Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-255).

<p>Svenskt Rockarkiv is an organization located in Hultsfred, Sweden. Its goal is to collect and document the history of Swedish rock music. The archive contains several types of documentation, such as audio recordings, photographs, posters, video recordings and books representing Swedish rock music history. In order to store information about the audio recordings in the archive, Svenskt Rockarkiv uses a SQL Server 2000 database and a client application written in Microsoft.NET C# and Windows Forms. The purpose of this degree project is to audit the database and windows client, since the organization has needs of new functionality. There are also some bugs in the system that needs to be corrected. The result of the audit states that the database needs to be extended with additional tables and some structural changes to handle the new demands of the system. The poorly designed architecture of the windows client causes performance issues, and these issues are believed to increase with the size of the database. Based on the audit a suggestion of changes to the system is presented, with emphasis on overall performance, usability and preparations for future development. Structural changes to the database are presented as well as a new distributed client-server solution. By using the .NET Remoting technique the business logic is placed in a separate physical layer increasing performance and scalability, and making the system easy to extend with future functionality. Finally the outcome of the system development is presented with a database model and an implementation of the new client.</p> / <p>Svenskt Rockarkiv är ett förbund inrymt i Hultsfred och har som mål att samla den svenska rockhistorien. Arkivet består av dokumentation i form av inspelningar, bilder, affischer, videoupptagningar, böcker och kuriosa som speglar svensk rockmusiks historia. För att lagra information om de musikmedier som finns i arkivet använder Svenskt Rockarkiv ett system bestående av en SQL Server 2000-databas, samt en inmatningsapplikation skriven i C# för Microsoft .NET och Windows Forms. Syftet med det här examensarbetet är att utföra en revidering av systemet då det finns behov av ny funktionalitet och rättningar av fel som upptäckts. Det genomförs en granskning av databasen och windowsapplikationen med fokus på att hitta punkterna för de nya krav som ställs på systemet. Det konstateras att databasen måste utökas med nya tabeller och justeras lite i sin struktur för att hantera de nya kraven. I granskningen av inmatningsapplikationen görs bedömningen att den orsakar prestandaproblem i systemet på grund av dålig konstruktion, och att problemen riskerar att växa när databasen fylls med mer information. Baserat på granskningen ges sedan ett förslag till förändringar i systemet för att passa kraven, med tyngdpunkt på att systemet även ska hålla en bättre kvalitet i form av prestanda, användarvänlighet och möjlighet till vidareutveckling. Strukturella förändringar av databasen presenteras och motiveras, samt ett förslag till en flerskiktad distribuerad lösning av klientapplikationen. En tunn windowsklient som med hjälp av .NET Remoting har ett fysiskt separerat affärslager är bättre lämpad för hög prestanda, och framför allt väl förberedd för framtida utveckling. Slutligen presenteras resultatet i form av en ny fysisk databasmodell och en implementering som gjorts av windowsklienten.</p>

