The purpose of this study was to specify quantitatively the meanings and images of eight branches of journalism as perceived by a selected group of college students majoring in journalism. The problem of this study was to identify the locations of these meanings, using a semantic differential, as points in a three-dimensional semantic space consisting of evaluation, potency, and activity dimensions. The study was also designed to test two hypotheses. Hypothesis One was that there would be a significant difference between the male and female groups in their perception of the same concept about a journalism branch. Hypothesis Two was that there would be a significant difference between two concepts perceived by the members of the same sex group.

The Astwerk like late gothic natural decor in Bohemian lands with international kontext Abstract The diploma thesis presents introduction to problems of naturalistic dekor and use of the motif cut branches / astwerk in Bohemian lands. The focus will be primarily using in the field of sculpture of stone. There will be explained starting area use of astwerk decor, way to the Bohemian lands and Moravia, followed by the development of a retreat in the context of the Renaissance. After a critical review of the literature the work will indicate a chapter on cultural-historical context. The situation in the Bohemian lands after the Hussite wars will be introduced, when in insecure religious circumstances was chosen King Vladislav Jagiello in Kutna Hora, and so begins a new period of prosperity of the country again. Mentioned also will be his representative program in response to Charles IV. Soon Vladislav Jagiello also became King of Hungary and change the new seat to Buda. The influence of the character of the change should be noted. Above it is meant unbroken artistic production and later inspiration the early Renaissance form. The subchapter is a courtly art especially during the reign of Vladislav Jagiello. In this part there are presented foremost works and their authors also including B. Ried. In this...

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Les modèles de défilement (variation en diamètre de la tige) et de branchaison (variation du diamètre des branches) sont utiles pour évaluer le rendement en produits finis en optimisation du sciage. Dans cette étude, chaque équation a été calibrée avec des données provenant d’études antérieures sur la biomasse et la morphologie de la cime de l’épinette noire. Les paramètres de chaque équation ont été estimés par régression linéaire mixte avec une structure d’erreur autorégressive continue de premier ordre. L’équation de défilement résultante convient à un large gradient de peuplements et de conditions environnementales. Les équations de branchaison obtenues décrivent correctement le patron paraboloïde du diamètre maximum et moyen des branches à partir de la longueur de cime et du diamètre de l'arbre. Une équation supplémentaire basée sur le diamètre de l’arbre et l’indice de qualité de station a été développée pour prédire la hauteur de l’arbre, variable essentielle mais pas toujours mesurée dans les inventaires réguliers. / Stem taper (variation of stem profile) and branchiness (variation of branch basal diameter) equations are useful in evaluating the value of lumber recovery through sawing optimization. In this study, taper and branchiness equations were calibrated for black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP) using data derived from past biomass and crown morphology studies. Equation parameters were estimated by a linear mixed effect method employing a first-order continuous autoregressive error process. The resultant stem taper equation captured variation across a wide range of stand and environmental conditions. Similarly, using tree diameter at breast height (Dbh) and crown length as explanatory variables, the resultant branchiness equations enabled the prediction of the (1) largest branch diameter per tree, and (2) mean branch diameter per tree. Tree height measurements are not always available in common forest inventory data, but are essential to taper and branchiness prediction. Consequently, an additional equation to predict tree height was also developed, based on Dbh and site index.

