THE ISSUES IN METHODOLOGY AND DATA INTERPRETATION IN STUDIES OF TOURIST ATTRACTIONS' ATTENDANCE Lukáš Nekolný Abstract Attendance belongs to the main quantitative indicators of tourism which is one of the most important sectors of human activites. Knowledge about number of visitors has substantiation in scientific research and in destination management. In this case it is essential to combine the sustainability and the economic benefits. The number of visitors (visits) is important regarding to education and media. Therefore the use of comparable methodology is appropriate before interpretation of corresponding data. The aims of this thesis after analysing methodologic risk issues are to create the recommendation and to compare data of tourist attractions. The main points of recommendation we can mark are to compare individual attractions regardless of the ownership structure and to separate counting of tour routes and counting of visitor numbers with season tickets without distorted coefficients. All these issues are completed through the model cases from zoos - one of the most visited tourist attractions. Keywords: tourism, attendance, tourist attraction, methodology, interpretation, zoo

In this thesis, both the wettability and the agglomeration characteristics of non-metallic inclusions in liquid iron/steel were studied by using both experimental results and thermodynamic considerations. The mechanisms of the wettability of different types of inclusions were discussed. Also, the agglomeration behaviors of the inclusions were analyzed. Firstly, the wettability of different types of inclusions (including Al2O3, MgO, Ti2O3, TiO2 and TiN) in contact with the liquid iron/steel was studied. For the TiNcase, there is no reaction formation at the interface between TiN and pureiron/steel. In the caseo f pure Fe, the oxygen increase is the main factor for a contact angle decrease. As for the steel case, a sharp decrease of the contact angle is due to the effects of both an increased oxygen content in the liquid steel and a formation of a Ti(N,C,O) phase at the interface. For the Al2O3 and MgO cases, the formation of a FeAl2O4 and a MgO-FeO reaction layer at the interface, respectively, lead to a contact angle decrease. In the case of the Ti2O3/pure Fe case, the reaction at the interface cannot be identified. For the Ti2O3/steel case, the formation of an Al2TiO5 reaction layer is the main reason for a steep decrease of the contact angle. In the TiO2 case, the melting region appears at the temperature below the melting point of pure iron. This is due to the strong formation of a solid solution TiOx-FeO. The main source of the oxygen for the solid solution formationis due to a TiO2 substrate decomposition and a low partial pressure of oxygen in the chamber. Regarding to the non-metallic particle additions (TiO2 and TiN) into the molten steel, the steel composition should be controlled to have a small Al content (&lt;0.005mass%) and a high Ti content (&gt;0.035mass%), so as togeta high number of Ti-rich oxide inclusions with a small size. This conclusionis supported from the view point of the van der Waals force, liquid-capillary force and wettability. Regarding the Ti/Al complex deoxidation in the melt, the “mainly occupied clustered inclusions” with spherical shape is due to a TiOx-FeO liquid inclusion precipitation after an addition of Ti as a pre-deoxidizer. The much lower cluster number in the Ti/Al case than that in the Al case is mainly due to a coagulation of single TiOx-FeO liquid inclusions. Also, the cluster formation in a complex Ti/Al deoxidation is started after an Al addition rather than after a Ti addition. Regarding the Al2O3 cluster formation in deoxidation, the cavity bridge forceis larger than the van der Waals force. However, the difference between them is smaller than 7 times. In the reoxidation process, the influence of the cavity bridge force due to the wettability decreased, and became similar to that of the liquid-capillary force. / <p>QC 20160301</p>

The thesis is a ten-page analysis on two films, Fatal Attraction and Lakeview Terrace. The thesis begins with a brief introduction to the horror genre and its subgenre in which the two films and original screenplay are categorized, psychological horror. It covers all the important elements of a film and screenplay: conflict, arc, goal, structure and plot. The thesis also consists of feminists’ reactions to Fatal Attraction, and examines whether the original 60- page screenplay helps or worsens the image of women. The screenplay also raises the question if having the villains need to be insane to prove a point. Further in the thesis is a description of the original screenplay Crimes of Passion and its main characters Jennifer, Alex and Keith. Jennifer, the heroine, becomes the target of scorned lover and police officer Keith. Alex, Keith’s rival, must protect Jennifer. The analysis ends with the restated questions the audience must have in mind and answer while reading the screenplay.

