Submitted by Sandra Pereira (srpereira@ufrrj.br) on 2018-08-20T14:11:07Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2010 - JOICE DOS SANTOS LIMA BERNARDO.pdf: 3739679 bytes, checksum: 8843284b9fe9600f0ceb730fdda3f94d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-20T14:11:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2010 - JOICE DOS SANTOS LIMA BERNARDO.pdf: 3739679 bytes, checksum: 8843284b9fe9600f0ceb730fdda3f94d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-04-09 / CAPES / The genus Ctenomys Blainville, 1826 has a systematic and complex although there are morphological and molecular studies on the genus, it is still difficult to identify and classify these individuals who have a high diversity of karyotypes with diploid numbers ranging from 2n = 10 to 2n = 70. However, some authors confirm the usefulness of taxonomic structures such as penis and baculum in the systematic study of rodents. The penis, as well as the baculum (penis bone), has been the subject of several studies because of its great morphological diversity. This work is based on the study of external morphology of the glans penes and baculum of Ctenomys minutus, Ctenomys flamarioni and Ctenomys torquatus to identify possible variations and compare the differences. The study was done from the penis of adult set of the species listed above. Photographs were taken, dissections, drawings with a camera lucida and diaphanization the penis. For analysis of the microstructure of the surface of the glans penes was used the technique of scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results showed great differences in morphological structure of the baculum of the three species analyzed and showed structures similar to thorns that covered the entire surface of the glans penes with varying distribution over the glans. Our results indicate that the baculum may be an excellent marker complex taxonomic groups such as the Ctenomys. Morphological studies of the surface of the glans penes and baculum combined with genetic studies, molecular and biogeographical can provide important information to better understand the systematic, evolution and taxonomy of the genus. / O g?nero Ctenomys Blainville, 1826 possui uma sistem?tica complexa e apesar de j? existirem estudos moleculares e morfol?gicos sobre o g?nero, ainda ? dif?cil identificar e classificar estes indiv?duos que possuem uma alta diversifica??o cariot?pica com n?meros dipl?ides variando de 2n= 10 a 2n= 70. Por?m, alguns autores confirmam a utilidade taxon?mica de estruturas como p?nis e baculum no estudo da sistem?tica de roedores.O p?nis, assim como o baculum (osso peniano), tem sido alvo de diversos estudos devido sua grande diversidade morfol?gica. O presente trabalho se baseia no estudo da morfologia externa do glans penes e do baculum de Ctenomys minutus, Ctenomys flamarioni e Ctenomys torquatus com o objetivo de identificar poss?veis varia??es e comparar as diferen?as encontradas. O estudo foi feito a partir dos p?nis fixados de indiv?duos adultos das esp?cies listadas anteriormente. Foram feitas fotografias, dissec??es, desenhos com c?mara clara e diafaniza??o dos p?nis. Para an?lises da microestrutura da superf?cie do glans penes foi utilizado a t?cnica de Microscopia Eletr?nica de Varredura (MEV). Os resultados revelaram grandes diferen?as morfol?gicas na estrutura do baculum das tr?s esp?cies analisadas e revelaram estruturas semelhantes a espinhos que recobriam toda a superf?cie do glans penes com distribui??o variando ao longo da glande. Nossos resultados indicam que o baculum pode ser um excelente marcador taxon?mico em grupos complexos como ? o caso dos Ctenomys. Estudos morfol?gicos da superf?cie do glans penes e do baculum aliados a estudos gen?ticos, moleculares e biogeogr?ficos podem fornecer informa??es importantes para melhor entendermos a sistem?tica, evolu??o e taxonomia do g?nero.