The purpose of this thesis is to analyse how bank branch closure has affected the formation of new firms and to explore the varying local relationships between the accessibility of bank branches and new firm formation in 290 Swedish municipalities. In the first paper, the effect of bank branch closure is examined through spatial econometric analysis, in particular, the fixed effects and the random effects spatial panel models. The findings of the first paper show that an increase in the weighted distance to the nearest bank branches due to bank branch closure negatively affects new firm formation, based on the random effects spatial panel model. The analysis also shows that spatial effects should be included in the analysis due to spill-over effects from neighbouring municipalities. In the second paper, the varying relationships between new firm formation and its determinants in 290 Swedish municipalities are examined through Geographically weighted regression (GWR). Mostly positive relationships with new firm formation are shown for firm density, human capital level, industry diversification level and percentage of immigrants living in the area. In contrast, mostly negative relationships are shown for weighted mean distance to the nearest bank branches, establishment size, unemployment rate, industry specialization. Spatially constrained multivariate clustering is also applied to group municipalities with similar conditions. Patterns in the industry composition and the location attributes are analysed for each cluster. / Syftet med denna avhandling är att analysera hur nedläggningen av bankkontorpåverkar frekvensen av nystartade företag och undersöker sambandet mellannystartsfrekvens och avståndet till närmaste bankkontor i Sveriges 290 kommuner.I avhandlingens första artikel studeras effekten av kontorsnedläggelse genom enrumslig ekonometrisk analys och rumsliga panel modeller. Resultaten visar att enökning av avståndet till närmaste bankkontor har en negativ påverkan pånyföretagandet. Vidare ger analysen vid handen att spatiala effekter bör inkluderasi analysen då det förekommer spill-over effekter från närliggande kommuner. Iavhandlingens andra artikel undersöks hur frekvensen av nystartade företag iSveriges 290 kommuner påverkas av ett antal olika faktorer, med hjälp av engeografiskt viktad regressionsmodell. Analysen visar att antalet befintliga företag,humankapital, näringslivets diversifiering, samt andelen invandrare, har ett positivtsamband med nystartsfrekvensen. Däremot finns det ett negativt samband mellannystartsfrekvens och avståndet till närmaste bankkontor, storleken bland debefintliga företagen, arbetslöshet och näringslivets specialisering. En multivariatklusteranalys har också genomförts där kommunerna fördelats över kluster medliknande egenskaper, där de ingående kommunerna har liknande förutsättningaroch strukturer. / <p>QC 20190923</p>

Cette thèse porte sur les fronts de transition pour des équations de réaction-diffusion dans différents milieux. Les fronts de transition généralisent les notions habituelles de fronts progressifs ou pulsatoires. Les principaux résultats sont les suivants. Pour des réactions bistables, nous prouvons la monotonie en temps de tous les fronts de transition avec vitesse globale moyenne non nulle. Pour des réactions bistables périodiques en temps ou pour des réactions de type combustion, nous prouvons l’existence et l’unicité de la vitesse globale moyenne d’un front. De plus, nous montrons que les fronts presque plans sont en réalité plans et nous montrons l’existence de fronts de transitions non standard. Pour des réactions bistables périodiques en espace, nous montrons la continuité et la différentiabilité des vitesses et des profils de ces fronts pulsatoires par rapport à la direction e en supposant l’existence de fronts pulsatoires à vitesse non nulle dans toutes les directions $e$. Ensuite, nous prouvons que la vitesse de propagation d’un front de transition quelconque est comprise entre les vitesses minimales et maximales des fronts pulsatoires. Enfin, nous étudions les vitesses globales moyennes des fronts de transition bistables dans des domaines non bornés : domaines extérieurs ou domaines à branches multiples cylindriques. Dans ces deux types de domaines, nous prouvons l’existence et l’unicité de la vitesse globale moyenne de tous les fronts de transition sous certaines hypothèses. / This dissertation is concerned with transition fronts in various media, which generalize the standard notions of traveling fronts. The main results are as following. For bistable reaction, we prove the time monotonicity of all transition fronts with non-zero global mean speed, whatever shape their level sets may have. For time-periodic bistable reaction and combustion-type reaction, we prove the existence and the uniqueness of the global mean speed. Meantime, we show that almost-planar fronts are actually planar and we show the existence of non-standard transitions fronts in $\mathbb{R}^N$. For spatially periodic bistable reaction, we show some continuity and differentiability properties of the front speeds and profiles with respect to the direction $e$ by providing the existence of pulsating fronts with nonzero speed in all directions $e$. Then, we prove that the propagating speed of any transition front is bounded by the minimal speed and the maximal speed of pulsating fronts. Finally, we study the mean speed of bistable transition fronts in unbounded domains: exterior domains and domains with multiple cylindrical branches. In both domains, we prove the existence and uniqueness of the global mean speed of any transition front under some assumptions.