Researchers and practitioners have both acknowledged the importance of attracting the right employees. The study aims to explore and analyze how Swedish gaming start-ups attract talent. The authors investigated eight gaming companies based in Sweden, conducting semi-structured interviews with founding team or management team that were responsible for talent attraction in their respective companies. Study draws on theory of employer brand and examines how game development start-ups overcome their challenges in employee attraction context. Results of the research show that most gaming companies offer variety of employment benefits described in employment brand theory, but for them to have a competitive advantage, they should incorporate innovative new ideas in talent attraction. We propose an ‘employer innovation matrix model’ that can be a strategic talent attraction planning tool for companies.

Com o anuncio da construção do estádio Arena Corinthians no bairro de Itaquera em São Paulo indagou-se sobre os possíveis legados e impactos para a população como contrapartida de sediar megaeventos esportivos. A presente pesquisa surgiu do questionamento: como as transformações exigidas pelos megaeventos esportivos Copa do Mundo FIFA de 2014 e Olimpíada 2016 podem influenciar as formas de uso e apropriação do estádio Arena Corinthians como parte do turismo e lazer na cidade de São Paulo? O objetivo geral foi analisar a importância das atividades turísticas na Arena Corinthians e os objetivos específicos se concentraram em: analisar as atividades que usufruam do equipamento turístico; examinar a percepção dos atores sociais do entorno sob perspectiva do legado e/ou atrativo para a região de Itaquera e da zona leste do município; identificar e refletir sobre possibilidades e potencialidades do uso do espaço. Para responder os questionamentos anteriores utilizou-se do método qualitativo de caráter descritivo e exploratório, dividido em três momentos: análise bibliográfica, análise documental e pesquisa de campo, compreendidas pela técnica de observação participante, entrevistas temáticas aos gestores da Arena Corinthians e da São Paulo Turismo (SpTuris), aplicação de questionários a cem visitantes dos eventos Tour Casa do Povo, Timão RUN, Monster Jam e Treino Aberto, e cinco moradores visitantes da Virada Cultural. Como resultados observou-se que os visitantes desconhecem o roteiro turístico da zona leste de São Paulo, parte deles estiveram no estádio pela primeira vez, nesse sentido, ressai a importância da captação de público por meio de eventos multiculturais e diversificados que não relacionados ao Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (SCCP). Os visitantes compreendem a Arena Corinthians como legado e atrativo turístico para a cidade. A percepção dos moradores corrobora sob percepção da atratividade turística, mas, diverge especialmente na questão do legado, justificado pela expectativa gerada e não cumprida no desenvolvimento do entorno. Apontam-se recomendações para ações que abranjam o público do entorno na perspectiva de apropriação, pertencimento e uso do estádio, além de aproximação ao trade turístico para alcançar a meta de ser o principal atrativo turístico na cidade de São Paulo / With the announcement of the construction the Arena Corinthians stadium in the district of Itaquera in São Paulo, inquired about the possible legacies and impacts for the population as a counterpart to hosting the sports megaevents. The present research emerged from the questioning: how the transformations demanded by the mega-sports events 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics can influence the forms of use and appropriation of Arena Corinthians as a segment of tourism and leisure at the city of São Paulo? The overall aim was to analyze the importance of tourism activities at the stadium and, the specific objectives were focused on: to explore the activities that make use of the facilities; examine perception of the social actors of the environment under the perspective of the legacy and/or attraction for the region of Itaquera and the east zone of São Paulo; identify and reflect on the possibilities and potentialities of the use of space. In order to answer the previous questions, a choice of use of the qualitative method of descriptive and exploratory character was made, splited into three distinct moments: bibliographic and documentary analysis and field research, comprised by the participant observation technique, thematic interview, and made by the use of questionnaires to Arena Corinthians and São Paulo Turismo (SpTuris) managers, one hundred visitors from the Casa do Povo Tour, Timão RUN, Monster Jam and Football Open Training, and five visitors from Virada Cultural. As a result of the research, noticed that visitors were unaware of the tourist route at the east zone of São Paulo, some of them were at the stadium for the first time, in this sense, it stands out the importance of attracting the public through multicultural and diversified events that are not related to Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (SCCP). Visitors understand the Arena Corinthians as a legacy and tourist attraction for the city. The perception of the residents corroborates under perception of the tourist attractiveness, nonetheless, they differ especially in the matter of legacy, justified by the generated expectation and not fulfilled in the development of the surroundings. It also pointed out some recommendations for actions in order to cover the surrounding public in the perspective of appropriation, belonging and use of the stadium, as well as approaching the tourist trade to achieve the goals of being the main tourist attraction in the city of São Paulo

