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No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) bruno_ferreira_campos_silva.pdf: 2957468 bytes, checksum: 54576f6c332d9ba048e85d7de08b09a8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017 / Nesta disserta??o ? apresentada a teoria que envolve o modelo de Black ? Scholes como uma alternativa de investimento para produtores rurais dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri. Ao fazer um estudo sobre os produtores rurais dos vales, percebe-se que a produ??o no campo ? voltada para a subsist?ncia, vendendo somente o excedente. Foi constatado que a falta de investimento no campo reduz em partes o n?vel de produ??o do produtor rural. A alternativa de investimento atrav?s do modelo de Black ? Scholes na precifica??o de op??es se faz necess?rio n?o somente para se ter um maior investimento no meio rural, mas sim, ser tamb?m uma outra forma de se obter renda com t?cnicas aplicadas na Bolsa de Valores, ajudando o homem do campo em ter uma estabilidade financeira baseada n?o somente em sua produ??o. ? realizado um estudo criterioso da equa??o diferencial parcial estoc?stica advinda deste modelo, no tocante ? determina??o de poss?veis simula??es de problemas enfrentados diante das volatilidades dos mercados na precifica??o de op??es. Para que o produtor rural utilize o modelo de Black ? Scholes ? interessante se observar como se comporta os seus par?metros. Ent?o foi realizado uma an?lise do comportamento do valor da precifica??o de op??es em rela??o aos par?metros do modelo de Black ? Scholes baseados em dados reais retirados da BM&FBOVESPA. ? apresentada uma breve compara??o do modelo de Black ? Scholes com o modelo Binomial, compara??o feita com um exemplo de obten??o do valor da op??o de compra e venda via Binomial e Black ? Scholes, e neste exemplo ? observado um melhor retorno para o modelo Binomial. ? observado ao longo da pesquisa que existem dois par?metros que mais oscilam nos mercados, que s?o a volatilidade e a taxa de juros. Para se fazer bons investimentos, o produtor rural deve ficar atento e ter ci?ncia do comportamento da oscila??o desses par?metros. Para se ter uma melhor representa??o da varia??o desses par?metros, ? feito uma compara??o entre o valor das op??es de compra e venda calculados pelo modelo de Black ? Scholes e Binomial. Para a taxa de juros o modelo Binomial apresentou valores fora do esperado em rela??o ao modelo de Black ? Scholes. Devido a car?ncia de informa??es a respeito de como se investir na Bolsa de Valores, ? criado uma cartilha que se encontra nos anexos desta disserta??o voltada para o produtor rural, sobre como fazer um investimento na Bolsa de Valores e quais procedimentos iniciais deve-se tomar para obter ?xito nos mercados. Desses estudos, conclui-se que ? poss?vel o produtor rural investir pequenas quantias de dinheiro e obter retornos significativos em rela??o ao investimento inicial. Podendo assim, aplicar parte desse dinheiro em seu trabalho no campo e tamb?m ter uma forma de renda quando os retornos das produ??es no meio rural n?o forem favor?veis. / Disserta??o (Mestrado Profissional) ? Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Tecnologia, Sa?de e Sociedade, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, 2017. / In this dissertation there is presented the theory that involves the Black model ? Scholes as an alternative of investment for rural producer Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valleys. When doing a study on the rural producers of the valleys, it is seen that the production in the field is turned for the subsistence, selling only the excess. It was noted that the lack of investment in the field reduces in parts the level of production of the rural producer. The investment alternative through Black model ? Scholes in the options pricing is made necessary not only in order that a bigger investment has been in the rural environment, but yes, to be also another form of income being obtained with techniques applied in the valuable Stock Exchange, helping the man of the field in having a financial stability based not only on his production. It is accomplished out a discerning study of the partial differential equation stochastic resulted from this model, regarding the determination of possible simulations of problems faced before the volatilities of the markets in the options pricing. For the rural producer to use the Black model ? Scholes is interesting it will notice how if it holds his parameters. Then there was accomplished out an analysis of the behavior of the value of the pricing of options regarding the parameters of the Black model ? Scholes based on retired real data of the BM&FBOVESPA. There is presented a short comparison of the Black model ? Scholes with the Binominal model, comparison done with an example of getting the value of the option of purchase and sale was seeing Binomial and Black ? Scholes, and in this example a better return is observed for the Binomial model. It is observed throughout the research that there are two parameters that more oscillate in the markets, which are the volatility and the interest rate. In order that good investments become, the rural producer must be attentive and have science of the behavior of the oscillation of these parameters. In order that there has been a better representation of the variation of these parameters, it is done a comparison between the value of the options of purchase and sale calculated by the Black model ? Scholes and Binomial. For the interest rate the Binomial model presented values out of the waited one regarding the Black model ? Scholes. Due to lack of information about how to invest in the Stock Exchange, it is created a primer that is in the annexes of this dissertation turned to the rural producer how to make an investment in the Stock Exchange and it is necessary to take which initial proceedings to obtain succeed in the markets. Of these studies, it is ended that the possible the rural producer to invest small amounts of money and to obtain significant returns regarding the initial investment. Being able so, to apply part of this money in his work in the field and also to have the form of income when the returns of the productions in the rural environment are not favorable.

