Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-01T23:38:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 tese_11784_ARIANA DA ROS DISSERT FINAL.pdf: 3303769 bytes, checksum: e65de578a04b8e1a3930b6cff91dee54 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-12-29 / A presente pesquisa compõe o Projeto de Pesquisa Modelo hierárquico dos antecedentes do comportamento de persistência discente em cursos superiores na modalidade a distância, juntamente com a dissertação Traços de personalidade e persistência discente em cursos de graduação na modalidade a distância, defendida no PPGGP/UFES. Pertence à área de concentração em Gestão de Operações no Setor Público, por buscar compreender o fenômeno da persistência discente em cursos EAD da UFES e propor medidas que possibilitem reduzir a evasão nesses cursos. Trata-se de uma pesquisa quantitativa, com o propósito de investigar os traços de personalidade que explicam a persistência discente nos cursos de Licenciatura em Ciências Biológicas, Física, Pedagogia e Química, ofertados na modalidade a distância EAD pela UFES, fazendo uso do Modelo Metateórico de Motivação e Personalidade 3M, de Mowen (2000). Foi realizada pesquisa bibliográfica sobre esse modelo e as teorias de evasão e persistência discentes, sendo a coleta de dados realizada por levantamento de campo do tipo survey, com questionário estruturado, alcançando 169 respostas válidas. Os dados foram analisados por regressões lineares múltiplas no software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences SPSS, confirmando 14 das 32 hipóteses delimitadas. Os resultados confirmam a possibilidade de uso do modelo 3M para a compreensão da Persistência Discente, comprovando que os traços de personalidade exercem influência de forma hierárquica, do traço mais abstrato ao mais superficial, a saber: Conscienciosidade, Introversão e Necessidade de Excitação (elementares), Orientação para Tarefas e Autoeficácia (compostos) e Satisfação (situacional) sobre o comportamento da Persistência Discente (superficial). Por fim, é apresentada, no apêndice D, proposta de manual para orientação na interpretação das hipóteses confirmadas para a persistência discente em cursos ofertados na modalidade EAD pela UFES, no qual são analisadas, individualmente, as 14 hipóteses confirmadas após aplicação do questionário estruturado aos cursos EAD objetos da pesquisa. Palavras-chave: persistência discente, ensino superior, educação a distância, modelo 3M, modelo hierárquico, traços de personalidade, gestão pública. / The present research composes the Research Project "Hierarchical model of the antecedent of the persistence behavior of students in higher courses in the distance modality", together with the dissertation "Personality traits and student persistence in undergraduate courses in distance modality", defended in the PPGGP / UFES. It belongs to the area of concentration in Operations Management in the Public Sector, for seeking to understand the phenomenon of student persistence in EAD courses of the UFES and propose measures that enable to reduce evasion in these courses. This is a quantitative research with the purpose of investigating the personality traits that explain the persistence of undergraduate courses in Biological Sciences, Physics, Pedagogy and Chemistry, offered in the distance modality - EAD by UFES, using the Model Motive of Motivation and Personality - 3M, de Mowen (2000). A bibliographical research was carried out on this model and the theories of student evasion and persistence. The data collection was done by field survey, with a structured questionnaire, reaching 169 valid answers. Data were analyzed by multiple linear regressions in the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences - SPSS, confirming 14 of the 32 delimited hypotheses. The results confirm the possibility of using the 3M model to understand "Persistence", proving that personality traits influence hierarchically, from the most abstract to the most superficial, namely: Conscientiousness, Introversion and Need for Excitement (elementary), Task and Self-efficacy Guidance (composite) and (Situational) Satisfaction on the behavior of Student (Surface) Persistence. Finally, Appendix D proposes a manual for guidance in interpreting the confirmed hypotheses for student persistence in courses offered in the EAD modality by the UFES, in which the 14 confirmed hypotheses after the application of the structured questionnaire are analyzed individually. EAD research objects.

