Submitted by Renan Portel (renanportel@ig.com.br) on 2011-09-11T23:58:17Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Desafios da implementação do Plano de Metas da Cidade de São Paulo.pdf: 587729 bytes, checksum: 971e5b11e0dd13e74ff190b6f1d84586 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Suzinei Teles Garcia Garcia (suzinei.garcia@fgv.br) on 2011-09-12T13:07:51Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Desafios da implementação do Plano de Metas da Cidade de São Paulo.pdf: 587729 bytes, checksum: 971e5b11e0dd13e74ff190b6f1d84586 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Suzinei Teles Garcia Garcia (suzinei.garcia@fgv.br) on 2011-09-12T13:08:19Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Desafios da implementação do Plano de Metas da Cidade de São Paulo.pdf: 587729 bytes, checksum: 971e5b11e0dd13e74ff190b6f1d84586 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2011-09-12T13:10:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Desafios da implementação do Plano de Metas da Cidade de São Paulo.pdf: 587729 bytes, checksum: 971e5b11e0dd13e74ff190b6f1d84586 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-08-30 / This paper annalyses the contractual result in performance indicators applied to the civil servants of Sao Paulo training and development policy. The Public Management Office is the main body responsible for the human resource management process in the State Government of Sao Paulo. As so, its executive branch for training and development is the Government and Public Administration School under the Administration Development Foundation – Fundap. The definition of clear relationship rules between Fundap and the Public Management Office is key to the success on the civil servants training and development programs. It is suggested that theses parameters, goals, procedures and indicators embedding in a performance agreement between the two organizations. / A Prefeitura de São Paulo, com a aprovação da Emenda nº 30 à Lei Orgânica do Município de São Paulo, passou a ter um novo instrumento de planejamento: o Programa de Metas da Cidade de São Paulo, que para a gestão 2009-2012 é também chamado de Agenda 2012. Nela estão inseridas 223 metas que podem ser monitoradas pelo cidadão, através de relatórios semestrais disponibilizados na internet. O objetivo deste trabalho foi propor medidas de aceleração para cumprimento de duas metas que se encontram em atraso, são elas: a meta 216 que trata da criação de um sistema de indicadores desempenho e resultados da gestão e a meta 156 que cria 200 clubes–escola. A partir do diagnóstico dos possíveis entraves para execução das duas metas analisadas, bem como do levantamento de hipóteses sobre a ocorrência dos mesmos, foram apresentadas as medidas de aceleração para implementação das metas estudadas. Como referencial analítico, o estudo seguiu passos da metodologia de gerenciamento de projetos oferecida pelo Project Managment Institute (PMI) que foi adaptada ao contexto público.

Tesis (Magister en Derecho Laboral) / Actividad formativa equivalente a Tesis (AFET) / El presente trabajo, tiene por objeto determinar cuál es la función que la Corte Suprema ha desempeñado en conocimiento del recurso de unificación de jurisprudencia, incorporado a nuestro sistema jurídico, a través de la Ley Nº 20.120, a propósito de la nulidad del despido por no pago de cotizaciones, en régimen de subcontratación, esto es, la de corregir errores en la interpretación y aplicación del derecho (casación); la de hacer justicia para un caso concreto (tercera instancia); o la de asumir una posición entre varias interpretaciones jurídicas contradictorias respecto de la misma materia (unificación de jurisprudencia). Para la consecución de dicho objetivo, fue analizada doctrina y, sentencias judiciales emanadas del Tribunal Supremo dictadas desde el año 2012 al mes de junio de 2016, que abordan la institución en estudio.