Submitted by Natalie Mendes (nataliermendes@gmail.com) on 2015-07-25T00:52:58Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Disserta??o completa Word cor.pdf: 2734662 bytes, checksum: f03ea5559cb77d41d0061fd3950b12c6 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-25T00:52:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Disserta??o completa Word cor.pdf: 2734662 bytes, checksum: f03ea5559cb77d41d0061fd3950b12c6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-03-20 / Objectives: General: estimating the prevalence of mental disorders related to work in Brazil according to sociodemographic, occupational and spatial variables in the period 2006-2012. Specifics: Describe cases of work-related mental disorders in Brazil according to: a) sociodemographic variables (gender, age, education) and b) branch of economic activity) and c) type specific diagnosis in the period 2006-2012 and estimate the prevalence of mental disorders related to work in Brazil, according to characteristics of spatial distribution in the period 2006-2012, considering the Brazilian federative units and regions.Methods: this is a exploratory study was conducted with drawing mixed and temporal series. The cases of work-related mental disorders were obtained in the SINAN and exposed workers was economically active and busy population during the reference period obtained from the IBGE. The occurrence measure was the prevalence rate of TMRT x 1.000.000.The Proportionate Percentage Change (PPV) was used to check the coefficients of variation. Results: there was a large undercount notifications of TMRT SINAN in the period, with each notification SINAN INSS gave 38,5 sickness benefits for workers with the disease. The largest coefficient in TMRT SINAN was in 2011 (7,5 to 1.000.000 workers). The highest proportion was white, young and average level of education women. The hive of activity with highest prevalence was public administration. The Northeast and Southeast regions were the most reported cases of the disease. Conclusion: The results indicate that there is a large underreporting of TMRT the SINAN, however, the prevalence estimates indicate directions to be prioritized by VISAT. / Objetivos: Geral:Estimar a preval?ncia de transtornos mentais relacionados ao trabalhono Brasil segundo vari?veis sociodemogr?ficas, ocupacionais e espaciais no per?odo de 2006 a 2012. Espec?ficos: Descrever os casos de transtornos mentais relacionados ao trabalho no Brasil segundo: a) vari?veis sociodemogr?ficas (sexo, faixa et?ria, escolaridade),b) ramo de atividades econ?mica, c)tipo de diagn?stico espec?fico no per?odo de 2006 a 2012 e estimar a preval?ncia de transtornos mentais relacionados ao trabalho no Brasil segundo caracter?sticas de distribui??o espacial no per?odo de 2006 a 2012, considerando as regi?es brasileiras e unidades federativas. M?todos: Foi realizado um estudo explorat?rio com desenho misto, incluindo an?lise de s?rie temporal e ?rea geogr?fica. Os dados de casos de transtornos mentais relacionados ao trabalho foram obtidos do SINAN e os trabalhadores potencialmente expostos foi obtida a partir da popula??o economicamente ativa e ocupada (PEAO) no per?odo de refer?ncia obtida no IBGE. A medida de ocorr?ncia foi o coeficiente de preval?ncia de TMRT x 1.000.000 trabalhadores. A Varia??o Percentual Proporcional (VPP) foi utilizada para verifica??o de varia??o dos coeficientes. Resultados: verificou-se um grande subregistro das notifica??es de TMRT no SINAN no per?odo, com uma raz?o de 38,5 benef?cios concedidos pelo INSS para cada caso notificado no SINAN. O maior coeficiente de TMRT no SINAN foi em 2011 (7,5 a cada 1.000.000 de trabalhadores). A maior propor??o foi em mulheres brancas, jovens e com n?vel m?dio de escolaridade. O ramo de atividade com maior preval?ncia foi administra??o p?blica. As regi?es Nordeste e Sudeste foram as que mais notificaram casos da doen?a. Conclus?o: os resultados apontam que h? uma grande subnotifica??o dos TMRT no SINAN em todas as regi?es do Brasil, o que dificulta a ado??o de medidas de controle da doen?a. Contudo, as estimativas de preval?ncia indicam dire??es a ser priorizadas pela VISAT.

