The diploma thesis is focused on problematic of management of digital libraries, more precisely it’s focused on standard MPEG-7 ISO/IEC 15938. The thesis defines description of multimedia content, its basic rules and more deeply it describes work with static visual data. The practical part of the thesis is focused on creating standalone application in programming language Java. Its purpose is using XML files to manage, save, search and for general work with visual data and its parameters. An application is focused on Scalable Color and Dominant Color descriptors and propose alternative calculation procedure by variable parameters.

Att göra bedömningar av risk för våld hos frihetsberövade personer på fängelser och i olika former av tvångsvård är en viktig del av arbetet med att reducera antalet våldsincidenter, vilket är till nytta både för frihetsberövade personer och för personalens arbetsmiljö. Syftet med denna studie är att göra en kunskapsöversikt över vad forskningen säger om att bedöma risk för våld hos frihetsberövade personer, beskriva aktuell forskning om riskbedömningar, hur strukturerade instrument för riskbedömningar definierar våld, vilka teoretiska utgångspunkter till uppkomst av våld som används och i vilken utsträckning riskbedömningsinstrument tar hänsyn till interaktion mellan personal och frihetsberövade personer. Studien genomförs igenom en litteraturstudie med en innehållsanalys av forskning på området utifrån frågeställningarna i syftet. Sökorden är ”inmate”, ”inpatient”, ”violence”, ”risk”, ”assessment”, ”juvenile” och ”youth”. Reslutatet av studien visar att det finns ett flertal instrument som som forskningen visar har god validitet och även inter-bedömarreliabilitet för att bedöma risk för våld, nämligen Brøset Violence Checklist (BVC), Historical-Clinical-Risk management-20(HCR-20), Dynamic Appraisal of Situational Agression (DASA) och Structured Assessment of Violencerisk in Youth(SAVRY). Utöver detta finns även några bedömningsinstrument som använder enbart statiska variabler för att bedöma risk för våld hos frihetsberövade, även kallade aktuariska modeller. Forskning visar generellt att föränderliga, dynamiska variabler som snabbare förändras har starkare prediktiv validitet för att bedöma risk för våld hos frihetsberövade på kort sikt, än historiska och statiska data. BVC och DASA tar större hänsyn till interaktionen mellan frihetsberövad och personal för att bedöma risk än HCR-20 och SAVRY, som inte är primärt konstruerade för att bedöma risk för våld i ett omedelbart kort perspektiv. Resultatet diskuteras utifrån studiens styrkor och svagheter och etiska problem med att bedöma risk för våld hos frihetsberövade. Syftet med olika typer av frihetsberövande och olika kategorier frihetsberövade personer som har olika behov, gör att resultaten inte utan reflektion kan överföras från en grupp till en annan. Etiska överväganden blir aktuella utifrån att informationen som framkommer vid en riskbedömning kan leda till repressiva interventioner, och att detta långt ifrån alltid är något önskvärt. / Assessing risk for violence among incarcerated people in prisons, in inpatient settings and otherwise, is an important part of the work aimed at reducing the number of violent encounters in these settings. Reducing violence is beneficial for both incarcerated persons and for the staffs work environment. The purpose of this thesis is to make a review of research of how to assess risk for violence among incarcerated people in different settings, describe research about the assessment methods, how these methods define ‘violence’ and what theoretical explanations to violence that are used. Furthermore, what level of consideration for the interaction between staff and incarcerated people is taken when assessing risk for violence. The thesis is performed by searching for, and analyzing written material with the questions asked in the purpose of the study. The following words are used for search in databases: “inmate”, “inpatient”, “violence”, “risk”, “assessment”, “juvenile” and “youth”. The findings in the study gives that there are models for assessing violence, with research-proven validity and mostly also interrater-reliability, namely: Brøset Violence Checklist (BVC), Historical-Clinical-Risk management-20(HCR-20), Dynamic Appraisal of Situational Aggression (DASA) and Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY). Aside from these findings there are also some models using only static variables to assess risk for violence among incarcerated, also known as “actuarial” models. Generally, the research shows that more dynamic variables that are prone to change, has stronger validity in predicting violence among incarcerated than historical, static data. The BVC and the DASA takes greater consideration to interaction between staff and incarcerated than the HCR-20 and the SAVRY, that is not primarily constructed to assess risk for violence in forensic/caregiving settings in the immediate short term. The result is discussed on basis of the strengths and weaknesses of the thesis, as well as ethical problems with assessing risk for violence among people that have been deprived of their freedom. The purpose of different kinds of incarcerations and different categories of incarcerated people that have different needs, may cause need for the results to be carefully considered- What does apply in one setting may not be true in another. From an ethical point of view, it is to be taken into consideration how the information from violence risk assessments is used, since punitive and repressing interventions often is far from desired.

