The contemporary office environment is facing new type of challanges both when it comes to be an attractive place for employees and an efficiant, as well as an econommic sustainable space from an employer's perspective. The rapid change of of hybrid ways of working is creating more remote contact with with the physical office. Research points out that there could be social consequences connected to this. This thesis sees the contemporary office as a potential space for enabling contacts between people, normaly not meeting, being in their personal sphere.  The thesis introduces findings connected to research in the field of spatial and urban design as well as architecture, developing a spatial guideline, in how to enable those situations in an office environment.  With help of literature as well as expertise in the field, and an observation of an activity-based office environment different themes is deceted and presented. The outcome of used methods is captured with analyses connected to the connected themes.  Concrete examples in how to enable social contact situations and support informal meetings is visualized in a spatial guideline.

Over time, the office spaces of authorities have evolved, with external influences like pandemics accelerating the transition towards flexible, activity-based workplaces. Despite resistance, attitudes are slowly becoming positive towards modern, adaptable offices. This transformation is driven by value creation, efficiency improvements, market condition shifts, and changing norms within public and private sectors. The office space design within authorities has transitioned from reflecting organizational hierarchies to open office spaces. Optimal space requirement has become complex due to flexible work arrangements. Sustainability is a guiding principle in office space design, highlighting social trends shaping institutional norms and practices. The increasing demand for security within authorities presents a conflict between maintaining openness for citizens and ensuring information security. Security and confidentiality have become influential factors affecting work methods, digital tool utilization, and physical premise design. The Swedish government's digitalization ambition significantly influences authorities' work processes and organizational structures. With remote work adoption and reduced business travel, authorities offering flexible work solutions are seen as attractive employers. Geographical location remains important, with central places like Stockholm's main station still considered desirable. Despite that, A key trend is authorities choosing locations in Solna and Sundbyberg over central Stockholm, adapting to market conditions with surging rents. / Över tid har myndigheters kontorsutrymmen utvecklats, påverkade av yttre faktorer som pandemi som påskyndar övergången mot flexibla, aktivitetsbaserade arbetsplatser. Trots motstånd håller attityderna mot aktivitetsbaserade kontor på att långsamt bli mer positiva inom myndigheterna. Denna förändring drivs av värdeskapande, effektivitetsförbättringar, förändringar i marknadsförhållandena samt skiftande normer inom den offentliga och privata sektorn. Kontorsutformningen inom myndigheter har övergått från att spegla organisationshierarkier till öppna kontorslandskap. Att fastställa optimalt utrymmesbehov har blivit komplext på grund av flexibla arbetsarrangemang. Hållbarhet är en vägledande princip i utformningen av kontorsutrymmen, vilket belyser hur sociala trender formar institutionella normer och praxis. Den ökande efterfrågan på säkerhet inom myndigheter skapar en konflikt mellan att upprätthålla öppenhet för medborgare och att säkerställa informationssäkerhet. Säkerhet och konfidentialitet har blivit inflytelserika faktorer som påverkar arbetsmetoder, användning av digitala verktyg och utformningen av fysiska lokaler. Regeringens ambitioner kring digitalisering påverkar myndigheters arbetsprocesser och organisatoriska strukturer avsevärt. Med möjlighet till stor andel distansarbete och minskade affärsresor betraktas myndigheter som attraktiva arbetsgivare när de erbjuder flexibla arbetslösningar. Geografiskt läge förblir viktigt, närhet till Stockholms Centralstation betraktas fortfarande som attraktivt. Trots detta är en nyckeltrend att myndigheter väljer platser i Solna och Sundbyberg framför centrala Stockholm, för att anpassa sig till marknadsförhållanden med stigande hyror.

Multifunctional building Jocelyn is set in earlier studies on the proposed urban site Jeselských barracks in Brno, bounded by streets Štefánikova, Staňkova and new streets stretching Roast. The concept of construction within the meaning of form and function is strictly subordinate to his place near the city center. Economically advantageous feature object representing housing, shops, cafes, restaurants, offices, underground parking. The building is divided vertically into two zones: commercial and residential. The dominant number twelve floors is derived from a corner position of the object. Hanging the height of the building directing urban streets rasterization, creating public spaces of different levels. The material object is perforated for convenient access, views and culture connected with the proposed use of the adjacent park. The building is designed as a monolithic skeleton on bored piles with a facade of facework. Ceiling structure consists of a monolithic reinforced concrete slab ceiling with integrated cooling and heating of rooms tempered by the reinforced concrete core.

