Before entering into a democratic dispensation, South African military and defence systems were constituted by seven disparate armed forces. The transformation of South Africa from a separatist state introduced renewed efforts and challenges to integrate what was once a divided military corps and society. In 1994, the formation of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) was born out of the effort to integrate various statutory and non-statutory armed forces in South Africa, including forces from former TBVC states. Through a phenomenological inquiry, integration experiences of former TBVC Armed Force members into the new SANDF structure are investigated. The study aimed to find out from the former TBVC force members how they were affected by the integration process and what their perception with regards to the effectiveness of the integration process on enhancing representation on all rank levels in the new SANDF was. The findings from in-depth semi-structured interviews with 16 such members indicate that transformation of South Africa’s military outfit into an integrated system is not exactly an epitome of a new and different yet cohesive and unified structure. The notion of ‘integration’ is as such cast as essentially a problematic one where inequalities still reflect in how former statutory and non-statutory force members are treated particularly with regards to promotion opportunities. In addition, there are perceived lingering vestiges of a previous separatist system such as the use of Afrikaans language as a medium of instruction and communication, previous SADF policies which helps produce the idea of integration as more a process of absorption instead. Despite this problematisation of integration processes in shaping how the new SANDF outfit is currently experienced by members, there are perceived benefits from the change brought about by ‘integration’ of forces. Some benefits are as tangible as individual career advancement, while others tend to reflect impacts at systemic level of family where members indirectly profit from the reorganisation and call for adjustment to new settings and structures that followed integration / Research / M.A. (Research Consultation)

Uppsatsen undersöker vilka mål Växjö Transportkyla har vid dimensionering av deras säkerhetslager. Genom att studera litteratur och genomföra intervjuer på företaget sammanställs målen till följande: Hög servicenivå Låg kapitalbindning Kontroll över storleken på säkerhetslager Differentierade servicenivåer Användarvänlig beräkning av säkerhetslager baserad på teori Den andra frågeställningen för uppsatsen syftar till att bestämma vilken beräkningsmetod som Växjö Transportkyla bör välja för att uppnå de mål som satts upp. Fem olika beräkningsmetoder testas och det undersöks även vilken statistisk fördelning produkternas efterfråga har. Efter att ha testat de fem beräkningsmetoderna på data insamlad från Växjö Transportkyla blir slutsatsen att för de 426 poissonfördelade produkterna bör SERV2 poissonfördelning användas. För de övriga ca 700 artiklarna finns inget resultat då efterfrågefördelningen endast gick att bestämma för ett fåtal av dem. En rekommendation till företaget blir att testa fler fördelningar och på så sätt komma fram till bästa resultat på övriga produkter. Det poängteras även att det är bra att mäta servicenivåer och differentiera servicenivåmålet för olika produkter. Uppsatsen ger sitt teoretiska bidrag i form av en generalisering av vilka produktegenskaper som påverkar valet av beräkningsmetod vid säkerhetslageroptimering och hur. De fyra övriga beräkningsmetoderna jämförs här med SERV2 poissonfördelning för att se om det vid vissa produktegenskaper passar med en annan beräkningsmetod. Detta leder fram till slutsatsen att SERV2 normalfördelning var den av de fyra beräkningsmetoderna som hade mest korrekt resultat och det var vid medellånga ledtider och låg efterfrågan. / The thesis examines which goals Växjö Transportkyla has with calculating their safety stock. By analysing literature and responses from interviews at the company, the following goals have been put together: High service level Low tied-up costs Control over the size of the safety stock Differentiated service levels User-friendly calculation of safety stock based on theory The purpose of the second research question is to decide which safety stock calculation should be used by Växjö Transportkyla to reach the goals. Five different safety stock calculations are tested and the statistical distribution of the products’ demand is examined. After testing the safety stock calculations on data from Växjö Transportkyla, the conclusion is that for the 426 poisson distributed products, SERV2 poisson distribution should be used. For the rest of the products, which are around 700, there is no result since the correct distribution only was found for a few of them. A recommendation for the company is to test more distributions to be able to calculate the safety stock for the rest of their products. It is also pointed out that the company should measure their service levels and differentiate the service level for the different products. The thesis provides a theoretical contribution by examining which product features affect the choice of safety stock calculation and how. The four remaining safety stock calculations are compared to SERV2 normal distribution to examine if it is plausible for certain product features to use another safety stock calculation. This leads to the conclusion that SERV2 normal distribution was the one out of the four safety stock calculations that had the most correct result in relation to SERV2 poisson distribution and that was for the product features of middle-long lead times and low demand.

