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The purpose of this thesis is to develop a heuristic solution for the static problem of resequencing unblocked vehicles as a part of an ongoing research project at Daimler AG. The target client of this project is Mercedes-Benz Cars. An unblocked vehicle is defined as a vehicle that for some reason could not be processed in its given time slot but at a later point in time needs to be inserted into the production sequence. Work overload is defined as work that the worker is unable to finish prior to reaching the station border. The resequencing problem can be described as finding new positions for a set of unblocked vehicles in a sequence of previously not blocked vehicles, such that the new sequence containing the previously not blocked vehicles and the additional unblocked vehicles causes as little work overload as possible. A decision has to be made in real-time, forcing the solution method to return a solution within a cycle time. Today, Mercedes-Benz Cars uses the sequencing approach “car sequencing”. This approach relies on so called spacing constraints, which basically means, trying to distribute work intensive vehicles as evenly as possible over the planning horizon and thereby enabling a hopefully smooth production. The car sequencing approach needs limited information. The difficulty is to find spacing constraints that fits the high level of product customization characterizing a modern car manufacturer. To overcome these difficulties, a new approach is being considered, namely the mixed-model sequencing, which takes more detailed data into account than the car sequencing approach but on the other hand is more costly in terms of computation. To this end, a simple but promising tabu search scheme was developed, that for many instances was able to find the optimal solution in less than 30 seconds of computing time and that also clearly outperformed all benchmark heuristics.

Stockholm Konstsim Herr har tills nyligen varit det enda manliga konstsimlag i Sverige. Och är ett av få i världen. I April 2011 vann de sitt andra guld i rad i tävlingen Men’s Cup, den enda tävlingen för manliga konstsimlag. Jag har i den här uppsatsen velat undersöka hur och i vilken mån deltagarna i laget upplever konstsimmet som meningsskapande och hur de konstruerar, gestaltar och skapar en manlig identitet i och genom konstsimmet. Jag har gått till väga så att jag har gjort några intervjuer och deltagande observationer, och i kombination med utvald teori byggt min analys på det. Centrala begrepp är maskulinitet, meningsskapande, identitet, hegemoni och tabu.

The purpose of this quantitative study has been to investigate teenager’s perception of obsessions and compulsive acts. Teenager’s perceptions and experiences as well as connections between the taboos surrounding the topic and the perception have been examined. The study has taken in to consider gender perspective, in regards to certain topics. As a result the differences and similarities between male and females’ perspective, regarding the topic, have been highlighted. Thus, our sample group contained teenagers, as a vital part has been to highlight their perspective. The teenagers that have been participating in the study have been in school year 9, meaning ages fifteen to sixteen. Altogether a total of eighty-eight students have taken part in the study, split between two schools, one based in a middle sized county and one in a small size county, both based in Sweden. The study has used a survey as a data collection model. The students, in the sample group, have answered a questionnaire which surrounds the topic. The answers have generated some interesting results and by the means of labelling theory and the notion of taboo, the results have been analysed. The study has established how labelling, stigmatization and taboo can be seen as cohesive with teenager’s perception. With relation to earlier studies and the results, our reasoning surrounding information and its significant function is highlighted.

Denna undersökning redogör för svordomsanvändningen bland några elever i en grundskola utifrån autentiska samtal. Med hjälp av en CA-inspirerad samtalsanalys av det insamlade materialet, bestående av ljudinspelningar, besvaras de följande frågeställningarna: (1) Vilken funktion har fan för de medverkande deltagarna i ett samtal? (2) Vilken funktion har jävlar för de medverkande deltagarna i ett samtal? (3) Vilken funktion har engelska svordomar för de medverkande deltagarna i ett samtal? Resultatet visar att fan används främst som extra beto-ning eller förstärkning för att framför allt signalera en bakomliggande känsla i yttrandet. Även jävlar har samma signaleringsförmåga då dess främsta funktion är att vara ett adjektiv som ger extra betoning till ett kommande substantiv. Engelska svordomar har främst en informa-tionsfunktion där de använda svordomarna medför viktig information i ett yttrande.

Zugl.: Salzburg, Univ., Magisterarbeit, 2005

Master-Arbeit Univ. St. Gallen, 2009.

Master-Arbeit Univ. St. Gallen, 2009.

A Bioética tem sido chamada a refletir sobre inúmeros temas na área da saúde, um deles são os aspectos espirituais envolvidos no processo de tomada de decisões. A inclusão destes aspectos não retira o caráter laico da reflexão bioética, ao contrário, permite ter uma visão ampla e complexa das motivações associadas às decisões que as pessoas tomam. A partir desta visão complexa da Bioética, partimos do pressuposto que o ambiente cultural e as crenças religiosas podem influenciar na escolha de alimentos e na adesão ao tratamento nutricional de pacientes internados em hospitais e no retorno às suas casas. O objetivo desta dissertação é conhecer as diferentes perspectivas espirituais, referentes às praticas nutricionais, predominantes em nosso meio e verificar a influência do sistema de crenças, especialmente as religiosas, no processo de escolha de alimentos e sua repercussão para a saúde. Foi realizado um estudo transversal com uma amostra de 271 pacientes em atendimento nas diferentes unidades de internação clinica e cirúrgica de adultos do Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre. Foram realizadas coletas de dados individuais enfocando a questão das restrições alimentares e as motivações envolvidas, utilizando também a Escala de Expressão de Coerção, proposta pelo MacArthur Coercion Study (1993), já adaptada para o português falado no Brasil por Taborda (2002). Com relação a alimentação, 56% dos pacientes afirmaram ter restrição a algum tipo de alimento, sendo que 6% eram por motivação religiosa, especialmente com relação às carnes. Os demais pacientes alegaram restrições por não gostar do alimento (34%) ou por terem problemas de saúde associados (16%). A Expressão de Coerção não apresentou diferença estatisticamente significativa (P>0,05) entre os grupos de pacientes com e sem restrição alimentar. Os pacientes percebem que são ouvidos pela equipe de saúde , mas entendem que as suas opiniões não são consideradas quando da decisão sobre os tipos de alimentos que serão oferecidos. Apenas 1,7% dos pacientes afirmaram que ficariam constrangidos, se perguntados a respeito de suas práticas religiosas. / Bioethics has been demanded to reflect on many health issues, spiritual aspects involved in decision making was one of these. The inclusion of these aspects does not remove the secular characteristic of bioethical reflection, in contrary, it allows a comprehensive and complex perspective of the motivations associated with the decisions that people make. A cross-sectional study with a sample of 271 inpatients at a university general hospital in Porto Alegre, Brazil was executed. Individual interviews were conducted focusing on the issue of food restrictions and the motivations involved, as well the Expression of Coercion Scale, proposed by the MacArthur Study (1993), adapted for the Portuguese spoken in Brazil by Taborda (2002). With respect to food, 56% of patients had some food restrictions, while 6% were associated with religious motivation, especially related to meat. The other patients related their food restrictions to taste preferences (34%) or to health problems associated (16%). The expression of coercion was not statistically significant (P>0.05) between the groups of patients with and without food restrictions. Patients perceive that they are heard by the health professionals, but understand that their preferences are not considered in the decision about the types of foods that will be offered. Only 1,7% of patients said they would be embarrassed if asked about their religious practices.