Darbo pavadinimas: Verslo įmonėms pateiktų Lietuvos sporto šakų federacijų paramos paketų vertinimas (The business companies evaluation of Lithuanian sport federations‘ sponsorship packages) Darbo objektas: verslo įmonėms pateiktų Lietuvos sporto šakų federacijų paramos paketų vertimas. Darbo tikslas: Išanalizuoti verslo įmonėms pateiktų Lietuvos sporto šakų federacijų paramos paketų vertinimą. Uždaviniai: 1. Atskleisti sporto paramos esmę ir investicijų raišką bei naudą rėmėjams; 2. Išnagrinėti sporto paramos paketo kūrimo etapus; 3. Ištirti verslo įmonėms Lietuvos sporto šakų federacijų pateiktų svarbių paramos paketo dalių vertinimą, svarbiausių ir mažiau svarbių dalių kontekste. Išvados. Sporto parama – tai mainų procesas, kai verslo atstovas už investiciją į sporto objektą turi galimybę vystyti savo prekinį ženklą, įgyti tiesioginių asociacijų su produktu ar įvykiu, perduoti pageidaujamą pranešimą, atskleisti socialinę atsakomybę tikslinę auditoriją pasiekiant per sportą. Rėmėjo teisės auga didėjant investicijai, todėl kiekvienas indėlis turi atsakomąją paslaugą. Formuojant paramos paketą pirmiausia reikia atrasti rėmėjų grupes, išsiaiškinti kokios bendros charakteristikos yra būdingos rėmėjui ir sporto šakai arba renginiui. Remiantis surinkta informacija pasirenkami konkretūs rėmėjai. Atlikus paramos auditą, pagal idealaus paramos paketo modelį paruošiamas paramos paketas, skirtas konkrečiai verslo įmonei ir pateikiantis sporto organizacijos siūlomas naudas rėmėjui... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The purpose of theses: to educe sport sponsor attitude forward sponsorship package Tasks of theses: 1. To reveal the essence of sport sponsorship and investment in the resolutionand the benefits to sponsors; 2. To examine the sport sponsorship package phases of development; 3. To investigate presented to business companies evaluation of Lithuania sport federation‘s sport sponsorship packages‘ important parts in the context of most important and less important parts. Conclusions. Sport sponsorship – it is a process of exchange, when sponsor changes investment for sport object to get possibilities to develop brand, to get association with product or event, transmit the desiredmessage and reveal the social responsibility of reaching the target audience through sport. Sponsor egislation increases with investment, so every input hasresponse service. In the formation of sponsorship package is first necessary to find group of potencial sponsors, to find out what the common characteristics are specific to sport or event and the sponsor. According to information collected sports organizations need to focus on specific sponsors. Following an audit of sponsorship, according to the model of the ideal sponsorship package prepared sponsorship package for a particular business enterprise and provides the benefits provides benefits offered to the sponsor. After analysis of business companies evaluation of sponsorship packages, the sponsorship package parts has been divided into two groups -... [to full text]

The design or improvement of a biological wastewater treatment system requires the characterization of influent wastewaters, the characterization of the microbial community in the system, and a knowledge of the rates of biological reactions. The wastewater treatment system of the city of Ste-Julie (Quebec) consists of four facultative aerated lagoons operating in series. Batch reactor experiments were performed with the municipal wastewater of Ste-Julie to simulate the biological processes occurring in the lagoon system. The first, second, and third lagoons were characterized in terms of soluble BOD, soluble COD, total solids, total suspended solids, volatile suspended solids, and TOC. The influent wastewater is classified as weak wastewater containing a relatively low concentration of soluble BOD compared to total BOD. The microbial communities in the first three lagoons were characterized using the BIOLOG redox technology which allows the simultaneous testing of the populations for the utilization of 95 carbon substrates. Finally, the specific initial BOD or TOC removal rates were determined for the first three lagoons. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

