The dissertation primarily involves an exploration of art-like research possibilities via symbolic constructivism, concerning research into a therapeutic process from the position of a beginning therapist. Symbolic constructivism within the broader framework of artistic inquiry forms the methodological paradigm. Symbolic constructivism is regarded as a social constructionist research method, and entails using art-like formats in creating a symbol representing the issue being researched. Fiction writing is thereby used in creating a story as a co-constructed symbol, exploring what happened during a therapy process involving issues regarding trauma and dissociation that I undertook with a female client. The client acts as co-researcher in co-writing and editing the story's content, style and tone. The study also represents my reality in terms of understanding theoretical constructs from epistemologically diverse paradigms, therapeutic processes, doing research and writing a dissertation as it is punctuated at a specific moment in time. As a subtext the dissertation may also be described as a narrative about becoming - becoming a therapist, being a person, and the interface between these two (amongst other) selves. In the dissertation, I therefore hope to present a process-oriented account of personal therapeutic development as well. / Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Psychology / unrestricted

The aim of this thesis is to assess using selected marketing tools how Czech consumers perceive different formats of television advertisement used by Vodafone. To this end, Vodafone TV spots aired in the Czech Republic between 2005 and 2016 were analysed focusing mainly on TV spots aired in the past few years. An integral part of this thesis is the qualitative Focus Group research method and probe questionnaires distributed among Czech consumers. The results of this research are subsequently compared with the Multicriterial research MML TGI Median Company and also with the research results of the Nielsen Company.

The goal of the thesis is to formulate suggestion to Czech universities regarding publication of textbooks and academic texts in electronic formats. The thesis also provides a general view of the Czech ebook market -- the history, formats and digital right management of ebooks are described. The process of ebook elaboration and reading devices with their pros and cons are also mentioned. The comparison of world and Czech ebook and etextbook market is emphasized and the availability of Czech etextbooks and academic text in Czech higher education institutions is mapped. The hypothesis that Czech students' demand for etextbooks is sufficient for profitable etextbook elaboration by Czech higher education institutions in the way that prevents from illegal sharing of content and violating of authorial laws is examined.

This dissertation focuses on the data exchange bibliographic formats that have been used in the libraries since the 1960s. There have not been many changes over the decades although librarians have been calling for them. Since the beginning of the new millennium, there has been a growing pressure for change. The aim of this dissertation is to try to summarize the activities in this field and to outline possible future development. The formats used in the past and in the present are analysed in the first part. It is possible to predict the future development on the basis of the analysis of individual projects and on the basis of surveys. The results of the analysis suggest that these activities are headed to a linked data publication model that preserves the current cataloguing procedures. Keywords: exchange formats, bibliographic data, MARC format, MARC 21 format, linked data, BIBFRAME, Schema.org, cataloguing

Internet trading had became common part of life to many people. Link to that walks also publicity that step by step moves from classical media to on-line formats. Aim of this thesis is chart possibilities of marketing and publicity on the internet and apply these pieces of knowledge practically on already running e-shop.

Um uns mit unseren Dozierenden zu digitalem Lernen und Lernen auszutauschen, haben wir im Herbst 2020 den DIUtalk etabliert. Dies ist ein 14tägiges jeweils einstündiges virtuelles Austauschformat, in welchem Tools und Methoden vorgestellt, ausprobiert und diskutiert werden. Vertiefend haben wir im Februar 2021 den DIUtalk deep dive ins Leben gerufen. Einmal im Monat wird ein zweistündiger Workshop angeboten, um bestimmte Tools tiefgehender betrachten zu können. Für den asynchronen Austausch und das Festhalten von Ideen und Ergebnissen haben wir eine LinkedIn-Gruppe #DIUtalk – die Community für Lehre und Lernen erstellt, die inzwischen 30 Mitglieder umfasst und weiterhin wachsen darf. Zusätzlich gibt es seit September 2021 ein Miro-Board, auf dem alle Ergebnisse der DIUtalks festgehalten werden und jeweils einen auditiven Lernsnack, der ebenfalls auf dem Board verlinkt ist.

