The gasoline prices have risen over $130 USD per barrel since the first time oil crisis occurred in 1973. The shortages of the natural resources cause not only the prices of raw material getting higher but also hard to get. The cost of the production and marketing increased tremendously. At the present time all enterprises focus on how to get the raw material they need on producing. According to the data currently issued by U.S. Census Bureau, among the manufacturing industries, the proportion of the purchase amounts of raw material, parts, and equipments to the total cost was over 50%. The processes of the procurement are complicated and long procedures. To simplify the procurement process and save the purchasing costs become the major topics that an enterprise has to face. Unfortunately, we are lacking a set of integral model for procurement management at present. The model of system architecture is simple and concise. It describes and represents all the viewpoints simultaneously. We use to construct the mold of architecture-oriented procurement management for the references of the enterprises procurement management. This research adopting the logic approach, based on system architecture, complements with Architecture Description Language as a tool to derive the Architecture-Oriented Procurement Management Model (AOPMM). AOPMM is an integrated model of the service and interaction of all structure elements, using Six Golden Rule to express explicitly the inner knowledge. And it can be used as graphic job specifications. To face the speedily changing environment of management, AOPMM helps managers more flexible and quick to adjust the relationship inwards and outwards, to sufficiently control the resources and exchange the ideas as to make the functions of procurement management easily to appear. The results of this research can be used as the references for the enterprises procurement model in the future, to improve the efficiency of the procurement management and decision making, reduce purchasing costs, and create the higher strategic values.

Research problem - This research revolves around the problem: Which characteristic/repetitive pattern formations can be identified in the structure and general content of selected Afrikaans Jakkals en Wolf (Jackal and Wolf) trickster stories. Research aims - Originating from the problem, the primary aim of this research is to identify the structural and content related patterning in the telling of Afrikaans Jackal and Wolf stories in general as well of those particular to the trickster tale/story. The secondary aim of the research is to identify the localisation relating to general content and structure within stories. Research methodology - The structural elements, structural patterns, variation patterns and content were investigated. In order to theorise these patterns, it was necessary to analyse the stories syntagmatically and paradigmatically. For the former, particularly Bremond‟s (1977) action logic was utilised to analyse the action in the stories. The actantial model of Greimas (1966) was used for the paradigmatic analysis of stories and methods of story telling. Existing structural models of the folk tale, oral story, trickster tales and Jakkals en Wolf were also used in the analysis. Examples from the corpus of stories were used to illustrate and substantiate findings. The corpus consists in short out of sound recordings recorded by a project team lead by Du Plessis (1987:8-14), recordings which was done by the researcher in the Murraysburg district in June 2010; Jakkals-en-Wolfstories, told by Dana Niehaus (Niehaus, 2011) as well as stories out of the volumes Die Kaskenades van Jakkals en Wolf (Rousseau, 2011), Die mooiste Afrikaanse sprokies (Grobbelaar en Verster, 2007) and Jakkals en Wolf (Grobbelaar en Verster, 2011). Findings - It was found that unique patterning formations could be identified by the analysis of the corpus Afrikaans oral Jakkals en Wolf trickster tales represent in this study, and that both Bremond‟s action logic and Greimas‟s actantial model add value to describing structure in stories. A consequence of this is that greater appreciation is created in the analyses of stories. / MA (Afrikaans and Dutch), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Research problem - This research revolves around the problem: Which characteristic/repetitive pattern formations can be identified in the structure and general content of selected Afrikaans Jakkals en Wolf (Jackal and Wolf) trickster stories. Research aims - Originating from the problem, the primary aim of this research is to identify the structural and content related patterning in the telling of Afrikaans Jackal and Wolf stories in general as well of those particular to the trickster