes sont eux memes enrichis par divers sujets: l'image de l'afrique, le personnage du zombi, la notion de travail, la violence, la nostalgie, la peur, l'amitie et l'amour que nous retrouverons analyses dans les chapitres de notre travail. La polarisation zombi neg kampe (homme debout) est le symbole commun a ces romans ecrits entre 1980 et 1991. Le messages des romanciers s'inscrit dans une sorte d'education sentimentale de l'individu qui, depassant la peur et la servitude, devient maitre de soiGenie du paganisme by marc auge, esthetique et theorie du roman by mikhail bakhtine and anatomie de la critique by northrop frye constitute the theorical bases of this thesis that proposes and anthropological reading of the contemporary haitian novel. From the question of the place and the value that the haitian novel concedes to the culture of haiti, culture that globally expresses herself in the vaudou polytheism, the earth's attachement, the importance of the affective ties. . . , our thesis analyses the bilingual vision of the haitians novelists and the image of the society appears in the fourty novel of our corpus. The life of the individual in his family (in haiti) and the life of the individual in exile are the major themes of this literature. These themes are made rich by differents subjects: the image of africa, the zombui figure, the work's notion, the violence, the nostalgy, the fear, the friendship and love that we find again analysed in the chapters of our work. The polarization zombi neg kampe is the common symbol to all this novels written between 1980 and 1991. The message of the novelists turns around of a kind of "sentimental education" of individual which, overtaking the fear and the servitude, become proud and sure of himself
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Lemire, Garlic Nicole. "NLG Thesis Appendices Final 5 12 17.pdf." Master's thesis, Temple University Libraries, 2017. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/452949.
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Media Studies & ProductionM.A.
The analysis of mainstream newspaper content has long been mined by communication scholars and researchers for insights into public opinion and perceptions. In recent years, scholars have been examining African-American authored periodicals to obtain similar insights. Hearkening back to the 1950s and 1960s civil rights movement in the United States, the highly-publicized killings of African-American men by police officers during the past several years have highlighted longstanding strained police-community relations. As part of its role as both a reflection of, and an advocate for, the African-American community, African-American journalistic texts contain a wealth of data about African-American public opinion about, and perceptions of, police. In years past, media content analysts would manually sift through newspapers to divine interesting police-related themes and variables worthy of study. But, with the exponential growth of digitized texts, communication scholars are experimenting with computerized text analysis tools like topic modeling software to aid them in their content analyses. This thesis considers to what degree topic modeling software can be used at the exploratory stage of designing a content analysis study to aid in uncovering themes and variables worthy of further investigation. Appendix A contains results of the manual exploratory content analysis. The list of topics generated by the topic modeling software may be found in Appendix B.
Temple University--Theses
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Cannic, Sébastien. "L'évolution magmatique et tectono-métamorphique du substratum du domaine valaisan (complexe du Versoyen, Alpes occidentales) : Implications dans l'histoire alpine." Grenoble 1, 1996. http://www.theses.fr/1996GRE10155.
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Le domaine valaisan dessine une suture qui marque la limite entre les zones internes et externes des Alpes occidentales. Cette suture est constituée de roches magmatiques d'affinité tholéïtique (le complexe du Versoyen) dont l'interprétation géodynamique était controversée. En effet, suivant les auteurs, cette suture pourrait représenter: 1) une klippe d'origine piémontaise (suture d'hyper-collision), 2) une écaille ophiolitique située au front d'un prisme d'accrétion (suture océanique), 3) un complexe magmatique lié à un amincissement crustal (inversion structurale). Le but de ce travail était de trouver des arguments qui permettaient de résoudre cette controverse. Ainsi les résultats acquis au cours de cette thèse montrent que: ― Le magmatisme tholéïtique du Versoyen, dans les régions du col du Petit Saint Bernard (frontière franco-italienne) et de Visp (Suisse), présente des caractères géochimiques et isotopiques identiques qui sont intermédiaires entre ceux des N-MORB et des T-MORB. Ces tholéïtes dériveraient de la fusion partielle d'un manteau appauvri (de type N-MORB), avec probablement la participation d'une source enrichie (de type OIB). ― Dans la région du col du Petit Saint Bernard, certaines tholéïtes sont recoupées par des filons leucocrates qui correspondent à des liquides différenciés, cogénétiques du magmatisme. Les datations U/Pb sur les zircons contenus dans l'un de ces filons indiquent un âge Carbonifère supérieur pour le magmatisme du Versoyen. ― Le complexe du Versoyen est affecté par un métamorphisme polyphasé de type éclogitique, schiste bleu et schiste vert. La paragénèse éclogitique correspond à des conditions de Haute-Pression et Basse-Température qui traduisent un enfouissement à grande profondeur, lié à une subduction. Les datations Ar/Ar réalisées sur les phengites donnent des âges de refroidissement proches de 33 Ma et permettent d'affiner le chemin P-T-t de ce complexe au cours de l'exhumation des éclogites. ― Le complexe du Versoyen est affecté par une déformation syn-schiste vert qui correspond à un jeu normal vers le SE. Cette déformation apparait dès l'Èocène supérieur ― Oligocène et explique en partie l'exhumation des éclogites. Ce jeu normal est contemporain de chevauchements dans la zone externe et pourrait accomoder un réamincissement crustal au cours de la collision alpine. Ces données permettent une réinterprétation de la signification géodynamique du complexe du Versoyen dont l'individualisation est liée au cycle hercynien alors que son évolution tectonométamorphique est contrôlée par l'orogénèse alpine
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Persson, Åsa. "Speciella nog att särbehandlas? Lärarstudenters syn på särbegåvade elever." Thesis, Kristianstad University College, Department of Teacher Education, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-4671.
