The present study aimed to reveal the effect of family functioning, attachment styles in romantic relationships, and city of origin on the emotional well-being of first year university students. 286 first-year university students from the Department of Basic English at Middle East Technical University participated in the study. They completed a demographic information sheet, the McMaster Family Assessment Device, the short-form Version of Experiences in Close Relationships Scale, the Beck Depression Inventory, the Beck Anxiety Inventory, and the Hopelessness Scale. ANOVAs were run to find out if there are significant differences in the emotional well-being of participants with different cities of origin and gender. To assess if there are significant differences in the emotional well-being between participants with different attachment styles and cities of origin, ANCOVAs (Gender as the covariate factor) were conducted. Finally, regressions were run to find out the relationship between demographic variables, attachment styles, family functioning, and emotional well-being of first-year university students. The participants who moved to Ankara when they started university were found to report more depressive symptoms than the participants who had been living in Ankara. Further significant differences were observed in the depression and hopelessness levels of participants with different attachment styles. In general, those participants having fearful attachment styles tended to have more depressive symptoms and hopelessness as compared to those having secure and preoccupied attachment styles. Regression analyses revealed that absence of secure attachment style, fearful attachment style, and problems in affective responsiveness in the family were associated with symptoms of depression. Gender, fearful attachment style, and communication problems in the family were found to be associated with symptoms of anxiety / and fearful attachment style, communication problems in the family and inappropriate family roles were found to associate with hopelessness. These findings were discussed with reference to relevant literature. Future research topics were suggested and thereupatic implications of the study were stated.

There are a many types of digital media productions and in this paper, film is seen as one of them. This study focuses on who can be seen as responsible for their production – the designer for their design, the director for their film. To explore this, the paper uses a qualitative method to first explore a number of short films and then analyze the findings with the use of retrospective reflection. To do this, the paper combines mainly design theory, feminist theory and film theory. The main focus of the paper is to  use retrospective reflection to explore the responsibility of equality in short film productions. The study relies on a template, which has been developed during the process.  Overall, the paper has a focus on equality and whether or not the portrayal of men and women in film change when a woman is directing compared to when a man is. The conclusion of the paper is that the short film industry in Sweden is both more and less equal than the film industry in total, and that retrospective reflection is an effective tool to use in this kind of study.

Durante a operação de um controlador MPC, a planta pode ir para outro ponto de operação principalmente pela decisão operacional ou pela presença de perturbações medidas/não-medidas. Assim, o modelo do controlador deve ser adaptado para a nova condição de operação favorecendo o controle sob as novas condições. Desta forma, as condições ótimas de controle podem ser alcançadas com a maior quantidade de modelos identificados e com um controlador adaptativo que seja capaz de selecionar o melhor modelo. Neste trabalho é apresentada uma metodologia de controle adaptativo com identificação on-line do melhor modelo o qual pertence a um conjunto previamente levantado. A metodologia proposta considera um controlador em duas camadas e a excitação do processo através de um sinal GBN na camada de otimização com o controlador em malha fechada. Está sendo considerada a validação deste controlador adaptativo através da comparação dos resultados com duas diferentes técnicas Controlador MMPC e Identificação ARX, para a comprovação dos bons resultados desta metodologia. / During the operation of a MPC, the plant can change the operation point mainly due to management decision or due to the presence of measured or unmeasured disturbances. Thus, the model of the controller must be adapted to improve the control in the new operation conditions. In such a way, a better control policy can be achieved if a large number of models are identified at the possible operation points and it is available an adaptive controller that is capable of selecting the best model. In this work is presented a methodology of adaptive control with on-line identification of the most adequate model which belongs to a set of models previously obtained. The proposed methodology considers a two-layer controller and process excitation by a GBN signal in the LP optimization layer with the controller in closed loop mode. It is also presented the adaptive controller validation by comparing the proposed approach with two different techniques - MMPC and ARX Identification, to confirm the good results with this new methodology to the adaptive controller.

Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo estudar os fenômenos de contato entre línguas que surgem nas interações entre aprendizes de italiano como língua estrangeira (LE), cuja língua materna (L1) é o português-brasileiro, durante a realização em dupla de uma tarefa (task) escrita. Em especial, analisam-se as estratégias de compensação denominadas conscious transfer que incluem a inserção de regras e termos da L1 na L2, classificadas como estratégias utilizadas pelos falantes para fazerem frente a problemas de comunicação em LE. São elas: a troca de código, os estrangeirismos, a tradução literal e o transfer. Para garantir a naturalidade dos dados, decidimos levantá-los num contexto autêntico, ou seja, na aula de língua estrangeira. O corpus que compõe este estudo é formado por 15 horas de gravações, posteriormente transcritas, realizadas numa classe formada por seis aprendizes de nível B2, inscritos no programa do curso de graduação em Língua e Literatura Italiana de uma universidade do Estado de São Paulo. Para classificar e analisar as estratégias de comunicação presentes nas interações de aprendizes cuja L1 é próxima à LE, valemo-nos da taxonomia proposta por Dörnyei e Kormos (1998), que procura conciliar a perspectiva psicológica com a perspectiva sociointeracional. A abordagem adotada para a análise das sequências dialógicas situa-se num espaço de confluência de disciplinas como a etnografia, a análise da conversação e os estudos interacionistas. Da análise do corpus emerge que os aprendizes, para realizar uma tarefa, optaram pelo uso da língua alvo em lugar da L1. A existência de um controle menor por parte do professor aumentou a ocorrência das atividades de natureza metalinguística, porque estimulou os interactantes, na tentativa de serem entendidos, a melhorarem seu output por meio de um conjunto de auto e heterocorreções. Entretanto, o uso das estratégias denominadas conscious transfer não visa somente à superação de determinados obstáculos linguísticos. Com efeito, a interlíngua dos aprendizes observados é caracterizada por um espaço dinâmico, híbrido e em construção, um espaço disputado entre o exolinguismo, constituído por todas as estratégias que servem para compensar as lacunas linguísticas devidas à falta de recursos adequados para expressar-se em LE, e o bilinguismo, caracterizado seja por estratégias discursivas seja por estratégias eminentemente expressivas, realizadas por meio da L1 ou, por que não dizer, da L3 e L4, destinadas à obtenção de um tipo de efeitos e de funções comunicativas que a LE não possui. Portanto, seria oportuno falar mais de estratégias de comunicação plurilíngue do que de estratégias de compensação. À luz dos dados levantados, podemos afirmar que, mesmo quando o contexto poderia induzir os alunos a utilizarem com maior probabilidade a L1, não há razões que justifiquem o receio manifestado por professores e alunos, porque, dependendo do tipo de atividade realizada, é provável que seja iniciado um processo de negociação que, sem dúvida, levará ao enriquecimento e à construção da interlíngua. / This research aims to study phenomena of contact between languages that arise in the interactions between learners of Italian as a second language (L2), who have Brazilian Portuguese as first language (L1), while executing a written task in pairs. In particular, we analyze the compensation strategies called conscious transfer that include the insertion of rules and terms of L1 on L2, classified as strategies used by speakers to face communication problems in LE. Namely, they are: code switch, loanwords, literal translation, and transfer. In order to guarantee the data naturalness, we have decided to collect them in an authentic context, that is, in the L2 classroom. The corpus that constitutes this study is comprised of 15 hours of records, which thereafter have been transcript, taken in a class formed by six learners of level B2, enrolled in the undergraduate program of Italian Language and Literature at a university of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. For the purpose of classifying and analyzing the communication strategies present in the interactions of learners whose L1 is akin to L2, we used the taxonomy proposed by Dörnyei e Kormos (1998), which intends to reconcile the psychological perspective with the socio-interactive one. The approach adopted for the analysis of dialogical sequences is situated in a space of confluence between disciplines such as ethnography, conversation analysis, and interactionist studies. The analysis of the corpus shows that the learners, in order to accomplish a task, have opted for using the target language instead of L1. The existence of less control by the teacher has increased the occurrence of metalinguistic activities, because it stimulated the interactants, as they tried to be understood, to improve their output by means of a combination of self- and hetero-corrections. However, the use of strategies the compensation strategies called conscious transfer does not seek only to overcome specific linguistic obstacles. Indeed, the interlanguage of the observed learners features a dynamic and hybrid space in permanent construction, a space disputed by exolinguism comprised of all the strategies for compensating linguistic gaps due to the lack of proper resources to express oneself in L2 and bilinguism characterized by discursive strategies as well as by eminently expressive ones, which are accomplished using L1 or, so to speak, L3 and L4, and destined to obtaining a kind of effects and communicative functions that L2 does not possess. Therefore, we are convinced that it is more a case of plurilingual communication strategies than of compensation strategies. In light of the collected data we can state that, even when the context could induce a greater probability that learners used L1, there are no reasons that justify the concern manifested by teachers and students, because depending on the type of activity performed, it is probable that it will be initiated a process of negotiation that, with no doubt, shall lead to an enrichment and to the construction of interlanguage.

