Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1954. / Typescript. Vita. Title from title screen (viewed May 9, 2006). Includes bibliographical references (leaves [394]-444). Online version of the print original.

Thesis (doctoral) -- Tampereen teknillisen yliopiston, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006. / Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-98).

Thesis (M.A.(Political Sciences))--University of Pretoria, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references. Available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

Η εργασία πραγματεύεται την έννοια της συνεργασίας μεταξύ των βασικών θεσμών κοινωνικοποίησης του παιδιού, της οικογένειας και του σχολείου. Πιο συγκεκριμένα, επιχειρήσαμε να εξετάσουμε πως νοηματοδοτεί κάθε πλευρά την έννοια της συνεργασίας, αν υπάρχει συνεργασία και ποιο είναι το βασικό πεδίο εκτύλιξής της. Στο θεωρητικό μέρος κάναμε μια μικρή παρουσίαση εννοιών και θεωριών που μας βοήθησαν στην ερμηνεία των δεδομένων της έρευνας όπως η θεωρία της Συμβολικής Αλληλεπίδρασης, η θεωρία των γλωσσικών κωδικών και οι έννοιες της κοινωνικοποίησης, του πολιτισμικού κεφαλαίου και του habitus. Εξετάσαμε ακόμα το ζήτημα της συνεργασία σε διεθνές επίπεδο μελετώντας διάφορες έρευνες στοχεύοντας στη καλύτερη και πιο ολοκληρωμένη κατανόηση του ζητήματος. Επιπλέον, παρουσιάσαμε εκτενώς την μέθοδο της grounded theory καθώς είναι η κύρια μέθοδος ανάλυσης της έρευνας που πραγματοποιήσαμε. Στο ερευνητικό μέρος επιχειρήσαμε την σε βάθος ανάλυση των δεδομένων βάσει της grounded theory. Για την συλλογή του ερευνητικού υλικού πραγματοποιήσαμε 10 ημιδομημένες συνεντεύξεις στην περιοχή της Πάτρας. Ενώ, στο τέλος εκθέσαμε τα συμπεράσματα της έρευνας μας επιχειρώντας μια σύνδεση με τη διεθνή βιβλιογραφία. / This study discusses the concept of cooperation among family and school, the basic institutions for socialization of the child. Specifically, we attempt to examine which is the meaning that given by each side for concept of cooperation, if there is cooperation between family and school and which is the main field that cooperation applies. In the theoretical part we did a short presentation of concepts and theories that have helped us in the interpretation of research’s data such as Symbolic Interaction, theory of code’s language, concepts of socialization, cultural capital and habitus. Even consider the theme of cooperation in international level studying various researches aiming in better and more comprehensive understanding of the issue. In addition, we extensively presented the method of grounded theory because is the main method of analysis of the research we done. In the research part, we attempt to analyze in depth the research’s data based in method of grounded theory. For collection the research’s material we took 10 semi-structured interviews in the area of Patras. In the end we reported the findings of our research attempting a connection with the international literature.

Internationalisierung, Kostendruck sowie Marktturbulenzen zwingen Industrieunternehmen zur permanenten innovativen Anpassung ihres Produktportfolios wie auch Fabrik- und Produktionsstrukturen. In der heutigen Zeit ist die sichere Beherrschung der verschiedenartigen Produktionstechnologien für Unternehmen von besonderer Bedeutung. Der Begriff der »Industriellen Produktion« umfasst hierbei alle erforderlichen Teilschritte zur Herstellung eines Produkts oder einer Dienstleistung. Hierzu zählen unter anderem die Aufgabenbereiche der Konstruktion, Arbeitsplanung, Fertigung und Montage. Innerhalb unseres täglichen Gesellschaftsbilds finden sich unzählige Gegenstände (»Produkte«) unterschiedlichster Form, Farbe und Beschaffenheit. [... aus dem Text]

