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Alliance means rather they share the same enemy than their good friends. This paper provides the view about this issue in Korea, especially the United States Forces Korea (USFK). It tries to analyze the relationship between USFK and the United States of America. Are South Korea and USA good alliance? It is supported by two minor research question which aim to find out the reason how USFK’s reductions gone through in past 50 years and how the history of U.S. foreign policy got changed especially in South Korea.   This paper used one case study with specific time line and events to provide the basic understand of USFK reductions within the framework of conflicts between U.S. administration and South Korea ministration.

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Background Maritime History of Korea As is true of all countries, Korea's geography is a major factor in shaping its history. Korea is a peninsula, which extends southward from the Eurasian landmass between Russian Siberia and Chinese Manchuria. It is surrounded by the two great hind powers (China and Russia) and one great maritime power (Japan). During its history, neighbouring countries have invaded Korea over 900 times, in incursions both great and small, by land and sea. 1 This has been a sad history of victimisation by foreign intruders as the Koreans have virtually no record of aggressive ambition outside their peninsula.2 The first recorded maritime activity of Korea relates to King Jun of Ancient. Choson. In 193 B.C. Wee Man, a former officer of the Kingdom of the Chinese Yen, took over the throne of Ancient Choson. 3 King Jun moved by sea down to the southwestern part of the Korean Peninsula with his several thousands followers and became the King of Han (not to be confused with the Chinese Han Dynasty) after being victorious in war against the Mahan.

Currently, there are no clear statistics on how the floor plan and room size in apartment buildings has changed over time since the postwar period. The statistics available is average area per apartment which can be found on Statistics Sweden's website. This report has the aim to increase knowledge about how the Swedish home have changed over time. The questions that the report will answer are: For apartment buildings, how has the living area been distributed since the postwar period? Why has the area distribution changed over time? A survey of the houses built during 1950-2014 was made before questions could be answered. A case study was also made which a total of 90 apartments were analyzed and divided into three eras, the people´s home, the million programme and the neomodernism. The study is based on the analysis of the surface distribution in the size 3 room apartments. The rooms selected for analysis were: hallway, kitchen, living room, bedroom and the bathroom. The result of the study is presented in tables, where the average size of each room and the total apartment area of each epoch have been calculated. In order to view the surface distribution over time, bar graphs were made, where the calculated average values are compared. A percentage comparison of the surface distribution of each epoch is reported in three pie charts. The average size of the total area of the apartments has increased since the postwar period. From the people´s home to the million programme the total surface increased from 75.4 to 75.9 sqm. Then the surface area increased to 79.7 sqm from the million programme to the neomodernism. The result of the cut surface of the apartments in the people's home, the neomodernism and the million programme is as follows: hallway 10.4 / 10.3 / 11.0 sqm, kitchen 12.7 / 13.4 / 14.6 sqm, living room 22.7 / 21.0 / 22.3 sqm, bedroom 25.2 / 24.2 / 22.7 sqm and bathrooms 3.4 / 4.5 / 6.5 sqm. A factor that had an impact on the change of surface distribution over time, is the demand on the open floor plan, where people´s social life has had a significant role in the design of the living area. Other factors such as availability, quality and higher standards have shaped residential development. The conclusions that can be drawn are that the majority of the rooms have increased in size since the postwar period, however the size of each room has not increased significantly. One explanation for these small changes in size, may be that several of the apartments that have been studied are from Jonkoping and close to each other in time, but belong to different eras. It may be reasonable to assume that the differences will be small if the same developer and architect planned several apartments. / För närvarande finns det ingen tydlig statistik över hur bostadsytan har delats upp i lägenheterna eller hur stor yta som lagts på respektive rum, sedan efterkrigstiden. Den statistik som finns tillgänglig är genomsnittlig yta per lägenhet som går att hitta på Statistiska centralbyråns hemsida. Det här examensarbetet har syftet till att öka kunskapen om hur den svenska bostaden har förändrats över tiden. De frågeställningar som rapporten besvarar är: Hur har ytfördelningen, för lägenheter i flerbostadshus, delats upp under efterkrigstiden? Varför har ytfördelningen av lägenheter förändrats med tiden? Innan frågeställningarna kunde besvaras genomfördes en kartläggning av lägenheter byggda under 1950-2014. En fallstudie utfördes också där totalt 90 stycken lägenheter analyserades och delades upp i tre epoker, Folkhemmet, Miljonprogrammet och Nymodernismen. Analysarbetet grundar sig på att analysera ytfördelningen, för lägenheter i flerbostadshus på storleken 3 RoK. De utvalda rummen som analyserades var hall, kök, vardagsrum, sovrum och badrum. Resultaten redovisades i tabeller, där medelvärdet av respektive rum och totalytan för respektive epok räknades ut. För att kunna se ytfördelningen över tiden gjordes ett stapeldiagram där de uträknade medelvärdena jämfördes. En procentuell jämförelse av ytfördelningen, för respektive epok, redovisades i tre cirkeldiagram. Medelvärdet för totalytan av lägenheterna har ökat under efterkrigstiden. Från folkhemmet till miljonprogrammet ökade totalytan från 75,4 – 75,9 kvm, därefter ökade ytan till 79,7 kvm från miljonprogrammet till nymodernismen. Resultaten av snittytan för lägenheterna under folkhemmet, miljonprogrammet och nymodernismen var enligt följande: hall 10,4 / 10,3 / 11,0 kvm, kök 12,7 / 13,4 / 14,6 kvm, vardagsrum 22,7 / 21,0 / 22,3 kvm, sovrum 25,2 / 24,2 / 22,7 kvm och badrum 3,4 / 4,5 / 6,5 kvm. En faktor som har haft påverkan på förändringen, av ytfördelningen över tiden, är efterfrågan på den öppna planlösningen, där umgänget har haft en betydande roll för utformningen av bostaden. Andra faktorer som tillgänglighet, kvalitét och högre standard har format bostadsutvecklingen. Slutsatsen som går att dra är att majoriteten av rummen har ökat storleksmässigt under efterkrigstiden, dock har storleken för respektive rum inte ökat avsevärt mycket. En förklaring till dessa små storleksförändringar kan vara att ett flertal av lägenheterna som har studerats är från Jönköping och ligger nära varandra i tid, men tillhör olika epoker. Det kan vara rimligt att anta att skillnaderna blir små om samma byggherre och arkitekt planerat flera lägenheter.