Recent studies show that when it comes to media exposure, men and women still face completely different conditions in how often and where they are placed in the context of news reports.   Men still stands for the vast majority of news content, and even though progress is being made it isn't going fast enough according to some and that more has to be done before we can have total equality in terms of who gets the opportunity the get their voices heard.   In this study we went in to take a closer look at how often the different sexes appears as writers on four of Swedens biggest newspapers op-ed pages. In our study we have conducted a quantitative content analysis on the op-ed pages in the for swedish papers Aftonbladet, Dagens Nyheter, Expressen and Svenska Dagbladet. We looked on how often any of the two sexes appeared, what subjects they were writing about and what types on news the texts were discussing.   What we found where that the op-ed pages actually where almost entirely equal in terms of who got to write, and what they were writing about. Although the analysis isn't big enough to be able to tell how the situation is across all of sweden's newspaper and media content, it still gives an interesting look on how the daily newspapers works when it comes to who gets a place at the op-ed pages.

This document is a pedagogical guide for Tchaikovsky’s Album for the Young, Op. 39, which is regarded as valid pedagogical material for teachers interested in incorporating this repertoire into their studios. This document contains brief bibliographical information of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky and a concise background of Album for the Young, Op. 39, and then presents a comprehensive pedagogical analysis of each piece, which includes teaching methods, technical approaches and practice suggestions. In addition, this document assigns a level for each piece of this collection. Tchaikovsky’s Album for the Young, Op. 39 may be employed by teachers for elementary and intermediate students. This pedagogical guide is written as a reference for the teachers who will enable students to better understand Tchaikovsky’s piano music. Studying this repertoire allows students to be better prepared to study Tchaikovsky’s other more advanced works.

Rachmaninov regarded Nikolai Medtner as the greatest composer he had ever known, yet Medtner's music is often neglected in the standard repertoire. Lack of public awareness, as well as the technical and musical difficulties in these works, both contribute to their inaccessibility. Unlike Rachmaninov's music, Medtner's music possesses none of the romance and sentimentality, thus lacking in immediate appeal. However, with repeated listening, it gradually reveals its beauty and brilliance. This document examines Medtner's Acht Stimmungsbilder, Op. 1, from a pedagogical viewpoint. Chapter One provides a short biographical background. Chapter Two discusses Medtner's musical style and his publication, The Muse and the Fashion. Chapter Three is devoted to a pedagogical analysis of the work. The last chapter concludes the paper with a suggested order of study. This set of work is technically challenging and is selected with the advanced-level or college student in mind. These students would have had experience performing 19th Century works and is looking to expand their repertoire. This pedagogical guide is written for the reference of the teacher, however, the student may find this useful to them as well.

