Diploma thesis analyzes the current way of benefit distribution in Motorola company. First part of the thesis describes general motivation and stimulation factors. Second part describes the company's internal background. Third part analyzes the motivation factors within the company and consideres implementation of the cafeteria system.

The theoretical part of this master's thesis defines the term employee benefits, their development, trends, structure and meaning. This part also deals with employee benefits in terms of tax legislation. The practical part describes insurance company Kooperativa pojišťovna, a.s., Vienna Insurance Group and then analyses the system of employee benefits in this company. This company is leading insurance company in the Czech Republic and important Czech employer. The company devotes to human resources area relevant attention and spends considerable resources on employee stabilisation. One part of this master's thesis is also research of employee satisfaction with employee benefits which company offers to them. Evaluation of this research is completed by suggestions of recognized defects.

Diplomová práce se zabývá péčí o pracovníky, sociálním programem a především zaměstnaneckými výhodami, a to jak v obecné rovině, tak i konkrétně ve společnosti Linde Gas a.s. Cílem práce bylo prostudovat teoretická východiska, analyzovat současný stav a navrhnout řešení, jak systém zaměstnaneckých výhod vylepšit. Po teoretické části je uvedeno představení společnosti Linde Gas a.s. a analýza současného stavu benefitů, včetně jeho hodnocení. Součástí návrhu na zlepšení systému je doporučení poukázek, outsourcingu této oblasti a konání průzkumů mínění týkajících se zavádění a obliby benefitů (při současně rostoucí informovanosti a spokojenosti zaměstnanců).

Resultats anteriors mostraven que rates amb obesitat nutricional ("dieta de cafeteria") tenien un perfil metabòlic d'estalvi de nitrogen, mentre que pel model d'obesitat genètica (Zucker (fa/fa)) es suggeria un malbaratament de nitrogen. Es mostra una reducció en la taxa de recanvi d'alanina per l'animal sencer en el model d'obesitat nutricional, i un increment en el model d'obesitat genètica. La fracció anabòlica de la taxa és la responsable d'aquestes alteracions, suggerint perturbacions en el metabolisme de proteïnes. S'estudiaren músculs individuals, escollits per a assolir un rang ampli de perfils fibril•lars. L'obesitat genètica causa una reducció del contingut en proteïna, principalment en els músculs lents i oxidatius, la qual cosa correlaciona amb un increment en l'activitat µ-calpaïna, congruent amb una taxa de degradació de proteïnes incrementada Per contra, a l'obesitat nutricional, s'observa un increment en el contingut de proteïnes, fonamentalment en els músculs ràpids i glicolítics que no es va poder associar a variacions en l'activitat del sistema calpaïna, congruent amb una taxa de síntesi de proteïnes incrementada

Resultats anteriors mostraven que rates amb obesitat nutricional ("dieta de cafeteria") tenien un perfil metabòlic d'estalvi de nitrogen, mentre que pel model d'obesitat genètica (Zucker (fa/fa)) es suggeria un malbaratament de nitrogen. Es mostra una reducció en la taxa de recanvi d'alanina per l'animal sencer en el model d'obesitat nutricional, i un increment en el model d'obesitat genètica. La fracció anabòlica de la taxa és la responsable d'aquestes alteracions, suggerint perturbacions en el metabolisme de proteïnes.S'estudiaren músculs individuals, escollits per a assolir un rang ampli de perfils fibril·lars. L'obesitat genètica causa una reducció del contingut en proteïna, principalment en els músculs lents i oxidatius, la qual cosa correlaciona amb un increment en l'activitat µ-calpaïna, congruent amb una taxa de degradació de proteïnes incrementada Per contra, a l'obesitat nutricional, s'observa un increment en el contingut de proteïnes, fonamentalment en els músculs ràpids i glicolítics que no es va poder associar a variacions en l'activitat del sistema calpaïna, congruent amb una taxa de síntesi de proteïnes incrementada.