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Discoveries made with KCl-induced contractions have elucidated the more complex reactions involved in GPCRs signaling; once the mechanisms of smooth muscle Ca2+ sensitization and desensitization are fully understood, then the development of advanced treatments for vascular disorders such as hypertension, cerebral and coronary vasospasm, and vascular hyporeactivity following hemorrhagic shock may be possible. Studies have shown that KCl-induced contractions induce Ca2+-sensitization. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that KCl induced Ca2+-sensitization is due to ROK activation by the increase in [Ca2+]i. To test this hypothesis, rabbit femoral arteries were permeabilized with 20µg/ml α-toxin and 1% Triton X-100 and subjected to different calcium concentrations in the presence or absence of various ROK inhibitors. For a comparison we also used various PKC and MLCK inhibitors and repeated these experiments in intact tissues. We found that either [Ca2+]i alone does not directly activate ROK or the permeabilization technique itself disrupts the normal ROK signaling system. Secondary findings revealed that α-toxin activates PKC pathways; in both chemically permeabilized preparations proteases also appear to be activated and MLCK is the primary kinase responsible for contraction.

<p>Prinos zrna predstavlja jednu od najznačajnijih i najsloženijih osobina u oplemenjivanju biljaka. Poznavanje razvića, rastenja i akumulacije suve materije, omogućava pravilan odabir genotipova i odgovarajuće tehnologije gajenja. Cilj istraživanja je bio da se izvr&scaron;i ispitivanje filohrona, akumulacije i translokacije suve materije nadzemnog dela biljaka, prinosa zrna i komponenti prinosa, različitih genotipova ozime p&scaron;enice i ječma sejanih u vi&scaron;e rokova setve i vegetacionih sezona. Zatim da se utvrdi odgovarajuća jednačina koja opisuje akumulaciju suve materije i pojavu listova na glavnom stablu ječma i p&scaron;enice u funkciji sume temperatura tokom različitih rokova setve i vegetacionih sezona. U ogled je bilo uključeno po &scaron;est genotipova ozimog dvoredog ječma i ozime p&scaron;enice različitog porekla, pedigrea i agronomskih osobina, sejanih dve sezone u četiri roka setve. Sredinom cvetanja i u punoj zrelosti, uzeto je 10 slučajno odabranih biljaka. Na uzetim biljkama određena je masa pojedinačnih organa i komponente prinosa, kao i translokacija suve materije i doprinos asimilata akumuliranih pre cvetanja u masi zrna. Za utvrđivanje filohrona i ukupnog broja listova, dva puta nedeljno se očitavao broj listova na obeleženim biljkama tokom čitave sezone. Istovremeno se uzimao i uzorak od pet biljaka u cilju praćenja akumulacije suve materije. Sezona, rok setve i sorta su imali značajan uticaj na variranje ukupnog broja listova i filohrona kod ječma i p&scaron;enice. U proseku, sorte ječma su formirale vi&scaron;e listova u odnosu na p&scaron;enicu, dok se p&scaron;enica karakteri&scaron;e dužim filohronom. Kasnija setva dovela je do značajnog smanjenja broja listova i skraćenja filohrona kod obe vrste. U zavisnosti od sezone, roka setve, sorte i njihove interakcije menjala se i biomasa biljaka u cvetanju i prinos zrna. Translokacija suve materije je bila u pozitivnoj korelaciji sa biomasom biljaka u cvetanju. Akumulacija biomase nadzemnog dela biljaka tokom sezone, pratila je tipičan sigmoidni obrazac u svim kombinacijama rokova setve i sorti. Od tri posmatrane nelinearne jednačine, Logistička jednačina se pokazala najprikladnijom za opisivanje akumulacije suve<br />materije tokom sezone kod ječma i p&scaron;enice. Rezultati istraživanja ukazuju na značaj vegetativne mase biljaka u cvetanju, koja predstavlja bitan izvor asimilata za translokaciju u zrno. Ovi rezultati ukazuju da je tokom oplemenjivanja strnih žita, neophodno stvarati genotipove sa većim brojem listova koji bolje nakupljaju biomasu, odnosno genotipove koji će u optimalnom roku setve, imati usklađen fenolo&scaron;ki razvoj sa agroekolo&scaron;kim uslovima u području Panonske nizije.