Doctor of Philosophy / School of Family Studies and Human Services / Kristy L. Pederson-Archuleta / Martin Seay / This dissertation employed a psychological framework to investigate the saving behavior of older pre-retirees through three essays using data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). Understanding the connection between psychological characteristics and saving behavior is critical as this population attempts to bridge the retirement saving gap. Of these characteristics, financial self-efficacy beliefs (FSE) are theoretically vital to saving behavior. With the FSE beliefs of older adults weak and vulnerable to decline, more research is needed to understand how FSE beliefs affect saving behavior and how FSE beliefs can be supported. Essay one investigated the psychological characteristics associated with FSE beliefs according to the Meta-Theoretic Model of Motivation and Personality (3M). Using a sample of 2,070 pre-retirees aged 50 to 70, essay one revealed that FSE beliefs can be supported through the frequent experience of positive affect, reduced negative affect, a stronger perception of mastery, and a higher task orientation, holding all else constant. Essay two investigated the relationship between FSE beliefs and saving behavior (i.e., change in net worth from 2008 to 2012) through the Social Cognitive Theory of Self-Regulation. Using a sample of 844 pre-retirees aged 50 to 70, results revealed that FSE beliefs are significantly and positively related to saving behavior, after controlling for the financial ability and motivation to save. Essay three employed a structural equation model to investigate an integrated psychological approach to saving behavior based upon the 3M. Using a sample of 1,370 pre-retired and partially retired adults aged 50 to 70, essay three revealed that FSE beliefs facilitated the connection between elemental traits (i.e., openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism), compound traits (i.e., positive affect, negative affect, mastery, and task orientation), and saving behavior. Overall, significant evidence was generated supporting a psychological approach to the saving behavior of older pre-retirees. Financial and mental health professionals can utilize this framework to provide holistic retirement saving advice that acknowledges the psychological roots of behavior. Moreover, results established empirical support for the role FSE beliefs play in executing saving behavior. Lastly, results supported the importance of domain specific measurement for self-efficacy beliefs in future research.

The aim of this thesis is to present the top management of 3M Czech Republic with a comprehensive solution to their CSR implementation task. The thesis starts by giving the reader an insight into the today's forms of business ownership including corporations and by covering the issue of governance explains why corporations need a solution like CSR. Subsequently, the theoretical foundations of CSR are presented, followed by an explanation of the actual business tool. Additionally, a generic implementation roadmap is devised together with key success factors of this process identified. Based on this generic roadmap, a tailored solution for 3M Czech Republic including specific recommendations on measures and key performance indicators is developed.