This study showed that state laws and policies constrain the locational preferences of alternative health care providers to varying degrees, depending on the particular profession and level of legal status. Three separate surveys were conducted, focusing on acupuncturists, chiropractors and homeopaths in Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and the District of Columbia. The acupuncture findings revealed intraprofessional divisions that lead to a strong influence of legal constraints on the locational behavior of non-MD acupuncturists. Results from the chiropractic survey reflected an established profession with a less pronounced, but moderate, influence of state laws and policies on location and mobility. The homeopathy findings, while based on a much smaller sample, did not reveal a strong relationship between legal constraints and spatial characteristics, except in the extreme case of North Carolina's recent prohibition. This study also postulated a model to explain the progression of alternative health care professions toward legitimation. The variables of public acceptance and legal constraints on location were plotted on the model to identify particular levels of progression. The importance of this research is highlighted by impending health care reforms, the need for access to professional health services, skyrocketing biomedical costs, and the documented utilization of alternative health care in this country. / Master of Science

Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 13 novembre 2023) / Dû à son contexte transfrontalier, interprovincial et intergouvernemental, la gestion du bassin versant de la rivière des Outaouais est confrontée à une myriade d'enjeux. Notre étude vise donc à comparer les modèles de gestion intégrée de l'eau par bassin versant de part et d'autre de la frontière entre l'Ontario et le Québec afin d'obtenir une meilleure compréhension de ces enjeux. Pour ce faire, nous avons réalisé des entretiens semi-dirigés auprès de huit directeurs généraux travaillant pour des organismes de gestion des bassins versants québécois et ontariens. De plus, nous avons également réalisé une analyse documentaire à partir de 27 documents de gestion émanant pour la plupart des différents organismes de gestion situés sur le bassin versant à l'étude. Au niveau des organismes de gestion, nos résultats de recherche ont permis de constater que les offices de protection de la nature institués en Ontario endossent beaucoup plus de rôles et de responsabilités dans le processus de gestion de l'eau que les organismes de bassin versant au Québec. Les OPN opèrent d'ailleurs avec des budgets beaucoup plus élevés et avec de plus grandes équipes que les OBV. Ensuite, en ce qui a trait à leur structure de gouvernance, les OBV offrent des tables de concertation qui sont encadrées par les règles de fonctionnement du MELCC. Les OPN, pour leur part, forment des comités sectoriels sans structure prédéfinie. La participation du public au processus de gestion est donc un peu plus formalisée au Québec qu'en Ontario. Enfin, en ce qui concerne les enjeux de gestion, la taille impressionnante du bassin versant de la rivière des Outaouais nuit à une intégration optimale des acteurs. De plus, elle complexifie énormément la coordination des activités de gestion entre les différents acteurs et nuit à la création d'une vision commune. Les initiatives de protection de l'eau n'y sont donc pas harmonisées, mais plutôt sectorielles et fragmentées. Pour ces raisons plusieurs enjeux de conservation demeurent insolubles sur ce bassin. Ce mémoire permet donc de contextualiser les enjeux de gestion de l'eau sur le bassin versant de la rivière des Outaouais et soulève du même coup certaines pistes de solution. / Due to its transboundary, interprovincial, and intergovernmental context, the management of the Ottawa River watershed faces a myriad of challenges. Our study aims to compare integrated watershed water management models on both sides of the Ontario-Quebec border to gain a better understanding of these issues. To achieve this, we conducted semi-structured interviews with eight general managers working for Quebec and Ontario watershed management organizations. Additionally, we conducted a literature review based on 27 management documents which mostly came from the different management organizations located in the studied watershed. As of the organizations, our research findings revealed that conservation authorities established in Ontario assume far more roles and responsibilities in the water management process than watershed organizations in Quebec. CAs also operate with significantly larger budgets and teams than their Quebec counterparts. Moving to governance structure, watershed organizations provide consultation tables that are regulated by the Ministry of Environment and Fight against Climate Change (MELCC) in Quebec. In contrast, conservation authorities establish sectoral committees without predefined structures. Public participation in the management process is therefore slightly more formalized in Quebec than in Ontario. Concerning management challenges, the vast size of the Ottawa River watershed impedes optimal integration of stakeholders, significantly complicating coordination efforts among diverse actors and hindering the creation of a common vision. Consequently, water protection initiatives are not harmonized but rather sector-specific and fragmented. As a result, several conservation challenges remain unresolved within this watershed. This thesis thus contextualizes water management issues within the Ottawa River watershed and simultaneously presents potential solutions.

Alex Chan Chi Cheung. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2000-2001, design report." / TABLE OF CONTENTS / Chapter 01 --- INTRODUCTION / IT impact on city urban pattems / Traditional limits / Future city live / Chapter 02 --- IMPLICATIONS / Living/ working pattern / Impact on Hong Kong / Existing state / Sociology of wired dwelling / Conclusion - Problem and opportunities / Precedent studies / Defining workspace - new working style / Chapter 03 --- SITE / Site criteria / Assumption - renewal approach / Potential site / Site justification (case study approach) / Site analysis - existing land use / Chapter 04 --- PROGRAMS / Target groups / Tentative programs and justification / Chapter 05 --- ARCHITECTURAL STRATEGIES / Project Aims / Design approach / Concepts / Chapter 06 --- APPENDIX

