Thesis (Ph. D.)--Miami University, Dept. of Political Science, 2006. / Title from second page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-160).

This master's thesis entitled "Magazine Praha in 1970-1979" deals with the monthly magazine Praha, which was published by the National Committee of the City of Prague in the period from 1970 to 1991. This was a regional magazine for the inhabitants of Prague as well as for visitors to the capital, which kept its readers abreast of current events in the metropolis. The main topics covered were city administration and construction, urban transport development, Prague culture and history. The introductory chapter covers the historical context - the situation in Czechoslovakia in the 1970s, the system of state administration with a focus on the administration of the city of Prague, and the media environment of that time. The following chapter describes the emergence, development, characteristics, and thematic focus of this periodical and the position of the editorial staff within the framework of the Prague National Committee. The aim of this thesis is to provide a detailed description of the magazine's first ten years - with particular analysis being given to the contents of the magazine, its internal arrangement, continuity and the transformation of the individual columns and main themes, the composition of the editorial staff and the layout. This thesis also asks to what extent did the magazine...

The thesis describes interactions and relationships between selected economic indicators. These indicators are the gross domestic product and the average gross monthly wage. The analysis of these selected indicators, are made for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The work has four main parts, which are divided into several other sections. The first defines the concept of national accounting, the second part contents gross domestic product, the method of its calculating and the frequency of compilation. In the third section is described the field theory of wages and salaries and the concepts such as minimum wage, the average gross monthly wage and median wage and salary are defined. In this two chapters are compared selected countries on the basis of the tables and graphs of selected indicators. The last chapter analyzes the relationships between selected economic indicators in selected countries based on quarterly data from the years 2001-2013.

Diploma thesis is focused on the examination of financial standing of the PIKE ELECTRONIC, spol. s r.o. company with the usage of elementary methods of financial analysis. In addition to classic annual financial analysis was executed also monthly financial analysis. On the base of the details arisen from the performed financial analysis the factors of the company financial standing were discovered and appropriate improving arrangements were specified. The thesis also contains clarification of basic approaches to financial analysis and evaluation of financial analysis which have been performed in the company till this time, detection of their deficiencies and the recomendation how to perform finacial analysis in future period including the way of using it in business and financial management.

The diploma thesis is focused on the average monthly flows forecast in the selected hydrometric profile. Aim of this work will be evaluation of the calculated values and the interpretation of the results in understandable form. The next step will be find an appropriate connection between randomly-generated inputs in the form of random real flow series using the standard hydrological prediction models. This models are based on the principles of artificial intelligence and probability model. The result of the work will be verification of procedures and compilation of mean monthly flow stochastic forecast in selected hydrometric profile, which would be used for a reservoirs management, respectively for water systems management.

