Doctor of Philosophy / Department of Special Education, Counseling and Student Affairs / Christy D. Craft / The purpose of this study was to explore how one woman negotiated an educational and professional path that led to leadership within the advertising industry’s creative departments, where most of the leadership positions are held by men. This qualitative study was conducted using purposeful sampling, as the single participant represented a truly unique situation in that she held the title of Executive Creative Director at a top advertising agency by the age of 33. Through The 3% Movement, it was identified that less than 12% of advertising’s creative directors are women (2017), and it was this stark gender gap that served as the impetus for exploring this woman’s experiences. A case study design was used to explore her experiences throughout childhood, higher education, professional school, and finally as a professional, in order to understand her path in a deep and meaningful manner. The theoretical framework for this study was based on a feminist perspective using social role theory (Eagly, 1997). A participant-created childhood timeline, three in-depth interviews, two writing responses, and a photo and object elicitation session served as the primary sources of data. The data were analyzed and coded using in-vivo and descriptive coding, as well as pattern-finding, over two cycles of coding and analysis (Saldaña, 2016). The data were used to answer the study’s two overarching research questions, and the following three themes were identified: 1) the power of a woman’s influence; 2) developing passion for leadership and creativity; and 3) promoting a strong work-life balance. The findings indicate that women must have support systems in place in order to successfully manage life as mothers and creative directors. Recognizing one’s own leadership and creative skills, and constantly working to provide the best team environment, were also recognized as key to moving forward in leadership positions within advertising’s creative departments. Agencies must establish policies and procedures to support both men and women as they manage a work-life balance, and it is even more important for leaders to set a positive example for those working around them. Finally, educating everyone holding authority within creative departments about the gender gap can increase awareness and provide the knowledge needed to support women. The findings of this study have implications for a variety of entities impacting women and their creative careers, from faculty and those involved with co-curricular activities in both high school and in higher education, those pursuing post-graduate advertising portfolio school, and those creative directors and agencies that do not reflect the goals of The 3% Movement in reducing the gender gap. Recommendations for future research include additional case studies exploring women creative directors and their paths to leadership, analyses of agencies’ policies and procedures impacting women, promotional processes of advertising’s creative departments, and further cross-case analyses of both women creative directors and various agencies representing different stages of diversity within the creative departments.

Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Departamento de Matemática, 2008. / Submitted by Jaqueline Oliveira (jaqueoliveiram@gmail.com) on 2008-12-03T16:50:58Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTACAO_2008_IgorSantosLima.pdf: 492821 bytes, checksum: f9908ee8af40bc5f62f504e6f76b0cb8 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Georgia Fernandes(georgia@bce.unb.br) on 2009-02-03T17:17:04Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTACAO_2008_IgorSantosLima.pdf: 492821 bytes, checksum: f9908ee8af40bc5f62f504e6f76b0cb8 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2009-02-03T17:17:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTACAO_2008_IgorSantosLima.pdf: 492821 bytes, checksum: f9908ee8af40bc5f62f504e6f76b0cb8 (MD5) / Os grupos de Bianchi Γd = PSL2(Od) com d > 0 inteiro livre de quadrados, onde Od é o anel de inteiros do corpo Q(p√(-d)), são importantes devido as suas aplicações em Geometria e Teoria dos Números. A propriedade de separabilidade sob conjugação é importante pois foi notado por Mal´cev em 1958 que o problema da conjugação para grupos finitamente apresentados separáveis sob conjugação é solúvel. Em 1998, Wilson e Zalesski demonstraram que Γd é separável sob conjugação para d = 1; 2; 7; 11 e conjecturaram que todos Γd são separáveis sob conjugação. Nesta tese foi provado que 3 é separável sob conjugação. Combinando com o resultado acima, fica mostrado que todos os grupos de Bianchi Euclideanos são separáveis sob conjugação. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT / TThe Bianchi groups Γd = PSL2(Od) with d > 0 square-free integer, where Od is the ring of integers of the field Q(p√(-d)), are important because their applications in Geometry and Number Theory. The conjugacy separability property is important because as noted by Mal´cev in 1958, the conjugacy problem for finitely presented conjugacy separable groups is soluble. In 1998, Wilson and Zalesski showed that d is conjugacy separable for d = 1; 2; 7; 11 and they conjectured that all Γd are conjugacy separable. In the thesis was proved that Γ3 is conjugacy separable. Combining with previous results this shows that all Euclidean Bianchi groups are conjugacy separable.

