Auf der Suche nach kreativen Ideen für ein Kalenderlayout, mit dem unverkennbar die SLUB assoziiert wird, hat die SLUB im September 2008 eine Kooperation mit der Akademie für Informations- und Kommunikations-Design (AIK) vereinbart. Im Rahmen eines an der AIK als Abschlussarbeit im Schuljahr 2008/2009 durchgeführten Kompetenzprojektes, dem „Gesellenstück“ zum Nachweis der beruflichen Kompetenz, setzten sich drei angehende gestaltungstechnische Assistentinnen der Fachrichtung Grafik mit der Thematik auseinander und legten abschließend drei von der Herangehensweise sehr differenzierte Kalenderlayouts vor.

Anläggningsarbeten är vägbyggen, markberedning, grundläggning och finplanering av mark. Dessa arbetsområden är ofta trånga och i de fallen behövs en effektiv logistikplanering. Vid anläggningsarbeten krävs ofta ett samspel med många inblandade parter så som husbyggen där flera aktörer är inblandade, eller som vid infrastruktur där det på arbetsplatsen krävs ett samspel mellan arbetsfordon och övriga trafikanter. Ett anläggningsbygge är flexibelt och eventuella komplikationer i arbetet är ibland svårt att förutse. Leveransplaneringen måste fungera för att produktionen ska fortgå, då är det viktigt att veta hur leveranskedjans olika delar ser ut, samt logistikens betydelse för tidplanen. För att förbättringar ska uppnås vid inköp och leveranser spelar leverantören en nyckel roll. Enligt LEAN-metoden ska det tydligt klargöras för leverantörerna hur arbetet ska gå till med leveranser samt att dessa ska hålla sin del i avtalet. Ett arbete med att införa Just In Time-leveranser minskar mängden av lagrat material på arbetsplatsen avsevärt och 5S-rutiner ger en mer säker och strukturerad arbetsplats. / Construction work is road construction, site preparation, foundation and advanced scheduling of land. These areas are often narrow and this cases requires an effective logistics planning. Ground construction is often required interaction with many involved parties such as house building where several actors are involved or in the infrastructure where the workplace requires an interaction between the work vehicles and other road users. The ground construction is flexible and possible complications of the work is sometimes difficult to anticipate. Delivery planning must work for production to proceed and it is important to know how the supply chains different parts look like, as well as the importance of logistics for the time schedule. For improvements to be achieved in purchasing, the suppliers play a key role. According to LEAN method there must clearly be made to the suppliers how the work should be proceed with deliveries and that they have to keep their part of the agreement. Just In Time deliveries reduce the amount of stored material in the workplace significantly and 5S routines provide a more secure and structured workplace.