Ethiopia has long since been an area strongly affected by drought. Although there is a relativelylarge amount of fresh water present in the country, variability in rainfall and lack ofinfrastructure lead to the result that most of the population is undersupplied with water. In thisregion where water is such a valuable commodity, the Abay River is a large, mainly untappedresource. Agriculture is the largest economic activity in Ethiopia but the productivity ofagriculture here is one of the lowest in the world, making food security a serious problem for acountry with a fast growing population. The development of irrigation projects is hoped toensure food security at the household level. The Koga Dam is a key project for the Ethiopiangovernment, as a step towards achieving food self-sufficiency at both national and regionallevels for a country that has a history of draughts and famine. If this project succeeds, it will be amodel for projects to come and proof that dams and water management can bring change to theregion, particularly concerning food security. Sedimentation is a problem for many dams aroundthe world, and especially in this region. It is likely that the volume of the Koga reservoir willdecrease over time due to reservoir siltation. Variability in climate is also predicted for the regionwhich could mean years with below average rain. These two factors combined could mean adecrease in water supply for the irrigation project in the future. This study applies existingknowledge of sedimentation and annual climate variability relative to the Koga reservoir to asimple reservoir model in order to investigate current and future annual changes in thereservoir’s volume. Climate and volume change were incorporated into the water balance model.Results showed that the dam should be capable of providing enough irrigation water to farm yearround assuming average climate and climate variability and no sedimentation. However, as lowas an 11% decrease in storage could result in the reservoir drying out for at least one month ayear. / Etiopien har sedan länge varit utsatt för vattenbrist. Trots att det finns ganska mycket sötvatten ilandet leder variation i nederbörd och brist på infrastruktur till att en stor del av befolkningensaknar vatten i tillräcklig utsträckning. När vatten är en sådan värdefull råvara är Blå Nilen(Abay floden är den inhemska beteckningen) en stor och outnyttjad resurs för regionen.Jordbruk är den största näringen i Etiopien men jordbrukets produktivitet är en av de lägsta ivärlden. Med tanke på landets snabbt växande befolkning är livsmedelsförsörjningen därför enallvarligutmaning. Utvecklingen av bevattningsprojekt förväntas trygga livsmedelsförsörjningenpå familjenivå. Kogadammen är ett centralt projekt både på nationell och på regional nivå. Denetiopiska regeringen som ser den som ett steg mot livsmedelssäkerhet mot bakgrund av landetshistoria av regnbrist och svält. Om projektet lyckas, kommer det att bli en modell för framtidaprojekt och ett bevis på att dammar och vattenförvaltning kan ge förändra situationen, särskiltmed avseende på livsmedelssäkerhet. Sedimentering är ett problem för många dammar runt om ivärlden, särskilt i denna region. Risken är stor att Kogadammens vattenvolym kommer attminska på grund av igenslamning. Klimatets variabilitet förutspås dessutom öka i regionen ochkan innebära år med såväl mindre som mer regn än idag. Sedimenteringen och den ökadenederbördsvariabiliteten kan möjligtvis innebära en minskad tillgång på bevattningsvatten iframtiden. Denna studie använde sig av befintlig kunskap om sedimentering och årligaklimatvariationer för att studera tänkbara förändringar i Kogadammens vattenvolym.Existerande data användes i en enkel reservoarmodell för att undersöka årliga volymförändringari reservoaren idag och i framtiden. Dammens månatliga vattenbalans beräknades årsvis underolika antaganden om klimat och volymförändringar. Beräkningarna visar att dammen bör kunnaleverera tillräckligt med vatten för att bevattna hela projektområdet om ingen klimatförändringeller volymminskning sker. Men om en volymminskning skulle inträffa, skulle dammensannolikt inte kunna leverera tillräckligt med vatten för bevattning under torrsäsongenmednuvarande odlingsmönster.

The subject of this diploma thesis was the construction and calibration of a forecast model for water flow in the specific profile on the river Dyje in the village Podhradí nad Dyjí. The description of the theoretical part describes various prediction models and description of the prediction model using the technique of random walking and a description of neural networks. The practical part was then devoted to the description of the locality of interest, the creation of a prediction model and the use of neural networks as post processing to improve the results.

Stochastic control of large open water reservior stock fiction with operates a given variance of flow values a certain probability distribution. Stochastic forecasting models for stochastic management were compiled as part of the thesis. The stochastic procedure has the choice of the procedur efor a certain probability scenário as aópposed to the deterministic procedure. The probability election is provided by a fan of options. The thesis deals with the construction and subsequent evalution of stochastic management of the reservoir fiction. Using stochastic models management was performed with some probability of exceeding the controlled watr outflow from the large open water reservior. The simulation took place an a fictional large open water reservior. Subsequently a comparsion was made between management using individual methods and using forecats. Stochastic kontrol performed the large open water reservoir´s stock fiction well. At the end of the diploma thesis the best settings for each forecast and kontrol model were selected.

