Le point nodal de cette recherche porte sur le changement de regard sur la maladie d'Alzheimer et les troubles apparentés. Ce travail de thèse interroge alors le regard porté, à différents niveaux (sociétal, familial et singulier) sur la démence et sur ce que cela engendre sur les personnes qui en sont atteintes et sur son entourage. Nous amènerons ainsi notre réflexion sur les moyens qui pourraient être mis en place pour permettre une modification des représentations portées sur la vie psychique de la personne malade. Le concept de handicap de Wood et la Classification Internationale de Fonctionnement sont des référentiels sur lesquels nous allons nous appuyer comme modèles de compréhension des situations de handicap en s'intéressant tout particulièrement à la question du désavantage sociale. Nous interrogerons alors les effets des regards sur la personne Alzheimer nous conduisant à la question de l'intersubjectivité, c'est-à-dire des enjeux correspondant aux modes d'Alzheimer. Il convient alors de faire un inventaire de ce qui habite, trahi, infléchi le regard dans sa réciprocité et d'identifier tout ce qui caractérise ce regard. Nous faisons ainsi l'hypothèse d'un appel à l'art comme vecteur de changement de regard. L'objectif sera alors d'étudier comment l'art thérapie peut produire autre chose que ce qui fait désavantage. En effet, l'art fait appel à la créativité, il s'agit donc d'une production de la vie psychique. Cela engendre des émotions qui sont brutes, non représentables mettant en exergue ce qui constitue le coeur même de l'identité du sujet. Nous travaillerons sur les articulations entre les incapacités et les désavantages sociaux dans le but de rechercher et d'identifier de nouvelles compétences que les personnes âgées construisent dans leurs situations de malades Alzheimer. / Aging in our current society, in which death is constantly pushed backwards, places the elderly at risk of exclusion from the social sphere. "Aging young": here is the paradox we are facing every day. The way society views the elderly, especially those suffering from Alzheimer's disease, is pejorative, referring to dependence, decline and decay. Alzheimer's disease is often defined as “severing of connections” , often seen as an impediment to communication and relationships, especially with family members. " An individual is a social being" says Norbert Elias, sociologist. So taking into consideration the stigmatization of Alzheimer disease and the social representation that family members may have, it becomes possible to develop tools that would allow a different type of bond in the future. After several months of immersion, observations and meetings in different EHPAD, this study offers an approach to transform and build an alternative outlook on people suffering from Alzheimer's disease through an introduction to artistic and cultural measures.

This thesis is focused on identification and evaluation of stabilization effects of municipal budgetary policy. Stabilization policy of state and municipalities is outlined in the first part of this thesis. Its second part is concerned with relation between stabilization and regional policy and possibilities of Czech municipalities to raise financial support for their development projects within regional policy of Czech Republic. The third part is focused on instruments used by municipalities to reach their objectives within their stabilization and development policy. Particular attention is paid to budgetary policy of municipalities, their revenues and expenditures. The fourth and fifth part of this thesis deal with concrete municipalities, i.e. small village Sedlec and midsized town Hluboká nad Vltavou, their budgetary policy, their stabilization effects and development projects implemented by them. Finally, in the sixth part, important correspondences and differences between these two municipalities are recorded.

The diploma thesis deals with the management and the indebtedness of the South Moravian Region in 2010-2016. The theoretical part defines the competence of the region, regional authorities, property of the region, region budget, its incomes and expenditures and indebtedness. The analytical part contains the characteristics of the South Moravian Region and the analysis and evaluation of its economy and indebtedness. The last part includes own proposals for managing the indebtedness of the South Moravian Region in the future.

The goal of the diploma thesis "Upgrade of agile development support tool" is to study agile methodologies and its use in practice. Thesis is focused on the Scrum framework used by The Corporate Technology department of Siemens, s.r.o. in Brno. Furthermore the thesis analyzes and compares the most used software support tools for agile methodologies which also gives an inspiration for the upgrade of support tool used by the department of Siemens. Thesis identifies possible upgrades based on an analysis with the goal to make agile development even more effective. Results were consulted with the representative of the Siemens company and then modules for Code review and Retrospective were chosen to implement. Implementation consists even of some minor upgrades of the tool. Goals of all implemented upgrades were to save time, optimize administrative work and make development even more effective. Benefits and further upgrades are consulted at the end of the thesis.

This study suggests a model for the assessment and development of new businessideas. The scope of the thesis is on the early stages of the model, specifically on the firsttwo steps which refer to screening and identification of global trends in the electricitymarket and the assessment and selection of business opportunities. The framework isan adaptation of portfolio management methodologies and multi-criteria group decisionmodels. The study was developed and applied through a case study in Ormazabal, anelectrical equipment manufacturer and supplier of power network solutions.There are three main theoretical contributions in this work. First, it outlines a five-stepmodel for the development of business opportunities. Second, it suggests a guide forscreening the macro-environment and for the identification of global trends in theelectricity market and finally, it provides a new approach to the directional policy matrixfor the assessment and selection of business ideas. The proposed model has beentested in a real case and the results reveal a practical approach to strategic decisionsbased on team collaboration and group discussion.

