The objective of this study is to understand how the integration of digital technology (DT) in the Bangladesh Film industry has been responded to by its production, distribution and exhibition related organisations. Since no research on digital integration has been considered in a developing country context, and specifically within the area of concentrating on the industry rather than the films themselves, this research therefore addresses the gaps within the knowledge field. The Bangladesh Film Industry (BFI) used to be a centre for film production, distribution and exhibition, but this traditional industry has been in decline for decades. In response to the decline, the government started an integration process of DT in 2003, yet eight years after the launch only a fraction of the project has been completed. Apart from its partial adoption in the film production sector, distribution and exhibition have appeared to resist the adoption of new technology. This thesis therefore sets out to explore the causes of partial integration of DT in the film industry in Bangladesh through a study of the workforce, business owners, practitioners, scholars, government officials and executives functioning in and outside the industry. With the mixed method approach and emphasis on qualitative engagement (two case studies and 38 interviews), this thesis explores current attitudes and beliefs and identifies potential barriers to effective integration. In particular this dissertation examines five areas: technology integration, training for workforce development, production, distribution and exhibition capabilities, and argues that the political factor was the most important driver in integrating DT, while knowledge integration, training, and development of digital production, distribution and exhibition compatibility at individual and organisational levels were ignored. Moreover, the greatest concern of losing a job or business within the industry community due to inadequate knowledge, skills and finance is impeding the possibility of full completion of the integration process within the industry. Overall, two important contributions of this research include 1) an exploration of factors that impeded progress of the film industry in responding to the DT and 2) a formulation of some suitable recommendations to overcome the challenges in order to completely realise the integration of DT within the Bangladesh Film Industry. However, further research is recommended to investigate whether completion of the integration process will save the industry from decline or not.

The aim of the master´s thesis is to adjust the technology of machining of a die on the CNC lathe so that the total time for the production of a die could be reduced significantly and in this way also the production costs. The analyse of the technology of the machining of the inner part of the die is carried out and a change in the machining of this part is suggested. The new technology is elaborated in two variants when the CAD/CAM system is used for the creation of a programme in a variant and the machining cycles in the other. The technical and economical evaluation is performed at the end of the thesis.