At the incarnation, Jesus Christ assumed the fallen human nature that He found. Having lived a life of perfect obedience in the fallen human flesh that He assumed, He voluntarily and willingly bore the sins of the entire human race and died the second death for, and in our place; thereby paying the penalty for sin. Jesus Christ bore our sins (acts or behaviours) vicariously, while sin as nature or a law residing in the fallen human flesh that He assumed was condemned in that flesh and received eternal destruction on the cross. Thus, on the cross, in Christ, God saved the entire humanity. On the cross, the condemnation that the entire humanity had received by being genetically linked to Adam was reversed in Christ. Thus, the entire human race stands legally justified. But this is a gift, which can either be received or rejected. Therefore, salvation is not automatic. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / M. Th. (Systematic Theology)

Diploma thesis is about design and making of execution project for office city building which is located in Nový Bydžov. The building is located in the late brownfield area of Dufek´s wood manufacture, which is on the south part of Nový Bydžov. The building has four above ground floors and one below ground floor. The building shape is rectangular of dimensions 53,02 x 17,62 m. On the south, west and east is the façade from height of second floor slightly cantilevered. On the east part the edge of cantilevered façade duplicate slopping edge of the bottom land and it creates wonderful but economical shape. The height of the building from the ground is 14,5 m. The shape of roof is flat, covered with the mPVC foil and gravel mound. Façade which covering the first ground floor is made of polystyrene with thin layer of plaster which creates building plinth. Top cantilevered façade is made of ceramic tiles of dimensions 1200 x 600 mm which are suspended behind the air layer. The ceramic tiles are light brown color. In the bottom part are glazed areas of rectangular and square shapes to create the open feeling in the ground floor. In the rear part is designed coffee bar with nice outside wooden terrace. Windows in the top cantilevered part of the façade are the circular shape and extend the architectural impression of the building. All windows are in the same color of dark blue. The steel parts of the building are also dark blue color. In the bellow ground floor are designed underground parking lot with the maximum capacity 29 cars and technical equipment. In the first floor above ground are designed reception, big lecture hall, exhibition hall, coffee bar with terrace and toilets. In the second floor above the ground are offices, computer room and HVAC equipment. In the third above floor are offices, conference hall, and IT equipment. In the fourth floor above the ground are also offices, maintenance room and storage of furniture.

The sufficiency of Jesus Christ in the African Church is challenged by the widespread spiritual insecurity in African Christians, prompting them to hold on to ATR. The wholistic securing power of ATR challenges the sufficiency Christ's salvation to Africans. Proposing African Christological motifs alone is inadequate to induce confidence upon Christ. The African worldview must further be transformed inline with the implications of the victory of the Cross over Satan. Indeed, Christ has fully liberated African Christians from Satan's authority, placed them in his kingdom, and transformed them into a glorious state. However, because of the Fall, salvation, before the eschaton can never result in the utopian order envisioned in ATR. Suffering does not necessarily indicate satanic harassment. It is a fact of the fallen world. African Christians stand secured in Christ; therefore, they must hold on to their faith. / Systematic Theology and Theological Ethics / M.Th. (Systematic Theology)

Atonement theories have great implications for the soteriological paradigms associated with them, but their significance has not always been recognized in the formulation of theological systems, the lack of dogmatic definition by ecumenical council encouraging diversification and isolation from other doctrinal loci. The strongest coherence between an atonement model and soteriology can be seen in the reformed tradition, and its theory of penal substitution has become the standard accepted by many non-reformed protestant groups, including classical pentecostalism. Tensions persist in the theological system of pentecostalism because of its pairing of penal substitution with the soteriological paradigm of its foundational symbol of faith, the full gospel of Jesus as savior, sanctifier, baptizer with the Spirit, healer, and coming king. This vision of salvation is broader than that of protestant orthodoxy, which through its atonement theory deleteriously separates the death of Christ from his work in life and strictly limits the subjects and nature of salvation, specifically to addressal of elect individuals’ sins. It is proposed that this tension within the pentecostal system be relieved not through a reduction of its soteriology but a retrieval of the Christus victor model, the atonement theory of the ancient and Eastern church. As reintroduced to the Western church by G. Aulén, this model interprets the saving work of Christ along two lines: recapitulation, the summing up and saving of humanity via the incarnation, and ransom, the deliverance of humanity from the hostile powers holding it in bondage. In a contemporary, pentecostal appropriation of this model, aid is taken from K. Barth’s concept of nothingness to partially demythologize the cosmic conflict of the Bible, and pentecostalism reinvigorates the Eastern paradigm of salvation as theosis or Christification via the expectation of the replication of Christ’s ministry in the Christian. The study shows Christus victor can give a more stable base for a broader soteriology that is concerned with the holistic renewal of the human person. To demonstrate the developed model’s vigor and applicability beyond pentecostalism, the study closes by bringing it into conversation with the concerns of three contemporary theological movements. / Philosophy & Systematic Theology / D. Th. (Systematic Theology)