This diploma thesis deals with the comparison of equity and debt financing the development of the company according to pre-defined criteria such as cost, PR and marketing, debt and autonomy. Attention is also paid to the underpricing on the Czech capital market. The result of the work will assess the appropriate way of financing a particular company. It will also be calculated above underpricing the selected company on the basis of two selected methods.

The thesis deals with a visual concept for a feature film based on the novel „The Scarlet Plague“ by Jack London. It consists of two parts: a theoretical part and a practical part, which contains author’s own design for the film. The first, theoretical part describes the history of the genre, and analysis the visual concepts of a few post-apocalyptic films that are relevant to the concept chosen for „The Scarlet Plague“, particularly Rise of the Planet of the Apes (director Rupert Wyatt, 2011), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (director Matt Reeves, 2014), Waterworld (director Kevin Reynolds, 1995), I am Legend (director Francis Lawrence, 2007), Mad Max: Fury Road (director Georges Miller, 2015). In the second, practical part, the approach to the concept of „The Scarlet Plague“ is described and accompanied with the visual execution of selected scenes.

This thesis focuses on the British human trafficking prevention policies adopted for the 2012 London Olympics using mixed methods including participation-observation, qualitative interviews, theoretical analysis and policy evaluation. I was invited to observe the Human Trafficking Network and London 2012, the Mayor of London’s official response to the claim that human trafficking would increase at the London Olympics. My presence enabled me to witness first-hand the key policy debates surrounding human trafficking intervention and to conduct a series of in-depth interviews with members of the Human Trafficking Network as well as associated professionals such as the United Kingdom Human Trafficking Centre, MPs, governmental and non-governmental agencies, law enforcement officials, anti-trafficking groups, sex workers, sex workers outreach services and academics. In addition to collecting rich empirical data, I contexualise these policy debates within two relevant theoretical frameworks. First, I draw upon the work of Weitzer (2007) to examine the construction of the four underlying claims that human trafficking increases before and during large sporting events. Significantly, this perspective is built upon an anti-prostitution agenda of the partial criminalisation proponents, which collapses all migration for prostitution together with human trafficking (Weitzer 2005, Kempadoo 2005, Milivojevic and Pickering 2008, Kinnell 2009, Mai 2009, Mai 2012, Weitzer 2014). This same conceptualisation of human trafficking as the nexus of prostitution, migration and crime is replicated within the global anti-trafficking framework (Milivojevic and Pickering 2013), resulting in two approaches to human trafficking prevention policies — Security Governance and Human Rights — which together resulted in preventions measures that target prostitution and control migration. Finally, I draw upon my empirical evidence to critically examine the effects of the claim that human trafficking increases over the Olympics and, moreover, situate the response by the Mayor of London within the global anti-trafficking framework. This framework highlights the contradictions and, in some instances, failures between the approaches to human trafficking and the stated purpose of the Human Trafficking Network. The thesis concludes with two innovative policy recommendations for human trafficking prevention programmes.

This thesis explores how creative professionals, i.e. designers, artists and media workers, among others, experience and understand the multicultural and gentrifying neighbourhoods they live in. These neighbourhoods are Dalston in London and Reuterkiez in Berlin, two areas that have a significant immigrant population, experience gentrification and are well-known for their creative industries. Interviews with a total of 48 respondents in both locations, as well as ethnographic observations, reveal that the relationship these creatives have with diversity and gentrification are positive and critical on the surface but often ambivalent and selective underneath. This thesis argues that diversity and multiculture are understood as inspiring for creative work through material and sensory influences. However, not all forms of difference are valued equally. This thesis furthermore describes how gentrification has become a ubiquitous discourse in which respondents locate themselves between fellow gentrifiers and existing working class and/or minority ethnic residents; between wanting to belong and 'being part of a problem'. Lastly, this thesis argues that there are different understandings of multiculturalism in London and Berlin. Whereas multiculturalism in London describes ethnic minorities, in Berlin the term is increasingly used to refer to international, cosmopolitan and mainly white Western Europeans. This is problematic, it is argued, because it renders the defence that participants present of multiculturalism in opposition to its failure less meaningful. This thesis furthermore argues that because of the value of diversity within discourses of creativity and the lack of interaction with minority ethnic neighbours in private networks, many creative professionals have high expectations towards everyday encounters. They are therefore not 'indifferent to difference'. When these expectations are not met by minority ethnic shopkeepers, for example, this can lead to disappointing encounters and ascriptions of self-segregation and lacking openness. These findings are relevant for better understanding how urban multiculture in gentrifying neighbourhoods is experienced by members of the creative class, a demographic that is promoted by urban planning. When neighbourhoods like the two field sites of this study are celebrated for diversity and creativity, the latter is a more powerful discourse and can contribute to the displacement of poorer residents.