Extreme value theory has been used to develop models for describing the distribution of rare events. The extreme value theory based models can be used for asymptotically approximating the behavior of the tail(s) of the distribution function. An important challenge in the application of such extreme value models is the choice of a threshold, beyond which point the asymptotically justified extreme value models can provide good extrapolation. One approach for determining the threshold is to fit the all available data by an extreme value mixture model. This thesis will review most of the existing extreme value mixture models in the literature and implement them in a package for the statistical programming language R to make them more readily useable by practitioners as they are not commonly available in any software. There are many different forms of extreme value mixture models in the literature (e.g. parametric, semi-parametric and non-parametric), which provide an automated approach for estimating the threshold and taking into account the uncertainties with threshold selection. However, it is not clear that how the proportion above the threshold or tail fraction should be treated as there is no consistency in the existing model derivations. This thesis will develop some new models by adaptation of the existing ones in the literature and placing them all within a more generalized framework for taking into account how the tail fraction is defined in the model. Various new models are proposed by extending some of the existing parametric form mixture models to have continuous density at the threshold, which has the advantage of using less model parameters and being more physically plausible. The generalised framework all the mixture models are placed within can be used for demonstrating the importance of the specification of the tail fraction. An R package called evmix has been created to enable these mixture models to be more easily applied and further developed. For every mixture model, the density, distribution, quantile, random number generation, likelihood and fitting function are presented (Bayesian inference via MCMC is also implemented for the non-parametric extreme value mixture models). A simulation study investigates the performance of the various extreme value mixture models under different population distributions with a representative variety of lower and upper tail behaviors. The results show that the kernel density estimator based non-parametric form mixture model is able to provide good tail estimation in general, whilst the parametric and semi-parametric forms mixture models can give a reasonable fit if the distribution below the threshold is correctly specified. Somewhat surprisingly, it is found that including a constraint of continuity at the threshold does not substantially improve the model fit in the upper tail. The hybrid Pareto model performs poorly as it does not include the tail fraction term. The relevant mixture models are applied to insurance and financial applications which highlight the practical usefulness of these models.

Childhood obesity is a major public health issue. Canada has one of the highest childhood obesity rates in the world. Food advertising and marketing have contributed to the rapid rise in childhood obesity. High energy and low nutrient foods have been promoted directly to children through attractive imagery on packages, including the use of popular cartoon characters. Children’s food packaging also features a range of nutrition information targeted at parents, including nutrition claims; however, there is relatively little research on the impact of these nutrition claims and the extent to which they may interact with child-friendly imagery to influence parents’ perception of food quality. The current study used a 2 x 2 experimental design to examine the effect of four front-of-package (FOP) nutrition information and four cartoon characters on parental perceptions of children’s food products. Participants consisted of 897 parents recruited across Canada through GMI, a market research company. Participants were over 18, had at least one child between ages 4-10 and the primary shopper of their household. Participants completed an online survey in July 2011. Participants were shown images of food products with or without cartoon characters and with or without FOP nutrition information and were asked to rate the food product on appeal, nutritional quality, intention to buy and willingness to pay. Participants were also asked to rate the FOP nutrition information on believability, ease of understanding and perceived effectiveness. Linear mixed modelling examined the influence of cartoon characters, FOP nutrition information and socio-demographic factors on these outcomes. Results indicated that cartoon characters increased product appeal and FOP nutrition information increased the perceived nutritional quality of food products with low nutritional value. No significant differences were observed for intention to buy or willingness to pay. There was no consistent pattern between socio-demographic factors and product rating outcomes. For FOP nutrition information ratings, Health Check and Source of Fibre were rated more believable, easier to understand and more effective overall than Sensible Solution and Given the Thumbs Up by Kids. Overall, the findings indicate that cartoon characters can increase the perceived appeal and FOP nutrition information can increase the perceived nutritional quality of food products with low nutritional value.

The fundamental motivation for this dissertation is to address the widening interconnect gap between integrated circuit (IC) demands and package substrates specifically for high frequency digital-RF systems applications. Moore's law for CMOS ICs predicts that transistor density on ICs will double approximately every 18 months. The current state-of-the-art in IC package substrates is at 20µm lines/spaces and 50-60µm microvia diameter using epoxy dielectrics with loss tangent above 0.01. The research targets are to overcome the barriers of current technologies and demonstrate a set of advanced materials and process technologies capable of 5-10µm lines and spaces, and 10-30µm diameter microvias in a multilayer 3-D wiring substrate using 10-25µm thin film dielectrics with loss tangent in the <0.005. The research elements are organized as follows with a clear focus on understanding and characterization of fundamental materials structure-processing-property relationships and interfaces to achieve the next generation targets. (a) Low CTE Core Substrate, (b) Low Loss Dielectrics with 25µm and smaller microvias, (c) Sub-10µm Width Cu Conductors, and (d) Integration of the various dielectric and conductor processes.

