This diploma thesis deals with the criminalistic method of psychological profiling of an offender. Psychological profiling consists in analyzing the offender's behavior. This analysis is used to create an offender profile that contains offender's likely characteristics. Such a profile is intended to help investigators narrow down the range of suspects, or contribute to the success of investigations by refocusing the investigative strategy. The aim of this thesis is to present a balanced view of the method of psychological profiling and to critically evaluate the possibilities of its use for improving the quality of investigative practice. The thesis is divided into three chapters. The first chapter first defines this method, including basic theoretical approaches and bases. Furthermore, the historical development of profiling abroad and in the Czech Republic is introduced. Appropriate and inappropriate offenses for profiling are also mentioned. At the end of the first chapter, the most important methods or approaches to profiling are outlined. The second chapter is devoted to the creation of the psychological profile of an offender itself. First, the information that is necessary for the profile is mentioned, and the profile creation process is described in detail. Finally, the content and formal...

Magister Legum - LLM

As an important basis in decision-making, risk assessment has been applied in many fields. However, most risk analyses of logistics projects are still at their infancy, wherein qualitative methods are applied. Performing further qualitative and quantitative analyses of the risk of logistics projects is meaningful. This thesis aims to thoroughly analyse the effects of risk factors on project objectives to illustrate the economic goals of investment and the possibility of realisation. Hence, it can promote scientific decision-making by investors, which is the main issue in this thesis. Large-scale logistics projects are characterised by high risk, high investment, and high professionalism. This thesis applies risk assessment to logistics projects and divides the risk assessment of logistics projects into two levels. In the first level, various risk factors in the process of investment, construction and operation of the logistics projects are fully considered, and a set of risk comprehensive evaluation index system for the logistics projects is established. At this level, this thesis assigns light to each factor, judges the degree of risk of each factor in logistics projects and evaluates the risk degree of the logistics projects via fuzzy comprehensive measurement method (FCMM). It proposes a logistic alliance risk identification and analysis method based on the particle swarm optimisation (PSO) algorithm and penalty function method to address the limitation of existing methods, such as FCMM. This proposed method is called PSO–analytic hierarchy process (PSO–AHP). On the basis of the introduced index system and methods, this thesis uses Hanjin Shipping as a novel case to show how risk evaluation is performed. Results show that both methods can be used to predict the risk of Hanjin Shipping, and management risk is the main risk faced by Hanjin Shipping. This finding is consistent with the predicted results. The contents of this thesis provide meaningful results for actual application. Thus, the models and index system applied in this thesis (FCMM and PSO–AHP) can be used to perform risk measurement. In the second level, combined with the results of the overall risk assessment of the logistics projects, this thesis provides several suggestions on risk prevention for these kind of logistics projects. This thesis not only measures the risk of large-scale logistics projects but also provides several strategies to improve the management of logistics projects and reduce the probability of risk in the Chinese context. Moreover, this thesis generates suggestions for the development of Chinese large-scale logistics projects in South Africa. The main contents of this thesis can be summarised as follows. The first chapter is the introduction. This chapter briefly introduces the background of large-scale logistics projects, explains the purpose and significance of the research and introduces the main research issues and innovations. It also briefly introduces the structure of this thesis. The second chapter comprises a review of previous studies. It mainly reviews and summarizes relevant literature on risk theory and logistics risk to provide a solid background analysis for the remaining part of this thesis. The third and the fourth chapters are about the methodologies and indicators used in this thesis. The third chapter summarises and introduces the main methods used in the risk assessment for the logistics projects. It focuses on the methods used in this thesis. The fourth chapter presents a systematic analysis of the various risks faced in the process of investment, construction and operation of logistics projects. It appropriately enumerates the main analysis of this thesis, namely, the various risks in large-scale logistics projects. An index system is also constructed in this chapter. The fifth and sixth chapters focus on the specific operation process of the models used in this thesis. These chapters focus on the data analysis according to the models proposed in previous chapters, and the results of quantitative analysis are mainly discussed. The seventh chapter is aimed at the risk prevention of large-scale logistics projects. The eighth chapter is the research summary and outlook, where it summarises the conclusions and shortcomings of this research, discusses the innovation of this thesis from the analysis and indicates further research directions. The main contributions of this thesis are as follows. (1) On the basis of China’s Belt and Road strategy, this thesis pays special interest on the risk analysis of large-scale logistics projects. With the development of Chinese economics and special relationship with South Africa, cooperating in aspects where logistics projects play a great connecting role becomes increasingly important for these countries Thus, ensuring how the risk of China’s large-scale logistics projects is sufficiently low becomes increasingly important. The methods and results in this thesis can be applied to the large-scale logistics projects in China and South Africa. (2) Many studies on risk assessment issues obtain risk factors using Delphi method (Dalkey and Helmer, 1963; Fan, 2019; Dufour et al., 2017). This method usually suffers from the fact that the experts’ knowledge, ability and experience limit their personal judgement method, and the recognition result is influenced by the subjective factors of the experts. This thesis does not use AHP method on it own but focuses on the usage of work breakdown structure (WBS) method to determine the risk factors of logistics construction projects, which can provide a reasonable risk index system. As WBS can let people carefully build an index system from each aspect of the large-scale logistics projects. (3) This thesis generates a PSO method to PSO–AHP method and applies it in the risk assessment of large-scale logistics projects, in which Hanjin Shipping is taken as an example in a novel way. Many studies primarily use FCMM to perform the risk assessment. However, limited research focuses on the use of PSO–AHP methods on the risk assessment of large-scale logistics projects. This thesis not only uses FCMM to handle risk assessment but also uses PSO–AHP method and then selects the better method on the basis of certain criteria. By doing so, this thesis provides an excellent example for researchers to select between the two models for risk assessment. (4) This thesis not only measures the risk of large-scale logistics projects but also provides several strategies that can improve the management of logistics projects to reduce the chance of risk happening based on actual situations. It also generates suggestions for the development of Chinese large-scale logistics projects in South Africa. As the measurement of risk in terms of large-scale logistics projects is an instrument for people to prevent risk, each method should be used to guide the development in actual situations. Thus, this thesis provides several strategy suggestions that can reduce the risk of large-scale logistics projects in China and South Africa by combining the results obtained from models and actual situations in China and South Africa. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2020. / Graduate School of Technology Management (GSTM) / PhD / Unrestricted

