This thesis deals with the elaboration of draft effective business strategies for companies operating in the baking industry. The theoretical part deals with the processing of knowledge from the literature, which are then used in the practical part. The proposed findings and results based on the analysis of the external and internal environment of monitored companies. When analyzing the external environment is investigated using the macroenvironment PEST analysis and microenvironments based on the analysis of sectoral environment and Porter's five forces model. For the analysis of the internal environment is used McKinsey 7S model and analysis of competitiveness. The financial situation of enterprises is evaluated relative indicators as tools of financial analysis. Using the EFE and IFE matrix are processed factors external and internal environment. Results from internal and external analysis are used to generate internal-external matrix IE and SWOT matrix through which identifies a strategy for enterprises engaged in the baking industry.

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Composites have been increasingly used in different applications in the last decade, especially in aerospace due to their high strength and lightweight characteristics. Indeed, the latest models of Airbus (A350) and Boeing (B787) have employed more than 50 wt% of composites, mainly Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymers (CFRP). Yet, the increased use of CFRP has raised the environmental concerns about their end-of-life related to waste disposal, consumption of non-renewable resources for manufacturing and the need to recycle CFRP wastes. In this study, a generic model is developed in order to propose an optimal management of aerospace CFRP wastes taking into account economic and environmental objectives. Firstly, a life-cycle systemic approach is used to model the environmental impacts of CFRP recycling processes focusing on Global Warming Potential (GWP) following the guidelines of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). The whole supply chain for recycling CFRP pathways is then modelled from aircraft dismantling sites to the reuse of recycled fibres in various applications. A multi-objective optimisation strategy based on mathematical programming, -constraint and lexicographic methods with appropriate decisionmaking techniques (M-TOPSIS, PROMETHEE-GAIA) has been developed to determine CFRP waste supply chain configurations. Various scenarios have been studied in order to take account the potential of existing recycling sites in a mono-period visions as well as the deployment of new sites in a multi-period approach considering the case study of France for illustration purpose. The solutions obtained from optimisation process allow developing optimal strategies for the implementation of CFRP recovery with recycled fibres (of acceptable quality) for the targeted substitution use while minimising cost /maximising profit for an economic criterion and minimising an environmental impact based on GWP.

Entertainment on airplanes has increased in later years and is a significant part of the flight experience. In-flight Entertainment (IFE) can consist of many different types of entertainment such as movies, music, live-tv, and games. Recently, the attention to making accessible websites has also increased. WCAG is a set of guidelines for creating accessible web pages. The target devices for WCAG are computers, laptops, and mobile phones. This thesis aims to customize the guidelines and success criteria in WCAG to increase their utilization when applied in an IFE system. Additionally, this thesis focuses on finding differences in accessibility for IFE systems and websites.    The procedure to customize WCAG was done through literature and case studies. The data gathered from these two methods were used together to customize the guidelines and success criteria. The case study was done on people working with the development of IFE systems. Following the customization of WCAG, a comparison was made in a specific scenario between the customized guidelines and WCAG. The study showed that customization of some guidelines and success criteria in WCAG was necessary if WCAG was applied in an IFE system. However, the results also showed that most guidelines and success criteria can be used in an IFE system without changes. The customized guidelines are called IFCAG - In-Flight Content Accessibility Guidelines. To conclude, the guidelines and success criteria in IFCAG should work better than WCAG when applied in the development of an IFE system. However, this cannot be determined before IFCAG is applied during an actual development of an IFE system. Furthermore, WCAG consists of a large ecosystem of additional supporting documents. Future research could also look at these documents with IFE systems in mind.

