Prevas AB, a consulting company focused on industrial systems and  embedded systems, are looking to expand their mobile phone competency  and started two projects for this purpose. The rst is a diploma work to create a proof-of-concept barcode reader running on Symbian mobile phones, and the second is a student project for the new Innovative Programming bachelors degree to create a functioning price comparison application using IMS1 around the proof-of-concept created earlier. Both projects achieved their stated goals. However, due to none of the projects focusing on eciency or theoretical correctness the resulting application is dicult to start, runs slowly, leaks memory and is codewise bloated. These defects prevent the application from being realistically deployable, and a third project is started to clean up the application and improve it. This report describes the solutions employed in that third project The barcode reader in the application was split into two parts: First is the actual application written in C++ responsible for capturing images, sending them to the decoding server and displaying the result to the user. Second is  the decoding server, a separate application written in java that using a TCP-socket waits for images, decodes them, and returns the result. The primary goal of this project is to not only improve, but actually integrate the decoder into the C++ application, massively improving speed and memory usage. This report was written to highlight the lessons learned during this project, to describe the algorithms and methods used to improve the decoder and to be of use to anyone else writing time-constrained and heavily optimized barcode or pattern recognition code for Symbian devices.

This diploma thesis deals with problems of the Elder Abuse and Neglect Syndrome, that is abuse, mistreatment and neglect of senior citizens. The diploma thesis is divided into two parts - theoretical and practical. The theoretical part is further divided into nine chapters. Ageing, senescence as well as biological, mental and social changes are described in the first chapter. The next chapter is devoted to the phenomenon of ageism, its sources and manifestations of discrimination by caretakers. Domestic violence and its specifics are defined in the third chapter, where the myths of domestic violence are included as well. The fourth chapter deals extensively with the EAN syndrome. All possible sorts/types of the violence (i.e. physical, psychical, economical, sexual etc.) are described in this chapter. The following chapter is devoted to the root causes, risk factors, diagnosis and possible consequences of abuse and neglect of senior citizens. General profile of the victim/abuser, preventive measures and possible solutions of this phenomenon are described in this chapter too. General information about where to get help if needed can be found in chapter six. The last three chapters of this diploma thesis dwell on the social work with senior citizens, crisis intervention in person and crisis intervention by phone. The second part of this diploma thesis is of practical nature. The purpose of it was to find out whether selected social workers (caring professional staff) are well informed of and familiar with the EAN syndrome, whether they have direct experience with any abused elderly person, and what tools are being used when dealing with the studied phenomenon. I used the qualitative research design for the data gathering, the method of questioning and the technique of semi-controlled interview. The qualitative research was executed in the period of November 2012 to February 2013 in the form of semi-structured interview in Třebíč and in České Budějovice. The selected workers - social workers, caretakers and nurses - participated in the research conduct. The workers of selected facilities were chosen according to whether they fitted in with the elaborated framework of quota sampling. The final group was made up of 10 respondents (10 women). The respondents were between the ages of 35 to 55 years. The semi-controlled interview with selected social workers was made on the basis of predetermined questions in a fixed order. Outcomes of the interviews were processed in the form of interview analysis. After the processing of the results I found out, that all workers in selected facilities in Třebíč and in České Budějovice are not sufficiently aware of the problems of the EAN Syndrome. Furthermore, the research revealed that 8 out of 10 respondents had direct experience with mistreated, abused and neglected elderly person. Economic abuse was the most common one along with self-neglect and rude behavior from the caring staff. The last, third aim of the practical part of my diploma thesis was to find out what tools of social work are being used by workers when dealing with elderly persons suffering the EAN Syndrome. Interview was the most commonly used tool of social workers in selected facilities. The next tools are reporting the situation to the superior staff, getting in touch with experts in the field (i.e. psychologist, psychiatrist), social unions and the police. After the processing of the results I reached the conclusion. Despite the fact that selected workers face various kinds of abuse, mistreatment and neglect of elderly persons, they are insufficiently informed about the EAN Syndrome.