Σκοπός της παρούσας είναι ο έλεγχος της ύπαρξης ημερολογιακών ανωμαλιών στη λειτουργία των διεθνών αγορών, όπως αυτή αποτυπώνεται στην πορεία των χρηματιστηριακών δεικτών κατά την περίοδο 01.01.1988 έως 31.03.2008. Όταν μια ημερολογιακή ανωμαλία γίνεται γνωστή στην αγορά, είναι αναμενόμενο η αντίδραση των επενδυτών στην αναμονή της να βαίνει φθίνουσα με το χρόνο. Για την απόρριψη ή την επιβεβαίωση της υπόθεσης αυτής, στην παρούσα μελέτη, ελέγχεται η ύπαρξη ημερολογιακών ανωμαλιών στις αποδόσεις 15 διεθνών χρηματιστηριακών αγορών τα τελευταία 20 έτη. Κυρίαρχος σκοπός της συγκεκριμένης μελέτης είναι ο έλεγχος της μεταβολής των τάσεων στις προτιμήσεις και τις προσδοκίες των επενδυτών τόσο κατά το πέρασμα των χρόνων όσο και με βάση τη θέση κάθε αγοράς στον παγκόσμιο χάρτη ανάπτυξης. Η εξεταζόμενη περίοδος χωρίζεται σε δύο επιμέρους υποπεριόδους με γνώμονα την διεθνή κρίση που ξεκίνησε στα τέλη του 1999 και επηρέασε καθοριστικά την πορεία της παγκόσμιας οικονομίας. Προσπαθούμε, επομένως, να μελετήσουμε την προσαρμογή των αγορών στις συνθήκες και τα δεδομένα που δημιουργούνται έπειτα από ένα σημαντικό γεγονός. Η μεγάλη βάση του δείγματος - ξεπερνά τα είκοσι έτη, το πλήθος των εξεταζόμενων δεικτών και η προσπάθεια μελέτης διαφορετικών τάσεων με βάση ένα κομβικό σημείο της πορείας της ιστορίας αλλά και με βάση την κατηγοριοποίηση των αγορών ανάλογα με το βαθμό ανάπτυξής τους, διαφοροποιούν την παρούσα μελέτη, και πιστεύουμε ότι αποτελούν ένα ισχυρό κίνητρο για έναν μελετητή ή επενδυτή να αφιερώσει χρόνο στην παρούσα μελέτη. Εξάλλου, τόσο η αξιοσημείωτη διαφοροποίηση των αποτελεσμάτων στις δύο εξεταζόμενες υποπεριόδους, όσο και η χαλαρή τάση που εμφανίζεται σε κάθε κατηγορία αγορών, θεωρούμε ότι δικαιώνουν το εν λόγω εγχείρημα. / When a calendar anomaly becomes acquaintance in the market, the reaction of investors is expected to go declining with the time. For the reject or the confirmation of this affair, in the present study, we check the existence of calendar anomalies in the output of 15 International Stock Exchange markets the last 20 years. The examined period (1988-2008) is separated in two subperiods taking into consideration the international crisis that began in the dues of 1999 in order to be checked the stability of results. The empirical results show important differentiation of results in the two examined subperiods. In any case, the segregation of indicators according to their places in the world market does not appear to attribute substantially conclusions. Specifically in the case of emerging markets, these show that they mark an autonomous movement and to be influenced more by other (internal, mainly) factors.

Through overviewing the merger waves during the last century, we know the latest two waves result mainly from technological innovation. With the presence of M&A market, acquirers are able to gain innovation capacities by taking over innovative targets. Innovation is considered to be a source of synergies and a major motive for M&A decision. Therefore, my research focuses on whether acquisitions for innovation create value for investors in short-term and long-term perspective. By using various innovation measures, I employ event study and calendar time portfolio to examine the significance of abnormal returns. I find the abnormal returns of bidding innovative targets do not show significant difference from the peers in short-term market reaction. However, in the long-run, the group with innovative targets reports significant abnormal returns. Under multiple regression analysis, I find patent counts, total citations, and citation-weighted patent counts have positive relation with abnormal returns under WLS procedure, while only average citation yields the most consistent result under both OLS and WLS. Lastly, I confirm the relation between abnormal return and average citation measure by employing calendar time portfolio approach.

In this paper we will be studying and backtesting a particular investment strategy by buying and holding dividend stocks. We think dividend stock is an important type of investment to investors and portfolio managers because of its cash implications, especially in a high volatility equity market. Furthermore, we think that consistency in a company’s ability and willingness in distributing dividends to its shareholders is a strong indicator of its financial strength and operational success. How portfolio managers should pick the best performing dividend stocks would then become an important issue. In this paper, we will be testing the historical performance of a portfolio of dividend stocks that we construct and adjust based on a list of parameters associated with companies’ operational performance, cash position, and dividend yield. Hence, the main way we select stocks in the portfolio is based on fundamental analysis. Our research is conducted relying exclusively on the Wharton Research Data Services database (WRDS). In addition to evaluating the investment attractiveness of our portfolio, the strategy may also have implications regarding several other topics including the semi-strong form market efficiency and active portfolio management. Therefore, this paper covers also potential benefits to be gained from the strategy other than its investment payoff.

Rev. doct. diss., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2005. / Bibliogr.: p. [289]-307.