Parental involvement (PI) in three socio-economic disparate primary schools in Ile-Ife in Nigeria was investigated in the study. The study explored the effect of socio-economic status on PI using three schools representing the Lower socioeconomic status (LSES), Middle socio-economic status (MSES) and Higher socioeconomic status (HSES). The study reported how parents of three different income groups practice and perceive PI and how teachers perceive PI at the schools and what their expectations are regarding PI. The data used for empirical investigation was drawn from 15 parents and 15 teachers at each of the three schools. The parents were selected using convenience sampling and were individually interviewed while teachers are selected by purposeful random sampling and data was collected using focus group interviews and survey questionnaires. Results shows that parents’ available time, interest, level of education, social capital, parent-teacher contact and socio-economic status (SES) affected PI of which time, SES and interest were the most important factors affecting PI. PI is evidenced in all SES groups as joint cooperation between parents and teachers in support of children’s scholastic pursuit. The study suggests that, contrary to conventional opinion, parents of LSES generally have high educational goals for their children and evidence noteworthy PI practices. PI should be strengthened by building on existing positive endeavors and addressing areas of PI which are lagging behind. Strategies to strengthen these endeavors are recommended in conclusion of the study. / Educational Leadership and Management / M. Ed. (Education Management)

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:06:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MariaERS_DISSERT.pdf: 1409095 bytes, checksum: 47d94589cef732af65add0f419e0a74b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-06 / This study presents the results of a survey conducted in the area of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) in order to identify (1) the learning needs of students in a course in Tourism, their desires and lacks, at a federal university, with respect to use of English; (2) the needs of the present situation of teachers and the coordinator of that course as to the language; (3) the needs of the target situation of professionals (graduates) and companies with respect to this language. This research is a case study (STAKE, 1998; YIN, 2009) and was used for data collection, instruments such as questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, and document on the Tourism Course. To this end, it was adopted the theoretical basis for the constructs of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Ingl?s para Fins Espec?ficos (IFE) in Brazil, also known as Ingl?s Instrumental, whose foundation is based on the work by Hutchinson and Waters (1987), Robinson (1991), Dudley-Evans and St. John (1998), Celani, Deyes, Holmes, Scott (2006), among others, since this work is devoted to a specific area, Tourism. Results show that students opined the ability to prioritize reading and speaking into the classroom. Professionals reported that the latter is an indispensable tool for entering the labor market, yet they feel unprepared and need to attend English language courses in private language schools. The testimony of company executives also point to this deficiency. Finally, the present situation of teachers reveals that, while advocating the use of English in the classroom, this is not because students prefer their mother tongue. There is also an evident lack of needs analysis. Eventually, the coordinator said that there is some uncertainty as to the methodology, content and language skills worked, and the lack of interaction among teachers of English. It was concluded, therefore, it is important to conduct a needs analysis so that one can redesign a course that meets the different contextual needs: students, teachers, coordination, represented by the institutional needs, and the labor market / Este estudo apresenta os resultados de uma pesquisa desenvolvida na ?rea de Ingl?s para Fins Espec?ficos (IFE) com o objetivo de identificar (1) as necessidades de aprendizagem dos alunos de um curso de Turismo, seus desejos e car?ncias, numa universidade federal, quanto ao uso do ingl?s; (2) as necessidades da situa??o atual dos professores e do coordenador do referido curso quanto ao idioma; (3) as necessidades da situa??o-alvo dos profissionais (egressos) e empresas com rela??o a essa l?ngua. Esta pesquisa ? um estudo de caso (STAKE, 1998; YIN, 2009) e foram utilizados, para levantamento dos dados, como instrumentos de coleta: question?rios, entrevistas semiestruturadas, al?m de documento sobre o curso de Turismo. Para tanto, foram adotados como aporte te?rico os construtos do English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Ingl?s para Fins Espec?ficos (IFE) tamb?m conhecido no Brasil como Ingl?s Instrumental, cuja fundamenta??o baseia-se nos trabalhos de Hutchinson e Waters (1987), Robinson (1991), Dudley-Evans e St. John (1998), Celani, Deyes, Holmes, Scott (2006), dentre outros, visto que este trabalho ? voltado para uma ?rea espec?fica, o turismo. Os resultados demonstram que os alunos opinaram pela habilidade em leitura e priorizaram a oralidade em sala de aula. Os egressos relataram que esta ?ltima ? uma ferramenta indispens?vel para sua entrada no mercado de trabalho; mesmo assim, sentem-se despreparados, necessitando frequentar escolas de l?ngua. O depoimento dos dirigentes de empresas tamb?m aponta para essa defici?ncia. Por ?ltimo, a situa??o atual dos professores denota que, embora defendam o uso da l?ngua inglesa em sala de aula, isso n?o acontece, porque os alunos preferem a l?ngua materna. Tamb?m ficou evidenciada a inexist?ncia de an?lise de necessidades. Por fim, a coordenadora informou que h? certa indefini??o quanto ? metodologia, aos conte?dos e ?s habilidades lingu?sticas trabalhadas, al?m da falta de intera??o entre os professores de ingl?s. Conclui-se, portanto, que ? relevante realizar uma an?lise de necessidades para que se possa redesenhar um curso que atenda ?s diferentes necessidades contextuais: de alunos, professores, coordena??o, representada pelas necessidades institucionais, profissionais e o mercado de trabalho

