Risk is a phenomenon that exist around us and affect us on a daily basis, in one way or another. Hence, it is important to try to make companies constant well-aware of risks. Companies must have a comprehension about occurrence in the area because it is important to ensure the risk that may arise in the industrial vehicle washing. Further, it is important to pay attention to risks that may arise in the industrial vehicle washing. Also, what type of risks the company are highlighted and structured by the employees and if the company’s risk management can be improved and how. The use of the social constructivist perspective has given an understanding of how individuals persuade the risks and why individuals have different perceptions of what is defined as a risk and what is significant about the risk. In industrial vehicle washing, there are many risks that may arise, for example, dying, explosion, fire and fall. The interviews showed that the staff from different departments in a company has different perception of a risk. Why they have other perception of a risk could be because the staff have different tasks, different departments and a lack of documentation of what a risk is. The best way to eliminate the lack of communication, documentation, risk and time is to hire a security manager. The Security managers task is to create a documentation of risks and risk management.  Further, the task is also to create a common understanding of how risks should be interpreted and perform risk analysis for different parts of the company. This way may create a view about what is happening in the company’s aria and also give the company’s nearby an understanding of what is pursued. / Risk är ett fenomen som finns runt omkring oss och är något som påverkar alla människor i vardagen och i arbetslivet på ett eller annat sätt. Därför är det viktigt att öka företagens medvetenhet om hur risker i deras verksamhet påverkar tillvaron i företaget. Viktiga frågor som bör svaras på är vilka risker företaget belyser, och vilka som konstrueras av personalen samt om det går att förbättra företagets riskhantering och i så fall hur. Genom ett socialkonstruktivistiskt förhållningssätt ges en förståelse av hur individer i företaget ser på risker och varför individer har olika uppfattningar om vad som definieras som en risk samt vad risken har för betydelse. Inom industriell fordonstvätt finns det många risker som kan uppstå, exempelvis dödsfall, explosion, brand och fallskador. Genom intervjuer av personal från olika avdelningar på ett företag visade det sig att synen på risk varierade, som bland annat beror på olika arbetsuppgifter, avdelningar och brist på dokumentation av risker. Det mest effektiva sättet att eliminera brist på tid, kommunikation och dokumentation av risker, är att anställa en säkerhetsansvarig. Säkerhetsansvarig har i uppgift att skapa en gemensam dokumentation kring risker och riskhantering, samt att skapa gemensamma begrepp för hur risker ska tolkas och utföra riskanalys för olika delar i företaget. På så sätt kan det skapa en tydlig tråd om vad som sker i verksamheten och ger de närliggande företag en förståelse kring vad som bedrivs.

O presente estudo teve por objetivo estudar os direitos sociais para além do tema questão da redução do Estado, ocorrida com a derrocada do Estado Social. Ele dirige-se precipuamente para os limites e potencialidades dos direitos sociais no interior da esquadratura capitalista, abarcando suas origens, possibilidades de consolidação e eventuais refrações. Valendo-se dos enfoques econômicos, políticos e jurídicos como ferramentais para estudar a movimentação dos direitos sociais no curso do século XX e no início do século XXI, o trabalho tende a concluir que os direitos sociais são hoje o grande objeto de disputa em uma sociedade calcada pela hegemonia do capital. Nesse sentido, o caso brasileiro é uma boa mostra desta disputa instalada com um elemento distintivo as consequências advindas do subdesenvolvimento e da inserção periférica no capitalismo. / The aim of this work is to study the social rights beyond the issue of the State decreasing after Welfare State´s crisis. The work analyses the upper limits and the potentialities of the social rights inside the capitalism structure, studying their origins, consolidations and refractions. Using the economical, political and juridical view point, this work studies the social rights during the XX and XXI century and tends to conclude that social rights are nowadays the biggest issue in our society based on capital`s hegemony. In this way the Brazilian case is a good sample of this dispute which could be introduced a distinctive element the consequences from the underdevelopment and secondary role in capitalism´s world.