Yes / Employers are increasingly requiring a range of “soft” skills from chemistry graduates, including the ability to search for and critically evaluate information. This paper discusses the issues around encouraging chemistry students to engage with information skills and suggests curricular changes which may help to “drip-feed” information skills into degree programmes.

This case study reports the use of action research to improve teachers’ understanding of critical evaluation. The project involved nine physical educators in a year-long study, designing and conducting workshops for Year 13 Scholarship physical education students in Auckland, New Zealand. The focus of the workshops was on critical evaluation as interpreted within Scholarship physical education. The inquiry-based educational action research incorporated a focus on the concepts of Productive Pedagogies (Hayes, Mills, Christie & Lingard, 2006) to This case study reports the use of action research to improve teachers’ understanding of critical evaluation. The project involved nine physical educators in a year-long study, designing and conducting workshops for Year 13 Scholarship physical education students in Auckland, New Zealand. The focus of the workshops was on critical evaluation as interpreted within Scholarship physical education. The inquiry-based educational action research incorporated a focus on the concepts of Productive Pedagogies (Hayes, Mills, Christie & Lingard, 2006) to improve teachers’ understanding of critical evaluation. Data were collected by interview, observation and written reflections. Teachers began the project with confused understandings of the term critical evaluation. Through their participation in the action research process with a focus on Productive Pedagogies (Hayes et al., 2006) teachers reported an enhanced level of understanding and an improvement in their teaching of critical evaluation.

