One of the problems in eyewitness recognition of offenders is their different ethnicity from the persons identifying them. This has been the subject of several scientific papers worldwide. Although the number of other ethnic groups in the Czech Republic grows, research into this area remains insufficient. Therefore, the present thesis focuses on ethnicity of offenders in the recognition process. Using video footage of an assault with Czech and Vietnamese offenders and subsequent mugshot facial recognition, the present thesis seeks to highlight the problem of a higher number of false identifications with persons having different ethnicity. Based on previous international research, the offenders' ethnicity is expected to have a negative impact on the ability to correctly identify perpetrators in the Czech Republic alike. The research showed a higher rate of false identifications of offenders with foreign nationality, but at the same time, nevertheless, found no relationship between correct identification of perpetrators with our and with foreign ethnicity. Keywords: recognition, eyewitness, testimony of witnesses, offender ethnicity, quantitative research.

This diploma thesis uses quantitative content analysis to examine the main news sessions transmitted by three Czech TV channels. It aims to evaluate their information quality on the basis of pre-specified indicators (formal structure, type and processing, geographical and thematic balance, exclusivity and impartiality). Moreover, the usefulness of the proposed variables was tested on a sample of almost 63 hours and 42 minutes of audiovisual material (2163 research units broadcasted by 90 news sessions). The research has shown that the best news coverage is provided by the news session Události (Events), which is broadcasted every day from 19:00 (7:00 PM) by the public broadcaster ČT1 or ČT24.

Syftet med föreliggande studie är att undersöka vilka motivationsfaktorer som varit viktiga för musikhögskolestudenter när det gäller musikutövande och musikstudier. Syftet är även att undersöka om några samband finns gällande kön, huvudinstrument och genre i relation till motivationsfaktorerna. Områdesorienteringen belyser olika synsätt på området och definitioner av begreppet motivation. Den tidigare forskningen lyfter vidare fram tidigare studier på området som visar att bland annat lust, elevinflytande, lärare och musik inom familjen kan vara viktiga motivationsfaktorer till musikutövande och till att delta i musikundervisning. Studiens forskningsfrågor undersöks med hjälp av ett kvantitativt angreppssätt i form av en enkät där olika bakgrundsfaktorer kartläggs och respondenterna svarar på frågor om motivation och förhåller sig till påståenden av Likert-typ. I enkäten lämnade respondenterna även vissa fritextsvar som har krävt en kvalitativ behandling i form av tematisk analys. Resultatet visar på flera vanliga motivationsfaktorer, så som lust, förebilder och utbildningar och flera signifikativa samband gällande bakgrundsfaktorerna kön, huvudinstrument och genre i relation till motivation hittades. Studiens resultat bekräftar till viss del tidigare forskning. På grund av studiens urvalsmetod kan dock inga generaliseringar göras utifrån studiens resultat. Diskussionen belyser bland annat gränslandet mellan yttre och inre motivation. Arbetets titel är ett citat ur det insamlade fritextmaterialet. / The purpose of the present study is to examine what motivates Music College-students in their musicianship and in their choice to study music. The purpose is also to examine whether there are any significant connections between factors such as gender, primary instrument or genre in relationship to motivation. Chapter two presents different views on the subjectmotivation, with the help of relevant literature and earlier studies. Earlier studies show that desire, student participation, teachers, and music in the family are important motivational factors. The research questions are examined with a quantitative method where a poll was used to gather the data. Some qualitative data was also collected, through free text answers written by the participants. The participants answer questions about background factors and fill in Likert scales that measure different motivational attitudes. The results show that, among others, desire, role models and education are common motivational factors. Several significant connections between gender, primary instrument and genre in relationship to motivation was found. The result confirms earlier studies in some ways. Due to the method used to select the participants, no generalizations towards the total population can be made from presented results. The discussion lifts questions about what the distinction between intrinsic and extrinsic motivations are. The title is a quotation from one of the free text answers