Technological backwardness is the common problem for all developing nations. The acquisition and creation of advanced technologies are the common dreams of these catch-up economies. How to build up the adequate technological innovation system for high-tech industries is the major challenge to all catching-up economies. Because of the success of technological development, this research will investigate the technology innovation and diffusion system by taking the IC industry in Chinese Taipei as a case study. The purpose of this research is the provide a guide for the future direction of technological innovation and diffusion systems and of share experience on the development of technology in the IC industry of Chinese Taipei with other catch-up economies. This paper first presents hottest study topics: Knowledge Management and National Innovation System (NIS), next introduced two analytical frameworks --- the technological trajectory framework and the multiple cooperation framework --- which are used as tools to describe the evolution of technological development in catch up economies. It will then propose a technological innovation and diffusion system for catch up economies. The structure and components of the system will be discussed and a questionnaire survey designed for the IC industry in Chinese Taipei. The results of the survey will be discussed and future development of the technological innovation and diffusion system of the IC industry in Chinese Taipei will be proposed by this research.

This thesis analyses the National Innovation System of Turkey. In order to achieve this purpose, on the one hand, &lsquo / catching-up&rsquo / , &lsquo / forging ahead&rsquo / , and &lsquo / falling behind&rsquo / processes of the countries and their relationships with economic growth, long wave theories, and valid techno-economic paradigm have been studied / while on the other hand, the historical evolution of the science, technology, and innovation systems, are investigated together with foresight studies, which are considered as their guide. In conclusion, with appropriate policies and implementations, it is asserted that Turkey could achieve &lsquo / quantum jump&rsquo / by acquiring a number of innovation opportunities, and thus, she could increase her national productivity and subsequently, her competitive power on the international arena.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:52:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ThatianeFMF_pre_textuais_ate_cap5.pdf: 930085 bytes, checksum: 345c675cc181764d147fabbc57705cf4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-10-29 / This paper aims to investigate the factors that influence the satisfaction and fidelity of tennis?s users with the region southern city of Natal, capital of Rio Grande do Norte as the area of analyzing , using the national satisfaction index models as a tool to study. In this study was used the questionnaire as a tool for collecting data based on the new Norwegian customer satisfaction barometer model proposed by Johnson et. al. (2001). The data collection took place during the months of May and June 2008, when 450 tennis?s users were interviewed. The main results obtained by multiple regression analysis and logistic regression showed that the users' satisfaction with the tennis?s brand is influenced by the quality, comfort, material used in the manufacture and price, while fidelity is potentized by the image of the brand and the satisfaction degree with the user's tennis and with the brand of tennis. In relation to user satisfaction with the tennis, that satisfaction is influenced by the quality, comfort, weight and the material used, while fidelity is potentized by the satisfaction with the tennis?s brand, with the possibility of paying the same amount again and the emotional commitment. As the processing of claims there was no direct influence on satisfaction and consumers fidelity due to the low number complaints / Este trabalho tem como objetivo investigar os fatores que influenciam a satisfa??o e a fideliza??o dos usu?rios de t?nis tendo como ?rea de analise a regi?o sul da cidade de Natal, capital do Rio Grande do Norte, utilizando-se como ferramenta de estudo os modelos nacionais de ?ndice de satisfa??o. No presente trabalho foi utilizado o question?rio como instrumento de coletas de dados baseado no novo modelo Noruegu?s proposto por Johnson et. al. (2001). A coleta de dados ocorreu durante o m?s de maio e junho de 2008, onde foram entrevistados 450 usu?rios de t?nis. Os principais resultados obtidos pela regress?o linear m?ltipla e pela regress?o log?stica, revelam que, a satisfa??o dos usu?rios com a marca do t?nis ? influenciada pela qualidade, conforto, material utilizado na fabrica??o e pelo pre?o, enquanto que a fidelidade ? potencializada pela imagem da marca e pelo grau de satisfa??o do usu?rio com o t?nis e com a marca do t?nis. J? com rela??o ? satisfa??o dos usu?rios com o t?nis, esta satisfa??o ? influenciada pela qualidade, conforto, peso do t?nis e material utilizado, enquanto que a fidelidade ? potencializada pela satisfa??o com a marca do t?nis, com a possibilidade de pagar novamente o mesmo valor e pelo compromisso afetivo. Quanto ao tratamento de reclama??es verificou-se n?o haver influencia direta na satisfa??o e fideliza??o do consumidor devido ao baixo n?mero reclama??es

