The aim of this master`s thesis is to analyze an existing website of a chosen company by testing user`s usability, examining Google Analytics data, conducting SEO analysis and analysing user behaviour according to heat maps. The theoretical part describes the positi-on of the website in a modern marketing, characterizes and compares main web designs, summarizes best-practices for web site development, methods of web analysis and methods for analyzing user behaviour. The practical part uses the knowledge presented in the theo-retical part and applies it in the analysis on the current website of the chosen company. The secondary aim is to define recommendations for creating new pages based on the results of analyses and best-practices of web design from the theoretical part.

TITLE: Impact of the trade days project on the key competencies of Kunratice Elemetary School graduates AUTHOR: Tom Tychtl DEPARTMENT: Department for research and development of education SUPERVISOR: PhDr. Veronika Laufková Ph.D. ABSTRACT: This thesis deals with the project called "Trade days", which is implemented at the Kunratice Elementary School, especially its impact on the development of key competences od school graduates with an overlap onto their future life. The work is based on theoretical findings on key competences, constructivist concept of teaching, organisational forms of teaching and project-based learning, which are then used in the practical part. In the practical part, the thesis aims present the functioning of the project and, based on a combination of qualitative and quantitative research, to present the results of the impact of the "Trade days" project on the development of key competencies and the overlap of this development into the future life of school graduates. KEYWORDS: key competencies, project-based learning, secondary school, qualitative research, graduates

An increase in distributed workspaces are influencing the way people work and thereby how meetings and presentations are conducted, making hybrid settings the standard for many organizations. Previous research has shown that hybrid settings decrease engagement due to technical issues, lack of inclusiveness, changing social dynamics and difficulties in evaluating participant engagement. Due to the need to diminish the negative effect the hybrid setting has, this study aims to evaluate the effect Audience Engagement Platforms have on increasing and evaluating engagement. The study was conducted by interviewing 31 users and non-users of Audience Engagement Platforms (AEPs) on meeting and presentation engagement, with 6 of them focusing on the hybrid setting. Thereafter a survey was conducted with AEP users on functionalities and effect on social dynamics. The interviewees generally agreed that anonymity and the possibility of presentation interaction were important aspects of the platform. Most hosts traditionally used visual cues as methods of engagement evaluation, and a diverse set of AEP use cases were described for all meeting and presentation types. The survey showed that all evaluated functionalities had a positive impact on engagement, where Wordclouds, Rankings and Quizzes increased perceived engagement the most. Furthermore, voluntary Likes, Reactions, Comments and Q&A from the participants was both perceived to increase engagement and suitable for evaluating participant engagement. In conclusion, the platform was shown to increase engagement both due to its platform characteristics as well as its functionalities. Anonymity was an important characteristic for lowering the barriers to participation and democratizing each input. Also, sharing the same interaction medium between remote and co-located participants helped to create a shared sense of belonging. Highly scored engagement features in the survey, such as Wordclouds and Rankings, can be both moderately low-effort in terms of how active a participant must be to give input on, whilst still directly asking each participant to give their opinion on a subject or statement. The quiz function was rated highly, which some interviewees suggested was due to its competitive nature. During the interviews however, many interviewees put a large emphasis on asking questions on a subject to be an important engagement tool, which would mostly correlate to the open-ended question functionality. The evaluation of engagement was concluded to be mostly helped by the functionalities Likes, Comments and the Q&A, as they are signs of voluntary participation. However, as the actual engagement level may not be correctly interpreted through the usage of these functionalities, it may still be insufficient to do a  correct evaluation. / En ökning av distribuerade arbetsplatser påverkar hur folk arbetar och har gjort den hybrida miljön till standard för många organisationer. Tidigare forskning har visat att hybrida möten har minskat engagemang på grund av tekniska problem, bristande delaktighet, förändrad social dynamik och svårigheter att utvärdera deltagarnas engagemang. På grund av behovet av att minska den negativa effekten den hybrida miljön har på engagemang, syftar denna studie till att utvärdera effekten Publik Engagerande Plattformar (AEPs) har på att öka och utvärdera engagemang. Studien genomfördes genom att intervjua 31 användare och icke-användare av AEPs om mötes-och presentationsengagemang, varav sex av dem fokuserade på den hybrida aspekten. Därefter genomfördes en undersökning med AEP-användare om dess funktionaliteter och effekt på social dynamik. Intervjupersonerna var generellt överens om att anonymitet och möjligheten till interaktion i presentationen var viktiga funktioner i plattformen. De flesta mötesledare använde visuella signaler som metod för utvärderin gav engagement, och användningsområden för AEPs beskrevs för alla typer av möten och presentationer. Undersökningen visade att alla utvärderade funktionaliteter hade en positiv inverkan på engagemanget, där Wordclouds, quiz och rankningar ökade engagemanget mest. Vidare upplevdes frivilliga gillningar, reaktioner, kommentarer och Q&A från deltagarna att både öka engagemanget och vara lämpliga för att utvärdera engagemang. Sammanfattningsvis visades plattformen öka engagemanget både på grund av dess plattformsegenskaper såväl som dess funktionaliteter. Anonymitet var en viktig aspekt för att sänka barriären för deltagande och demokratisera input. Att dela samma interaktionsmedium mellan distansbelägna och samlokaliserade deltagare bidrog också till att skapa en delad känsla av tillhörighet. Högt rankade funktioner i undersökningen, såsom Wordcloud och Rankningar, kan ses ha både relativt lågt krävd aktiv insats från deltagare att besvara, samtidigt som man direkt ber varje deltagare att ge sina synpunkter på ett ämne. Quiz fick högt betyg, vilket några intervjupersoner menade berodde på dess tävlingsaspekt. Under intervjuerna lade dock många intervjupersoner stor vikt vid att ställa frågor som ett viktigt verktyg för engagemang, vilket främst skulle korrelera med funktionen Open-ended Questions. Resultaten visade också att mötesledare får hjälp av gilla-markeringar, kommentarer och Q&A, för att utvärdera engagemang. Men eftersom den faktiska engagemangsnivån troligtvis inte kan tolkas korrekt genom användningen av dessa funktioner, kan det fortfarande vara otillräckligt för att göra en rättvis utvärdering.