近年來層出不窮的食品安全事件，引發消費者對於食品安全的恐慌與關切。我國經濟部商業司為了降低消費者對食品安全的疑慮、建立消費者信心，正積極推動「加工食品流通履歷追蹤計畫」。由於該計畫尚屬於發展階段，為了能夠提升消費者對於流通履歷食品的需求以督促食品業者積極建立流通履歷，因此，本研究從消費者端進行研究，深入探討影響流通履歷食品購買意願的因素，以找出讓消費者願意購買流通履歷食品的方法。 本研究首先依據Mowen（2000）的3M模式，整合人格特質及行為意圖，以建立流通履歷食品購買意願的階層模式，接著以問卷調查的方式，衡量各個人格特質，最後運用結構方程模式分析，找出影響流通履歷購買意願的因素，並研究這些因素之間的關係。本研究重要的結果發現如下： 基本人格特質中的外向性、開放性、嚴謹性及物質資源需求對於學習需求有正向的影響，此外，物質資源需求對於健康動機有負向的影響，身體資源需求對於健康動機則有顯著正向的影響。學習需求與健康動機進一步對食品安全關心度及流通履歷知覺品質有正向的影響。食品安全關心程度與流通履歷知覺品質則又進一步對於流通履歷食品購買意願有正向的影響。 由於過去研究關於履歷食品購買意願的影響因素，尚未探討至更深層的人格特質因素，因此希望透過本研究，能夠瞭解人格特質與流通履歷食品購買意願之關係，了解消費者對流通履歷食品的認知與需求，以提供政府或業者推廣流通履歷食品參考。

一直以來，台灣企業在智慧財產的保護方面，與外國企業相比相對處於劣勢，財經報導方面只會看到台灣企業被外國企業控告的新聞，而且絕大部分最後的結果都是台灣企業支付大筆的權利金之後和解；而專利更是屬於高科技產業的問題，跟一般認為的傳統產業一點關係都沒有，但是竟然有一間被大眾認為傳統產業企業（中國砂輪公司），卻成功有效的逼退外國知名企業（3M）的專利訴訟，使外國企業支付和解金之後，還獲得其商業上的目的，成為這領域中與外國企業能相提並論的大型企業。 本研究以自身企業擁有的專利品質與所處於的產業價值鏈角度切入，參照國內外相關理論，並藉由次級資料、文獻探討與個案訪談的方式，分析中國砂輪公司面對跨國大型企業3M的專利訴訟中的因應，進而給面臨相同壓力的企業，一個可供參考的重要依據。 本研究主要發現如下： 1. 企業所擁有的專利品質越強，在專利訴訟的較容易佔有優勢地位。不過成功的專利範圍詮釋(Claim Interpretation)，可以補足專利品質上的不足，使得專利訴訟地位提昇，獲得較為有利的判決。 2. 企業所在的價值鏈地位，與是否願意進行專利訴訟相關，當所在的產業價值鏈地位越高，下游企業依賴性越高，更容易獲得資源進行專利訴訟。 3. 企業的目的在於獲取利潤，因此企業多以商業考量，來替代公平正義的法律考量。當訴訟成本小於訴訟預期收益時，企業會繼續進行訴訟，但當訴訟成本大於預期收益時，企業會選擇不再繼續訴訟。 4. 由於專利訴訟的最終目的在於增加商業談判籌碼，因此當被控告專利侵權時，就算經過檢視專利認為自身沒有侵權，仍應立即予以回應(提出反訴、進行商業結盟、立即變更製程、舉發對方專利無效等)，並非等待專利訴訟結果後才有所反應。 5. 在進行專利訴訟時，選擇有利的訴訟地點或方式，將會增加訴訟獲勝的機會，以及增加商業上的籌碼。 6. 當專利訴訟結果對於企業有利時，對於產品市佔率、股價等財務指標有所助益，尤其是對於小型的企業，其表現會更加亮眼。 同時本研究也提出以下建議，供產業界參考： 1. 中小企業面對跨國大企業的專利訴訟，應先檢視自身是否有侵權，以及是否有能夠提出反訴的專利。 2. 當面對專利訴訟時，應選擇專業與經驗兼具備的律師與專家證人，不要為了節省成本，因而因小失大。 3. 中小企業本身也要具有為顧客解決問題的能力，提高自身企業在產業價值鏈的不被替代性，才可以以結盟的力量對抗跨國企業的訴訟。 4. 當面對專利訴訟時，應該要立即應對，不管是與對方和解、進行反訴、舉發對方專利、變更製程或是商業結盟等，不可以等待訴訟結果。 5. 所有專利訴訟還是要以成本考量為依歸，一旦預期獲益小於訴訟成本時，企業應衡量是否應該繼續訴訟。 / Taiwan corporations have always been at a disadvantage behind foreign companies when it comes to the protection of intellectual property rights. The media repeats the stereotype that most cases of patent infringements between foreign companies and Taiwan corporations end up with costly settlements from Taiwan corporations. Moreover, patent violations are widely regarded as problems exclusive to the high-tech industry and have nothing to do with traditional industries. The Kinik Company, one of the traditional industries, surprisingly prevailed in a patent litigation dispute with the world renown, 3M Corporation. Not only did the Kinik Company successfully claim a settlement fee from its opponent, but also that it garnered commercial benefits and recognition for challenging a foreign company on equal grounds. This research begins with the patent quality and the position of an industry in the industry value chain. This thesis will involve with domestic and international theories, secondary data, published studies and case interviews, analyzing what strategy the Kinik Company adopted in its patent litigation suit against the world renowned 3M Corporation. The study will provide useful reference for Taiwan corporations of similar situations. The major findings are as follows: 1. The higher quality of the patents an industry possesses, the more leverage the industry will possess in a patent litigation. However, a good Claim Interpretation can supplement patent quality inadequacies and gain grounds during patent litigation, thereby winning a favorable judgment. 2. The industry’s positions in the value chain closely correspomd to its inclination to proceed with the patent litigation. The higher position it is situated in the industry value chain, the greater the downstream corporations depend on its survival and the more support it will garner to proceed with patent litigation. 3. A corporation’s ultimate goal is to maximize profits, and so a corporation weighs more on commercial profits than social justice. When the cost of litigation falls below expected benefits, the corporation will pursue litigation. On the other hand, when the costs of litigation exceed expected benefits, corporations will forgo litigation. 