Studiens syfte var att undersöka äldre barns kunskapsutveckling efter högläsning i kombination med undersökande verb samt de estetiska lärprocesserna drama och bild i undervisning om solrosens livscykel.  Vi har undersökt om högläsning med fokus på undersökande verb, bild och drama i kombination med varandra har en påverkan på äldre förskolebarns lärande av naturvetenskap. Arbetet tar utgångspunkt i John Deweys pragmatiska lärteori. Dewey menar att man lär sig av att erfara omvärlden genom att göra. Studien genomfördes med för- och efterintervjuer med förskolebarn, i fyra-femårsåldern. Mellan intervjuerna har det genomförts en intervention i form av en undervisningssituation med vår egenskrivna bok Solrosens livscykel - solrosens resa från frö till blomma. Två grupper med barn ingick i studien, med fem barn i varje grupp. Den ena gruppen erbjöds undervisning med enbart högläsning, och den andra gruppen erbjöds undervisning med högläsning i kombination med de estetiska lärprocesserna, drama och bild tillsammans med undersökande verb. Datamaterial samlades in, transkriberades och analyserades med en innehållsanalys samt stapeldiagram som följdes av resultat och diskussion. Studien har resulterat i att man kan se att högläsning i sig har en positiv inverkan på barnens inlärning, men att det finns en marginell kunskapsökning hos de barn som har fått undervisning i form av högläsning kombinerat med drama, bild och undersökande verb. / Based on John Dewey's pragmatic theory of learning, this study explores the outcome of using a model that combines storytelling with drawing pictures, drama and exploring verbs, compared to ordinary storytelling to teach preschool children nature science. Dewey means that you collect knowledge through experiences from the environment around you, learning by doing. Preschool children, at the age of four to five years old, were interviewed before and after a teaching session. Between the interviews we performed a teaching opportunity with our self-written book (The circle of the sunflower - the sunflower´s travel from seed to bloom). During the study we followed two groups with preschool children. The first group was offered teaching with only storytelling.  The second group was offered the same teaching with storytelling and after the story was told a play was performed with the children, telling the same story again together with exploring verbs. After that the children also made drawings. The data was analysed through a content analysis followed by a discussion where we decided how to rate the answers. The result of our study showed that storytelling itself has a positive impact on the children's learning. There is a marginal increase in knowledge for the children who received teaching with storytelling in combination with drama and picture drawing.

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Thesis (M. A. (Criminology and Criminal Justice)) -- University of Limpopo, 2021 / This study was conducted to explore the perceptions of community members on contributing factors of rape in the selected Mankweng communities, namely: Mentz, Ga-Makanye and Ga-Thoka, following a qualitative research approach, with an exploratory research design. The non-probability sampling: Purposive sampling was adopted to sample 30 participants. Three Focus Groups Discussions (FGDs), consisting of 10 individuals formed part of this study and the Thematic Content Analysis (TCA) was used for analysis. The consulted seminal studies were reviewed and coupled with the Differential Risk Model as the adopted theoretical framework, in order to identify different categories that would explain the contributing factors of rape in the selected study locations. From the studies on this subject and information gathered from the selected participants; four (04) major contributing factors to rape in the Mankweng selected areas emerged, demarcated as follows; 1) Structural factors which include men that are raised in families with strong patriarchal structures which are more likely to become violent and force themselves on women because they feel superior to women, 2) Socio-cultural factors which entail the societies that normalise women being violated and rape because they believe that women are inferior to men and should be submissive, 3) Psychological factors consist of all the effects that both the victims and the community endure due to the crime committed; and lastly, 4) Economic factors explain how women are exposed to chances of being raped because of material gains in exchange for sexual favors. This study recommends that youth in the selected communities should be trained to become peer educators to learn more about rape, understand the associated effects/ impacts on society and potential victims, and programmes should be hosted within these communities to alert residents about the scourge of rape. The study further recommends that the police officials change their attitudes towards the community members and work with them in preventing rape from occurring.