Submitted by DANIEL MARTINS SILVA null (daniel_m105@hotmail.com) on 2016-06-13T12:09:12Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação-Final-2016.pdf: 1232731 bytes, checksum: a3b1a459a153bdc0df5be33dcfc2b83a (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Juliano Benedito Ferreira (julianoferreira@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-06-15T19:30:27Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 silva_dm_me_mar.pdf: 1232731 bytes, checksum: a3b1a459a153bdc0df5be33dcfc2b83a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-15T19:30:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 silva_dm_me_mar.pdf: 1232731 bytes, checksum: a3b1a459a153bdc0df5be33dcfc2b83a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-05-17 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Entre o fim do governo George W. Bush e o primeiro mandato do governo Barack Obama os Estados Unidos iniciou sua participação na Parceria Transpacífica (PTP). A fim de entender as motivações norte-americanas para este acordo regional de comércio, a dissertação trabalhou com a hipótese de que a evolução do novo regionalismo asiático, a partir dos anos 2000, teve um peso significativo na estratégia estadunidense de comércio. Destacam-se a ASEAN+3 e a ASEAN+6, grupos liderados pelo Japão e China para incrementar a integração econômica do Leste Asiático. Diante da emergência desta configuração, os Estados Unidos estiveram excluídos do processo. Para averiguar esta afirmação utilizamos a plataforma Inside Trade, entrevistas e notícias de jornais relevantes; arquivos da Casa Branca (relatórios dos principais órgãos decisórios e discursos); relatórios anuais e outros documentos do USTR; além de arquivos do Departamento de Estado (em especial do Escritório de Assuntos do Leste Asiático e Pacífico). A análise do material empírico revelou que o receio de exclusão dos Estados Unidos e da predominância da China como ator político no comércio intra-asiático foram questões frequentemente levantadas pelo empresariado e policy-makers da política comercial norte-americana. Além de circunstâncias regionais, o envolvimento dos Estados Unidos no acordo se explica pelo seu interesse em moldar as regras que conformam o regime global de comércio. Demonstramos que expandir a presença política do país na Ásia-Pacífico e constranger a emergência chinesa eram tarefas fundamentais para alcançar este objetivo. / Between the end of George W. Bush’s government and Barack Obama’s first term, the United States began its participation in Transpacific Partnership (TPP). In order to understand american motivation for this regional trade agreement, our hypothesis supported that new asian regionalism dynamics had a weight in US trade policy strategy. We highlitgh ASEAN+3 and ASEAN+6, groups leading for Japan and China to increase economic integration of East Asia. In this configuration, the United States had been excluded. Aiming to check this, we use the “Inside Trade” platform, interviews and news of important newspapers; the White House archives (reports of the main agencies and discourses); annual reports and other documents from USTR; also US Department of State’s archives (especially the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs). The empirical analysis reveal that fear of United States’ exclusion and the China’s predominance as political actor in intra-asian trade were often raised by business and policy makers of US trade policy. Beyond regional reasons, US envolvement is explained by its interest to shape the rules conforming global trade regime. We demonstrate that raising US political presence and constraining chinese emergence were fundamental tasks to achieve this goal.

Em nosso trabalho, analisamos em algumas obras de Bartolomeu Campos de Queirós que compõem o chamado “ciclo autobiográfico”, em especial as que trazem a imagem da ausência/presença do pai, a relação entre vida e escrita, bem como as figurações do pai e de seus intermediários e substitutos. Investigamos, sobretudo, o caráter da repetição no modo como se articulam as relações familiares, com destaque para as que ocorrem entre pai e filho e que aparecem nesses textos. Essa problemática interessou-nos como objeto de pesquisa, a priori, porque as obras de Bartolomeu Campos de Queirós são um expoente no campo da literatura infantil, na medida em que mostram que nem sempre a infância é “colorida”, feliz e perfeita como nos procuram fazer crer diversas produções supostamente feitas “para crianças”. Além disso, os textos selecionados de caráter autobiográfico, que trazem a questão do sofrimento da criança devido à ausência do pai, configuram-se como riquíssimo corpus para estudos referentes à relação entre vida/obra e as investigações no diálogo entre Literatura e Psicanálise. Isso nos permitirá entender o porquê de a dor da falta do pai ser repetitiva e insistente nesses livros. Dessa forma, problematizamos, por meio das obras selecionadas para este estudo, o conceito de literatura infantil e juvenil e a noção de leitura literária. Também