Few U.S. nonprofit organizations meet annual operational costs. Facing government funding cuts, U.S. nonprofit leaders have had to seek other revenue streams to remain operable and ensure that the clients they serve continue to receive support. Leaders often seek out large donors but lack strategies for successfully doing so. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the strategies successful nonprofit leaders have used to capture the attention of committed, large donors in Southern California. Government failure theory and independence theory constituted the conceptual framework. The purposeful sampling method consisted of 3 nonprofit agency managers who had operated a nonprofit for at least 5 years, while securing a longstanding partnership of large, committed donors. These managers substantiated having met the criteria in having successfully gained committed large donor(s), and operating in a geographic setting with no less than 50,000 residents. Data included participant interviews and company websites. Transcribed data were analyzed by comparing meanings that formulated clusters into themes, and then triangulated across sources to bolster the trustworthiness of interpretations. From these clusters, 5 distinctive themes were identified: cultivating donors, building personal relationships with donors, promoting the mission, understanding relationship contribution, and detailing directly what the donation will accomplish. Findings impact social change by fortifying nonprofits with committed large donors, to reduce need in society, and create greater financial independence within communities.

<p>Artificial systems involving water oxidation and solar cells are promising ways for the conversion of solar energy into fuels and electricity. These systems usually consist of a photosensitizer, an electron donor and / or an electron acceptor. This thesis deals with the synthesis and photoinduced electron transfer of several donor-sensitizer-acceptor supramolecular systems.</p><p>The first part of this thesis describes the synthesis and properties of two novel dinuclear ruthenium complexes as electron donors to mimic the donor side reaction of Photosystem II. These two Ru₂ complexes were then covalently linked to ruthenium trisbipyridine and the properties of the resulting trinuclear complexes were studied by cyclic voltammetry and transient absorption spectroscopy.</p><p>The second part presents the synthesis and photoinduced electron transfer of covalently linked donor-sensitizer supramolecular systems in the presence of TiO₂ as electron acceptors. Electron donors are tyrosine, phenol and their derivatives, and dinuclear ruthenium complexes. Intramolecular electron transfer from the donor to the oxidized sensitizer was observed by transient absorption spectroscopy after light excitation of the Ru(bpy)₃²⁺ moiety. The potential applications of Ru₂-based electron donors in artificial systems for water oxidation and solar cells are discussed.</p><p>In the final part, the photoinduced interfacial electron transfer in the systems based on carotenoids and TiO₂ is studied. Carotenoids are shown to act as both sensitizers and electron donors, which could be used in artificial systems to mimic the electron transfer chain in natural photosynthesis.</p>

<p>Bachelor essay in political science by Linus Johansson, fall of 2006</p><p>“Aid and corruption: How do aid donors handle the corrupt regimes?”.</p><p>Supervisor: Jan Olsson.</p><p>The purpose of this essay is to describe the aid relation between donors and corrupt</p><p>governments, to find out whether donors reckon on the problems with implementation of aid</p><p>to corrupt governments when they decree their aid policy. There are a lot of different ways to</p><p>implement the economic aid that are being used by the donors today, and this essay will try to</p><p>exemplify the different methods of implementing the economic aid. To elucidate the relation</p><p>between donors and corrupt regimes, the essay analyzes three themes: the first two questions</p><p>are about the policies used by the donors, and the third question are used to shed light on the</p><p>actual implementation of aid to corrupt governments. The three themes are: i) Different aid</p><p>policies used by the donors ii) Do donors use particular policies against corrupt regimes? iii)</p><p>Do corrupt regimes receive less foreign aid? This study stresses the fact that donors do not</p><p>act like a group unit in the matter of development assistance policy, instead they act in</p><p>several separate groups, this may complicate the endeavour of making economic aid effective.</p><p>The conclusion of the essay is that corrupt governments are treated the same way that lesscorrupted</p><p>government are, nothing today indicates that donors would give less economic aid</p><p>to the corrupt regimes. This is interesting considering that donors outwards maintain the</p><p>importance of rewarding good institutions, that signifies that those who in practice does not</p><p>attach great importance in this matter does not fulfil their own policies. It is an important</p><p>issue because corruption seems to debilitate the effects of development assistance, but</p><p>development assistance having problem of debilitate the corruption in the recipients’</p><p>countries.</p>