Thesis (M.Eng.) -- University of Western Sydney, 2004. / A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering at the University of Western Sydney. Includes bibliography.

Οι εξετάσεις πιστοποίησης γνώσεων και δεξιοτήτων πληροφορικής, που αφορούν στο μεγαλύτερο μέρος εκπαιδευτικούς της πρωτοβάθμιας και δευτεροβάθμιας εκπαίδευσης στην Ελλάδα, δημιούργησε την επιθυμία της έρευνας των δεδομένων που έχουν καταγραφεί από το σύστημα. Αναλυτικότερα, στην εργασία αυτή στόχος είναι η ανάλυση με στατιστικές μεθόδους των δεδομένων, που έχουν καταγραφεί από το σύστημα TeCERT το χρονικό διάστημα 20/6/2003 μέχρι και 5/7/2007, με σκοπό να αναδειχθούν οι παράγοντες εκείνοι που επηρεάζουν άμεσα τον χρόνο απάντησης μίας ερώτησης και τον τρόπο με τον οποίο αντιμετωπίζεται ένα τεστ από τους εξεταζόμενους. Η ανάλυση των δεδομένων θα γίνει με χρήση του στατιστικού πακέτου R (έκδοση R 2.6.2). Το R είναι μία γλώσσα προγραμματισμού που χρησιμεύει κυρίως για ανάλυση δεδομένων και εφαρμογή διαφόρων "κλασικών" και σύγχρονων στατιστικών τεχνικών. Αποτελεί μετεξέλιξη των στατιστικών πακέτων S και S-Plus και μπορεί να αποκτηθεί δωρεάν από την ιστοσελίδα http://www.r-project.org/, ενώ υποστηρίζει πολλές πλατφόρμες και λειτουργικά όπως Linux, Mac OS και Windows. Μπορεί να χρησιμοποιηθεί είτε με κατευθείαν εντολές που υπάρχουν είτε με προγράμματα που ο χρήστης μπορεί να προγραμματίσει για επίλυση πολυπλοκότερων στατιστικών προβλημάτων. Επίσης, ο χρήστης μπορεί να χρησιμοποιήσει και έτοιμα προγράμματα τα οποία είναι ενσωματωμένα μέσα σε πακέτα που διατίθενται πάλι ελεύθερα. Η παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία δομείται σε κεφάλαια ως εξής: Στο Κεφάλαιο 2 αναλύεται το θεωρητικό υπόβαθρο που χρησιμοποιήθηκε για την εξαγωγή διαφόρων δεικτών και γραφημάτων. Επιπλέον, αναλύονται τα στατιστικά τεστ παραμετρικά ή μη, που χρησιμοποιήθηκαν για να ελεγχθεί η ορθότητα ή μη στατιστικών υποθέσεων. Στο Κεφάλαιο 3 δίνεται μία λεπτομερέστερη περιγραφή των δεδομένων. Από που προέρχονται τα δεδομένα, τα γνωστικά αντικείμενα των ερωτήσεων, το είδος των ερωτήσεων, αλλά και μία περιγραφή των δομών που κατασκευάστηκαν και χρησιμοποιήθηκαν στο στατιστικό πακέτο R κατά την έρευνα. Στο Κεφάλαιο 4 δίνεται η στατιστική επεξεργασία των δεδομένων ακολουθώντας τρεις άξονες. Στον πρώτο άξονα μελετάμε τη σχέση που έχει ο χρόνος απάντησης μίας ερώτησης με τα γνωστικά αντικείμενα και τα επίπεδα δυσκολίας της ερώτησης. Επίσης, μελετάμε τους χρόνους απάντησης και τα ποσοστά επιτυχίας των ερωτήσεων ανά πέρασμα. Τέλος, ελέγχουμε αν είναι ισοδύναμες οι ερωτήσεις "πατέρες" με τις ερωτήσεις κλώνους τους. Στον δεύτερο άξονα μελετάμε τους χρόνους ολοκλήρωσης των τεστ και τους αντίστοιχους χρόνους μέχρι να θεωρηθεί ένα τεστ επιτυχώς δοσμένο. Επιπλέον, ελέγχουμε τη βασική μας υπόθεση ότι όλα τα τεστ είναι ισοδύναμα. Στον τρίτο άξονα μελετάμε τη σχέση που έχει ο χρόνος απάντησης των ερωτήσεων σε σχέση με τον εξεταζόμενο, δηλαδή με στοιχεία του όπως η ειδικότητά του και η ηλικία του. Στο Κεφάλαιο 5 αναφέρονται συνοπτικά τα συμπεράσματα που προκύπτουν από την στατιστική επεξεργασία των δεδομένων. Τέλος, στο Κεφάλαιο 6 δίνεται η βιβλιογραφία που χρησιμοποιείται για την εκπόνηση της διπλωματικής εργασίας. / -