analisamos nos “depoimentos” dados pelo autor a relação entre vida e escrita e investigamos, com base em estudos psicanalíticos, a escrita literária enquanto possibilidade tanto de elaboração inconsciente da memória marcada pela ausência do pai – remédio –, quanto de perpetuação desse mesmo conflito – veneno. Ademais, analisamos como se processam as relações entre o filho e o pai considerando a ausência da mãe, já que, nas obras em que há a presença desse personagem, ela parece mediar de certa forma tais relacionamentos. / In our work, we analyze some works of Bartolomeu Campos de Queirós that compose the “autobiographical cycle”, especially those ones that bring the image of father’s absence/presence, the relationship between life and writing, as well as the father’s figurations and his intermediates and substitutes. We especially investigated the aspect of repetition about how the family relations are articulated, highlighting those ones that happen between father and son and that appear in these texts. This problematic interested us as a research object, a priori, because the works of Bartholomeu Campos de Queirós are an exponent of literature for children field, as far as they show that the childhood is not always “colorful”, happy and perfect as several productions supposedly made “for children” seek to have us believe. In addition, the selected texts that have an autobiographical characteristic and put the issue of child suffering because of the father’s absence are configured as a very rich corpus for studies related to the relation between life/work and investigations in the dialogue between Literature and Psychoanalysis. These aspects will permit us to understand why the pain of missing father be repetitive and insistent in these books. Thus, we problematize, by the selected works for this study, the concept of literature for children and young people and the notion of literary reading. We also analyzed in the “statements” given by the author the relationship between life and writing and we investigated, based on psychoanalytic studies, the literary writing as a possibility of both unconscious development of memory marked by the father’s absence – remedy – as of a perpetuation of this same conflict – poison. Furthermore, we analyzed how the relationship between son and father are processed considering the mother’s absence, since the works that have this person’s presence, she seems to mediate such relationships in a certain way. / Dissertação (Mestrado)

Submitted by Rosangela Silva (rosangela.silva3@unioeste.br) on 2018-05-22T17:15:39Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Tatiana Pereira Tonet.pdf: 2670280 bytes, checksum: e05778e322c475fb01add22cdfe45dc8 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-05-22T17:15:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Tatiana Pereira Tonet.pdf: 2670280 bytes, checksum: e05778e322c475fb01add22cdfe45dc8 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-26 / Along this dissertation we present a comparative analysis of the discursive process elaborated about the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) in rereadings of this event presented by the Latin American literature. In order to understand how fiction recreates the past, we also turn to the historiographic discourse throughout a brief interpretative analysis of the records about the facts listed by history about the given event so we can contrast it with the fictional versions we selected. The literary corpus is composed by El Reino de Este Mundo (2012[1949]), by the Cuban Alejo Carpentier, and La Isla Bajo el Mar (2009), by the Chilean Isabel Allende. To reach our proposed objectives for this research, at a first moment, we resort to the studies of some of the historiographic remarks, considering as well, the previous and subsequent contexts of the conflict. In the following of this research, we revisited the literary concepts about the five modalities of hybrid writing of History and fiction that configure the actual scenery of the historical novel, considering them in relation to the fictional corpus defined by us. The analysis of the confluence between fiction and history, available in the redefinitions of the past by literature, observed in the hybrid novels of Carpentier and Allende, allowed us to confront the dicothomous visions about the events that highlighted Latin America’s history either in the novels or among areas that retrieve the past by the discourse. Based upon the theories of Aínsa (1991), Menton (1993) and Fleck (2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017), among others, we noticed that Alejo Carpentier’s literary piece is characterized as the first new Latin-American historical novel and Isanel Allende’s (2009) is a contemporary historical novel of mediation. Both analyzed fictions present, in their way, critical rereading of the facts and of the characters involved in the events that led to the Independence of Haiti. The differences between these two modalities of the historical novel genre, applied