Background: Social anxiety disorder (SAnD) is a highly prevalent condition, characterised by an intense fear of social or performance situations where individuals worry about being negatively evaluated by others. An up to date systematic review of the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapies for SAnD is required to guide practice. Objectives: To assess the efficacy and acceptability of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) compared with treatment as usual/waiting list (TAU/WL) for individuals with SAnD. Search methods: We searched the Cochrane Depression, Anxiety and Neurosis Group (CCDAN) Controlled Trials Register and conducted supplementary searches of MEDLINE, PsycInfo, EMBASE, and international trial registers (ICTRP; ClinicalTrials.gov) in October 2011 and CINAHL in October 2012. We also searched reference lists of retrieved articles, and contacted trial authors for information on ongoing/completed trials. Selection criteria: Randomised and quasi-randomised controlled trials undertaken in out-patient settings, involving adults aged 18-75 years with a primary diagnosis of SAnD, assigned either to CBT or TAU/WL. Data collection and analysis Data on patients, interventions and outcomes were extracted by two review authors independently, and the Risk of bias in each study was assessed. The primary outcomes were social anxiety reduction (based on relative risk (RR) of clinical response and mean difference in symptom reduction), and treatment acceptability (based on RR of attrition). Results: Thirteen studies (715 participants) were included in the review, of which 11 studies (599 participants) contributed data to meta-analyses. Based on four studies, CBT was more effective than TAU/WL in achieving clinical response at post-treatment (RR 3.60, 95% CI 1.35 to 9.57), and on eleven studies (599 participants) it was more effective than TAU/WL in reducing symptoms of social anxiety. No significant difference was found between CBT and TAU/WL for attrition. No significant difference was demonstrated for social anxiety at follow-up and no studies examined follow-up data for clinical response or attrition. Authors' conclusions: The available evidence suggests that cognitive behavioural therapy might be effective in reducing anxiety symptoms for the short-term treatment of SAnD. However, the body of evidence comparing CBT with TAU/WL is small and heterogeneous.

Magistrinis darbas skirtas modernizuoti nemetalinių medžiagų gaminių gamybos liniją. Šiai užduočiai buvo pasirinkta antklodžių gamybos linija. Pagrindinis tikslas – suprojektuoti naujus įrengimus, kurie palengvintų žmogaus darbą, suteiktų ergonomiškesnes darbo sąlygas ir padidintų gaminamų gaminių skaičių bei kokybę. Darbe sprendžiami keli pagrindiniai uždaviniai: kaip padidinti linijos našumą; kaip sudaryti darbuotojams geresnes darbo sąlygas ir palengvinti žmogaus atliekamą darbą.Darbe išanalizuota senosios antklodžių gamybos linijos ir įrenginių struktūra, taip pat atlikta analogiškų įrenginių apžvalga, jų galimybės bei kainos. Pasitelkus šiuolaikines technologijas buvo suprojektuoti nauji įrenginiai ir aprašyti jų konstravimo ir veikimo ypatumai. / This final master thesis is intended for modernizing the production line of nonmetal materials. Quilt production line was selected. The main objective of the work – to project new equipment that facilitates human work, ensures more ergonomic working conditions and enhances the number and the quality of produced goods. The main tasks of the work: how to enlarge the productivity of the line and how to create better working environment and facilitate human performing works. In this final thesis we have analyzed the structure of the old equipment for producing quilts. The survey of analogue equipment was performed, and their potential and prices were evaluated and compared. With the help of modern technologies new equipment was constructed and its constructing and working singularities were analyzed.

The aim of this master thesis is to evaluate effectiveness of an investment project of a hotel reconstruction and assess of its impact on the company's financial stability. The theoretical part of the paper contains general theoretical background of investment decision-making and long-term financing. This section describes the processes of the preparation and the implementation of projects, the individual methods of evaluation the effectiveness of investments and the characteristics of possible methods of financing. Further it emphasises the importance of respecting the risk in the investment decision making. The practical part focuses on the general characteristics of the company and its enterprising intention. A very important section of this thesis is the evaluation of the effectiveness of the investment project which is based on three options optimistic, neutral and negative. These variants are affected by the occupancy rate of the hotel. Also, the risks of the monitored investment will be taken into account and examined in more details. This will help with the resulting decision about the implementation of the project.

