The objection of this dissertation is to examine effects of stowed cargo on safety driving of a vehicle. Based on general experience of weighing trucks and monitoring of cargo fixture, my attempt was to summarize related legislative conditions of the operation of trucks in terms of payload, weighing and stowing of cargo. In the first part I worked on consistent methodology of stowing and fastening of cargo on trucks. I've included various methods of loading cargo and different ways of fastening and their calculations. The main body of the second part is a practical methodology of inspectional weighing of trucks on the road. In this section I took into account the current method and procedure of inspectional weighing and measuring of trucks. During my trial weighing of different types of trucks I proved that the key factor for safe seating and lashing of load on a vehicle is determining center of gravity of the vehicle. I solve this problem in detail in the last part of my work.

This diploma thesis deals with determining the value of a specific agricultural cooperative. The theoretical part focuses on standard terminology and explains methods which are used for assessing the company value. The practical part of the thesis contains strategic and financial analysis including the financial plan for the next several years. Finally, the value of the agricultural cooperative is calculated using three different methods. At the end, one of these methods is chosen as appropriate for the given company.

The real estate market in Sweden has been subject to substantial increases in prices over a significantly long period of time. This paper means to to delve deeper in light of this, and further examine the price development for single family houses during the period between 2006-2020 in Staffanstorp municipality. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the independent variables population density, real mortgage interest rate, real disposable income, unemployment rate, level of education and rate of construction have any significant price-determining effects on single family houses in the chosen area.  The goal of this study will be answered by applying a quantitative method with a deductive perspective. The paper consists of data from 21 different Swedish municipalities over a period spanning 14 years with a number of observations totalling to 315. The data material is balanced and complete with no statistical losses during the entirety of the examined period. The study also relies on support from a variety of different previous studies throughout the majority of the paper. The authors review the empirical results by applying a econometric multiple regression analysis with one-way-fixed effect panel data and thereafter come to the conclusion that real mortgage interest rates, real disposable income and unemployment rates are the most statistically significant variables thus making them the primary price-determining factors for single family houses in Staffanstorp municipality.  In addition, this paper seeks to contribute to an increased understanding between a select few econometric factors and their price-determining effects on the real estate market in Sweden and more particularly, the real estate market in Staffanstorp municipality during the period of 2006-2020.

Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--Stellenbosch University, 2008. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Value added links a company’s financial statements to the national income and performs a useful function in macro-economic measurement. At the national level, productivity is a major determinant of economic growth and progress and of vital importance to the survival and wellbeing of all South Africans. The presentation of information in added value terms can provide an effective communication tool that enables all personnel at all levels to understand where the business stands, what their roles in it are and what can be done to improve certain ratios. The concept of value added does not only act as a communication medium in showing how a company is performing, but also demonstrates the need for increased wealth to ensure higher distribution to all the stakeholders. This research report aims to establish, amongst other matters, the future use of value added as a proxy for productivity as a basis (a new mindset) for determining salary increases at tertiary institutions. Because this could be regarded as a leap into the unknown, this study used the results of the industrial sector for benchmarking. As tertiary institutions never previously published a value added statement it was decided to follow the practice of the Value Added Scoreboard since 2002; that is, to compile a value added statement for tertiary institutions using the audited annual reports and, specifically, the income statement. The handling of part-time, casual or seasonal employees can cause measurement problems in the value added per employee ratio. The matter is also further complicated by the fact that there is a lack of full description of employee data in the financial statements as to whether or not the published employee numbers refer to either full-time equivalent, average number of employees over the period or number of employees at year end. If one is to use employee numbers to do an analysis of certain ratios there needs to be clarity in future on how these numbers must be reported. In conclusion it was found that the low increase or decrease in salaries, together with the increase in employee numbers resulted in a negative growth rate in salaries per employee. The conclusion can thus be made that the tertiary institutions did not take productivity into account when granting salary increases. Finally, though this research report was only exploratory, the recommendation can be made that the concept of value added should be implemented at tertiary institutions, preferably by firstly taking the research staff of the entire institution and from there the distribution per department into account, and lastly to reflect the value added for the institution as a whole. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Toegevoegde waarde verbind ’n maatskappy se finansiële state met die nasionale inkomste en vervul ’n nuttige rol as makro-ekonomiese maatstaf. Op nasionale vlak is produktiwiteit ’n vername bepaler van ekonomiese groei en vordering en is dit van kardinale belang tot die oorlewing en welstand van alle Suid-Afrikaners. Die aanbied van inligting in terme van toegevoegde waarde kan ’n doeltreffende kommunikasie-instrument wees wat alle personeel op alle vlakke in staat stel om te verstaan wat die stand van sake is, wat hulle rolle binne die besigheid is en wat gedoen kan word om sekere ratio’s te verbeter. Die toegevoegdewaarde-konsep dien nie slegs as kommunikasiemiddel om die maatskappy se prestasie aan te dui nie, maar toon ook aan dat daar ’n behoefte is aan groter rykdom om hoër verspreiding aan alle belanghebbendes te verseker. Hierdie navorsingsverslag het ten doel om onder meer die toekomstige gebruik van toegevoegde waarde te vestig as ’n aanduider vir produktiwiteit as ’n grondslag (’n nuwe geestesingesteldheid) vir die vasstel van salarisverhogings by tersiêre instellings. Aangesien dit beskou kan word as ’n sprong in die duister, het hierdie studie die resultate van die nywerheidsektor as normstelling gebruik. Omdat tersiêre instellings nog nooit vantevore ’n toegevoegde waarde-staat gepubliseer het nie, is daar besluit om die praktyk van die Toegevoegdewaarde-telbord sedert 2002 te volg. Dit beteken dat ’n toegevoegde waarde-staat vir tersiêre instellings saamgestel is deur die geouditeerde jaarverslae en, spesifiek, die inkomstestaat te gebruik. Die hantering van deeltydse, los of seisoenwerkers kan metingsprobleme in die toegevoegde waarde per werknemer-ratio tot gevolg hê. Die saak word ook verder bemoeilik deur die feit dat daar ’n gebrek aan volledige werknemerinligting in die finansiële state is wat betref of die gepubliseerde werknemergetalle verwys na die voltydse ekwivalent, die gemiddelde getal werknemers oor die tydperk, of die werknemers met jaareinde. Indien die werknemergetalle gebruik word om ’n ontleding van sekere ratio’s te doen, is dit duidelik dat daar in die toekoms meer klaarheid moet wees oor die wyse waarop hierdie getalle gerapporteer moet word. Daar is gevolglik bevind dat die lae styging of daling in salarisse, tesame met die styging in werknemergetalle, tot ’n negatiewe groeikoers in salarisse per werknemer lei. Die gevolgtrekking kan dus gemaak word dat die tersiêre instellings nie produktiwiteit in ag geneem het toe salarisverhogings toegestaan is nie. Laastens, alhoewel hierdie navorsingsverslag slegs verkennend van aard was, kan die aanbeveling gemaak word dat die konsep van toegevoegde waarde by tersiêre instellings geïmplementeer word. Verkieslik deur eerstens die navorsingspersoneel van die instelling te neem, daarna die verdeling per departement en dan laastens om toegevoegde waarde vir die instelling as geheel weer te gee.

Iki 2007m. investiciniai fondai buvo labai populiarūs investuotojų tarpe, itin didelio dėmesio sulaukdavo fondai investuojantys į besivystančias rinkas, nes jų istoriniai rezultatai buvo teigiami su nežymiomis korekcijomis. Tačiau, nuo 2007m. vidurio, prasidėjus pasaulio ekonomikos nuosmukiui, įsivyravo investuotojų baimės ir kurį laiką besitęsiantis sąstingis finansų rinkose. Jau 2007m. lyginant su ankstesniaisiais metais kardinaliai pasikeitė tiek pasaulio, tiek Lietuvos bendrosios makroekonominės tendencijos: buvo stebimi ekonomikos lėtėjimo požymiai, juntama infliacija ir didelis išorinių veiksnių poveikis. 2008m. finansų rinkose buvo stebimi dideli pokyčiai bei svyravimai, kurių nebuvo bene nuo pat trisdešimtųjų metų. 2008m. mums parodė, kad išsivysčiusias šalis, tokias kaip JAV, Didžioji Britanija ar kitas šalis Europoje, negalima laikyti visiškai saugiomis ir pasižyminčiomis mažesniais svyravimais nei kitos rinkos. Tai žinoma nereiškia, kad problemos kilusios išsivysčiusiose šalyse nepalies besivystančių šalių. Anksčiau daugelis kalbėdavo, kad besivystančios šalys yra mažai priklausomos tarkim nuo JAV vykstančių peripetijų, tačiau tiesa yra ta, kad prie šiuolaikinių komunikacijos priemonių, pinigų pervedimo ir pasaulinės globalios prekybos, nepriklausomybės buvimas yra faktiškai neįmanomas, nes per paskutinius dešimtmečius stipriai išaugo globalizacijos poveikis. Visos pasaulio akcijų rinkos patyrė ženklų nuosmukį ir 2008m. pabaigoje – 2009m. pradžioje jų nestabilumas... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Until the year 2007, the investment funds were rather popular among investors, and the investments by these funds in the developing markets were extremely popular, as performance results were positive with some minor corrections. However, since the middle of the year 2007, when the global economic decline started, the investors’ appetite for risk decreased and stagnation in the financial markets continuing for a certain period was observed. In 2007, compared with the previous year, the general macroeconomic trends in the world and Lithuania radically changed: the signals of economic slowdown, inflation and significant impact of the external factors were obvious. In 2008, large changes and fluctuations in the financial markets that were not observed since the thirties of last century were observed. The year 2008, revealed that developed economies, such as the USA, Great Britain or other European countries may not be deemed totally secure and typical of lower fluctuations compared to other markets. Obviously, it does not mean that problems, which occurred in the developed economies, will not affect developing countries. Some time ago, the opinion prevailed that developing countries do not closely depend on perturbations in the US market, however nobody may deny that independence actually is impossible in the world with the existing modern communication channels, cash transfer methods and global trade, as during the recent decade the impact of globalisation increased. Global... [to full text]