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Em 2009 e 2010 foi lan?ado o medicamento denominado Victoza? com o objetivo de reduzir peso em indiv?duos portadores de diabetes mellitustipo 2, evitando assim o surgimento de outras doen?as associadas. O agravante ? que indiv?duos obesos n?o diab?ticos est?o fazendo uso desta subst?ncia em busca do emagrecimento, mesmo quando n?o autorizado pela ANVISA. Assim o objetivo desta pesquisa ?avaliar o efeito do Victoza? nos tecidos muscular e adiposo e nos par?metros bioqu?micos em camundongos Swiss obesos n?o diab?ticos. O estudo foi aprovado pela Comiss?o de ?tica no Uso de Animais - CEUA (Protocolo n?003/2014), onde foram utilizados 74 animais (camundongos Swiss). Na fase inicial deste estudo, realizou-se um estudo piloto (n = 10) divididos em grupo controle (CON) (n = 5) e grupo cafeteria (CAF) (n = 5) para a padroniza??o do melhor card?pio para indu??o a obesidade atrav?s de uma dieta de cafeteria. Nos animais do grupo CAF a adiposidade intra-abdominal (0,74 ? 0,05 mg) foi tida como par?metro para visualiza??o da efic?cia do experimento. Posteriormente foi realizado o estudo base para esta pesquisa onde foram utilizados animais (n = 64) divididos em 8 grupos. O grupo dos obesos (CAF) foram divididos da seguinte forma: obesidade + exerc?cio + Victoza? (OEV) (n = 8), obesidade + exerc?cio + salina (OES) (n = 8), obesidade + Victoza? (OV) (n = 8) e obesidade + salina (OS) (n = 8). O grupo dos n?o obesos (CON) foram divididos em: exerc?cio + Victoza? (EV) (n = 8), exerc?cio + salina (ES) (n = 8), Victoza? (V) (n = 8) e solu??o salina (SS) (n = 8). No andamento do estudo os animais passaram pelos seguintes processos: indu??o a obesidade atrav?s da dieta de cafeteria, seguidos do protocolo de exerc?cio atrav?s da nata??o aer?bia, tratamento com a subst?ncia teste via intraperitoneal (200 ?g/mL/kg). Ap?s, os animais foram eutanasiados sendo avaliados: a massa dos tecidos muscular e adiposo e os par?metros bioqu?micos. Verificou-se que o Victoza? reduziu a massa de tecido adiposo (0,32 ? 0,05 mg), quando comparados ao grupo salina (0,53 ? 0,07 mg). Verificou-se tamb?m que n?o houve altera??es no tecido muscular do grupo tratado com Victoza? (5,53 ? 0,05 g) quando comparado ao grupo salina (1,33 ? 0,06 g). Com rela??o aos estudos bioqu?micos ficou evidenciado que houve altera??es nestes par?metros, no entanto um importante marcador que ? a glicose, foi alterado mas de maneira a n?o tornar os animais diab?ticos. Assim, conclui-se a import?ncia da pratica da atividade f?sica unida ? utiliza??o do Victoza? para um melhor resultado em termos de ganho de massa magra e perda de tecido adiposo gerando assim um resultado satisfat?rio na busca da qualidade de vida e preven??o de doen?as. / Obesity is a chronic metabolic disease characterized by adipose tissue formation excess leading to an increase in body fat mass, of multifactorial origin, produced mainly by poor eating habits combined with a sedentary lifestyle. Data consider obesity as a serious disease that affects the world's population, ranking fifth in death rates. Faced with this situation, individuals seek, increasingly, means to lose weight with less physical effort and food. In 2009 and 2010 the drug liraglutide was lauched in order to reduce weight in individuals with diabetes mellitus type 2, thus avoiding the emergence of other diseases. The aggravating factor is that obese nondiabetic individuals are making use of this substance, even if its use is not authorized by ANVISA (Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency). Thus the objective of this research is to evaluate the effect of liraglutide for muscle or fat tissues and biochemical parameters in Swiss mice submitted to cafeteria diet and physical activity. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee on Animal Use - CEUA (n?003 Protocol / 2014). For this study 74 animals (Swiss mice) were used, divided as follows: in the initial phase of this study, we carried out a pilot study (n = 10) divided into a control group (PCON) (n = 5) and cafeteria group (PCAF) (n = 5), in order to evaluate a cafeteria diet which was both attractive to the animals and that could provide an increase in adipose tissue. After the induction of the diet, animals were euthanized and as a result, the animals in the PCAF group showed an intra-abdominal adiposity 0.74 ? 0.05 g, taken as the parameter for increasing fat in animals. Subsequently the study base was conducted for this research where animals were used (n = 64) divided into 2 groups: the Cafeteria Study Base Group (EBCAF) divided as follows: cafeteria + exercise + liraglutide (CEL) (n = 8), cafeteria + exercise + saline (CES) (n = 8), cafeteria + liraglutide (CL) (n = 8) and cafeteria + saline (CS) (n = 8). The Chow Study Base group (EBR) was divided into: exercise + liraglutide (EL) (n = 8), exercise + saline + (ES) (n = 8), liraglutide (L) (n = 8) and saline solution (SS) (n = 8). All animals went through the submission process to the cafeteria diet, followed by exercise protocol through swimming and treatment with the test substance intraperitoneally (200 mg / mL / kg). After the treatments, the animals were euthanized and had the following parameters evaluated: the muscle tissue mass, adipose tissue mass and biochemical parameters. It was observed that the processing done with the exercise-associated liraglutide reduced adipose tissue mass significantly (0.32 ? 0.05 g) compared to the saline group (0.53 ? 0.07 g). There were no changes in the muscle tissue of the group which was treated and exercised (1.39 ? 0.03 g) compared to the saline group (1.33 ? 0.03 g). Regarding biochemical parameters it was evident that there were changes in these parameters. Interesting to note that, although blood glucose values have been changed, the animals did not become diabetic. Thus, it appears that physical activity together with liraglutide is eficcient to the loss of intraabdominal adipose tissue and the maintenance of lean body mass thereby generating a satisfactory result in the pursuit of quality of life and disease prevention.

