This thesis deals with investments funds in Czech Republich and Luxembourg. The goal is to characterize historical development, and also actual situation of investment funds, to specify the main differences and common features of this investment form in both countries. Furthermore, it analyzes main charakteristics of fund industry in these countries. The last part focuses on potential future development and trend in this segment. Thesis points to advantages of investing financial resources in Luxemburgian investment funds or constitution of the collective investment fund in this region.

The present study adopted a quantitative method to explore Luxembourgish primary school teachers' practices of Outdoor Education, as well as their knowledge and opinions on this pedagogical concept. Additionally, the influence of diverse environmental and personal factors on the teachers' implementation of Outdoor Education was investigated. In this regard, an online questionnaire with 19 questions related to Outdoor Education was administrated and published. 238 primary school teachers from Luxembourg took part in this online survey and answered questions about Outdoor Education practices, previous experiences in this field, nature relatedness, attitudes towards Outdoor Education, resources to teach outside, willingness as well as self-perceived competence to practice Outdoor Education and possible measures to foster Outdoor Education practices in Luxembourg. Findings revealed that, even though Luxembourgish primary school teachers seem to acknowledge the numerous benefits related to Outdoor Education, their Outdoor Education practices are relatively limited. In Luxembourg, Outdoor Education mostly takes place in schoolyards or nearby forests and is usually oriented towards natural sciences or physical education. Regarding the influence of personal and environmental factors, the teachers' previous experiences in the field of Outdoor Education, their attitude towards this pedagogical method and the available resources to teach outside seem to influence the frequency of Outdoor Education practices. Consequently, teachers with positive attitudes towards Outdoor Education, previous experiences in this field and material and infrastructures suitable for this purpose show tendencies to resort to teaching in an outdoor environment more frequently. The findings from the present study might be of advantage in order to prepare teachers more effectively to teach in outdoor environments and consequently foster the implementation of Outdoor Education in Luxembourg. / /

À partir d’une recherche sur les lieux de prostitution de rue à Luxembourg, cette thèse propose une ethnographie des situations de prostitution de rue qui ne réduit pas cette dernière à un échange sexuel et monétaire. L’attention portée aux situations et interactions, aux contraintes et ressources avec lesquelles doivent composer les personnes qui se prostituent, amène à analyser les lieux de prostitution sous leurs dimensions humaine, sociale, matérielle, spatio-temporelle, réglementaire et productrices de sens.Or, appréhender la place de la prostitution dans la ville et dans la société appelle une perspective sociohistorique apte à mettre au jour les moyens par lesquels, dès les années 1990, les populations locales ont contribué à la mise en forme d’un « problème de la prostitution » nécessitant une intervention des pouvoirs publics, et en premier lieu des autorités communales. Sa prise en charge par les pouvoirs publics a mobilisé théories explicatives et jugements moraux, et a donné lieu à différentes formes d’action publique. Enfin, on montre comment l’imposition, au nom de l’ordre public, d’une distinction entre lieux interdits ou autorisés à l’exercice de la prostitution, et l’ensemble de rapports de force qui les traversent, amène les personnes qui se prostituent dans l’espace public à toujours renégocier un ordre social local. De manière transversale, cette thèse analyse les tensions sociales qui se cristallisent autour de l’articulation entre la sexualité et l’argent, d’une part, et leur visibilité sociale, d’autre part. / Based on a research about the places of street prostitution in Luxembourg City, this thesis offers an ethnography of its various situations without reducing prostitution to a mere sexual and monetary exchange. Through paying attention to the situations and interactions, to the constraints and resources with which people who prostitute themselves have to deal with, this work examines the places of prostitution under their human, social, material, spatio-temporal, regulatory and meaningful dimensions.Yet, to understand the place of prostitution in the city and in the society, it is necessary to call on a socio-historical perspective so as to reveal by what means the local populations, as early as the 1990s, contributed to the formation of a “prostitution problem” that required the intervention of the authorities, and primarily of the local governments. Its resolution by the authorities involved explanatory theories and moral judgments, and gave rise to diverse forms of public action. Finally, it is shown how imposing, on behalf of public order, a distinction between forbidden or authorized places for prostituting, and the entire balance of power passing through them, lead the people who prostitute themselves in the public space to continually renegotiate a local social order. Across the board, this thesis studies the social tensions that crystallize around the articulation between sexuality and money, on the one hand, and their social visibility, on the other hand.