Abstract:Uniquely amongst the earliest writing systems, the Egyptian hieroglyphic script was sometimes enhanced by colouring the signs. This was not done in an arbitrary fashion, but was conventional, with each colour used in a conscious attempt either at materialism, naturalism, semi-naturalism or as a metaphor. This study aims to shed some light on the processes involved in writing in colour. The methodology, theory, analysis and extended commentary are to be found in Volume 1.The study shows that a polychrome canon was in use, in a remarkably coherent and stable fashion, during some two thousand five hundred years, from the Old Kingdom right through to the Ptolemaic period. A palaeography, showing the best examples of each hieroglyph together with a brief commentary, forms the whole of Volume 2. These exemplars are taken from a database of polychrome hieroglyphs: a collection of over three thousand six hundred signs extracted from fifty-two monumental inscriptions. They cover 67% of all the hieroglyphs found in Gardiner’s sign list. Those signs in the collection that possess coloured images can all be found in Volume 3. The palaeography is intended to be a practical tool, as is the application created in order to facilitate the navigation, consultation and update of the database.In the process of analysing this data, several commonly held ideas about colour symbolism and the identification of certain hieroglyphs were brought into question and rectified, where possible. However, many unanswered questions remain, leaving the door open to further fascinating research. / Doctorat en Langues, lettres et traductologie / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

This diploma thesis focuses on strength design of steam condenser. The goal of the thesis is to make strength calculations for the specific operation conditions, introduce possible solutions, provide recommendations and refer to weak points of such calculation procedures. First, thermal-hydraulic design in HTRI software is performed. Strength calculations respect ČSN EN 13445 standard. Strength calculation with imported temperature field is performed in ANSYS Workbench software. In the next step, another strength calculation is realized in Sant´ Ambrogio software. Results are evaluated in conclusion chapter, including recommendations for the possible following work.

Schools, Families and Inequality. Choice of Secondary Education in Contemporary Czech Society The dissertation work is concerned with the choice of secondary education in families, the influence of family and school on the choice of pupils born in the 1st half of 90s. A special importance of this phase is in that high schools in the Czech Republic are highly differentiated so the choice belongs to the crucial points of the school carrier. The type of the studied high school significantly influences learning aspirations and chances of the graduates to be accepted to further education, structures the field of possibilities in the life way of young people. The analysis is based on data obtained from two qualitative studies: 1. Focus groups with mothers of children in the ninth year of the compulsory education: students of (selective) multi-year grammar schools; pupils from basic schools (the main education stream); 2. Case studies carried out in two Prague schools focused on two classes in the eight and ninth year (2008-2010). The aim of both the studies was to map subjective perspectives of the participating actors - parents, pupils and teachers, to show different interests, attributed meanings, values in upbringing, education, abilities to distinguish types of high schools due to prospects of the new...