4. Since the ultimate goal of a patent litigation is to fight for bargaining chips, the defendant must react immediately (putting forth counter claims, forming a strategic alliance, immediately switching production techniques, invalidating the opponent’s patent etc.) when being sued for patent violations, even if it believed that there was no violation at all. Never wait for judgments to react. 5. Choosing a favorable location and approach for a patent litigation will increase the odds as well as bargaining chips over commercial benefits. 6. A favorable judgment from a patent litigation improves an industry’s market share, share price and other financial indicators, especially for smaller companies. This research offers the following suggestions for the industries: 1. When small and medium enterprises are involved in patent litigations initiated by multinational corporations, they must make certain whether they did the violation in the first place, and whether they possess any patent that can be used for a counter claim. 2. Always choose professional and experienced lawyers and expert witnesses for patent litigations. Do not risk losing big over cost considerations. 3. Small and medium enterprises should also develop problem-solving skills for their customers. The only way to fight against a multinational patent litigation is to become indispensable within the industry value chain and to be backed by a powerful alliance. 4. React immediately to any patent litigation: to make settlements, to proceed with a counter claim, to invalidate the opponents’ patent, to switch production techniques, or form commercial alliances. Never wait for judgments. 5. Evaluate all patent litigations based on costs and benefits. Once the expected benefits become less than the costs of litigation, the decision makers must ponder whether to pursue litigation or not.

This thesis work is part of an on-going project regarding load-bearing timber glass composites within the EU program WoodWisdom-Net. One major scope of that project is the adhesive material between the glass and timber parts. The underlying importance of the bonding material is related to the transfer of stress between the two materials – the influence of the adhesive stiffness and ductility on the possibility of obtaining uniform stress distributions. In this study the mechanical properties of two different adhesives are investigated, an epoxy (3M DP490) and an acrylate (SikaFast 5215). The differences of the adhesives lay in dissimilar stiffness, strength and viscous behaviour. In long term load caring design is important to understand the materials behavior under a constant load and a permanent displacement within the structure can cause major consequences. Therefore the main aim in this project is to identify the adhesives strength, deformation capacity and possible viscous (time dependent) effects. Because of the limitation of equipment and time this study is restricted to only three different experiments. Three different types of tensile tests have been conducted: monotonic, cyclic relaxation tests.The results of the experiments show that 3M DP490 has a higher strength and a smaller deformation capacity as compared to the SikaFast 5215. Thus, the SikaFast 5215 is more ductile. The 3M DP490 exhibits a lower loss of strength under constant strain (at relaxation). SikaFast 5215 showed also a large dependency of strain level on the stress loss in relaxation.