En raison des phénomènes de congestion et de pollution qu'ils impliquent, les déplacements quotidiens sont devenus un enjeu majeur du développement urbain. Cette recherche appréhende la mobilité quotidienne au sein d'une approche interdisciplinaire géo-psycho-sociale et propose d'envisager l'espace non plus comme un simple support des déplacements, mais comme un des déterminants des comportements individuels. Pour vérifier l'hypothèse d'une différenciation spatiale des pratiques et des représentations sociales de la mobilité, une enquête a été menée auprès de 600 résidants du Luxembourg, sur la base d'un échantillon stratifié spatialement permettant ainsi d'observer des différences interzones. À partir de l'analyse des espaces de vie (grâce à l'analyse spatiale), et des représentations sociales (à travers l'analyse des similitudes), les résultats montrent un gradient comportemental où l'on passe d'un centre-ville qui implique des pratiques multimodales et des habitats variés à une zone périurbaine puis rurale où le modèle maison/automobile reste largement dominant tant en termes de pratiques que de représentations. Au-delà de la différenciation des comportements, les résultats mettent en évidence deux niveaux de tensions (portant d'une part, sur le couple pratiques/représentations, et d'autre part, sur une dialectique ancrage résidentiel/mobilité quotidienne) dont les « polarités » se différencient également spatialement. De ces tensions émergent des processus de dissonance et d'adaptation portant, selon leur nature, sur les pratiques et/ou sur les représentations et visant à réduire ces tensions. À la lumière de ces processus, les comportements sont envisagés comme des dynamiques d'adaptation aux contextes géographique, social et psychologique. Une telle lecture des comportements amène à reconsidérer les concepts de choix et d'arbitrage, au regard des tensions et des processus d'adaptation, pour tenter d'identifier les leviers permettant d'infléchir les comportements dans une optique de développement durable.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universiteit Maastricht, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-367).

The presented diploma thesis deals with the areas of Beroun and Hořovice in the middle ages. At the core of the work of the Government of The house of Luxembourg - John, Charles IV. and Wenceslas IV. Using sources, examines how developed its management, property tenure. It also looks at the extent to which they have been in the Royal estates, the Church or the aristocratic possession. Also describes the emergence and development of individual towns and villages in Beroun and Hořovice district. It focuses on local nobles and their relationship to the Royal Court. Work also takes into account the Nuremberg path that passed through this area, and its influence on the possession of estates. Key words: Beroun region - Hořovice region - House of Luxemburgs - Nuremberg path - local nobility

The objective of this diploma thesis is to characterize the image of Luxembourgs in the Czech history textbooks in the 19th and 20th century. The work is based on the assumption that the history education takes a significant part in making a young person's identity. The thesis describes the development of this image and the way in which the educational literature reflected the atmosphere of the day and its transformation in the context of historical development. The dynamic development of the image of the Czech history of 14th and 15th centuries is the central theme of the work. It will be mainly focused on the historical figures of Bohemian Luxembourg kings: John of Luxembourg, Charles IV, Wenceslaus IV and Sigismund of Luxembourg.

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Governments around the world use immigration detention to detain and deport irregular immigrants, which negatively affects their health. The aim of this thesis was to explore, describe and identify factors that could mitigate the effect of immigration detention on the health of detainees. This was a mixed method study using qualitative methods (Papers I and II), quantitative methods (Paper III) and descriptive case comparison (Paper IV) comparing the Swedish system to the system in the Benelux countries (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg). The study design was strengthened by triangulation of methods and data sources. Detainees experienced lack of control over their own lives due to lack of information in a language they can understand, inadequate responses from detention staff and restrictions within detention centers further limiting their liberty. Duration of detention was negatively associated with satisfaction of services provided in detention and the detainees’ Quality of Life (QOL). Detainees had low QOL domain scores with the psychological domain having the lowest score (41.9/100). The most significant factor positively associated with the QOL of detainees was the support received from detention staff. A sense of fear was present among detainees and staff. Detainees’ fear was due to their inadequate interaction with authorities, perceiving it as threatening, and due to their worry of facing repercussions of being involved in incidents caused by others. The potential for physical threat from detainees created a sense of fear among the staff. The detention staff expressed the need for more support to manage their emotional dilemma and role conflict of being a civil servant, simultaneously enabling the deportation process while providing humane care to detainees as fellow human beings. Detention centers in the Benelux countries had more categories of staff providing different services to detainees. Compared to the Benelux countries, healthcare services at the Swedish detention centers were limited. Detainees were offered no medical screening on arrival and no regular access to mental healthcare professionals. Detaining authorities have the obligation to safeguard the health of detainees. Challenges faced by the detention staff and detainees must be addressed to create a supportive environment and fulfill that obligation.

Les questions de mobilité et de logement sont aujourd'hui au centre des enjeux du développement urbain. La hausse du taux de motorisation, de la pression sur le marché du logement, poussent à une déstructuration des liens de proximité et génèrent aujourd'hui une saturation du système de transport. De cette difficulté à se déplacer naissent des tensions (augmentation du temps de trajet, risque de retard, etc.). L'objectif de cette thèse est alors d'étudier le poids de ces tensions dans la décision de déménager. Une enquête a été réalisée auprès de 500 résidants actifs luxembourgeois ayant déménagé sans changer de lieu de travail. Les résultats montrent que certains individus se sont bien rapprochés de leur lieu de travail dans le but de réduire ces tensions. Cette recherche a donc permis de mettre en évidence des liens de conjonction entre la mobilité quotidienne et résidentielle et d'aboutir à une meilleure compréhension du système de la mobilité spatiale locale des individus.