Syftet med den här studien var att undersöka möjligheten till hälsofrämjande insatser under Covid-19 pandemin i tre regioner i Sverige. Studien var en kvalitativ explorativ intervjustudie. Studien baseras på strategiskt urval och antalet i urvalet blev totalt fem informanter, vilket var strateger från tre regioner i Sverige. Vid datainsamling användes semi-strukturerade intervjuer som genomfördes digitalt och med en frågeguide. Innehållsanalys användes för att analysera materialet. Huvudresultatet i studien visade att strategerna har upplevt förändring i arbetssättet under pandemin. Strategerna upplevde att de har haft stöd i organisationen. De har uppfattat att intresset för frågor om folkhälsa har ökat. Deras synsätt på hälsofrämjande arbete uppfattade strategerna för egen del varit oföränderlig, då det har varit lika viktigt med det hälsofrämjande. Strategerna upplevde stundvis att de har varit beroende av att verksamheterna runt om varit i gång under pandemin, inför samverkan. I det fall där samverkanspartners varit tvungna att omprioritera arbetena har detta resulterat i att samverkan försämrades.  Slutsatsen är att strategerna uppfattade begränsning i vad som kunde göras under pandemin. Strukturen i sättet regionerna arbetar med insatser och samverkan uppfattades vara detsamma som innan pandemin. De uppfattade att samverkan kunde utvecklas till det sämre, när parter runt om varit tvungna att prioritera om på grund av pandemin. / The aim of this study was to examine the possibilities to health promotion efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic in three regions in Sweden. This study was a qualitative exploratory interview study. The data in this study were gathered through purposeful sampling, the sample contained five strategists from three regions in Sweden. The study’s data collection method was semi-structured interviews with an interview guide. To analyze the data, content analysis was used. The results of this study showed that the strategists experienced a change in working methods during the pandemic. During the pandemic, the strategists experienced that they had support from their management. Interest in public health and health promotion was perceived to have increased during the Covid-19 pandemic. The strategists' approach to health promotion work was perceived as unchanged. With regards to collaboration, the strategists perceived that in some cases they have been dependent on other actors around them, and their possibilities to continue their collaborative work during the pandemic. When this was not possible, it was perceived that collaboration deteriorated. The conclusion was that a limitation was expressed in which health-promoting initiatives could be implemented. The structure for efforts and collaboration was perceived to be unchanged. Collaboration deteriorated when different actors were unable to implement interventions and activities due to the pandemic.

The real estate market is constantly fluctuating and when the market slows down, it becomes more difficult to sell real estate. Because of this, it is of importance to construction companies to increase their understanding of homebuyer preferences in order for them to build condominiums that there is a demand for in a declining market, and thereby create a more liquid real estate market.  The aim of this thesis is to examine what the differences in preferences are between homebuyers who are positive and negative to the market development. To achieve this objective, three hypotheses were formulated regarding preferences of homebuyers with a negative outlook on the real estate market concerning location, size and functionality. Using a survey and questionnaire, data from potential homebuyers was collected at real estate viewings and via the internet. Once the respondents’ answers were collected, a principal component analysis was performed in order to find out how the different statements correlated with each other. After removing the statements that did not load correctly, three dimensions clearly corresponded to each of the three hypotheses. Testing the internal reliability for the three dimensions resulted in low values for dimensions 2 and 3, referring to size and functionality. However, internal reliability was good for dimension 1 referring to location. Performing an independent t-test on homebuyers with a positive and respective negative outlook on the market development showed no significant results for our hypotheses. The null-hypothesis is thus not rejected, meaning that for this sample, there are no significant differences in preferences of homebuyers with a positive and negative market outlook regarding location, size or functionality of their housing. / Fastighetsmarknaden befinner sig i konstant rörelse och när marknaden övergår i en negativ trend blir det svårare att sälja fastigheter. På grund av detta är det viktigt för byggföretag att öka sin förståelse av bostadsköpares preferenser så att de kan bygga efterfrågade bostäder på en nedåtgående marknad, och därigenom skapa en mer likvid fastighetsmarknad. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka vad skillnaderna i preferenser är mellan bostadsköpare som är positiva och negativa till marknadsutvecklingen. För att uppnå detta mål formulerades tre hypoteser avseende preferenser hos bostadsköpare med negativ syn på marknadsutvecklingen gällande område, storlek och funktionalitet. Med hjälp av en enkät och frågeformulär samlades data från potentiella bostadsköpare vid bostadsvisningar och via internet. När respondenternas svar samlats in genomfördes en principalkomponentanalys för att ta reda på hur de olika påståendena korrelerade med varandra. Efter att ha tagit bort de påståenden som inte laddades korrekt var det tydligt att tre dimensioner korresponderade mot var och en av de tre hypoteserna. Test av den interna konsistensen för de tre dimensionerna resulterade i låga värden för dimensionerna 2 och 3, med hänvisning till storlek och funktionalitet. Den interna konsistensen var dock bra för dimension 1 med hänvisning till område. Ett oberoende t-test avseende bostadsköpare med positiv respektive negativ inställning till marknadsutvecklingen genomfördes men visade inte på några signifikanta resultat för våra hypoteser. Nollhypotesen kan således inte förkastas, vilket innebär att det för vårt indata inte finns några signifikanta skillnader i preferenser hos bostadsköpare med positiv respektive negativ syn på marknaden avseende område, storlek eller funktionalitet gällande deras bostäder.