to the rereading of the Haitian Revolutions (1791-1804), are emphasized along the text. The proposed analysis reiterates the possibility of expanding the critical vision of the reader nowadays throughout the redefinitions of the past presented by the contemporary fiction / En esta disertación presentamos un análisis comparativo del proceso discursivo elaborado acerca de la Revolución Haitiana (1791-1804) en relecturas de ese evento presentadas por la literatura hispanoamericana. Para comprender cómo la ficción recrea el pasado recurrimos, también, al discurso historiográfico, a través de un breve análisis interpretativo de registros sobre los hechos enumerados por la historia en cuanto al evento en cuestión, para entonces, contraponerlos a las versiones ficcionales elegidas. El corpus literario de análisis está constituido por las obras El reino de este mundo (2012[1949]), del cubano Alejo Carpentier, y La isla bajo el mar (2009), de la chilena Isabel Allende. Buscando alcanzar las metas planteadas para esta investigación recurrimos, en un primer momento, al estudio de algunos de los relatos historiográficos, considerando, también, los contextos anteriores y posteriores al conflicto. Enseguida, analizamos los conceptos literarios sobre las cinco modalidades novelescas de escritura híbrida de historia y ficción que configuran al actual escenario del género novela histórica, considerándolos en relación con el corpus ficcional determinado en este estúdio. El análisis de la confluencia entre ficción e historia presente en las resignificaciones del pasado por la literatura, observada en las novelas híbridas de Carpentier y Allende, nos permitió confrontar las visiones dicótomas sobre los eventos que marcaron la historia de Latinoamérica, sea entre las propias novelas o entre las áreas que rescatan el pasado por el discurso. Con base en las teorías de Aínsa (1991), Menton (1993) y Fleck (2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017), además de otros, observamos que a la obra de Alejo Carpentier es caracterizada como la primera nueva novela histórica latinoamericana, y la obra de Isabel Allende (2009), como una novela histórica contemporánea de mediación. Ambas ficciones analizadas presentan, a su modo, relecturas críticas de los hechos y de los personajes involucrados en los eventos que llevaron a la independencia de Haití. Las diferencias entre esas dos clases del género novela histórica, aplicadas a la relectura de la Revolución Haitiana (1791-1804), quedan comprobadas a lo largo de este texto. El análisis planteado reanuda la posibilidad de ampliar la visión crítica del lector en la actualidad a través de las resignificaciones del pasado presentadas por la ficción contemporánea. / Nesta dissertação, apresentamos uma análise comparada do processo discursivo elaborado a respeito da Revolução Haitiana (1791-1804) em releituras desse evento apresentadas pela literatura hispano-americana. Para compreendermos como a ficção recria o passado, recorremos, também, ao discurso historiográfico, por meio de uma breve análise interpretativa de registros sobre os fatos elencados pela história a respeito do evento em questão, para, então, contrapô-los às versões ficcionais selecionadas. O corpus de análise é constituído pelas obras literárias El reino de este mundo (2012[1949]), do cubano Alejo Carpentier, e La isla bajo el mar (2009), da chilena Isabel Allende. A fim de alcançarmos os objetivos propostos para esta pesquisa, recorremos, num primeiro momento, ao estudo de alguns dos relatos historiográficos, considerando, também, os contextos anteriores e posteriores ao conflito. Na sequência, revisitamos os conceitos literários sobre as cinco modalidades romanescas de escrita híbrida de história e ficção que configuram o atual cenário do gênero romance histórico, considerando-os em relação ao corpus ficcional por nós definido. A confluência entre ficção e história nas ressignificações do passado pela literatura observada nos romances híbridos de Carpentier e Allende permitiu-nos confrontar as visões dicotômicas sobre os eventos que marcaram a história da América Latina, seja entre os próprios romances, seja entre as áreas que recuperam o passado pelo discurso. Com base nas teorias de Aínsa (1991), Menton (1993) e Fleck (2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017), entre outros, observamos que a obra de Alejo Carpentier é caracterizada como o primeiro novo romance histórico latino-americano, e a obra de Isabel Allende (2009), como um romance histórico contemporâneo de mediação. Ambas as ficções analisadas apresentam, a seu modo, releituras críticas de fatos e de personagens envolvidos nos eventos que levaram à independência do Haiti. As diferenças entre essas duas modalidades do gênero romance histórico, aplicadas à releitura da Revolução Haitiana (1791-1804), ficam evidenciadas ao longo deste texto. A análise proposta reitera a possibilidade de ampliar a visão crítica do leitor na atualidade por meio das ressignificações do passado apresentadas pela ficção contemporânea.

