La dépression majeure est un non-sens pour une personne qui en souffre et influence probablement sa motivation au retour au travail, car elle favorise chez elle une identité de malade et par conséquent un sentiment d’être inadéquat. Au Québec et au Canada, cette pathologie est la principale cause d’années vécues avec invalidité ainsi que de décès prématurés. Il apparaît donc pertinent de vérifier si un traitement spécialisé de la dépression majeure comme la psychothérapie interpersonnelle (PTI) pourrait favoriser la motivation au retour au travail d’une personne. Cette approche semble prometteuse pour diverses raisons : 1) elle cible un événement interpersonnel souvent considéré comme un des facteurs déterminants dans l’émergence de cette maladie; 2) elle repose sur des données probantes pour le soulagement des symptômes de dépression majeure; 3) elle ne considère que transitoirement l’identité de malade; 4) elle facilite l’acquisition de stratégies d’adaptation interpersonnelle. La présente étude exploratoire de la contribution de la PTI sur la motivation au retour au travail de personnes en dépression majeure retient la méthodologie de l’étude de cas. Elle se déroule en milieu naturel auprès de quatre personnes considérées en invalidité chronique de leur travail. Autant des données qualitatives que quantitatives sont recueillies et analysées. Les résultats obtenus montrent que trois de ces quatre personnes reprennent leur travail pendant la PTI ou à la fin du traitement alors que l’autre personne s’engage dans une démarche de réorientation. Une autre contribution de la PTI permet de constater que ces personnes ont davantage recours à un soutien social. De plus, elles ont tendance à mieux connaître leur identité ou leurs limites, à améliorer leurs habiletés à la résolution de problème ainsi que leur capacité à communiquer avec les autres. L’idée de mesurer la symptomatologie dépressive et la motivation au même moment pendant un traitement serait à conserver dans une prochaine recherche, car un lien semble s’établir entre la sévérité des symptômes de la maladie et le degré de motivation d’une personne au retour au travail.

In 1973 Libya claimed the Gulf of Sirte. Its claim was based on historic and vital interests and it stated that the Gulf was part of Libyan internal waters over which Libya exerts full sovereignty and that the Gulf was an historic or vital bay. The thesis analyses the Libyan historic and/or vital bay claim over the Gulf. Although the doctrine of historic and/or vital bays is not codified, it is not a new doctrine in international law. It is argued that, as an exception to the general rules on bays, the coastal State has the right, by virtue of historic and vital interests, to claim and appropriate a bay adjacent to its coast. Chapter one deals with the scope of the research including the legal significance of the claim to Libya. The chapter discusses the methodology used and reviews the 1973 Declaration and international reaction to it, including the US-Libyan incidents. The geographical and historical background of the Gulf of sirte are also reviewed. In chapter two the evolution of the concepts of bays, historic bays and waters in international law are discussed. The chapter deals with definitional issues, the evolution and codification of the law of bays, and assess the law applicable in the field of historic and/or vital bays, and the requirements of customary international law. Chapter three analyses the Libyan immemorial usage and the effective Libyan exercise of sovereignty over the Gulf of sirte. Chapter four discusses the concept of acquiescence and whether there has been international acquiescence in the Libyan claim. Chapter five deals with the concept of protest and its application to the Libyan claim. It analyses the protests made at the Libyan claim and discusses a number of the protests made by States which have made similar claims to that of Libya. The issue of re~!procity is examined prior to detailed consideration and evaluation of the protests. Chapter six discusses the vital bay theory in a theoretical context, in state practice and its implementation by the tribunals. It also analyses the Libyan vital interest9s in the Gulf of Sirte and assesses the Libyan vital bay claim. Finally, chapter seven provides an overview of the Libyan historic and vital bay claim over the Gulf of sirte in a regional framework and in the context of the changing law of the sea. Proposals are made concerning the formulation of new rules when necessary on the codification of existing rules, on State practice and emerging trends relating to historic and/or vital bays. It is recommended that special attention should be given to the legitimate and genuine interests and needs of coastal States and the proposals made by Developing States in this regard.

