Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karol. inst., 2006. / Härtill 5 uppsatser.

Dissertation (Ph.D.) -- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 2008. / Vita. Bibliography: p. 120-129.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Miami University, Dept. of Botany, 2008. / Title from second page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2009. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Sept., 2009). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.P.H.)--Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 2006 / Typescript (photocopy)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2006. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-136).

Thesis (Dr.P.H.)--Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 2006 / Typescript (photocopy)

This dissertation uncovers and examines linguistic and functional patterns of student writing in the first two years of college. A corpus of student papers from six disciplines (philosophy, English, psychology, biology, chemistry, and physics) was collected, and multi-dimensional (MD) analysis (Biber, 1988) was used to examine the ways that discipline and paper type influence writing. Further explorations of the data compare lower-level student writing to upper-level student writing, professional academic biology writing, and the discipline-specific approximations of an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course. Findings show that specificity of both linguistic and functional properties exist even at such low levels of disciplinary acculturation. These studies are followed by a summary and contextualization of their findings. Finally, future inquiry using collected data and future investigations into student literacy practices are proposed.

The topic of the diploma thesis is: Specifice of the Treatment of Muslims in the Condition of the Czech environment. In this diploma thesis we have dealt with the issues of the Muslims patients. We have chosen this topic as it seemed very intresting and current to us. Another reason why we have chosen this topic is the fact many Czechs converted to Islam and many foreigners with the origin in Muslim countries have come to the Czech Republic. These foreigners may come to work or to study here or simpli to travel. Thanks to the increasing numer of Muslims we can meet them in hospitals more often, too. And i this up to health professionals to provide holistic health care. With a correct attitude and certain knowlwdge of Islam the positive approach by the Muslims can be ensured as well. This diploma thesis compreises of two main parts {--} the theoretical and practical one.At the beginning of the theoretical part there is a general introduction and introduction of the essentials of multicultural nursing service. This part further contains a bief history of Islam from its very beginning, its historical development in the Czech Republic and basis informaation about Islam. The basic information regarded 5 pillars of Islam, guestion of daily life, issues concerning the foot, family, hygiene, dressing and others. The final section of the theoretical part describe the ethics in Islam, ensuring of holistic approach to Muslim patient and differences in the education of the Muslim and Czech patient. Two main objectives were determined for this paper. The first objective was to determine the nursing specifics which are connected with the Musim belief. The second objective was to elaborate educational and information sheets. Thhe practical part comprises of interviuws made with the Muslims living in the Czech Republic. They included the converted as well as the native Muslims. The result of this diploma thesis is educational sheets for the health professionals and information sheets for Muslim patients. Educational sheets should serve to health professionals to be aware in which areas the patient should be educated. Information sheets will help Muslim patients with bette adaptation in the hospital environment and with operation in it. This materials can be used also for communication between Muslim patients and medical and paramedical staff. The sane sheets can serve to ordinary patient as they contain general information suitable for all patients. Included in the sheets are communication cards with Czech-English-Arabic translation.

Cette thèse est composée de quatre chapitres et analyse une régularité empirique très mal connue et très peu analysée : les « formes organisationnelles plurielles ». Dans le premier chapitre, j’examine les diverses tentatives de théoriser les formes plurielles et comment ce domaine a évolué au fil du temps. Cela me permet d’identifier deux variables qu’on retrouve au cœur des idées exprimées dans ces tentatives pour expliquer l’existence et la stabilité des formes plurielles : la spécificité des actifs ainsi que les facteurs d’incertitude. Néanmoins, ces variables sont restées très mal explorées, ce qui pointe la nécessité de nouvelles contributions théoriques sur ce sujet. Dans le deuxième chapitre, je cherche à comprendre ce qui explique la variété des formes plurielles. Je propose un modèle théorique intégrant la spécificité des actifs et l'incertitude pour pronostiquer l’existence des formes plurielles et non plurielles. Ensuite, je souligne que les formes plurielles sont hétérogènes et je construis des hypothèses mettant en relation différents types d’incertitude avec des formes plurielles différentes. Dans les deux chapitres suivants, le modèle théorique et les hypothèses sont confrontés à des données empiriques qualitatives. Le troisième chapitre confronte le modèle théorique à une étude de cas clinique menée au sein d’une entreprise, l’entreprise Korin (Brésil), qui produit et vend divers produits bios. Enfin dans le chapitre quatre, le modèle théorique et les hypothèses sont confrontés à des données recueillies à partir d’une enquête sur l’approvisionnement en ‘inputs’ auprès de 24 entreprises opérant dans le secteur agricole brésilien. Je trouve dans ces deux articles des concordances fortes à l’appui de mon modèle et des hypothèses que j’en ai dérivées, ce qui ouvre la voie à de nouvelles recherches. / This dissertation is composed of four chapters and addresses an empirical regularity about which very little is known: “plural forms”. In the first chapter, I intend to verify what has been theorized about plural forms and how this field has evolved over time. I identified two variables that underlie most of the theoretical explanations for the existence and stability of plural forms: asset specificity and uncertainty. However, these variables are very seldom explored, which points towards the need for novel contributions. In the second chapter, I am concerned with explaining the variety of plural form manifestations. I built a theoretical model integrating asset specificity and uncertainty to predict plural and non-plural forms. Next, I stressed that plural forms are heterogeneous and built hypotheses relating different types of uncertainty to different types of plural forms. In the next two chapters, I empirically confront my theoretical model and hypotheses with qualitative data. In the third chapter, I confront my model by performing an embedded clinical case study on the Korin company (in Brazil), which produces and commercializes multiple organic products; while in the final chapter, I intend to empirically confront both my theoretical model and my hypotheses and survey the procurement of inputs by 24 companies operating in the Brazilian Agribusiness sector. I find support for my model and for my hypotheses on both of these papers, indicating a path for further analyses.