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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Performance of Children With and Without Traumatic Brain Injury on the Process Scoring System for the Intermediate Category Test

Bass, Catherine 05 1900 (has links)
The clinical utility of the Intermediate Category Test, a measure of executive functioning in children 9 to 14 years of age, is currently limited by the availability of only a Total Error score for normative interpretation. The Process Scoring System (PSS) was developed to provide a standardized method of assessing specific processing patterns and problem-solving errors. The purpose of this study was to determine the ability of the PSS scores to discriminate between children with and without suspected executive deficits, thereby providing evidence of criterion-related validity.
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Kantova nauka o schematismu / Kant's Theory of Schematism

Bis, Ondřej January 2015 (has links)
The thesis focuses on a chapter from Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, "The Schematism of the Pure Concepts of the Understanding". Kant assumes two independent sources of knowledge, understanding and intuition. These sources need to be overcome, because of their heterogeneity. Schematism is closely related to "The Deduction of the Pure Concepts of the Understanding". That is why the analysis of schemata is preceded by the analysis of this chapter. It shows a more detailed description of a role of intuition with respect to understanding. Firstly, the validity of the categories regarding whatever form of intuition is proved. Secondly, the proof of the validity of the categories regarding specific forms of time and space follows. The chapter on schematism deals with the specific methods by means of which the categories relate to intuition. Kant introduces transcendental schemata bridging the heterogeneity of understanding and intuition. The relation between category and schema is understood as one of analogy. The categories are rules of discursive type of unity of any kind of intuition, whereas schemata are determined as rules of perceptive unity of intuition. Intuition is brought under unity of apperception by means of schemata of imagination. Inseparable part of the thesis is the schematism of...
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A Brief Introduction to Transcendental Phenomenology and Conceptual Mathematics / En kort introduktion till transcendental fenomenologi och konceptuell matematik

Lawrence, Nicholas January 2017 (has links)
By extending Husserl’s own historico-critical study to include the conceptual mathematics of more contemporary times – specifically category theory and its emphatic development since the second half of the 20th century – this paper claims that the delineation between mathematics and philosophy must be completely revisited. It will be contended that Husserl’s phenomenological work was very much influenced by the discoveries and limitations of the formal mathematics being developed at Göttingen during his tenure there and that, subsequently, the rôle he envisaged for his material a priori science is heavily dependent upon his conception of the definite manifold. Motivating these contentions is the idea of a mathematics which would go beyond the constraints of formal ontology and subsequently achieve coherence with the full sense of transcendental phenomenology. While this final point will be by no means proven within the confines of this paper it is hoped that the very fact of opening up for the possibility of such an idea will act as a supporting argument to the overriding thesis that the relationship between mathematics and phenomenology must be problematised.
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Sur la théorie des représentations et les algèbres d'opérateurs des produits en couronnes libres / on the representation theory and the operator algebra of the free wreath products

Lemeux, Francois 28 May 2014 (has links)
Dans cette thèse, on étudie les propriétés combinatoires, algébriques et analytiques de certains groupes quantiques compacts libres. on prouve au chapitre 2 que les duaux des groupes quantiques de réflexions complexes possèdent, dans la plus part des cas, la propriété d'approximation de Haagerup. au chapitre 3, on décrit les règles de fusion du produit en, couronne libre d'un groupe discret par le groupe quantique des permutations. Pour cela on détermine les espaces d'entrelaceurs entre certaines coreprésentation "basiques" de ces produits en couronnes libres en termes de partitions non croisées décorées par les éléments du groupe. On peut alors identifier les coreprésentations irréductibles et décrire les règles de fusion. On propose ensuite plusieurs applications de ce résultat. On démontre premièrement que les C*-algèbres réduites de ces produits en couronnes libres sont sans la plupart des cas simples et à trace unique. Puis on prouve que les algèbres se von Neumann associées sont des facteurs de type II et que ces facteurs sont pleins. On étend finalement le résultat du chapitre 2, aux produits en couronnes libres des groupes finis par le groupe quantique de permutations. / In this thesis, we study the combinatorial and operator algebraic properties of certain free compact quantum groups. We prove in chapter 2 that the duals of the quantum reflexion groups have, in most cases, the Haagerup property. In chapter 3, we describe the fusion rules of the free wreath product of a discrete group by the quantum permutation group. To do this, we describe the interrwinner spaces berween certain “basic” corepresentations of these free wreath products in terms of non-crossing partitions decorated by the elements of the group . This provides a whole new class of compact quantum groups whose fusions rules are explicitly computed. We give several applications of this result.We prove that, in most cases, the reduced C*-algebras associates with these free wreath products are simple with unique trace. We also prove that the associated II 1 factors are full. To conclude, we extend the result of chapter 2 to the free wreath products of finite groups by the quantum permutation group.
