Submitted by Geandra Rodrigues (geandrar@gmail.com) on 2018-05-17T11:19:40Z No. of bitstreams: 1 jordanviniciusdeoliveira.pdf: 982591 bytes, checksum: e52fd088a7e0966c6d358996b2494751 (MD5) / Rejected by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br), reason: on 2018-05-22T15:43:35Z (GMT) / Submitted by Geandra Rodrigues (geandrar@gmail.com) on 2018-05-22T15:44:45Z No. of bitstreams: 1 jordanviniciusdeoliveira.pdf: 982591 bytes, checksum: e52fd088a7e0966c6d358996b2494751 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2018-05-22T15:47:32Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 jordanviniciusdeoliveira.pdf: 982591 bytes, checksum: e52fd088a7e0966c6d358996b2494751 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2018-05-22T15:47:54Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 jordanviniciusdeoliveira.pdf: 982591 bytes, checksum: e52fd088a7e0966c6d358996b2494751 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-05-22T15:47:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 jordanviniciusdeoliveira.pdf: 982591 bytes, checksum: e52fd088a7e0966c6d358996b2494751 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-01-26 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo analisar o cenário dos periódicos científicos brasileiros, com foco nos periódicos da área de Direito. Os elementos analisados são os padrões de licenciamento, de acesso e de custeio destes veículos. Os dados diretos analisados foram obtidos a partir da coleta destes elementos junto ao site de cada um dos periódicos da área de direito e de outras áreas do conhecimento que compuseram a amostragem de pesquisa. A questão a qual o estudo deseja responder trata do desenho institucional destes periódicos, indagando se ele demonstra um reforço ou uma ruptura com a interpretação legalista do direito autoral. Em termos metodológicos, a pesquisa promove uma análise empírica e qualitativa pelo auxílio de três conceitos basilares expostos por Epstein e King, a saber: inferência descritiva, implicações observáveis e hipótese rival. O substrato teórico que guia a análise está contido nas noções de dever e de aspiração da lei, conforme Zenon Bankowski. A principal conclusão é de que há uma tendência de ruptura com os padrões proprietários nos periódicos da área de Direito e, de maneira mais ampla, no cenário científico nacional, com vistas a oferecer conteúdo científico aberto e livre. Entretanto, a influência proprietária e restritiva para o acesso ao conhecimento científico nestes veículos ainda subsiste. / This research aims to analyze the context of the Brazilian scientific journals, especially those situated in the legal field. The elements analyzed are the patterns of access, licenses and costs associated with these journals. The direct data analyzed were obtained from the collection of these elements through the sites of journals classified in the legal and other fields of knowledge in order to form the research sample. The research problem investigates the institutional design of the legal journals as well as verifies if there is either a confirmation or a denial of the legalisticinterpretative of copyright norms. Methodologically, this research promotes an empirical and qualitative analysis taking into account the use of three basic concepts elucidated by Epstein and King: descriptive inference, observable implications and rival hypothesis. The Zenon Bankowski’s idea of duty and aspiration applied to legal theory is the theoretical reference of this investigation. The main conclusion is that there is a tendency to disregard the traditional proprietary patterns by the national legal journals in order to offer free and open scientific content. However, the proprietary and restrictive patterns are still present in these journals as obstacles to promote access to scientific knowledge.