I feel something on the INSIDE of my body, a feeling of nagging worry. It is an emotion equally important as every other emotions we humans have. But the feeling of worry is very complex as it may come in different shapes and sizes, and how much it affects us differs from person to person. For some people thoughts of worry escalates and becomes overwhelming which causes an emotion of anxiety which in turn could lead to a panik attack. In my exam project and my artistic presentation I focus on that emotion of anxiety when you panic and you loose control. The reason for this emotion could be many but I am interested in how expectations and demands both from ourselves, others and society leads to us trying to keep it all together, stay in control and/or wanting to show an OUTSIDE that everything is fine.  Through social media, internet and commercials we are all exposed to information which tells us how to achieve ”the perfect life” and images of people having an eventful life. All of this creates expectations. In society today worry and anxiety are emotions that are connected to something negative and is often seen as a weakness. In our attempt to hide the emotion of worry and anxiety we communicate to the people on the outside that everything is fine, by for example using jewelry, make-up and clothes to show a beautiful facade almost like putting on a shield before we go outside to meet the world. Why do we do that? And for whom? I chose the necklace as the traditional piece of jewelry to symbolize beauty, stability and to communicate to people that you have everything under control and that everything is fine. The necklace  becomes part of the facade that will stand for beauty, tradition and a measure of prosperity. This is what you show on the outside of the body but on the inside that is where you hide away your worries and anxiety which is built up due to expectations. Expectations which in time will be too many and too much for you to handle, the same as with anxiety. One part of my artistic presentation is to try and visualise how these expectations are put upon you while you are trying to control them and at the same time show off a stable and beautiful outside. But no matter how hard you try to communicate that everything is fine and trying to keep everything together, in the end, what you feel on the inside of the body will seep out to the outside. I am making a attempt to show how this eventually makes you loose control. The beautiful necklace is impossible to sustain which also makes me question my own traditional view of what a necklace is. Another part of my artistic presentation is about value and to make objects that could be used as conversation pieces to start a dialog about worry and anxiety. The materials I am using symbolises the feeling when anxiety takes control of your body and staines the individual. The aim of this exam project is to raise thoughts about a complex emotion, norms in society, and to investigate what a necklace is or could be. Jewelry is a way of communicating with other people and one way to show who you are or whom you want to be. As a contemporary art jeweller I am exploring my topic in a conceptual way.

By examining Jim Thompson’s novels, published between 1952-1955–The Killer Inside Me, A Hell of a Woman, After Dark, My Sweet, and Savage Night–this essay interrogates the relationship created between the narrator and the reader, how the narrator–and Thompson in turn–highlights certain societal flaws, emphasizing how ethical consequence is born out of the attempt to attain freedom from one’s cultural circumstance–both in terms of economic restraint and mental health status. Through this, Thompson implies that the reader is trapped in similar economic and ethical predispositions. The reader is often left questioning what they might have done, or been able to do, in similar circumstances. This creates a larger frame by which Thompson implies that the reader is trapped in similar economic and ethical pre-dispositions as his narrators. He highlights societal flaws, demonstrating how the pursuit of freedom of one’s cultural circumstance bears ethical consequence. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2018. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:33:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Celia Christina de Almeida Padreca Nicoletti.pdf: 524280 bytes, checksum: 7ef9919cc6c8a5f55e7062af42119a0d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-02-02 / Our objective with this research on bibliography aims was to search articles related to the studies that focus on University Education on the Brazilian Magazine on Education (Revista Brasileira de Educa??o ANPEd), in the first decade of the 21st century. Forty-four articles have been selected, those that more directly focus on University Education, in its different aspects: teachers graduation, the history of the university institution; the development of university production, state reforms and public policies, globalization and democratization; students route. The research is based on the following issue: Which contributions related to University Education are mentioned in the articles of Brazilian Magazine on Education (Revista Brasileira de Educa??o), in the first decade of the 21st century? Our intention is justified by the fact that this study may contribute to the reflection on teaching, the production and work of the teachers at the University. The methodology used for data collecting had a qualitative mark. The bibliographical research has been chosen as a useful resource for the analysis of the articles. After the reading of the 44 articles, we have chosen some axles that could provide a deeper analysis of what was found: University Education and political proposals; Teachers Graduation; the Relation between practice and theory; Organizational View of the University; Teaching; research and extension: inseparable aspects. From this study, we believe that it is possible to reflect on the teachers role at University Education, the acting space of these professionals and the University students, as agents of a graduation diversified environment. We also hope that the results of this research may help other studies related to the understanding of the University space, its specific characteristics, it needs and expectations. As some results of the research, we have been able to verify that the quality of the teachers graduation, the public policies and the inseparability between teaching, research and extension are fundamental for the process of the students graduation, bringing direct and indirect influences to support the profile of University Education. / Nosso objetivo com esta pesquisa de car?ter bibliogr?fico foi o de buscar artigos relacionados aos estudos que focam o Ensino Superior nos exemplares da Revista Brasileira de Educa??o da ANPEd, na 1? d?cada do s?culo XXI. Selecionamos 44 artigos, aqueles que focavam mais diretamente o Ensino Superior em seus diferentes aspectos: a forma??o de professores; a historicidade da institui??o universit?ria; o desenvolvimento da produ??o da educa??o superior; as reformas do estado e as pol?ticas p?blicas; globaliza??o e democratiza??o; percurso de estudantes. A quest?o que norteia a pesquisa assim se configura: Quais contribui??es relacionadas ao Ensino Superior s?o trazidas pelos artigos da Revista Brasileira de Educa??o na 1? d?cada do s?culo XXI? Justificamos nossa inten??o de pesquisa no sentido de que este trabalho possa contribuir para a reflex?o sobre o ensino, a produ??o e o trabalho docente no Ensino Superior. O m?todo de coleta de dados utilizado foi o de car?ter qualitativo. Elegemos a pesquisa bibliogr?fica como recurso ?til para a an?lise do conte?do dos artigos. Ap?s a leitura dos 44 artigos, escolhemos alguns eixos que nos proporcionassem uma an?lise mais profunda do que neles encontramos: Ensino Superior e propostas pol?ticas; Forma??o de professores; Rela??o entre teoria e pr?tica; Vis?o organizacional da Universidade; Ensino, pesquisa e extens?o: aspectos indissoci?veis. A partir desse estudo entendemos ser poss?vel refletir o papel dos professores do Ensino Superior, o espa?o de atua??o deste profissional e o aluno da gradua??o como atores de um ambiente diferenciado de forma??o. Tamb?m esperamos que os resultados desta pesquisa possam beneficiar outros estudos relacionados ? compreens?o do espa?o universit?rio, ?s suas caracter?sticas particulares, especificidades, necessidades e anseios. Os resultados da pesquisa nos permitiram verificar que a qualidade da forma??o dos professores, as pol?ticas p?blicas e a indissociabilidade entre o ensino, a pesquisa e a extens?o s?o pilares fundamentais que orientam o processo formativo dos discentes, trazendo influ?ncias diretas e indiretas para a sustenta??o e imagem do Ensino Superior.