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Σκοπός της παρούσας εργασίας είναι η ανάπτυξη των ειδικών και εναλλακτικών μορφών τουρισμού, μέσα από την εκπόνηση ενός στρατηγικού σχεδίου ανάπτυξης για το Νομό Αχαΐας, λαμβάνοντας υπόψη το φυσικό και πολιτιστικό πλούτο της περιοχής. Αναλύονται οι προϋποθέσεις για την ανάπτυξη, τη στήριξη και την εφαρμογή των ειδικών και εναλλακτικών μορφών τουρισμού. Αρχικά γίνεται αναφορά στο σύγχρονο τουρισμό, καθώς και στην εννοιολογική προσέγγιση των βασικότερων μορφών ειδικού και εναλλακτικού τουρισμού. Αναλύονται οι προϋποθέσεις για την ανάπτυξη, τη στήριξη και την εφαρμογή των ειδικών και εναλλακτικών μορφών τουρισμού καθώς και οι πόροι, οι υποδομές και οι υπηρεσίες. Ακολουθούν η ανάλυση της υφιστάμενης κατάστασης, η καταγραφή των διαθέσιμων πόρων, με αναφορές σε κοινωνικά χαρακτηριστικά και οικονομικά μεγέθη, καθώς και η παρουσίαση των σημαντικότερων φυσικών και πολιτιστικών πόρων της περιοχής. ενώ η ανάλυση SWOT παρουσιάζει τα δυνατά και αδύνατα σημεία της περιοχής. Στη συνέχεια εντοπίζονται και αναλύονται οι ειδικές και εναλλακτικές μορφές τουρισμού που έχουν τις προϋποθέσεις να αναπτυχθούν στη περιοχή που εξετάζεται καθώς και τα προγράμματα που υλοποιήθηκαν και υλοποιούνται για την ανάπτυξη τους. Αμέσως μετά παρουσιάζεται ένα στρατηγικό σχέδιο ανάπτυξης και διαχείρισης ειδικών και εναλλακτικών μορφών τουρισμού. Τέλος διαπιστώνεται ότι οι δραστηριότητες ειδικού και εναλλακτικού τουρισμού είναι μεμονωμένες, διάσπαρτες χωρίς τον προγραμματισμό και τον συντονισμό της δράσης των τοπικών παραγωγικών δυνάμεων και φορέων (ιδιωτικού και δημόσιου τομέα). Έχουν όμως τη δυνατότητα να αποτελέσουν μοναδική αναπτυξιακή ευκαιρία αναδεικνύοντας πολλά από τα στοιχεία του φυσικού - πολιτιστικού περιβάλλοντος, τα ήθη, τα έθιμα και τις παραδόσεις, αναβαθμίζοντας ποιοτικά και οικονομικά την ευρύτερη περιοχή. / The aim of this paper is to present the development of the specific and alternative forms of tourism, through the development of strategic plan in the Achaia Prefecture, taking account of the physical and cultural resources of the region. We make an analysis of the conditions for the development, the support and the application of the specific and alternative forms of tourism. Initially, a mention is made of contemporary tourism, as well as a semantic approach of the most common forms of specific and alternative tourism. We analyze the conditions for the development, the support and the application of the specific and alternative forms of tourism as well as the resources, the infrastructures and the services. Then follows an analysis of the existing situation, a recording of the available resources, relying on the localization and the itemization of all the existing elements of the region, with references given on the social characteristics and the economic sizes, as well as the presentation of the most important physical and cultural resources of the region. While analysis SWOT presents the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats of region. Thereinafter, an effort is made, in order to detect whether the necessary conditions for the developing of the specific and alternative forms of tourism in the region exist, as well as an analysis of the developing programs that were and/or are materialized. Immediately afterwards a strategic plan for the development of the specific and alternative forms of tourism is being presented. In the end, we discover that the activities of specific and alternative tourism are individual, without the planning and the coordination of the actions of the local productive strengths of the private and public sector. But the possibility to attract unique growth remains, electing many from the elements of physical, cultural environment, the morals, the customs, upgrading economically the wider region.