Estudaremos uma influência não trivial da energia cinética sobre pontos de equilébrio de sistemas Hamiltonianos a partir da segunda parte do artigo de Garcia & Tal \"The influence of the kinetic energy in equilibrium of Hamiltonian systems\". Nesse artigo demonstra-se, para um exemplo explícito de Hamiltonianos C(R4) definidos por Hi = Ti + para i {1,2}, que as bacias de atração de H1 e H2 são subvariedades de R4 com dimensão distinta. Discutiremos aqui de que forma esse resultado está relacionado com o estudo da estabilidade segundo Liapunov de pontos de equilíbrio de sistemas Hamiltonianos, em especial com a busca de uma inversão para o celebrado teorema de Dirichlet-Lagrange. Por fim apresentamos um novo teorema que estende o resultado acima para toda uma família de energias potenciais ,,k. A saber, mostramos que, se os parâmetros ,,k satisfazem a um simples critério aritmético então as bacias de atração de Hi = Ti + ,,k tem dimensões distintas para i {1, 2}. / We study a non trivial influence of the kinetic energy on equilibrium points of Hamiltonian systems following the second part of Garcia & Tal article \"The influence of the kinetic energy in equilibrium of Hamiltonian systems\". In this article the authors show, for an explicit example of C (R4 ) Hamiltonians defined by Hi = Ti + for i {1, 2}, that the attraction basins of H1 and H2 have distinct dimensions as submanifolds of R4. Well discuss how this result is related to the study of the stability according to Liapunov of equilibrium points of Hamiltonian systems and especially how it is related to the inversion of the celebrated Lagrange-Dirichlet theorem. Finally well prove a new theorem which extends the result above for a whole family of potential energies ,,k. We show that, if the parameters ,,k satisfy a simple arithmetical criteria then the attraction basins of Hi = Ti + ,,k have different dimensions for i {1, 2}.