Although participation of Canadian women in the labour force has significantly increased in the past decade, and in turn the number of maternity leave claims, information is limited on actual employment behavior following maternity leave and the factors which influence this behavior. The purpose of this study was to examine the employment behavior following maternity leave for 313 women of varying occupations from a large metropolitan hospital in order to: isolate significant variables which influence this behavior, examine return rates and employment patterns for women who return to work, identify the major problems women experience upon their return to work, examine the experience of women with the current maternity leave legislation, obtain their opinions on whether flexible work policies encourage staff retention and finally, to develop a set of recommendations to assist organizations in achieving staff retention following maternity leave. Data respecting the positions of the women, their personal characteristics and their employment behavior following their leave were collected from personnel records. The dependent variables for the study were three distinct types of employment behavior: employees who terminated following their maternity leave, employees who terminated following their return to work and employees who remained employed at the hospital. There were nine independent variables which were tested as potential employment behavior influences namely level of education, age, organizational tenure, employment status, union/management affiliation, salary level, occupational level, number of previous maternity leaves and organizational division. The Chi Square test of Independence was run for six variables and the One Way Analysis of Variance for three variables. In-depth structured interviews were conducted with five women selected randomly from the sample in order to identify the major problems they encountered in returning to work as well as to obtain their opinions on the current maternity leave legislation. They were also questioned regarding the effectiveness of flexible work policies. Two of the variables tested were found to be significant employment behavior influences: type of union and organizational tenure. It was also found that the least flexible union had the highest termination rate. Although the majority of women returned to work and remained employed at the hospital, a high percentage transferred to part-time and casual employment. The interviews revealed that the major concerns women had were the need for more flexible work policies, an increase in part-time opportunities and child-care concerns including the need for on-site day care. All of the women interviewed felt that 18 weeks was an inadequate length of time for a maternity leave and some of the women wanted maternity benefits for their entire leave and not just 15 weeks. It was concluded from the results of the study that flexible work policies and organizational support systems encourage staff retention following maternity leave, it was recommended that in order for organizations to achieve staff retention following maternity leave that they must introduce flexible work policies and a specific staff retention plan. / Business, Sauder School of / Graduate

The purpose of this study is to show what foods were made available to the children in the year 1943-1944; what foods the children chose from the available foods; what nutritive value the chosen foods possessed; and what the chosen lunches cost the children.

Chronic diseases, including obesity are a global epidemic with significant long term mental and physical health complications, as well as societal costs from loss of productivity and health care expenditures. The causes of chronic disease and obesity are multifaceted and are linked to the complexity of eating behaviour, which develops over many years and is a product of our food environment as well as our social influences. First-year undergraduate students living in residence and on meal plans have lower vegetable intake than is recommended for optimal health and disease and obesity prevention. They also gain on average 2-3 kg in their first year due to factors like stress, increased autonomy in food choices and the food environment they face. With more than 2 million Canadian young adults attending post-secondary institutions and the importance of diet to overall health and wellness, building healthy eating habits and preventing weight gain during this life transition is an important public health priority. Nudges or choice architecture interventions aim to encourage public health goals without removing choice for participants. Nudging seems to have a stronger effect in deterring the choice of unhealthy foods over motivating the choice of healthy foods. Conversely, pricing strategies where healthy foods are subsidized appear effective. Many intervention studies have been conducted in cafeterias with young adults but there was a need for studies that compared the impact of nudge interventions against economic strategies on the purchase of vegetables. This study occurred in the main cafeteria serving undergraduate students on meal plans at the University of Victoria (n=1700). A longitudinal, quasi-experimental, single case ABACA research design was conducted and salad bar sales data was tracked. After a baseline period (A), an economic incentive was provided in the form of a loyalty card (B), this was then withdrawn for a second baseline period (A), followed by a cognitive and affect nudge implemented in the form of tent cards and sandwich boards with reasons to eat more vegetables conveyed with eye-catching, colourful graphics and messaging (C) and finally a third baseline measure (A) after withdrawal of the cognitive nudge. The results showed that small economic incentives and nudges were not enough to have an impact on salad bar sales and that they declined throughout the term with too much overlapping data to establish an intervention effect. Larger economic incentives, behaviour or placement nudges and a focus on deterring unhealthy foods may have had an effect but these intervention options were not deemed feasible by food service management in this context. It may also be that there need to be more extensive changes to an individual’s microsystem and that these need to be supported by other changes in the microsystem and further changes at the level of the meso, macrosystem or exosystem through university-level intervention in food service operations or government policy or regulation. / Graduate / 2021-12-10

This thesis presents employees remuneration in engineering companies in the region of western Slovakia, specifically in Skalica district. The theoretical part de-scribes the role and objectives of remuneration, types of remuneration, payroll issues, employee benefits and the theories of work motivation. The practical part analyses the remuneration systems in three selected companies, testing addiction of the selected quantitative characters based on the hypotheses. Information was collected through the questionnaire survey and deep interviews with HR Special-ists. In the end of the work are presented general recommendations for creation of remuneration system, which is effective and motivational.