A presente dissertação tem como objeto a emenda constitucional 32 de 2001, a qual regulamentou o uso das medidas provisórias, estabelecendo limites materiais para o seu conteúdo e um rito mais rigoroso de tramitação. Entre as principais regras estabelecidas, estavam o fim das reedições e o estabelecimento de um prazo de 45 dias para a apreciação das MPs pelo Congresso, sob pena de trancamento da pauta legislativa. A dissertação analisa, em primeiro lugar, as razões que levaram os parlamentares a aprovarem as novas regras. O argumento defendido é que não se tratou de uma reação do Congresso contra a usurpação da função legislativa pelo Presidente, como fora justificado na época. O avanço da PEC das MPs se deveu sobretudo à divisão interna na coalizão de governo, que abriu espaço para a atuação estratégica da oposição. Além disso, a mudança no posicionamento dos ministros do Supremo Tribunal Federal e a campanha da OAB pela limitação do instrumento aumentaram os custos da protelação na apreciação da proposta. Os jogos que ocorriam em outras arenas alteraram os payoffs dos atores na arena parlamentar, criando incentivos para a cooperação entre governo e oposição. Finalmente, a aproximação das eleições presidenciais e a incerteza sobre os papeis que cada partido desempenharia no próximo governo propiciaram um contexto favorável ao acordo. Em seguida, são investigados os efeitos das novas regras sobre a relação entre Executivo e Legislativo. Ao contrário do esperado, o novo rito de tramitação não foi efetivo na redução das medidas provisórias. O uso do instrumento foi intensificado nos anos seguintes à aprovação da emenda constitucional. A principal razão foi o mecanismo de trancamento de pauta estabelecido pela EC 32, o qual conferiu ao Presidente amplo controle sobre a pauta legislativa. As MPs passaram a ser apreciadas em 120 dias, com alto percentual de aprovação. O efeito inesperado da emenda constitucional é explicado pelos pressupostos equivocados que motivaram a campanha pela limitação das MPs. A usurpação dos poderes legislativos era justificada pela paralisia do Congresso, que não apreciava as medidas provisórias deixando espaço para o Executivo legislar unilateralmente. A intensificação do uso do instrumento no período seguinte à EC 32 confirma que as medidas provisórias não são usadas contra as preferências da maioria. Ao contrário, mesmo com a obrigatoriedade de votação em Plenário e o uso frequente de mecanismos legislativos de negação de quórum pela oposição, o governo sai vitorioso em grande parte das votações. Assim, o controle da agenda é útil para coordenar as preferências da maioria e reforçar o seu poder. / This dissertation focuses on the Constitutional Amendment n.32 of 2001, which regulates the use of provisional measures (the Brazilian president´s executive decrees) and sets material limits on its content and more rigorous proceedings. Among its main rules were the prohibition of decree re-issuances and the establishment of a 45-day period for provisional measures to be appreciated by the Congress, under penalty of limiting the legislative agenda. First, the dissertation examines the reasons that led lawmakers to adopt the new rules. The argument is that such adoption was not the congressmen´s reaction against the president´s usurpation of the legislative function, as had been then justified. The advance in the constitutional amendment of the provisional measures results mainly from an internal division in the government coalition, which paved the way for the strategic behavior of the opposition. Moreover, changes in the opinion of the Justices of Brazilian Supreme Court and the Brazilian Bar Association´s campaign for the limitation of the instrument increased the costs of delaying the assessment of the proposal. Events taking place in other arenas have changed the payoffs of the players in the parliamentary arena, creating incentives for cooperation between government and the opposition. Finally, the upcoming presidential elections and the uncertainty about each party´s roles in the next government provided