Cette recherche porte sur l’expérience socio-scolaire des jeunes adultes issus de l’immigration d’origine coréenne au Québec, et ce, étudié à travers la question des processus d’identification ainsi que leur rapport à la culture. L’enquête met notamment en évidence l’ambiguïté reliée à l’identité des jeunes coréens et coréennes de minorité modèle. La problématique étudiée porte plus spécifiquement sur le vécu de frontières avec le groupe majoritaire et le sentiment d’appartenance des jeunes adultes issues d’une minorité racisée ayant rarement fait l’objet d’une étude spécifique. Le concept de processus d’identification, avec son caractère dynamique, permet, dans le cadre de cette recherche, de reconnaître le travail de négociation entre, d’une part, la catégorisation et, d’autre part, l’auto-identification. Cette négociation par l’acteur prend notamment place entre les multiples influences ethnoculturelles et les rapports d’oppression raciale auxquels ces jeunes adultes peuvent être confrontés dans leur expérience. En effet, ceux-ci se retrouvent ainsi à la croisée d’un Québec francophone, d’un Canada anglophone, d’une communauté ethnique coréenne, mais également devant divers préjugés racisant contribuant à inférioriser leur origine ethnique. En allant au-delà des portraits statistiques, l’originalité de cette étude tient dans l’analyse exploratoire de l’expérience socio-scolaire – et le sens attribué à cette expérience par les individus – à travers leurs discours construits par l’entremise d’entretiens qualitatifs. La recherche a su montrer que les individus forment des rapports complexes hybrides à leur identification et que la catégorisation par le groupe dominant est constamment négociée en des formes variées de résistance. Cette catégorisation a été vécue par les participant·es sous la forme de pressions ethniques et sociales, d’invalidation et d’exclusion sociale. Les résultats de nos analyses suggèrent également que les transitions d’institution scolaire marquent des moments importants de renégociation des frontières, tout comme la (re)découverte culturelle du pays d’origine de la Corée du Sud. Finalement, le rapport à la culture des participant·es a révélé la place centrale du français et de la blanchité dans l’identité québécoise et le potentiel de remise en question des préjugés et d’ouverture sur la culture que porte la nouvelle vague de culture populaire sud-coréenne à l’étranger. / This research focuses on the socio-educational experience of young adults with an immigration background of Korean origin in Quebec studied through the question of their identification processes as well as their relationship to culture. In particular, the research highlights the ambiguity surrounding the identity of young Koreans from model minority groups. The problematic concerns more specifically the lived experience of borders with the majority group and the feeling of belonging of young adults from a racialized minority that have rarely been the subject of a specific study. The concept of identification process, by its dynamic nature, allows us, within the context of this research, to recognize the work of negotiation between, on one hand, categorization and, on the other hand, self-identification. This negotiation by the actor particularly takes place between the multiple ethnocultural influences and the racial oppressive relationships that these young adults may face in their experience. Indeed, they thus find themselves at the crossroads of a French-speaking Quebec, an English-speaking Canada, a Korean ethnic community, but also faced with various racial prejudices that contribute to inferiorize their ethnic origin. By searching beyond statistical portraits, the originality of this study lies in the exploratory analysis of school experiences – and the meaning attributed to this experience by the individuals – through their discourse constructed with qualitative interviews. This research has shown that individuals form complex hybrid relationships with their identification and that categorization by the dominant group is constantly negotiated through various forms of resistance. This categorization was experienced by the participants as ethnic and social pressures, invalidation, and social exclusion. The results of our analyzes further suggest that transitions between school institutions mark important moments of borders’ renegotiation, and so does the cultural (re)discovery of their origin country of South Korea. Finally, the participants’ relationship to culture revealed the central place of French and whiteness in Quebec’s identity and the potential to question prejudices and to open to culture that holds the new wave of South Korean popular culture South Korean overseas.

South African affirmative action law in the workplace is in its infancy. Yet some concepts in this context have already proven to be unclear or in need of interpretation, or are lacking. This thesis focuses on the beneficiaries of affirmative action in employment law. The Employment Equity Act (EEA) creates `designated groups' ─ black people, women and people with disabilities ─ as the beneficiaries of affirmative action. It lays down two requirements for beneficiaries of affirmative action which are investigated: (a) beneficiaries must be from the designated groups - in this regard, the question that arises is whether, having been categorised as disadvantaged, persons are presumed to be de facto disadvantaged and entitled to benefit from affirmative action, or whether further evidence of actual past disadvantage is required; and (b) beneficiaries must be `suitably qualified'. In addition, citizenship as a third requirement for beneficiaries of affirmative action has been mooted in case law. This is evaluated against modern interpretation theory, the Constitution and discrimination law. Against the background of a comparative investigation of the position in the US and Canada, and under international law, specific findings and recommendations are made in respect of South African affirmative action law. These relate to the interpretation of the concept `disadvantage', to a pragmatic and contextualised approach to the notion `degrees of disadvantage', to the recognition of the concept `multiple disadvantage', to the clarification of the meaning and application of the concept `suitably qualified' in a code of good practice, and to a policy decision by government to ensure that affirmative action measures apply mainly to South African citizens who otherwise qualify to benefit. To this end, certain amendments to the EEA, its regulations and codes of good practice are proposed with the aim of ensuring that affirmative action measures in fact benefit those intended by the EEA. Some projections are made to indicate the way forward for affirmative action in South Africa. / Jurisprudence / LL.D.