The variability of total annual precipitation of rain and its distribution during the rainy season in the region of Arapiraca, explains most of the fluctuations in crop yield, which occurs in different years and locations. However, regional water conditions for agriculture must also be considered taking into account the storage capacity of water form the soil. Water is essential to productivity of crops and their consumption is determined by water evaporative demand of the atmosphere, soil type and plants characteristics. A good distribution of rainfall regulates water factor of production, preventing soil moisture is reduced to levels that condition the plant water stress. In particular, the corn grown in the irrigation system in this region has the yield highly dependent on interactions between their phenological phases and water availability which is determined by the storage of water from the soil and the irregularity of the rainfall regime. This work aimed to analyze the sowing dates of maize which have lower risk of water stress during sowing until 10 days after flowering in the region of Arapiraca. For this, calculations were made of daily water balance for two soil types, representing the region of cultivation of maize, with precipitation data of a 37 years period, from the meteorological station of old Empresa de Pesquisa do Estado de Alagoas - EPEAL and the Secretaria Municipal de Arapiraca - SEMAG, considering the life cycle of maize cultivar BR 106 of Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária -EMBRAPA, sown in the period March to August. Also was calculated the accumulated degree-days (GDA) for maize in the sowing- flowering period to estimate dates of flowering for the different simulated sowing dates. Through an analysis of the frequency distribution of the satisfaction water indices of culture (ISH), obtained from daily water balance, it is calculated the probability of this index is above 0.5 with probabilities exceeding 80% in time of sowing and the critical phase of requirement of water by maize (10 days before flowering and 10 days later). The results allowed the determination of planting calendar for maize in the region of Arapiraca - AL starting on 01 June and ending on June 30 for the two soil types studied. / Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Alagoas / A variabilidade dos totais anuais das precipitações pluviais e sua distribuição durante a estação chuvosa na região de Arapiraca, explica grande parte das flutuações no rendimento das culturas, que ocorre em diferentes anos e locais. Porém, as condições hídricas regionais para a agricultura devem ser analisadas também se levando em consideração a capacidade de armazenamento de água dos solos. A água é fator fundamental a produtividade das culturas e seu consumo é determinado pela demanda evaporativa da atmosfera, tipo de solo e características das plantas. A boa distribuição das precipitações pluviais regula o fator água de produção, impedindo que a umidade do solo reduza-se para níveis que condicionem estresse hídrico as plantas. Em particular, o milho cultivado em sistema de sequeiro nesta região, tem seu rendimento altamente dependente das interações entre suas fases fenológicas e a disponibilidade hídrica a qual é condicionada pelo armazenamento de água do solo e pela irregularidade do regime pluviométrico. Neste trabalho objetivou-se analisar épocas de semeaduras do milho que apresentem menores riscos de estresse hídrico no período semeadura até 10 dias após o florescimento, na região de Arapiraca. Para tal, foram realizados cálculos de balanço hídrico diário para dois tipos de solos, representativos da região de cultivo de milho, com dados de precipitação pluviais de um período de 37 anos, obtidos da estação meteorológica da extinta Empresa de Pesquisa do Estado de Alagoas - EPEAL e da Secretaria Municipal de Agricultura de Arapiraca - SEMAG, considerando a duração do ciclo da cultivar de milho BR 106 da Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária EMBRAPA, semeada no período de março a agosto. Também calculou-se os graus dias acumulados (GDA) para o milho no período semeio florescimento para estimar datas de florescimento para as diferentes datas simuladas para semeio. Por meio de análise da distribuição de freqüência dos índices de satisfação das necessidades de água da cultura (ISH), obtidos do balanço hídrico diário, calcularam-se as probabilidades deste índice está acima de 0,5, com probabilidades superiores a 80%, no momento do semeio e na fase crítica de exigência de água pelo milho (10 dias antes do florescimento e 10 dias depois). Os resultados do estudo permitiram a determinação de um calendário de semeadura para a cultura do milho na região de Arapiraca Alagoas iniciando em 01 de junho e terminando em 30 de junho, para os dois tipos de solos utilizados.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:24:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2006-09-15Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:51:18Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 vianna_pp_me_bauru.pdf: 2621804 bytes, checksum: 01765b7778e0f5491513239458a83ad8 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / O jornalismo cultural impresso, estudado em veículos do interior do Estado de São Paulo, é o objeto desta pesquisa. Apesar de ser um tema atraente, são escassos os dados que demonstrem aspectos da situação e uma tendência na cobertura de cadernos culturais desses veículos. A partir do acompanhamento, ao longo de um período, das matérias que viraram manchetes dos cadernos, em oito jornais do Estado de São Paulo representativos de suas áreas administrativas regionais e que dispunham de sites na internet; da análise de uma edição selecionada forma aleatória e das respostas obtidas por meio da aplicação de questionário aos seus editores; foi possível desenvolver um raciocínio e deduzir algumas características que permitiram a consecução da hipótese central do estudo. Registrando-se, assim, a possibilidade de que a cobertura desses jornais estivesse focada principalmente no acompanhamento da agenda de eventos e datas comemorativas, deixando em segundo ou até terceiro plano matérias mais polêmicas e relativas à política cultural. Ao final, apresenta-se discussão com base em teorias de jornalismo, como agenda setting e gatekeeper, aspectos de gestão de pessoas e informações sobre a formação profissional dos jornalistas, recomendando-se que novas formas de conduta devam ser adotadas. / The cultural printed journalism, studied in vehicles of interior of São Paulo state, is the object of this research. In spite of being an attractive theme, there are scarce data that demonstrates aspects of this situation and a tendency in the cultural covering of those vehicles. Starting form the accompaniment, for a period, of the subjects that turned headlines, in eight newspapers of São Paulo state with importance in their regional administrative areas and that had sites in the Internet, from the analysis of one edition, selected in an aleatory way, and from the answers about a questionnaire sent to the publisher, it was possible to develop an idea and to deduce some characteristics that allowed the attainment of the central hypothesis of this study. Anyway, the possibility that the covering of these vehicles was based on the accompaniment of the events' calendar, leaving in second or until third plane polemic and relative matters to the cultural politics. At the end, this discussion is based on journalism theories, as agenda setting and gatekeeper, aspects of people's administration and information about the journalists' professional formation, being recommended that news forms of conduct shoud be adopted.