Ce travail vise une exploration du sens autour de l’identité dans les romans de Sylvie Germain qui est une auteure importante de la littérature française contemporaine. L’univers romanesque de l’auteure interroge l’existence humaine et incite le lecteur à se poser des questions sur la vie et l’identité. En mettant en jeu la vie fictive de ses personnages, Sylvie Germain dénonce les contraintes du monde moderne et contemporaine qui provoquent les troubles de l'identité chez les gens. Les romans de notre corpus (“Chanson des Mal-aimants”, “Magnus”, “L’inaperçu”) sont traversés par cette problématique de l’identité qui marque tout le parcours des acteurs-personnages. Dans notre étude, nous nous proposons de mettre en évidence les différents aspects de la problématique identitaire dans une perspective sémiotique. En examinant le dispositif affectif, cognitif et modal des personnages romanesques, nous nous attardons sur leurs rôles et attitudes de façon à relever le changement et la permanence dans leur construction identitaire. Notre étude s’appuie notamment sur l’analyse des “formes de vie” qui déterminent les modes d’existence et de persévérance des personnages dans leur cours de vie marqué par l’incertitude et les obstacles. Notre analyse cherche à déterminer les perturbations qui affectent la construction identitaire des personnages. A travers l’analyse sémiotique qui nous permet d’étudier les différentes dimensions du discours romanesque - narrative, figurative, affective, énonciative-, nous nous proposons de saisir les éléments significatifs concernant la configuration de l’identité dans l’univers romanesque de Sylvie Germain. / This work aims to explore the meaning of identity in the novels of Sylvie Germain, who is an important author of contemporary French literature. The novelistic universe of the author que stions the human existence and encourages the reader to ask questions about life and identity. By putting into play the fictional life of her characters, Sylvie Germain denounces the constraints of the modern and contemporary world that cause identity disorders in people. The novels of our corpus ("The Song of False lovers ", "Magnus", "Hidden Lives") are met by this issue of identity that marks the whole journey of actors-characters. In our study, we propose to highlight the different aspects of the problem of identity in a semiotic perspective. By examining the affective, cognitive and modal features of the fictional characters, we focus on their roles and attitudes in order to identify change and permanence in their identity construction. Our study is based in particular on the analysis of "life forms" which determine the modes of existence and perseverance of the characters in their course of life marked by uncertainty and obstacles. Our analysis seeks to determine the disturbances that affect the identity construction of the characters. Through the semiotic analysis that allows us to study the different dimensions of the novelistic discourse-narrative, figurative, affective, enunciative-we propose to capture the significant elements concerning the configuration of identity in Sylvie Germain’s novel universe.

Tidigare forskning har visat att Design Management bidrar till implementeringen av Total Quality Management (som i denna studie tillsammans med New Public Management framförs som Kvalitetsstyrning). Syftet med denna studie är att tillföra en utökad vetenskaplig kunskap om styrformerna Design Management och Kvalitetsstyrning samt deras likheter. Genom att informanter som har erfarenheter av dessa styrformer har delat med sig av sina perspektiv har styrformernas centrala delar sållats ut och jämförts med teori och tidigare forskning. En kvalitativ metod valdes i denna studie för att kunna skapa en förståelse och en tolkning av informanternas erfarenheter av fenomenen som avsågs undersökas. Totalt genomfördes åtta intervjuer med informanter som antingen forskar, arbetar eller undervisar om Kvalitetsstyrning/Design Management. Resultatet i denna studie visade att Design Management och Kvalitetsstyrning har många centrala delar gemensamt förutom mått, som endast är en central del i Kvalitetsstyrning. Centrala delar som är gemensamma för båda styrformerna är: värderingar, ledning, kultur, kompetens/medarbetare, innovation, kunder/användare, kvalitet och effektivitet. Analysen visade att det mest centrala för både Design Management och Kvalitetsstyrning är att de måste genomsyra hela organisationen på alla nivåer. Kulturen och värderingarna som styrformerna innehar måste anammas av alla medarbetarna för att styrformerna ska kunna implementeras. Författarna önskar att denna studie kan öka förståelsen för individer och organisationer som vill arbeta med Kvalitetsstyrning eller Design Management och för de som vill tillägna sig mer kunskap om styrformerna. / Previous research has shown that Design Management contributes to the implementation of Total Quality Management (which in this study together with New Public Management is referred as Quality Management). The purpose of this study is to provide an increased scientific knowledge of the management forms Design Management and Quality Management, and their similarities. Through the knowledge of individuals, who have shared their experience of these management forms, the central parts of Design Management and Quality Management have been able to be identified and compared with theory and previous research. A qualitative method was chosen in this study to create an understanding and an interpretation of the informants’ experiences of the management forms. A total of eight interviews were conducted with informants who either research, work or teach Quality Management or Design Management. The result of this study showed that Design Management and Quality Management have many central parts in common, except for measurements which is only a central part of Quality Management. Central parts that are common in both Design Management and Quality Management are: values, leadership, culture, competence/employees, innovation, customers/users, quality and effectiveness. The analysis showed the most central part for both Design Management and Quality Management is their need to permeate the entire organization at all levels, the culture and the values held by them must be embraced by all employees in order for Quality Management and Design Management to be implemented. The authors hope that this study may increase an understanding for individuals and organizations who want to work with Quality Management or Design Management and for those who want to acquire more knowledge about these forms of management.