South African affirmative action law in the workplace is in its infancy. Yet some concepts in this context have already proven to be unclear or in need of interpretation, or are lacking. This thesis focuses on the beneficiaries of affirmative action in employment law. The Employment Equity Act (EEA) creates `designated groups' ─ black people, women and people with disabilities ─ as the beneficiaries of affirmative action. It lays down two requirements for beneficiaries of affirmative action which are investigated: (a) beneficiaries must be from the designated groups - in this regard, the question that arises is whether, having been categorised as disadvantaged, persons are presumed to be de facto disadvantaged and entitled to benefit from affirmative action, or whether further evidence of actual past disadvantage is required; and (b) beneficiaries must be `suitably qualified'. In addition, citizenship as a third requirement for beneficiaries of affirmative action has been mooted in case law. This is evaluated against modern interpretation theory, the Constitution and discrimination law. Against the background of a comparative investigation of the position in the US and Canada, and under international law, specific findings and recommendations are made in respect of South African affirmative action law. These relate to the interpretation of the concept `disadvantage', to a pragmatic and contextualised approach to the notion `degrees of disadvantage', to the recognition of the concept `multiple disadvantage', to the clarification of the meaning and application of the concept `suitably qualified' in a code of good practice, and to a policy decision by government to ensure that affirmative action measures apply mainly to South African citizens who otherwise qualify to benefit. To this end, certain amendments to the EEA, its regulations and codes of good practice are proposed with the aim of ensuring that affirmative action measures in fact benefit those intended by the EEA. Some projections are made to indicate the way forward for affirmative action in South Africa. / Jurisprudence / LL.D.

The research problem of this thesis is to explore the effects of top-down, bureaucratic definitions of belonging and social identity on urban social relations. More specifically, the thesis analyses the ways in which the nativist categorisations of indigeneity in Kano and autochtonie in Amsterdam can help to understand the tensions between ethnic groups in these two cities. Methodologically, the study is designed as a least-similar, comparative exploration and uses mixed qualitative and quantitative methods in its case studies of Kano and Amsterdam. Theoretically, this study uses identity cleavages and identification as the mediators between policy categories and social relations. It combines social-psychological, historical, and institutional theories to link bureaucratic nativism to ethnic identities and, finally, to conflictual (or ‘destructive’) interethnic relations. The resulting theoretical argument of the thesis is that nativist policy categorisations are likely conducive to antagonism, avoidance, and conflict between groups defined as ‘natives’ and ‘settlers’. The central finding of the thesis is that both in Kano and in Amsterdam, indigeneity and autochtonie have entrenched a primordial and competitive (or ‘exclusionary’) notion of ethnic identities and have thus been conducive to interethnic antagonism, avoidance, and conflict. Introduced at a time of rapid immigration, social change, and persistent horizontal inequalities, the two top-down policy categories came to redefine urban belonging in Kano and Amsterdam. As a result, previously apolitical ethnic boundaries between ‘natives’ and ‘settlers’ became politicised, connected to exclusionary definitions of religion and class, and ranked on the basis of their claim to a primordial ‘native’ status - that is, their status as historical ‘first-comers’ in their place of residence. The categorisation and group positioning effects of nativism have, therefore, intensified the urban struggle to belong in Kano and Amsterdam. At the same time, however, the thesis underlines that ethnic conflict in Kano and Amsterdam is limited, partly because nativist forms of belonging are continuously challenged by, for example, inclusive multiculturalism in Kano and urban citizenship in Amsterdam.