o presente trabalho tem como objetivo realizar uma avaliação crítica da legislação brasileira sobre rotulagem nutricional e compará-Ia com a de outros países, como Canadá, U.S.A., União Européia e as Normas do Codex Alimentarius. Para isso, realizou-se um levantamento sobre a evolução da legislação brasileira, focando as regulamentações sobre rotulagem nutricional durante as últimas quatro décadas. Concisamente, concluiu-se que a legislação brasileira não difere muito da internacional, mas apresenta distinções como a não obrigatoriedade da declaração de ferro, cálcio, colesterol, Vitamina A e C, que em países como os Estados Unidos e Canadá, é obrigatória. A Comunidade Européia e as Normas do Codex Alimentarius estabelecem que a informação nutricional deve ser por 100g ou 100mL de alimento, enquanto no Brasil isso é baseado na quantidade de referência que é consumida costumeiramente. A apresentação por 100g ou 100mL tem a vantagem de não subestimar sistematicamente a real contribuição de certos nutrientes que estão presentes nos alimentos em baixa concentração e por isso não são declarados na porção de referência. Ademais, um levantamento foi conduzido através da avaliação de 460 rótulos de alimentos industrializados no Brasil e o resultado mostrou que 47% estavam irregulares e 41 % apresentavam informações contraditórias. Recomenda-se que o governo incentive as indústrias a manterem a declaração de ferro, cálcio e colesterol nos rótulos de alimentos. De posse da rotulagem nutricional, seria aconselhável esclarecer à população a importância da informação nutricional e como utilizá-Ia em benefício da saúde do consumidor. A introdução desse assunto nas escolas, poderia ser um primeiro estágio. / The present work aims to perform a criticai evaluation of the Brazilian nutrition labeling regulations and to compare them with those of some other countries, like Canada, U.S.A, European Union and those proposed in the Codex Alimentarius. An overview about the evolution of the Brazilian guidelines concerning nutrition labeling over the last four decades is provided. Concisely, it was concluded that the current Brazilian regulations does not differ so much from international ones, but differences like the non-requirement of stating iron, calcium, cholesterol, Vitamins A and C, which is mandatory in countries like the United States and Canada were observed. The European Union and the Norms of the Codex Alimentarius have established that nutrition information should be per 100g or 100mL of food product, while in Brazil it is based on the reference amount customarily consumed . The nutrition facts presented per 100g or . 100mL has the advantage of not systematically under-represent the true contribution of certain nutrients which are present in foods in low amounts and therefore not declared in the reference portion. In addition, a survey was carried out by evaluating 460 labels of foods marketed in Brazil and the results showed that 47% of the labels were incorrect and that 41 % presented contradictory information. It is recommended that the government encourage companies to declare iron, calcium and cholesterol on food product labels. It is advisable to explain to the population about the importance of nutritional information and how it can be used to benefit the health of the consumer. The introduction of this subject at schools could be a first step.

o presente trabalho tem como objetivo realizar uma avaliação crítica da legislação brasileira sobre rotulagem nutricional e compará-Ia com a de outros países, como Canadá, U.S.A., União Européia e as Normas do Codex Alimentarius. Para isso, realizou-se um levantamento sobre a evolução da legislação brasileira, focando as regulamentações sobre rotulagem nutricional durante as últimas quatro décadas. Concisamente, concluiu-se que a legislação brasileira não difere muito da internacional, mas apresenta distinções como a não obrigatoriedade da declaração de ferro, cálcio, colesterol, Vitamina A e C, que em países como os Estados Unidos e Canadá, é obrigatória. A Comunidade Européia e as Normas do Codex Alimentarius estabelecem que a informação nutricional deve ser por 100g ou 100mL de alimento, enquanto no Brasil isso é baseado na quantidade de referência que é consumida costumeiramente. A apresentação por 100g ou 100mL tem a vantagem de não subestimar sistematicamente a real contribuição de certos nutrientes que estão presentes nos alimentos em baixa concentração e por isso não são declarados na porção de referência. Ademais, um levantamento foi conduzido através da avaliação de 460 rótulos de alimentos industrializados no Brasil e o resultado mostrou que 47% estavam irregulares e 41 % apresentavam informações contraditórias. Recomenda-se que o governo incentive as indústrias a manterem a declaração de ferro, cálcio e colesterol nos rótulos de alimentos. De posse da rotulagem nutricional, seria aconselhável esclarecer à população a importância da informação nutricional e como utilizá-Ia em benefício da saúde do consumidor. A introdução desse assunto nas escolas, poderia ser um primeiro estágio. / The present work aims to perform a criticai evaluation of the Brazilian nutrition labeling regulations and to compare them with those of some other countries, like Canada, U.S.A, European Union and those proposed in the Codex Alimentarius. An overview about the evolution of the Brazilian guidelines concerning nutrition labeling over the last four decades is provided. Concisely, it was concluded that the current Brazilian regulations does not differ so much from international ones, but differences like the non-requirement of stating iron, calcium, cholesterol, Vitamins A and C, which is mandatory in countries like the United States and Canada were observed. The European Union and the Norms of the Codex Alimentarius have established that nutrition information should be per 100g or 100mL of food product, while in Brazil it is based on the reference amount customarily consumed . The nutrition facts presented per 100g or . 100mL has the advantage of not systematically under-represent the true contribution of certain nutrients which are present in foods in low amounts and therefore not declared in the reference portion. In addition, a survey was carried out by evaluating 460 labels of foods marketed in Brazil and the results showed that 47% of the labels were incorrect and that 41 % presented contradictory information. It is recommended that the government encourage companies to declare iron, calcium and cholesterol on food product labels. It is advisable to explain to the population about the importance of nutritional information and how it can be used to benefit the health of the consumer. The introduction of this subject at schools could be a first step.