Made available in DSpace on 2018-03-22T15:22:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 tese_11549_DISSER FINAL LIVIA TEIXEIRA.pdf: 3402519 bytes, checksum: 1436c7aabb61541934d101cd46e23df8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-12-15 / Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo propor orientações para formulação de um guia voltado para os coordenadores de cursos na modalidade a distância, com a finalidade de identificar os traços de personalidade que afetam o comportamento de persistência discente. Para atingir o objetivo, foi utilizado o Modelo Metateórico de Motivação e Personalidade (Modelo 3M) de Mowen (2000). A coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de um levantamento de campo com questionário estruturado, respondido por 260 alunos dos cursos de Licenciatura em Artes Visuais, Filosofia e História, ofertados na modalidade a distância, pela Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo no âmbito do Sistema Universidade Aberta do Brasil (UAB). Para análise dos dados, foi utilizado o método estatístico de Regressão Linear Múltipla, com o suporte do software Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS). Os resultados mostraram que o Modelo 3M se aplica ao contexto investigado e que os traços de personalidade analisados de forma hierárquica, do traço mais básico até o traço mais concreto, contribuem para explicar o comportamento de Persistência Discente. Dentre os traços situacionais investigados, a Satisfação com o Curso foi o que mais impactou a Persistência Discente. Os resultados da pesquisa contribuem para proposição de orientações para formulação de um guia voltado para os coordenadores de cursos, visando à identificação de traços de personalidade que afetam o comportamento de persistência em alunos de cursos na modalidade a distância. As orientações para a elaboração do guia envolvem a fundamentação do Modelo 3M adaptado ao comportamento da persistência discente, o questionário a ser utilizado para a coleta de dados e o método para a análise dos dados. A presente pesquisa está alinhada com a área de atuação Gestão de Operações no Setor Público do Mestrado Profissional em Gestão Pública da UFES, uma vez que busca compreender o perfil do aluno vinculado à Secretaria de Ensino a Distância (SEAD) e propor orientações para formulação de um guia para os coordenadores de cursos superiores na modalidade a distância visando aumentar os índices de persistência discente nesses cursos e consequentemente reduzir a evasão / This research aimed to propose guidelines for the formulation of a guide for courses coordinators in the distance modality, with the purpose of identifying the personality traits that affect student persistence behavior. To achieve the objective, the Metateoric Model of Motivation and Personality (3M Model), presented by Mowen (2000) was used. Data collection was performed through a survey with a structured questionnaire that was answered by 260 undergraduate students in the courses of the Visual Arts, Philosophy and History degree, offered in the distance modality by Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES) under the Universidade Aberta do Brasil (UAB). Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used to analyze the data using the statistical method of Multiple Linear Regression. The results showed that the 3M Model´s suitable to the investigated context and that the personality traits analyzed in a hierarchical way, from the most basic trait to the more concrete trait, contributing to explain the behavior of Student Persistence. Among the investigated situational traits, Satisfaction with the course was the most important trait that of impacted Student Persistence. The results of the research contribute to the proposal of guidelines for the formulation of a guide for the courses coordinators, aiming at the identification of personality traits that affect the persistence behavior in students of distance learning courses. The guidelines for the elaboration of the guide involve the foundations of the 3M Model adapted to the behavior of student persistence, the questionnaire to be used for data collection, and the method for the data analysis. The present research is associated with the Operations Management in the Public Sector area of the Professional Master in Public Management of UFES, because it seeks to understand the profile of the student linked to the Secretaria de Ensino a Distância (SEAD) and to propose guidelines for the formulation of a guide for coordinators of higher courses in the distance modality aiming to increase the student persistence indexes in these courses and consequently to reduce evasion

Brand portfolios of multinational firm are a complex organism which is managed by headquarter of organization, in particular by the brands architecture and rebranding. The distributors create a direct feedback relationship from the market and they significantly influence any success of brands. The specific work of marketing personnel with brands is thus influenced by many stakeholders on the market and, in consequence, the specific work becomes a complex marketing activity. This master thesis is concerned with the architecture of the specific portfolio of 3M and the work with its brands. The aim is (i) to map architecture of the specific portfolio of 3M House of Brands and (ii) to assess rebranding form 2015 and (iii) to analyze the work with 3M brands and to formulate recommendation for improvements of the work with 3M. The first part is considers the architecture of brands from a theoretical viewpoint which provides a basis for the mapping of 3M House of Brands. There is also specified marketing research methodology which is applied in the practical part of the thesis concerned with specific secondary data, questionnaire survey and deep interviews. In the practical part of the master thesis there is analyzed 3M Case Study, in which there is described and assessed the empirical research of 3M brands. The research consists of two parts: (1) questionnaire survey orientated on B2B distributors, and (2) deep interviews carried out with 3M marketing and special personnel. The comparison and synthesis of more qualitative data appears that the most important result. The 3M perspectives of the marketing personnel and the distributors on the selection of brand activities differ in spite the fact that their aims are similar. The key recommendation of this thesis is, therefore, to give more importance to preferences of the market and create upon this empirical basis more effective branding activities.