Healthy social interactions are critical for children’s development and academic and life success. Relevant research is found in two key disciplines with different emphases: Developmental psychology focuses on individual thoughts, motivations and traits; and behavioral economics and game theory focuses on behavioral tasks. This project integrated these approaches by validating a game-theoretic task for children, the Repeated Prisoner’s Dilemma (RPD), and demonstrated how it can be used to elucidate the mechanisms underlying children’s social interactions. I developed a novel RPD with fixed-strategy partners in order to test specific hypotheses based on developmental theories of social interaction. Children between 9 and 11 years of age (N = 167) were tested on the RPD followed by questions about how they played and interpreted the task. Parents completed a questionnaire assessing their child’s reactive and proactive aggressive traits, a basis for predicting decisions in the RPD. Children also completed a Social Information Processing (SIP) task with novel positive scenarios in addition to standard negative ones. I hypothesized that: 1) children would interpret the RPD as a real social interaction and engage in strategic forms of play according to game theory; 2) children with different levels of reactive and proactive aggression would show different patterns of RPD play based on theories of aggression; 3) the SIP responses would predict different levels of cooperation in the RPD, and the positive scenarios would generate responses consistent with the general SIP theory. Results showed support for the first hypothesis with classes of motivations (interpersonal and strategic self-interest) predicting RPD behavior. The second hypothesis was partially confirmed: Children rated high on reactive aggression showed reactive responses in the RPD. This analysis also revealed an important novel finding that high-reactive children followed a game-theoretic strategy known as “Grim” – they did not return to cooperation after partner defection. The third hypothesis was partially confirmed: Responses for the positive scenarios were consistent with the SIP model but did not predict RPD play. These findings demonstrate the value of integrating theoretical and methodological approaches from developmental psychology and game theory in order to study the mechanisms of social interaction.

Este trabalho avalia a relação entre a empresa e o fornecedor durante o processo de desenvolvimento de produto em três empresas do setor calçadista do Rio Grande do Sul. O seu principal objetivo é identificar as possíveis oportunidades de integração, assim como as possibilidades de melhoria. Os resultados indicam uma real viabilidade da cooperação com o fornecedor como uma alternativa para a empresa melhorar o desempenho do seu PDP. Verifica-se uma relação mais intensa com o fornecedor quando a empresa possui um direcionamento ao desenvolvimento tecnológico e ao aprimoramento da performance do produto, como no caso da empresa de calçado infantil. A relação é mais incipiente quando o PDP está focado ao acompanhamento das tendências de moda, como nos casos das empresas de calçado feminino. O estudo identifica oportunidades de cooperação com os fornecedores durante o processo de desenvolvimento e no produto, assim como alternativas de projetos para incrementar a sua relação com seus fornecedores. / This work evaluates the relation between buyer and supplier during the product development process (PDP) in three companies of the shoe sector in Rio Grande do Sul. The main objective is to identify a possible integration and improvement opportunities in this relationship. The results indicate a viability for the cooperation between both parties to improve the PDP. A more intense relation with the supplier is verified when the manufacturer focuses on technological development and product performance improvement, as it is the case of the company of children footwear. This relation tends to diminish when the PDP follows fashion trends, as it is the case of woman footwear. The study identifies chances of cooperation between buyers and suppliers during the PDP as well as alternative projects to further develop the studied companies’ relation with their suppliers.

This thesis describes the methods of communication in the Integrated Rescue System, considering especially its basic components. The theoretical part focuses on the description of the Integrated Rescue System components and the regulations determining the competence and connection of the basic IRS components and between each other. The research part evaluates possibilities of the investigated IRS components, their tools for connection and communication, and the principles which are usually used in their work. All knowledge are summarised at the end of the thesis. Included is also a proposal for particular types of activities of the Integrated Rescue System components as regards joint action - the organization of connection. This part determines the basic communication rules which could be helpful in mutual communication of the Integrated Rescue System components dealing with extraordinary events.

Large individual differences in cooperative contributions are common within animal societies such as cooperative breeders, where helpers care for offspring which are not their own. Understanding this variation has been a major focus in behavioural ecology and while evidence has shown that individuals are capable to adaptively adjust their cooperative behaviours, the physiological mechanisms underlying such adjustments remain poorly understood. Steroid hormones are prominent candidates to regulate cooperative behaviours due to their ability to integrate internal physiological state and environmental stimuli to produce an adaptive behavioural response. In this thesis, I investigate the effects of two steroid hormones, Cortisol (CORT) and Testosterone (T), in the regulation of cooperative behaviours in the Damaraland mole-rat (Fukomys damarensis). Because these hormones are susceptible to both modulate and be modulated by cooperative contributions, I experimentally tested both sides of this relationship. I show that, despite the absence of correlation between CORT and T and cooperative contributions, experimental increases of cooperative contributions elevate CORT levels, but not T (Chapter 3). Additionally, experimental increases of CORT levels in female helpers raised their cooperative contributions by more than one half demonstrating the regulatory effect of CORT on cooperative behaviours (Chapter 4). As breeding opportunities are likely to affect cooperative contributions and because T is a likely candidate to mediate a trade-off between future reproduction and current cooperation, I tested the effects of experimental increases of T levels in female helpers. I show that such elevations have no measurable effect of aggression, dispersal tendencies (both important to attain a breeding position) or cooperative contributions (Chapter 5). Taken together, the results of this thesis demonstrate that CORT can both respond to and regulate cooperative behaviours and suggest that this hormone may play a major role in the adaptive regulation of cooperative behaviour.