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Revolução tecnológica e mercado de trabalho: a redefinição da categoria profissional bancária brasileira / Technological Revolution and the labor market: the redefinition of the Brazilian banking professional category

Carvalho, Lauro Fabiano de Souza 29 November 2018 (has links)
O objetivo desta dissertação de Mestrado é propor a análise do impacto das mudanças tecnológicas na relação entre o capital e o trabalho, especificamente na composição orgânica de ambos, a partir da situação do trabalhador bancário evidenciando a precarização de salários e consequente compressão psicossocial dos trabalhadores desta indústria de serviços, buscando um olhar desta História econômica contemporânea que enxergue as questões políticas e sociais do cotidiano no trabalho qualificado na sociedade informatizada. Para esse intento, veremos a formação do sistema bancário brasileiro, acompanharemos a trajetória do maior banco público brasileiro, o Banco do Brasil, conceituaremos o trabalho imaterial problematizando a apropriação do conhecimento da categoria bancária pelos sistemas informáticos que atendem aos bancos. / The objective of this Master\'s thesis is to propose the analysis of the impact of technological changes on the relation between capital and labor, specifically on the organic composition of both, based on the situation of the banking worker - evidencing the precariousness of wages and consequent psychosocial compression of the workers in this service industry, seeking a look at this contemporary economic history that sees the political and social issues of daily life in the skilled work in the computerized society. For this purpose, we will see the formation of the Brazilian banking system, we will follow the trajectory of the greater Brazilian public bank, Banco do Brasil, we will conceptualize immaterial work and will problematize the appropriation of knowledge of the banking category by the computer systems that serve the banks.
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"Comparação da escala CR10 de Borg com a escala analógica visual (VAS) na avaliação da dor em pacientes com disfunções temporomandibulares". / Comparison of CR10 Borg’s Scale with Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) to assess pain in patients with Temporomandibular Disorders

Bacci, Adriana do Vale Ferreira 23 April 2004 (has links)
A Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) e a escala Category-Ratio (CR10) foram aplicadas para mensurar a dor em pacientes com Disfunções Temporomandibulares (DTMs) em dois estudos. No primeiro estudo, em 35 pacientes (Grupo I) foram aplicadas uma versão modificada da escala CR10 em português e a VAS para mensurar a dor espontânea, durante função orofacial e durante palpação antes e após tratamento odontológico. A modificação na CR10 consistiu em um desmembramento das categorias verbais e da escala numérica apresentadas cada uma delas em única coluna em mesma folha. Os coeficientes de correlação de Pearson entre as pontuações da VAS e da CR10 foram 0,85 antes do tratamento odontológico e 0,9 após o tratamento, indicando alta validade de critério. A associação entre os valores numéricos e as categorias verbais da Escala CR10 Modificada mostrou diferenças em relação ao que é proposto na escala original. As categorias: “Moderado", “Forte" e “Muito Forte" foram associadas a valores superiores aos originais. O segundo estudo foi planejado para investigar se essas discrepâncias nas associações das categorias com os seus valores numéricos eram replicáveis e verificar se não dependiam da forma de apresentação