L’étude des Jâtaka canoniques destinés au monarque et celle des Jâtaka apocryphes de Thaïlande montrent que le personnage-monarque qui commet des actions néfastes peut améliorer sa conduite grâce aux messages essentiels transmis par le maître. Le monarque-Bodhisatta pratique à la fois les dix-vertus du monarque - Dasa-râjâ-dhamma et les dix vertus transcendantes du futur Buddha - Pârami. Ces études dévoilent que le monarque bouddhiste doit suivre les deux principaux cadres de conduite : les dix-vertus du monarque et les devoirs du roi universel – Cakkavatti-vatta qui s’interpénètrent. Influencé par les enseignements bouddhiques, le roi Rama IX de Thaïlande prouve en les adoptant que ces codes de conduite sont applicables en les adaptant à sa charge afin d’améliorer la qualité de vie de son peuple. Ces enseignements conviennent à tous, du chef d’Etat à celui qui se gouverne lui-même. / The study of the canonical Jâtaka intended for the monarchy together with the apocryphal Jâtaka in Thailand demonstrates that the monarch who commits harmful actions can rectify his conduct thanks to the essential messages passed on by a Buddhist Master. The Bodhisatta-monarch employs the ten virtues of the monarch - Dasa-râjâ-dhamma - and the ten transcendental virtues of the future Buddha -Pârami. These studies reveal that the Buddhist monarch should follow the two main courses of conduct : the ten virtues of the monarch and the duties of a universal monarch - Cakkavatti-vatta – which interpenetrate. Influenced by the Buddhist teachings, King Rama IX of Thailand adopted these precepts in the execution of his kingly responsibilities and, by improving the quality of life of his subjects, proved their pertinence. The teachings are applicable to all, from Heads of State to the self-governing individual.

This thesis deals with extensions of uC/OS-II kernel services. These extensions are about advanced task scheduling mechanisms. Source code of this operating system is wide open and can be, in accordance with licence agreement, modified and extended with additional capabilities. Functionality of implemented scheduling algorithms is at the end verified using tools Cheddar and TimesTool.

This master's thesis deals with design of application for scheduling projects and time using principles of real time scheduling. In the beginning this thesis describes project management and time management and their principles. In the next chapter are principles and algorithms of scheduling in real time system described. The next chapter deals with design of application for scheduling projects and time using principles of real time scheduling. MVC design pattern is described in following chapter.Implementation of tool is desribed in next-to-last chapter a the last chapter is devoted to use cases of final tool.

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / Nineteenth Century dentists in South Africa were brought under the provision of legislation in Natal and the Transvaal (1896) and the Cape Colony and the Orange Free State (1899). By the end of the Nineteenth Century a group identity had been established and the transition from a craft to a profession completed. From 1900-1958 dental societies were formed. Key dates are 1922 when the South African Dental Society, which became the Dental Society of South Africa (D.A.S.A.) after Incorporation in 1935, was constituted. Collective action by dentists, implemented through the societies, shaped the profession. From 1933-1948 the constitution of the D.A.S.A. was streamlined. The Magna Charta of Dentistry (Act 13, 1928) was enacted defining dentistry and the practice thereof. The Dental Mechanicians Act (1945) protected the mechanician, the dentist and the public against illicit practitioners. The D.A.S.A. initiated the Professional Provident Society for dentists, now extended to include all the professions. In 1936 tbe first National Congress was held, in 1953 the first International Congress, setting a future pattern. The status of the dentist was further improved by obtaining the right to use the courtesy title Dr and by the abolition of the professional licence fee (1938). The earliest .societies set up voluntary clinics for children and the indigent. The Transvaal initiated a provincial scheme for childrens' followed by the other provinces. Dental Services, a fully fledged of Health. dentistry, This evolved into branch of the Department Witwatersrand University established a dental school in 1925, followed by .the Universities of Pretoria, Stellenbosch , Western Cape and Medunsa. Facilities for postgraduate 'study exist at all these institutions. The R.E.D. Fund Aids Research Education and Development in the field of dentistry. The first unofficial Dental Journal was published in 1927, followed by the Official Bulletin (1945-1946) and finally the Official Journal of the D.A.S.A. During the Anglo Boer War the importance of healthy dentitions'for soldiers was first realised. Four conntract dentists att~nded to the British soldiers. The South African dentists served in the Army Dental Corps during the two world wars. Dentistry in South Africa is now on a par with dentistry in any country of the Western world.

This term project deals with the problem of scheduling real-time tasks in overload conditions and techniques for lowering power consumption. Each of these parts features mechanisms and reasons for their using. There are also described specific algorithms, that are implemented, in operating system uC/OS-II, and compared in next phase of master's thesis.