Artificial systems involving water oxidation and solar cells are promising ways for the conversion of solar energy into fuels and electricity. These systems usually consist of a photosensitizer, an electron donor and / or an electron acceptor. This thesis deals with the synthesis and photoinduced electron transfer of several donor-sensitizer-acceptor supramolecular systems. The first part of this thesis describes the synthesis and properties of two novel dinuclear ruthenium complexes as electron donors to mimic the donor side reaction of Photosystem II. These two Ru2 complexes were then covalently linked to ruthenium trisbipyridine and the properties of the resulting trinuclear complexes were studied by cyclic voltammetry and transient absorption spectroscopy. The second part presents the synthesis and photoinduced electron transfer of covalently linked donor-sensitizer supramolecular systems in the presence of TiO2 as electron acceptors. Electron donors are tyrosine, phenol and their derivatives, and dinuclear ruthenium complexes. Intramolecular electron transfer from the donor to the oxidized sensitizer was observed by transient absorption spectroscopy after light excitation of the Ru(bpy)32+ moiety. The potential applications of Ru2-based electron donors in artificial systems for water oxidation and solar cells are discussed. In the final part, the photoinduced interfacial electron transfer in the systems based on carotenoids and TiO2 is studied. Carotenoids are shown to act as both sensitizers and electron donors, which could be used in artificial systems to mimic the electron transfer chain in natural photosynthesis.

The work presented in this thesis concerns surface energy modification and patterning of the surfaces of conjugated polymers. Goniometry and Wilhelmy Balance techniques were used to evaluate the surface energy or wettability of a polymer’s surface; infrared reflectionabsorption spectroscopy (IRAS) was used to analyse the residuals on the surface as modified by a bare elastomeric stamp poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS). The stamp was found to be capable of modifying a polymer surface. Patterning of a single and/or double layer of conjugated polymers on the surface can be achieved by surface energy controlled dewetting. Modification of a conjugated polymer film can also be carried out when a sample is subjected to electrochemical doping in an aqueous electrolyte. The dynamic surface energy changes during the process were monitored in-situ using the Wilhelmy balance method. This thesis also concerns studies of conjugated polymer-based optoelectronics, including light-emitting diodes (PLEDs), that generate light by injecting charge into the active polymer layer, and solar cells (PSCs), that create electrical power by absorbing and then converting solar photons into electron/hole pairs. A phosphorescent metal complex was doped into polythiophene to fabricate PLEDs. The energy transfer from the host polymer to the guest phosphorescent metal (iridium and platinum) complex was studied using photoluminescence and electroluminescence measurements performed at room temperature and at liquid nitrogen temperature. PSCs were prepared using low-bandgap polyfluorene copolymers as an electron donor blended with several fullerene derivatives acting as electron acceptors. Energetic match is the main issue affecting efficient charge transfer at the interface between the polymers and the fullerene derivatives, and therefore the performance of the PSCs. Photoluminescence, luminescence quenching and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) together with the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) of the active materials in the devices were studied. A newly synthesized fullerene, that could match the low-bandgap polymers, was selected and used as electron acceptor in the PSCs. Photovoltaic properties of these PSCs were characterised, demonstrating one of the most efficient polymer:fullerene SCs that generate photocurrent at 1 μm. / On the day of the defence the status of article number III was Manuscript and article VII was Accepted.

Šiame darbe nagrinėjamos aktualios mūsų šalyje saugaus donorinio kraujo ir kraujo produktų surinkimo problemos. Per kraujo perpylimą plintančios ligos yra didžiausia kraujo tarnybų problema visame pasaulyje. Ši problema yra tiesiogiai proporcinga kraujo donorų bendruomenėje paplitusioms infekcijoms. Atsižvelgiant į pagrindinius saugaus kraujo užtikrinimo kriterijus darbe rekomenduojamos konkrečios galimos priemonės infekcinių ligų prevencijai. Darbo tikslas: Palyginti ir įvertinti infekcinių ligų žymenų paplitimą tarp atlygintinų ir neatlygintinų kraujo donorų. Darbe keliami uždaviniai yra šie: išsiaiškinti motyvaciją kraujo donorų tarpe; išsiaiškinti infekcinių ligų ��ymenų paplitimą tarp atlygintinų ir neatlygintinų kraujo donorų; pasiūlyti galimas priemones infekcinių ligų plitimo prevencijai kraujo donorų tarpe. Tyrimas buvo atliktas 2007 metų liepos – rugpjūčio mėnesiais viešojoje įstaigoje Nacionalinis kraujo centras, atsitiktinai pasirenkant 500 respondentų - kraujo donorų - imtį. Metodikos tinkamumui įsitikinti, tyrimui buvo sudaryta anketa – klausimynas. Statistinė gautų duomenų analizė buvo atliekama personaliniu kompiuteriu, panaudojant statistinės analizės SPSS programinį paketą versija “16.0” ir statistinę programą “5.0”. Statistinių duomenų reikšmingumas buvo įvertintas pagal χ2 kriterijų. Skirtumai tarp atitinkamų rodiklių laikomi reikšmingais, kai klaidos tikimybė p≤0,05 (kai p>0,05 – rezultatų skirtumai statistiškai nereikšmingi). Tyrimo metu nustatyta, kad... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / This study analyses the safety of blood and blood products, which is the global problem, particularly, problematic in our country. The diseases spreading through blood transfusion is the biggest problem of Blood Transfusion Services in the world. The problem is directly proportionate to the prevalence of infection markers among blood donors. Taking into consideration the criteria of safe blood assurance definite possible measures are recommended to prevent the spread of infection diseases. The aim of the study is to compare and assess infection markers prevalence among payable and non-remunerated donors. The objectives of this study are the following: to determine donors motivation, viral infections prevalence among payable and non-remunerated donors, to give recommendations for the prevention of infection markers prevalence in the donors community. Methods. The study has been accomplished during July – August 2007 in the National Blood Centre, randomly choosing 500 respondents – the donors of blood. To evaluate the appropriation of the method a questionnaire was introduced. The statistical analysis of the results was made by personal computer using SPSS programme package version 16.0 and the statistical programme 5.0. The significance of the statistical data was evaluated according χ² criteria. The difference between the indicators is statistically significant when the error probability is p ≤ 0. Results. Non-remunerated donor is the only way to sustainable donorship, and... [to full text]