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Les travaux traditionnels sur le crime organisé indiquent que le statut d’un individu déterminerait son succès individuel. Des recherches alternatives sur les réseaux des organisations criminelles et de la réussite criminelle indiquent que le rang est moins important que la croyance générale et que les mesures de positionnement stratégique de réseau sont plus susceptibles de déterminer le succès criminel. Ce mémoire étudie les variations des gains criminels au sein de l’organisation de distribution illicite de stupéfiants des Hells Angels. Son objectif est de distinguer, à l’aide de données de comptabilité autorévélées, les éléments influençant ces différences dans le succès criminel en fonction du positionnement plus stratégique ou vulnérable d’un individu au sein de son réseau. Les résultats révèlent des moyennes de volume d’argent transigé beaucoup plus élevées que ce qui est généralement recensé. La distribution de ces capitaux est largement inégale. La disparité des chances liées à l’association criminelle se retrouve aussi dans la polarisation entre les individus fortement privilégiés et les autres qui ont une capacité de positionnement médiocre. Le croisement entre les positions et l’inégalité des gains présente que le positionnement de l’individu dans son réseau est un meilleur prédicteur de réussite criminelle que toute autre variable contextuelle ou de rang. Enfin et surtout, en contradiction avec la littérature, le fait d’atteindre de haut rang hiérarchique nuirait au succès criminel, les résultats montrant que cet état réduit l’accès au crédit, réduit les quantités de drogue par transaction et augmente le prix de la drogue à l’unité. / Traditional work on organized crime indicates that one’s status determines his individual success. Alternative research on criminal organization’s networks and criminal success however, reveal that the rank is less important than generally believed and that the measures of strategic positioning in a network are more likely to influence criminal achievement. This thesis examines income fluctuations within the Hells Angels Nomads, an illegal drug distribution organization in Québec. The purpose of this study is to distinguish the factors contributing to these differences in criminal success according to an offender’s strategic or vulnerable positioning within its network, using self-report account data. The results show that the average amount of money traded is much higher than what is usually identified in the literature and its distribution is largely uneven. The disparity of opportunity related to criminal association is also reflected in the polarization between highly privileged individuals and other individuals who have a poor positioning capacity. The interaction between position and earning inequalities demonstrates that the positioning of an individual in its network is a better predictor of success than rank or any other criminal context variable. Most importantly, and in opposition with the literature, achieving high rank would be detrimental to one’s criminal success. Results demonstrate that this state reduces access to credit, reduces the amount of drug per transaction and increases the price of drugs per unit.

This thesis explores how energy and environmental issues have been presented in the transportation sector over time in World Energy Outlook (WEO) publications; the flagship publication of the International Energy Agency (IEA). The thesis covers WEO publications from the first publication of 1977 up to 2016 (with the exception of WEO 1982). The data was extracted through the aid of interpretive content analysis, focusing on the transport sector. Energy and Environmental issues within the context of transportation were then discussed as to their roles and forms of action they were ascribed throughout the publications. Actor-network theory was used as a theoretical framework to map and showcase how these roles and actions conditioned and connected to each other. The results of the study show that energy has had a tendency to be divided into the camps of fuels that are either solutions or problems. The exceptions are biofuels, which stand out as fuels that are both solutions and problematic. The environmental issues are solved and caused through energy use, and in 1977,environmental consideration were presented as obstacles to energy security. In 1993 global warming and emissions have changed into being major policy concern. Pollution, congestion, dust, noise, and related health issues are added to the fray as time proceeds, and so are more forms of energy for solutions. Goals and interests showcased in the publications are shown to conflict with others, while energy efficiency as a solution has emerged as a solution to both global warming and energy security. The transport sector starts of as framed more asan area or space where environmental issues take place and solutions are implemented,however, increasing motorisation of the sector and traffic and its role as amajor emitter are later added as active aspects of the conditioning of thesector and in offsetting the solutions. Regional cases are used to exemplify the issues and solutions, with a major focus on OECD contexts, and technological renewal emerges early on as a mayor pathway in solving the environmental issues, through the support of consumers. However, the major issues still remain the same as in 1993.