O presente trabalho aborda a questão de transmissão de zoonoses de forma muito mais ampla do que ela costuma ser tratada. Com o uso de análises quali-quantitativas, buscou-se entender o que as pessoas pensam e como elas se comportam, quanto à relação delas com o ambiente, com os animais de estimação e com os alimentos que elas ingerem, a partir de uma contextualização local, de acordo com suas condições sócio-econômicas e culturais. Vargem Grande é um bairro pobre e sem infra-estrutura adequada, não possui calçamento das ruas, o esgoto é a céu aberto, há presença de lixo nas vias públicas e nos terrenos baldios, e grande população de roedores. A população do bairro possui hábitos insalubres como, andar descalços pelas ruas, jogarem lixo e acumularem entulho em seus próprios quintais e fazerem suas hortas ao lado do esgoto. A técnica do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo possibilitou a construção de uma análise aprofundada, que permitiu identificar categorias, que revelam a percepção da população quanto a sua relação com os animais, os alimentos de origem animal e o ambiente em que vivem. A partir do perfil do bairro e dos moradores, bem como das categorias, que revelam suas representações sociais, foi possível fornecer bases para futuras medidas de controle e prevenção de zoonoses e para um Programa de Educação em Saúde. Concluiu-se que só ocorrerá melhoria da qualidade de vida da população de estudo, se esse for um objetivo comum entre os órgãos públicos e empresas de distribuição de água e esgoto, os próprios habitantes do bairro, e os profissionais de saúde, incluindo veterinários. / The present work aimed to illustrate the transmission of zoonosis in a more complete way than it is usually treated. Using quali-quantitative analysis to understand what people think and how they behave, how they relate with the environment, with companion animals and the food that they eat, a local context was defined according to their social economic and cultural conditions. Vargem Grande is a poor neighborhood without adequate infrastructure, paved streets, sewer system, there is trash on public ways and in vacant lots and large populations of rodents. The population of the district has unhealthy habits such as walking barefoot, throw garbage and debris in their own backyards and make their gardens next to the sewer. The technique Collective Subject Speech enabled the construction of a detailed analysis, identified categories that show the peoples perception about their relation with animals, food and the environment in which they live. From the neighborhood and residents profile, such as the categories that show their social representations, we provided groundwork for future measures for prevention and control of zoonosis and a program of education in health. We concluded that an improvement on life quality will only occur if a common goal between government, companies of water supply and sewage, the population and health professionals, including veterinarians.

Higher education is an idyllically positioned organization from which meaningful dissemination of knowledge and interdisciplinary research is capable of actuating practices that resource consumption. Paradoxically, the construction, maintenance, and operations of the built environment, including the built campus environment, have contributed to the decline of raw resources and degradation of environmental processes. An opportunity exists to bridge the knowledge gap between the design and construction phase and the operations and maintenance phase of the green certified building life cycle, while examining the parts that contributed to the green-certification of the whole building. The purpose of this research was to 1.) identify green-building features and determine their frequency of implementation in new capital (NC) LEED-certified, campus buildings to effectuate operations and maintenance cost savings, indoor wellbeing, and environmental stewardship, and 2.) determine the relationships of greenbuilding feature usage across building, institutional, and LEED characteristics. The study used archival data to document the green efforts of each building with the study’s sample of 195 buildings on the campus of 107 universities and colleges, in the United States, between 2007 and 2017. The study’s findings indicated that the public institutions earned the LEED certification more often than private institutions and the sample was void of two-year community colleges. The sample was restricted for green-building features that (a) reduce economic cost, (b) improve indoor wellbeing, and (c) increase environmental stewardship. The results and implications are discussed. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2017. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Doctor of Philosophy / Research has shown that the school-based experiences of same-sex attracted (SSA) young people are frequently less than ideal, often fraught with verbal and physical harassment and social isolation from peers. School-based victimisation of SSA students has been correlated with their negative mental health outcomes, drug and alcohol use, decreased academic outcomes and lowered tertiary aspirations. These outcomes raise issues related to duty of care for educators, including the general responsibility of schools to create safe, equitable learning environments for all of their students. In order to better meet the needs of SSA students in Australia’s secondary schools, this nationwide study examined the current school climate toward same-sex attraction as described by SSA young people aged 14-19 through their reported experiences and perceptions of environmental stresses and supports, using Margaret Spencer’s PVEST model as the theoretical framework. A web-based survey instrument, advertised through both mainstream and lesbian/gay/bisexual-orientated youth sources, was used to sample Australian SSA students (N = 282). The relationships between SSA students’ perceptions of their school climate (including the treatment of SSA students and topics), their sense of connection to their school community, and their reported academic self-concept and motivation toward learning were investigated using bivariate and multivariate techniques, including structural equation modelling. In-depth interview sessions were conducted with six SSA young people in order to further examine these findings. Results indicated that SSA students’ perceptions of their school climate were directly related to their sense of safety within the school environment, their social connection to their peers and teachers, and their feelings of connectedness to the school environment in general. SSA students’ connection to their teachers and their school environment had the strongest total impact on their academic self-concept and motivation to learn. Of key import was the clear indirect impact of SSA students’ perceptions of their school climate on both of these important academic outcomes, through their connection to both their school community and general school environment. These findings allow for the generation of informed recommendations for school policy and practice with the academic outcomes of Australia’s SSA students in mind.

