Did the mass media report in a different way about the real estate tax before the Swedish national election 2006 than they did after the election? If there were differences, what could be the cause? This study aims to answer these questions by using a quantitative analysis of articles about the real estate tax published in the Dagens Nyheter (DN), the biggest morning daily.   The summer before the election, the ‘Alliance’, (the non-socialist coalition, launched an election promise to abolish the real estate tax. Instead they planned to introduce a low community charge.The Alliance won the election and formed a government to implement their election promise.   The analysis was made on all the published articles in DN that covered the real estate tax issue. In total there were 43 such articles. These where all published between the launch of the campaign promise until the electionday and a month before the proposal was launched 19/9 2007, until the proposal was implemented in 2008.   The study results in three interesting conclusions. After the election, when the election promise was about to become political reality, DN reported more negatively about this specific issue. The genre of the articles varied heavily before and after the election. Before the election more news articles where published than after the election and the letters-to-the-editor about the real estate tax were published almost only before the election. This study also treats the intresting phenomenon that the Alliance, before the election, had the power to define their election promise but after the election they seem to have lost this power and instead the real estate tax question was defined by the media. The Alliance claimed that they would  ”abolish the real estate tax and introduce a low community charge” and DN used this definition in their newspaper. After the election, DN reported about the election as a new real estate tax, which is a very different thing.

Abstract With the trend of liberalization in the domestic financial market in recent years, domestic banking, which operates conservatively all the time, encounters structural changes plus establishment of new banks, tremendous growth of direct finance, spread shortness of traditional deposit business and additional competition with non-bank organizations. Domestic banking has difficulty in making profits little by little and bank organizations adjust their operating strategy to response to these changes of new financial situation. Under the circumstances of decreasing spread of traditional deposit, fee income is regarded as another crucial source of banks¡¦ profits. Therefore, fortune management business becomes an objective that domestic banks and foreign banks strive for; thus, finance management service for banks¡¦ VIP becomes a significant part of banks¡¦ ¡§Fortune Management.¡¨ The objective of the thesis lies in discussing the research in operating strategy of fortune management business of banking. By means of understanding customers¡¦ opinions about service quality of fortune management business, customer satisfaction, trust, promise, e-commerce service and customer relationship management, and repurchase intention, adopt questionnaires issued to customers of banks which offer fortune management service in Kaohsiung City as information sources for empirical research. Then, compile statistics to gain information relevant to the research and propose the conclusion and suggestion. The thesis is expected to be beneficial for existing banks that offer fortune management service and prospective banking intends to add this service in drafting operating strategy, and make contribution to competent authorities of the government and savants related to the research.

This study is exploring on the taxman¡¦s conception on the relationship between the perception on fairness of job promotion, political awareness of the job promotion and the promise of the organization when the organization conducts job promotion. The study is to achieve the purpose of providing a reference for the development and organizing of the human resources for the civil servant department. This study is based on analysis of documents and questionnaires from taxman of Kaoshiung Notional Tax Administration. Research changing facts include: Personal background, the perception on fairness of job promotion, political awareness of the job promotion and the promise of the organization. The number of questionnaire handed out is 541, and the number of questionnaire received is 448. After eliminating of 59 invalided questionnaires, the total number of the valid questionnaire is 389. Receiving rate is 72.46%. The questionnaire data is calculated and analyzed by statistic software of SPPSS.1 Chinese version and AMOS 5.0 version. The important findings are the following: 1¡BThe taxman¡¦s average rate on the perception on fairness of job promotion, political awareness of job promotion and the promise of the organization is above average level. 2¡BThe changing fact of Taxman¡¦s personnel background will affect their opinions on the perception on fairness of job promotion, political awareness of job promotion and the promise of the organization. 3¡BThe political awareness of job promotion has prominent negative influence on the perception on fairness of job promotion. 4¡BThe organizational fair conception has prominent positive influence on the promise of the organization. 5¡BThe political awareness of the job promotion has prominent negative influence on the promise of the organization.

Thesis (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 2000. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-145).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-110). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-110). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 2000. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-145).