Submitted by ANA PAULA ARCHANJO BATARCE null (aparchanjo@gmail.com) on 2016-09-30T13:38:54Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Ana Batarce - Versão final da tese pós-defesa. completo merged.pdf: 11509197 bytes, checksum: 186640b9bb314f421322dc8ac455cf7f (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ana Paula Grisoto (grisotoana@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-10-04T12:50:13Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 batarce_apa_dr_rcla.pdf: 11509197 bytes, checksum: 186640b9bb314f421322dc8ac455cf7f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-04T12:50:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 batarce_apa_dr_rcla.pdf: 11509197 bytes, checksum: 186640b9bb314f421322dc8ac455cf7f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-06-09 / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / O principal objetivo desta pesquisa é analisar o fenômeno da migração internacional de brasileiras para Londres. Nosso foco é a questão do Trabalho, embora estamos também interessados em como a Identidade das mulheres brasileiras em Londres se apresentam nas relações de trabalho. Desta forma focalizamos o papel das mulheres brasileiras no mercado de trabalho londrino e a relação entre a mobilidade da força de trabalho e os processos de identificação / diferenciação. Analisamos os condicionantes da migração de brasileiros para Inglaterra, em especial a de mulheres; identificamos formas de inserção e participação de brasileiras no mercado de trabalho londrino; e buscamos compreender como o trabalho das mulheres é participante de processos de afirmação ou negação da identidade brasileira em Londres. A investigação incide sobre as experiências de mulheres brasileiras que se encontram em Londres em diferentes setores profissionais. Utilizamos uma combinação de técnicas quantitativas e qualitativas para o levantamento de dados. Para coleta de dados utilizamos a metodologia Snow Ball. Pesquisar o movimento migratório internacional de mulheres brasileiras para Londres nos leva a conhecer um pouco mais sobre: a realidade feminina em espaços de migração intensa, apreender como são impressas marcas identitárias no território, compreender o papel essencial que a mulher migrante assume na atualidade no mercado de trabalho internacional e como que a migração internacional de uma forma ou de outra se incorpora na reestruturação produtiva. Os dados apontam que, de modo geral, as mulheres brasileiras que permanecem trabalhando em Londres adquirem uma certa ascensão social e econômica. Porém, essa é limitada devido a identidade migratória. Espera-se que, o aprofundamento das questões relacionadas às migrantes brasileiras em Londres – UK (United Kingdom) sobre a perspectiva do Trabalho e da Identidade pode contribuir na construção de fundamentação teórico-metodológica tanto para a Geografia como para as outras áreas do saber, que têm se preocupado com a compreensão de movimentos migratórios, seus condicionantes e seus desdobramentos. / The main goal of this research is to analyze the phenomenon of international migration from Brazil to London of Brazilian women. More specifically, we look at the relationship between work and identity. Thus, it focuses on the role of Brazilian women in the London labor market and the relationship between the mobility of the workforce and the processes of identification / differentiation. The research looks at the experiences of Brazilian women in different professional sectors. We intend to analyze the determinants of (e / i) migration of Brazilians to England; identify the forms of inclusion and participation of Brazilians in the London labor market; and understand how women's work takes places in the processes of affirmation or denial of Brazilian identity in London. For that, we used the combination of quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Snow ball has been used as methodology for collecting data. The research on the International Brazilian women migration leads us to know a little more about female reality in intensive migration spaces; learn how identity marks are printed in the territory; understanding the essential role that migrant women assumes in the current international work market and; how the international migration in one way or another is incorporated in the productive restructuring. The data has showed that, Brazilian women migrants gain stability during the time they live and work in London. However their economic condition is limited, due their they migrant identity. We expect that deepening the understanding of issues related to Brazilian international migrants in the UK, under the prospect of Labor and Identity, could greatly contribute to the construction of theoretical and methodological foundation for both the Geography as for the other areas of knowledge concerned with the understanding of migratory movements, their conditions and their ramifications. / FAPESP: 2012/04347-2

