The subject of my thesis is to evaluate proposal to improve the marketing strategy of the hotel Joseph 1699 in Trebic after a year of the operation. It is important for the hotel Joseph 1699, to develop a proposal, how to improve the quality of marketing strategy to be competitive and viable on the market in Trebic and surroundings. In the theoretical section are explained the economic matters, which were used in the practical part. The practical part is focused on processing of marketing analyzes, and proposal how to change and improve marketing strategies. With these proposed changes would have the hotel Joseph 1699 to improve and strengthen its position in the market in Třebíč.

This thesis deals with the general principle of technology as a partial freight logistics center services ČSAD Hodonín, as The paper first lists and describes the activities related to the operation of logistics centers, which are further supplemented by an analysis of the operation, focusing on the loading, unloading and transfer batches of different manufacturing companies. This thesis is further supplemented by a theoretical approach with potential applications in the actual operation. The result is then draft general technological progress in the transportation of goods from the factory to the logistics center using its own freight.

This diploma thesis is focused on evaluation of the Allrisk, ltd. information system and on the changes proposal. The theoretical part of the work describes an essential background and an explanation of individual methods used for analysis of information systems. Shortcomings revealed by the analysis are worked up and measures are taken to improve the current state.

This master’s thesis describes the use of project management for a design and implementation of the project to create web portal for event team of the company UNIFER o.p.s. The thesis descibes in detail the pre-project, project and post-project phase according to project management methods.

The diploma thesis deals with the management issues, specifically the proposal of the company Ferrokont, s.r.o. and their productive and warehouse areas with using methods and technique of project management. The theoretical part describes elementary knowledge, techniques and methods of project management applying in practical part of the thesis. In introductory part of thesis is performed analysis of current condition of the company with the help of the study opportunities and than created draft of project containing time, resource, cost analysis and followed with risk analysis of the project. Benefits of the project are described in the end of the diploma thesis. Part of the diploma thesis is to create project of Microsoft Project.

Sociala medier används i stor utsträckning var dag men frågan är vilka tankar och strategier som ligger bakom användandet av de två digitala kanalerna Facebook och Instagram. Genom en kvalitativ metod undersöks bakomliggande strategier till hur privatpersoner agerar på sina sociala medier. Den undersökande populationen är kvinnor 18-35 år och syftet är att se hur de bygger upp sin identitet och sitt personliga varumärke på sina sociala medier. Studien har genomförts med intervjuer samt ett visuellt material i form av bilder som använts till stöd vid insamling av materialet. Det visuella materialet har tagit avstamp i modellen Brand Mind Space. Den teoretiska anknytningen rör även modellerna A Brand Personality och Communication Privacy Management (CPM). Resultatet visar att Instagram är den kanal som används i störst utsträckning. Det framkommer även att det går att utläsa tendenser till strategier hos privatpersoner i den undersökta populationen. Det är av vikt dels hur privat information delges, vad som förmedlas via profilen samt vad bilderna som publiceras egentligen representerar. Studien pekar på att det viktigaste är att vara ärlig och att den digitala identiteten avspeglar vem personen är, samt att kunna kontrollera spridning av den information som delas. Det är även viktigt att inte sticka ut för mycket eller uppfattas av andra som jobbig. / Social media is widely used every day but the question is what strategies can be found behind Facebook and Instagram. Through a qualitative method research of underlying strategies on how individuals act on their social media have been made. The population is women age 18-35 and the purpose is to see how they structure their identity and personal brand on social media. The study was realized by interviews and a visual material shaped as images. The visual material is based on the Brand Mind Space model. The theory also relates to the models A Brand Personality and Communication Privacy Management (CPM).The result shows that Instagram is the channel used to the greatest extent. It also appears that trends in strategies for individuals in the population can be read out. It is important how private information is communicated, what is conveyed through the profile and what pictures that are published really represents.The study shows that the most important thing is to be honest and for the digital identity to reflect who the person is. It is also important to control the spread of information being shared and to not stand out or be perceived as annoying.

This study examined stepparents' privacy boundary management when engaging in communicative interactions with stepchildren. I utilized Petronio's communication privacy management theory to investigate stepparents' motivations of disclosing or concealing from stepchildren as well as how stepparents' gender influences such motivations. Moreover, present research also explored types of privacy dilemma within stepfamily households from stepparent perspectives. Fifteen stepfathers and 15 stepmothers received in-depth interviews about their self-disclosing and concealment experiences with stepchildren. I identified confidant dilemma and accidental dilemma in stepfamily households from stepparents' perspectives, as well as stepparents' gender differences in self-disclosing and concealing motivations. Findings also suggest that stepparents reveal and conceal from stepchildren out of same motivations: establishing good relationships, viewing stepchildren as own children, helping stepchildren with problems resulting from the divorce and viewing stepchildren as "others." The result also indicates that stepparents experienced dialectical tensions between closedness and openness during the decision of revealing or concealing from stepchildren.