When laying up dry composite materials and aligning the fibers in the appropriate directions it can be a challenge due to the dryness of the fiber and mold design. Several commercial products are available to help fix plies to molds keeping the proper fiber orientation depending upon mold geometry. Prepreg and wet layups do not have this problem due to the inherent inclusion of a matrix in their manufacturing, dry materials have no added epoxy at the time of layup and are therefore in need of assistance maintain position. The purpose of this research is to determine if Super 77™ or EPON™ 2002 increases or decreases mechanical properties of the neat resin and composite laminates; if the increase or decrease is dependent upon the type of epoxy, and if the amount of applied tackifier can be optimized towards a high or low application quantity to minimize any detrimental effects to mechanical properties. Each tackification agent was applied in high and low concentrations to eight composite panels, with two control panels. The EPON™ was applied manually and set with heat exposure while the Super 77™ was sprayed from an aerosol can. The Super 77™ plies were stacked and pressed by hand while the EPON™ plies were stacked and ironed together to create panels, which were then infused with one of two room temperature infusion epoxies, MVS 610 or INF 114. The panels were then cut to specimen size for testing. Neat resin specimens were cast in silicone molds with high and low concentrations of tackifiers and allowed to cure for 12 hours at room temp, then heated to 60° C for 8 Both Super 77™ and EPON™ 2002 reduced the SBS for both epoxies, but Super 77™ reduced the short beam shear more than EPON™ 2002. The modulus of the neat resin cast specimens with high concentration were between 0 to 20% lower than neat resin with no tackifier; the tensile strength was increased for those specimens with Super 77™ and lower for those with EPON™ 2002. Similarly, the Charpy test resulted in higher values for Super 77™ than for EPON™ 2002. The effects of Super 77™ and EPON™ 2002 are complex and varied depending on application concentration, resin, and tackifier type; but the addition of any tackifier reduces mechanical properties from non-tackified laminates.

Perfluorinated sulfonic acid (PFSA) ionomer membranes demonstrate great potential for use in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) due to their favorable electronic properties and excellent efficiency. However, the assignment of key vibrational transitions such as the symmetric sulfonate and ether stretches is not yet fully understood depriving researchers of a quick and simple technique for analyzing morphological changes. The symmetric sulfonate stretch could be used to track changes in the ionic clusters formed within the membrane while the ether stretch will provide insight into the largely semi-crystalline PTFE phase. Alterations in either regime will affect both ion transport and mechanical properties and produce a major shift in device performance. This study focused on predicting the vibrational transitions for Aquivion, 3M PFSA, and Nafion using density functional theory (DFT) with the bulk being performed using the same functional and basis set combination, B3LPY/6-31+G*. For all three ionomers, the predicted vibrational transitions were affected by changes in both the conformer and solvation method with water being used as the solvent. Despite the noted changes, both vibrational transitions were determined to be within the range of 970-1100 cm-1 with the symmetric sulfonate stretch present at around 970-1010 cm-1 and the ether stretch observed at around 1050-1100 cm-1 with solvation present. While the calculated peak positions mirror those found in the experimental spectra within the literature, the traditional normal mode assignments do not match those predicted by our calculations. However, recent studies have hypothesized that these vibrational transitions are coupled, which could explain why they have been so difficult to assign. / Master of Science / Perfluorinated sulfonic acid (PFSA) ionomer membranes show great promise for use in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) due to their excellent efficiency. However, the current techniques used to determine changes in structural configurations require sophisticated equipment and trained personnel to operate. Simpler techniques exist wherein the vibrations of certain bonds can be measured upon exposure of the sample to measured amounts of infrared light. The problem with this technique is that researchers currently do not fully understand at what wavelengths certain portions of the polymer known as functional groups will vibrate. These vibrations are also known as vibrational transitions. This study was undertaken to predict through numerical solutions to the Schrödinger equation at what wavelengths two particular vibrational transitions would occur for three common ionomers, Aquivion, 3M PFSA, and Nafion. For all three structures, the positions of these transitions mirrored that observed within the literature although the functional groups assigned to these positions did not match with those identified by our calculations. However, recent studies have indicated that these vibrational transitions occur at the same positions, which could explain why they have been so difficult to assign.