Cochem model in the application practice of Czech courts Abstract The presented diploma thesis titled "The Cochemic Model in the Application Practice of the Czech Courts" deals with the main principles of the Cochem model, which is based on the cooperation of the professions involved in the divorce proceedings, and which is currently being gradually introduced by some of the Czech courts. The aim of the thesis is to find out the results of the first application approaches, on the basis of which it would be possible to determine the possibilities of further application of the presented model within the framework of Czech guardianship procedures. The second goal of the diploma thesis is the complex elaboration of the topic in terms of substantive and procedural law and further clarification of the current legislative situation, including the reflection over de lege ferenda. First of all, the diploma thesis introduces the origin of the Cochem model, moreover, it also presents its first application in Germany in the first chapter. The second chapter focuses on the importance of application of the presented model and its benefits for the participants in the proceedings. Within the chapter there are also presented the possibilities of applying a different substantive basis of parental responsibility within the...

Thesis advisor: Maria E. Brisk / This dissertation analyzed how exemplary mainstream teachers of English Language Learners (ELLs) taught these students across contexts--English monolingual immersion and bilingual. The research for this study was grounded directly in the teaching practices of exemplary teachers for English Language Learners (ELLs). Teacher participants undertook inquiry into their own practices to provide the knowledge and information needed to assist other teachers in improving their practices with ELLs. The research in this case drew upon previous research in the area of professional knowledge and expertise. The major goal was to understand from a holistic viewpoint the successful teacher of ELLs--their backgrounds, knowledge and practices, and how these were mediated by teaching contexts--English monolingual immersion and bilingual. Using a constructivist grounded-theory design, four descriptive case studies were the focus of the dissertation. Using interviews, observations, recall sessions, and a focus group, each teacher was studied to determine their backgrounds both personally and professionally, teaching practices, and attitudes towards ELL students, in order to create a theory of what it takes to be an effective teacher of ELL students. The results suggest that certain background experiences can positively impact the teaching of ELL students: learning a second language, being immersed in a culture different from one's own, and an understanding of second language development. The results also indicated common patterns among the teachers' planning and preparation, teaching practices, and attitudes towards their ELL students. Commonalities in teachers' planning and preparation included the use of themes and units, language goals for their ELL students, knowledge of students' backgrounds, and preparation of exemplars and models. Commonalities in classroom practices included repetition of key vocabulary and phrases, prompting and coaching ELL students, thoughtful grouping and pairing, frequent check-ins with ELL students, and, in the bilingual context, use of the students' first language for learning and instruction. Finally, all of the teachers demonstrated common observable attitudes towards their ELL students such as kindness, sensitivity, and encouragement. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2008. / Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education. / Discipline: Curriculum and Instruction.

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Ce travail est focalisé sur le problème de la construction autonome du modèle 3D d'un objet inconnu en utilisant un robot humanoïde. Plus particulièrement, nous considérons un HRP-2 guidé par la vision au sein d'un environnement connu qui peut contenir des obstacles. Notre méthode considère les informations visuelles disponibles, les contraintes sur le corps du robot ainsi que le modèle de l'environnement dans le but de générer des postures adéquates et les mouvements nécessaires autour de l'objet. Le problème de sélection de vue ("Next-Best-View") est abordé en se basant sur un générateur de postures qui calcule une configuration par la résolution d'un problème d'optimisation. Une première solution est une approche locale où un algorithme de rendu original à été conçu afin d'être inclut directement dans le générateur de postures. Une deuxième solution augmente la robustesse aux minimums locaux en décomposant le problème en 2 étapes: (i) trouver la pose du capteur tout en satisfaisant un ensemble de contraintes réduit, et (ii) calculer la configuration complète du robot avec le générateur de posture. La première étape repose sur des méthodes d'optimisation globale et locale (BOBYQA) afin de converger vers des points de vue pertinents dans des espaces de configuration admissibles non convexes. Notre approche est testée en conditions réelles par le biais d'une architecture cohérente qui inclus différents composants logiciels spécifique à l'usage d'un humanoïde. Ces expériences intègrent des travaux de recherche en cours en planification de mouvements, contrôle de mouvements et traitement d'image, qui pourront permettre de construire de façon autonome le modèle 3D d'un objet. / This work addresses the problem of autonomously constructing the 3D model of an unknown object using a humanoid robot.More specifically, we consider a HRP-2 evolving in a known environment, which is possibly cluttered, guided by vision.Our method considers the visual information available, the constraints on the robot body, and the model of the environment in order to generate pertinent postures and the necessary motions around the object.Our two solutions to the Next-Best-View problem are based on a specific posture generator, where a posture is computed by solving an optimization problem.The first solution is a local approach to the problem where an original rendering algorithm is specifically designed in order to be directly included in the posture generator. The rendering algorithm can display complex 3D shapes while taking into account self-occlusions.The second solution seeks more global solutions by decoupling the problem in two steps: (i) find the best sensor pose while satisfying a reduced set of constraints on the humanoid, and (ii) generate a whole-body posture with the posture generator.The first step relies on global sampling and BOBYQA, a derivative-free optimization method, to converge toward pertinent viewpoints in non-convex feasible configuration spaces.Our approach is tested in real conditions by using a coherent architecture that includes various complex software components that consider the specificities of the humanoid robot. This experiment integrates on-going works addressing the tasks of motion planning, motion control, and visual processing, to allow the completion of the 3D object reconstruction in future works.