International Fisher Effect (IFE) is a theory in international finance which asserts that the spot exchange rate between countries should move in opposite direction with the interest rate differential between these countries. The aim of this thesis is to analyze whether differences in nominal interest rates between countries and the movement of spot exchange rates between their currencies tend to move together over the long run. The presence of IFE is tested among the G-5 countries and Turkey for the period from 1985:1 to 2007:12. The long run relationship is estimated with the Johansen co-integration method and supportive evidence is found for all country pairs. Individually modeled equations are further tested with the Dynamic SUR method. Those DSUR equations that include the Turkish currency provide supportive evidence for IFE that higher interest rates in favor of Turkey would cause depreciation of the Turkish Lira. The magnitude of the effect is found to be lower than expected which indicates that there might be other factors in economy, such as inflation rates, that affect the exchange rate movements.

The subject of this thesis is the analysis of the vending companies and their business management. The theoretical part describes the basic terminology of the topic. The practical part is focused on the companies themselves, it analyzes and characterizes internal and external surroundings of the vending companies. External environment was analyzed using the PESTE analysis, Porters five forces model and EFE matrix. Main topics of the internal environment analysis were the subject of the business, IFE matrix and the financial analysis. The complex analysis of the whole environment is based on the IE matrix and the SWOT analysis. This thesis contains practical suggestions and recommendations directed to the areas of competitiveness, financial and effective use of sources.

In this thesis an implementation of an Android application is made. The application is able to run on both an Android based In Flight Entertainment system screen, as well as on an Android smartphone. When two instances of the application is run on different systems, the two application instances are able to communicate with each other via UDP or Bluetooth. The implementation of the communication is evaluated. For implementations demanding high goodput, UDP is better suited than Bluetooth which is consistent with results of previous studies. For implementations where response times are more important than goodput, Bluetooth is considered to still be a viable option. The results shows that the hardware performance of the system running the application greatly impacts the resulting goodput and response times of the communication. Hardware performance is therefore concluded to be the biggest hurdle to overcome when implementing demanding application communication between smarthphones and the In Flight Entertainment systems targeted in this study. / I detta examensarbete så skapas en Android applikation. Applikationen kan köras på både en Androidbaserad In Flight Entertainment skärm, samt en Android smartphone. När två instanser av applikationen körs på olika enheter så kan applikationerna kommunicera med varandra via UDP eller Bluetooth. Implementationen av kommunikationen utvärderas. För implementationer som kräver högre goodput så är UDP bättre lämpat att använda än Bluetooth, vilket är konsekvent med resultat från tidigare utförda studier. För implementationer där låg responstid är viktigare än hög goodput, så är Bluetooth dock inte ett uteslutet alternativ. Resultatet visar att hårdvaruprestandan hos den enhet som applikationen körs på har en stor påverkan på kommunikationens goodput och responstid. Utifrån detta så dras slutsatsen att påverkan från hårdvaruprestandan är den största begränsningen som behöver adresseras vid implementation av krävande applikationskommunikation mellan smarttelefoner och de In Flight Entertainemet system som använts i denna studie.