Submitted by Geandra Rodrigues (geandrar@gmail.com) on 2018-05-23T19:25:40Z No. of bitstreams: 1 mateushenriquesilvapereira.pdf: 950604 bytes, checksum: d37fc0e84fc9ecf24167c3060790652e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2018-05-24T14:35:05Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 mateushenriquesilvapereira.pdf: 950604 bytes, checksum: d37fc0e84fc9ecf24167c3060790652e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2018-05-24T14:35:33Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 mateushenriquesilvapereira.pdf: 950604 bytes, checksum: d37fc0e84fc9ecf24167c3060790652e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-05-24T14:35:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 mateushenriquesilvapereira.pdf: 950604 bytes, checksum: d37fc0e84fc9ecf24167c3060790652e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-26 / Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo analisar os arranjos jurídico-institucionais referentes ao direito humano à alimentação adequada e a segurança alimentar e nutricional. Os elementos analisados são as inovações das políticas públicas alimentares implementadas a partir de 2003, referentes à descentralização, o controle social e a participação popular. Os dados diretos analisados foram obtidos a partir deatas, memorandos e ofícios, junto à principal instituição de controle social do Municípioem matéria de alimentação, o Conselho Municipal de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional de Juiz de Fora.A questão a qual o estudo deseja responder trata de como essa nova abordagem jurídica e institucionalatua, analisando seus limites e possibilidades, avanços e conservações na garantia do Direito Humano à Alimentação Adequada. Em termos metodológicos, a pesquisa promove uma análise empírica e qualitativa a partir da estratégia de pesquisa do estudo de casode uma política pública, na busca de realizar generalizações analíticas, conforme preceitua Robert Yin. O substrato teórico que guia a análise está contido nas noções de uma ideia dialética do Direito, conforme Roberto Lyra Filho. A principal conclusão é de que as inovações jurídicas institucionais promoveram avanços na garantia do Direito Humano à Alimentação Adequada, todavia encontram certos limites nas decisões políticas, como no caso de Juiz de Fora. Dessa forma,acredita-se que asinovações jurídicas e institucionais são limitadas perante uma vontade políticacentralizadora, ensejando novas abordagens para a superação desse cenário. / The objective of this research is to analyze legal and institutional arrangements related to the human right to adequate food and nutritional security. The analyzed elements are the innovations of the public food policies implemented since 2003, regarding decentralization, social control and popular participation. The direct data analyzed were obtained from minutes, memorandums and official letters, together with the Municipality's main social control institution regarding nutrition, the Municipal Council for Food and Nutrition Security of Juiz de Fora. The question that the study wishes to answer deals with how this new legal and institutional approach works, analyzing its limits and possibilities, advances and preservations in guaranteeing the Human Right to Adequate Food. In methodological terms, the research promotes an empirical and qualitative analysis based on the research strategy of case study of a public policy, in the search of analytical generalizations, according to Robert Yin. The theoretical substrate which guides the analysis is contained in the notions of a dialectical idea of the Right, according to Roberto Lyra Filho. The main conclusion is that institutional legal innovations have promoted advances in guaranteeing the Human Right to Adequate Food, yet they find certain limits in political decisions, as in the case of Juiz de Fora. Thus, it is believed that legal and institutional innovations are limited to a centralizing political will, leading to new approaches to overcome this scenario.

Dependencies between requirements are a crucial factor for any software development since they impact many project areas. Nevertheless, their identification remains a challenge. Some methods have been proposed but none of them are really applicable to real projects due to their high cost or low accuracy. DIM is a lightweight method for identifying dependencies proposed on a previous paper. This paper presents an experiment comparing the sets of dependencies found by DIM and a method based on pair-wise comparison. The experiment was executed using a requirement specification for an open source project. These requirements were extracted by reverse engineering. Our results have provided evidence confirming that DIM finds more dependencies and its results (the dependencies identified) do not depend on the profile of the practitioner applying it. Another important result is that DIM requires fewer resources when applied, since it does not rely on pair-wise comparisons and it can be easily automated. / Avda. Espana 101 P6 Bj-E 28341, Madrid, Spain. Telephone number: +34627770492

(in English): The topic of my dissertation was to create and verify the self-evaluation tool according to the real request of the concrete elementary school. The tool had to assess the satisfaction of the parents of the pupils, which attend the first school. The analysis showed that the existing self-evaluation tools are very complicated, time-consuming and use inadequate software solutions. Moreover they do not reflect the recent change of the criteria that are now used for school evaluation by the Czech School Inspectorate (the Quality School Model). As a result I tried to create the new self-evaluation tool that would fulfil the above mentioned requirements. First of all I designed the online questionnaire with the questions linked to the criteria of the Czech School Inspectorate. The close attention was paid on the data processing to validate whether the questionnaire serves as an self-evaluation tool. In addition the possibilities for improvement of questionnaire design were searched during the data processing. Furthermore I proposed the framework measures for each criterion of Quality School Model and developed simple method of using them for school improvements. Finally I presented the tool to the school management which considered it suitable and useful. In my opinion the results of...