an environment conducive to agreement. Next, we investigated the effects of the new rules in the relationship between executive and legislative branches. Contrary to expectations, the new proceedings failed to reduce the number of presidential decrees. The use of the instrument increased in the years following the approval of the constitutional amendment. The main reason was the mechanism to limit the agenda under Constitutional Amendment n.32, which secured the president wide control over the legislative agenda. The provisional measures started to be assessed within 120 days, with a high percentage of approval. The unexpected effect of the constitutional amendment is explained through the flawed assumptions that led the campaign for the limitation of provisional measures. The \"usurpation of legislative powers\" was justified by the paralysis of Congressmen, who refrained from voting the provisional measures and left room for the Executive to legislate unilaterally. Broader use of the instrument in the period following the Constitutional Amendment n.32 confirms that the provisional measures are not used against the preferences of the majority. Instead, even with mandatory voting in the floor and the frequent use of legislative quorum denial mechanisms by the opposition, the government emerges victorious in most of the votes. Thus, control of the agenda is useful to coordinate the preferences of the majority and strengthen its power.

Submitted by Leticia Schettini (leticia@ufrrj.br) on 2017-04-24T14:23:01Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Carlos Augusto dos Santos Sousa.pdf: 2340153 bytes, checksum: 5ef373f242c2c4700a9a9e55280bc62c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-24T14:23:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Carlos Augusto dos Santos Sousa.pdf: 2340153 bytes, checksum: 5ef373f242c2c4700a9a9e55280bc62c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-03 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Morphology studies provide knowledge that allow us to understand how animals interact with the natural environment or in captivity. In this context, the comparative anatomy of the formation of the brachial plexus awakens interest since the nineteenth century and remains one of the most intriguing topics of contemporary anatomy. The aim of this study was to describe the origin and the antimeric distribution of the brachial plexus nerves in Macaca mulatta, as well as the innervated muscles. Ten male rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) were used, from the Non-human Primates? Breeding Department at the Laboratory Animals Breeding Centre (Cecal/Fiocruz), donated to the Animal Anatomy Department of the Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ). The specimens were fixed in formaldehyde solution by infusion of 10% solution. They were subsequently wrapped in a low-density polythene container with 500 liters of formaldehyde 30% solution over a period of 12 months. After this period, they were washed in running water and subjected to X-ray examinations of the neck at the Small Animals Veterinary Hospital of the UFRRJ to characterize the number of cervical vertebrae. Then, they had both antimeres dissected aiming at the exposure of the origins and the nerves arising from the brachial plexus. Data were presented both in absolute frequency and in simple percentage. In 11 (55%) animals the resulting nerves were constituted by the connections between the ventral spinal branches C5, C6, C7, C8 and T1. In 5 (25%) animals, the participants roots were C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, T1 and T2. In 2 (10%) animals C5, C6, C7, C8, T1 and T2. In the other 2 (10%) animals the formation of the plexus was observed from C6, C7, C8, T1 and T2. The ventral branches formed three nerve trunks: cranial, middle and caudal. The suprascapular nerves, subscapular, axillary, musculocutaneous, radial, median, ulnar innervated the intrinsic muscles and the subclavian nerve innervated the thoracodorsal, medial cutaneous arm and forearm, long thoracic, cranial