The purpose of this thesis is to present a context and background to thepractical design aspect of my work. I considered this project to be anexperiential journey in search of a way to make Wagner's Parsifal relevantand interesting in relation to my own life and personal sensibilities. My aimwas to use the music as my guide and my hope was to reach a scenographicsolution by following my intuition. This project has been an important step inmy development as an artist and designer and I feel it has strengthened thebond between my conscious and subconscious mind, giving me theconfidence to trust my feelings and harness them to come up with innovativeinterpretations translated into inventive designs

abstract: The concert vocalise, a dazzling wordless vocal etude intended for performance, is largely a phenomenon of the twentieth century. Made famous by composers such as Sergei Rachmaninoff and Maurice Ravel, the concert vocalise is generally a short, non-programmatic work with a relatively simple form. In contrast, Nikolai Medtner’s two monumental Op. 41 vocalises, the Sonata-Vocalise mit einem Motto “Geweihter Platz and the Suite Vocalise, are staggering in their length and formal complexity. They are also programmatically conceived, sharing the Goethe poem “Geweihter Platz” as their inspiration. The innovation of adding a textual element to a traditionally textless genre introduces a tantalizing new layer of complexity that demands further research and exploration. However, as with any innovation, it also offers new challenges to performers wishing to program either or both works. Current scholarship has yet to offer any kind of in-depth analysis of either work, leaving questions as to the structural and motivic elements which bind these large works together, not to mention questions related to exactly how Medtner addresses the challenge of linking specific parts of Goethe’s text to the textless portions of music. Furthermore, neither work is considered standard repertoire, and recordings and performances are limited, leaving aspiring performers in something of an informational desert. In this paper, I endeavor to fill this informational gap for performers and scholars alike by providing them with a brief biography of Medtner, an outline of the development of the concert vocalise genre, and the background of the Goethe poem that inspired Medtner. Then my in-depth analyses reveal underlying structural, motivic, and programmatic links both within and between the works. Finally, my performer’s guide, based on the analyses and my experience performing both works, offers suggestions regarding the interpretational, ensemble, and technical challenges presented by these great works. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Music 2017

abstract: Hungarian composer, Miklós Rózsa, is primarily known for his career as a film composer, but he wrote over forty-five pieces for the concert hall. The most famous of these works, Theme, Variations, and Finale, was composed in 1933 and premiered the following year, ushering in a long history of performances throughout Europe and abroad in the 1930s and 1940s. This document serves as a guide for performers of Theme, Variations, and Finale by offering biographical information about Rózsa, the compositional history and performance history of the work and recorded legacy, details about its two versions, and a detailed analysis of the score. This document also clarifies important details about the work's performance history, which have previously been recorded inaccurately. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Music 2018

This study investigates some of the narrative strategies used by two novels, namely Lijken op Liefde (1997) by the Surinam born author Astrid H. Roemer and Duiwelskloof (1998) by the South African André P. Brink, in their exploration of and dialogue with traumatic pasts. Both texts are written within so-called postcolonial time frames, delve into the personal and collective past and attempt to provide a corrective on knowledges that used to be deemed not useful, unimportant or have been forgotten by official historiography. The theoretical base of the study is an eclectic mixture of both postcolonial and postmodern theories, throwing light on the strategies employed by these novels in order to understand, problematise and creatively exploit the past. / Hierdie studie kyk na sommige van die narratiewe strategieë binne twee romans, naamlik Lijken op Liefde (1997) deur die Surinaams-gebore outeur Astrid H. Roemer en Duiwelskloof (1998) deur die Suid-Afrikaner André P. Brink, in hulle ondersoek na en dialoog met die traumatiese verlede. Beide tekste is geskryf binne sogenaamde postkoloniale tydvakke, delf in die persoonlike en kollektiewe verlede, en verskaf ’n korrektief op die dinge wat as onbruikbaar of onbelangrik beskou is, of vergete geraak het binne die offisiële historiografie. Die teoretiese basis van die studie is ’n eklektiese mengsel van beide postkoloniale en postmoderne teorieë wat lig werp op die strategieë wat hierdie tekste gebruik om die verlede te verstaan, te problematiseer en kreatief te ontgin.