This thesis is a critical evaluation of the content, form and technique of traditional and modern praise poetry in Northern Sotho. Chapter 1 presents the aim of the study and the method of research and defines the concepts of poetry and praise poetry. Praise poetry is viewed from a traditional and modern perspective. Chapter 2 deals with the content and technique of praise poetry. Content consists of oral praise poetry lauding the heroic deeds of men in battles and casual encounters. Modern praise poetry comments on current events. Devices for rapid composition of the praises are discussed. Techniques differ between poets and according to time, place and occasion. Chapter 3 covers the traditional praises of chiefs, warriors, initiates, animals, birds, divining bones and totem praises, examining them from the perspective of content and form. The praises extol human achievements, peculiar animal characteristics and the interpretation of "mawa" of divining bones. Chapter 4 deals with the development and transition from traditional to modern form as well as the reciprocal influence. The content and form of modern praises of chiefs, academics, community leaders, animals, birds, divining bones, man-made objects and some natural phenomena are discussed. Many modern poets have also written praises of fictional characters. Chapter 5 compares oral and written praise poetry by concentrating on the similarities and differences between traditional and modern praise poetry. This study shows that there are differences in of theme, rhyme, beginning and ending, sentence length and significant emphasis on man-made objects such as cars and locomotives as exceptional modes of transport for commuters. Chapter 6 concludes the study and proves that praise poetry is a living or dynamic entity which will continue to exist. Praise poetry highlights persons, interpersonal relationships, attitudes and values derived from an African conceptions of the universe. / African Languages / D.Litt. et Phil (African Languages)

This thesis is a critical evaluation of the content, form and technique of traditional and modern praise poetry in Northern Sotho. Chapter 1 presents the aim of the study and the method of research and defines the concepts of poetry and praise poetry. Praise poetry is viewed from a traditional and modern perspective. Chapter 2 deals with the content and technique of praise poetry. Content consists of oral praise poetry lauding the heroic deeds of men in battles and casual encounters. Modern praise poetry comments on current events. Devices for rapid composition of the praises are discussed. Techniques differ between poets and according to time, place and occasion. Chapter 3 covers the traditional praises of chiefs, warriors, initiates, animals, birds, divining bones and totem praises, examining them from the perspective of content and form. The praises extol human achievements, peculiar animal characteristics and the interpretation of "mawa" of divining bones. Chapter 4 deals with the development and transition from traditional to modern form as well as the reciprocal influence. The content and form of modern praises of chiefs, academics, community leaders, animals, birds, divining bones, man-made objects and some natural phenomena are discussed. Many modern poets have also written praises of fictional characters. Chapter 5 compares oral and written praise poetry by concentrating on the similarities and differences between traditional and modern praise poetry. This study shows that there are differences in of theme, rhyme, beginning and ending, sentence length and significant emphasis on man-made objects such as cars and locomotives as exceptional modes of transport for commuters. Chapter 6 concludes the study and proves that praise poetry is a living or dynamic entity which will continue to exist. Praise poetry highlights persons, interpersonal relationships, attitudes and values derived from an African conceptions of the universe. / African Languages / D.Litt. et Phil (African Languages)