L’Université d’Entreprise est un objet peu traité par la littérature. Elle est ainsi majoritairement perçue comme une structure devant, notamment par la formation et le développement des compétences, contribuer à l’atteinte des objectifs stratégiques de son organisation-mère, mais également favoriser le renforcement d’une culture interne. Par-delà cette définition instrumentale, à quoi sert une Université d’Entreprise ? La dénomination même de ce type de structure interroge. Y aurait-il, outre la mission gestionnaire qui lui est confiée, des « fonctions latentes » pour l’Université d’Entreprise ? Comment dépasser la vision culturelle pour en questionner les motivations profondes ? Nous avons souhaité mobiliser au cours de ce travail un cadre interprétatif permettant de dépasser la fonction visible de l’objet et ainsi interroger sa dimension imaginaire. Pour ce faire, nous avons eu recours à deux plans théoriques différents, l’un prescriptif et l’autre analytique, afin d’interroger dans un mouvement itératif les différents rôles et fonctions qui pourraient être ceux de l’Université d’Entreprise. Un dispositif particulier issu de méthodes qualitatives a été construit. Il repose sur le recueil de deux types de discours différents, l’un contrôlé, l’autre spontané, afin de favoriser l’analyse des deux plans théoriques. Par ailleurs, nous avons souhaité interroger l’ensemble des parties prenantes de l’Université d’Entreprise. Dans cette optique, différentes techniques (données secondaires, entretiens, observation et recueil de dessins) ont été utilisées. Les résultats de cette recherche doctorale sont multiples. Ils permettent tout d’abord le dévoilement d’une institution seconde de l’imaginaire organisationnel, l’Université d’Entreprise. Celle-ci, créatrice de liens particuliers entre une organisation et les individus qu’elle emploie va favoriser l’effectivité de l’imaginaire organisationnel. Cela repose sur la formulation d’une promesse faite par l’organisation-mère aux individus. Le développement et la mise à disposition de leur capital humain permettraient ainsi de leur offrir des perspectives de carrière. Cette promesse repose sur trois principes imaginaires qui fondent le rôle de l’Université d’Entreprise : les valeurs promues par l’organisation-mère, le prestige procuré par le partenaire académique et les attentes de reconnaissance que manifestent les individus. C’est sur la base de ce triptyque imaginaire que nous proposons de repenser le rôle institutionnel de l’Université d’Entreprise. / The study of the Corporate University is a topic that has received little attention in the literature. It is thus largely seen as a structure dealing with training issues which has to contribute both to the strategic development of its parent organization and to foster the internal culture. Beyond this instrumental definition, what is really a Corporate University? The very name of this structure raises some questions. Is there, in addition to the visible managerial mission statement, some “latent functions” for the Corporate University? How is it possible to go beyond the cultural issue in order to question the hidden motivations? We have mobilized during this work an interpretative framework that helps to question the imaginary dimension of the object beyond its visible function.To do this, we used two different theoretical “frameworks” The first one is prescriptive and the second one is analytical. Our aim is to question in an iterative movement the different roles and functions that could be those of the Corporate University. A particular framework based on various qualitative methods was built. It is based on the collection of two different types of discourse, one controlled and one more spontaneous in order to mobilize the two theoretical frameworks we mentioned. Furthermore, we wanted to interview all stakeholders of the Corporate University. Different techniques (secondary data, interviews, observation and collection of drawings) were used to reach this goal.The results of this doctoral research are numerous. First, they allow the unveiling of a secondary institution of the organizational imaginary, here the Corporate University. It creates a special relationship between an organization and the people it employs and will promote the effectiveness of the organizational imaginary. This is based on the formulation of a promise made by the parent organization to individuals. By offering their human capital to the organization, individuals will expect career opportunities in return. This promise is based on three principles underlying the imaginary role of the Corporate University: the valuespromoted by the parent organization, the prestige provided by the academic partner and expectations of recognition shown by individuals. We propose to rethink the institutional role of the Corporate University on this imaginary triptych basis.

Modern agriculture often employs broad-spectrum herbicides combined with herbicide-resistant crops. Usually, this is achieved by altering the crop genom (genetic modification) by inserting of a specific gene coding for resistance to specific herbicide or group of herbicides. Apllying such herbicide thus results in minor crop damage. The resistence of crops against broad-spectrum herbicides depends on the genes, which were inserted into the genom. The gene bar is often used as a resistence -providing element. It mediates resistance against a broad spectrum of herbicides, such as glufosinate and Bialahops. For the selection of transformants and preliminary assessment of the target transgen expression level a suitable marker gene is simultaneously inserted. For this purpose, gene for bacterial ??glucuronidase (GUS) is often used. It is considered to be one of the most frequently used reporter systems for the assessment of transgen expression and also allows to analyze the expression on the tissue, cell and whole cell organelles levels. In this diploma thesis the PCR method and histochemical detection of the enzyme glucuronidase presence were used to detect and evaluate transgenic plants of cv. Golden Promise spring barley, modified by genes bar and gus. The presence of gus gene was determined in different parts of plants.