A study is made of the use of chemical analysis of groundwater samples to assess groundwater quality. Samples from forty-seven boreholes within and around ten landfill sites in the London Borough of Hounslow were analysed. Most of the landfill sites studied were filled prior to the implementation of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 and were not designed with environmental protection in mind. Boreholes were tested for methane, carbon dioxide and groundwater samples were analysed for electrical conductivity (EC), ammonium nitrogen (NI14-N), COD, TOC, Cl-, NO3, SO42-, Na+, K+, Ca2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, Pb2+, oxidation - reduction - potential (ORP) and pH. The first ten of these analytical parameters were considered for groundwater quality assessment and the most important selected for more detailed study namely CH4, C02, EC, NH4-N, COD and TOC. Pollution ratings are allocated on the basis of single pollutant analytical data and averaged for each of the bore hole samples. Goodness of fit values between the single analyte values and the average data were calculated and no set of single analyte data was found to provide good groundwater quality assessment. A series of formulae combining the six analyte parameters was considered and the data evaluated by goodness of fit calculations to provide an effective means of assessing groundwater quality. The ratings obtained from the best formula are compared with historical broad band classification of landfill sites and show how sites must be assessed on the basis of samples taken from within the site and not around the perimeter. The production of acetic acid in the acetogenic phase of landfill reactions will increase the leachability and mobility of many metal pollutants and particularly of lead. Studies on the leachability of lead in acetic acid media show how lead solubility is increased in acetic acid media by the formation of triacetatolead(II) species, Pb(CH3CO2)3-.

No matter how receptive or unreceptive an individual or a company is to the arrival of the age of technology, this phenomenon of change cannot be overlooked in the competitive global village. Companies must respond and change if they wish to survive into the next century. The results and testing of the hypotheses in chapters four and five clearly indicate that there is a need for a structured Total Quality Management (TQM) system in the East London Depot, of South African Breweries (SAB). The vision of the company states that they aim to be the “benchmark of South African industry and the brewing world”. The mission of the company states that they wish to provide their consumers with the finest quality malt beverages, brewed and marketed by world - class people in a socially responsible and innovative manner. Two of the core values of the company are: • Customer service and consumer focus • Innovation and quality (http://Beernet) Taking the afore mentioned as a guide line, it is evident that although there is a need for a structured TQM system at the East London Depot, there are key focus areas to concentrate on for the program to be successful. The main focus area will be to change the perception of the staff with regards to doing things right the first time. Customer service is very important and should be understood by all. A competent person should be tasked with the implementation of the system. This person should then manage the system and ensure that the staff training and maintenance of documented procedures are adhered to. A TQM committee must also be established in order to perform the necessary audits. As mentioned in chapter one, the aim of the depot management is to improve on it’s current national ranking. A structured TQM program will make a huge contribution towards achieving the desired result. This will result in better results and achievement of goals. With this in mind this paper aims to investigate the feasibility of establishing a T Q M system at the East London Depot of SAB.