Submitted by Caroline Xavier (caroline.xavier@pucrs.br) on 2017-06-30T13:21:54Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DIS_JUNIA_CRISTINA_VAZ_VIEIRA_COMPLETO.pdf: 2896964 bytes, checksum: 44bc41c6391172e2702775996bd93e55 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-30T13:21:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DIS_JUNIA_CRISTINA_VAZ_VIEIRA_COMPLETO.pdf: 2896964 bytes, checksum: 44bc41c6391172e2702775996bd93e55 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-01-25 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior - CAPES / This thesis aims at analyzing the collections of publishing house Editora Globo of Porto Alegre with regard to innovations in the Brazilian editorial market between 1930 and 1960. It focuses on its then unprecedented editorial choices, which appealed to both readers who love adventure and mystery literature, with its Cole??o Amarela (Yellow Collection) and Cole??o Universo (Universe Collection), and those avid to read classics and award-winning authors, published as Cole??o Nobel (Nobel Collection) and Cole??o Biblioteca dos S?culos. Other relevant aspects addressed in this thesis are the attention to the literary quality of the books published by Editora do Globo and the methodology utilized for the selection of titles for its catalog. / Esta disserta??o tem como proposta analisar as cole??es editoriais da Editora do Globo de Porto Alegre como um elemento inovador no mercado editorial brasileiro entre as d?cadas de 1930 e 1960. O enfoque maior ser? dado ao ineditismo de suas escolhas editoriais que abrangeram desde os leitores amantes de literatura de aventura e mist?rio com os t?tulos das cole??es Amarela e Universo, at? os ?vidos por cl?ssicos da literatura e autores premiados que eram publicados na Cole??o Nobel e Biblioteca dos S?culos. Outro aspecto importante que ser? abordado ? a preocupa??o com a qualidade liter?ria das obras publicadas pela editora e a metodologia empregada para a escolha de t?tulos para o seu cat?logo.

Neste trabalho, primeiramente, exploramos certos módulos de suavidade e K - funcionais definidos na esfera unitária m - dimensional e suas propriedades, dando prioridade a suas equivalências assintóticas e comparação com o erro de melhor aproximação. Uma das principais referências utilizadas foi (DAI; XU, 2010). Posteriormente, consideramos um módulo de suavidade e um K-funcional em espaços mais gerais, os espaços compactos 2-homogêneos, classe de espaços esta que contém a classe das esferas. A relação entre estes objetos e o raio de aproximação do operador translação (translação esférica, no contexto esférico) foi estudada. As principais referências foram (PLATONOV, 2009) e (PLATONOV, 1997). / In this work, we firstly explored certain moduli of smoothness and K - functionals defined on the m-dimensional unit sphere and their properties, mainly their asymptotic equivalence and relation to the best approximation error. The main reference is (DAI; XU, 2010). Later we consider a moduli of smoothness and a K-functional on a general setting, namely two-point homogeneous spaces, which has the unit spheres as one of its classes. Relations between those tools and the rate of approximation of the shiffting operator were studied. The main references here were (PLATONOV, 2009) and (PLATONOV, 1997).