Våld i nära relation förekommer i alla samhällsklasser. Syftet med studien var att få fördjupad kunskap kring olika samhällsinstansers arbete i närområdet kring våldsutövare och våldsutsatta i våld i nära relation, samt hur de arbetar med att minska våldet. Intervjuer genomfördes med åtta olika samhällsaktörer för att få reda mer och undersöka våld i nära relation. Genom att använda normkritiska glasögon vill studien undersöka om resultatet stöder antagandet att ett samhällsnormbrytande beteende härstammar från normer. Intervjuerna var semistrukturerade med en intervjuguide med öppna frågor. Det empiriska materialet analyserades med tematisk analys. Resultatet visar på att våldet i nära relation är fysiskt våld som ofta är kombinerat med andra olika former av som sexuellt och psykiskt våld. Våldet i våld i nära relation leder förutom fysiska skador och psykiska besvär, till långsiktiga konsekvenser för de enskilda individerna, samhället och familjen. Våld i nära relation anses som ett stort samhällsproblem både internationellt och i Sverige ochär en kränkning mot de mänskliga rättigheterna. Det svenska samhällets ansvar är arbeta förebyggande mot våld i nära relation och samtidigt stödja de medborgare som är och varit utsatta för våld i nära relation. Resultatet visat att Trollhättans stad samarbetar med flera olika samhällsinstanser för att motverka mäns våld i nära relation och de ligger i framkant i Sverige när det gäller att förebygga och samtidigt minska konsekvenserna som uppstår i våld i nära relation och samtidigt sänka samhällskostnaderna / Violence in close relationship occurs in all social classes. The purpose of the study was to gain in-depth knowledge of the work of various social institutions concerning violence and particularly violence in close relationships, as well as how they work to reduce violence. Interviews were conducted with eight different actors in society to find out more and to investigate violence in close relationships. Using a norm-critical perspective, the study investigated whether the results support the assumption that a society-breaking behavior stems from norms. The interviews were semi-structured with an open-ended interview guide. The empirical material was analyzed with thematic analysis. The result shows that the violence in close relationship is physical violence, often combined with other forms of sexual and psychological violence. The violence in close relationships leads in addition to physical injuries and mental disorders, to long-term consequences for the individual individuals, society and the family. Violence in close relationship is considered a major social problem both internationally and in Sweden and is an infringement of human rights. The responsibility of Swedish society is to work against violence in close relation while supporting the citizens who are and have been exposed to violence in a close relation. The result showed that Trollhättan's city collaborates with several different social institutions to counter men's violence in close relationships and that they are at the forefront in Sweden in preventing and at the same time reducing the consequences of violence in close relationships while reducing social costs.

This thesis pursues the topic of satisfaction in romantic relationships. The previous research was focused mainly on unhappy relationships, marital crises and divorce. This thesis follows the other direction. Its aim is to describe variables which make longterm romantic relationships satisfying. In the theoretical part is an overview of literature and researches that adressed this topic. In the empirical part of this thesis is qualitative research that tries to enlighten the specifics of happy couples in Czech Republic. The grounded theory was used to analyze interviews with 22 respondents. The results are 10 categories representing various areas that contributed to satisfaction in respondents' relationships: harmony, safety, good choice of spouse, stable financial situation, family, overcoming of differences and obstacles, doing things together, communication, endurance and trying not to solve everything.