This study addresses public sector intermediaries and their role in facilitating innovation in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in South Korea. The primary aim is to understand and address the informational and relational barriers that SMEs face during the innovation process and how these are resolved through interaction. Although the government has been implementing SME support policies for several decades, the Korean National Innovation System (KNIS) has been characterised with six words: ‘strong large firms, weak small firms’. Korean Government policies for R&D have not been effective in enhancing the economic performance and innovative capabilities of SMEs and the ‘low level of competitiveness’ of SMEs obstructs knowledge interaction between firms. Policies directed at SMEs mainly focus on direct support and do not reflect the interactive nature of the innovation process. This mismatch between policy and desired outcomes has led this study to go beyond examining the informational and relational constraints. It analyses the factors influencing successful (or less successful) innovation and asks whether public intermediaries have provided an effective mechanism in resolving innovation barriers (i.e. system failures). Yet, there has been a lack of research into public intermediaries and SMEs within the National Innovation Systems (NIS) framework. The NIS approach is a loosely configured framework and the intermediary literature is fragmented and has rarely been integrated with the NIS literature. Research has tended to focus on specific functions of private intermediaries and far less on the public intermediaries, which have been playing a crucial role in facilitating innovation in Korean industry for several decades. The central focus of this study is on the knowledge interaction process between public intermediaries and SMEs occurring at multiple levels of interaction in the Korean NIS. This study therefore attempts to integrate the NIS concept and the intermediary approach to provide a robust way to explore the knowledge interaction process at meso- and micro-levels. Four functions of the intermediary are constructed to explore how they might influence SME innovation: knowledge facilitation, learning facilitation, knowledge enabling and managing interfaces. Through in-depth analysis of five case studies encompassing firms in mechatronics and IT, this study explicates the knowledge interaction process and influential factors of successful innovation. The analysis addresses a series of issues that the generic NIS concept cannot fully explain: (1) knowledge interaction at meso- and microlevels; (2) multiplicity of relationships and their evolving nature; (3) the role of public intermediaries in a specific cultural context; and (4) the heterogeneity of SMEs with their pre-existing resources and routines. Sociological perspectives especially provide insights for investigating not only the dynamic nature of interactions but also micro-level factors that determine successful interactions and innovation that are largely neglected in both NIS and intermediary studies; e.g. productive combination of competing rationalities, social learning, and the importance of reflexive individuals. Focusing on a modulated NIS concept for public sector intermediaries and SMEs in a Korean context, the study opens the ‘black box’ of knowledge interaction and learning that resolves the barriers, shapes the successful innovation environment and hence strengthens the innovation system. The findings have implications for policy, including the need to establish new policy measures aimed not simply at achieving a set goal but rather at facilitating the interaction process with a long-term view. The study recommends that public intermediaries need to focus on monitoring activities that integrate and support the knowledge interaction process by facilitating ‘associativeness’ among actors. Furthermore, the heterogeneity of the local contexts and SMEs in the innovation process need to be taken into account in designing the programmes, moving away from one-size-fits-all type services.