A inovação tornou-se um tema importante para as organizações empresariais no atual ambiente econômico, marcado pela intensa competição por mercados, tecnologias e recursos, e o cenário brasileiro não foge a regra. As empresas se esforçam para entender os fatores que influenciam a inovação e a sua complexa dinâmica a fim de desenvolverem ou ajustarem sua cultura, suas estruturas e seus processos organizacionais com o intuito de estimulá-la. O estudo da inovação não é algo totalmente novo, vários artigos e trabalhos acadêmicos foram desenvolvidos sobre o tema, não obstante, o assunto ainda é um amplo campo de pesquisa. A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo contribuir no esforço de um melhor entendimento da inovação nas empresas, mais especificamente em qual a influência das práticas do processo de desenvolvimento de produto no desempenho inovador das organizações e, a diferença de uso das práticas nas organizações com perfil mais e menos inovador. Cerca de 50 gerentes, envolvidos com a atividade de desenvolvimento de produto de empresas localizadas no Brasil de diferentes nacionalidades e tamanho, participaram da pesquisa. Técnicas de correlação e análise multivariada permitiram identificar quais práticas da atividade de desenvolvimento correlacionaram-se com os indicadores de desempenho inovador e, a diferença entre as empresas mais e menos inovadoras em relação ao uso destas. O estabelecimento de mecanismos de coleta de idéias de colaboradores, fornecedores e clientes e de um sistema para a avaliação e seleção das melhores idéias são extremamente importantes a fim de que, uma empresa identifique e selecione as melhores oportunidades tecnológicas e de mercado. Outros fatores também identificados foram: a existência de um método para a execução dos projetos na organização, a utilização de equipes multidisciplinares e a colaboração externa, com fornecedores e clientes. O envolvimento do nível executivo da empresa, apoiando a equipe de projeto, provendo diretrizes e desempenhando um importante papel nas decisões de continuar ou abortar projetos, também merece destaque. Outras práticas, no entanto, não foram passíveis de identificação na presente pesquisa como: a necessidade de alinhamento contínuo do projeto com as informações de mercado em todo o ciclo de desenvolvimento, a preocupação pela melhoria contínua e o desenvolvimento de um plano de lançamento, suportado por uma base de dados contendo informações sobre testes em protótipos, antes da introdução do produto no mercado. / The innovation has become an important subject for the corporations in the current economic environment, characterized by an intense competition for markets, technologies and resources, and the Brazilian scenario is not different. Companies struggle to understand the factors which could influence the innovation and its complex dynamic in order to create or align its culture, its organizational structure and processes with the objective to harvest it. The innovation research it is not something new, a variety of academic articles and researches have been developed about it however, the field still is a green field for research. The current work has the objective to contribute for the effort of a better understanding of corporation innovation, in special, what it is the influence of product development practices in the innovation performance and what it is the difference in the use of practices between corporations with a more or less innovator profile. Around 50 managers, involved in product development activity at companies located in Brazil of different nationality and size, joined the research. Correlation and multivariate techniques identified which product development practices correlated with innovation metrics and, the difference between companies more or less innovators regarding the use of these practices. The establishment of a mechanism for gathering employers, suppliers and customers? idea and one for assessing and selecting the best ones are extremely important in order to the company identify and select the best technologies and markets opportunities. Others factors also highlighted by the research were the existence of an established methodology for executing its projects inside the organization, the use of a multidisciplinary teams and the external collaboration, with its suppliers and customers. The executive level involvement, supporting project team, providing directives to it and playing a crucial role in the go-kill projects, also deserve some attention. Others practices however were not identified in the current research such as: the need of continuously keeping the project aligned with market information during the whole development cycle, process improvement mentality and the creation of a launching plan, supported by a database contained information about prototype tests, before the product introduction in a market.