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Uppsatsen ämnar undersöka hur lärarstudenter upplever särbegåvade elevers situation i skolan, samt hur lärarstudenter menar att dessa elever ska hanteras i skolan, med fokus på behov av extra stöd utöver den ordinarie undervisningen. Frågorna grundas i forskning som visar att särbegåvade barn och elever ofta kräver en delvis annorlunda pedagogik och särskild uppmärksamhet i skolan för att inte tappa sina förmågor eller sin lust att lära. En kvantitativ undersökning har gjorts i vilken nästan 400 lärarstudenter bedömt åtta påståenden om särbegåvade elevers situation i skolan. Resultaten visar att lärarstudenterna till stor del är positivt inställda till särskilt stöd för särbegåvade elever. Dock upplever de delvis att de saknar den kunskap det krävs för att tillgodose de särbegåvade elevernas i deras kunskapsutveckling i skolan. Slutligen visar undersökningen att en överväldigande majoritet av lärarstudenterna upplever att lärarutbildningen brister vad gäller fokusering på området om särbegåvning.
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Novikova, Elena. "Modellering av försäkringsdata med normal invers gaussisk (NIG)-fördelning." Thesis, Växjö University, School of Mathematics and Systems Engineering, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-424.
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Utbetalningsbelopp för skadeersättning studeras. Datamaterialet uppvisar skevheter och ''tjocka svansar'' vilket motiverar att modellera med en mer flexibel fördelning än normalfördelning. I detta arbete undersöks om NIG (normal invers gaussisk) fördelning passar för det.
The purpose of this essay is to study if NIG (Normal Inverse Gaussian) distribution is suitable for modelling stochastic payment in certain insurance activities.
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Kaiser, Ursula Ulrike. "Die Hypostase der Archonten (Nag-Hammadi-Codex II,4)." Thesis, Berlin New York de Gruyter, 2005. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2824265&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.
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Von, Gossler Joring. "NVH benchmarking during vehicle development using sound quality metrics /." Link to the online version, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/486.
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Kaiser, Ursula Ulrike. "Die Hypostase der Archonten : (Nag-Hammadi-Codex II,4) /." Berlin [u.a.] : de Gruyter, 2006. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2824265&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.
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Orfanidis, Andreas. "Det Balanserade Styrkortet inom installationsbranschen : En fallstudie för NVS." Thesis, KTH, Byggteknik och design, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-134950.
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För att företag ska nå framgång gäller i de flesta fallen att verksamhetsstyrningen är tydlig och väl utarbetad. Strategin bör vara kopplad till mål och indikatorer som talar om huruvida företaget är på rätt väg eller ej. Inom den konservativa installationsbranschen relateras detta arbete ofta till den traditionella ekonomistyrningen. Det balanserade styrkortet är en teoretisk modell utarbetad för att balansera upp styrningen och inte bara se till det finansiella. Syftet med studien är att genom det balanserade styrkortet visa på ett konkret förslag hur arbetet med en mer balanserad styrning kan tillämpas. Arbetet har baserats på den undersökning i form av intervjuer samt enkäter som gjorts på fallföretagets östra region. Studien har visat på flera olika framgångsfaktorer över styrkortets perspektiv där respondenterna ofta varit eniga om vad NVS bör utveckla. Flera av dessa kan antas gälla generellt inom branschen, andra är delar som berör fallföretaget specifikt.Important for a company to reach success in today's market is that the management is explicit and well worked-out. The strategy should be linked to aims and indicators who tell whether the company makes correct things or not. In the conservative installation-sector this work is often related to the traditional way of management through financial control. The Balanced Scorecard is a theoretical model to make the management more balanced, and not only focus on financial aspects. NVS, one of the biggest operators in the business, are searching for tools and knowledge to implement a more balanced way of management. The purpose pf this study is to show how this work could develop through The Balanced Scorecard,. The method used in the report is based on interviews made at NVS together with a questionnaire sent out to all employees at NVS East. The study has shown several critical factors for success in every perspective used in the scorecard. The responders were often agreeing on which parts of the business NVS must improve. Most of these parts can be presumed to be valid in the installation-business as a general, others are only affecting NVS.