da escala CR10 modificada. Para isso, as escalas foram aplicadas para medir dor em duas novas amostras de pacientes com DTMs antes do tratamento odontológico. A CR10 com nova modificação e a VAS foram aplicadas à primeira amostra (Grupo II , n=23 pacientes). A modificação na CR10 consistiu na apresentação primeiro da escala numérica em uma coluna seguida pela apresentação das categorias verbais em três colunas. A CR10 original e a VAS foram aplicadas à segunda amostra (Grupo III, n=17 pacientes). Os coeficientes de correlação de Pearson foram 0,9 para o Grupo II e 0,8 para o Grupo III, indicando também alta validade de critério. Assim como no primeiro estudo, na escala CR10, as categorias verbais: “Moderado", “Forte" e “Muito Forte" foram associadas na escala numérica a valores superiores aos propostos na escala original Em ambos estudos, a escala CR10 foi a mais bem avaliada pelos pacientes, segundo a facilidade de compreensão das instruções e a adequação para o registro da dor. Evidencia-se a necessidade de mais estudos para validar a escala CR10 para a língua portuguesa para determinar com precisão a associação das categorias verbais aos valores numéricos. / Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Category-Ratio Scale (CR10) were applied to measure pain in patients with Temporomandibular Disorders (TMDs). In the first study, a modified version of CR10 translated to Portuguese and VAS were applied to measure spontaneous pain, functional pain and pain by touch after and before dentistry treatment in 35 patients (Group I). The CR10 modification consisted of presenting the verbal categories and the numerical scale in separated columns in a sheet. Coefficients of Pearson’s correlation between VAS and CR10 scores were .85 and .90 respectively before and after treatment, indicating a high criterion validation. The association of numerical values and verbal categories of Modified CR10 scale were different from the original CR10. The verbal expressions “moderate", “strong" and “very strong" were attached to higher values. In the second study we investigated if these discrepancies in attaching the verbal categories to the numerical scale were replicable and if they were not an artifact of the way of presenting the modified CR10 scale. To check these topics, the scales were applied to measure pain in two new samples of patients with TMD before dentistry treatment. A new modified version of the CR10 scale and the VAS were applied to the first sample (Group II, n=23 patients). This modification in CR10 scale consisted of presenting first the numerical scale in separate column, and then the verbal categories distributed in three columns. The original CR10 and VAS were applied to the second sample (Group III, n=17 patients). Coefficients of Pearsons correlation between CR10 and VAS were .9 for Group II and .8 for Group III, indicating also high criterion validation. As indicated in the first study, some verbal categories were attached to the numerical scale at higher values than those ones in the original scale. In both studies,, most patients judged the CR10 easier to be understood and more adequate to measure pain than VAS. There is evidence of the necessity of more studies to validate CR10 to Portuguese to determine with precision the association of the verbal categories to the numeric values.
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Escalonamento comparativo de diferentes dores nociceptivas e neuropáticas, por meio de métodos psicofísicos variados / Comparative scaling of different nociceptives and neuropathic pains, by means of various psychophysical methods.