Cette thèse est consacrée à l’étude des monoïdes plaxiques par une nouvelle approche utilisant des méthodes issues de la réécriture. Ces méthodes sont appliquées à des présentations de monoïdes plaxiques décrites en termes de tableaux de Young, de bases cristallines de Kashiwara et de modèle des chemins de Littelmann. On étudie le problème des syzygies pour la présentation de Knuth des monoïdes plaxiques. En utilisant la procédure de complétion homotopique basée sur les procédures de complétion de Squier et de Knuth–Bendix, on construit des présentations cohérentes de monoïdes plaxiques de type A. Une telle présentation cohérente étend la notion de présentation convergente d’un monoïde par une famille génératrice de syzygies, décrivant toutes les relations entre les relations. On explicite une présentation cohérente finie des monoïdes plaxiques de type A avec les générateurs colonnes. Cependant, cette présentation n’est pas minimale dans le sens que plusieurs de ses générateurs sont superflus. En appliquant la procédure de réduction homotopique, on réduit cette présentation en une présentation cohérente finie qui étend la présentation de Knuth, donnantainsi toutes les syzygies des relations de Knuth. D’une manière plus générale, on étudie des présentations de monoïdes plaxiques généralisés du point de vue de la réécriture. On construit des présentations convergentes finies de ces monoïdes en utilisant les chemins de Littelmann. De plus, on étudie ces présentations pour le type C en termes de bases cristallines de Kashiwara. En introduisant les générateurs colonnes admissibles, on construit une présentation convergente finie du monoïde plaxique de type C avec des relations explicites. Cette approche nous permettrait d’étudier le problème des syzygies des présentations de monoïdes plaxiques en tout type / This thesis focuses on the study of plactic monoids by a new approach using methods issued from rewriting theory. These methods are applied on presentations of plactic monoids given in terms of Young tableaux, Kashiwara’s crystal bases and Littelmann path model. We study the syzygy problem for the Knuth presentation of the plactic monoids. Using the homotopical completion procedure that extends Squier’s and Knuth–Bendix’s completions procedure, we construct coherent presentations of plactic monoids of type A. Such a coherent presentation extends the notion of a presentation of a monoid by a family of generating syzygies, taking into account all the relations among the relations. We make explicit a finite coherent presentation of plactic monoids of type A with the column generators. However, this presentation is not minimal in the sense that many of its generators are superfluous. After applying the homotopical reduction procedure on this presentation, we reduce it to a finite coherent one that extends the Knuth presentation, giving then all the syzygies of the Knuth relations. More generally, we deal with presentations of plactic monoids of any type from the rewriting theory perspective. We construct finite convergent presentations for these monoids in a general way using Littelmann paths. Moreover, we study the latter presentations in terms of Kashiwara’s crystal graphs for type C. By introducing the admissible column generators, we obtain a finite convergent presentation of the plactic monoid of type C with explicit relations. This approach should allow us to study the syzygy problem for the presentations of plactic monoids for any type

Healing plants from labiate family (Lamiaceae) and their usage in cross subjects relationship between biology and chemistry. The presented diploma work deals with healing plants. It is mainly focused on cross subjects of chemistry and the usage of theory in practical life. Theoretical part of this work consists of an overview of selected races. It's aim is mainly to present substance content of these plants, specific effects and wide usage. The usage of important characteristic features of this family in teaching and proposals how to classify this topic as a learning subject at primary schools and grammar schools is the further content of this work. Practical part is a result of questionnaire research, which should give us some information about how teachers at secondary schools work with this topic in practical lessons. The final outcome of practical part are six practical activities that teachers can use while teaching, mainly at high schools. Further learning material contains four presentations in PowerPoint and six worksheets which relate to laboratory and practical exercises. Final outcome of the work is information about this family set to a compact text and further visions for didactic use in teaching.

