Os estudos sobre a Esparta do Período Clássico realizaram avanços significativos nas últimas décadas, inclusive no sentido de analisar o efeito que construções historiográficas de autores contemporâneos a ela possuem no modo como a vemos hoje. Entretanto, uma caracterização recorrente dos espartanos não recebeu a devida atenção até o momento me refiro, mais especificamente, à descrição do coletivo espartano como philótimos, \"amante da honra\". O objetivo dessa dissertação é justamente questionar tal caracterização, de modo a revelar, no sistema social espartano (aquele observável por meio das fontes), um possível fundo histórico para tal ou identificar as razões pelas quais ele é assim descrito a partir do século IV a.C. Isso é aqui realizado por meio de uma análise abrangente da influência não só da honra, mas também de todos os outros elementos relacionados a ela (vergonha, reputação, desonra etc.) no sistema social da Esparta do século IV a.C., desde a concepção à morte de um espartano. Descobriu-se que, apesar de o que sabemos sobre o sistema social espartano dar indícios de que a honra e a busca ela eram usadas como ferramentas para manter um status quo nada igualitário (algo funcional apenas quando associado à uma fachada meritocrática), a descrição dos espartanos como philótimoi serve a objetivos políticos específicos do século IV a.C., mais especificamente como crítica da hegemonia espartana e como justificativa de seu desmantelamento. Tais conclusões, assim como os argumentos que as baseiam, servem não só para compreendermos uma tática discursiva específica do século IV a.C., mas também as armadilhas do sistema da honra, especificamente como sua construção meritocrática usa o valor social de um indivíduo (i.e. honra) para manter um grupo específico no monopólio de certos privilégios, isso com total aceitação dos indivíduos deles excluídos. Tal sistema existia na Esparta do Período Clássico, com o mesmo discurso frequentemente ressuscitado em diversos contextos contemporâneos. / The studies on Classical Sparta have made significant progress in recent decades, including in the sense of analyzing the effect that historiographical constructions of its contemporary authors have on the way we view it today. However, a recurring characterization of the Spartans has not received the proper attention so far I refer, more specifically, to the description of the Spartan collective as philótimos, \"lover of honor.\" The purpose of this dissertation is precisely to question this characterization, revealing, in the Spartan social system (that observable through the sources), a historical background for this or to identify the reasons why it is described likewise from the fourth century BC onwards. This is done here through a comprehensive analysis of the influence that not only honour, but also all other elements related to it (shame, reputation, dishonour, etc.) had in the social system of fourth century Sparta, from the conceiving to the death of a Spartan. It has been found that, on the one hand, what we know about the Spartan social system indicates that honor and the crave for it were tools used to maintain an unequal status quo (something functional only when associated with a meritocratic façade), but on the other hand the description of the Spartans as philótimoi served specific political goals of the fourth century BC, specifically as a criticism of Spartan hegemony and as a justification for its dismantling. These conclusions, as well as their basing arguments, serve not only to understand a specific discursive tactic of the fourth century BC, but also the pitfalls of the honor system, specially how its meritocratic form uses the individual\'s social value (i.e. honor) to maintain a specific group in the monopoly of certain privileges, this with the full acceptance of the excluded individuals. This system existed in Classical Sparta, with the same discourse often resurrected in several contemporary contexts.