Cette recherche traite de la réinvention de la tradition qui a pour but de modifier l'attractivité territoriale et l'imaginaire touristique du pays bamiléké au Cameroun. Le questionnement porte sur la réinvention de la tradition et la patrimonialisation qui contribuent à faire des chefferies et des funérailles bamiléké des attractions touristiques. Ce travail analyse les logiques et les stratégies des acteurs dans la mise en place des projets touristiques en pays bamiléké. Les chefferies sont depuis plusieurs années marquées par des logiques de mise en patrimoine et de mise en tourisme. Ces actions modifient profondément leur organisation, leur fonctionnement et les rapports qu'elles ont avec leur population locale et leurs ressortissants. Ces transformations font actuellement de la chefferie bamiléké une attraction touristique pour les touristes internationaux. Par contre, le territoire de cette chefferie projette une image négative chez les Camerounais. Selon ces derniers c'est un territoire sacré, avec des interdits et est associé à un imaginaire du mystique. Cet imaginaire a longtemps éloigné les Camerounais des chefferies bamiléké. De nos jours, ces institutions traditionnelles sont devenues l'objet des politiques de développement touristique à travers la décentralisation et les différentes coopérations internationales. La réinvention de la tradition dans les festivals et les funérailles bamiléké contribue à améliorer l'efficacité de l'attractivité et de l'imaginaire touristique du pays bamiléké. Les logiques et les stratégies mises en place par les différents acteurs ne sont pas les mêmes. Si pour les uns il s'agit d'une logique purement socioculturelle et économique (les acteurs du développement touristique), pour les autres, la logique reste une recherche du prestige (les organisateurs de funérailles). De cette étude, nous avons retenu deux principales conclusions : bien que les traditions soient réinventées par les acteurs du développement touristique dans les chefferies bamiléké, elles restent peu attractives pour les touristes nationaux. Les musées, et les cases d'hôtes dans les chefferies bamiléké ne sont pas perçus comme des attractions touristiques par les nationaux. Ce sont surtout les festivals et les funérailles qui attirent de plus en plus les Camerounais en pays bamiléké. Les organisateurs des funérailles et des festivals mettent en place différentes logiques d'actions innovantes pour attirer de plus en plus les Camerounais dans le pays bamiléké. / Our research deals with the new invention of a tradition meant to alter the territorial attraction and tourist imagination of the bamileke land in Cameroun. Our questioning is about that new invention of the tradition and the patrimonialization which help make the bamileke funerals and chiefs palaces tourist attraction. This work highlights the logic and strategies of the actors in setting up tourist projects in bamileke areas. For man y years, the chiefs palaces have been marked with the logic of patrimony or tourism. Those actions deeply modify their organization, their functioning and their relationships with the local population and their nationals. These changes presently make the bamileke chiefs palace a tourist attraction for foreign tourist. Nevertheless the area ruled by chief casts a negative image to a Cameroonians. For the latter, it is a sacred territory full of taboos and associated with a mystical imagination. For a long time, that imagination estranged the Cameroonians from those lands ruled by bamiléké chiefs. Nowadays, those traditional institutions are targeted by the policy of tourist development through decentralization and different international cooperation. The new invention of the tradition in bamileke festivals and funerals help improve the efficacy of the attraction and of the tourist imagination of the bamileke land. The logic and strategies set up by the different actors are not alike. If for some the logic is purely sociocultural and economic (the actors of tourist development) for others, that logic is about the research of prestige (funeral planners). In this survey, two main conclusions are to be considered; although the tradition has been invented anew by the promoters of tourist development in the bamiléké areas, they are hardly attractive for national tourist. The museum and guest huts are not considered as tourist attraction by the nationals. Only festivals and funerals draw more and more Cameroonian toward bamileke lands. Different logic of innovation action has been set up by the festivals and funerals planners in order to attract a great number of Cameroonians to the bamileke areas.

Nem sempre, as iniciativas endógenas voltadas ao desenvolvimento local são capazes de ofertar renda e bem-estar à maior parte da população, gerando uma necessidade de investimentos externos, desde que, não sufoquem as particularidades regionais e interajam de forma harmoniosa com os empreendimentos locais, por isso as políticas públicas para atração de empresas devem ser trabalhadas, pelos governos municipais, como uma dentre várias estratégias que levem em consideração as diversas dimensões de desenvolvimento. O intuito desta dissertação consiste em analisar as políticas públicas de atração de empresas realizadas na cidade mineira de Araxá entre os anos 2001 e 2008, observando suas influências (vantajosas ou não) na construção do desenvolvimento local no município, escolhido devido o reconhecimento de instituições como o Sebrae e a International Exporters Service, por apresentar uma gestão pública empreendedora. A natureza do estudo é essencialmente qualitativa e buscou compreender a formação, os estágios e os processos das políticas. As análises foram baseadas nas dimensões de desenvolvimento econômico, social, ambiental, político e institucional e os resultados demonstraram que as políticas para atração de empresas promoveram grandes avanços principalmente em resultados sociais e inovações no sentido político-institucional; todas essas dimensões foram vistas na revisão literária que ainda apresenta algumas aproximações conceituais do termo desenvolvimento, uma breve caracterização da política de atração de empresas, além de alguns estudos vinculados à gestão pública municipal e à formação de políticas públicas. Os resultados deste estudo ainda apresentaram as várias visões de um caso de sucesso, compondo importantes ferramentas na formação de políticas para todos representantes locais, líderes e instituições interessadas no desenvolvimento regional, considerando as diferenças culturais e históricas existentes entre cada local. / Endogenous initiatives that come from communities are constantly discussed, however such initiatives, sometimes, are unable to offer both income and life quality to a part of the population, generating a need of external investments as long as interact with local enterprises and dont suffocate regional particularities. Therefore, the company attraction policy should be worked by the city halls as part of the strategy of local development, considering the development dimensions. The objective of this research is analyzing the companies attraction policies in Araxá city (Minas Gerais State) between the years 2001 and 2008, observing influences (advantageous or not) to the formation of local development. Araxá city was chosen because of the recognition of organizations like Sebrae and International Exporters Service, due to an enterprising public management. This study is essentially qualitative and will comprehend both content and process policies. The analysis was based on economical, social, environmental, political and institutional dimensions, previously studied on literature research which still presents some conceptual proximity to the term development, a brief characterization of companies attraction policies, besides some studies related to public management. The results show excellent progress in both areas, social and politicalinstitutional. By presenting many different visions of a success case, this study showing an effective contribution to the elaboration of policies to local leaders and organizations interested in regional development, considering cultural and historical differences of each place.