FONSECA, Fernando Facó de Assis. Pensar a liberdade em Slavoj Zizek: uma reflexão sobre ciência, ontologia, subjetividade e política emancipatória. 2015. 230f. – Tese (Doutorado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação Brasileira, Fortaleza (CE), 2015. / Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-01-19T11:23:07Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_tese_ffafonseca.pdf: 828805 bytes, checksum: c597eef1ad65af3558eadf28d8113c83 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo(marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-01-19T15:03:02Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_tese_ffafonseca.pdf: 828805 bytes, checksum: c597eef1ad65af3558eadf28d8113c83 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-19T15:03:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_tese_ffafonseca.pdf: 828805 bytes, checksum: c597eef1ad65af3558eadf28d8113c83 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / The present work discusses the idea of emancipation and freedom for Zizek, a concept of freedom strictly materialist and post-metaphysical. If the emphasis today on the ideals of the Enlightenment (Aufklärung) supplied by modernity is considered a step backwards before our reality post-modern, Zizek sees the challenge of reintegrating such principles in philosophical scenario today in a very special way. His merit consists basically to approach the kernel of the contemporary question (in terms of science, ontology, subjectivity and politics) from the ideal modern that opens up the prospect of emancipation and human freedom. Our work has, therefore, as task to explore this theme of freedom in current times, in what Kant understood with the principle of Aufklärung, namely, the leaving of man of minority, of which he himself is guilty. In this sense, the theme will be divided into four main thematic areas: (i) science and epistemology, (ii) ontology, (iii) subjectivity and (iv) emancipatory politics. On the first point it is discussed the ideal of Aufklärung for Zizek and how it contrasts directly with the perspective of Habermas and his project of a unfinished modernity. For this, we take as a guide the controversy on the subject of biogenetic, and, from then on, we look for to demonstrate as that the conception of modernity for Zizek is still more radical than that of Habermas. In the second chapter, we are seeking to develop how Zizek justifies the ontological basis of freedom from the passage from Kant to Hegel. The focus is deposited in the parallax shift of epistemological obstacle in Kant, for his positive ontological condition, in Hegel. That is, the way as Hegel radicalizes the Kantian thought from a twist purely formal dialectic. In the third chapter, the prospect of freedom is now shifted to the field of subjectivity, the dialectical relation between the Kantian moral Law and the sadistic enjoyment. In this direction, I look for to show first as that Lacan articulates Kant with Sade, then think about how that the psychoanalyst seeks an outlet for the principle of Kantian freedom from the Law of desire, which allows us to think a Kant without Sade. In the room and last chapter, step for a discussion properly politics, where I question as one truly emancipatory politics is possible, linked to the idea of class struggle and political act. In each treated point, we strive to radicalize the principle of human freedom in its materialistic basis. The interesting approach in the dialectical materialism of Zizek is that, at any time, it is replace our reality by another better, but only - and this is crucial - radicalize what remains in potentia in ours. / O presente trabalho tematiza a ideia de emancipação e liberdade para Zizek, um conceito de liberdade estritamente materialista e pós-metafísico. Se a ênfase, hoje, nos ideais do Esclarecimento (Aufklärung) fornecidos pela modernidade é considerada um retrocesso diante de nossa realidade pós-moderna, Zizek encara o desafio de reintegrar tais princípios no cenário filosófico atual de maneira muito singular. Seu mérito consiste fundamentalmente em abordar o cerne da questão contemporânea (no que tange à ciência, ontologia, subjetividade e política) a partir dos ideais modernos que abrem a perspectiva de emancipação e liberdade humana. Nosso trabalho tem, portanto, como tarefa explorar esse tema da liberdade nos tempos atuais, radicalizando, assim, o que Kant compreendia com o princípio da Aufklärung, a saber, a saída do homem da minoridade, da qual ele mesmo é culpado. Nesse sentido, o tema será dividido em quatro linhas temáticas principais: i) ciência e epistemologia, ii) ontologia, iii) subjetividade e iv) política emancipatória. No primeiro ponto é discutido o ideal de Aufklärung para Zizek e como este se contrapõe diretamente com a perspectiva de Habermas e seu projeto de uma modernidade inacabada. Para isso, tomamos como fio condutor a polêmica sobre o tema da biogenética, e, a partir daí, procuramos demonstrar como que a concepção de modernidade para Zizek é ainda mais radical do que a de Habermas. No segundo capítulo, procuramos desenvolver o modo como Zizek fundamenta a base ontológica da liberdade a partir da passagem de Kant a Hegel. O foco é depositado na mudança paraláctica do obstáculo epistemológico, em Kant, para a sua condição ontológica positiva, em Hegel. Ou seja, o modo como Hegel radicaliza o pensamento kantiano a partir de uma torção dialética puramente formal. No terceiro capítulo, a perspectiva da liberdade é deslocada agora para o campo da subjetividade, na relação dialética entre a Lei moral kantiana e o gozo sádico. Nesse sentido, procuro mostrar primeiramente como que Lacan articula Kant com Sade, para, em seguida, pensar como que o psicanalista procura uma saída para o princípio de liberdade kantiana a partir da Lei do desejo, o que nos permite pensar um Kant sem Sade. No quarto e último capítulo, passo para uma discussão propriamente política, onde questiono como é possível uma política verdadeiramente emancipatória, vinculada à ideia de luta de classe e ato político. Em cada ponto tratado, esforçamo-nos por radicalizar o princípio de liberdade humana em sua base materialista. O interessante na abordagem do materialismo dialético de Zizek é que, em momento algum, cabe substituir nossa realidade por outra melhor, mas apenas – e isso é o fundamental – radicalizar o que permanece in potentia na nossa.