Following a close reading strategy, the research seeks to discover what the intratextual relations of each selected poem, three by Ingrid Jonker and three by Sylvia Plath, reveal. Flowing from the thematic overlaps that exist between the selected Jonker poems and Plath poems, it explores what similarities or differences in poetic form, the use of poetic devices and content, in other words intratextual relations, can be discovered via a comparison. Given that Jonker and Plath were contemporaries and shared biographical events, and after having considered and compared the intratextual relations of the selected poems, the research seeks to show what similarities or differences can be discovered in the exploration and comparison of the intertextual and extratextual relations of the selected poems. Thus, the thesis’ critical approach includes the close investigation of the structure of each of the selected poems, in order to discover its communication first, before delving into biographical, historical, social, political, and thematic approaches and interpretations. The research reveals that exercises of close reading, with a few exceptions, have not been the main focus in the discussion of either poet’s poetry. In other words, context has, for the most part, been favoured over text and over form. What the research reveals is that there are overlaps in the intratextual, intertextual, and extratextual relations of the selection of poems, but also differences. A comparison of intratextual relations reveals Plath’s formal training in comparison to Jonker’s largely informal training, for example, and that generally Plath was the more disciplined author of the two. The intertextual and extratextual relations of each poem (and how these relations compare) reveal and highlight that the selection of poems is a reflection or sampling of the poets’ ‘own’ voices. It also reveals the development of their maturity as writers and the development of themes across their poetry and collections of poems. / Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2014. / gm2014 / Afrikaans / unrestricted

The thesis targets the elaboration of external and internal analyses of the company TMT CZECH. I stress out the trends in society and the precise survey of direct competitive surrounding in external analysis. I focus on the key factors that indicate conditions in the company and the quality of offered services. According to realized outcomes, I identify present company strategies, suggest the possible changes and evaluate the attainability of company's goals.

The aim of the study is to investigate how theories of close reading and literature conversations can be used in the practice of teaching. As a way to achieve insight into this, I have applied the method of action research to study different strategies for reading comprehension. Action research is a suitable method to acquire knowledge about one’s own work for purposes of development. The result indicates that a classroom where more than one voice can be heard and where different forms of conversation can be represented can further the pupils’ experience of and engagement in the teaching. The pupils’ evaluations allow me to draw the conclusion that the methods by which I worked – close reading, whole-class discussions and group discussions, and individual writing – appear to have had a positive effect on the development of the pupils’ reading comprehension.

Mäns våld mot kvinnor i nära relationer är ett växande problem. Närmare en femtedel av övergreppsfall som rapporterades 2019 inträffade i nära relationer. Syftet med följande studie är att utforska och illustrera barriärer som kan uppstå i mötet mellan sjuksköterskan och den utsatta kvinnan. Ett vidare mål är att utforska vilka verktyg som kan användas för att minska på dessa barriärer. Studien använder social konstruktivism och symbolisk interaktionism som teoretisk ramverk. Studien bidrar till en förståelse för ett socialpsykologisk perspektiv hur sjuksköterskornas kvalifikationer att arbeta med våld i nära relationer. Tio respondenter i olika åldrar har valts ut för en semi-strukturerad intervju vilket användes och analyserades genom tematisk analys. Studien visar att de flesta respondenterna upplevde barriärer vid det första mötet med den våldsutsatta kvinnan. De främsta barriärerna som identifierades var maktlöshet, tidsbrist, kunskapsbrist, språksvårigheter och kulturella barriärer. Studien visar även att sjuksköterskornas främsta verktyg som använts för att underlätta mötet var ökad kunskap, samtalsteknik samt journalföring. / Men’s violence against women in close relationships is a rising issue. Further, a fifth of abuse cases reported in 2019 happened in close relationships. The purpose of the following study is to explore and illustrate the barriers that might appear in the meeting between the nurse and the abused women. A further goal is to explore what tools can be used to abate these barriers. The study uses social constructivism and symbolic interactionism as theoretical framework.The study contributes to an understanding for the social psychological perspective regarding nurse’s qualifications to work with violence in close relationships. Ten respondents in mixed ages participated in semi-structured interviews which was further analysed using thematic analysis. This study shows that most informants had experienced barriers in their first meeting with abused women. The main barriers that were experienced were powerlessness, lack of time, lack of knowledge, language barriers and cultural barriers. The study also shows that the nurses' main tools used to facilitate the meeting were increased knowledge, conversational techniques, and record-keeping.