This research was executed as three separate studies. Study 1 focused on the perception of pain and the semantic aspects of pain. Study 2 focused on the measurement of acute pain and mood states. Study 3 focused on the psychological treatment of cancer pain. In Study 1 a group of 66 Setswana-speaking adults were required to describe what they saw, what happened, and what would be the outcome with respect to three visually presented pain scenes using The Pain Apperception Test (PAT) A qualitative analysis of their responses shows that pain is experienced as an all encompassing experience affecting all aspects of their lives, such as the physical, emotional, social, and economic. This was found to be true, irrespective of gender and age with the exception of economic issues. A qualitative analysis of their responses to the Pain Eliciting Incidents Questionnaire (PEIQ) reveals that the Setswana pain descriptors are classifiable according to the three dimensions of pain namely, the sensory-discriminative, affective-motivational, and cognitive-evaluative. Sludy 2 applied the Profile of Mood States (POMS) preoperatively to a group of 58 female laparotomy (gynaecological) patients. These patients were also tested post-operatively with the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and the Wisconsin Brief Pain Questionnaire (WBPQ) as pain measures. The pain measures were taken at no medication and at the peak of medication. Factor analysis could not confirm the validity of the six POMS scales. These scales also did not show correlations with post-operative pain. Correlations between the pain measures showed acceptable reliability and validity of the VAS and the WBPQ. In Study 3 three groups of 15 cancer patients each, suffering from chronic pain, were treated over a period of two weeks with either cognitive behavioural therapy plus medication, reassurance therapy plus medication, or medication only. Comparison of before and after treatment pain measures showed that both cognitive behavioural therapy and reassurance therapy had a beneficial effect. Follow-up results three months later showed that the beneficial effect of reassurance therapy did not persist. Patients treated with cognitive behavioral therapy still showed the beneficial effects thereof. / Psychology / D. Litt. et Phil. (Psychology)

The objective of this Thesis is to outline the role of social work and social worker when accompanying a man in dying. The Thesis focuses on defining the social work and, at the same time, it points to the enormous diversity of the social work. The Thesis thus deals with the unclear definition of the field of social work as a particular helping profession, with the competency of social workers and with the current discussion about the need for a law on social workers. The Thesis also treats the phenomena of death and dying and how these issues are viewed from the perspective of social work. In the Thesis, these questions are highlighted in the context of the impact of the postmodern society. A large part of the Thesis is dedicated to finding the role of social work and social worker in hospice environment. Interest in dying clients and their loved ones represents an integral part of the Thesis, which also points out their needs, wishes and troubles. The Thesis outlines the issue of advisory for bereaved persons as well. Furthermore, it analyzes the ethical dimension of death and dying, especially with regard to human dignity. Critique of professional literature is confronted with author's own practical experience and with the output from an interview with a social worker.

The diploma thesis deals with the solution of the multi-purpose building project in Lužice. This work includes the extended accompanying and summary technical report, the coordination situation of the construction, the technical report of the transport relations and the coordination of the oversized transport, the object time schedule and the financial plan of the construction, the plan for providing the material resources containing the staff balance for the construction of the main building, the time schedule for the assembly of the prefabricated skeleton, technological standard for prefabricated skeleton, design of main building machines and mechanisms including their time commitment, organization of construction of multipurpose building including drawings of construction site equipment, technological regulation for assembling of prefabricated skeleton and for making of reinforced concrete floor, inspection and testing plan for prefabricated skeleton assembly, lifting mechanism, assembly schemes for prefabricated skeleton elements, lifting mechanism verification schemes, item budget prefabricated skeleton chalk and instructions for building use and maintenance.

The master’s thesis dealt with newly built residential house. The building is located in the Liberec region in the cadastral land parcel number 42/1 in the cadastral area Liberec-Rochlice. Address of the building is 227 Vratislavická Liberec-Rochlice 460 59th Built up area is 655 m2. The new building is located on sloping ground to the south. The building is located on the still undeveloped parcel near residential homes and nursing home. The building is partially basement with four floors. In the basement is the technical support for building, storage and parking facilities. The first two floors are commercial applications for administrative operations. In the third and fourth floor apartments are located. In total there are five residential units for a total of 17 persons. The supporting structure of the building is a monolithic reinforced concrete deck Beon C 25/30 B and reinforcement 500th The building is based on the footings of plain concrete C 16/20, and the bases of concrete and plate C 25/30 and the reinforcement B 500th Outer and inner walls are lined walls in the system Porotherm. The roof is designed as a flat. Walk-on part is designed as extensive or as a patio with concrete paving. Nepochúzná part has a stabilizing layer of gravel.

Thesis multifunctional building in Chrudim is processed in the form of project documentation which comprises all the requisites required by current regulations. Designed multifunctional building is placed on the site number 3466 and 2110 in Chrudim. The building has four floors. Constructional system is from clay brick HELUZ, prestressed concrete ceiling panels, flat roof.

This thesis describes the design of multifunctional building in Chrudim. It is a three-storey building. The layout of the first floor is for public purposes. The second and third floors serve as the residential part. The building is covered with a flat roof.

This thesis describes the design of the nursery school in Kostelec nad Orlicí. This is a two-storey building. The building has an atypical shape and is covered flat roof.