This study in comparative public law analyses if the courts have decided in the best interest of the child when judging for immediate care due to domestic violence. Both Sweden and Norway have transformed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) article 3 in parts of their national legislation. The difference between the countries is that Norway in 2003 incorporated CRC as a part of their legal policy, Sweden, on the other hand, has not integrated CRC in their national laws. There is a need for research if and how the local authorities and the courts in the two countries live up to the concept for the best interest of the child. Six court decisions from both countries as well as the development of the national legislation will be analyzed. To achieve our purpose, we will use the comparative and dogmatic legal method. The comparative method will be used when we compare the similarities and differences between their national legal system and the court's judgment for immediate care for the best interest of the child. The dogmatic legal method will be used for defining the current law. The results of this study indicate that Norway has more appropriate laws for the best interest of the child. The difference between the countries is that in Norway the court can decide based on their child specific law. While the courts in Sweden only can decide for the best interest of the child with the interpretation based on the two laws but the code is not just for the child. Despite the differences, both Sweden and Norway have appropriate laws for how the local authorities and the court should promote the best interest of the child. In the future, we hope that it would be easier for the Swedish courts to apply the best interest of the child when CRC has been incorporated into the national legislation.

The goal of this thesis was set to meet the demands of a telecommunication operator that needed to solve its problems with lack of capacity by switch translocation. This thesis thus may significantly increase the chances of success of this organizationally challenging task by finding relevant best practise ITIL. The thesis sets the method for relevant best practice ITIL selection using the table where columns represent metrics and risks of the project while rows represent elements from chapter Release and Deployment Management. Results of this method are recommendations that should be implemented in the project plans. The advantage of this ITIL-based method is that it is customer oriented and uses clear terminology. The benefits of this method may be increased when used in synergy by companies that implemented ITIL processes.

As pressões geradas pela competitividade têm aumentado intensamente justificando assim uma maior preocupação com a gestão do Processo de Desenvolvimento de Produtos (PDP). Administradores têm priorizado a sistematização deste processo a partir da implantação de atividades, ferramentas, conceitos e melhores práticas dos modelos referenciais para o PDP. Os modelos referenciais são adotados nas empresas através de projetos de mudança ou melhoria na empresa e incluem: o diagnóstico das necessidades de melhoria, seleção de melhores práticas, implantação e acompanhamento da mudança do PDP. Entretanto, nem sempre as melhores práticas são realizadas integralmente na rotina da empresa, posteriormente à implantação, o que suscita a dúvida sobre a efetividade dos métodos de melhoria para atingir uma mudança duradoura e de sucesso. O objetivo desta dissertação é identificar práticas que contribuam para uma mudança duradoura no PDP de empresas e incorporar estas práticas a um método de melhoria existente. Os resultados indicam que os métodos de melhoria para o PDP, presentes na literatura, contemplam um conjunto de melhores práticas com forte enfoque nos aspectos de gestão do processo, porém não tão fortes nas práticas relacionadas à gestão da equipe envolvida na execução das mudanças. Desta forma, práticas de gestão de pessoas foram incorporadas num método de melhoria para PDP e experimentado através de um estudo de caso em empresa do setor metal-mecânico. As características de maturidade da empresa limitam a aplicação integral da proposta, confirmando que a adoção das práticas de gestão de pessoas depende da cultura organizacional vigente e, por conseqüência, do estilo e apoio gerencial, o que em última instância reflete o nível de maturidade da organização para os processos de mudança e melhoria do PDP. / Pressures of competition have increased strongly justifying more concern with the Product Development Process (PDP) management. Administrators have focused on the systematization of this process through the implementation of activities, tools, concepts and best practice from reference models. The PDP reference models are adopted in companies via improvement or change projects that include: the diagnostic of requirements for improvement, the selection of best practices, the implementation and monitoring of PDP change. However, the best practices are not always performed entirely on the company's routine, after the implantation, what raises doubt about the effectiveness of improvement methods to achieve long lasting change and success. This article aims to present a literature review and comparison of the improving methods to identify the best practices that address a well succeeded PDP improvement. The results indicate that the methods of improvement for PDP, existing in the literature, include a set of best practices with a strong focus on aspects related to resources management of the project improvement, but not as strong in practices related to team management involved in implementing changes. Thus, practices related to people management were incorporated into a comprehensive method of improvement for PDP and experienced through a case study in a metal mechanic company. The company maturity characteristics limited the full implementation of the proposal, confirming that the adoption of best practices related to people management depends on organizational culture and, consequently, on the management style and support. The latest, ultimately, reflects the level of maturity of the organization to change processes and PDP improvement.