In this paper, we present the results of an ethnohistoric study on the possible relationship between ritual, social organization, solar calendars and visual and oral metaphors. This interrelationship can be understood in terms of the use of flowers placed in the headdresses of young and adult men as offerings to deities and their distribution in a sacred landscape space entail to periodical rituals. / En este trabajo se presentan los resultados de un estudio etnohistórico sobre la posible relación entre el ritual, la organización social, el calendario solar y metáforas visuales y verbales. Esta interrelación se puede comprender mediante el empleo de flores en los tocados de hombres jóvenes y adultos, en las ofrendas a deidades y su distribución en el espacio del paisaje sagrado vinculado a rituales periódicos.

När ett bolag tar in kapital genom en emission kan de antingen använda sig av en riktademissionen eller av en företrädesemission. Tidigare forskning har visat att bolag har ennegativ aktieutveckling efter en nyemission. Senare forskning har visat att både valet avvilken typ av emission som bolaget använder sig av, och det annonserade motivet tillemissionen, påverkar avkastningen. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka abnormavkastning på kort och lång sikt, samt skillnader i avkastning, för de två olikaemissionstyperna. Kort sikt defineras i studien som två dagar, annonseringsdagen samtnästföljande handelsdag, medan lång sikt defineras som 12 månader. Vi mäter även om detannonserade motivet påverkar den kortsiktiga avkastningen. Urvalet består av 187observationer från bolag noterade på Stockholmsbörsen mellan 2012-2016. Bolag somannonserar om att de behöver ta in kapital genom en företrädesemission, har en abnormnegativ avkastning vid annonsering, men ingen abnorm avkastning på lång sikt. För bolagsom valde att ta in kapital genom en riktad emission har ingen annonseringseffekt kunnaturskiljas, men den långsiktiga avkastningen är positiv. Om motivet till en nyemission ärförenat med en investering, förvärv eller expansion, har företagets aktiekurs i genomsnitt haften positv utveckling.