A novel, sampling-based exploration strategy is introduced for Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) to efficiently map large GPS-deprived underground environments. It is compared to state-of-the-art approaches and performs on a similar level, while it is not designed for a specific robot or sensor configuration like the other approaches. The introduced exploration strategy, which is called Random-Sampling-Based Next-Best View Exploration (RNE), uses a Rapidly-exploring Random Graph (RRG) to find possible view points in an area around the robot. They are compared with a computation-efficient Sparse Ray Polling (SRP) in a voxel grid to find the next-best view for the exploration. Each node in the exploration graph built with RRG is evaluated regarding the ability of the UGV to traverse it, which is derived from an occupancy grid map. It is also used to create a topology-based graph where nodes are placed centrally to reduce the risk of collisions and increase the amount of observable space. Nodes that fall outside the local exploration area are stored in a global graph and are connected with a Traveling Salesman Problem solver to explore them later.

This qualitative study explores the interrelationship between perceived gender discrimination and its antecedents and consequences while examining the concept of the glass ceiling that presents some barriers to the career advancement of Bahraini female workers in the banking sector. The study examines female bankers’ perception of the existence of both gender discrimination and the glass ceiling concept in this sector. It first examines the factors that cause such phenomena at three different levels namely societal, institutional and individual. The study then verifies the effects of some identified antecedents i.e. whether they foster or lower the perceived gender discrimination and how such effects happen. Furthermore, the study examines the same factors to ascertain if they are barriers that hinder women’s career advancement or enablers that support their advancement as there is a lack of empirical studies on the effect of the factors of the three mentioned levels to women’s career advancement especially in non-western context (Tlaiss, 2010; Hejase et al., 2013; Yokkongdi & Benson, 2005). The study also examines the consequences of perceived gender discrimination that occurs at the individual level. Some previous studies related to this research topic adopted the quantitative approach, hence; this is a qualitative based research that examines the perception of the respondents whose experiences and opinions expound the context. This led to understanding subjective areas such as respondents’ emotions and experiences that address the nature of perceived gender discrimination and the concept of glass ceiling in the Bahraini banking sector, focusing on “How” and “Why” type of questions instead of stressing on the quantities. The existing literature of gender discrimination especially about the area of underrepresentation of female workers in higher positions especially in financial services sector including banking is minimal. (Bruckmuller & Branscombe, 2010; Elumti et al., 2009; Durbin & Conley, 2010). This approach unveils the research questions by conducting in-depth semi-structured interviews with 26 Bahraini females as most of the previous studies examined both male and female perceptions while this research focusing at female only to make it more gender specific. The respondents hold managerial and non-managerial positions in both Islamic and conventional banks in the kingdom of Bahrain. The aim of the interview was to extract their perceptions on the factors and the consequences of gender discrimination as well as the barriers and challenges that hinder their advancement to higher managerial levels. The study captures the factors and the consequences of gender discrimination as well as the most common barriers that impede the Bahraini females’ career advancement within an Islamic and Arabic cultural context. The themes that emerged from the analysis are used to discuss the research issues in the light of previous research findings from different empirical studies. This study identifies different ways of finding factors of perceived gender discrimination and their effects as well as the challenges that may hinder the women’s career advancement in this sector. This study discovers that perceived gender discrimination exists in the Bahraini banking sector especially in areas such as hiring preference and receiving of benefits and compensations. This study also unearths the existence of glass ceiling, which is related to the gender inequality in the advancement opportunities to higher positions especially in the areas such as obtaining a promotion and holding managerial positions in the banks. The study finds out various factors that cause the perceived gender discrimination and the glass ceiling in the Bahraini banking sector which are classified at three levels as explained above.

Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document / Thesis (DD)--University of Pretoria, 2009. / Old Testament Studies / unrestricted