Darbo tikslas - įvertinti kraujo donorų požiūrį į pakartotinę kraujo donorystę ir nustatyti priežastis, dėl kurių kraujo donorai nesiryžta pakartotiniam kraujo davimui. Darbo uždaviniai:1.Įvertinti atlygintinų ir neatlygintinų kraujo donorų požiūrį į kraujo donorystę ir nustatyti pirmo kraujo davimo motyvus. 2. Nustatyti priežastis, dėl kurių kraujo donorai nesiryžta pakartotiniam kraujo davimui atlygintinų ir neatlygintinų donorų tarpe. 3. Nustatyti ir palyginti atlygintinos ir neatlygintinos kraujo donacijos ekonominius kaštus. Tyrimo metodika. Tyrimas vykdytas 2012 m. kovo-balandžio mėnesiais viešojoje įstaigoje Nacionalinis kraujo centras. Telefoninės apklausos būdu, pagal sudarytą klausimyną, buvo apklausti 400 kraujo donorai, kurie po pirmo kraujo davimo neatvyko pakartotinam kraujo davimui praėjus vieneriems ir daugiau metų. Ekonominis kraujo donorystės vertinimas atliktas skaičiuojant ir vertinant 2011 m. kraujo donorystės ekonominius rodiklius. Statistinė gautų duomenų analizė atlikta naudojant “SPSS 17.0” statistinę programą. Ryšio stiprumas tarp kategorinių kintamųjų buvo tiriamas naudojant Kramerio V koreliacijos koeficientą, kartu tikrinant hipotezę apie jo lygybę nuliui (statistinį reikšmingumą). Požymių priklausomybei nustatyti skaičiuotas chi-kvadrato (χ2) kriterijus. Kai reikšmingumo lygmuo p<0,05, požymių skirtumas tiriamųjų grupėse laikytas statistiškai reikšmingu. REZULTATAI. Dažniau neatlygintinai pirmą kartą duoti kraujo buvo atvykę asmenys, turintys... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / AIM OF THE STUDY: to evaluate blood donors‘ attitude to repeated blood donation and to determine the causes why blood donors refuse to repeat blood donation. OBJECTIVES: 1. To evaluate remunerated and non-remunerated blood donors‘ attitude to blood donation and determine the incentives for the first blood donation. 2. To determine the causes why blood donors refuse to repeat remunerated and non-remunerated blood donation. 3. To assess and compare the cost of remunerated and non-remunerated blood donation. RESEARCH. The research was conducted in March - April, 2012, at National Blood Center. There was prepared a questionnaire and 400 blood donors, who did not donate blood after one year or more after first donation, were asked to answer the questions by phone. The economic blood donation evaluation was carried out while calculating and analysing the data regarding blood donation from the year 2011. The statistical analysis of the data was conducted using “SPSS 17.0” statistical programme. Cramer‘s V correllation coefficient was used to determine the relationship between categorical variables, at the same time checking the zero hypothesis (statistical significance). In order to determine the dependence of variables, chi-square (χ2) criterion was calculated. The differences were judged to be statistically significant, when p<0.05. RESULTS. Individuals who had higher university education, were employed and received a monthly salary of more than 2,500 Lt, first time donated... [to full text]

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karol. inst., 2005. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karol. inst., 2004. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Lic. -avh. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karolinska institutet, 2007. / Härtill 3 uppsatser.