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine how material, vital for the designprocess (supporting documents) is handled throughout the entire process. From obtaining the material from the document-administer until the material is transformed and applicable in a BIM-software in the design-process. Method: The first method is a case study that contains semi-structured interviews with one large as well as one small design-firm in Sweden, but also the biggest client regarding infrastructure in Sweden. Secondly, the other part of this thesis work is to perform an experiment containing two parts where the first one is to examine supporting material of an ongoing infrastructure-project and evaluate the quality, as well as constructing conversion rules to evaluate how supporting documents can be implemented. Findings: All the respondents in the conducted survey reported that supporting material regarding electric-, telecommunication- and fibre-optic cables were supporting material with the lowest degree of accuracy. Furthermore, the most used file-format is DWG, but file-formats like PDF, JPG, XML and LAS are also file-formats that is used according to the respondents. All the respondents suggest that a standardised way of using supporting documents would be an efficient way of standardising the process. The findings from the experiment concluded that the most used file-format used as supporting material is DWG (79%), followed by PDF (21 %). The quality varied between different providers. Supporting material provided straight from the contractor in DWG had great or excellent quality. Material as PDF/JPG needed to be processed in order to be used in a BIM-software. The implementing of conversion rules resulted in way of implementing these. In order to use this, the supporting document needs to be digital, in this case as DWG-files. Well established ways of using colours, layers and names in the CAD-software is vital. Implications: In order to make the way of handling the supporting material more efficient, a standardised way of handling these need to be used, as well as standardised file-formats. By making the supporting material digital, this will make the material more accessible, thus is the quality of e.g. PDF and JPG “not sufficient” because a BIMuser must convert these files manually, which provide one source of error. Therefore, these files lack interoperability. Regarding the material provided by the contractor, the design-firm need to have direct communication with the provider of the supporting material to take advantage of DWG-files and use the same file-formats, layers etc., to reduce the time it takes to convert the supporting documents manually. Limitations: A limitation is that only one large and one small design-firm is analysed. One part of a complete BIM-software is used, so the external validity is low, because the result may only be used in another small design-firm with the same project configurations and programmes. The experiment, where Conversion Rules were examined did only embrace wells (water-systems). / Syfte: Syftet med detta examensarbete är att ta reda på hur underlagshanteringen ser ut igenom hela processen från tillhandahållning av underlaget till implementering i projekteringsprocessen. Metod: Den första är en fallstudie som består av kvalitativa semi-strukturerade intervjuer med en stor och en liten konsultfirma inom projekteringsprocessen, såväl som den största beställaren av infrastrukturprojekt i Sverige. Den andra delen är ett experiment som är uppdelat i två delar där den första är att ta reda på hur underlag ser ut och bedöma dessa i ett pågående infrastrukturprojekt. Den andra delen är att upprätta så kallade konverteringsregler för att importera underlag i en BIM-mjukvara. Resultat: Samtliga respondenter i intervjuerna svarade att underlag gällande el-, teleoch fiberoptikkablar är underlag med lägst grad av träffsäkerhet/noggrannhet. Vidare svarade respondenterna att DWG är filformatet som oftast används. Andra filformat som PDF, JPG, XML och LAS är även det filformat som används. Samtliga respondenter redogjorde även för vissa åtgärder som kan vidtas för att standardisera underlagshantering i branschen. Däribland efterfrågas en standardisering av underlagshantering gällande lagernamn, färger, filformat osv. I experimentet visade det sig att underlag i DWG-format svarar för (79 %) av underlagen, följt av PDF (21 %). Kvaliteten varierade mellan olika källor, där underlag tillhandahållna direkt av entreprenören i DWG hade bra eller utomordentlig kvalitet. Underlag i from av PDF/JPG måste omvandlas för hand för att kunna används i en BIM-mjukvara. Implementeringen av konverteringsregler resulterade i en arbetsgång för att implementera konverteringsregler i projekteringsprocessen. För att göra detta krävs underlag i DWG-format. Konsekvenser: För att göra underlagshanteringsprocessen mer effektiv, behövs ett standardiserat sätt att använda dessa, såväl som filformat. Genom att digitalisera underlag bidrar detta till att höja antagningsgraden i CAD- och BIM-mjukvaror. Således är kvalitén av exempelvis PDF och JPG ”inte tillräckligt” på grund av att en person manuellt måste omvandla dessa filer, som bidrar till en felkälla. Därav är interoperabiliteten bristfällig. Gällande material tillhandahållen av entreprenören, så måste en god kommunikation upprättas mellan de båda parterna för att dra nytta av underlag i DWG, och använda samma filformat, lager etcetera, för att reducera tidsåtgången i att konvertera exempelvis PDF-filer manuellt. Begränsningar: Endast en stor och en lite konsultfirma analyseras. Endast en del av en komplett BIM-mjukvara används, därav låg extern validitet, då resultatet endast kan appliceras i en annan liten konsultfirma med samma projekt-konfigurationer och program. I experimentet där konverteringsregler utreddes inkluderades endast brunnar (VA).

This thesis explores how library practice has been impacted by linked (open) data. For libraries, adopting linked data principles means moving away from the long-established reality of MARC-formats and opening up their information resources to the internet. While the transformation of library systems to linked data is often described as the necessary next step for the library community promising enormous benefits, the reality of the transformation process is a challenging one. This thesis employs an interview study at the National Library of Sweden, the first national library worldwide that has adopted linked data as its core data-model, to provide deeper insights into how linked data is affecting the current work practices of library professionals from their own perspectives. The findings suggest that linked data is significantly impacting library practice in a multitude of ways, fundamentally changing knowledge and information organization in the digital age. While linked data is still in the beginning stages of its implementation in the library community as a whole, the interviewed library professionals are confident about the benefits the transformation will bring eventually. While there are still many challenges and obstacles to tackle there is a strong believe that the advertised promises of linked data will come true in time. Furthermore, the results of the study suggest that linked data is only part of a paradigm-shifting change currently happening in the knowledge and information organization community, accompanied by many other developments that are as a whole fundamentally changing how information is organized, managed, shared and even perceived in today’s digital information environment of the internet.

The diploma thesis deals with a comparative analysis of two singing competitions, Zpívá celá rodina and Česko hledá Superstar. The comparison is based on the analysis of the shows Zpívá celá rodina and Česko hledá Superstar. Since the analysed television singing competitions were broadcast in different eras, significant differences between the two television shows can be observed. The theoretical part deals with television entertainment, the definition of television singing contest formats, as well as the description of media audiences and television fans. The thesis includes a brief description of the TV music shows and singing competitions that were available on the domestic market. The following comparative analysis is based on comparing the two mentioned singing competitions. The thesis presents the findings that the different eras contributed significantly to the form of the television singing competitions and also had a considerable influence on the preferences of the television audience. The thesis also provides a rationale as to why the the above mentioned shows were so popular with television audiences and whether the concept of Zpívá celá rodina could still be successful today. This justification is supported by comments by music experts and personal experience of participating in the...

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