The aim of my diploma thesis is to reveal, describe and develop the profile of segments. To gather the primary data I used the method of on-line questioning. Using the aggregate analysis tool -- the statistics program SPSS Statistics for Windows 19 -- I revealed four segments, consequently I focused on the development of the profile. Each of the monitored segments showed certain specifics based on which I suggested a marketing recommendation.

Alors que les valeurs temporelles, aspectuelles et modales en français sont principalement exprimées par les déterminants grammaticaux du verbe, l’expression de la temporalité en vietnamien s’appuie sur des marqueurs d’ordre lexical. L’objectif de cette recherche a été de montrer la différence qui existe dans la manière d’exprimer la temporalité en français et en vietnamien et donc de concevoir l’expression des valeurs temporelles, aspectuelles et modales dans chacune de ces langues. Ces valeurs étant véhiculées par des déterminants grammaticaux du verbe en français et par des marqueurs lexicaux en vietnamien, l’analyse a consisté tout d’abord à préciser les valeurs de ces éléments dans chaque langue, après avoir rappelé les points de vue de certains prédécesseurs dans ces domaines. Ensuite, une étude contrastive d’un extrait du Petit Prince en français et de deux de ses traductions en vietnamien a permis de mettre en évidence non seulement les facteurs qui régissent la présence ou l’absence de marqueurs en vietnamien, mais aussi les changements de sens et d’effets stylistiques qu’induisent le passage d’une langue à l’autre et le choix singulier qu’est à même de faire le traducteur. Cette recherche peut donc avoir une incidence immédiate pour l’enseignement du français à des apprenants vietnamiens et plus largement à des étudiants de Français Langue Etrangère comme pour la traduction. / While temporal, aspectual and modal values in French are mainly expressed by the verb’s grammatical determinants, the expression of temporality in Vietnamese is based on lexical markers. The objective of this research was to point out the difference in the manners of expressing temporality in French and Vietnamese, and therefore to figure out the expression of temporal, aspectual and modal values in each of these languages. With these values being conveyed by grammatical determinants of the verb in French and lexical markers in Vietnamese, the analysis was first to determine the values of these elements in each language, after recalling the views of some predecessors in these areas. Then, a contrastive study of an extract of the Little Prince in French and two of its translations in Vietnamese helped to highlight not only the factors that govern the presence or absence of markers in Vietnamese, but also semantic changes and stylistic effects induced by the transition from one language to the other and the singular choice of the translator. So this research can have an immediate impact on the teaching of French language to Vietnamese learners and more widely to students learning French as a foreign language as well as for translation.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-05T19:13:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 18 / Nenhuma / O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar possíveis determinantes do custo de capital implícito nas empresas brasileiras de capital aberto, no período de 2001 a 2005. Primeiramente foi calculado o custo de capital implícito para cada empresa da amostra, procedendo-se após esta etapa, à escolha e à verificação dos possíveis determinantes (características de empresas) com poder de explicar esse custo de capital implícito. Define-se por custo de capital implícito, a taxa de retorno que faz os fluxos de caixas projetados igual ao valor corrente da ação. Para este cálculo foi utilizado o modelo de avaliação pelo lucro residual, também conhecido como modelo de Edwards-Bell-Ohlson (EBO) e a previsão dos lucros fornecida pelos analistas de mercado (I/B/E/S) como forma de estimar os fluxos de caixa projetados. Os determinantes constituem-se nas variáveis indicadas pela literatura financeira e que demonstraram relação explicativa com o custo de capital ou o retorno das ações. Foram selecionadas 15 variáveis, dividas em c / The purpose of this study was to identify the possible determining factors of the implied cost of capital in Brazilian listed companies from 2001-2005. First, the implied cost of capital for each company within the sample was calculated, after which the possible determining factors (company characteristics) with the predicting power to explain this implied cost of capital were selected. The implied cost of capital is defined as a return rate that makes discounted cash flow equal to the stock current value. For this calculation, the residual income model was used, also known as Edwards-Bell-Ohlson (EBO) model along with the earnings forecast given by market analysts (I/B/E/S) as a way to estimate the discounted cash flow. The determining factors are variables indicated by financial literature and demonstrate the explainable relationship with capital cost or the stocks return. Fifteen (15) variables were selected and then divided into five groups: volatility, leverage, information environment, earnings variabil

