Research on the Arab spring has indicated that the failure of democratic consolidation in post-Arab spring countries was, in part, due to economic insecurity. A conclusion that seems to be in line with the general literature on threat and its connection to authoritarian value-shifts. Yet, scholars in the fields of collective action and political socialisation have also demonstrated how events like the Arab spring can be incredibly influential in shaping political values, primarily among younger populations. Raising the question of whether formative experience with the Arab spring could have resulted in a more democratically inclined youth-cohort that would be more resilient to the authoritarian effects of economic insecurity. To answer this question, this master's thesis conducted a cohort analysis on five countries found in at least four waves of the Arab Barometer and tested four hypotheses generated by the previous question. The thesis did not see any evidence indicating that this Arab spring youth-cohort would be any more democratic than other cohorts. Furthermore, the cohort was also not more likely than other cohorts, to stave off the authoritarian effects of economic insecurity. Contrary to previous research, this thesis did not see a correlation between economic insecurity and authoritarianism in all countries studied. Potentially, indicating how contextual the connection actually is, and demonstrating the need for future studies on the topic to be conducted in already authoritarian contexts.

This master’s thesis focuses on the fatigue properties of spring steel 54SiCrV6. The theoretical part deals with the properties and use of spring steel and metal response to cyclic loading. The main aim of this work was to obtain the basic mechanical properties as well as the hight cycle fatigue data. Additional metallographical evaluation of microstructure.

Coiled springs are one of the important parts providing comfort during driving vehicles. These components highly demand on their fatigue life. This thesis examines the possibility of the influence of surface quality of a spring wire during production process of coiled springs on their mechanical properties and durability.

My thesis is a presentation of Jika Laufen for the international exhibition Expo 2015 in Milan. The work consists of designing and installing sinks into the exposure so that they are in a uniform manner. I designed the concept of the well for several reasons: the bathroom is an intimate space where it should be emphasized emotion , atmosphere and feelings. It is a space where a person should relax. The second aspect is that the ceramic has an organic origin, came from the ground and through the fire becomes very durable and solid. A no less important is the third aspect, exist on the context. Expo is an international exhibition and therefore the presentation of this forest exposure does not represent a Czech company, but also a Czech environment, where you will find beautiful nature and sources of known rivers. My concept is based on emotion and contrast materials. Delicate white ceramics have planted in a sharp stone and dark green leafy moss, creating a contrast full voltage . The exhibition of this type should not be missed even modern technology. That is my proposal represented feeler drain, which is around the perimeter of the sink hidden under the edge so as not to disturb the perception of the whole.

This master thesis deals with an architecture Model-View-Controller. It explains the principle, model, usage and benefits of an architecture. Futhure more, it presents the best known web frameworks on Java platform which derive benefit from this architecture. There are frameworks like Apache Struts, Tapestry and Spring. In my thesis, the principles of framworks and the work with them are described. Concerning another part of my thesis, there are simple applications which use this frameworks. The work gives instructions to make these applications. It describes and compares the latest versions of these tools. It deals more with framework Spring, describes its elementary principles and modules with enhanced sight to Web MVC of Spring.

The thesis focuses on such tools for web applications development that are based on the Model-View-Controller design model. These tools include e.g. Zend Framework, Ruby on Rails, and Spring Framework. The thesis explains the functionality of the tools, their features, methods of data manipulation, and presentation of data to the users. The work contains also an application example.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(人間・環境学) / 甲第18353号 / 人博第666号 / 新制||人||160(附属図書館) / 25||人博||666(吉田南総合図書館) / 31211 / 京都大学大学院人間・環境学研究科共生人間学専攻 / (主査)准教授 神﨑 素樹, 教授 森谷 敏夫, 准教授 久代 恵介, 教授 小田 伸午 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Human and Environmental Studies / Kyoto University / DFAM

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Glyphosate-resistant (GR) horseweed has become a major problem in many row crop production systems in the United States. Horseweed is a winter annual weed common in no-till production systems. Fall-applied herbicides were compared with spring-applied treatments for the control of horseweed. In cotton, fall-applied trifloxysulfuron provided similar or greater control of horseweed when compared to spring-applied treatments of glyphosate + dicamba. Cotton yields with fall-applied trifloxysulfuron, clomazone, and flumioxazin were comparable to or better than spring-applied glyphosate + dicamba both years. Fall-applied cloransulam-methyl, flumetsulam, sulfentrazone, and the combination of chlorimuron-ethyl + metribuzin resulted in horseweed control and soybean yields comparable to spring-applied glyphosate + 2,4-D both years. Multiple-resistance to glyphosate and paraquat exists in a horseweed population from Mississippi. Herbicide rates of 0.066 kg ae/ha glyphosate and 0.078 kg ai/ha paraquat were required to reduce susceptible horseweed biomass 50%; whereas, rates of 0.78 kg/ha glyphosate and 0.67 kg/ha paraquat were required to reduce biomass of resistant horseweed to a similar intent. This is the first broadleaf weed species reported as exhibiting multiple-resistance to glyphosate and paraquat. The addition of metribuzin to paraquat improved control of paraquat-resistant horseweed. Paraquat at 0.84 kg/ha plus all rates of metribuzin controlled 15-cm tall horseweed at least 90% both years compared to 73% with 0.84 kg/ha paraquat alone. The addition of 1 and 2% methylated seed oil (MSO) to saflufenacil controlled horseweed 91 and 93%, respectively compared to 78% control with saflufenacil alone. The addition of saflufenacil to glyphosate improved control of GR horseweed from 50% to 100% at 21 d after treatment; control of horseweed with the combination of saflufenacil + glyphosate was additive. Saflufenacil did not affect absorption of glyphosate in glyphosate-susceptible horseweed; however, absorption increased in GR horseweed from 36 to 44% at 48 h after treatment with the addition of saflufenacil when compared to glyphosate alone treatments. Overall, the addition of saflufenacil reduced glyphosate translocation in horseweed at least 6%; however, due to the exceptional efficacy of saflufenacil on horseweed these reductions did not reduce control of GR horseweed.