Airbags are a passive safety technology, required to function with zero failure rate. Advances in Computer Aided Engineering have allowed vehicle manufacturers to predict material and system behavior in the event of a crash. The sudden and rapid nature of a vehicle frontal crash, together with strict requirements put on safety make this a sensitive task. This thesis focuses on the front passenger airbag deployment and the instrument panel’s response. Various airbag modelling techniques are studied and presented in this document. This work is part of a larger-scale attempt to model a generic-sled that is physically representative of a real vehicle. Various component tests are to be performed in the sled environment, as opposed to a real vehicle, to save costs. Various modules are added to the sled once their behavior is verified by testing and in simulations. Software are advanced enough to identify location and magnitude of stress concentrations that develop during crash. LS-DYNA is used for explicit finite element simulations of the instrument panel (IP) in question with different airbag models. Verification has been achieved by design of experiment (DOE); with tests conducted to capture both the movements of the airbag housing and IP movements in response. These movements are broken down in various phases, facilitating implementation in the sled environment. Simplifications are made both to the computer models as well as the physical testing environment. The effects of these simplifications are quantified and discussed. Theoretical background is provided where fit while assumptions are justified wherever made. DYNAmore recommendations regarding costeffective calculations as well as result verification are followed. The obtained results show that the FE models replicate the real event with acceptable precision. The findings in this work can, by minor tweaks, be implemented on other IP models in the Volvo Cars range, leading to cost-saving solutions. This thesis provides the necessary information for sled implementations as well as future improvement suggestions. / Krockkudde är en s.k. passiv säkerhetsteknik som krävs att fungera felfritt. Framsteg inom Computer Aided Engineering har tillåtit biltillverkare att förutsäga material och systembeteende i samband med krock. Den plötsliga karaktären av krock, tillsammans med höga säkerhetskrav, gör detta till en känslig uppgift. Denna avhandling fokuserar på passagerarsidans krockkudde och instrumentbrädans (IP) respons under uppblåsning. Olika metoder för modellering av krockkuddar har studerats och presenteras i detta dokument. Arbetet är en del av en större skala försök att modellera en generisk-släde som är fysiskt representativ av en riktig bil; där olika komponent-tester skall utföras för att minska kostnader. När olika modulers beteende verifieras läggs de till släden. Denna verifiering sker genom finita element (FE) simuleringar så väl som fysiska tester. FE mjukvara är idag tillräckligt avancerad för att identifiera samt visualisera spänningskoncentrationer som uppstår i en konstruktion vid krock. LS-DYNA används i detta arbete för explicita FE simuleringar av en Volvo XC90 IP, lastad med olika krockkudde-modeller. Modell verifiering har uppnåtts genom försöksplanering (DOE); med tester utförda för att fånga rörelser av IP så väl som krockkudde-behållaren. Dessa rörelser är sedan uppdelade i olika faser för enklare genomförande i släde miljön. Förenklingar och antaganden görs både till FE modeller och fysiska testmiljön. Effekter av dessa har kvantifierats och relevant teoretisk bakgrund har inkluderats. Dokumentet innehåller även diskussion kring val av mätutrustning samt förbättringsförslag för fortsatt arbete. DYNAmore rekommendationer gällande kostnadseffektiva beräkningar och verifiering av simulerings-resultat har följts. Under arbetet visade sig att FE modellerna kan återskapa händelsen med hög noggrannhet; dessa trotts svårigheter i modellering av plast material. Möjligtvis kan man, genom mindre modifieringar, relatera slutsatserna i detta arbete till olika IP modeller i företagets produktkatalog vilket förmodligen leder till ytterligare kostnadsbesparingar. Denna avhandling ger den information som behövs för genomföranden i den generiska miljön.

Si la littérature du biais inflationniste de la Nouvelle École Classique, au travers des concepts decrédibilité et de transparence, a conduit à l'indépendance des Banques centrales, sa critique par laNouvelle École Keynésienne l'a réduit à une indépendance instrumentale et a mis en exergue le rôlede sa gouvernance, de l'importance de sa relation avec la sphère politique pour la légitimité de sonaction, ainsi que le rôle essentiel des Conseils de politique monétaire (CPM).Aussi bien en théorie que dans les faits, ce cadre institutionnel qui reflète la gouvernance montre uneBanque centrale non pas séparée du politique mais plutôt en relation avec celui-ci. Dans la mesure oùles décisions de politique monétaire sont prises par un CPM, la gouvernance concerne également sonorganisation et les procédures d’élaboration de la décision.L’objectif de cette thèse est d’analyser à la lumière de ses développements récents, la gouvernance àla BCEAO et à la BEAC qui sont les Banques centrales couvrant les deux unions monétaires de lazone franc, à savoir l’UEMOA pour la première et la CEMAC pour la seconde. Cette thèse a aussipour objectif de montrer que la pérennisation de ces deux unions monétaires passe par une meilleuregouvernance et la nécessité d’un fédéralisme budgétaire en leur sein impliquant donc une plus forteunion politique. Toutefois, nous soulignons les obstacles rendant très difficile la réalisation de cetteultime étape de l’intégration. / If the literature of the inflationary bias of the New Classical School, through the concepts of credibilityand transparency, led to the independence of Central Banks, its review by the New Keynesian Schoolreduced it to an instrumental independence and has highlight the role of its governance, of theimportance of its relationship with politicians for the legitimacy of its action and the essential role of theCouncils of monetary policy.In theory and in practice, this institutional framework that reflects governance shows a Central Bank(MPC) not separated from politics but rather in connection therewith. Insofar the monetary policydecisions, the governance, and procedures for the preparation of the decision are taken by a CPM.The objective of this thesis is to analyze in the light of recent developments, governance at theBCEAO and the BEAC which are the central banks covering two monetary unions from franc zonenamely WAEMU and CAEMC. This thesis also aims to show that the sustainability of these twomonetary unions through the benefits might enjoy better governance and the need for fiscal federalismwithin them thus implying a stronger political union. However, we highlight the barriers embarrassingthis final stage of integration.