The purpose of this research is to analyze business incubators and the relevant factors that take place inside these organizations. The methodology used was a case study approach, which investigates a real environment, in this case: NeoEmpresa, a business incubator located in La Paz, Bolivia. The explanatory approach is also considered in this research since the purpose is to explain the business incubation characteristics as well as understand the importance of knowledge transfer and network creation inside business incubators. The findings propose that the most adequate incubation model strongly depends on the incubator’s main purpose and that the learning practices that take place inside an incubator involve knowledge transfer, more considered experience transfer, and networking as relevant factors.

Syftet med den här studien är att beskriva några elevers erfarenheter av att vara elev i gymnasiesärskolan och att lyfta fram deras berättelser. Med fokus på lärande, inflytande, delaktighet och tillhörighet.  Det är en studie som har sin grund i ett inifrånperspektiv som handlar om förståelse för elevers perspektiv. För att kunna förstå elevers perspektiv behövs tolkningar, tolkningar är den teoretiska ansatsen hermeneutikens grundsyn och därför fann jag hermeneutiken vara passande till min studie. Som metod för att kunna besvara mitt syfte har jag använt mig av livsvärldsintervjuer. Studiens resultat bygger på fyra elevintervjuer. Resultaten som framträdde var att eleverna var alla positiva till sin skola, de såg en skola där de fick känna gemenskap. De beskriver att meningen med att utbilda sig handlar om att lära sig något. Några har dessutom en tanke med att lärandet ska skapa bättre förutsättningar för dem i vuxen ålder. Resultatet visade också att eleverna är medvetna om sina behov, svårigheter och kunde relatera dem till olika situationer som de möter och har mött. Vad som också blev synligt i elevernas berättelser var att det förekom begränsad samverkan med gymnasiet. / The purpose of this study is to describe some pupils’ experiences of being a student in upper secondary schools forintellectual disabilities, and highlight their stories. The study has its focus on learning, influence, participation and belonging. It is a study with its base on an inside perspective; the understanding of the pupils' own perspective. In order to understand the pupils' perspective, you need interpretation. That are the theoretical approach to the basic view of the hermeneutic character, hence I found hermeneutics appropriate for my study. As a method to be able to find the answer of the purpose of the study, I have used the life-world interviews. The result of the study is based on the interviews of four pupils. The results that emerged was that all the pupils were positive about their school, they saw a school where were able to feel togetherness. They all describe that the purpose of education is about learning. Some also thought that learning could create better situations for them in adulthood. The results also showed that the pupils are aware of their needs and difficulties and can relate them to different situations they have faced and will face. What also became obvious in the pupils' stories was that there was limited interaction with high school.

