Are decision-makers, and public ones in particular, considering the spatial characteristics of territories when they are making decisions? Which elements should be included in computer-based systems supporting such decisions? These two questions summarise the issues geographic information system scientists are addressing. They also constitute the starting point of this investigation on the theme of errors and uncertainty in spatial decision support systems. While decision theories, methodologies and techniques abound, none are peculiar to spatial issues. At best, they are using spatial data and in a few cases they are applied to helping solve spatial problems. It has been recognised that spatial data need distinct management systems. Should it be the same for spatial decisions? By postulating that spatial decision is a specific field requiring its own treatise, this author initiates an original reflexion. Following a holistic approach, this theoretical work develops a conceptual decision model: the 'decisional fountain'. This model gives a coherent and integrated view on the various fields of decision-making. Based on the postulate and on the model developed, several theories and techniques are revisited in a truly spatial perspective. The ontology of spatial decision has been enriched by a variety of experiences. Dealing with drought at the European level, allocating water resources from the field scale to the country scale, regional spatial planning, performing strategic environmental assessment, conceptualising the parking of a vehicle, developing the spatial abilities of children, all have fed this conceptual research. Some of them are illustrating this manuscript. Taking a spatial information science perspective, this manuscript leads you towards a 'spatial decision' theory.

The aim of this dissertation is to describe and analyse the development of the sports movement at a local level during the 20th century, focusing on the relationship between the municipality, in a broad sense, and the sports clubs, as well as on the conditions that have affected this relationship and the effects this has had for the clubs’ structural and cultural configuration. The thesis put forward is that there is a link between the parliamentary and governmental description of sport as socially beneficial, the relative autonomy of the sports movement, the institutionalisation of the municipalities’ sports policy and their involvement in the local sports culture and the expansion of competitive sport within the sports movement led by the Swedish Sports Confederation. The thesis is advanced in the context of a description of the Swedish sports model at the local level, its rise and eventual fall, and through case studies of three municipalities/local communities as well as a total of six sports clubs, all located in what is today Norrtälje municipality some ninety kilometres north of Stockholm. The thesis is generally confirmed. From the perspective of the central state, within the framework of a corporate governance model, it has involved compromising with a strong sports movement and simultaneously gaining legitimacy and support for its sports policy. This has not caused any major problems as the Swedish Sports Confederation, the sports movement’s unitary organisation, has in all important respects developed organised sport in a desirable way, or at least one that the government authorities have been willing to accept in view of services in return. It appears to be the same at a local level. The municipality has rewarded that section of organised sport which has made, in its opinion, the best contribution to producing a both physically and mentally civic educational as well as integrating leisure activity. On the whole this has been applicable to the performance- and result-oriented sport. This type of competitive sport, or rather, the clubs which have run it, have also been expected to be able to assist in managing the range of facilities, in raising the municipality’s PR value, in creating new services and job opportunities and in uniting the inhabitants.