The surface charges of cellulosic fibers contribute to several papermaking operations that influence the manufacture and final properties of paper. This thesis investigates the effect of the surface charges on wet-end chemistry, e.g. through the interaction of cationic polyelectrolytes with the fiber surface charges, and on the network strength of pulp suspensions. The polyelectrolyte titration method was used to investigate the interaction of the fiber charges with cationic polyelectrolytes. Techniques were developed to fluorescent label the adsorbing cationic polyelectrolyte in order to visualize the adsorption behavior. Fluorescent confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) was used to determine the extent to which the cationic polyelectrolyte adsorbs into the porous fiber wall. It was shown that the polyelectrolyte charge density limits the adsorption to the surface under electrolyte-free conditions. Adsorption into the fiber wall only occurs for two conditions: 1) if the molecular mass is sufficiently low or 2) the electrolyte concentration is high enough to screen the charges along the polyelectrolyte backbone but not the interactions between the polyelectrolyte and the fiber charges. Aside from the polyelectrolyte properties, the fiber charge density contributes to the adsorption behavior of cationic polyelectrolytes. The fiber charge profile was altered by bulk and surface carboxymethylation. The electrolyte concentration at which a deviation from 1:1 stoichiometry occurs was shown to be dependent on the amount of surface charges, such that the deviation in stoichiometry occurs at a higher electrolyte concentration for pulps having a higher surface charge. A hypothesis was developed to test the conditions at which the deviation in adsorption stoichiometry occurs, which was defined as the critical electrolyte concentration (CEC). It was found that the CEC corresponded to the electrolyte concentration at which the distance between the fiber charges was on the order of the Debye length. Electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA) was used as an independent calibration procedure to validate for which a 1:1 stoichiometry occurs. The analysis with ESCA agreed well with the polyelectrolyte titration method for measurement of fiber surface charges. When measured under appropriate conditions, i.e. electrolyte concentration and molecular properties, the fiber surface charge can accurately be measured by the polyelectrolyte titration method. The charge profiles of various pulp types and treatments were also examined. Having been established as a valid technique, the polyelectrolyte titration method was again used to measure the surface charge while conductometric titration was used to measure the total charge content. The amount of bulk and surface charges vary depending on the pulping method and type of wood, although the ratio between the bulk and surface charge (i.e. the charge ratio) is similar for chemical pulps. The mechanical pulp has a higher charge ratio because it contains more fines material than chemical pulp. Bleaching of the chemical pulp decreases the amount of bulk and surface charges, although the charge ratio remains essentially constant. However, methods such as beating or carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) grafting are available to increase the charge ratio. The effect of the charge profile on fiber-fiber interactions was studied on both a microscopic and macroscopic level. Colloidal probe microscopy (CPM) was used to investigate the microscopic interactions between two cellulose surfaces. Cellulose surfaces, prepared by spin-coating a dissolving pulp onto silica, were used to model the fiber surface, which is too rough for surface force measurements. The charge density of the model surface was increased by CMC grafting. Results showed that increasing the surface charge density created large electrosteric repulsions, due to CMC the chains protruding out from the surface. These interactions on the microscopic scale affect the fiber network strength, which was measured with a parallel plate rheometer. When the repulsion is increased between the fibers, caused by the increase in the surface charge, fiber flocs break apart more easily due to a reduced friction between the fiber surfaces. The forces acting on the fiber network can also be mechanical in origin. The fiber length and flexibility were altered in order to study the influence of mechanical surface linking and elastic fiber bending on the fiber network strength. Using the storage modulus (G’0) as a measure of fiber network strength, longer fibers were found to create a stronger network due to an increased amount of fiber contacts. Flexible fibers have a lower network strength than stiff fibers because the fibers come to rest in a less strained position such that the the influence of elastic fiber bending on the fiber network strength is predominant. / QC 20100831