Práce rozebírá logistické technologie, podrobněji Efficient Consumer Response. Zabývá se příčinami vzniku, stručnou historií, prvky, přínosy pro podniky a implementací ECR v podniku. Cílem práce je ukázat, jak ECR funguje a jak je uplatňováno v praxi u výrobních i obchodních společností, jak ECR vnímají koneční zákazníci, a jak by při zavádění technologie měly postupovat podniky, které s ECR nemají zkušenosti.

<p>The most common method for identifying merchandise in the commerce is by barcodes. Symbian OS is an advanced operating system aimed at cell phones and the most commonly used in smart phones. Opportunities to a full range of new services are given through barcode recognition in a Symbian OS based device. Therefore the purpose of this degree project was to create an application which would contribute to a future solution aimed at shopping where the cell phone constitutes a reader of itemsʼ identification numbers. Available barcode decoders have been evaluated and three were chosen for testing. The decoder that fared best was ZXing. It was subsequently incorporated into a Symbian OS-based mobile phone. The decoder was written in the Java language but sufficient Java APIs for controlling the camera's autofocus were missing, something that was necessary to decode the barcode. On the other hand the APIs were offered in C++. Therefore, the solution was split into two applications, one server application written in Java and responsible for the decoding and one client application written in C++ containing the GUI, camera controlling facilities and connections to two price comparison services. A procedure for communication between applications and an interface for various lookup services were defined. Finally, the information security was evaluated and the most relevant threat would be a third party that collects information about user behavior patterns for extortion purposes. It was concluded that the application that was created had the ability to scan barcodes, it is possible to extend and thereby fulfill the purpose.</p>

The most common method for identifying merchandise in the commerce is by barcodes. Symbian OS is an advanced operating system aimed at cell phones and the most commonly used in smart phones. Opportunities to a full range of new services are given through barcode recognition in a Symbian OS based device. Therefore the purpose of this degree project was to create an application which would contribute to a future solution aimed at shopping where the cell phone constitutes a reader of itemsʼ identification numbers. Available barcode decoders have been evaluated and three were chosen for testing. The decoder that fared best was ZXing. It was subsequently incorporated into a Symbian OS-based mobile phone. The decoder was written in the Java language but sufficient Java APIs for controlling the camera's autofocus were missing, something that was necessary to decode the barcode. On the other hand the APIs were offered in C++. Therefore, the solution was split into two applications, one server application written in Java and responsible for the decoding and one client application written in C++ containing the GUI, camera controlling facilities and connections to two price comparison services. A procedure for communication between applications and an interface for various lookup services were defined. Finally, the information security was evaluated and the most relevant threat would be a third party that collects information about user behavior patterns for extortion purposes. It was concluded that the application that was created had the ability to scan barcodes, it is possible to extend and thereby fulfill the purpose.