Depuis une dizaine d’années, les matériaux composites sont de plus en plus utilisés dans de nombreuses applications, et en particulier dans l'aéronautique grâce à leurs excellentes propriétés mécaniques et leur faible densité. Ainsi les derniers modèles d'Airbus (A350) et de Boeing (B787) utilisent plus de 50% en masse de composites, principalement des polymères renforcés de fibres de carbone (CFRP). Toutefois, l'augmentation de l'utilisation des CFRP soulève des préoccupations environnementales quant à leur fin de vie à travers l'élimination des déchets, la consommation de ressources non renouvelables ainsi que la nécessité de recycler les déchets CFRP. Dans ces travaux de thèse, un modèle générique est développé afin de proposer une gestion optimale des déchets de CFRP aéronautiques en prenant en compte simultanément des objectifs économiques et environnementaux. Ainsi, dans un premier temps une approche systémique suivant les lignes directrices d’une approche par Analyse de Cycle de Vie est effectuée afin de modéliser les impacts environnementaux des procédés de recyclage des CFRP, avec une attention toute particulière sur l’impact de réchauffement climatique. Ensuite, toute la chaîne logistique du recyclage des déchets CFRP est modélisée en partant des sites de démantèlement des avions jusqu’à la réutilisation des fibres recyclées vers d’autres applications possibles. Une stratégie d’optimisation multi-objectif de programmation mathématique, d’-contrainte et de technique lexicographique est développé mettent également en jeu des techniques d’aide à la décision appropriées (M-TOPSIS, PROMETHEE-GAIA). Différentes configurations de chaînes logistiques de déchet CFRP sont ainsi proposées et plusieurs scénarios sont étudiés et optimisés de façon à prendre en compte les sites de recyclage déjà existants dans une vision mono-période ainsi que déploiement de nouveaux sites selon une approche multipériode. Le cas de la France sert d’illustration à la démarche et les configurations proposées pour implanter de nouveaux sites de façon optimale traitant une fibre recyclée facilement valorisable pour des applications ciblées sont analysées et discutées minimisant le coût ou maximisant le profit pour un critère économique et minimisant un critère environnemental basé sur le potentiel de réchauffement climatique. / Composites have been increasingly used in different applications in the last decade, especially in aerospace due to their high strength and lightweight characteristics. Indeed, the latest models of Airbus (A350) and Boeing (B787) have employed more than 50 wt% of composites, mainly Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymers (CFRP). Yet, the increased use of CFRP has raised the environmental concerns about their end-of-life related to waste disposal, consumption of non-renewable resources for manufacturing and the need to recycle CFRP wastes. In this study, a generic model is developed in order to propose an optimal management of aerospace CFRP wastes taking into account economic and environmental objectives. Firstly, a life-cycle systemic approach is used to model the environmental impacts of CFRP recycling processes focusing on Global Warming Potential (GWP) following the guidelines of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). The whole supply chain for recycling CFRP pathways is then modelled from aircraft dismantling sites to the reuse of recycled fibres in various applications. A multi-objective optimisation strategy based on mathematical programming, -constraint and lexicographic methods with appropriate decisionmaking techniques (M-TOPSIS, PROMETHEE-GAIA) has been developed to determine CFRP waste supply chain configurations. Various scenarios have been studied in order to take account the potential of existing recycling sites in a mono-period visions as well as the deployment of new sites in a multi-period approach considering the case study of France for illustration purpose. The solutions obtained from optimisation process allow developing optimal strategies for the implementation of CFRP recovery with recycled fibres (of acceptable quality) for the targeted substitution use while minimising cost /maximising profit for an economic criterion and minimising an environmental impact based on GWP.