Abstract Impulse radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) technology, due to its baseband signaling, potentially offers a low cost, low complexity and low power consumption option for different short range sensor network applications. These sensor networks can be applied to many kinds of future implementations, including the Internet of Things (IoT) applications. In the medical and healthcare context, the term wireless body area network (WBAN) is often used, but, as mentioned, the wireless technology itself can be applied to any kind of body, e.g., to car or robot body networks. This thesis studies IR-UWB receivers’ performances in different hospital environment channel models by means of computer simulation. The main focus is on receivers that are capable of detecting the signals specified either in the IEEE 802.15.4-2015 or in the IEEE 802.15.6-2012 standards. The used channel models from two independent research groups include both on-body to on-body and on-body to off-body scenarios in different hospital environments. The evaluations and comparisons of various receivers include energy detector (ED) and rake receivers, the latter with both selective- and partial-rake structures. One of the studied receiver structures is further analyzed as it was noticed that the simulation results did not correspond to the assumed theoretical bit error probability (BEP) curves. Along the standards based studies, some modifications are also suggested for the two existing IR-UWB standards for increased compatibility and improved performance. One of the propositions resulted a Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) patent application. Additionally, an extensive survey is provided offering a compilation which includes presentations of IR-UWB research by other researchers, existing standards’ IR-UWB physical layer (PHY) specifications and the main global regulations concerning UWB. / Tiivistelmä Erittäin laajakaistainen impulssiradioteknologia (IR-UWB) tarjoaa potentiaalisen vaihtoehdon yksinkertaisille, edullisille ja matalan tehonkulutuksen omaaville lähetin-vastaanotin-ratkaisuille, jotka soveltuvat lyhyen kantaman sensoriverkkoihin. Nämä sensoriverkot ovat monikäyttöisiä soveltuen esimerkiksi tulevaisuuden esineiden internetin (IoT) tiedonsiirtoratkaisuiksi. Esimerkiksi sairaanhoidon ja terveydenhuollon asiayhteyksissä käytetään monesti termiä langaton kehoverkko (WBAN), joka voidaan asentaa monenlaisiin eri sovelluskohteisiin kuten autoon tai vaikkapa robotin "keholle". Tässä väitöskirjassa on tutkittu tietokonesimulaatioiden avulla erilaisten IR-UWB vastaanotinrakenteiden suorituskykyä sairaalaympäristöä mallintavissa radiokanavissa. Tutkimuksen painopiste on vastaanottimissa, jotka kykenevät vastaanottamaan joko IEEE 802.15.4-2015- tai IEEE 802.15.6-2012-standardeissa määritellyn signaalin. Sairaalaympäristöä mallintavat radiokanavat perustuvat kahden toisistaan riippumattoman tutkijaryhmän mallinnuksiin, jotka sisältävät sekä keholta-keholle että keholta-kehon ulkopuolelle -radiokanavamallit. Energiailmaisin (ED) ja erilaiset harava-vastaanottimet ovat niitä vastaanotinrakenteita, joita tähän väitöskirjaan kuuluvissa artikkeleissa on arvioitu ja vertailtu. Yhtä vastaanotinrakennetta on myös analysoitu tarkemmin, kun havaittiin, etteivät kyseistä rakennetta koskevat simulaatiotulokset vastanneet oletettuja teoreettisia bittivirhetodennäköisyyksiä. Tutkimuksessa kehitettiin lisäksi olemassa olevien standardien ratkaisuihin liittyviä parannusehdotuksia, joita esitettiin muutamissa tähän väitöskirjaan sisällytetyissä artikkeleissa. Yhdestä ehdotuksesta tehtiin myös PCT-sopimuksen alainen patentointihakemus. Lisäksi yhdessä tähän väitöskirjaan sisällytetyssä artikkelissa on paitsi laaja kirjallisuuskatsaus sisältäen katsauksen muiden tekemiin IR-UWB- tutkimuksiin, myös olemassa olevien standardien fyysisten kerroksien määritykset koskien IR-UWB-teknologiaa ja tärkeimmät maailmanlaajuiset UWB-tekniikkaa koskevat signaalin tehotiheysmääräykset.