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Human traffic has been taken in a huge proportion in the last few decades, driven forward by socio economic inequality including all the kinds of race/ ethnicity, becoming an important point of the happening called "Human Traffic". This genres approaching research, is focused on analyze the actions of the managers and professionals about the work of the `Rede de EnfrentamentoaoTrafico de Pessoas para fins de exploração Sexual de Sergipe´, pointing trend and challenges daily faced. It´s based on the historical- dialectic which tries to comprehend the human traffic to the sexual exploring beyond this phenomenalistic expression, showing the particular and universal aspects in addition to some specificities of the object. Were used different information sources like: bibliographies, documents, oral sources by the semi-structured interviews with women, managers and professionals of the executing agencies, promotion areas and accountable defense. The result points besides others issues, the fragility and lack of ability inside of the management in actions in the department area, lack of communication between different opinions, hierarchy of services , none knowledge of the legislation and studies about the occurrence. / O tráfico de seres humanos vem assumindo proporções gigantescas nas últimas décadas, impulsionado pelas desigualdades socioeconômicas, aliadas as de gênero raça/etnia, questões estruturantes do fenômeno tráfico de pessoas. A presente pesquisa,sob a abordagem de gênero, objetiva analisar as representações de gestores e profissionais sobre o trabalho da Rede de Enfrentamento do Tráfico de Pessoas para fins de Exploração Sexual em Sergipe, apontando tendências e desafios enfrentados no cotidiano. Norteia-se pelo método histórico-dialético, o qual busca compreender a questão do Tráfico de Pessoas para fins de Exploração Sexual para além da sua expressãofenomênica, destacando os aspectossingulares e universais, bem como as particularidades do objeto. Foram utilizadas diferentes fontes de informação: bibliografias, documentos, fontes orais por meio da entrevista semiestruturada com mulheres e homens gestores e profissionais das instituições executoras, nos eixos de Promoção, Defesa e responsabilização. Os resultados evidenciam, entre outras questões, a existência de fragilidade/desarticulação da gestão intersetorial nas ações e instâncias das secretarias, falta de comunicação entre diferentes políticas, hierarquização dos serviços, desconhecimento sobre a legislação e estudos sobre o fenômeno.

Tato diplomová práce práce se zabývá plánováním cesty všesměrového mobilního robotu pomocí algoritmu RRT (Rapidly-exploring Random Tree – Rychle rostoucí náhodný strom). Teoretická část popisuje základní algoritmy plánování cesty a prezentuje bližší pohled na RRT a jeho potenciál. Praktická část práce řeší návrh a tvorbu v zásadě multiplatformní C++ aplikace v prostředí Windows 7 za použití aplikačního frameworku Qt 4.8.0, která implementuje pokročilé RRT algoritmy s parametrizovatelným řešičem a speciálním dávkovým režimem. Tento mód slouží k testování efektivnosti nastavení řešiče pro dané úlohy a je založen na post-processingu a vizualizaci výstupu měřených úloh pomocí jazyka Python. Vypočtené cesty mohou být vylepšeny pomocí zkracovacích algoritmů a výsledná trajektorie odeslána do pohonů Maxon Compact Drive všesměrové mobilní platformy pomocí CANopen. Aplikace klade důraz na moderní grafické uživatelské rozhraní se spolehlivým a výkonným 2D grafickým engine.

New komplex of school buildings in Ostrava on Černá louka is the school with perspective for the future. It provides overall education and concentrate on maximum efficiency of learning proces. The idea links the theory with practical demonstration and intense learning with relaxation in nature enviromnemt. The teaching system support the independent activity of each individual and self-realization for everyone. The school allows some variability of internal organization of space and take into consideration the technology development and the capacity of youngsters to understand it and embrace it.

Small UAVs are used for low altitude surveillance flights where unknown obstacles can be encountered. These UAVs can be given the capability to navigate in uncertain environments if obstacles are identified. This research presents an obstacle avoidance system for small UAVs. First, a mission waypoint path is created that avoids all known obstacles using a genetic algorithm. Then, while the UAV is in flight, obstacles are detected using a forward looking, onboard camera. Image features are found using the Harris Corner Detector and tracked through multiple video frames which provides three dimensional localization of the features. A sparse three dimensional map of features provides a rough estimate of obstacle locations. The features are grouped into potentially hazardous areas. The small UAV then employs a sliding mode control law on the autopilot to avoid obstacles. This research compares rapidly-exploring random trees to genetic algorithms for UAV pre-mission path planning. It also presents two methods for using image feature movement and UAV telemetry to calculate depth and detect obstacles. The first method uses pixel ray intersection and the second calculates depth from image feature movement. Obstacles are avoided with a success rate of 96%.