Hortense, Priscilla 17 July 2007 (has links)
O objetivo geral deste estudo foi escalonar os diferentes tipos de dor, comparativamente entre si, por meio de diferentes métodos psicofísicos e diferentes amostras. Os objetivos específicos foram: comparar o escalonamento dos diferentes tipos de dor entre as diferentes amostras; comparar as escalas derivadas de julgamentos ordinais com as escalas derivadas dos julgamentos de razão; verificar por meio da comparação entre as estimativas de magnitudes e as estimativas de categorias se o contínuo intensidade de dor tem características protéticas ou metatéticas; verificar se a variabilidade das estimativas de magnitudes, de categorias e de comprimento de linhas, é uma função linear das médias geométricas dessas estimativas, ou seja, seguem a Lei de Ekman; validar a escala de razão derivada para o contínuo não métrico de intensidade dos diferentes tipos de dor por meio do método de emparelhamento intermodal; verificar se a variabilidade das estimativas de categorias expandidas aumenta linearmente em função do aumento das estimativas de categorias, tal como ocorre com as estimativas de magnitude; verificar se as ordenações dos diferentes tipos de dor derivadas dos respectivos métodos psicofísicos são similares entre si. Para atingir os objetivos foram realizados 3 experimentos, cada experimento utilizou diferentes métodos psicofísicos: Experimento 1 - Comparação entre os métodos psicofísicos escalares de estimação de magnitude, estimação de categorias e estimação de postos; Experimento 2 - Validação da escala de razão dos diferentes tipos de dor por meio do método de estimação de magnitude e de emparelhamento intermodal com a modalidade de resposta comprimento de linhas; Experimento 3 - Comparação entre os métodos psicofísicos escalares de estimação de magnitude e estimação de categorias expandidas. Participaram do estudo 90 pacientes ambulatoriais de diferentes clínicas, 90 médicos e 90 enfermeiros, sendo 30 de cada grupo que participaram de cada Experimento. Os participantes avaliaram, de acordo com cada método psicofísico, o grau de intensidade de dor, comparativamente entre 20 diferentes tipos de dor. Os resultados foram: 1)A Dor no Câncer, a Dor por Infarto do Miocárdio, a Dor por Cólica Renal, a Dor por Queimadura e a Dor no Parto foram considerados os tipos de dor de maior intensidade, independente do método psicofísico utilizado ou da amostra estudada; 2) Há divergências na percepção das intensidades de alguns tipos de dor, estas divergências foram observadas principalmente entre profissionais e pacientes (médicos-pacientes, enfermeiros-pacientes); 3)As ordenações de posições da intensidade dos diferentes tipos de dor, comparando os diferentes métodos psicofísicos utilizados, resultaram em níveis de concordância significativa; 4)O contínuo não métrico de intensidade dos diferentes tipos de dor, possui características protéticas, ou seja, a percepção da intensidade de um tipo de dor aumenta à medida que se percebe esta com maior intensidade; 5)A variabilidade das respostas dos sujeitos (estimação de magnitudes) foi maior quanto mais intenso foram julgados os diferentes tipos de dor, ou seja, segue a Lei de Ekman; 6)A relação entre as estimativas de magnitudes e as estimativas de emparelhamento de comprimento de linhas é uma função de potência e a escala dos diferentes tipos de dor é válida, estável e consistente. / The general aim of this study was to scale the different types of pain comparatively, by means of various psychophysical methods and different samples. The specific aims were: to compare the scaling of the different types of pain between the different samples; to compare the derived scales of ordinal judgments with the derived scales of ratio judgments; to verify them by comparing between the magnitude estimates and the category estimates whether the continual pain intensity had prothetic or metathetic characteristics; to verify the variability of the magnitude estimates, line-length categories and the linear functions of the geometric means of these estimates, or rather, according to Ekman\'s Law; to validate the ratio scale derived from the non-metric continual of the different types of pain intensities by means of the cross-modal matching; to verify whether the variability of the expanded category estimates increases linearly in function of the increase of the category estimates, as it occurs with the magnitude estimates; to verify whether the rank order of the different types of pain derived from the respective psychophysical methods are similar to each other. In order to achieve these goals three experiments were performed, each utilizing different psychophysical methods: Experiment 1 - Comparison among the psychophysical scaling methods of magnitude estimations, category estimations and rank order estimations; Experiment 2 - The ratio scale validation for the different types of pain utilizing line-lengths response modality; Experiment 3 - A comparison between the psychophysical scaling methods of magnitude estimations and expanded category estimations. The study was comprised of 90 outpatients from various specialty clinics, 90 physicians and 90 nurses, in which there were 30 subjects in each group for each of the experiments. The participants assessed the degree of pain intensity among the 20 different types according to each psychophysical method. The results were: 1) A Cancer Pain, Myocardium Infarct Pain, Renal Colic, Burn Injury Pain, and Childbirth Labor Pain were regarded as the pains of greater intensity, regardless of the psychophysical method utilized or the studied sample; 2) it has divergences in the perception of the intensities of some types of pain, these divergences had been mainly evidenced between professionals and patients (doctors-patients, nurses-patients); 3)A the rank order of pain intensity for the different types of pain, comparing the different psychophysical methods used resulted in levels of significant concordance; 4) A the non-metric continual of the pain intensity for the different types possesses prothetic characteristics, that is, the perception of one type of pain intensity increases as it is perceived with greater intensity; 5) A the variability of the subjects\' responses (magnitude estimations) was greater, the more the different types of pain were judged, or rather, it fallows Ekman\'s Law; 6) A the relation between the magnitude estimates and the cross modal matching estimates of the line-lengths is a power function, and the scale for the different types of pain is valid, stable and consistent.