The purpose of this study is to develop a methodology by extending the Technology Acceptance Model (Davis, 1989) in order to contribute the acceptance of Hospital Management Systems in hospitals. The study also aims to extend the TAM by adding external variables. Thereby the relationships between perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and external TAM factors and how these relationships will affect the behavioral intention to use the technology will be determined. In this study quantitative research methods are used. Quantitative research comprises from a questionnaire which is tested in Turkish government hospitals by hospital personnel, physicians, nurses, technicians and administrative personnel. After collection of data from quantitative research the analysis of the data was conducted. The findings of the analysis gave the significant relationships between perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, behavioral intention and external variables. In conclusion this study points out the effects and the compatibility of the critical factors of TAM on the user acceptance of Hospital Management Systems in Turkish hospitals.

Geographically distributed and multidisciplinary collaborations have proven invaluable in answering a range of important scientific questions, such as understanding and controlling disease threats like SARS and AIDS or exploring the nature of matter in particle physics. Despite this, however, collaboration can often be problematic. There are institutional obstacles, collaboration tools may be poorly designed, and group coordination is difficult. To better design technologies to support research activities, we need an improved understanding of why scientists collaborate and how their collaborations work. To achieve this improved understanding, this study compares two theoretical approaches to collaboration propensityâ that is, the extent to which collaboration is perceived as useful by individual researchers. On one hand, cultural comparisons of disciplines suggest that collaboration propensity will be higher in disciplinary cultures that have a more collectivist orientation, as indicated by low levels of competition for individual recognition and few concerns about secrecy related to commercialization and intellectual property. In contrast, an approach based on social and organizational psychology suggests that collaboration propensity will vary as a function of resource concentration, fieldwide focus on a well-defined set of problems, and the need for and availability of help when difficult problems are encountered in day-to-day work. To explore this question, a mail survey of 900 academic researchers in three fields was conducted, along with 100 interviews with practicing researchers at 17 sites in the field. Results support a focus on work attributes in interpreting collaboration propensity. That is, cultural factors such as competition for individual recognition and concerns about intellectual property were not perceived as significant impediments to collaboration. Instead, characteristics like resource concentration and the need for coordination were more important in determining collaboration propensity. Implications of these findings include a call for more careful examination of the day-to-day work of scientists and engineers, and a suggestion that concerns about scientific competition impeding collaboration may be unwarranted.