Im Rahmen der vorliegenden Arbeit ist das aktuelle forstliche Wertesystem in Deutschland erhoben worden. Dazu sind die dafür relevanten Werte und daraus resultierenden Ziele über Experteninterviews in den Jahren 2006 und 2007 erfasst, ausgewertet und systematisiert worden. Schriftliche Antworten derselben Experten auf Fragebögen speziell zu Forsttechnik haben die Aussagen aus den Interviews ergänzt. Die befragten Experten spiegeln paritätisch die Akteursgruppen der deutschen Forst- und Holzwirtschaft wider. Durch Triangulation der daraus gewonnenen Erkenntnisse mit der Analyse ziel- und wertesystemrelevanter Entwicklungen in der Forst- und Holzwirtschaft Deutschlands aus den Jahren 2007 bis 2017 konnten die Ergebnisse aktualisiert und validiert werden. Im Ergebnis dieser Methodentriangulation ist Nachhaltigkeit das Leitbild des aktuellen forstlichen Wertesystems und oberstes Prinzip der Waldbewirtschaftung in Deutschland. Auch Forsttechnik als Mittel zur Umsetzung forstwirtschaftlicher Maßnahmen ist daher der Nachhaltigkeit verpflichtet. Nachhaltgerechtigkeit ist somit das forsttechnische Leitbild, das analog der Kausalkette Werte – Technikbewertung – Entscheidung – Steuerung Ausgangspunkt für jede Forsttechnikbewertung sowie diesbezügliche Entscheidungen und Steuerungen ist. Die Nachhaltgerechtigkeit von Forsttechnik entspricht der Bedarfsgerechtigkeit von Forsttechnik gemäß des Leitbilds der Nachhaltigkeit als erhobener gesellschaftlich-kultureller Wertsetzung. Da trotz dieses Leitbilds Fälle von nichtoptimalen Forsttechnikeinsätzen vorkommen, die von Forstfachleuten wie auch von forstlichen Laien bemängelt werden, sind konkretere Vorgaben für Forsttechnik notwendig. Die konsensuale Erstellung derartiger Regeln ist im Rahmen der Idee zu einem „Nationalen Forsttechnikprogramm“ angedacht gewesen, aber bisher nicht umgesetzt worden. Daher sind mit der vorliegenden Arbeit basierend auf den vorgenannten Ergebnissen Leitlinien für eine bedarfsgerechte Forsttechnikentwicklung einschließlich des Forsttechnikeinsatzes erstellt worden, die der Nachhaltigkeit als übergeordneter Wertsetzung Rechnung tragen. Die Berücksichtigung dieser Forsttechnischen Leitlinien im Entstehungs- und Verwendungszusammenhang von Forsttechnik führt zu Nachhaltgerechtigkeit. Die Leitlinien sollen Entscheidern bei der Konzeption, Vergabe, Durchführung und Kontrolle forsttechnischer Maßnahmen dienen. Sie können in Regelwerke für Forsttechnik einfließen oder als Diskussionsgrundlage fungieren. Nachhaltgerechtigkeit muss durch alle forsttechnischen Bewertungen, Entscheidungen und Steuerungen verwirklicht werden. Dabei haben die Verantwortlichen eine Vielzahl von natürlichen und gesellschaftlich-kulturellen Rahmenbedingungen zu beachten. Angesichts dessen bei jeder forsttechnischen Maßnahme zu begründeten Entscheidungen und optimaler Forsttechnik zu kommen, mag als Aufgabe von enormer Komplexität in vielen Fällen überfordern. Vor diesem Hintergrund können geeignete Entscheidungsunterstützungssysteme wie die vorgestellte HEEB verwendet werden. Derartige Entscheidungsfindungen eröffnen den Forstbetrieben zudem die Möglichkeit, Interessierten ihr Agieren transparent und nachvollziehbar darzustellen. Auf diese Weise kann die Akzeptanz für forsttechnische Maßnahmen und die Forstwirtschaft insgesamt erhöht sowie die Humanität von Forsttechnik erreicht werden.:1. Einleitung 2. Vorüberlegungen 2.1 Fazit der Vorüberlegungen 3. Material und Methoden 4. Inventur des forstlichen Wertesystems 2006/2007 4.1 Experteninterviews nach Akteursgruppen 4.2 Auswertung der Experteninterviews und Fragebögen 4.2.1 Akteursgruppe WB 4.2.1.1 WB – Privatwald 4.2.1.2 WB – Staatswald 4.2.1.3 WB – Kommunalwald 4.2.1.4 WB – Politische Vertretung 4.2.1.5 Zusammenfassung zur Akteursgruppe WB 4.2.2 Akteursgruppe MH 4.2.2.1 Zusammenfassung zur Akteursgruppe MH 4.2.3 Akteursgruppe FU 4.2.3.1 Zusammenfassung zur Akteursgruppe FU 4.2.4 Akteursgruppe HW 4.2.4.1 HW – Politische Vertretung 4.2.4.2 Zusammenfassung zur Akteursgruppe HW 4.2.5 Akteursgruppe GG 4.2.5.1 Zusammenfassung zur Akteursgruppe GG 4.2.6 Überblicksmatrix zu den Aussagen aller Akteursgruppen 4.2.7 Überblicksmatrix zur Auswertung der Fragebögen 4.3 Zusammenfassung der Ergebnisse aus den Experteninterviews und Fragebögen 5. Ziel- und wertesystemrelevante Entwicklungen, Strategien und Kampagnen mit Bezug zur Forst- und Holzwirtschaft Deutschlands in den Jahren 2007 bis 2017 5.1 Forstverwaltungsreformen in Deutschland 5.2 Kartellverfahren zur Zulässigkeit der Vermarktung von Rundholz für Körperschafts- und Privatwälder durch das Land Baden-Württemberg 5.3 Sektorstrategien des Bundes mit Waldbezug 5.3.1 Nationale Strategie zur biologischen Vielfalt 5.3.2 Waldstrategie 2020 5.3.3 Charta für Holz 2.0 5.4 Holzbilanz für Deutschland 5.5 Internationales Jahr der Wälder 2011 5.6 Kampagne „300 Jahre Nachhaltigkeit“ 2013/2014 5.7 Forstaktionsplan der EU 6. Das forstliche Wertesystem im Ergebnis dieser Arbeit 7. Werte und forsttechnische Entscheidungen 7.1 Werte als Eingangsgrößen in Entscheidungsunterstützungssystemen am Beispiel der HEEB 7.2 Auswirkungen von Wertsetzungen auf forsttechnische Entscheidungen 8. Forsttechnische Leitlinien 9. Diskussion 9.1 Diskussion der Methode 9.2 Diskussion der Ergebnisse und Nachüberlegungen 10. Schlusswort 11. Zusammenfassung I. Abkürzungsverzeichnis II. Literaturverzeichnis III. Abbildungs- und Tabellenverzeichnis IV. Anhang