Two measures of air temperature trends across southern Yukon and northern British Columbia were modelled based on measurements from 83 monitoring sites across seven areas, operating for up to 14 years. Both mean monthly air temperature (MMAT) and freezing and thawing degree days (FDD and TDD, respectively) were modelled across this area (59 °N to 64.5 °N) at elevations ranging from 330-1480 m asl. Lapse rates in this region show inversions in the winter months (November - March) varying in inversion strength and length in relation to degree of continentality. The spatial and elevation range of these sites allowed for regional lapse rate modelling at the monthly scale for MMAT and at the annual scale for FDD and TDD. Lapse rates below treeline were found to be correlated (p < 0.1) with degree of continentality in the colder months (November - April) and August. In these months, lapse rates were modelled using kriging trend surfaces. In months where degree of continentality was not found to have a significant impact on lapse rates (p > 0.1) (May - October, excluding August), an average lapse rate calculated from the seven study regions was used across the study region. A combination of lapse rate trend surfaces, elevation, and temperatures at sea level were used to model MMAT and F/TDD below treeline. A treeline trend surface was created using a 4th order polynomial, allowing for temperatures at treeline to be determined. MMAT and F/TDD above treeline were calculated using a constant lapse rate of -6 °C/km, elevation, and temperature at treeline. The above and below treeline models were combined to create continuous models of MMAT and F/TDD. Modelled MMAT showed a high degree of homogeneity across the study region in warmer months. Inversions in lapse rates are evident in the colder months, especially December through February, when colder temperatures are easily identified in valley bottoms, increasing to treeline, and decreasing above treeline. Modelled MMAT values were validated using 20 sites across the study region, using both Environment and Climate Change Canada and University of Ottawa sites. The RMSE between modelled and observed MMAT was highest in January (4.4 °C) and lowest in June (0.7 °C). Sites below treeline showed a stronger relationship between modelled and observed values than sites above treeline. Edge effects of the model were evident in the northeast of the study region as well as in the ice fields in the southwest along the Alaska border. The new MMAT maps can be used to help understand species range change, underlying permafrost conditions, and climate patterns over time. FDD values were found to be highly influenced by both degree of continentality as well as latitude, whereas TDD values were mainly dependent on elevation, with degree of continentality and latitude being lesser influences. FDD and TDD were validated using the same 20 sites across the study region, with FDD showing a larger RMSE (368 degree days) between modelled and observed values than TDD (150 degree days). TDD modelling performed better on average, with a lower average absolute difference (254 degree days) between modelled and observed values at the validation sites than FDD modelling (947 degree days). The models of FDD and TDD represent a component of temperature at top of permafrost (TTOP) modelling for future studies. Two mean annual air temperature (MAAT) maps were created, one calculated from the MMAT models, and the other from the F/TDD models. Most of the study region showed negative MAAT, mainly between -6 °C and 0 °C for both methods. The average MAAT calculated from FDD and TDD values was -2.4 ºC, whereas the average MAAT calculated from MMAT values was -2.8 ºC. Models of MAAT were found to be slightly warmer than in previous studies, potentially indicating warming temperature trends.

Кредитование физических лиц – одно из основных направлений деятельности коммерческих банков, приносящий доход. Для населения кредиты один из возможных способов повысить свой уровень жизни, например, купив недвижимость. Актуальность темы исследования обусловлена тем, что каждый год повышается спрос физических лиц на банковские кредиты, растет конкуренция на рынке среди кредитных организаций, что вызывает необходимые изменения в кредитной системе всей страны. Научная новизна работы: 1) Предложено более точное толкование определения просроченной задолженности (проблемная) по потребительскому кредиту, что позволяет увязать понятие проблемной задолженности по кредиту с высоким уровнем финансовых потерь в банке при ненадлежащем обслуживании заемщика кредита, что часто связано с ухудшением финансового положения заемщика. 2) Предложено усовершенствовать систему оценки платежеспособности заемщиков путем внедрения психоскоринга (с учетом требований закона о защите персональных данных), что позволит сформировать целостный портрет с точки зрения платежеспособности. 3) Предложено усовершенствовать механизм комплексного обслуживания клиента путем подключения овердрафта и выбора расчета ежемесячного платежа клиентом, что позволит снизить риски неплатежеспособности. / Lending to individuals is one of the main activities of commercial banks that generates income. For the population, loans are one of the possible ways to improve their standard of living, for example, by buying real estate. The relevance of the research topic is due to the fact that every year the demand of individuals for bank loans is increasing, competition in the market among credit institutions is growing, which causes the necessary changes in the credit system of the entire country. Scientific novelty of the work: 1) A more accurate interpretation of the definition of overdue debt (problem) for a consumer loan is proposed, which allows linking the concept of problem debt on a loan with a high level of financial losses in the bank with improper service of the borrower, which is often associated with a deterioration in the financial situation of the borrower. 2) It was proposed to improve the system for assessing the solvency of borrowers by introducing psychoscoring (taking into account the requirements of the law on the protection of personal data), which will allow to form a holistic portrait in terms of solvency. 3) It was proposed to improve the mechanism of comprehensive customer service by connecting an overdraft and choosing the calculation of a monthly payment by the customer, which will reduce the risks of insolvency.