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Objectif : Évaluer la « lourdeur » de la prise en charge clinique des personnes vivant avec le VIH/SIDA (PVVIH) afin d’ajuster l’allocation des ressources en GMF. Méthodologie : Analyse comparative entre le GMF de la Clinique médicale l’Actuel, les GMF montréalais et de l’ensemble du Québec, en identifiant les différences dans les profils de consommation de soins pour les années civiles 2006 à 2008 et les coûts d’utilisation des services pour l’année 2005. Résultats : En 2008, 78% de la clientèle inscrite au GMF de la Clinique médicale l’Actuel est vulnérable comparativement à 28% pour les autres GMF montréalais, une tendance observée pour l’ensemble du Québec. Le nombre moyen de visites par individu inscrit et vulnérable est de 7,57 au GMF l’Actuel alors que la moyenne montréalaise est de 3,37 et celle du Québec de 3,47. Enfin, le coût moyen des visites médicales au GMF l’Actuel en 2005 est de 203,93 $ comparativement à des coûts variant entre 132,14 et 149,53 $ pour les unités de comparaison. Conclusion : L’intensité de l’utilisation des ressources au GMF de la Clinique médicale l’Actuel (nombre d’individus vulnérables, nombre de visites et coûts) suggère que la prise en charge clinique des personnes vivant avec le VIH/SIDA est beaucoup plus lourde qu’un citoyen tout venant ou même de la majorité des autres catégories de vulnérabilité. Afin d’offrir un traitement juste et équitable aux GMF, l’inscription devrait être ajustée afin de tenir compte de la « lourdeur » de cette clientèle et valoriser la prise en charge des personnes qui présentent des tableaux cliniques complexes. / Objective: To evaluate the “burden” involved in the clinical management of people living with HIV/AIDS, in order to adjust the allocation of resources in terms of family medicine groups (FMG). Methodology: A comparative analysis of FMG Clinique médicale l’Actuel, FMGs in Montréal and throughout Québec, identifying differences in care consumption profiles for the years 2006 to 2008 and the costs of use of services for 2005. Results: In 2008, seventy eight percent (78%) of the clientele registered with the FMG at Clinique médicale l’Actuel was considered vulnerable, in comparison to twenty eight percent (28%) at other Montréal FMGs, a trend observed throughout Québec. The average number of visits per registered individuals was 7.57 at the Actuel FMG, while the average in Montréal was 3.37 and in Québec overall, 3.47. In 2005, the average cost of a visit at the Actuel FMG was $203.93 compared to costs that varied from $132.14 to $149.53 for comparative units. Conclusion: The intensity of use of FMG resources at the Clinique médicale l’Actuel (number of vulnerable individuals, number of visits and costs) suggests that the clinical management of people living with HIV/AIDS is a much heavier burden than that of an average citizen, or even from the majority of other categories of vulnerability. In order to ensure that all FMGs are treated fairly and equitably, registration should be adjusted to take into account the “burden” of this clientele and to place more value on the case management of people with complex clinical presentations.

Submitted by Fabio Sobreira Campos da Costa (fabio.sobreira@ufpe.br) on 2016-05-09T14:22:29Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) DISSERTAÇÃO ATUALIZADA _ Ranilson Aquino.pdf: 1800812 bytes, checksum: 8ba3d3ee5ead19d5f5002d11ee2c10b8 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-05-09T14:22:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) DISSERTAÇÃO ATUALIZADA _ Ranilson Aquino.pdf: 1800812 bytes, checksum: 8ba3d3ee5ead19d5f5002d11ee2c10b8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-07-30 / CAPEs / A herbivoria é o consumo de partes das plantas que pode afetar negativamente seu fitness, sendo um dos fatores responsáveis pela estruturação e composição das comunidades vegetais. Fatores, como disponibilidade de recursos e perturbações antrópicas, possuem papel relevante nas respostas à atuação dos herbívoros. Entretanto, as plantas não são passivas frente à herbivoria, desenvolvendo diversas estratégias de defesa no decorrer do seu tempo evolutivo, como a síntese de metabólitos secundários. O objetivo do estudo foi analisar se existe relação entre as taxas de herbivoria em áreas de Caatinga, com e sem perturbações antrópicas, e a quantidade de compostos fenólicos e taninos totais presentes em indivíduos de Aspidosperma pyrifolium Mart. (Pereiro). Foram avaliados 270 indivíduos de Pereiro em 9 áreas preservadas e 9 áreas impactadas distribuídas na microrregião de Itaparica, Pernambuco. Foram realizadas medidas biométricas, além da coleta arbitrária de 30 folhas, de cada indivíduo para avaliação das taxas de herbivoria foliar, carbono, nitrogênio, compostos fenólicos e taninos. Os dados foram analisados através de Análise de Regressão Linear Simples e ANOVA fatorial seguida de teste de Tukey 5% “a posteriori”. Análises biométricas não verificaram diferenças significativas entre as áreas e nem relação com o conteúdo de compostos fenólicos. Taxas de nitrogênio foram maiores no mês mais seco nas áreas impactadas e preservadas (17,66 ± 0,63 e 17,04 ± 0,58), enquanto os teores de carbono foram maiores no fim da estação chuvosa (26,51 ± 1,08 e 27,57 ± 1,91), para ambas as áreas. As concentrações de compostos fenólicos (R = -0,51 e p = 0) e taninos (R = -0,50 e p = 0) tiveram relação negativa com as taxas de herbivoria das áreas impactadas, que também apresentaram maior taxa de herbivoria, enquanto nas áreas preservadas essa relação não foi observada. Embora a influência da pecuária extensiva possa ser notada nas áreas tidas como impactadas ela não pode ser considerada a causa única das taxas de herbivoria/produção de compostos de defesa. / Herbivory is the consumption of plant parts that can negatively affect your fitness, one of the factors responsible for the structuring and composition of plants communities. Factors such as resources availability and human disturbances, have an important role in the herbivores responses. However, plants aren’t passive front herbivory, developing various defense strategies in the course of its evolutionary time, as the synthesis of secondary metabolites. The aim of the study was to examine whether there is relationship between herbivory rates in areas of Caatinga, with and without human disturbances, and the amount of phenolic compounds and total tannins presents in Aspidosperma pyrifolium Mart. individuals (Pereiro). We evaluated 270 individuals from Pereiro in 9 preserved areas and 9 impacted areas distributed in Itaparica’s region, Pernambuco. Biometric measurements were performed, as well as arbitrary collection of 30 leafs, each individual to assess the rates of leaf herbivory, carbon, nitrogen, phenolics and tannins. Data were analyzed by Simple Linear Regression Analysis and factor ANOVA followed by Tukey test 5% "a posteriori". Biometric analysis found no significant differences between areas and not related to the content of phenolic compounds. Nitrogen rates were higher in the driest month in the impacted and preserved areas (17.66 ± 0.63 and 17.04 ± 0.58), while the carbon levels were higher at the end of the rainy season (26.51 ± 1.08 and 27.57 ± 1.91), for both areas. The concentrations of phenolic compounds (R = -0.51 p = 0) and tannins (R = -0.50 p = 0) had negative relationship with herbivory rates of impacted areas, which also had higher herbivory rate while in preserved areas this relationship was not observed. Although the influence of extensive livestock farming can be noticed in impacted areas it can’t be considered the sole cause of the rates of herbivory/production of defense compounds.