This masters thesis deals with renovations expensive spare parts for the use of special engineering technologies. The aim was to compare and evaluate the technical and economical technological processes used components renovations. In the theoretical part are written information obtained from literature sources dealing with the basic concepts, definitions and describes the most commonly used technology renovation. In their study were selected components for renovation, where it is necessary to use special methods of engineering technologies. The first part was chosen balancer shaft used for four-cylinder diesel engine Volkswagen. For component was suggested special technological process of repair, so as to achieve low prices, but also guarantee a high quality repair and threaten further damage. Price repairs were compared against the cost of a new spare part. Another component was selected renovation speed bump for truck Scania. For component was suggested technological process of repair. Prices renovations by various techniques were compared.

My diploma work gives the treatise about technical monuments in region of Tábor. They are presented chronologicaly according to their place of occurrence. They document the technical progress in our region and its influence on the progress of the society, as well as the standart of living in our region. One special chapter of my work contains the presentation of technical monuments for pupils aged 12 - 15. It can be used by teachers as a didactical material for explaining of related matters. It can be applied also in the interdisciplinary teaching or projects. The main objektive of this work is to explain the importance of technology in terms of the region, and to make pupils be proud of their nationality, their region and their country.

Histories of medieval astronomy have brought to light a rich textual tradition, of treatises and tables composed and computed, transmitted and translated across Europe and beyond. These have been supplemented by fruitful inquiry into the material culture of astronomy, especially the instruments that served as models of the heavens, for teaching and for practical purposes. But even now we know little about the practices of medieval astronomers: how they obtained and passed on their knowledge; how they drew up and used mathematical tables; how they drafted the treatises in which they found words to express their ideas and inventions for their particular audiences. This thesis uses a case study approach to elucidate these medieval astronomical practices. Long thought to be a holograph manuscript in the hand of Geoffrey Chaucer, the Equatorie of the Planetis (Peterhouse, Cambridge MS 75.I) has recently been identified as the work of John Westwyk (d. c. 1400), a Benedictine monk of Tynemouth Priory and St Albans Abbey. His draft description of the construction and use of an astronomical instrument, with accompanying tables, provides an opportunity to reconstruct the practices of an unexceptional astronomer. The first chapter of this thesis reconstructs Westwyk’s astronomical reading and understanding, through an examination of the other manuscript that survives in his hand: a pair of instrument treatises by the outstanding monastic astronomer Richard of Wallingford. I show how Westwyk copied this manuscript in a monastic context, learning as he annotated texts and recomputed tables. In the second chapter I discuss the purposes of planetary instruments such as equatoria, their place among other astronomical instruments, and the physical constraints and possibilities experienced by their makers. Through this discussion I assess the craft environment in which Westwyk came to write his own instrument-making instructions. Chapters three and four assess Westwyk’s language, explaining the basis for his choice to write a technical work in the vernacular, and analysing how his innovative use of Middle English furthered his didactic objectives. In the final chapter, I undertake a technical reassessment of the Equatorie treatise, an integrated analysis of the instrument with the somewhat neglected tables that Westwyk compiled alongside it. The thesis thus applies a range of methodologies to examine the practices and products of a single inexpert astronomer from all angles. It aims to show what an in-depth case study approach can offer historians of the medieval sciences.