This is an educational design project exploring how prehospital care training can be altered to improve mental proficiency for emergency medical professionals.  The London Air Ambulance performs a complex life-saving procedure known as REBOA (Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta) on the roadside; the only emergency medical service to do so worldwide. Teams consisting of a doctor-paramedic pairing are required to perform at their peak in extreme environments, making training for such circumstances crucial. As a result, this project strategically maps current mental processes into a framework, identifying multiple design opportunities to approach chaotic accident scenes. The framework acts as the basis for defining a curriculum, which, using Instructional Design principles, develops into a learning programme that highlights how learners experience training activities to modify communication habits and on-scene behaviour. A three-part toolkit embodies this learning programme, functioning as a sensory guide to explicitly direct attention at pre-, mid- and post-procedure interaction events between team members.

This is a case study of East London from 1870 to 1914 with gender as the critical analytical category. The focus is on change in the structure of gender relations, evaluated in terms of the recognition of the rights of women and their status in society and women of all race groups are dealt with. A feature of the source material has been the use made of oral history where interviews were conducted with the descendants of women who lived during the study period. There were many indirect factors which had a retrogressive influence on progressive change in the rights and position of women. The initial small size of the population and unbalanced gender ratios, the few natural resources, a small and limited port and periodic unpredictable natural disasters gave rise to a 'boom and burst' economy with very little industry. The result was that initially the women were very conservative and unwilling to make social changes. The military occupation and the outbreak of hostilities in the late 1870s affected social and racial attitudes detrimentally. The entrenched patriarchal system, under which both black and white women lived, and the legal controls, particularly in the marital situation, reinforced the subordination of women, making the system difficult to break. Further conservative forces were at work with the European class system being well entrenched, with most women working for upward mobility, gentrification and respectability. Wealth was critical in determining status and those women from the working class, who had achieved some degree of wealth and status, were not prepared to challenge the system. Religion was important for nearly all white women and converted black women, but was a retarding influence in the growth of feminist consciousness. Little progress was made in improving the condition of women who transgressed the law, the non-respectable women, and ethnicity made no difference. Progress was made in gender relations for women in some fields. The reduction in family size and the improvement in health, gave women more time and energy for public affairs. Participation in sport helped women discard the image of being weak and frail and also improved health. Educational opportunities allowed some to get tertiary training and obtain proper qualifications to earn a living for themselves. Xhosa women who came into the town, made a major break with traditional society and many became independent. The major impetus for change came through women's associations, where women actively worked together and achieved some positive results. Middle class white women could earn an independent living without losing respectability, although it was accepted that women should give up paid employment on marriage. Black women broke traditional ties and many urban women became independent. Conditions for working class and non-respectable women changed very little. A deduction is that many women, both white and black, had sympathy for one another and they created a fund of goodwill on both sides of the colour line.

Discussions of hope and the imagined future have thus far focussed on grand ambitions at the expense of the more mundane, modest wants that are the preoccupation of everyday life. Studies of the home have demonstrated the role of material culture in embodying memory and household pasts but little has been said of household futures and their impact on household presents. This ethnographic study of the lives of three middle class households in south-east London addresses these gaps through an exploration of the role of imagined futures in orienting everyday life in the household. The ways in which householders work to make household life what they want it to be, and to secure the longer-term futures they imagine for their children, are explored through the frustrations, disappointments and anxieties that stem from the frequent failures of these efforts. Objects are demonstrated to be both the means through which householders attempt to make household life what they want it to be - their potentiality shaping and enabling imagined futures - and the means through which these imagined futures are reconfigured or derailed. The period of maternity leave, that all three of my women participants were in the midst of, is shown to be one in which the work of bringing the household's imagined futures, and children's imagined futures to fruition falls disproportionately to mothers, often at the expense of their own wants. Finally, a broader lens is used to explore how middle class householders' efforts to live the life they want contributes to and shapes the processes of gentrification credited with bringing dramatic change to south-east London.