This thesis deals with the health and social impacts of violence against elderly persons and the ways of its prevention. The objective of the practical part of the thesis was to map the health and social impacts and prevention of violence against seniors from the perspective of social workers. A secondary objective was to describe the experience of social workers with the consequences of violence against seniors. Another sub-objective was to obtain suggestions and recommendations of social workers regarding the prevention of violence against the elderly. On the basis of the objectives of the thesis, four research questions were determined: What are the health and social impacts of violence against seniors from the perspective of social workers? What are the experiences of social workers with the consequences of violence against seniors? What is the subjective view of social workers on the prevention of violence against seniors? What suggestions and recommendations the social workers offer to prevent violence against seniors? Qualitative approach, method of interview and technique of semi-structured interview were chosen with regard to the chosen theme. The research group consisted of six respondents. The collected data were processed by the method of clustering. Based on the research questions, the results were divided into four categories. From the perspective of the respondents, violence against seniors is a current but hidden problem. Work with victims requires the cooperation of workers from the health and social sectors. The respondents associate health consequences with the impacts on the psyche of seniors. According to the respondents, physical violence is not typical, but rather financial abuse and emotional pressure, which is why psychological consequences are the most common and the most serious. The answers even mentioned death of an elderly person, injuries, fractures and bruises. Respondents associate social impacts with social isolation, loss of financial means, change of permanent address and change of social status. The most frequent and most serious impacts, according to respondents, are social isolation and loss of financial means. Within their profession, five respondents encountered cases of violence against the elderly. The impacts of violence were diverse fractures, bruises, adapting to the situation, unsecured basic needs, accusations regarding the way of upbringing, loss of financial means, social isolation and hospitalization of an immobile woman. According to these five respondents, prevention of violence against seniors is insufficient. Non-profit organizations, organizations providing social services for the elderly and workers in helping professions should be more engaged in prevention. Also public should be informed better. According to the workers, public awareness of the problem is insufficient because violence against seniors is little talked about. However, two respondents believe that public awareness is sufficient. Prevention includes training of workers in helping professions. Four respondents do not have any experience with training in the area of prevention of violence against seniors. For a timely resolution of a victim's situation, the availability of services for victims of violence against seniors is crucial. All respondents agreed that the availability of services in the Region of South Bohemia is sufficient. The problem is in the low awareness of seniors about these specific services. At the conclusion of the research, I was interested in specific suggestions and recommendations of the respondents to prevent violence against the elderly. Respondents think that prevention needs to be improved. According to respondents, the prevention of violence against seniors could be enhanced by better coverage in the media, lectures and discussions provided by the police, training of workers, informing seniors and educating by social workers and doctors.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2018-04-02T15:27:10Z No. of bitstreams: 1 VeruzaDeMoraisFerreira_DISSERT.pdf: 2039251 bytes, checksum: 59b1e0bc8c55d3b114594792431681ad (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2018-04-06T14:02:30Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 VeruzaDeMoraisFerreira_DISSERT.pdf: 2039251 bytes, checksum: 59b1e0bc8c55d3b114594792431681ad (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-06T14:02:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 VeruzaDeMoraisFerreira_DISSERT.pdf: 2039251 bytes, checksum: 59b1e0bc8c55d3b114594792431681ad (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-07 / Essa disserta??o investiga como se d? a forma simb?lica atuante no hibridismo est?tico presente nos filmes de Jean-Luc Godard, especificamente em O Dem?nio das Onze Horas (Pierrot Le Fou, 1965), Paix?o (Passion, 1982) e Adeus ? Linguagem (Adieu Au Langage, 2014), no que toca a rela??o entre cinema e pintura. Duas quest?es centrais nortearam o foco desta investiga??o: como se d? a constru??o simb?lica da maneira pict?rica de Godard? Os elementos pict?ricos presentes na narrativa f?lmica se prop?em realmente a construir significados e transmitir sensa??es reais como as do movimento impressionista nas pinturas? A rela??o entre cinema e pintura na obra de Godard ? trabalhada aqui no contexto de promover um di?logo entre as artes e a comunica??o. Partindo do pressuposto de que filmes s?o objetos art?sticos que comunicam por meio de elementos simb?licos, este trabalho busca identificar a forma simb?lica de Godard dentro de uma linguagem h?brida por meio da an?lise de elementos como a cor e a luz. / This research aimed to expand the existing studies regarding the relationship between cinema and painting, investigating how the symbolic form acting in the hybridism present in the films of French film director Jean-Luc Godard. The dissertation is developed in two chapters. The first chapter, entitled "From pictorial to cinematographic", focuses on cinema and its transformations concerning the ways to represent the "real", emphasizing the French New Wave and Godard?s cinema. In the second chapter, entitled ?Cinema, painting and hybrid language in Jean-Luc Godard?, after defining the concept of hybridism and its applicability, regarding the use of color, to the aspects of symbolic, hybrid and intertextual representation in the cinema, the films Pierrot Le Fou (1965), Passion (1982) e Goodbye to Language (2014) are analyzed in light of Vanoye and Goliot-L?t? (1994), Penafria (2009) and Rose (2003). Throughout the text, the relationship between cinema and painting in Godard's work is carried out with a view to promoting a dialogue between art and communication. Two questions guided the investigation: how does the symbolic construction of Godard's pictorial way take place? Do the pictorial elements present in the filmic narrative really propose to construct meanings and transmit real sensations like those of the Impressionist movement in the paintings? In the understanding achieved by the research, it is affirmed that symbolism and poetics are inherent in cinema and painting in the film production of Jean-Luc Godard.