Chicha (2009) constate un « trou noir » dans la littérature en ce qui a trait au processus qui engendre une plus forte déqualification à l’endroit des immigrantes universitaires. Ce « trou noir » est considéré comme problématique. D’une part, le gouvernement québécois tente de mettre en place des politiques d’immigration qui recrutent des immigrants ayant un capital humain élevé dans l’espoir qu’ils s’insèrent facilement sur marché de l’emploi. D’autre part, la présence plus marquée de déqualification de ce bassin de main d’œuvre démontre un écart entre la volonté politique et la situation réelle en emploi de ces immigrants. Il semble donc exister un problème de discrimination systémique lorsqu’il est question de déqualification des travailleuses immigrantes. Par souci d’équité et dans l’espoir d’avoir une meilleure compréhension du processus menant à la déqualification des immigrantes les objectifs de cette thèse sont de 1- mieux saisir le concept de discrimination en emploi et 2- mettre en place des mesures mieux adaptées pour s’attaquer à cette discrimination. Pour expliquer ce « trou noir », nous considérons que l’approche systémique est pertinente à cause de sa une vision holistique. Nous avons rencontré 52 immigrantes universitaires qui ont partagé leur parcours professionnel pré et post-migratoire. Les thématiques abordées touchaient à de nombreux sujets telles que leur formation, leur expérience professionnelle, leur stratégie d’unité familiale immigrante, leurs démarches concernant tant le processus de reconnaissance de leurs diplômes étrangers que leur insertion sur le marché de l’emploi, le climat de travail, etc. Les résultats de cette recherche indiquent que la discrimination en emploi est toujours présente sur le marché de l’emploi au Québec. De plus, l’origine ethnique, tel que la couleur de la peau, affecte les attitudes, comportements et propos des acteurs du milieu du travail à l’endroit des xiii immigrantes universitaires. L’application des typologies de Van Laer et Janssens (2011) et de Bonilla-Silva (2006) contribue à l’identification des attitudes, des comportements et des propos pouvant être considérés comme étant du racisme subtil. L’un des avancements de cette thèse est l’amélioration du cadre d’analyse systémique afin de mieux comprendre les difficultés à l’emploi des immigrantes universitaires. Les différentes théories empruntées de la psychologie sociale telles que les théories de similarité attraction, de catégorisation sociale et de qualité d’échanges entre subordonné et supérieur (Roberson et Block, 2001) permettent de peaufiner ce cadre d’analyse systémique, puisqu’il permet de mieux saisir les relations, parfois complexes, qui peuvent s’établir entre les différents acteurs et résulter en de la discrimination flagrante ou subtile. / Chicha (2009) observes a ‘’black hole’’ in publications regarding the process that allows for a a higher rate of employment deskilling of immigrant women with university education; a ‘’black hole’’ that is considered to be a real problem. On one hand, the Quebec government is trying to implement immigration policies to increase the recruiting of immigrants with higher human capital, in the hope that they will readily find employment. On the other hand, a higher rate of employment diskilling in this group of workers shows that there is a dichotomy between their actual situation on the job market, and the government’s political objectives. Therefore, there appears to be systemic discrimination on the subject of employment diskilling targeting immigrant workers. In order to address this social justice issue and in the hope of getting a better understanding of the process that leads to employment diskilling of immigrant women, we hope this thesis will better define the concept of discrimination in employment and set the table for implementing more efficient policies that will effectively fight this particular type of discrimination. We consider that the holistic views that caracterize the systemic approach make it the best way to explain this ‘’black hole’’. We have met with 52 university-educated immigrant women; they have shared with us their professional work experience prior to and following their emigration to Canada. We addressed numerous issues such as their education; their professional experience; their planing for the migration of their family; the active steps they took both for the recognition of their foreign university degrees and for getting a job; their workplace experience, etc. The results of our research reveal that discrimination remains an issue in the job market in xv Quebec. Furthermore, issues relating to ethnic origin and skin color still permeate attitudes, behaviors and language, targeting immigrant women with university education in the job market. Van Laer & Janssens (2011) typologies were useful for identifying attitudes, behaviors and comments which could be considered subtle racism. We hope that one of the contributions of the present thesis will be the improvement of the systemic analysis framework , which will lead to a better understanding of university-educated immigrant women. Diverse theories pertaining to social psychology such as similarity attraction theory; social categorisation theory, LMX, (Roberson & Block, 2001) make it possible to refine this systemic analysis framework, and allow for a better understanding of the sometimes complex relations that can develop between individuals and result in open or subtle racism.