This thesis analyzes the effectiveness of IS / ICT in enterprises. At the beginning of the theoretical section explains the basic terms informatics discipline. It is described an application to support basic processes in logistics enterprises (ERP) applications and enabling the electronic exchange of data between businesses (EDI). Conclusion theoretical part is devoted to analyzing the effectiveness of investment in IS / ICT. The practical part describes the basic process of manufacturing logistics company focused on the application of IS / ICT. Then, an analysis of the costs incurred by entering incorrect data into information system. Following the calculation of cost savings by introducing EDI technology to receive orders in a manufacturing company.

Leucodepletion, the removal of leucocytes from blood products improves the safety of blood transfusion by reducing adverse events associated with the incidental non-therapeutic transfusion of leucocytes. Leucodepletion has been shown to have clinical benefit for immuno-suppressed patients who require transfusion. The selective leucodepletion of blood products by bed side filtration for these patients has been widely practiced. This study investigated the economic consequences in Queensland of moving from a policy of selective leucodepletion to one of universal leucodepletion, that is providing all transfused patients with blood products leucodepleted during the manufacturing process. Using an analytic decision model a cost-effectiveness analysis was conducted. An ICER of $16.3M per life year gained was derived. Sensitivity analysis found this result to be robust to uncertainty in the parameters used in the model. This result argues against moving to a policy of universal leucodepletion. However during the course of the study the policy decision for universal leucodepletion was made and implemented in Queensland in October 2008. This study has concluded that cost-effectiveness is not an influential factor in policy decisions regarding quality and safety initiatives in the Australian blood sector.

The thesis analyzes marketing communication of Contours fitness by using theoretical background. The aim of the thesis is theoretical description and analysis of communication tools. Based on situational analysis the thesis evaluates the effectivness of communication mix and suggest measures to its optimalization. The outcome of the thesis is theoretical description of communication mix of the company, newly established communication objectives and analysis of communication tools with emphasis on communication effectivness.

The diploma thesis deals with the effectiveness of chosen fundamental analysis valuation methods on a sample of stocks. The sample consists of stocks traded on the Prague Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange. The Czech part of the sample consists of stocks of ČEZ, Erste Group Bank, Komerční banka, Philip Morris ČR and Telefónica O2. The American part of the sample includes stocks of Coca Cola, General Electric, Intel, Southern Company and Bank of America. These stocks are valued by dividend discount models and cash-flow models stepwise to the end of the years 2005 and 2006. As regards the dividend models, the Gordon model, the three-stage model and the H-model are applied whereas within the cash-flow models the DCF equity method was chosen. The effectiveness of the valuation process was subsequently tested over the course of three years by comparing the particular stock returns and the returns of the market portfolio represented by market index. The evaluation of effectiveness is then done in terms of the absolute, the relative and the portfolio effectiveness.

The topic of my diploma thesis is a business plan for the expansion of an existing company, particularly in the form of opening a new branch of a real estate company. Knowledge gained in the theoretical part is used in creating the analytical part and in the proposed solutions that lead to the evaluation of the planned investment.

This diploma thesis focuses on the analysis of the effectiveness of transfer taxes in the period 2006 to 2010 in the Czech Republic. The first part of this thesis describes the historical development and the basic characteristics of transfer taxes in the Czech Republic and analyzes in details the current legislation. The second part deals with the analysis of the effectiveness of transfer taxes, i.e. measurement of the administrative costs of taxation and their subsequent comparison with revenues. The measurement of the administrative costs is used by the method called WTE staff. On the base of the measurement is done the conclusion about the administrative costs of taxation and about efficiency of transfer taxes in the tax system of the Czech Republic. The third part discusses on plans for future development in this area of transfer taxes in the Czech Republic.

The Master’s Thesis is focused to introduction MES systems and factory information systems. Describes main advantages of applying MES systems and describes concept of Six Big Losses, which characterise main losses in production. For quantification of losses are used indicators like OEE. Next part is simulation data of Filler Machine and producing via OPC Server. Main application made in software SIMATIC IT by Siemens is collecting, processing and archiving data to PPA database due to rules and setups. Presentation of data is powered by Data Report which provides overview of efficiency and main losses in production.