[pt] Quando entregamos e apresentamos aplicações multimídia por meio de uma rede de comunicação, a latência de exibição pode representar um fator central e crítico que afeta a qualidade da apresentação multimídia. Na entrega de uma apresentação multimídia de boa qualidade o sincronismo é prevalecido, consequentemente, os conteúdos são exibidos de forma contínua, conforme as especificações do autor da aplicação. Nesta tese, um plano de pré-busca de conteúdos multimídia é proposto com o intuito de reduzir a latência de exibição e garantir o sincronismo entre os objetos de mídia que fazem parte da apresentação multimídia. O mecanismo proposto considera as aplicações multimídia desenvolvidas na linguagem declarativa NCL e utiliza a vantagem do sincronismo estar baseado em eventos, na determinação da ordem adequada de recuperação dos diferentes objetos de mídia e no cálculo dos seus tempos de início de recuperação. Aspectos importantes a serem considerados em um ambiente de pré-busca são levantados e os diferentes algoritmos que compõem o plano de pré-busca são desenvolvidos. / [en] When delivering and presenting multimedia applications through a communication network, the presentation lag could be a major and critical factor affecting the multimedia presentation quality. In a good quality presentation the synchronism is always preserved, hence all the contents are presented in a continue way according to the authoring specifications. In this dissertation, a multimedia content prefetching plan is proposed in order to minimize the presentation lag and guarantee the synchronism between the media objects, which constitute the multimedia application. The proposed mechanism regards the multimedia applications developed using the NCL declarative language and it uses the events based synchronism advantage to determinate the ideal retrieval order of the media objects and to calculate their start retrieval times. Furthermore, important issues to be considered in a prefetch ambient are raised and the different algorithms that belong to the prefetching plan are developed.

Traditionella redovisningsformer i grundskolans bildämne skapar sällan utrymme för lärande. Trots att bild är ett estetiskt ämne genererar ofta redovisningsformer ett passivt förhållningssätt gentemot det som eleverna redovisar. Att redovisa inför en grupp kräver kommunikativ kompetens, något som är utanför bildämnets kursplan. Däremot kan elever lära sig att framträda, och interagera med publiken för att en lärandesituation ska uppstå. Med utgångspunkt i de traditionella redovisningsformerna undersöks utvecklingspotentialer där teater, samtidskonst, performativitet och estetiska lärprocesser tillsammans används för att besvara undersökningens syfte och frågeställningar. Hur kan redovisningsformerna i bildämnet inom grundskolan utvecklas genom performativa uttryck? För att besvara frågeställningen analyseras deltagande observationer av redovisningar på tre estetiska vuxenutbildningar genom att tematiskt kategorisera beståndsdelarna i teman för att belysa och problematisera företeelser som visade sig under redovisningarna. Gemensamma nämnare visades, oberoende av innehållet som redovisades, tydligast genom de studenter som deltog som betraktare under redovisningarna. Variationen på studenternas delaktighet visades främst genom den respons som efterfrågades och utdelades. Empirin består förutom av observationerna, även av en gestaltande undersökning. Gestaltningen har formats ur frågeställningen Hur kan en radikal redovisningsform se ut? Frågeställningen besvaras genom en performativ händelse, ett performance där uppsatsen i dess fysiska och materiella form bearbetas genom att mixas till pappersmassa som används för att tillverka nya pappersark. Gestaltningen visades som ett performance med materiella spår i form av en installation under lärarprogrammets examensutställning på Konstfack.