tale/story. The secondary aim of the research is to identify the localisation relating to general content and structure within stories. Research methodology - The structural elements, structural patterns, variation patterns and content were investigated. In order to theorise these patterns, it was necessary to analyse the stories syntagmatically and paradigmatically. For the former, particularly Bremond‟s (1977) action logic was utilised to analyse the action in the stories. The actantial model of Greimas (1966) was used for the paradigmatic analysis of stories and methods of story telling. Existing structural models of the folk tale, oral story, trickster tales and Jakkals en Wolf were also used in the analysis. Examples from the corpus of stories were used to illustrate and substantiate findings. The corpus consists in short out of sound recordings recorded by a project team lead by Du Plessis (1987:8-14), recordings which was done by the researcher in the Murraysburg district in June 2010; Jakkals-en-Wolfstories, told by Dana Niehaus (Niehaus, 2011) as well as stories out of the volumes Die Kaskenades van Jakkals en Wolf (Rousseau, 2011), Die mooiste Afrikaanse sprokies (Grobbelaar en Verster, 2007) and Jakkals en Wolf (Grobbelaar en Verster, 2011). Findings - It was found that unique patterning formations could be identified by the analysis of the corpus Afrikaans oral Jakkals en Wolf trickster tales represent in this study, and that both Bremond‟s action logic and Greimas‟s actantial model add value to describing structure in stories. A consequence of this is that greater appreciation is created in the analyses of stories. / MA (Afrikaans and Dutch), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Magistrantūros studijų baigiamojo darbo tyrimų tikslas buvo įvertinti skirtingų biologinių preparatų, kaip dirvos aktyvatorių, naudojamų rudenį ant priešsėlio (žieminių kviečių) ražienų, bei pavasarį, rapsams esant butonizacijos tarpsnyje, poveikį žieminių rapsų vystymuisi bei derliaus formavimuisi. Lauko eksperimentas buvo atliktas 2010–2011 m. ASU Bandymų stotyje. Dirvožemis IDg8-k (LVg-p-w-cc) – karbonatingas sekliai glėjiškas išplautžemis (Calc(ar)i-Epihypogleyic Luvisols). Darbo objektas – Žieminis rapsas (Brassica napus ssp. oleifera), linijinė veislė ‘Sunday’. Darbo metodai: Žieminių rapsų biometriniai matavimai, sėklų derlingumas bei derliaus struktūros elementai nustatyti tiesioginio matavimo, skaičiavimo ar svėrimo būdu pagal priimtas lauko eksperimento vykdymo metodikas. Tyrimų duomenys statistiškai įvertinti vieno veiksnio arba dviejų veiksnių kiekybinių požymių dispersinės analizės metodais, taikant kompiuterinę programą ANOVA (Tarakanovas, Raudonius, 2003). Darbo rezultatai. Esmingai didžiausias žieminių rapsų šaknies kaklelio skersmuo (13 mm) prieš augalų žiemojimą nustatytas variante, kur ant žieminių kviečių ražienų buvo išpurkštas biologinių preparatų Azofit (1,0 l ha-1) ir Amalgerol (3,0 l ha-1) derinys. Šiame variante peržiemojo 9,73 % daugiau augalų nei kontroliniame. Esmingai didžiausias žieminių rapsų sėklų derlingumas (3,25 t ha-1) gautas variante, kuriame Azofit (1,0 l ha-1) ir Amalgerol (3,0 l ha-1) derinys išpurkštas rudenį ir pavasarį, tai 1,5 t... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The main objective of Master thesis research was to evaluate various biological agents, as soil activators, which are used in the fall on the preceding crop (winter wheat) stubble and in spring on rape at bud formation stage, and the impact that these biological agents do to winter rapeseed crop development and formation. Field experiment was conducted in 2010–2011 at ASU Experimental Station. The soil type – Calc(ar)i-Epihypogleyic Luvisols (LVg-p-w-cc). The object – winter rape (Brassica napus ssp. Oleifera) linear sort 'Sunday'. Working methods: biometric measurements of winter rape, seed yield and yield structure elements were determined while using direct measurements, calculations or weighing according field experimental techniques. Research data have been statistically evaluated with a single factor or two factor analysis of variance of quantitative methods of evidence, using a computer program ANOVA (Tarakanovas, Raudonius, 2003). Research results. The biggest winter rape root collar diameter (13 mm) before winter was found in variant, where the winter wheat stubble was sprayed with the combination of biological preparations Azofit (1.0 l ha-1) and Amalgerol (3.0 l ha-1). In this variant 9.73% more plants survived winter than in control field. The biggest winter rapeseed yield (3.25 t ha-1) was obtained in the variant where a combination of Azofit (1.0 l ha-1) and Amalgerol (3.0 l ha-1) was sprayed in the autumn and spring, it was 1.5 t ha -1 higher than in the... [to full text]