Die Welt wird beherrscht durch Veränderung. Von den kleinsten Elementarteilchen bis zu den größten Galaxien kann man ein Entstehen und Vergehen beobachten. Diese Regel schließt auch die lebende Materie mit ein. Wir sehen Bäume wachsen oder das Getreide auf den Feldern reifen und wir müssen erkennen, daß auch wir, die Menschen, diesem Gesetz der Veränderung, dieser Vergänglichkeit unterliegen....

This thesis examines the effects of Culture, the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), Expectation Confirmation Theory (ECT) and Technology Readiness (TR) on the satisfaction and usage continuance intention of Internet banking customers within the Saudi Arabian context. The aim is to develop and test a new framework for use in determining the factors that affect Internet banking customers’ actual usage behaviours, with a special focus on the role of cognitive processes, and cultural and personal psychological traits. This research uses cross-sectional survey questionnaire methods within a quantitative approach. 261 valid responses were received. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was used to test the hypothesised relationships within the research model in Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS 20) software. ECT is well established in conventional marketing literature and explains how cognitive beliefs and affects lead to customers’ repurchasing behaviour. It was first adopted for the Information Systems (IS) context and then customised to explain IS continuance intention behaviour. However, previous ECT customisations in the IS context present a significant knowledge gap because technology-based services are sensitive to individuals’ psychological traits, which ECT does not account for. This research integrates psychological traits and culture into the ECT framework to explain customer satisfaction and continuance intentions in the context of Internet banking usage. It combines ECT with the UTAUT in order to expand ECT to include more cognitive beliefs. Then it integrates TR and Culture to account for psychological and sociological traits. The results present a new contribution to the body of knowledge by validating a theoretically backed integration of the above models into one structural model. This model broadens the understanding of the factors that influence IS satisfaction and usage continuance intention. Compared to previous studies, the explanatory power of this model is a major improvement, with an R2 of (0.61) for usage continuance intention.

Kinks are functionally important structural features found in the alpha-helices of many proteins, particularly membrane proteins. Structurally, they are points at which a helix abruptly changes direction. Previous kink definition and identification methods often disagree with one another. Here I describe three novel methods to characterise kinks, which improve on existing approaches. First, Kink Finder, a computational method that consistently locates kinks and estimates the error in the kink angle. Second the B statistic, a statistically robust method for identifying kinks. Third, Alpha Helices Assessed by Humans, a crowdsourcing approach that provided a gold-standard data set on which to train and compare existing kink identification methods. In this thesis, I show that kinks are a feature of long -helices in both soluble and membrane proteins, rather than just transmembrane -helices. Characteristics of kinks in the two types of proteins are similar, with Proline being the dominant feature in both types of protein. In soluble proteins, kinked helices also have a clear structural preference in that they typically point into the solvent. I also explored the conservation of kinks in homologous proteins. I found examples of conserved and non-conserved kinks in both the helix pairs and the helix families. Helix pairs with non-conserved kinks generally have less similar sequences than helix pairs with conserved kinks. I identified helix families that show highly conserved kinks, and families that contain non-conserved kinks, suggesting that some kinks may be flexible points in protein structures.