The aim of this licentiate thesis is to examine the means of self-presentation on the websites of 18 upper secondary schools in Sweden. This empirical material may be referred to as a kind of marketing since they render a highly idealized image of schools. To some extent they exaggerate what school is about, as a way for schools to promote themselves as well as to maintain their hold on the market. Self-presentations thus play an important role in the struggle to attract prospective students and keep these enrolled. The fact that self-presentations refer to schools and not companies in general—although several schools certainly strive to define themselves as such—indicates that self-presentations are not like any other marketing practice. They can also be read as a kind of imaginative documents. In this capacity, self-presentations do not only express what school is or may be interpreted as, but foremost how it envisions itself in the future. The material underlying the study consists of a selection of excerpts that were collected from the schools' webpages at different points of time during the years 2011/2012 and 2016/2017. This allowed me to study both continuities and change in the way schools are presented online. In this study, schools' self-presentations are analyzed thematically in combination with Jason Glynos and David Howarth's so called logics approach, which has been developed out of poststructuralist discourse theory and its ontological assumptions. A logic may be understood in this case as a rule or pattern governing the way a phenomenon like school is constituted. As a research strategy, logics have helped me explore, step by step, the conditions of possibility as well as impossibility of identity-formation processes. I mainly deal with four logics that comprise the overarching principles that structure what it means to be a school: business adaptation, academization, individualization and social responsibility. The empirical study thus consisted in setting out the social, political and fantasmatic aspects of these logics—which consequently served to thematically analyze the contemporary identity-formation on schools' websites. Social aspects have been a descriptive tool to study what characterizes school as presented in the empirical material, whereas political and fantasmatic aspects refer to analytical and critical perspectives. The aim has been to illuminate not only the way schools' identities are organized but also how and why this happens – in other words, what logics do to the identity-formation of schools. Importantly, the logics in question are interrelated and work together at the same time as they 'struggle' over the significance of being a school. As I argue, the identity-formation of upper secondary schools can hence be perceived as crisscrossed by competing and complementary logics that all make certain claims as to what a school is supposed to be (or not). The main task of a traditional Swedish school has been to foster democratic members of society. The findings of my study, however, question such a general understanding. In my empirical material a self-referential meaning of school rather emerges with the purpose to produce good employees; that is, a competent work-force willing to submit to the norms and values of the corporate sector. Subsequently, the boundaries between school and the surrounding world are also increasingly loosened, as business is brought into the classroom and made a premise of learning and development in accordance with the needs and interests of the labor market. However, this replacement of a traditional school is only partial. Since schools are equally dependent on the societal tradition to appear as legitimate and credible alternatives on the educational arena they cannot wholeheartedly commit themselves to a corporate identity. Hence, self-presentations often indicate a struggle to be different enough to stand out from the host of other schools, but also to be similar enough to be considered a 'proper' school. This licentiate thesis has in common with previous studies that statements about qualification and employability measures have indeed increased. A corresponding decline of statements about active citizenship and critical thinking could not be detected – but then again, educational-political aspects confirm that a traditional school may be understood as a background against which an alternative school is formed. This is a conclusion which is consistent with the findings of previous studies on school and education policy.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T16:02:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 silvio sandro.pdf: 761623 bytes, checksum: 55f280c9ca185766a1ed91423c5edfad (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-06-28 / The group of weak commutativity for bijection G(H;K;σ) = {H;K|[h;hσ] = 1, for all h H} belongs is defined as the quotient of the free product H * K the normal closure of {[h;hσ] : h belongs to all H} in H * K. In this dissertation, we studied the results obtained in 2009 by Sidka and Oliveira [7] that support the following conjecture: If H,K ~= Zp X...X Zp, then G(H,K,σ)is a p-group. / O grupo de comutatividade fraca por bijeção G(H;K;σ) = {H;K|[h;hσ] = 1, para todo h pertence H} é definido como sendo o quociente do produto livre H * K pelo fecho normal de {[h;hσ] : para todo h pertence H} emH * K. Nessa dissertação, estudamos os resultados obtidos em 2009 por Oliveira e Sidki [7] que suportam a seguinte conjectura: Se H,K ~= Zp X...X Zp, então G(H,K,σ) é um p-grupo.

Graphic figures and various types of infographics have become an essential part of the scientific papers, business presentations and study materials. Although, authors of these documents often lack the knowledge of basic rules and principles of graphic design and learn how to create figures by trial and error. Literature addressing the issues of effective verbal (presentation skills) and non-verbal (principles of scientific writing) is available and accessible. Though literature addressing the issues of scientific figure design and general visual design are very few, sometimes non existent, despite the fact that images, figures and various charts are one of the most effective mediums for information sharing. This lack of material knowledge is detrimental to the quality of works of managers, professors and researchers. This thesis attempts to fill in this gap and motivate readers to further development and research of the issue. The thesis addresses the issue of figures from its core, those being the basic principles of image perception and interpretation. Building on concepts of theorists like Peirce, Saussure and Eco the thesis will then define the meaning and purpose of "Image Interpretation Value". Selected principles of figure construction and interpretation will be introduced. These principles will then be further analyzed and applied on the level of business and scientific figures. Each chapter will include various graphic figures and practical examples to enhance further understanding of the issue. The primary purpose and goal of this thesis is to create an easy-to-follow set of instructions and suggestions on how to design effective and intelligible figures to be used in the fields of business communication, scientific research and academic teaching.