This thesis is concerned with the role of new information and communication technologies (lCTs) in community development. Bhalla and James (1988) have stated, 'The rapidly advancing scientific and technological frontier will inevitably have monumental consequences for the Third World ... Equally predictable, however, is that modem technologies will be deployed in developing countries ... ' With this in mind, questions central to the current research are asked: Is Africa being left behind in the new information revolution? Will the new ICTs aid deVelopment in African countries, and in particular, are local communities going to be empowered or marginalized? Is there room for optimism? To address these questions and investigate the potential of ICTs to aid community development, the author outlines the importance of community development, particularly the role played by small enterprises and women in development (Chapter Two). Further, the chapter looks at the information needs of these economic sectors and the intermediary bodies that have been formed to assist them. Chapter Three seeks to show the importance of technology within the development process, and in particular, the importance of local capacities and local technologies. These are deemed necessary for technology blending which adapts new technologies to local circumstances. In Chapter Four, the author reviews the growth ofICTs and related institutions identifying constraints that have been encountered and how they are being addressed. Significant is the discovery that African telecommunications generate higher profits than those in other parts of the world; this should allow efficiency gains which should permit major expansion in ICTs within current investment levels. Reports on field research carried out in Kenya and South Africa are given in Chapter Five. In both countries, small enterprises and women's development were identified as key players in community development. To this end, intermediary organizations involved in these two areas were identified for study: the Women's Bureau and the Kenya Industrial Estates in Kenya; and the Women's National Coalition, the Small Businesses Advisory Bureau, BRIDGES and Mamelodi in South Africa. Whilst all the organizations were providing benefits to target communities, the South African organizations showed greater capacity for delivering assistance. All demonstrated high management skills and exploited the new opportunities provided through a sound infrastructure and a political will, to extend assistance to local communities in various ways. The final Chapter draws reasoned conclusions pointing out three necessary success factors: infrastructure, management skills and political will. With these three critical factors in mind, the author makes recommendations to government, commerce and industry, agencies serving local communities, international agencies and to researchers. To this end, the thesis makes a contribution of value to all potential stakeholders. It also provides guidance to future researchers into African development.

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Kandidatuppsats i logistik för Civilekonomprogrammet (15 hp) Linnéuniversitetet, 2FE25E, VT16 Författare: Erik Karlsson, Faton Leku & Jeppe Lindström Handledare: Hana Hulthén Examinator: Åsa Gustavsson Titel: Effektivisering av lager för produkter i arbete Bakgrund: Ett tillverkningsföretag har ofta flera varianter av lager som till exempel färdigvarulager, säkerhetslager och produkter i arbete-lager. Produkter i arbete brukar benämnas som PIA. PIA-lagrets utformning är en viktig del för hur flödet i en verksamhet ser ut och fungerar. Syfte: Syftet är att föreslå en förbättrad hantering av PIA-lager för att bidra till ökad effektivisering av internt materialflöde. Metodval: Studien utgår ifrån en kvalitativ fallstudie. Studien utgår ifrån observationer på fallföretaget samt semistrukturerade intervjuer. Slutsatser: Vi kan efter genomförd studie påvisa att det finns skillnader mellan vad som beskrivs i teorin och hur PIA-lagret på Proton Lighting faktiskt ser ut. Det som har påvisats i jämförelsen mellan dessa är att MTO-artikeln är den som prioriteras före MTS-artikeln. Det innebär att lagringskostnaderna för MTS-artiklar automatiskt blir högre då MTO-artiklarna alltid har företräde i produktionen. Det finns inte heller någon fast artikelplacering i PIA-lagren vilket gör att artikelkomponenterna kan placeras var som helst i PIA-lagren, vilket leder till en ökning av de interna transporterna. Nyckelord: Produkter i arbete, lager, lagerlayout, make-to-order, make-to-stock, artikelplacering / Bachelor thesis, Program of Master of Science in Business and Economics School of Business and Economics at Linnaeus University in Växjö 2FE25E, spring 2016 Authors: Erik Karlsson, Faton Leku and Jeppe Lindström Advisor: Hana Hulthén Examiner: Åsa Gustavsson Title: Improving the efficiency of work in process inventory Background: A manufacturing company often has varieties of inventories, for example inventory of finished products, safety stocks and work in process inventory. The shaping of the WIP inventory is very important for a business since the other activities linked to the WIP inventory are effected of the shaping of the WIP inventory. Purpose: The purpose is to suggest an improved utilization process of WIP inventory in order to support an efficiency of internal flow of materials. Methodology: The study applies a qualitative case study. The study is based on observations at the case company together with semi-structured interviews. Conclusions: After concluded study we can show that there are differences between what is described in the theory and how the actual WIP inventory is constructed at Proton Lighting. What has been shown in the comparison between the theory and the collected data is that the MTO-flow precede the MTS-flow. Automatically the MTS-article gets a higher inventory cost because of the preceding of the MTO-article. There is not a fixed placement for the articles in the WIP inventories which can result in that the articles are placed anywhere in the factories WIP inventories, which leads to an increase of the internal transports. Keywords: Work in process, inventory, inventory layout, make-to-order, make-to-stock, article placement

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International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 28-31, 1996 / Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center, San Diego, California / It is always desirable to transmit several data signals simultaneously. This paper discusses how one transmitter can transmit several data signals to several receivers at the same time in a Point to Multipoint communication system. Two novel schemes are proposed. One is communication with Multiple Phase Shift Keying(MPSK,e.g.8PSK),another is communication with Direct-Sequence Spread-Spectrum Multiple-Access(DS/SSMA). Their models are presented and their operations are illustrated. It is proved theoretically that the communication properties of DS/SSMA are better than those of another.

Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2015. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: From 628 CE to 632 CE, in the late Sassanian period, there were possibly eleven royal successors to the Sassanian throne. This indicates instability and that the Sassanian dynasty was politically weakened. A succession crisis had developed. This study presents an attempt to understand one aspect of the political milieu of the succession crisis period, namely the legitimisation practices of the late Sassanian rulers. Therefore, the tools that were used for legitimisation by the Sassanian monarchs from the succession crisis period, and how they were used, are investigated. To better understand how the legitimisation tools available to Sassanian monarchs developed the political techniques used by the succession crisis monarchs will be compared with the early Sassanian monarchs of 224 CE to 302 CE (Ardashir 1, Shapur I, Hormizd I, Wahram I, Wahram II, Wahram III and Narseh). The comparison contributes to an improved understanding of the 7th century Sassanian succession struggles by tracking the changes in the techniques and practices Sassanian rulers utilised in the Empire to legitimise their rule. Such changes are rooted in the wider politico-historical contexts within which the Sassanian monarchs excercised their authority. The study will open with an investigation of the major political events of the 7th century CE that had an effect on the succession struggles and political events in the Sassanian Empire. One of the primary sources that are used is The History of Prophets and Kings by the 10th century CE Arabic historian Jarir al-Tabari. Physical evidence of the Sassanian monarchs like coinage, rock reliefs and silver bowls will also be used as primary sources and analysed to better understand the propaganda used by the Sassanian monarchs. The material propaganda techniques used by Sassanian monarchs from the early period and late period changed. The reasons behind the changes are highlighted and these reasons are furthermore explained. The study concludes that the Sassanian monarchs from the succession crisis period had a shrinking pool of legitimisation resources and that they had to legitimise their rule in a short period of time in view of internal opposition. As a result, the Sassanian monarchs from the period focused on legitimisation techniques that were not a drain on resources and could quickly influence the perception of people. The political legitimisation of the last Sassanian monarchs ultimately failed though as the Sassanian dynasty only continued to reign for another 23 years after 628 CE. The failure of the legitimisation of the Sassanian dynasty could be largely attributed to the internal opposition and the damaging war against the Byzantine Empire. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In die tydperk tussen 628 tot 632 n.C was daar na bewering elf troonopvolgers in die Sassaniede Ryk. Dit illustreer die politieke onstabiliteit in die Sassaniede Ryk op daardie tydstip, n troonopvolgingskrisis het ontwikkel. In die studie word n poging van stapel gestuur om een aspek van die politieke milieu van die tydperk te verstaan, die legitimasiepraktyke van die laat Sassaniede heersers. Die hulpbronne tot die beskikking van die Sassaniede konings wat ingespan is om hulle regerings populariteit te gee word daarom ondersoek. Om die ontwikkeling van die legitimeringspraktyke beter te verstaan word die praktyke van die troonopvolgingskrisis konings vergelyk met die tegnieke van die vroeë Sassaniede konings van die tydperk 224 n.C. tot 302 n.C. (Ardashir I, Shapur I, Hormizd I, Wahram I, Wahram II, Wahram III and Narseh). Die vergelyking dien as n beginpunt om die Sassanied troonopvolgingskrisis beter te verstaan en om die veranderings van die legitimeringspraktyke te identifiseer. Sulke veranderings is gegrond in die wyer politieshistoriese konteks waarin die Sassanied konings hul mag uitgeoefen het. Die studie ondersoek eerstens die belangrike politieke gebeure van die 7de eeu n.C. wat n effek op die troonopvolgingskrisis en politieke aspekte van die Sassaniede Ryk gehad het. Een van die primêre bronne waarvan die studie gebruik maak, is The History of Prophets and Kings van die 10de eeuse n.C. Arabiese geskiedkundige Jarir al-Tabari. Ander primêre bronne wat gebruik word, sluit in muntstukke, rotsreliëfs en silwer bakke wat analiseer word om beter te verstaan hoe die produkte gebruik is as propaganda. Die legitimeringspraktyke en propaganda het n verandering ondergaan van die vroeë typerk tot die laat tydperk. Die redes vir die verandering word identifiseer en ‘n verduideliking vir die redes word aangebied. Die studie maak die gevolgtrekking dat die Sassaniede konings van die troonopvolgingskrisis tydperk minder hulpbronne tot hul beskikking gehad het en dat hulle hul blitsig moes regverdig vanweë interne teenkanting. As gevolg van hierdie faktore het die Sassaniede konings propaganda verkies wat nie te veel van hul hulpbronne gebruik het nie en ook mense baie vininig beïnvloed het. Die politieke programme van die laat Sassaniede het uiteindelik misluk. Die Sassanidiese dinastie het net vir nog 23 jaar na 628 n.C. geheers. Die uiteindelike mislukking van die politieke regverdigings programme van die laat Sassaniede kan grootliks verbind word aan die sterk interne teenstand en die effek wat die oorlog teen die Bisantynse Ryk gehad het.