The work deals with the topic of entry of foreign entrepreneurs to the Czech market on the background of two different forms of business - franchising and a limited liability company. The main topic concentrates on the comparison of legislation and contractual framework of these two business forms, primarily focusing on intellectual property and the protection of intangible assets. The work presents general legal provisions related to contracts in the field of intellectual property rights, including licensing agreements. The work is further devoted to franchising and limited liability companies. The business of foreign entrepreneurs is related to the internationality of the contractual process. Contractual cooperation of more entrepreneurs also requires the existence of statutory regulation of competition law, with a special focus on franchising in this work. The application part of the thesis is dedicated to the protection of intellectual property rights, rendering an example of a particular foreign entrepreneur doing business gradually through franchising, and then through a limited liability company founded as a subsidiary of a foreign parent company. Access of entrepreneurs to intellectual property protection during the expansion of their business is analyzed by individual types of intangible assets, such as trademark or know-how. The aim of the work is to highlight the specifics of each business forms and identify problems associated with the provision of intellectual property rights.

Master thesis is focused on the research and comparing the level of flexibility of labor markets in the Czech Republic and the Netherlands. Labor market flexibility is an important instrument of economic policy, which increases employment. The aim of this thesis is the analysis of flexible forms of work in the Czech Republic and the Netherlands and comparison of non-standard working contracts in these two countries. The first part contains the explanation of theoretical approaches to labor market flexibility. The second part is a comparative and factorial analysis of Czech and Dutch labor market. During the thesis labor standards in both countries are compared, on the basis of statistical data LFS (Labour Force Servey) is made an evaluation of the level of flexibility of the labor markets in both countries, the quality of flexible working arrangements and the reasons for their use. Recommendations for economic policy of the Czech Republic are proposed on the basis of the obtained results.

The goal of the master thesis is the research and comparison of the flexible forms of work in the Czech Republic and Norway in the 2004 - 2013. The theoretical part of the thesis is dedicated to the changes on the labour markets leading to higher unemployment and insecurities of the labour market. In the practical part are listed the forms of working contracts according to the labour law in the Czech Republic and Norway. The analysis of the Czech and Norwegian labour market has the focus on the flexible forms of work that are compared in terms of flexibility, security, usefulness, effectiveness, quality and the reason for using flexible forms of work. Using methods comparative and factorial analysis is the level of flexibility of the Norwegian labour market evaluated and compared with the level of flexibility of the Czech labour market. Due to the analysis of the micro- and macroeconomics conditions of the Czech Republic and Norway and an interview with Aline Bütikofer from the Norwegian School of Economics are identified the main reasons for the different degree of the flexibility of the labour market in the Czech Republic and Norway.

Orientador: Paulo Roberto Brumatti / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Matematica, Estatistica e Computação Cientifica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-04T02:10:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Veloso_MarceloOliveira_M.pdf: 605567 bytes, checksum: 5882cdcae8b9c04096f915755c89a683 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: O objetivo principal deste trabalho é o estudo do número de soluções de equações polinomiais definidas sobre corpos finitos. Para isto utilizamos resultados básicos sobre a soma de Caracteres e resultados sobre o número de soluções de uma Forma Quadrática. Na nossa abordagem procuramos utilizar técnicas bem elementares, apesar disto implicar num número maior de cálculos. Contudo este método permitiu estudar e determinar fórmulas para o número de soluções de determinadas equações polinomiais muito estudadas, sem a necessidade de ferramentas mais elaboradas. Dentre as aplicações das fórmulas obtidas, temos alguns exemplos de curvas algébricas planas cujo número de pontos racionais atingem a cota de Weil, ou seja, curvas maximais que são de grande interesse em teoria dos códigos. Também conseguimos exemplos de variedades projetivas sobre corpos finitos cujo número de pontos atingem a cota de Weil-Deligne / Abstract: The main objective of this work is to study the number of solutions of polynomial equations over finite fields. For that we used basic results on Character sums and on the number of solutions of a Quadratic Form. This approach uses elementary techniques even considering the increasing on computations. Therefore this method allowed us to study and determine formulae for the number of solutions of certain polynomial equations well known, without the need of more sophisticated tools. Among the applications of the obtained formulae, we have some examples of plane algebraic curves which number of rational points achieve the Weil bound, that is, maximal curves which are of great interest in code theory. In addition, other examples were obtained of projective manifolds over finite fields which number of points achieve the Weil-Deligne bound / Mestrado / Algebra / Mestre em Matemática