The diploma thesis focuses on the analysis of requirements of a selected reservation system. In particular, it concentrates on the reservation system used by the National Heritage Institute. In the thesis introduction the author describes basic functionality of this reservation system as well as its way of use within the National Heritage Institute. Furthermore, the thesis introduces an empirical research whose purpose is not only to determine necessary system adjustments but also to verify hypotheses outlined by the author. The main part of the thesis deals with a proposal how to solve particular system adjustments which emerged from the survey data.

in the English language: The Political Character of Constitutional Review. In this thesis, we tried to find out whether constitutional review in the Czech Republic has at least partially a political character. In the Czech Republic, constitutional review is exercised by the Constitutional Court in two types of proceedings: (a) proceedings on derogation of statutes and other regulations (laws) and (b) proceedings on constitutional complaints against decisions or other interferences of public authorities in constitutionally guaranteed fundamental rights or freedoms. In proceedings on derogation of laws, we found that judicial decision-making behaviour has at least partially a political character. The reason is, in particular, that (a) judges decide in favour of proposals for derogation of laws filed by legislators (deputies or senators) of the same political affiliation as the judges' appointing president more often than when the legislator's political affiliation is the opposite; (b) ideological assessment of the analysed decisions shows that ideological aspects of the decision-making of judges significantly correlate with the presumed ideology of their appointing president. Moreover, the differences in judicial activism are smaller than the differences between legislators of opposite political...

"Umweltaspekte und ihre Wertrelevanz für die Unternehmen: Eine Zusammenfassung existierender empirischer Forschungsergebnisse!" (diese Version ist nicht mehr aktuell! 03.04.2007) The management of the value of a firm requires the identification of important value drivers. The main objective of the paper is to find out whether value based management (e.g. shareholder value oriented management) has to take into account environmental aspects. In order to answer this question, the paper will determine whether there is an empirically proven relationship between the economic and environmental performance of companies. The paper is divided into three main parts: The development of a basic theory, the examination of existing empirical results and the concluding integration of theory with empirical results. Basic Theory: To build a basis, the paper first specifies the theoretical connection between economic and environmental performance of companies. Economic performance (e.g. definable by financial statement and/or capital market data) and environmental performance (e.g. definable by operational and strategic data) are linked in a model. Based on the model the influence of environmental aspects on corporate value is examined resulting in seven hypotheses for the relationship of environmental and economic performance. Empirical Results: In order to test the developed theoretical relation, empirical studies are identified and assessed, with regard to the relationship between economic and environmental performance. The research results in 122 studies from all over the world, which are subject to further investigation. The analyzing process includes different steps. First, the studies are divided and reviewed as far as their empirical method and soundness are concerned. Mainly they can be differentiated in regression, event and portfolio studies. Furthermore the study categorizes the environmental and economic variables used in the analyzed studies. Economic measures are divided into the following categories: market based measures (e.g. stock price), accounting based measures (e.g. RoA), accounting and market based measures (e.g. Tobins q), perceived performance measures (i.e. derived from questionnaires) and miscellaneous measures (e.g. shadow prices). Environmental measures on the other hand are divided into the seven categories: strategic environmental performance, operational environmental performance, questionnaires, rating/ranking, events, environmental disclosure and mutual funds. The next step identifies the empirical result of every study as well as important determinants (e.g. the distinguished environmental and economic categories) of the results. The objective is to show whether general patterns for the existence of different results can be defined. Overall it can be shown that about 40% of all studies report a significant positive relationship between economic and environmental performance, contrary to only 11% reporting significant negative results. Furthermore, in order to assess the special role of environmental aspects as value drivers 23 suitable studies are analyzed on the basis of Rappaport?s shareholder network. Results provide an even stronger evidence for the value creating role of environmental aspects. Conclusion: Finally we can detect statistically proven environmental value drivers combining theoretical and empirical research. At the same time, the empirical methods are also evaluated, especially with regard to there ability to provide useful support for the development and examination of the theoretical research. Overall it seems to the authors that the whole research on the topic runs parallel and is not combined. There are only a few studies who are built on already recognized relations or which try the confirm such relations. Based on these cornerstones, requirements for further empirical research are identified and specified.