This study examined the role of autonomy support (AS) in the relationship between stereotype threat (ST) and performance on a subset of the Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices (RSPM) using a 2 x 2 factorial design. It was hypothesized that: 1. There would be significantly fewer correct answers in ST conditions compared to non-ST conditions, 2. There would be a significantly higher number of correct answers in AS conditions compared to non-AS conditions, 3.The relationship between ST conditions and performance would be moderated by AS conditions 206 African American college students from a mid-sized Midwestern university participated in the study. Performance, measured by the overall number of correct items answered from a set of 14 problems from the RSPM and also difficult and easy subsets of these problems, was the dependent variable and participants also completed a survey. Participants in ST conditions performed better than those in non-ST conditions. There was no difference in performance for participants in AS and non-AS conditions. High academic identified participants in AS conditions performed significantly better than similar participants in non-AS conditions on all items. Low academic identified participants in ST conditions performed better than those in non-ST conditions, only on easy items. These results provide information on the role of AS and item difficulty in stereotype threat situations.

Scania OmniExpress Busproduction Finland Oy in Lahti, a company that manufactures buses of product family Scania Interlink LD, Scania Interlink MD, Scania Interlink HD and Scania Citywide LE Suburban. As Scania receives larger customer orders, these orders are divided into both Scania Production Słupsk S.A. and Scania OmniExpress Busproduction Finland Oy, which bring a desire to harmonize these factories. To achieve this harmonization an investigation is required of Scania OmniExpress Busproduction Finland Oy analysis process and comparison with Scania Production Słupsk S.A. To keep up the permanent development outcome, Strategic Plan Scania Production Lahti requires a survey of the painting process in Lahti, Finland. Based on this, an internal cost performance benchmark has been implemented between the factories. Through a currant status analysis of both facility’s, based on Strategic Plan Scania Production Lahti methods and strategies, as well as complementing this with external methods and theory, the gap between the factories has been conducted from a cost perspective. Based on the more in-depth analysis made in Scania OmniExpress Busproduction Finland Oy, an improvement work has been carried out. / Scania OmniExpress Busproduction Finland Oy i Lahti, tillverkar idag bussfamiljerna Scania Interlink LD, Scania Interlink MD, Scania Interlink HD och Scania Citywide LE Suburban. För att kunna leverera vid större kundordrar delas dessa upp mellan två Scaniaägda fabriker, Scania Production Słupsk S.A. och Scania OmniExpress Busproduction Finland Oy, detta medför att en harmonisering krävs mellan fabrikerna så att slutprodukten blir identisk. För att uppnå denna harmonisering utfördes denna studie mellan dessa fabriker. Att jobba med ständiga förbättringar är djupt inprintat i Scanias visioner och mål. I arbetet med ständiga förbättringar för processer skulle målerprocessen förbättras i denna studie. Genom en nulägesanalys i båda fabrikerna baserad på Strategic Plan Scania Production Lahti metoder och strategier såväl som kompliment från externa metoder och teorier har prestanda gapet identifierats. Baserat på en såväl djupare nulägesanalys i Scania OmniExpress Busproduction Finland Oy, har ett förbättringsarbete utförts.