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Sobre a emergência e a lei de proporcionalidade intrínseca

Miranda, Pedro Jeferson 02 August 2018 (has links)
Submitted by Eunice Novais (enovais@uepg.br) on 2018-09-03T20:15:34Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) Pedro J Miranda.pdf: 2542145 bytes, checksum: bb9638f5d6706faee0cb0ad113f1d1de (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-03T20:15:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) Pedro J Miranda.pdf: 2542145 bytes, checksum: bb9638f5d6706faee0cb0ad113f1d1de (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-08-02 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Esta tese tem por principal objetivo formalizar e modelar a emergência e a Lei de Proporcionalidade Intrínseca (LPI). Ambos os conceitos são trabalhados e precisados metafisicamente e, então, matematizados. Tal formalização matemática é realizada por meio da Teoria de Categorias utilizando constructos, functores underlying e a categoria dos conjuntos. A Lei de Proporcionalidade Intrínseca é o conjunto das operações internas e suas propriedades que estão nos objetos de um constructo que compõe uma emergência. A aplicação direta desse resultado ocorre em sistemas biológicos concebidos como todos substanciais vivos. A decomposição de um sistema biológico de diversos modos suscita uma aplicação deste modelo: como é possível que diferentes decomposições de um mesmo sistema gerem categorias com propriedades tão diferentes? Esse fenômeno é modelado e explicado pela aplicação direta da emergência e da LPI. Essa aplicação é mediada por meio de Biologia Relacional concebida pelo biólogo matemático Robert Rosen. Além disso, construímos neste trabalho uma Teoria de Nocautes e a aplicamos em um estudo de caso ecológico. / This thesis has as main aim the formalization and the modeling of the emergence and of the Intrinsic Proportionality Law (IPL). Both concepts are initially worked and metaphysically specified for then, in a second moment, be turned into a mathematical concept. Such mathematical formalization is made by means of Category Theory, utilizing constructs, underlying functors and the category of sets. The Intrinsic Proportionality Law is a set of operations and its properties that are within objects of a construct that composes an emergence. The direct application of this result is made on biological systems conceived as living substantial wholes. The decomposition of such a system, by several ways, evokes an application: how is it possible that different decompositions of the same system generate categories with different properties? This phenomenon is modeled and explained by the direct application of emergence and IPL. Such application is mediated by means of Relational Biology, which was conceived by the mathematical biologist Robert Rosen. Additionally, we also built in this work a Knockout Theory and applied it in an ecological study case.