The management of the value of a firm requires the identification of important value drivers. The main objective of the paper is to find out whether value based management (e.g. shareholder value oriented management) has to take into account environmental aspects. In order to answer this question, the paper will determine whether there is an empirically proven relationship between the economic and environmental performance of companies. The paper is divided into three main parts: The development of a basic theory, the examination of existing empirical results and the concluding integration of theory with empirical results. Basic Theory: To build a basis, the paper first specifies the theoretical connection between economic and environmental performance of companies. Economic performance (e.g. definable by financial statement and/or capital market data) and environmental performance (e.g. definable by operational and strategic data) are linked in a model. Based on the model the influence of environmental aspects on corporate value is examined resulting in seven hypotheses for the relationship of environmental and economic performance. Empirical Results: In order to test the developed theoretical relation, empirical studies are identified and assessed, with regard to the relationship between economic and environmental performance. The research results in 122 studies from all over the world, which are subject to further investigation. The analyzing process includes different steps. First, the studies are divided and reviewed as far as their empirical method and soundness are concerned. Mainly they can be differentiated in regression, event and portfolio studies. Furthermore the study categorizes the environmental and economic variables used in the analyzed studies. Economic measures are divided into the following categories: market based measures (e.g. stock price), accounting based measures (e.g. RoA), accounting and market based measures (e.g. Tobins q), perceived performance measures (i.e. derived from questionnaires) and miscellaneous measures (e.g. shadow prices). Environmental measures on the other hand are divided into the seven categories: strategic environmental performance, operational environmental performance, questionnaires, rating/ranking, events, environmental disclosure and mutual funds. The next step identifies the empirical result of every study as well as important determinants (e.g. the distinguished environmental and economic categories) of the results. The objective is to show whether general patterns for the existence of different results can be defined. Overall it can be shown that about 40% of all studies report a significant positive relationship between economic and environmental performance, contrary to only 11% reporting significant negative results. Furthermore, in order to assess the special role of environmental aspects as value drivers 23 suitable studies are analyzed on the basis of Rappaport?s shareholder network. Results provide an even stronger evidence for the value creating role of environmental aspects. Conclusion: Finally we can detect statistically proven environmental value drivers combining theoretical and empirical research. At the same time, the empirical methods are also evaluated, especially with regard to there ability to provide useful support for the development and examination of the theoretical research. Overall it seems to the authors that the whole research on the topic runs parallel and is not combined. There are only a few studies who are built on already recognized relations or which try the confirm such relations. Based on these cornerstones, requirements for further empirical research are identified and specified.

Ziel des Projekts Green eBusiness ist es, auf der einen Seite bestehende Hemmnisse für umweltfreundliche Beschaffung in Unternehmen zu ergründen und auf der anderen Seite daraus Anforderungen an eBusiness Konzeptionen abzuleiten, die diese erfüllen müssen, um solche Hemmnisse abzubauen bzw. deren Entstehung zu vermeiden. Daher wird ein Modell zur Identifikation und Bewertung bestehender Hemmnisse im Beschaffungsprozess von Unternehmen entwickelt, das die Gründe der bisherigen Marktdurchdringung umweltfreundlicher Produkte und Dienstleistungen erklären soll. Hierzu wird die im Rahmen des abgeschlossenen EU-Projektes RELIEF - Environmental relief potential of urban action on avoidance and detoxification of waste streams through green public procurement entwickelte Hemmnisanalyse angewendet, um in den 500 größten deutschen Unternehmen Hemmnisse für umweltfreundliche Beschaffung zu identifizieren und zu bewerten. Ein zweiter Teil der empirischen Studie befasst sich mit der Nutzung elektronischer Medien zur Unterstützung von Beschaffungsprozessen. In diesem Bereich werden Anwendungsgewohnheiten, Anwendungshäufigkeiten sowie eventuell in den Unternehmen existierende Hemmnisse untersucht. Aufbauend auf den Ergebnissen dieser Hemmnisanalyse sollen auf Basis von Szenarien eBusiness-Konzeptionen (weiter-)entwickelt werden, die geeignet sind, die identifizierten Hemmnisse zu überwinden.

Although peer review, in which students evaluate each others' papers, has been shown to be beneficial in many writing classrooms, the benefits of peer review to the reviewer, or the student giving the feedback, has not been thoroughly investigated in the field of second language (L2) writing. The purpose of this study is to determine which is more beneficial to improving student writing: receiving or giving peer feedback. The study was conducted at the English Language Center (ELC) at Brigham Young University (BYU). Ninety-one students in nine writing classes at two different proficiency levels, high beginning and high intermediate, participated in the study. The treatment groups reviewed anonymous papers, but received no peer feedback over the course of the semester, while the control groups received feedback, but did not review other students' papers. Writing samples collected at the beginning and end of the semester were used to evaluate which of the two methods most helped student writers. In addition, a short survey was conducted to investigate the correlation between student attitudes and demographic information and these results. Results of a series of t-tests indicated that the treatment groups, which focused solely on reviewing peers' writing, made more significant gains in their writing over the course of the semester than the control groups. These results were also more significant at the lower than the higher proficiency level. Students? level of comfort with the writing process and desire to learn how to use feedback were found to be significant predictors of these results.