Orientador: Antonio Jose Engler / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Matematica, Estatistica e Computação Cientifica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T13:32:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 PapaNeto_Angelo_D.pdf: 939822 bytes, checksum: 40aedb2e25f1f22956a7ff182038cae3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: Um corpo ordenado é uma estrutura algébrica similar à do corpo dos números reais. No entanto, ao contrário dos reais, um corpo arbitrário F pode admitir mais de uma ordem, inclusive um número infinito e não enumerável de ordens. A cada elemento x do corpo F podemos associar uma forma quadrática binária [1, x], chamada 1-forma de Pfister. Os elementos de F = F 0} representados por [1, x], constituem um grupo que chamamos grupo de valores da forma e denotamos por D[1,x]. Um elemento d S F é chamado rígido se D[1, d] = F2 U dF2 , onde F2 é o subgrupo de F formado pelos quadrados. Um elemento d é dito birígido se d e -d são rígidos. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo principal obter um teorema de estrutura para o anel de Witt (das classes de equivalência de formas quadráticas) de um corpo ordenado F admitindo um elemento rígido que não é birígido e que é negativo em relação à pelo menos uma das ordens do corpo. Mais precisamente, obtemos uma decomposição do anel de Witt de F como produto de anéis de Witt de duas extensões H ¿ F e K ¿ F, ambas contidas no fecho quadrático de F. Os anéis de Witt de H e K têm estrutura mais simples que a do anel de Witt de F. Obtemos os corpos H e K construindo subgrupos Rd e Sd associados ao elemento rígido d e exigindo que valha uma propriedade de decomposição: F = Rd· Sd. O corpo H é uma henselização de F relativa a um anel de valorização (A;mA) de F tal que Rd = (1 + mA) F2 . O corpo K é pitagórico e tem espaço de ordens XK homeomorfo ao espaço X/Sd das ordens de F que contém Sd. Obtemos ainda uma condição necessária e suficiente para que ocorra a decomposição F = Rd · Sd, que depende do grupo de valores e do corpo de resíduos do anel de valorização A. / Abstract: An ordered field is an algebraic structure like the field of real numbers. However, while the field of real numbers have only one ordering, an arbitrary ordered field F may have more than one ordering, and also a infinite and uncountble number of orderings is allowed. To each element x Î F one can associate an binary quadratic form [1, x], called Pfister 1-fold form. The set of elements in F = F 0} which are represented by [1, x] is a group D[1,x], called value group of [1,x]. An element d S F is called rigid if D[1, d] = F2 U dF2, where F 2 denotes the subgroup of squares in F . An element d is called birigid if d and -d are both rigid. The main purpose of this thesis is to prove an structure theorem for Witt ring (of equivalence classes of quadratic forms) of an ordered field F with a rigid element which is not birigid and is negative in at least one ordering of F, that is, we get a decomposition of the Witt ring of F as a product of Witt rings of extensions H ¿ F and K ¿ F, both inside the quadratic closure of F. The Witt rings of H and K have a simpler structure than Witt ring of F. We get fields H and K by builting subgroups Rd and Sd associated to the rigid element d and making the addicional assumption that F = Rd·Sd holds. The field H is a henselization of F relative to a valuation ring (A;mA) of F such that Rd = (1 + mA) F2. The pythagorean field K has space of orderings XK homeomorphic to X/Sd, the space of orderings of F which contain Sd. Moreover, we settle an necessary and suficient condiction to decomposition F = Rd·Sd holds, relative to value group and residue field of valuation ring A. / Doutorado / Algebra / Doutor em Matemática

Magister Pharmaceuticae - MPharm / Artemisia Afra, a popular South African traditional herbal medicine is commonly administered as a tea infusion of the leaves. However, clinical trials proving it safety and efficacy are lacking mainly due to the absence of good quality dosage forms and credible placebos for the plant. The objectives of this study were to prepare a standardized preparation of the plant leaves and freeze-dried aqueous extract powder of the leaves, in a tea bag dosage form and to design and prepare credible placebos for these plant materials. / South Africa

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(理学) / 甲第21542号 / 理博第4449号 / 新制||理||1639(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院理学研究科数学・数理解析専攻 / (主査)教授 熊谷 隆, 准教授 福島 竜輝, 教授 牧野 和久 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Science / Kyoto University / DGAM

This thesis describes implementation of HR change management processes of company ABB in ERP system SAP. Due to highly specific requirements for applications, standard component Personnel Change Request was not used. Authorized applicants have access to applications via SAP NetWeaver Portal. Approvers decide about approval or rejection of requests in Universal Worklist component of SAP NetWeaver Portal. Requests that require processing in HR Center are processed by employees of HR Center in SAP ERP. Applications that can be accessed via SAP NetWeaver portal were programmed with useage of framework Web Dynpro for ABAP. Processes are controlled by SAP Business Workflow.

This diploma thesis focuses on the forms of communication used by one particular company. Another part of the thesis are the poll results of the group of customers from victiculture branch which shows us potential problems in this matters. The result of this analysis is an output in a form of suggestions which are going to contribute in improvement of marketing communication of this company.

In the present study lanolin alcohol films were investigated as potential drug delivery systems for the controlled release of salicylic acid. A series of experiments were conducted in vitro to study the release of salicylic acid from these films. The effect of changes in film composition and stirrer speed on drug release were examined. Seven film compositions with varying proportions of lanolin alcohol and ethyl cellulose were prepared over the ethyl cellulose concentrations of 0-30% w/w, while keeping the drug concentration at 2.5% w/w. The release data obtained in this study were examined by the Q vs 1/2 relationship and the first-order relationship. This was done to probe deeper into the underlying mechanism of drug release. Upon examination of the release data by the Q vs 1/2 treatment, it was observed that the correlation coefficients were quite high and lag times were only slightly negative in agreement with the observed initial release data. In contrast, the first-order treatment of data showed somewhat lower correlation coefficients and very high negative lag times. These data strongly suggest that the unidirectional release of salicylic acid from the lanolin alcoholethyl cellulose films follows Higuchi's diffusion-controlled granular matrix model. The release rate constant showed an initial increase with inclusion of ethyl cellulose followed by a sharp decline as the ethyl cellulose concentration was further increased reaching a minimum value at about 15-20 percent of ethyl cellulose. Further increases in the concentration of ethyl cellulose increased the rate of drug release with a tendency to level off at about 30 percent ethyl cellulose concentration. The effect of stirring rate on the release rate constant showed that the rates of release of salicylic acid increased with increases in the stirring rate.