Στη διπλωματική εργασία περιγράφονται και αναπτύσονται δύο στατιστικές μέθοδοι ανάλυσης δεδομένων, Γραμμική Παλινδρόμηση με ποιοτικές μεταβλητές και Ανάλυση διασποράς με έναν και ακολούθως με δύο παράγοντες. Στη συνέχεια οι παραπάνω μέθοδοι εφαρμόζονται σε πραγματικά δεδομένα που προέρχονται από δείγματα νερού ενός κολπίσκου και μελετάται ο βαθμός επίδρασης 3 διαφορετικών βροχοπτώσεων στο pH του νερού. Η εφαρμογή των μεθόδων γίνεται με τη χρήση του στατιστικού πακέτου SPSS. / The thesis described and developed the data analysis of two statistical methods, Linear Regression with qualitative variables and ANOVA one-way analysis, then ANOVA two-way. Moreover, the former methods are applied to real data from gulf water samples and studied the degree of influence of 3 different rainfalls in the water pH. The application of the methods is done using the SPSS statistical package.

abstract: This thesis investigated two different thermal flow sensors for intravascular shear stress analysis. They were based on heat transfer principle, which heat convection from the resistively heated element to the flowing fluid was measured as a function of the changes in voltage. For both sensors, the resistively heated elements were made of Ti/Pt strips with the thickness 0.12 µm and 0.02 µm. The resistance of the sensing element was measured at approximately 1.6-1.7 kohms;. A linear relation between the resistance and temperature was established over the temperature ranging from 22 degree Celsius to 80 degree Celsius and the temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) was at approximately 0.12 %/degree Celsius. The first thermal flow sensor was one-dimensional (1-D) flexible shear stress sensor. The structure was sensing element sandwiched by a biocompatible polymer "poly-para-xylylene", also known as Parylene, which provided both insulation of electrodes and flexibility of the sensors. A constant-temperature (CT) circuit was designed as the read out circuit based on 0.6 µm CMOS (Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) process. The 1-D shear stress sensor suffered from a large measurement error. Because when the sensor was inserted into blood vessels, it was impossible to mount the sensor to the wall as calibrated in micro fluidic channels. According to the previous simulation work, the shear stress was varying and the sensor itself changed the shear stress distribution. We proposed a three-dimensional (3-D) thermal flow sensor, with three-axis of sensing elements integrated in one sensor. It was in the similar shape as a hexagonal prism with diagonal of 1000 µm. On the top of the sensor, there were five bond pads for external wires over 500 µm thick silicon substrate. In each nonadjacent side surface, there was a bended parylene branch with one sensing element. Based on the unique 3-D structure, the sensor was able to obtain data along three axes. With computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model, it is possible to locate the sensor in the blood vessels and give us a better understanding of shear stress distribution in the presence of time-varying component of blood flow and realize more accurate assessment of intravascular convective heat transfer. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.S. Electrical Engineering 2011

This diploma thesis focuses on the analysis of the Tábor agglomeration in term of its suitability and sustainability. The evaluation was based on situational analysis and a questionaire survey. The following part focuses on the identification of untapped tourism potential and on this basis was formed the product of sustainable tourism. The result is a product of hipotourism. The last part of diploma thesis contains other possible ways to promote tourism and its sustainability in the agglomeration Tábor.