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Em diversos estados do Brasil, foram relatadas epidemias de infecções causadas por micobactérias de crescimento rápido (MCR) desde o ano 2000. A maioria dos casos foi principalmente associada ao clone BRA100 de Mycobacterium massiliense, recentemente renomeada para Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii, isolado de pacientes submetidos a procedimentos invasivos nos quais os instrumentos médicos não foram adequadamente esterilizados e/ou desinfetados. Sendo as quinolonas uma opção no tratamento de infecções por MCR e sugerida para esquemas terapêuticos para esses surtos, foram avaliadas nesse trabalho as atividades in vitro de quatro gerações de quinolonas para cepas clinicas e de referência de MCR através da microdiluição em caldo. Também foram analisadas as sequências peptídicas das regiões determinantes da resistência a quinolonas (RDRQ) das subunidades A e B da DNA gyrase (GyrA e GyrB) após o seqüenciamento de DNA seguido pela tradução da sequência de aminoácidos. Cinquenta e quatro cepas de M. abscessus subsp bolletii, incluindo o clone BRA100, isoladas em diferentes estados do Brasil, e 19 cepas de referência de MCR foram caracterizadas. Todas as 54 cepas clínicas de M. abscessus subsp. bolletii foram resistentes a todas as gerações de quinolonas e mostraram o mesmo resíduo nas RDRQ, incluindo Ala-83 em GyrA, Arg-447 e Asp-464 em GyrB, descritos como sendo responsáveis por gerar um baixo nível de resistência a quinolonas em micobactérias. Porém, outras espécies de MCR apresentaram diferentes susceptibilidade e padrões de mutações contrários aos classicamente já definidos, sugerindo que outros mecanismos de resistência, diferentes de mutações em gyrA e gyrB também possam estar envolvidos na alta resistência a quinolonas. / Several outbreaks of infections caused by rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) have been reported in many Brazilian states since 2000. Most of the cases were mainly associated to Mycobacterium massiliense, recently renamed as Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii, BRA100 clone recovered from patients who had undergone invasive procedures, in which medical instruments have not been properly sterilized and / or disinfected. Since quinolones have represented an option for the treatment of general RGM infections and suggested for therapeutic schemes for these outbreaks, we evaluated the in vitro activities of four generations of quinolones for clinical and reference RGM by broth microdilution, and analysis of peptide sequences of the quinolone resistance determining regions (QRDR) of GyrA and GyrB after DNA sequencing followed by amino acid translation. Fifty four isolates of M. abscessus subsp bolletii, including clone BRA100, recovered in different states of Brazil, and 19 reference strains of RGM species were characterized. All 54 M. abscessus subsp. bolletii isolates were resistant to all generations of quinolones and showed the same amino acids in the QRDR including the Ala-83 in GyrA, Arg-447 and Asp-464 in GyrB, described as responsible for an intrinsic low level of resistance to quinolones in mycobacteria. But other RGM species presented distinct susceptibilities to this class of antimicrobials and patterns of mutations contrary to what has been traditionally defined, suggesting that other mechanisms of resistance, different from gyrA or gyrB mutations, may also be involved in resistance to high levels of quinolones.

Workplace studies in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is a research field that has expanded in an explosive way during the recent years. Today there is a wide range of theoretical approaches and methods to choose from, which makes it problematic to make methodological choices both in research and system design. While there have been several studies that assess the different approaches to workplace studies, there seems to be a lack of studies that explore the theoretical and methodological differences between more structured methods within the research field. In this thesis, a comparative theoretical and empirical analysis of three methods for workplace studies is being conducted to deal with the following research problem: What level of theoretical depth and methodological structure is appropriate when conducting methods for workplace studies to inform design of complex socio-technical systems? When using the two criterions descriptive power and application power, to assess Contextual Design (CD), Determining Information Flow Breakdown (DIB), and Capturing Semi-Automated Decision-Making (CASADEMA), important lessons are learned about which methods are acceptable and useful when the purpose is to inform system design.