The aim of this paper is to outline the problems of the design of optical access networks. In the first Rasta work is generally described problems optickcýh GPON network GEPON. The second part deals with the optical network elements, such as HDPE ducts, fiber optic cables, optical splitters and the like. The third part is devoted to legislative operation of electronic communications, especially the work is focused on the rights and obligations of providers elektronickcýh communications. It is also in this part of the studied issues of territorial management in the design of optical access networks. In the last part was designed optical network, for which the development of model documentation to obtain zoning and accompanying technical report, including drawings. The proposed network was prepared in the lab of optical networks and were made to her measurements CD, PMD, OTDR measurement and direct method.

Contexte : En raison de l’amélioration des traitements pédiatriques, de plus en plus d’enfants atteints d’une maladie chronique deviennent adultes. La transition pédiatrique est donc devenue un enjeu majeur pour la continuité des soins offerts à cette population. Bien que diverses initiatives de préparation à la transition et de normalisation du transfert aient été tentées, il existe encore beaucoup de jeunes qui ne vivent pas un transfert harmonieux et sont donc non suivis une fois adultes. Cela entraîne des périodes d’instabilité pour leur état de santé physique, psychologique et social. Afin de mieux répondre aux besoins de santé particuliers de ces jeunes adultes, la présente recherche évalue les besoins et l’intérêt pour l’instauration d’un programme coconstruit de patients accompagnateurs dans la transition pédiatrique en gastro-entérologie, en se basant sur les expériences menées chez les adultes en oncologie, en chirurgie et en santé mentale. Objectif : L’objectif de notre mémoire est triple : 1) réaliser une revue systématique de la littérature portant sur les programmes mis en place pour favoriser la transition et mettre en évidence les effets de ces programmes; 2) évaluer les principaux défis qu’ont à relever les divers groupes d’acteurs lors du processus de transition entre un centre spécialisé en pédiatrie de la région montréalaise et un centre hospitalier quaternaire de la même région, le Centre hospitalier universitaire adulte; et 3) explorer avec les participants de la recherche leur intérêt à l’égard de la présence de patients accompagnateurs pour les épauler dans ce processus. Méthodologie : Pour atteindre notre premier objectif, nous avons réalisé une synthèse interprétative des connaissances sur les différents programmes de développement des habiletés d’autogestion de la maladie (voir l’article 1 à la section 3.1). Dans le cas de nos deuxième et troisième objectifs, une étude qualitative a été menée grâce à des groupes de discussion et à des entrevues semi-structurées menés avec des adolescents, des jeunes adultes, des parents et des professionnels de la santé d’un centre tertiaire pédiatrique et d’un centre tertiaire adulte (voir l’article 2 à la section 3.2). L’analyse thématique des données a révélé qu’un soutien par les pairs serait pertinent au cours de ce processus de transition, en particulier pour les parents des adolescents et pour les jeunes adultes, auquel cas le soutien serait assuré idéalement par des jeunes adultes. Les adolescents, quant à eux, n’en ont pas manifesté le besoin. Contribution scientifique : Les résultats de notre mémoire contribuent au développement des connaissances dans le domaine de la transition pédiatrique, plus particulièrement pour les patients atteints d’une maladie inflammatoire de l’intestin (MII). En effet, bien que l’apport des pairs aidants ou des patients accompagnateurs en santé mentale et dans d’autres domaines ait été documenté, peu d’études se sont penchées sur l’intérêt d’avoir des jeunes adultes accompagnateurs auprès d’une population d’adolescents, en particulier dans le cas des MII. / Context: As a result of improved pediatric treatments, more and more children with chronic diseases are living into adulthood. As a result, the pediatric transition has become a major issue for continuity of care in this population. Although there have been various initiatives to prepare the transition and standardize the transfer, many young people still do not experience a smooth transfer, and are therefore not being properly followed when they attain their majority. This leads to periods of instability in their physical, psychological and social health. To better meet the specific health needs of these young adults, this study evaluates the need and interest in establishing a co-constructed program involving accompanying patients in the pediatric transition to gastroenterology, based on adult experiences in oncology, surgery and mental health. Objectives: Our thesis has three objectives: (1) to conduct a systematic review of the literature on programs that have been implemented to ease this transition and describe the effects of these programs; (2) to assess the main challenges faced by the various groups of stakeholders during the transition process from a centre specialized in pediatrics in the Montreal region, to a quaternary hospital centre in the same region; and (3) to explore, among the study participants, their interest in having an accompanying patient for support through this process. Methodology: To achieve our first objective, we conducted an interpretive synthesis of knowledge on the various programs for developing skills in disease self-management (see Article 1 in Section 3.1). For our second and third objectives, a qualitative study was conducted by holding focus groups and semi-structured interviews with adolescents, young adults, parents, and healthcare professionals from a pediatric tertiary centre and an adult tertiary centre (see Article 2 in Section 3.2). The thematic analysis of the data revealed that peer support would be relevant during this transition process, particularly for the parents of adolescents and for young adults, in which case the support would ideally be provided by young adults. On the other hand, the adolescents did not feel the need for such support. Scientific contribution: The results of our thesis help further knowledge in the field of pediatric transition and, more specifically, on patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Although the contribution of peer caregivers or accompanying patients in mental health and other areas has already been documented, few studies have examined the value of having young adults accompanying a population of adolescents, particularly in the case of IBD.