“Whose needs come first?” is a scientific essay based on a self-experienced story about astudent in difficulties in school. It leads us to a dilemma about which students me as a youthworker in school and the after-school center should prioritize – a child in difficulties who is inneed of a lot of extra help and support but who also is very disturbing to others, or the rest ofthe students. The purpose of this scientific essay is to investigate who you judiciously shouldact towards the individual student and towards the whole class. Furthermore, the purpose isalso to examine how the schools' resources are generally distributed in school, how they aredistributed to children in need, which effect a diagnosis on a child could have on theallocation of resources, and how the parents' involvement could influence these decisions. The methods used to write the scientific essay are both the essay-writing itself, and also withrelevant literature present information from previous research, which connects to the purposeand the question formulations which are based on the purpose. Then, via a discussion andreflection highlight both the relevant and applicable on the self-experienced story, but alsocriticize the literature, because it is not often as applicable in the school’s reality as it soundseasy in the literature. Ethical and moral discussions are also an important aspect of the essay. This essay illuminates the difficulties of putting all the situations and all the students underthe same roof facing a dilemma, and that a lot of different factors could influence the outcomeof the situation, such as the environment, socioeconomic factors, background, culturalpreferences, and allocation of resources. / ”Vems behov kommer först?” är en vetenskaplig essä med utgångspunkt i en berättelse om enelev i svårigheter. Den leder oss fram till ett dilemma som handlar om vilka elever jag som fritidshemslärare i klassrummet och på fritidshemmet ska prioritera – ett barn i svårigheter som är i behov av mycket extra hjälp och stöd men som även stör klassen, eller resten aveleverna? Essäns syfte är att undersöka hur man omdömesfullt agerar gentemot den enskilda eleven och gentemot hela klassen. Syftet är även att undersöka hur skolans resurser fördelas generellt samt till barn i behov av extra stöd, och vilken påverkan en diagnos kan ha på resursfördelningen, samt hur föräldrarnas delaktighet i dessa beslut kan påverka. Metoden som använts till essäskrivandet är, förutom essäskrivandet i sig, att med relevant litteratur presentera information från tidigare forskning kopplat till syftet och frågeställningarna, vilka är baserade på syftet, och sedan med hjälp av diskussion och reflektion lyfta fram både det relevanta och tillämpbara på berättelsen, men även kritiseralitteraturen då det inte är lika tillämpbart i verkligheten i skolan som de får det att låta i teorin. Etik och moral är även en viktig aspekt som tas upp och diskuteras. Denna essä belyser svårigheterna med att dra alla situationer och elever över samma kam – att bland annat omgivning, socioekonomi, bakgrund, kultur och resursfördelning kan ha stor påverkan på situationers utfall.