Os estudos sobre a Esparta do Período Clássico realizaram avanços significativos nas últimas décadas, inclusive no sentido de analisar o efeito que construções historiográficas de autores contemporâneos a ela possuem no modo como a vemos hoje. Entretanto, uma caracterização recorrente dos espartanos não recebeu a devida atenção até o momento me refiro, mais especificamente, à descrição do coletivo espartano como philótimos, \"amante da honra\". O objetivo dessa dissertação é justamente questionar tal caracterização, de modo a revelar, no sistema social espartano (aquele observável por meio das fontes), um possível fundo histórico para tal ou identificar as razões pelas quais ele é assim descrito a partir do século IV a.C. Isso é aqui realizado por meio de uma análise abrangente da influência não só da honra, mas também de todos os outros elementos relacionados a ela (vergonha, reputação, desonra etc.) no sistema social da Esparta do século IV a.C., desde a concepção à morte de um espartano. Descobriu-se que, apesar de o que sabemos sobre o sistema social espartano dar indícios de que a honra e a busca ela eram usadas como ferramentas para manter um status quo nada igualitário (algo funcional apenas quando associado à uma fachada meritocrática), a descrição dos espartanos como philótimoi serve a objetivos políticos específicos do século IV a.C., mais especificamente como crítica da hegemonia espartana e como justificativa de seu desmantelamento. Tais conclusões, assim como os argumentos que as baseiam, servem não só para compreendermos uma tática discursiva específica do século IV a.C., mas também as armadilhas do sistema da honra, especificamente como sua construção meritocrática usa o valor social de um indivíduo (i.e. honra) para manter um grupo específico no monopólio de certos privilégios, isso com total aceitação dos indivíduos deles excluídos. Tal sistema existia na Esparta do Período Clássico, com o mesmo discurso frequentemente ressuscitado em diversos contextos contemporâneos. / The studies on Classical Sparta have made significant progress in recent decades, including in the sense of analyzing the effect that historiographical constructions of its contemporary authors have on the way we view it today. However, a recurring characterization of the Spartans has not received the proper attention so far I refer, more specifically, to the description of the Spartan collective as philótimos, \"lover of honor.\" The purpose of this dissertation is precisely to question this characterization, revealing, in the Spartan social system (that observable through the sources), a historical background for this or to identify the reasons why it is described likewise from the fourth century BC onwards. This is done here through a comprehensive analysis of the influence that not only honour, but also all other elements related to it (shame, reputation, dishonour, etc.) had in the social system of fourth century Sparta, from the conceiving to the death of a Spartan. It has been found that, on the one hand, what we know about the Spartan social system indicates that honor and the crave for it were tools used to maintain an unequal status quo (something functional only when associated with a meritocratic façade), but on the other hand the description of the Spartans as philótimoi served specific political goals of the fourth century BC, specifically as a criticism of Spartan hegemony and as a justification for its dismantling. These conclusions, as well as their basing arguments, serve not only to understand a specific discursive tactic of the fourth century BC, but also the pitfalls of the honor system, specially how its meritocratic form uses the individual\'s social value (i.e. honor) to maintain a specific group in the monopoly of certain privileges, this with the full acceptance of the excluded individuals. This system existed in Classical Sparta, with the same discourse often resurrected in several contemporary contexts.

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- McMaster University, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 260-280). Also available via World Wide Web.

The main purpose of the thesis is to describe and analyze the marketing and communication strategies of the hockey club HC Sparta Prague. The thesis comprises two parts -- theoretical and practical. Talking about the theoretical chapters, marketing and commercial communications, their role and so called marketing mix are described in there. The practical part of the thesis aims at the target groups, marketing goals description and analysis of the singular tools of the marketing mix. However, the very fundamental chapter comprises the interpretation of the past campaigns applied during the season 2009/2010. The last part focuses on some new topics and ideas to be introduced during the forthcoming season.

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Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / On title page: MPhil in Antieke Kulture. Bibliography. Also available via the Internet.

Diploma thesis "Media Image of AC Sparta Prague in Deník Sport after Daniel Křetínský's Czech News Center joined the Czech Media Market" deals with comparison of the media content of Deník Sport in selected periods. The selected area was chosen because of the company of Daniel Křetínský, who is currently also the owner of AC Sparta Prague, bought the publishing house of Deník Sport. In this thesis is used the media content analysis, which should confirm or disprove the hypothesis, that the content of Deník Sport was changed in 2014 for Sparta Prague. In the theoretical part of this thesis the development of the Czech media ownership after 1989 is described, also the topics of journalistic values and possible ethics problems like conflict of interests are stated. The results of the media analysis should be added in interviews with the Deník Sport's staffers.