Most membrane proteins are inserted into the membrane co-translationally utilizing the translocon, which allows a sufficiently long and hydrophobic stretch of amino acids to partition into the membrane. However, X-ray structures of membrane proteins have revealed that some transmembrane helices (TMHs) are surprisingly hydrophilic. These marginally hydrophobic transmembrane helices (mTMH) are not recognized as TMHs by the translocon in the absence of local sequence context. We have studied three native mTMHs, which were previously shown to depend on a subsequent TMH for membrane insertion. Their recognition was not due to specific interactions. Instead, the presence of basic amino acids in their cytoplasmic loop allowed membrane insertion of one of them. In the other two, basic residues are not sufficient unless followed by another, hydrophobic TMH. Post-insertional repositioning are another way to bring hydrophilic residues into the membrane. We show how four long TMHs with hydrophilic residues seen in X-ray structures, are initially inserted as much shorter membrane-embedded segments. Tilting is thus induced after membrane-insertion, probably through tertiary packing interactions within the protein. Aquaporin 1 illustrates how a mTMH can shape membrane protein folding and how repositioning can be important in post-insertional folding. It initially adopts a four-helical intermediate, where mTMH2 and TMH4 are not inserted into the membrane. Consequently, TMH3 is inserted in an inverted orientation. The final conformation with six TMHs is formed by TMH2 and 4 entering the membrane and TMH3 rotating 180°. Based on experimental and computational results, we propose a mechanism for the initial step in the folding of AQP1: A shift of TMH3 out from membrane core allows the preceding regions to enter the membrane, which provides flexibility for TMH3 to re-insert in its correct orientation. / <p>At the time of the doctoral defense, the following paper was unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 2: Manuscript.</p>

Doctor of Philosophy / Department of Chemistry / Daniel A. Higgins / This dissertation describes the application of wide-field single-molecule fluorescence microscopy techniques to investigations of DNA-surface interactions on chemically graded organosilane surfaces. The adsorption and desorption behaviors of double-stranded (ds) plasmid DNA along the amino-trimethoxysilane and octyl-trichlorosilane gradients were explored as a function of solution pH, solution ionic strength and surface properties. The results provide an improved fundamental understanding of DNA interactions with different surfaces and are certain to aid in the development and advancement of DNA-based biological and biomedical devices. Three distinct experiments were performed in completion of the work for this dissertation. In the first study, total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy was employed to study DNA interactions with aminosilane gradient surfaces under relatively acidic and basic environments. Electrical potentials were applied to assist DNA adsorption and desorption. The single-molecule data clearly showed that DNA capture and release was achieved on the monolayer and submonolayer coated regions of the aminosilane gradient surface under relatively basic pH conditions, with the help of an electrical potential. Meanwhile, DNA adsorption was found to be quasi-reversible on the multilayers at the high aminosilane end of the gradient in the relatively acidic solution. The results of these studies demonstrate the importance of manipulating the electrostatic interactions of DNA with charged surfaces in order to achieve DNA capture and release. The fundamental knowledge of the DNA-surface interactions gained in these studies will be helpful in diverse fields ranging from the layer-by-layer assembly of polyelectrolyte-based thin films to the selective electronic sensing of charged biomolecules. In the second study, the local dielectric properties of the least polar environments in dsDNA were assessed by using the solvatochromic dye, nile red, as a polarity-sensitive probe. TIRF spectroscopic imaging methods were employed in these studies. Although the dielectric constant within the least polar regions of dsDNA was previously predicted by theoretical and computational methods, no experimental measurements of its value had been reported to date. The results provide important knowledge of the factors governing the polarity of DNA microenvironments to which intercalators bind, and provide vital experimental support for the values determined in computational studies. In the third study, TIRF microscopy and single molecule tracking methods were employed to study DNA interactions with an opposed two-component C8-silane and aminosilane gradient surface as a function of solution pH. The mobility of surface-adsorbed DNA molecules was explored and quantified in these studies. The preliminary results further demonstrated the importance of electrostatic interactions over hydrophobic interactions in governing the adsorption of DNA to surfaces. The mobility of surface-adsorbed DNA was found to be largely independent of position along the two-component gradient. These studies were originally undertaken as a route to observation of cooperative effects that are believed to govern DNA-surface binding. Unfortunately, no clear evidence of cooperative effects was observed at the mixed regions of the two-component gradient surface.

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