自1990年代開始，因應眾多新崛起的開發中國家以低廉人力成本優勢切入代工業務及產業中更激烈的價格競爭，台灣產業開始思考如何從過去在代工業務的製造優勢轉投入更高附加價值的活動以維持競爭力，而擁有高利潤率的自有品牌模式成為最受注目的方式，使「代工轉品牌」成為熱門議題。然而自有品牌與製造代工業務是截然不同的商業模式，如何從代工成功轉型經營品牌的關鍵因素持續被關注。本研究即欲透過實證研究，了解從代工轉營品牌績效較佳的廠商當時在外部產業環境、內部組織能力和供應商-買主關係等三方面的獨到之處。 為了透過分析大量的台灣代工轉品牌案例獲得實證結果，本研究採取量化方法，並以判斷抽樣的方式進行全國性問卷調查。透過回收74份有效的台灣案例廠商樣本，分析案例廠商當時在產業及組織的內外部情形對日後發展自有品牌績效的影響。在外部環境上，探討市場異質性、產品生命週期、產業集中度與技術動態性；內部組織能力上，了解代工廠商的行銷能力與動態能力程度；供應商-買主關係方面，則討論品牌業務的差異性及在代工業務上對客戶的依賴性。 研究結果顯示，代工廠商能長期經營自有品牌績效較佳者，當初品牌選擇的產業及市場具備有低度市場異質性與高度技術動態性的特徵；然而對於科技業來說，高度的技術動態性並不利於品牌的初期發展；而代工時期組織內部的行銷能力、動態能力對於轉營品牌的績效皆沒有顯著的影響性；在供應商-買者關係方面，代工廠商的自有品牌若能與客戶的品牌創造業務差異性，以避免利益衝突，的確可能讓轉營自有品牌初期的績效較佳。本研究結果對於台灣欲從代工轉品牌的廠商具有實務參考性，也在缺乏量化研究的此學術領域提供重要的研究成果。 / Since 1990, facing the increasingly intensive price competition from newly developing countries with lower labor and land costs, Taiwan’s firms have begun to consider using advantage of manufacturing from OEM/ODM to other value-added activities in order to be more competitive. Building a brand, which is a high-margin business, becomes the most noticeable fashion, making “from contract manufacturing to own branding” a hot issue. However, brand-building and contract-manufacturing are two totally different business models. The key success factors of transformation are continually studied. This research attempts to understand the key external and internal conditions of the companies who did such the transformation successfully. To meet empirical investigation by analyzing numerous sample firms from of OEM/ODM to OBM, this research applies quantitative research by using questionnaire survey, with the judging sampling method. After gathering 74 effective samples of qualified companies in Taiwan, this research analyzed the effect of external environment, organizational capabilities and supplier-buyer relationship on own-brand performance. In external environment, “market heterogeneity”, “product life cycle”, “industrial concentration rate” and “technological turbulence” are explored in this research, while “marketing capability” and “dynamic capability” are included as organizational capabilities. I also include the “differentiation degree of own-brand compared to OEM/ODM buyers’ brands” and” the dependence degree on OEM/ODM buyers” as supplier-buyer relationship. According to the empirical results, the company who chose the target market with lower market heterogeneity and higher technological turbulence can get better performance in OBM in a long run. However, in the high-tech industry, the higher degree of technological turbulence is not beneficial for doing OBM business. In the suppler-buyer relationship, companies are more possible to get better performance in OBM business if they can make higher differentiation of their own-brand compared to their OEM/ODM buyers’ brands. The results of this research could be the reference for future business practice as well as provide significant insight to the academic research.

Doctor of Philosophy / Research has shown that the school-based experiences of same-sex attracted (SSA) young people are frequently less than ideal, often fraught with verbal and physical harassment and social isolation from peers. School-based victimisation of SSA students has been correlated with their negative mental health outcomes, drug and alcohol use, decreased academic outcomes and lowered tertiary aspirations. These outcomes raise issues related to duty of care for educators, including the general responsibility of schools to create safe, equitable learning environments for all of their students. In order to better meet the needs of SSA students in Australia’s secondary schools, this nationwide study examined the current school climate toward same-sex attraction as described by SSA young people aged 14-19 through their reported experiences and perceptions of environmental stresses and supports, using Margaret Spencer’s PVEST model as the theoretical framework. A web-based survey instrument, advertised through both mainstream and lesbian/gay/bisexual-orientated youth sources, was used to sample Australian SSA students (N = 282). The relationships between SSA students’ perceptions of their school climate (including the treatment of SSA students and topics), their sense of connection to their school community, and their reported academic self-concept and motivation toward learning were investigated using bivariate and multivariate techniques, including structural equation modelling. In-depth interview sessions were conducted with six SSA young people in order to further examine these findings. Results indicated that SSA students’ perceptions of their school climate were directly related to their sense of safety within the school environment, their social connection to their peers and teachers, and their feelings of connectedness to the school environment in general. SSA students’ connection to their teachers and their school environment had the strongest total impact on their academic self-concept and motivation to learn. Of key import was the clear indirect impact of SSA students’ perceptions of their school climate on both of these important academic outcomes, through their connection to both their school community and general school environment. These findings allow for the generation of informed recommendations for school policy and practice with the academic outcomes of Australia’s SSA students in mind.