</p> / <p>Grain yield is one of the most important and complex traits in plant breeding. Knowledge about crop development, growth and dry matter accumulation enables the appropriate selection of genotypes and field technology. The aims of this study were to investigate the variability of phyllochron, dry matter accumulation and translocation, grain yield and yield components of various wheat and barley genotypes, in relation to the sowing date and growing season. Furthermore, the goal was to find the equation that would appropriately describe dry matter accumulation and leaf appearance of wheat and barley. Six winter barley and six winter wheat genotypes, characterized by different origin, pedigree and agronomic traits, were sown in two growing seasons across four sowing dates. At the anthesis and physiological maturity, 10 randomly selected plants were manually cut at ground level. Dry mass of different plant organs, yield components, dry matter translocation and contribution of pre-heading dry matter to grain yield were determined. To determine the leaf number and phyllochron, measuring was done according to the Haun scale on three tagged plants per replication three times per week. Also, samples consisting of five plants were collected to determine dry matter accumulation. Growing season, sowing date and variety had significant influence on the final leaf number and phyllochron of wheat and barley. At average, barley varieties had more leaf compared to wheat, while wheat had higher phyllochron values. Late sowing reduced the final leaf number and phyllochron in both barley and wheat. Furthermore, growing season, sowing date, variety and sowing date &times; variety interaction had significant influence on crop biomass at anthesis and grain yield. Dry matter translocation was in positive correlation with dry matter content at anthesis. Dry matter accumulation across growing seasons had a typical sigmoid pattern in every combination of sowing date and variety. Among studied models, the logistic equation was the most appropriate for description of dry matter accumulation in wheat and barley. Results from this study highlight the importance of dry matter content at anthesis, which represent a significant source of assimilates for translocation into the grain. These results indicated that during the selection of small grain cereals, it is necessary to develop genotypes characterized by higher leaf number and increased biomass, i.e. genotypes that in optimal sowing dates, have an adjusted phenological development to the agro-ecological conditions of the Panonian plane.</p>

The thesis is divided into two parts. Theoretical part deals with defining the financial analysis and the definition of groups of users, demonstrates the basic techniques and methodological tools and presents three prediction models. In the practical part are theoretically described techniques, methods and models applied to the Eaton Elektrotechnika company. Financial analysis is conducted for the period from 1.5.2006 to 31.12.2010. To increase its explanatory ability the analysis is extended to include a comparison with major competitors and a comparison of selected indicators with middle values for corresponding work fields.