Estudaremos uma influência não trivial da energia cinética sobre pontos de equilébrio de sistemas Hamiltonianos a partir da segunda parte do artigo de Garcia & Tal \"The influence of the kinetic energy in equilibrium of Hamiltonian systems\". Nesse artigo demonstra-se, para um exemplo explícito de Hamiltonianos C(R4) definidos por Hi = Ti + para i {1,2}, que as bacias de atração de H1 e H2 são subvariedades de R4 com dimensão distinta. Discutiremos aqui de que forma esse resultado está relacionado com o estudo da estabilidade segundo Liapunov de pontos de equilíbrio de sistemas Hamiltonianos, em especial com a busca de uma inversão para o celebrado teorema de Dirichlet-Lagrange. Por fim apresentamos um novo teorema que estende o resultado acima para toda uma família de energias potenciais ,,k. A saber, mostramos que, se os parâmetros ,,k satisfazem a um simples critério aritmético então as bacias de atração de Hi = Ti + ,,k tem dimensões distintas para i {1, 2}. / We study a non trivial influence of the kinetic energy on equilibrium points of Hamiltonian systems following the second part of Garcia & Tal article \"The influence of the kinetic energy in equilibrium of Hamiltonian systems\". In this article the authors show, for an explicit example of C (R4 ) Hamiltonians defined by Hi = Ti + for i {1, 2}, that the attraction basins of H1 and H2 have distinct dimensions as submanifolds of R4. Well discuss how this result is related to the study of the stability according to Liapunov of equilibrium points of Hamiltonian systems and especially how it is related to the inversion of the celebrated Lagrange-Dirichlet theorem. Finally well prove a new theorem which extends the result above for a whole family of potential energies ,,k. We show that, if the parameters ,,k satisfy a simple arithmetical criteria then the attraction basins of Hi = Ti + ,,k have different dimensions for i {1, 2}.

When the states of a system can be described by the extrema of a high-dimensional function, the characterisation of its complexity, i.e. the enumeration of the accessible stable states, can be reduced to a sampling problem. In this thesis a robust numerical protocol is established, capable of producing numerical estimates of the total number of stable states for a broad class of systems, and of computing the a-priori probability of observing any given state. The approach is demonstrated within the context of the computation of the configurational entropy of two and three-dimensional jammed packings. By means of numerical simulation we show the extensivity of the granular entropy as proposed by S.F. Edwards for three-dimensional jammed soft-sphere packings and produce a direct test of the Edwards conjecture for the equivalent two dimensional systems. We find that Edwards’ hypothesis of equiprobability of all jammed states holds only at the (un)jamming density, that is precisely the point of practical significance for many granular systems. Furthermore, two new recipes for the computation of high-dimensional volumes are presented, that improve on the established approach by either providing more statistically robust estimates of the volume or by exploiting the trajectories of the paths of steepest descent. Both methods also produce as a natural by-product unprecedented details on the structures of high-dimensional basins of attraction. Finally, we present a novel Monte Carlo algorithm to tackle problems with fluctuating weight functions. The method is shown to improve accuracy in the computation of the ‘volume’ of high dimensional ‘fluctuating’ basins of attraction and to be able to identify transition states along known reaction coordinates. We argue that the approach can be extended to the optimisation of the experimental conditions for observing certain phenomena, for which individual measurements are stochastic and provide little guidance.