pectoral and caudal pectoral innervate extrinsic muscles. The results obtained in this study contribute to the comparative anatomy of primates and to the information for applied research, serving as basis for clinical and surgical procedures that uses this species as an animal model. / Estudos morfol?gicos fornecem conhecimentos que permitem entender o modo como os animais interagem com o ambiente natural ou em cativeiro. O objetivo desse estudo foi descrever a origem e a distribui??o antim?rica dos nervos do plexo braquial em Macaca mulatta, assim como dos m?sculos inervados. Foram utilizados 10 cad?veres de Macaca mulatta do sexo masculino, oriundos do Servi?o de Cria??o de Primatas N?o Humanos do Centro de Cria??o de Animais de Laborat?rio (Cecal/Fiocruz) doados a ?rea de Anatomia Animal da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ). Os esp?cimes foram fixados com perfus?o de solu??o de formalde?do a 10%. Posteriormente, foram acondicionados em caixas de polietileno de baixa densidade com capacidade de 500 litros contendo solu??o de formalde?do a 30% por um per?odo de 12 meses. Ap?s este per?odo, foram lavados em ?gua corrente e submetidos a exames radiogr?ficos da regi?o cervical no Hospital Veterin?rio de Pequenos Animais da UFRRJ para a caracteriza??o do n?mero de v?rtebras cervicais. Em seguida, foram dissecados at? a exposi??o das origens e dos nervos oriundos do plexo braquial. Os dados foram representados em frequ?ncia absoluta e percentual simples. Em 11 (55%) os nervos resultantes foram constitu?dos das conex?es entre os ramos espinhais ventrais de C5, C6, C7, C8 e T1. Em 5 (25%) as ra?zes participantes foram C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, T1 e T2. Em 2 (10%) de C5, C6, C7, C8, T1 e T2. Em outros 2 (10%) verificamos a constitui??o do plexo a partir de C6, C7, C8, T1 e T2. Os ramos ventrais formaram tr?s troncos nervosos: cranial, m?dio e caudal. Os nervos supraescapular, subescapulares, axilar, musculocut?neo, radial, mediano, ulnar inervaram a musculatura intr?nseca e os nervos subcl?vios, toracodorsal, tor?cico longo, peitoral cranial e peitoral caudal inervaram a musculatura extr?nseca. Tamb?m foram registrados os nervos cut?neos oriundos do plexo braquial, sendo eles o nervo cut?neo medial do bra?o, nervo cut?neo medial do antebra?o e ramos para a musculatura cut?nea do tronco. Os dados descritos neste estudo contribuem para a anatomia comparada de primatas e fornecem informa??es para a pesquisa aplicada, servindo como base para procedimentos cl?nico-cir?rgicos em que venha a se utilizar esta esp?cie como modelo experimental.

Σχεδόν κάθε επιχείρηση ιδιωτικού και δημόσιου τομέα την οποία μπορούμε να σκεφτούμε, έχει βρεθεί αντιμέτωπη με το πρόβλημα της χωροθέτησης των εγκαταστάσεών της κάποια στιγμή στην ιστορία της. Αυτό έχει οδηγήσει σε ένα έντονο ενδιαφέρον για την ανάλυση χωροθέτησης στα πλαίσια της επιχειρησιακής έρευνας. Η εγκατάσταση ενός νέου τραπεζικού υποκαταστήματος που αποτελεί ένα σημαντικό μέρος του προγραμματισμού και της διαχείρισης δικτύων κλάδων. απαιτεί μία πολύπλοκη διαδικασία λήψης απόφασης. Η λήψης της απόφασης αυτής μπορεί να ωφεληθεί από τη χρήση της πολυκριτηριακής ανάλυσης αποφάσεων (MCDM) καθιστώντας τη διαδικασία πιο ορθολογική και αποδοτική. Στην παρούσα εργασία εξετάζουμε το πρόβλημα της χωροθέτησης ενός τραπεζικού καταστήματος στα πλαίσια της πολυκριτηριακής ανάλυσης αποφάσεων (MCDM). / Almost every private and public sector enterprise that we can think of, has been faced with the problem of locating facilities at one time or another of its history. Τhis has led to a strong interest in location analysis within the operations research and management science community. Locating a new bank branch, an important part of branch network planning and management is a complex decision making progress. This decision making progress can benefit from the use of Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) progress by making the progress more explicit, rational and efficient. In the present work we examine the problem of locating a bank branch using MCDM.