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Master of Agribusiness / Department of Agricultural Economics / Allen M. Featherstone / The world is an ever-changing place with many demands on both companies and their employees. Finance individuals in a large multi-national company also have many demands placed on them as they grow and develop with the companies in which they work. A detailed analysis was performed on one large multi-national company in the agriculture sector to determine: 1. a framework to assess the skills that finance individuals need, 2. the desired skills and needs of the finance organization, 3. a current assessment of finance experiences and skills, and 4. the gaps between the current state and the desired skill level state. Although there are a number of criteria and competencies that can be used for assessment, this thesis focused on the critical skills and experiences for two key areas: 1. accounting and technical skills, and 2. analytical and business acumen skills. Skill set levels were measured at three criteria levels: Basic, Intermediate and Advanced. The desired state of the organization and the current state of the organization was defined and mapped on a Skill Set Grid and gaps were identified. When looking at the results, the data indicate that Company XYZ has several areas to explore further and refine. There were many gaps in the current state of the skill sets versus the desired state of the skill sets in both the areas of accounting and technical skills and analytical and business acumen skills. Further, the analytical and business acumen skills were significantly in need of further improvement. In addition, several areas of further refinement could occur that would further enhance the use of this skill assessment methodology. However, both the company and the employees who received feedback valued the information developed in this process.

Modebranschen är i ständig förändring. Den härda konkurrens som idag existerar i industrin sätter press på̊ företag, samtidigt är den moderna kunden ombytlig. Därmed blir relationen mellan kund och företag allt viktigare utifrån ett marknadsföringsperspektiv. För att skapa en relation mellan kund och företag väljer många företag därför att etablera kundklubbar. Kundklubbar kan även ses som ett effektivt sätt att påverka sina kunders köpbeteende och verka som attiydförändrare. Etiska och sociala avseenden blir allt viktigare för konsumenten, något som bekräftas i studien. Kunders köpbeteende kan förklaras med att det finns ett gap mellan attityd och agerande i en köpsituation, ett så kallat attitude-behaviour gap. Flera dimensioner finns i förklaringen till detta gap. Störst fokus ligger på̊ konsumentens bristande kunskap om hållbarhet vilket studien visar. Följande studie har undersökt värdet av kundklubbar ur både företagets och kundens perspektiv i en fast-fashion kontext. Genom intervjuer, fokusgrupp samt en enkät kunde frågeställningen besvaras och bekräftas. Utbildning av personal och Event Driven Marketing (EDM) i form av riktad marknadsföring är centrala lösningar som genomsyrar studiens resultat, vilket kan minska gapet. Genom utbildning kan företag effektivisera kommunikationen till kunden. Studien visar att en fortsatt implementering av EDM i kundklubben skapar ett ökat förtroende och lojalitet från kund till företag. Studien visar även att en kundklubb kan vara en effektiv marknadsföringskanal och fungera som ett verktyg för attitydförändring. En kundklubb utgör ett värde som nödvändigtvis inte behöver resultera i ett lojalitetsskapande men verka som attitydförändrare.

Orientador: José Buratini Junior / Resumo: A comunicação entre o oócito e células somáticas adjacentes é essencial para a diferenciação do complexo cumulus-oócito (COC). Essa comunicação é proporcionada por processos citoplasmáticos trans-zonais (TZP) que penetram através da zona pelúcida e atingem a membrana do oócito, onde junções do tipo gap permitem transporte bidirecional de sinais elétricos e moléculas reguladoras. A maturação oócitária in vivo é controlada por gonadotrofinas e peptídeos intra-ovarianos e desencadeada pelo pico de LH. Este, induz a expressão dos fatores EGF-like que desencadeiam uma série de fatores que levam a fosforilação das conexinas, e com isso o fechamento de junções gap e consequentemente perda dos efeitos inibitórios do monofosfato cíclico de adenosina (AMPc) e monofosfato cíclico de guanosina (GMPc), proporcionando assim a retomada da meiose. O objetivo deste trabalho é avaliar os efeitos da inclusão de uma fase de pré maturação seguida da maturação in vitro sobre a progressão da meiose, funcionalidade das junções gap e produção embrionária. A pré maturação foi empregada utilizando componentes de ordem fisiológica encontradas no ambiente folicular, e esta, foi capaz de retardar a quebra da vesícula germinativa (VGBD), enquanto favoreceu a comunicação entre oócito e células do cumulus, o que acreditamos ser beneficial para o desenvolvimento oocitário in vitro. No entanto, quando seguida da maturação in vitro também utilizando componentes fisiológicos, foi capaz de prod... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The maturation of the cumulus oocyte complex (COC) is triggered by the ovulatory LH surge in vivo, and precociously induced when the COC is removed from the follicle. Natriuretic peptide type C (NPPC) plays a central role in maintaining meiotic arrest in vivo and delays GVBD while increasing oocytecumulus communication during IVM in cattle. In this study we first tested the hypothesis that follicular steroids (estradiol, progesterone and androstenedione) combined with FSH at approximately physiological levels cooperate with NPPC to delay GVBD and to maintain oocyte-cumulus communication. Then, we assessed the effects of follicular steroids, NPPC and the combination of both in a pre-IVM culture followed by IVM induced with AREG on embryo production. Follicular steroids combined with NPPC was most effective in increasing the proportion of GV oocytes in Bos indicus, although follicular steroids did not significantly enhance the effect of NPPC in Bos Taurus. . Moreover, follicular steroids enhanced the ability of NPPC to increase the proportion of COCs with opened GAP junctions. The addition of follicular steroids and/or NPPC to a pre- IVM culture did not alter blastocyst production after IVF. In conclusion, the combination of follicular steroids with NPPC can alter GVBD dynamics and cell communication favorably to oocyte developmental competence, but when used in a pre-IVM culture followed by induction of COC maturation with AREG and IVF, it did not increase e... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:30:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2012-02-24Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:40:19Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 schiaber_zs_me_bauru.pdf: 1292517 bytes, checksum: a77a9460815db1ad11c8b75efaad7290 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Semicondutores de gap largo são materiais de grande interesse devido às suas amplas aplicações tecnológicas. Entre os semicondutores de gap largo se destaca o GaN que apresenta características desejáveis para tais aplicações, como valor de energia de bandgap de 3,4 eV, alta condutividade térmica e alta dureza. As técnicas convencionais para a produção de filmes finos de GaN são a epitaxia por feixe molecular (MBE) e deposição de vapor químico de precursores metalorgânicos (MOVPE), porém tais técnicas possuem um elevado custo. Este trabalho discorre sobre a preparação e caracterização de filmes policristalinos de GaN pela técnica alternativa de RF magnetron sputtering reativo com diferentes temperaturas e tipos de substratos. Analisou-se o efeito da variação destes dois parâmetros sobre estrutura e propriedades ópticas destes filmes. Utilizou-se medidas de difração de raios-X, microscopia de força atômica, transmitância no ultravioleta/visível/infravermelho e espectroscopia de espalhamento Rutherford (RBS). As medidas realizadas reportaram que tanto a temperatura quanto o tipo de substrato influenciaram na textura de orientação, morfologia e propriedades ópticas dos filmes. Medidas de transmitância no infravermelho indicaram a presença de bandas relacionadas à contaminação com higrogênio e oxigênio em filmes depositados em temperaturas de substratos menores que 500ºC. As referidas contaminações são compatíveis com a análise residual da água detectada no sistema de deposições, e não foram observadas em temperaturas maiores de substrato. Os diafratogramas de raios-X revelaram que somente em temperaturas altas (Ts>500ºC) a textura de orientação dos filmes é influenciada pelo substrato utilizado, podendo apresentar indícios de crescimento epitaxial. As medidas... / Wide bandgap semiconductor materials are of great interest due to the broad range of their technological applications. Among the wide bandgap semiconductor GaN stands out due to its desirable characteristics for such aplications as the value of energy bandgap of 3.4 eV, high thermal conductivity and high hardness. Conventional techniques for producing GaN thin films are the molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) and chemical vapor deposition of metalorganinc precursors (MOVPE), nevertheless these are high techniques. This work brings into focus the preparation and characterization of polycrystalline GaN films by the alternative technique of reactive RF magnetron sputtering with different temperatures and substrates. The effects of varying theses two parameters on structured and optical properties of these films were analysed. Therefore, X-ray diffraction, atomic force microscopy, optical transmittance in the ultraviolet/visible/infrared, and Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry (RBS) were used to characterize the samples. The results show that temperature, substrate type, and substrate orientation influence the texture, morphology and optical properties of the films. The X-ray diffraction patterns revealed that the orientation texture of films is influenced by the substrate used only at high substrate temperature (Ts>500ºC). This evidences a tendency of epitaxial growth. Besides, the atomic force microscopy at temperature above 500ºC showed that the surface morphology is different for amorphous and crystalline substrates. It also became evident that the decrease of deposition rate and bandgap of the films with increasing deposition temperature is possibly due to nitrogen deficiency by the high rate of desorption at these temperatures. In addition, measurements of trasmisttanc in the infrared Fourier Transform indicated the presence... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)