Zugl.: Giessen, Universiẗat, Diss., 2005.

Zugl.: Hannover, Tierärztliche Hochsch., Diss., 2008.

El auge de las aplicaciones móviles (App) en el mundo es una realidad indiscutible. Los usuarios están en constante búsqueda de herramientas que faciliten sus actividades diarias, así como de otras que les generen algún tipo de entretenimiento u ocio. En el ámbito del turismo, se puede observar que tanto turistas extranjeros como nacionales que visitan Lima, ya sea por placer o por negocios, en sus tiempos libres no saben qué hacer o a donde ir. Es así que tienen que visitar muchas páginas de internet para ir averiguando los aspectos típicos de Lima. Ante esta problemática, estamos proponiendo la creación de un aplicativo móvil y de una plataforma web online denominado “Husky”, con el objetivo de promover el turismo en personas interesadas en realizar viajes cortos entre semana o fin de semana de uno a tres días en los alrededores de Lima. Este aplicativo móvil y plataforma web permitirán que el usuario tenga en su celular y de manera unificada información de todos los tours disponibles en los alrededores de Lima. Para el modelo de negocio basado en un aplicativo móvil y plataforma web, se hizo uso del modelo Canvas para desde un inicio saber si la idea de negocio es sostenible a la hora de llevarla a cabo. El modelo de negocio planteado resulta sostenible en el tiempo debido a que los ingresos son generados por una comisión que pagarán las agencias de tours por el uso de la App o de la plataforma web online. El carácter innovador que muestra este aplicativo móvil es que busca simplificar la búsqueda de tours cerca de Lima, ofreciendo un servicio integrado de calidad a los turistas, quienes podrán calificar al final del tour a la agencia y su experiencia en el tour. Asimismo, este aplicativo estará disponible las 24 horas del día, los 7 días de la semana, los 365 días del año y se brindará facilidades de pago con tarjetas de débito o crédito de distintas compañías como Visa, Mastercard, American Express o Dinners. / Trabajo de investigación

En viktig uppgift som den operativa nivån har är att samordna försvarsgrenarna så resurseffektivt som möjligt. Överraskande blir det då att krigföringsprincipen samordning är så förhållandevis outforskad. Denna teoriutvecklade studie har som ansats att genom en hypotetisk-deduktiv metod skapa en användbar hypotes som strävar efter att förklara vad som underlättar samordningen mellan försvarsgrenarna. Hypotesen bygger på framgångsfaktorer avseende gränser och dess nyttjande mellan försvarsgrenarna. Dessa hypotetiskt framtagna framgångsfaktorer grundas i militärteorin och utgör delhypoteser i hypotesen. Den empiriska undersökningen är en hypotesprövande enfallsstudie av operation Husky. Hypotesprövningen syftar till att stärka eller förkasta delar eller hela den hypotetiska framtagna teorin. Resultatet från hypotesprövningen visar på ett behov dock i olika grad av samtliga framtagna delhypoteser. På grund av det begränsade omfånget undersöks inte förtroendet mellan försvarsgrenarna som delhypotes vid analysen. Trots detta uppkommer under analysen att det kan utgöra en grundförutsättning för att underlätta samordningen. Den preliminära och omarbetade hypotes som grundats av undersökningens slutsatser lyder: Samordningen mellan försvarsgrenarna grundas i ömsesidigt förtroende och underlättas om det tilldelade rummet ger möjlighet att sprida och manövrera med försvarsgrenen, ledningens förmåga att dynamiskt anpassa gränserna samt att gränsers placering är präglad av enkelhet.

Mushers, sledges, and husky teams run through Lapland for approximately 5000 years already to move goods, travel, and even military purposes. Nowadays, the mushing tradition has entered the local culture and evolved into a professional vocation for numerous entrepreneurs. Husky sledging companies of different sizes and business cultures meet the increasing touristic demand for sledging rides and safaris in the Finnish wilderness. Husky tours constitute a unique selling point for lots of Arctic destinations because part of the “to-do list” of every tourist exploring the extreme North. Despite the growing interests shown by visitors, the academic world has almost never focused any attention or resources to research the husky sledging industry. Since the covid-19 spread also in Lapland, the entire husky sledging business is condemned to face severe consequences and deal with wicked problems. This thesis aims to fill the research gap on the husky safari business and to offer husky tour companies support in mitigating the economic impacts caused by the pandemic outbreak. The investigation is based on the participatory action research realised in collaboration with Bearhill Husky, a dog sledging company operating in Rovaniemi. Design Thinking has been applied as a research methodology to develop sustainable solutions that could help the company survive the crisis. The aim is to prove that, under certain conditions, Design Thinking can succeed in this intent and to inspire other kennels to apply this methodology for developing resilience and sustainable innovation. This research looks at what has been destroyed and sees room for growth and progress and teaches that sometimes the problem is our approach towards it.