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Spielhofer, Thomas. "Making sense of NVQs : NVQ candidates' experience of NVQs." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.342725.
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Jaber, Mariam [Verfasser]. "Optimization of NVH Performance in Vehicle Structures / Mariam Jaber." München : Verlag Dr. Hut, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1181515440/34.
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Romoli, Jacopo. "Soft but Strong. Neg-Raising, Soft Triggers, and Exhaustification." Thesis, Harvard University, 2012. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10566.
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In this thesis, I focus on scalar implicatures, presuppositions and their connections. In chapter 2, I propose a scalar implicature-based account of neg-raising inferences, standardly analyzed as a presuppositional phenomenon (Gajewski 2005, 2007). I show that an approach based on scalar implicatures can straightforwardly account for the differences and similarities between neg-raising predicates and presuppositional triggers. In chapters 3 and 4, I extend this account to “soft” presuppositions, a class of presuppositions that are easily suspendable (Abusch 2002, 2010). I show how such account can explain the differences and similarities between this class of presuppositions and other presuppositions on the one hand, and scalar implicatures on the other. Furthermore, I discuss various consequences that it has with respect to the behavior of soft presuppositions in quantificational sentences, their interactions with scalar implicatures, and their effects on the licensing of negative polarity items. In chapter 5, I show that by looking at the interaction between presuppositions and scalar implicatures we can solve a notorious problem which arises with conditional sentences like (1) (Soames 1982, Karttunen and Peters 1979). The main issue with (1) is that it is intuitively not presuppositional and this is not predicted by any major theory of presupposition projection. (1) I’ll go, if you go too. Finally, I explore in more detail the question of which alternatives should we consider in the computation of scalar implicatures (chapter 6). Traditionally, the answer has been to consider the subset of logically stronger alternatives than the assertion. Recently, however, arguments have been put forward in the literature for including also logically independent alternatives. I support this move by presenting some novel arguments in its favor and I show that while allowing new alternatives makes the right predictions in various cases, it also causes an under- and an over-generation problem. I propose a solution to each problem, based on a novel recursive algorithm for checking which alternatives are to be considered in the computation of scalar implicatures and the role of focus (Rooth 1992, Fox and Katzir 2011).Linguistics
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Von, Gossler J. "NVH benchmarking during vehicle development using sound quality metrics." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2955.
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Thesis (MScEng (Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.Noise, Vibrations and Harshness (NVH) characteristics are becoming ever more significant in today’s vehicle manufacturing industry. Similar to good vibration and harshness characteristics, the perception of a vehicle’s quality is enhanced by a well sounding vehicle interior. This study’s main aim was to develop objective equations to directly optimise interior sound quality of light commercial vehicles ( ½ ton LCVs) on the South African market. The effects the noise of the engine, the wind and road/tyre interaction during steady-state conditions have on the interior sound quality of eleven comparable vehicles was investigated with the aid of a binaural head. Steady-state condition in this content refers to the fact that vehicles were tested at constant speeds, no acceleration involved. A strong emphasis was laid on the influence road noise has on the interior sound quality of LCVs. Other objectives for the thesis were, to provide a method to benchmark the interior SQ of LCVs and to develop target values for objective metrics for these vehicles. Establishing a comprehensive literature survey formed another objective of this study. It seeks to provide a summary of the modern SQ analysis procedure and the findings of a number of studies. The survey also presents an opportunity to compare this thesis’s results with previous studies. A last objective was to develop a list of possible hardware modifications that would improve the vehicle interior sound quality, influenced by different noise sources. A strong correlation between vehicle and engine speed and Zwicker loudness as well as Aure sharpness was found, for all test conditions. The road surface roughness was observed to also have a strong influence on the objective metrics of vehicle interior SQ. Loudness was found to be around 25% higher and sharpness around 5.6% lower in vehicles driving on rough tar roads than on smooth roads. Good correlations between a newly developed metric (the SPF), an equation in Zwicker loudness and Aure sharpness, and subjective ratings was obtained for a number of test conditions. Four objective equations, as well as target values for loudness and sharpness have been developed to objectively optimise the sound quality of LCVs. Benchmarking interior sound quality utilising the developed equations, will ensure continuous improvements in the SQ sector for future LCVs.
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Huisman, J. "De strijd tegen besmettelijke ziekten: nog steeds een uitdaging." [S.l.] : Rotterdam : [de auteur] ; Erasmus University [Host], 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/7370.
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