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Gerenciamento por categorias e satisfação dos consumidores de artigos de higiene pessoal e beleza na região do ABC / Category management and consumer satisfaction with toiletries in the ABC Region

Domingues, Osmar 11 June 2008 (has links)
O Gerenciamento por Categoria (GC) é uma realidade nas grandes redes de supermercados e hipermercados, farmácias e lojas de material de construção e suas ferramentas vêm contribuindo para propiciar melhor exposição, melhor abastecimento, maior variedade de marcas e tamanhos, preços competitivos e calendário eficiente de promoções, medidas todas que visam reduzir os estoques e aumentar o giro, a rentabilidade, ao mesmo tempo que surpreendem e proporciona maior satisfação aos clientes. A literatura disponível, porém não se fez referências a estudos com o foco na avaliação da satisfação, relacionando-a aos níveis de serviços oferecidos pelos supermercados e hipermercados que empregam o GC. A situação-problema desta tese nasceu da observação de que se, por um lado, a implementação e operação do GC tem por meta satisfazer os consumidores, por outro, não consegue identificar o grau de satisfação proporcionado pelos serviços oferecidos. No referencial teórico, levantaram-se aspectos relacionados ao emprego dessa modalidade gerencial, ao comportamento do consumidor, aos conceitos de satisfação e às diferentes formas de mensurá-la, passando pelas escalas de avaliação da qualidade em serviços e pela influência das variáveis demográficas na formação desse construto. A análise exploratória do referencial teórico-empírico apontou a importância de realizar uma pesquisa de campo que contribuísse para identifica os fatores que influenciam o nível de satisfação dos consumidores. Adotou-se um modelo de pesquisa de campo de caráter descritivo, com procedimento de amostragem probabilística para uma amostra de 250 consumidores residentes na Região do ABC Paulista responsáveis pela decisão e aquisição de produtos de higiene pessoal e beleza em supermercados e hipermercados. Para a análise dos resultados, foram empregadas técnicas de análise multivariada de dados, como a Regressão Linear Múltipla, a Análise Fatorial Exploratória, a Regressão Logística, a Análise de Clusters, a Análise de Correspondência Múltipla (Homals), o General Linear Model (GLM) Multivariado e Testes de Hipóteses Paramétricos e Não-Paramétricos. Foi possível quantificar a influência das variáveis internas do GC (organização das prateleiras, abastecimento, variedade de marcas e tamanhos, nível de preços e freqüência das promoções) e externas ao GC (horário de funcionamento, condições de acesso, conforto do estacionamento, tempo de espera nas filas, ambiente interno, clareza dos cartazes e dos anúncios internos, formas de pagamento e condições de uso dos carrinhos e cestas) sobre o nível de satisfação geral dos consumidores, bem como definir, por meio da escala SERVPERF, as dimensões precursoras da satisfação com a qualidade em serviços: ambiente, confiança e imagem. Foi possível ainda: identificar as variáveis capazes de discriminar os locais de compra pelo conceito de saliência - localização da loja, ambiente interno e atendimento dos funcionários; constatar que as variáveis internas e externas ao GC não conseguem prever, adequadamente, o comportamento de compra dos grupos que realizam compras grandes ou pequenas; demonstrar que as variáveis demográficas (classes sociais pelo Critério Brasil, ciclo de vida da família e nível de escolaridade) não interferem no nível de satisfação decorrente das ferramentas do GC e estabelecer que as dimensões criadas para a escala SERVPERF exercem influência destacada sobre o grau de satisfação com as ações do GC. Os resultados e conclusões comprovam plenamente a tese desta pesquisa: \"O Gerenciamento por Categoria conduzido pela indústria tem efeito direto sobre o nível de satisfação dos consumidores de artigos de higiene pessoal e beleza adquiridos junto a supermercados e hipermercados\". / Category Management is an undeniable fact in large chains of supermarkets, drugstores and hardware shops and its tools have been contributing to improve the display of items on sale, supply, variety of brands and sizes, competitive prices and effective schedule of sales promotions - all of which aim at reducing stocks, increasing turnovers and profitability while surprising customers and offering them satisfaction. The literature available on the topic, however, doesn\'t refer to any studies focusing on satisfaction evaluation concerning services provided by supermarkets which have adopted CM. The issue this study addresses derived from the observation that, although implementation and management of CM intend to satisfy customers, they fall short to rate the degree of