I detta arbetet har det genomförts två undersökningar. Den ena undersökningen handlar om GDPR och den andra om NIS. Dessa två regelverk är skapade av EU för att säkra upp när det gäller cyberattacker och att styrka individers möjlighet att hantera sina personuppgifter. Det har även skapats en enkel hemsida i arbetet. Denna hemsidan är ett experiment för att ta reda på vad någon som äger eller tillhandahåller en enkel hemsida bör tänka på när det kommer till GDPR och NIS. Hemsidan i sig är tänkt att ge möjlighet för människor att träffa andra med samma intresse eller träffa de som befinner sig i liknande livssituationer. GDPR är en förnyelse av Sveriges tidigare lag PUL. GDPR är en förordning från EU vilket innebär att den måste följas mer noggrant än PUL. PUL var ett direktiv från EU. Ett direktiv väger inte lika tungt som en förordning. GDPR ger EU:s medlemsländers medborgare starkare rättigheter till deras personuppgifter. Det innebär att de har rätt att veta vad och varför personuppgifter hanteras. De har även rätt till radering vilket innebär att en organisation måste radera personuppgifter om de inte längre har någon anledning att fortsätta behandla dem. Det kan handla om rättslig påverkan eller en intresseavvägning om en personuppgift får behandlas vidare eller inte. NIS är som sagt skapat av EU, detta är ett direktiv som beskrivit lite tidigare i detta stycke vad det innebär. Här har EU:S medlemsländer lite friare händer. Det finns mål som skall uppfyllas men medlemsländerna får själva bestämma hur målen skall uppnås. NIS handlar om cybersäkerheten inom EU. Det gäller att stärka den lägstanivå som finns. Jobba med att vara bättre förberedd om en incident skulle inträffa och på så sätt ge ett bättre grundskydd mot cyberattacker. Vad gäller en enkel hemsida så har GDPR en del att säga till om. Om man sparar data i en databas så skall de som personuppgifterna tillhör veta om det och samtycka till det. Det skall även kunna gå att få fram informationen som är sparad om personerna och även radering av personuppgifter om så önskas. En registrerad skall kunna få information om personuppgifter som sparas hos en personuppgiftsbehandlare utan att betala för det. När det gäller NIS och enkla hemsidor så är det i regel inget som rör den som tillhandahåller hemsidan eller hemsidans ägare. Det krävs i så fall att det är större företag med stor omsättning och som har huvudkontor i Sverige.

This study describes how institutions in a developing country, South Africa influence the salient characteristics and patterns of innovation in firms belonging to an emerging versus a mature industry. The patterns and characteristics of innovation in firms belonging to industries in different phases of their life cycles are influenced by various factors. Because of the wide range of factors and often due to the endogenous relationships between them, empirical studies in describing these patterns remain inconclusive. This research describes the patterns and the significant innovation characteristics of the firms through the lens of institutions. Special attention is paid to the institutional frameworks influencing innovation in firms at national and regional levels. These frameworks are often referred to as National and Regional Innovation Systems. The central argument of this study is that these innovation systems are expected to influence the characteristics of innovation in different ways when firms are situated in developed versus the developing countries. In this regard, this study attempts to contribute to the innovation knowledge-base of developing countries. The salient characteristics discussed in this study are types, institutional support (government), centre of knowledge and geographical locations of innovations. Chi-square, t-tests and stepwise logistic regressions were run on the responses of the firms regarding the chosen characteristics. The results suggest that in most cases these characteristics were different in firms belonging to an emerging versus a mature industry. Also the patterns of innovation were mostly dissimilar from the expectations of the studies based in the developed world. A logistic model was built to explain the relationships between the individual characteristics and the firms belonging to the two phases of the industry life cycle. The model, formulated on the salient characteristics of innovation discussed could successfully predict if a firm belonged to a mature industry or not. Copyright / Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2011. / Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) / unrestricted

The content of this thesis is a proposal of methodology for evaluating company's performance in areas of information security, while their performance will be judged based on compliance with standard ISO/IEC 27001:2013, Act no. 181/2014 Coll., Regulation 2016/679 of European Parliament and Directive 2016/1148 of the European Parliament. The proposal of this methodology is designed in a particular company which operates in the Czech Republic.

The aim of this work was the evaluation of some statistic indicators from the data obtained from the Health Informatic System Clinicom. The data used in this informatic system are administrated by the database system Caché. The data from the database which is administrated by Departement of Biomedical Engineering in Brno, have been also used. Data mentioned in this work were mined from the database by SQL queries. The statistic indicators obtained this way were needed to be presented on internet. The user interface for this presentation was designed and realized in programming language CSP. The resulting statistic indicators were split up into 3 basic groups: Hospitalization, Mandatory reporting and Medicament requirement. Besides the statistic indicators some pacients‘ data and the graphs of results are shown in the user interface. The part which has also been used in this work is the concept of the online form for reporting of cancers.

This master thesis is addressing an issue of information system used in The University Hospital Brno. The current system and its environment is evaluated using analysis SWOT, HOS2009 and other observations. Based on the results the work elaborates the idea of an unified information system and its feasibility in practice.