This thesis project aims to learn and understand more about implementing a path planner to the unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), UGV Husky, specifically its traversability algorithm, and investigate how it could be further improved. A surrounding grid is generated around the UGV where each cell contains information connected to its traversability. The traversability filter is given this information to score how possible it is to traverse to the cell with regard to angular slope, terrain roughness, and step height. The three parameters have each a critical value that works as a limit where if one of the three parameters were to exceed the critical value then the cell would not be estimated to be traversable. The current problem is that their critical value for angular slope, step height, and terrain roughness are decided arbitrarily and mostly through simulation. To solve this problem, formulas are derived that focus on geometrical aspects of a UGV to define the limits in focus on slope and step. The formulas give threshold values applied to the code and are run in simulation. To validate this, hardware experiments are done to compare simulation and reality. This is to observe and learn if the simulations are good representations of reality and if the threshold values are correct. The results show that the thresholds are good estimations of the UGV Husky's limits. This is if one takes into consideration that other important factors are not included or known, such as the ground conditions in the actual experiments. The simulation studies also prove that Gazebo simulations are not good representations of reality to test terrain difficulties because of simplified physical representation, giving unreliable limits. Based on the successful implementation of the geometrically derived threshold values for slope and step, further work could include similarly derived threshold values for terrain roughness, and attempt to optimize the variables that are in the traversability formula. / Syftet med detta examensabete är attutveckla förståelsen av en ruttplaneringsalgoritm, specifikt dess framkomlighets analays, och kolla hur det går att förbättra den. Problemet som diskuteras i denna rapport är hur tröskelvärdena för vinkellutning, högsta steghöjd och terrängens grovhet är godtyckligt valda och i flesta fall från simuleringsmiljöer eller flera verklighetstester. För att lösa detta problem foukseras det på att utveckla en formel som endast kollar på de geometriska aspekterna av fordonets vinkelgräns och steghöjd. Denna formel blir testad genom att applicera de framräknade tröskelvärdena till simuleringsmiljön och observera ifall det stämmer att UGVn som användts (UGV Husky) har dessa begränsningar. För validering görs tester också i verkligheten för att se hur relationen mellan simulering och verklighet är. Resultaten visar att värdena är bra uppskattningar till vad UGV Husky klarar i verkligheten om man tar i åtanke att viktiga faktorer har inte tagits med exempelvis markförhållanden. Simulering i förhållande till verklighet är inte en bra representation på grund av dålig upplösning av modeleringen av UGVn vilket ger opålitliga gränser. Nästa steg skulle framöver vara att ta med terrängförhållanden i beräkningarna och optimera flera variabler i formeln.

Stobbe, Mark Jacob, M.A. University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, February 2014. Public-Private Partnerships in Saskatchewan: A Tale of two Upgraders. Most of the literature dealing with public-private partnerships (P3s) examines the impact of private sector involvement in the provision of infrastructure or services normally provided by the public sector. This thesis uses the two case studies of the NewGrade Heavy Oil Upgrader and the Bi-Provincial Heavy Oil upgrader to examine the dynamics of P3s entered into by government in a market-driven, commercial sector for the purposes of promoting economic development. In the 1980’s, there was a political consensus in the Saskatchewan legislature that the province needed upgrading capacity to convert heavy crude oil into more marketable and valuable light synthetic crude and that the upgraders should be built through P3s. The result was the creation of the NewGrade and Bi-Provincial Upgraders. In the 1990’s, financial losses at both upgraders caused the Saskatchewan government to demand renegotiation of these partnerships. The thesis examines these partnerships in their initial negotiation, construction/operation and renegotiation in order to determine what environmental factors and internal dynamics contributed to the success or failure of the partnerships and the relations between the partners. The thesis argues that the upgraders successfully achieved their public policy objectives and gained the benefits of synergies arising from the differences between the public and private sector. However, the partnerships came under severe stress arising from a prolonged downturn in oil markets and the price of crude oil. The resulting financial losses caused the Saskatchewan government to seek a renegotiation of the terms of partnership. Despite this common cause of stress in the partnerships, the renegotiations of the agreements varied greatly. It is demonstrated that these differences arose from the financial structure of each partnership, the nature of the private sector partners and the number of partners involved in the project. The thesis provides some observations of potential value for governments and corporations considering entering partnerships for economic development projects. The differences between partners that can create synergistic benefits can also be the basis for the erosion of trust between the partners. The different financial tools used by government to participate in P3s can have significant impacts on both project viability and relationships between the partners.

This thesis deals with the life and career and intimate life of Francis Carroll Grevemberg, an antiaircraft World War II officer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Grevemberg joined the Louisiana National Guard in 1932 and began his military career in the midst of the Great Depression. In the reorganization of the U.S. Army before World War II, the War Department transformed Grevemberg's cavalry regiment into a coastal artillery battalion with antiaircraft capability. During World War II, Grevemberg saw continuous action in the North Africa, Italy and Southern France. He regularly wrote letters from battlefields to his wife Dorothy. These letters provide a important window into a young officer's feelings, thoughts and affection in the unfolding of World War II. They are documents of a soldier's emotional release during times of crises. Lt. Col. Grevemberg is a rare, World War II antiaircraft artillery officer who took part and survived five amphibious landings in the Mediterranean.