A dissertação de mestrado a ser apresentada tem como foco a experiência da devoção a Nossa Senhora Aparecida. Desta maneira, desde 2010, faço trabalho de campo em Aparecida do Norte, cidade do interior de São Paulo, junto aos devotos de vários lugares do país, acompanhando a forma como se relacionam com a Santa Aparecida, fazendo promessas, romarias. Assim, dividi minha dissertação em duas partes, que são, porém, interligadas. Na primeira parte, faço uma etnografia de uma romaria à pé (100km) de São José dos Campos (SP) até Aparecida, à qual acompanhei. A segunda parte trata da circulação de objetos e palavras de devoção, estes que possuem agência e transformam mundos e curam pessoas. Em Ensaio sobre a promessa tenho como autores clássicos norteadores Walter Benjamin, Victor Turner, Marcel Mauss. Tento entender a promessa muito além de uma forma direta da fórmula: dar, receber e retribuir. Ou seja, faço reflexões que me fazem pensar que entre estes verbos e ações transformadores, existem piscadelas, detalhes, mosaicos e muitas quinquilharias e inúmeras miudezas de coisas, sendo assim, foi preciso atentar para as fendas, os interstícios, os pontos crepusculares. Portanto, volto o olhar para a promessa enquanto circulação, movimento, passagem e espera. A promessa ou a graça não constituem um fim em si, o que mais me absorveu em campo foram os redemoinhos, os caminhos e os movimentos e toda a circulação de devotos, objetos, sacrifícios e palavras de fé. A circulação é o próprio motor da promessa, esta que só se estabelece na medida em que existem relações de intimidade entre Nossa Senhora Aparecida e seus devotos. Dessa forma, minha dissertação trata da experiência da devoção, da experiência do sensível, contando com muitas fotografias, músicas, contadores de histórias, amigos e estrada, pois a passagem e a estrada é o percurso mais longo, porém, mais certeiro para os que caminham com fé. E foi na estrada que eu comecei a vislumbrar que terríveis bons-espíritos me protegem, que eu quase nada não sei. Mas desconfio de muita coisa. Mas que fique claro, esta é uma etnografia, e que eu creio e não creio. Tem coisa e cousa... (Citações de João Guimarães Rosa, Grande Sertão Veredas, Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, 2001). / The research to be presented focuses on the experience of devotion to Nossa Senhora Aparecida. Thus, since 2010, I do fieldwork in Aparecida do Norte, a city in São Paulo, with devotees from many places in the country, watching how they make relation with Santa Aparecida, making promises, pilgrimages. So, I divided my research into two parts, which are, however, interrelated. In the first part: an ethnography of a pilgrimage on foot (100km) from São José dos Campos until Aparecida which I followed. The second part deals with the movement of objects and words of devotion that have agency and transform worlds and heal people. In \"Essay on the promise\", I have Walter Benjamin, Victor Turner, Marcel Mauss like the guiding classical authors. I try to understand the promise far beyond a direct way of the formula: give, receive and give back.\" It means that I do reflections which make me think that between these transformers verbs and actions, there are winks, details, mosaics and many trinkets and numerous offal of things, so it was need to look for cracks, interstices, twilight points. So, I return my gaze to the promise while circulation, movement, passing and waiting. The promise or grace do not consist in an end in itself, what most absorbed me in the field were swirls, paths and movements and all circulations of devotees, objects, words of faith and sacrifice. The movement is the engine of promise, which only is established the extent that there are intimate relationships between Nossa Senhora Aparecida and his devotees. Thus, my work is about the experience of devotion, sensitive experience, with many photographs, music, storytellers, friends and the road, because the road crossing and the route is longer but more accurate for those who walk with faith. And it was on the road I started to envision what \"terrible good-spirits protect me\", \"I do not know almost nothing. But I suspect a lot\". But, be warned, this is an ethnography, and I \"believe and do not believe. Has thing and thing...\" (João Guimarães Rosa, \"Grande Sertão: Veredas\", Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, 2001).