<p>Развој&nbsp; проширене&nbsp; и&nbsp; виртуелне&nbsp; реалности&nbsp; у&nbsp; последњих неколико година створио је могућности за укључивање и примену ових технологија на свим нивоима образовања. Бројна истраживања истичу да&nbsp; имерзивне&nbsp; технологије&nbsp; могу&nbsp; позитивно&nbsp; утицати&nbsp; на исходе&nbsp; учења&nbsp; и&nbsp; мотивисаност&nbsp; ученика.&nbsp; Такође, географија&nbsp; се&nbsp; често&nbsp; издваја&nbsp; као&nbsp; предмет&nbsp; који посебно&nbsp; може&nbsp; да&nbsp; искористи&nbsp; те&nbsp; потенцијале&nbsp; за унапређење&nbsp; и&nbsp; осавремењавање&nbsp; наставне&nbsp; праксе. Међутим,&nbsp; поставља&nbsp; се&nbsp; питање&nbsp; спремности наставника&nbsp; и&nbsp; студената&nbsp; географије&nbsp; (наставног усмерења)&nbsp; да&nbsp; организују&nbsp; наставу&nbsp; са&nbsp; мобилним&nbsp; и имерзивним&nbsp; технологијама.&nbsp; Притом,&nbsp; неопходно&nbsp; је свеобухватно&nbsp; сагледати&nbsp; позитивне&nbsp; и&nbsp; негативне факторе који утичу или могу утицати на интеграцију ових технологија у географско образовање. Сходно<br />наведеном,&nbsp; ова&nbsp; дисертација&nbsp; разматра&nbsp; како,&nbsp; када&nbsp; и зашто користити проширену и виртуелну реалност у настави и учењу географије.</p> / <p>Razvoj&nbsp; proširene&nbsp; i&nbsp; virtuelne&nbsp; realnosti&nbsp; u&nbsp; poslednjih nekoliko godina stvorio je mogućnosti za uključivanje i primenu ovih tehnologija na svim nivoima obrazovanja. Brojna istraživanja ističu da&nbsp; imerzivne&nbsp; tehnologije&nbsp; mogu&nbsp; pozitivno&nbsp; uticati&nbsp; na ishode&nbsp; učenja&nbsp; i&nbsp; motivisanost&nbsp; učenika.&nbsp; Takođe, geografija&nbsp; se&nbsp; često&nbsp; izdvaja&nbsp; kao&nbsp; predmet&nbsp; koji posebno&nbsp; može&nbsp; da&nbsp; iskoristi&nbsp; te&nbsp; potencijale&nbsp; za unapređenje&nbsp; i&nbsp; osavremenjavanje&nbsp; nastavne&nbsp; prakse. Međutim,&nbsp; postavlja&nbsp; se&nbsp; pitanje&nbsp; spremnosti nastavnika&nbsp; i&nbsp; studenata&nbsp; geografije&nbsp; (nastavnog usmerenja)&nbsp; da&nbsp; organizuju&nbsp; nastavu&nbsp; sa&nbsp; mobilnim&nbsp; i imerzivnim&nbsp; tehnologijama.&nbsp; Pritom,&nbsp; neophodno&nbsp; je sveobuhvatno&nbsp; sagledati&nbsp; pozitivne&nbsp; i&nbsp; negativne faktore koji utiču ili mogu uticati na integraciju ovih tehnologija u geografsko obrazovanje. Shodno<br />navedenom,&nbsp; ova&nbsp; disertacija&nbsp; razmatra&nbsp; kako,&nbsp; kada&nbsp; i zašto koristiti proširenu i virtuelnu realnost u nastavi i učenju geografije.</p> / <p>In&nbsp; recent&nbsp; years,&nbsp; the&nbsp; development&nbsp; of&nbsp; augmented&nbsp; and&nbsp; virtual&nbsp; reality&nbsp; has&nbsp; created&nbsp; opportunities&nbsp; for&nbsp; integration and use of these technologies at all levels of&nbsp; education.Numerous&nbsp; studies&nbsp; showed&nbsp; that&nbsp; immersive&nbsp; technologies have the potential to improve student learning outcomes and&nbsp; motivation.&nbsp; Geography&nbsp; is&nbsp; also&nbsp; often&nbsp; indicated&nbsp; as&nbsp; a subject&nbsp; that&nbsp; can&nbsp; utilize&nbsp; these&nbsp; potentials&nbsp; to&nbsp; improve&nbsp; and modernize&nbsp; teaching&nbsp; practice.&nbsp; However,&nbsp; the&nbsp; integration raises the question of the readiness of geography pre- and in-service&nbsp; teachers&nbsp; to&nbsp; organize&nbsp; classes&nbsp; with&nbsp; mobile&nbsp; and immersive technologies. Also, a comprehensive overlook regarding the positive and negative factors that influence or&nbsp; may influence the integration of these technologies in geographic&nbsp; education&nbsp; is&nbsp; necessary.&nbsp; Accordingly,&nbsp; this dissertation&nbsp; examines&nbsp; how,&nbsp; when,&nbsp; and&nbsp; why&nbsp; to&nbsp; use augmented and virtual reality in geography teaching and&nbsp; learning.</p>