satisfaction brought about by the services being offered. On reviewing the literature on the subject, a survey covering aspects dealing with this management technique was carried out, along with customer behaviors, satisfaction conceptions and the ways to measure it, which comprised scales for service quality evaluation and the role of demographic variables in forming the construct. The exploratory analysis of empirical and theoretical bibliography pointed to the great convenience of making a field research to help identify the factors bearing on the level of consumer\'s satisfaction. A model of field research was adopted of descriptive type, with probabilistic sample procedure for 250 consumers living in the ABC Region who decided for which toiletries to buy at supermarkets. Result analysis required techniques of data multivariate analysis, such as Multiple Linear Regression, Factorial Analysis, Logistic Regression, Clusters Analysis, Correspondence Analysis (Homal\'s), GLM Multivariate Analysis, and Parametric and Non-Parametric Hypothesis Tests. That allowed measuring the influence of internal and external Category Management variables (the first being shelf display, restocking, variety of brands and sizes, price levels, and frequency of sales promotions, and the second working hours, access ease, parking facilities, time of queuing at check-outs, general supermarket atmosphere, clear written and oral communication in posters and loud-speaker announcements, forms of payment and trolley/basket conditions of maintenance) on the level of customer\'s general satisfaction, besides allowing to define - through SERVPERF scale - the fundamental dimensions of satisfaction with service quality: environment, trust and image. It was still possible to identify the variables which lead to the point of sales according to the concept of relevance: favorable site of store, general atmosphere and salesclerks service; checking that internal and external CM variables cannot predict adequately the purchase behavior of groups shopping for high and low volumes, pointing out that demographic variables (social class according to Critério Brasil, family life cycle and level of scholarship) do not interfere in the level of satisfaction arising from CM tools and determining that the dimensions made for the SERVPERF scale have strong influence on the degree of satisfaction regarding CM actions. The results and conclusions thoroughly confirm the thesis of the research: \"Category Management conducted by industry has direct effect on the level of satisfaction among consumers of toiletries bought in supermarkets\".
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Additive higher representation theory

Klein, Florian January 2014 (has links)
This thesis is devoted to the study of higher representation theory as introduced in [Rou4]. As this theory is in its early days, it is essential to seek out modules that can rightfully be named building blocks and allow one to express as much of the structure of arbitrary modules as possible in their terms. We contribute towards this undertaking in the case of additive higher representation theory. Inspiration is drawn from Soergel bimodules which categorify the Hecke algebra. We introduce functorially cyclic modules as well as (strongly) universal cell modules. Examples include the minimal categorifications of [Rou4]. Properties of such modules are discussed and universal properties in terms of representable 2-functors are established. This leads to constructions and classifications in terms of split Frobenius objects, using a new variant of the Barr-Beck theorem for additive categories. Furthermore, we encounter a new class of modules so called coinvariant modules which arise from automorphism group actions. We also construct canonical cofiltrations and demonstrate why the Jordan-Hölder theory of [Rou4] does not readily generalise. Throughout, we comment on the succession [MaMi1]-[MaMi5] that tackles the same questions, however arrives at different conclusions. As applications, we first show that the 2-category of singular Soergel bimodules of [Wi2] arises naturally within the additive higher representation theory of Soergel bimodules. Second, we establish (weak) equivalences between certain associated universal cell modules together with a categorification of cell module homomorphisms of the Hecke algebra. Third, we show that singular Soergel bimodules constructed with a faithful representation categorify the Schur algebroid, generalising the main result of [Li]. Fourth given a group and a subgroup, we recover the additive monoidal category of representations of the subgroup from the corresponding category for the group without invoking Tannakian formalism.

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