The slip behaviour of subduction faults and the viscoelastic rheology of Earth’s mantle govern crustal deformation throughout the subduction earthquake cycle. This Ph.D. dissertation presents research results on two topics: (1) coseismic and postseismic slip of the shallowest segment of subduction faults and (2) postseismic deformation following great subduction earthquakes controlled by mantle viscoelasticity. Topic 1: Slip behaviour of the shallowest subduction faults. By modelling high-resolution cross-trench bathymetry surveys before and after the 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku-oki earthquake, we determine the magnitude and distribution of coseismic slip over the most near-trench 40 km of the Japan Trench megathrust. The inferred > 60 m average slip and a gentle increase by 5 m towards the trench over this distance indicate moderate degree of net coseismic weakening of the shallow fault. Using near-trench seafloor and sub-seafloor fluid pressure variations as strain indicators in conjunction with land-based geodetic measurements, we determine coseismic-slip and afterslip distributions of the 2012 Mw 7.6 Costa Rica earthquake. Here, trench-breaching slip similar to the Tohoku-oki rupture did not occur during the earthquake, but afterslip extended to the trench axis and reached ~0.7 m over 1.3 years after the earthquake, exhibiting a velocity-strengthening behaviour. These two contrasting examples bracket a possibly wide range of slip behaviour of the shallow megathrust. They help us understand why large tsunamis are generated by some but not all subduction earthquakes. Topic 2: Postseismic deformation following great subduction earthquakes. Due to the asymmetry of megathrust rupture, with the upper plate undergoing greater coseismic tension than the incoming plate, viscoelastic stress relaxation causes the trench and land areas to move in opposite, opposing directions immediately after the earthquake. Seafloor geodetic measurements following the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake, modelled in this work, provided the first direct observational evidence for this effect. Systematic modelling studies in this work suggest that such viscoelastic opposing motion should be common to all Mw ≥ 8 subduction earthquakes. As the effect of viscoelastic relaxation decays with time and the effect of fault relocking becomes increasingly dominant, the dividing boundary of the opposing motion continues to migrate away from the rupture area. Comparative studies of ten 8 ≤ Mw ≤ 9.5 subduction earthquakes in this dissertation quantifies the primary role of earthquake size in controlling the “speed” of the evolution of this deformation. Larger earthquakes are followed by longer-lived opposing motion that affects a broader region of the upper plate. / Graduate

Today we live in a world where international trade accounts for a significant proportion of the daily trade for an enormous number of companies and institutions. The number of international commercial deals that are made every day is countless. The sheer scale of international trade invariably results in an increase in the number of disputes between international partners. However, where there are problems, methods to resolve the disagreements will invariably appear. One of the main and mostly preferred methods is arbitration. Arbitration is preferred for it is convenient and cost-effective method to resolve disputes between business partners. Saudi Arabia has recently reformed its Arbitration Regulations through the implementation of new regulations in 2012. This replaces previous regulations dating from 1983 and the implementation rules of 1985. This thesis examines, analyses and criticises these regulations and compare them to the English and the Scottish arbitration laws. Throughout this study, the old Saudi regulations and implementation rules are examined in order to determine how the rule of arbitration worked in the country. Following this, the new regulations are presented to see what has changed and if there has been any improvement. This is subsequently followed by a discussion on the scale of the improvement and whether further improvements are required in Saudi Arabia. This thesis will also carry out a comparison with the English Act of 1996 and the Arbitration Scotland Act of 2010. The conclusion address and highlight the main differences between the regulations, when present and highlights what the Saudi legislator can benefit from the laws under consideration. One of the main aims of this study was to find if the Saudi Arbitration Regulations have improved and addressed the issues that concerned researchers and commentators in the past. The research finds that there are significant improvements in the Saudi regulations.

Anxiety is one of the most studied research topics in sport psychology literature (Guillen & Sanchez, 2009); however, even though the Olympics are considered to be one of the most pressure-filled sporting events (Birrer, Wetzel, Schmidt, & Morgan, 2012), to date there has been no research aimed specifically at investigating Olympic athletes’ competitive state anxiety and its impact on subsequent performance. Furthermore, according to Nesti (2011), in order to support athletes in dealing with their experience of anxiety, researchers must turn towards the phenomenological, real-lived experience of the athlete to uncover what might best support positive anxiety management and interpretation in competition. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to respond to the gap in Olympic athlete anxiety research by examining the phenomenological experience of competitive state anxiety for female beach volleyball players at the 2012 London Olympics. Six in-depth, phenomenological interviews were conducted with these Olympic female beach volleyball players. Results indicated that, while all athletes in this study experienced anxiety at the 2012 Olympics, it was not the reduced intensity of anxiety that positively impacted their performance but rather the athletes’ ability to recognize, manage, and positively interpret their anxiety. In addition, it was shown that self-confidence further buffered the potentially negative impacts of anxiety. It is recommended that future research focus on extending phenomenological anxiety research to other sports and genders, and to specifically examine the impact of trait anxiety, team dynamics, and the experience of flow on athletes’ anxiety interpretation.

The Thesis deals with impact of land price on the usual price of building and its change due to code no. 89/2012. The impact was determined based on market prices of lands and buildings retrieved from real estate databases. From statistically processed data was found out a 75% correlation between the market price of building and land. For numerical description the impact of land price on the usual price of building was assembled an equation. With this equation can be from land price roughly estimated usual price of building. The results of this thesis can contribute to speeding-up the process of initial estimation of usual price, as well as presents a way of displaying location, price, distribution of data and frequency of equal prices in one graph.