Thesis (MPhil (Ancient Studies)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / The main purpose of this study is to investigate and describe the differences between the fifth-century city states of Athens and Sparta. The approach I use is that of altérité (“otherness”). I look in particular at four of the most important social phenomena: women, slaves, the army and the political structures. In these respects there are extensive differences between the two city states: Athens acquired its slaves through buying them or as spoils of war over time and on an individual basis; Sparta conquered and enslaved a whole nation, the Messenians, early on to serve permanently as their slaves. Athenian women enjoyed no social or legal freedom or rights; Spartan women enjoyed all these rights and could own and inherit property and goods. In Athens, since the time of Themistocles the fleet was regarded as much more important than the infantry; Sparta had very early on developed a professional infantry which was regarded as the best right through the Greek-speaking world. Athens started changing its constitution at a relatively late stage, but once started, continued to work on it until they attained an early form of democracy; Sparta never developed beyond the monarchical stage, but did adapt it to suit their needs. The second purpose of this study is to discover and attempt to explain why the above-mentioned differences are so great. The point here is not so much that Athens was the model city state which everybody tried to emulate, but rather that Sparta was the city state which was significantly different from any of the others.

In this thesis a new three–dimensional (3D) vector radiative transfer model, the Solver for Polarized Atmospheric Radiative Transfer Applications (SPARTA) is introduced, validated against benchmark results, and applied to scientific problems. SPARTA employs the statistical forward Monte Carlo technique for efficient column–response pixel–based radiance calculations comprising polarization for 3D inhomogeneous cloudless and cloudy atmospheres. By means of SPARTA, two scientific issues in the field of radiative transfer are investigated. A sensitivity study has been conducted to illustrate the errors introduced by neglecting the effects of polarization in radiation simulations. Two atmospheric scenarios have been considered: a pure one–dimensional (1D) Rayleigh atmosphere and two–dimensional (2D) realistic inhomogeneous dust fields. In case of a purely molecular atmosphere, these errors strongly depend on molecular anisotropy, isotropic reflection, and more importantly, on single scattering albedo and optical thickness (saturation occurs for τ close to 1). Overall errors in the reflected field range up to about 10.5%. On the other hand, for rather high optical thickness, the bias induced by ignoring polarization for realistic inhomogeneous atmospheres is negligible (less than 1%). In addition, solar radiative transfer simulations for LIDAR–measured fields of optical properties of Saharan dust have been performed in order to quantify the effects induced by neglecting the horizontal photon transport and internal inhomogeneities (3D radiative effects) in radiance simulations including polarization. Results are presented for two exemplary mineral dust fields constructed from LIDAR observations. For each case, three radiative calculations are investigated: a 1D calculation according to the plane–parallel (1D mode); an Independent Pixel Approximation (IPA mode); and the 2D mode. The differences in domain–averaged normalized radiances of reflection and transmission are insignificant between the 1D or IPA and 2D calculation modes. However, local differences were observed since extinction is hinge on horizontal spatial variability. In the areas with large spatial variability in optical thickness, the radiance fields of the 2D mode differ about ±20% for the first and second Stokes elements (I, Q) from the fields of the 1D mode. This work points to a brand–new field: the quantification of the sensitivity of polarization to 3D radiative effects.

Title: The comparison of components in football performance Key words: Football match analysis, FC Viktoria Pilsen, AC Sparta Prague, Gambrinus League The problem definition: All football matches played during season 2013/2014 in the Czech first football league were, for the first time in history, analysed with Instat programme. Data from analysis served as main source for comparison of two most successful teams - FC Viktoria Pilsen and AC Sparta Prague. I will try to analyse these statistical data and consequently define key statistics for both teams. The aim of the thesis: Comparison and interpretation of performance data acquired by statistical programme Instat is the primary aim of this thesis.