This master thesis deals with the principles of form design, form printing and form processing. Three different types of forms and applications for their detection are created with the reference of these principles. This application provides to create a new type of form and to print out a form. The application itself is implemented in C++ with the use of OpenCV library. This work describes the classification methods of direction finding marks, identification numbers and submission numbers, bar codes EAN-13, page numbers, answer fields and single answers. The classification of all the handwritten numbers is implemented by neural nets.

Examensarbetet har genomförts på ett lager med fokus på deras lagerautomater, där verksamheten hanterar artiklar för industrin. Projektet har följt PDCA-metoden. Företaget har fått in flera kundreklamationer som kan kopplas till deras område för lagerautomater, där största andelen av reklamationerna handlar om att kunder fått fel antal artiklar skickade till sig. Majoriteten av dessa reklamationer gäller mindre ordrar, där kunden beställt mellan 1-10 st artiklar. I projektet kom det fram att den nuvarande rutinbeskrivningen inte stämde överens med operatörernas arbetssätt. I nulägesanalysen undersöktes området vid lagerautomaterna (LA) med hjälp av Ishikawa-diagram och 5 varför. Där valdes tre orsaker till problemet ut, ​otydlig rutinbeskrivning​ , ​otydlig kontroll av antal artiklar​ samt ​otydlig skärm vid LA. Utifrån analysen har ett förbättringsförslag som direkt lösning tagits fram, i form av en ny rutinbeskrivning som utformats med hjälp av operatörer vid lagerautomaterna. Detta för att få med relevant och viktig information, vilket ökar chansen till att operatörerna faktiskt följer rutinen. I rutinbeskrivningen ingår en kontroll av antal artiklar som innebär att operatören räknar antalet artiklar en gång till vid ordrar på 1-10 st artiklar.  Syftet med rutinbeskrivningen är att få operatörerna att arbeta efter ett standardiserat arbetssätt för att minska variationen i kvaliteten och uppmärksamma avvikelser p.g.a felplock. Kontrollen ska direkt minska omfattningen av problemet, men förväntas på sikt inte behövas. Vid projektets slut resulterade den nya rutinbeskrivningen i en förbättrad leveranskvalitet, med fokus på fel antal, med 77 % vilket överträffade projektmålet på 30 %. / This bachelor thesis has been carried out at a warehouse focusing on their automated storage and retrieval machines (ASRM). These warehouse operations handle items for the industry. The project has followed the PDCA method. The company has received several customer complaints that can be linked to this area, where the largest proportion of complaints are from customers receiving the wrong number of items. The majority of these complaints concern small orders, where the customer has ordered between 1-10 items.  The conducted study showed that the current routine description did not match the operators' working methods. In the present situation analysis, which comprised Ishikawa diagrams and 5 why, the study focused on three causes of the problem, ​Unclear routine description​ , ​Unclear control of number of articles ​ and ​Unclear screen on the ASRM​ .  Based on the analysis, a new routine description was outlined together with operators at the warehouse to provide relevant and important information, which increases the change that the operators actually follow the routine. The new routine description includes a control of the number of articles, which means that the operator counts the number of articles again for orders of between 1-10 items.  The purpose of the new routine description is to get the operators to work according to a standardized routine to reduce the variation in quality and pay attention to deviations caused by picking errors. The control should directly reduce the extent of the problem, but is not expected to be necessary in the long term. At the end of the project, the new routine description resulted in improved delivery quality, focusing on the wrong number, by 77 % which surpassed the project goal of 30 %.

The thesis describes the basic types of barcodes, their development and history. It's mentioned cutting barcodes by dimension, types of barcodes which are the best known and the best used, are described. The key chapter describes details of EAN-8, EAN-13, UPC-A and the additional symbol. It's outlined an algorithm for decoding barcode in image. In conclusion, the results are evaluated and a further development of the project is outlined.