Vertragings in konstruksie-aktiwiteite wat tot verlenging van konstruksietydperke op bouprojekte lei, hou wesenlike risiko's vir bouhere in en is dikwels bepalend van sukses, al dan nie, daarvan Die kontrakvoorwaardes van toe passing op bouprojekte magtig en verplig argitekte om onder bepaalde omstandighede verlenging van konstruksietydperke toe te staan of te weier. Die geldigheid van die grondslae waarop sodanige verlenging bereken word, word bevraagteken en ondersoek Om rigting aan die studie te gee, word die vergelykbare toedrag van sake op siviele konstruksieprojekte voorgehou om as maatstaf te dien waarteen die posisie op bouprojekte opgeweeg en geevalueer kan word Deur middel van ex post facto-navorsing op beskikbare data word ondersoek tot watter mate bouprojekte in Suid-Afrika betyds of laat voltooi word en wat die ordegrootte van tydige voltooiing en oorskryding van die oorspron.klike beplande konstruksietydperke is. Die omvang van vertragings, wat deur individuele faktore elk afsonderlik op bouprojekte veroorsaak word, word ook ondersoek Met behulp van die ontleding van antwoorde op vraelyste wat aan gekeurde respondente gerig is, word ondersoek of die dienste van 'n onafhanklike beplanningskonsultant aangewend kan word om in die beplanning en skedulering, sowel as die uitvoering van die werke, die behoeftes/vereistes van beide die bouheer en die aannemer te ondervang 'n Meer wetenskaplikverantwoordbare wyse vir die toedeling van die eienaarskap van speling op bouprojekte en die wenslikheid van sodanige stappe, al dan nie, word op 'n soortgelyke manier ondersoek Gemelde ondersoeke lei tot bevindings en gevolgtrekkings wat teen hipotesestellings getoets is. Voorstelle vir verdere navorsing in gebiede aanverwant aan die onderwerp van die proefskrif is gemaak / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 1998. / gm2014 / Construction Economics / restricted

The UN, being a non-profit organization, has limited experience in and use of outsourcing criteria developed for commercial enterprises and therefore does not have the criteria to judge its outsourcing decisions. The UN’s experience in outsourcing, for example, is mainly limited to peacekeeping. The objective of the thesis is to translate the private sector’s extensive outsourcing experience into an outsourcing scorecard for the UN from criteria identified in the research. Forty national and international organizations were surveyed: fifteen third party logistics service providers; fifteen private sector manufacturing forms and ten UN peacekeeping missions. The survey was carried out through telephone interviews and written questionnaires. Purposive sampling, a non-probability sampling method, was used to ensure equal representation. A correlational study was adopted as the appropriate research method since there is a requirement to fully analyse all outsourcing trends, associations and relationships between the groups. In the statistical analysis, the Fisher’s Exact test was used to report for all variables for purposes of uniformity. Risks, the establishment of goals and objectives, barriers to outsourcing, the use of experts, benchmarks and the evaluation of a service provider’s performance are indicated as important criteria for developing an outsourcing relationship, as is the establishment of appropriate policies and procedures. The thesis further indicates that service provider selection is influenced by criteria such as operational excellence and reputation, strategic direction and compatibility, financial stability, costs and political considerations. Another criterion indicated as important is peace-building, suitable for humanitarian organizations. It was also ascertained that although the cost of a provider is important, cost should be considered in the light of satisfaction of the criteria outlined earlier as well as on efficiency and effectiveness. These criteria identified by the research form the basis for development of the decision-making scorecard. In the broad based scorecard for the UN, each scorecard theme is expanded to encompass additional requirements for the UN and similar organizations. Therefore, the institutional settings of the organization, risks, goals and objectives are expanded. Provider selection is added to the traditional theme and the evaluation criteria strengthened to include peace-building measures. This effort supplements and ensures completeness of the scorecard for the purpose of the UN. Though the outsourcing scorecard model has not been tested, it is a modification of an existing model and is based on the unique nature of the UN as well as feedback received from questionnaires and interviews. Additionally, the fundamental assumptions and postulates of the existing model have not been altered. The thesis presents the first large-scale survey of outsourcing criteria applicable to the UN and develops the first outsourcing scorecard to guide the UN and similar organizations in identifying services that can be outsourced successfully. The scorecard could provide the UN with a number of benefits, such as maximization of efficiency and savings in costs. Additionally, it provides recommendations on improving the effectiveness and efficiency of UN peacekeeping operations. / Thesis (DPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2010. / Construction Economics / unrestricted