The objective of the experience that we are presenting is to point out some valuable accomplishments of students’ learning from the Geometric Design 1 and 2, DG courses in the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, PUCP’s, Art Faculty, which are built when learning evaluations take place, as well as how the approach of the formative evaluation supports the construction of an art student who is independent and self-directed, able to be conscious of his own progress, able to be self-critical of his/her artistic production, basing their self-evaluation on objective criteria that they themselves will discover and create. In addition, the formative approach of the evaluation promotes the formation of a strong character for critical evaluation, understood here as a specific evaluation strategy of art and design.Also we will reflect on the application of evaluation strategies aimed towards being collaborative; to give meaning to the method and to the intended contents of the learning while the student is acquiring procedure tools for the development of drawing techniques and for their own self-expression.This important learning is aimed at the autonomy of the student, because simultaneously to the conceptual area, diverse methodologies will be put in practice and students will experience strategies of collaborative learning andindividual aimed to «learning to learn» and «learning to be». / Los objetivos de la experiencia que presentamos son: a) identificar los logros del aprendizaje de los alumnos del curso de Dibujo Geométrico (DG) 1 y 2 de la Facultad de Arte de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) construidos durante la evaluación del aprendizaje. Asimismo, b) demostrar cómo el enfoque de la evaluación formativa apoya la construcción de autonomía y autorregulación del estudiante de arte, capaz de ser consciente de su propio desarrollo y de hacer una autocrítica de su producción artística, basada en criterios objetivos que él mismo va a descubrir y conceptualizar, mientras va adquiriendo herramientas procedimentales y conceptuales para el desarrollo de técnicas de dibujo y de su propia expresión. De esta manera impulsa la formación de un carácter fuerte para la evaluación crítica, entendida aquí como una estrategia específica de evaluacióndel arte y el diseño.También reflexionaremos sobre la implementación de estrategias de evaluación orientadas hacia lo colaborativo, para darle significancia a la forma y a los contenidos destinados al aprendizaje, mientras el alumno adquiere herramientas para el desarrollo de técnicas de dibujo y de su propia expresión. Las estrategias de evaluación están orientadas a la autorregulación del alumno ya que simultáneamente al área conceptual, pondrán en práctica metodologías diversas y experimentarán estrategias de aprendizaje colaborativo e individual orientados alaprender a aprender y al aprender a ser. / O objetivo da experiência que apresentamos é a de assinalar alguns lucros valiososda aprendizagem dos alunos do curso de Geometric Design 1 and 2, DG da faculdade de Arte da Pontificia Universidad Católica du Perú, PUCPque se constroem durante a avaliação da aprendizagem, assim como o enfoque da avaliação formativa apoia a construção de um estudante de arte autónoma e autónomo e autorregulado, capaz de ser consciente de seu próprio desenvolvimento, capaz de fazer uma autocrítica de sua produção artística, baseando-se em critérios objetivos que o mesmo vai descobrir e conceituar. Ademais o enfoque formativo da avaliação impulsiona à formação de um carácter forte para a avaliação crítica, aqui entendida como uma estratégia de avaliação específica da arte e design.Também reflexionaremos sobre a implementação de estratégias de avaliação orientadas para o colaborativo, para lhe dar significância à forma e aos conteúdos destinados à aprendizagem, enquanto o aluno vai adquirindo ferramentas processual para o desenvolvimento de técnicas de desenho e de sua própria expressão. Esta aprendizagem significativa está orientada à auto-regulação do aluno, pois simultaneamente à área conceptual, porão em prática metodologias diversas e experimentassem estratégias de aprendizagem colaborativo e individualorientados ao aprender a aprender e ao aprender a ser.