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Un « mode de coordination » est un concept qui définit l’interaction entre les rapports sociaux et l’économie. Celle-ci, qui ne peut pas être séparée du politique, se développe grâce au fonctionnement des différentes formes institutionnelles. Plusieurs modes de coordination ont été identifiés par la littérature, à savoir, le « mode de coordination par le marché », le « mode de coordination éthique » et le « mode de coordination bureaucratique ». Vahabi (2010) a introduit un nouveau type de coordination qu’il a nommé : « mode de coordination destructive ». Celui-ci privilège la violence et les moyens coercitifs dans les relations sociales et assure une allocation appropriative des ressources. Vahabi présente la République iranienne comme un exemple-type du « mode de coordination destructive » étant donné son capitalisme rentier et la corruption de son système politique dans la gestion des ressources. Nous nous intéressons, dans ce travail de recherche, à étudier dans quelle mesure le cas du Liban peut être analysé à la lumière de ce mode de coordination destructive. / A « mode of coordination » is a concept that define the interaction between social relations and economy. The latter, which cannot be separated from politics, develops through the functioning of different institutional forms. Several methods of coordination have been identified in the literature, namely, the « market mode of coordination », the « ethics mode of coordination » and the « bureaucratic mode coordination mode ». Vahabi (2010) introduced a new type of coordination that he called it: the "destructive mode of coordination." This mode privilege violence and coercive means in social relations and provides an appropriate allocation of resources. Vahabi present Iranian Republic as a typical example of "destructive mode of coordination" because of the nature of its capitalism and corruption of its political system in the management of resources. We are interested in this research, to examine to what extent the case of Lebanon can be analyzed as a destructive mode of coordination.

The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the knowledge of student nurses regarding the cost concepts in health economics, specifically the efficient allocation of resources and determining the cost of interventions, in order to prepare them to deliver cost-effective yet quality nursing care. An explorative and descriptive quantitative design was used. A structured self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Respondents were student nurses studying towards becoming professional nurses in their final year of study (comprehensive programme). The results revealed an apparent lack of knowledge among student nurses regarding cost concepts in health economics, although respondents agreed that knowledge of health economics is essential for nursing practice. The results led the researcher to draw a strong conclusion that there is a need for the inclusion of a module regarding health economics in the nursing curriculum and in continuous professional development (CPD) workshops and in-service training. / Health Studies / M.A. (Health Studies)

M. Tech. (Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences), Vaal University of Technology. / South African government departments, through the relevant executing authority, are required to develop strategic plans in terms of the Public Service Amendment Act (Act No. 30 of 2007) and Public Finance Management Amendment Act (Act No. 29 of 1999). In terms of Treasury Regulation, 2005 section 6, the government departments are further required to comply with budgetary requirements. The key question in this research was to what extent is the strategic planning process aligned to the budgeting process. In light of the research question, the research objective was to investigate the alignment of the strategic planning and budgeting processes in the selected national government departments. In order to achieve the aforementioned research objective, structured questionnaires were distributed to 300 senior managers in the selected government departments of which 203 were completed and retrieved. The government departments that participated in the study were selected using the non-probability convenient sampling technique. A quantitative approach was followed, in which case a survey was used to garner data, which were analysed using statistical analytical methods, such as the means, standard deviations, exploratory factor analysis, correlation analysis and regression analysis. The five factors of strategic planning were extracted from the strategic planning questionnaire data and were coined strategic analysis and assessment (SAA), environmental impact assessment (EIA), goal setting (GS), responsibilities and resource allocation (RRA), and information system (IS). Correlation analysis indicated that there was a positive relationship between the five factors of the strategic planning process and the budgeting process. The regression analysis results confirmed the existence of a predictive relationship between the five factors of strategic planning and the budgeting process. The conclusion from this finding confirmed the alignment of strategic planning with the budgeting process in the selected national government departments. The internal consistency of the measuring instrument was tested by means of Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, while its validity was measured using face validity, content validity, construct validity, convergent validity and predictive validity. In spite of the positive correlation and regression analyses, recommendations were made to improve the strategic planning and budgeting processes.