Este estudo avaliou pacientes portadores de cromoblastomicose, sendo feita uma categorização clínica em dois grupos, de acordo com a forma clínica da lesão dermatológica: o primeiro composto por indivíduos com lesões elevadas e o segundo formado por casos com lesões planas, com biópsias realizadas antes e depois dos tratamentos. Através de critérios semiquantitativos, os elementos anatomopatológicos foram analisados, constatando-se a presença do padrão granulomatoso chamado granuloma micótico misto organizado, com baixa intensidade em lesões planas e alta em elevadas. Evidenciou-se que pacientes com lesões planas evoluíram bem clinicamente, com exames micológicos negativos e sem recidivas (bons respondedores), porém aqueles com lesões elevadas apresentaram evolução clínica desfavorável, com exames micológicos positivos e doença recidivante ou recalcitrante, apesar dos tratamentos recebidos (maus respondedores). E, entre os componentes histopatológicos reacionais à invasão fúngica, verificou-se associação significativa para fibrose, podendo levar a um pior prognóstico. Estes achados clínicos e histopatológicos conferem a esta patologia uma idéia de polaridade, à guisa dos fenômenos das formas polares da hanseníase, da fagocitose, e dos agentes de baixa virulência. Os autores propõem uma classificação morfológica dos granulomas da CBM em dois tipos polares: granuloma micótico misto organizado (GMMO) polar com alta intensidade dos elementos celulares (que corresponderia ao polar não tuberculóide) e GMMO polar com baixa intensidade (que corresponderia ao polar tuberculóide). / Patients with chromoblastomycosis were studied and dichotomized into two groups according to the clinical lesions: flat and elevated ones which were biopsied before and after treatments. Histopathological structures underwent through semiquantitatively analisys evidencing the mixed organized mycotic granuloma with low intensity of histopathological elements in flat lesions and high in elevated ones. Flat lesions have improved clinically with negative micological studies (good responders) while elevated lesions’ patients did not (bad responders). It was found significant association between evidence of fungus and fibrosis with a poor prognosis. Clinical and histopathological findings suggest a polarity concept to this disease based on the fenomenal polar forms of hanseniasis, fagocitosis and the low virulence agents. The authors proposed a morphological classification of the chromoblastomycosis’ granulomas into two polar types: polar mixed organized mycotic granuloma (MOMG) with high intensity of the cellular elements (like the polar non tuberculoid type) and the polar MOMG with low intensity (like the polar tuberculoid type).

Jana Hůlová, 2010: The proposal of a general scientific schooling trail Along the valley of the Mze river near Pavlovice community (Tachov region). The aim of this thesis is a project of a natural science educational path leading through the valley of the river Mze and through the environs of the town Pavlovice. This path should work as a practical, landscape supplement of biology and regional geography teaching, especially for schools near this particular locality. This thesis includes characterization of this area and a chapter dealing with the choice of the path, individual stands and their utilization. The path consists of 13 stands for which thematic informational texts were created. To each stand a subchapter was dedicated. These subchapters imply a description of the stand, working text, examples of educational improvement of the stand and examples of landscape work (questions and tasks). Attached materials are composed of photo documentation of the stands areas, historical postcards of Pavlovice and Josedova Hut and maps.