Aim of study. To evaluate the image of sanatorium „Tulpe“ in respect of its clients. Objectives: 1) to inspect means that sanatorium makes for image forming and 2) to investigate the image that is formed for different groups of clients Methods. Questionnaire survey, comparative analysis, statistical data analysis. The questionnaire made from 20 basic questions that had alternative choices. Statistical data analysis was performed with the statistical package SPSS 11.0 for Windows and Microsoft Excel. χ2 criterion was implemented for hypothesis evaluation. Risk estimation was counted with 95 % confidence interval (C.I. = 0.95). Results. Surveyed population was 136 respondents: 86 (63,3%), females and 50 (36,7 %) males. 26 clients arrived for weekend rest and 110 - for rehabilitation after treatment. 86 respondents had the possibility to choose concrete sanatorium. Analysis of means that sanatorium makes for image forming showed that „Tulpe“ implements and caries out purposive advertisement in the Internet, press and other printed papers. The prime factor for image forming is the broad offer of services, good quality and personnel with high professional qualification. Questionnaire results show that „Tulpe“ has a positive image in all groups of examined respondents. More than half of respondents despite of their income, age range, gender or social group evaluated the professional quality of personnel as high. The sight of „Tulpe“ staff to their work with clients was evaluated... [to full text]

Švedijos karalystė, teritoriniu požiūriu būdama viena iš didžiausių XVIIa. ir XXa. valstybių, išsidėsčiusių aplink Baltijos jūrą, suponuoja faktą, kad savo politikos, vykdytos XVIIa., dėka gali ją atkartoti XXa. ir būti viena iš pagrindinių šalių formuojančių geopolitinį Baltijos regioną. Magistrinio darbo objektas – atskirais laiko tarpsniais vykdoma Švedijos karalystės politika Baltijos regione. Pagrindinis šio darbo tikslas – parodyti Švedijos karalystės, kaip valstybės, formuojančios Baltijos regiono vienetą, vykdomos politikos, veiklos metodų panašumus ir skirtumus, lyginant juos XVIIa. ir XXa. Uždaviniai, leisiantys atskleisti šio darbo tikslą, yra šie: 1. Apibrėžti Baltijos regiono sampratą, nustatant geopolitines ribas; 2. Apžvelgti galimus švedų centrizmo atvejus; 3. Supažindinti su XVIIa. ir XXa. Švedijos geopolitine situacija; 4. Identifikuoti bendrus Švedijos karalystės politinius siekius Baltijos regione XVIIa. ir XXa.; 5. Įvardinti Švedijos karalystės XVIIa. ir XXa. bendras politikos kryptis ir jų įgyvendinimo metodus Baltijos regione. Magistro darbe taikyti moksliniai metodai yra šie: aprašomasis, lyginamosios analizės, atpasakojamasis, analogijos ir svarbiausias – tarpdiscipilininis. Magistrinio darbo tyrimo rezultatai rodo, kad: 1. „Baltijos regiono“ terminas istorinio proceso metu nuolat kito. Jo tikslus identifikavimas neaiškus iki šiol, todėl jis gali būti įvardijamas siaurąja ir plačiąja prasmėmis. 2. Geopolitinė Švedijos situacija XVIIa. ir XXa... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The Kingdom of Sweden, from the viewpoint of territory, being one of the biggest countries in XVIIc. and XX c. situated around the Baltic Sea, suppose the fact that the Kingdom of Sweden can repeat it in the XX century and become one of the main countries who forms geopolitical Baltic region because of the policy prosecuted in XVII century. The object of Master‘s degree final: the policy of the Kingdom of Sweden in Baltic region during different period of time. The aim of this paper: to show similarities and dissimilarities of the practice methods of the Kingdom of Sweden, as a country who forms executable policy of Baltic region, comparing it to XVII and XX centuries. Problems that will develop the aim of this paper: 1. To identify the conception of Baltic region defining geopolitical borders; 2. Review possible cases of Swedish centrism; 3. Presentation of Sweden geopolitical situation in XVII and XX centuries; 4. Identify general political objectives of Sweden in Baltic region in XVII and XX centuries; 5. Name general political branches of the Kingdom of Sweden in XVII and XX centuries and their realization in Baltic region. Scientific methods applied in Master’s degree final: descriptive, comparative analysis, narration, analogy and the most important is interdisciplinary. The analysis of results of Master’s degree final shows that: 1. The term of Baltic region was frequently changing during history. Its precise identification is unclear till nowadays. For this reason... [to full text]

Marginalijos – svarbus, informatyvus knygos elementas, atskleidžiantis ne tik marginalijų ypatybes, sukūrimo laiką, vietą, bet ir jų kūrėjo visai kitą asmenybės pusę. Bakalauro darbe aptariama marginalijų samprata, tyrimų kryptys ir vienas iš sudėtingiausių aspektų – marginalijų klasifikacija. Darbe analizuojamos Ž. Mikšio ŠU bibliotekai dovanotų knygų marginalijos, kurios sudaro tokias grupes: paprastosios arba bendrosios marginalijos, taisančiosios marginalijos ir papildoma informacija. Pagal marginalijų kūrėjo ryšį su tekstu, jo pateikiamią vertinimą šios grupės suskirstytos į smulkesnius pogrupius. Atlikus tyrimą, paaiškėjo, kad didžiąją marginalijų dalį sudaro paprastosios marginalijos, turinčios neigiamą reikšmę. Ž. Mikšio kritiški įrašai knygose atskleižia jo požiūrį į Lietuvoje leidžiamas knygas, jų kokybę, leidėjus. Taisančiųjų marginalijų ir papildomos informacijos pagrindinė funkcija – pagalba skaitytojui. Prieduose pateikiamas šaltinių sąrašas, kurį sudaro 297 knygos, iš kurių buvo išrinktos marginalijos. Taip pat prieduose pridėti įdomesni, informatyvesni Ž. Mikšio marginalijų pavyzdžiai. / Marginalia is an important and informative element of the book. What is more, it reveals not only the characteristics of marginalia, the creation of time, place, but also includes a completely different personality side of the creator. These Bachelor's thesis discusses about the concept of marginalia, research directions, and also focuses on one of the most challenging aspects – classification of marginalia. Moreover, this paper aims to provide analysis of marginalia, which are selected from the donated Ž. Mikšys books to Šiauliai university library. In this case they consist of the following groups: common marginalia, emendation marginalia and additional information. According to marginalia creator’s connection with the text and his presented evaluation, it has been decided to divide this group into smaller sub-groups. The investigation has shown that the majority of the marginality consist of ordinary marginality, which have negative meanings. Criticized Ž. Mikšys records in the books reveal his approach regarding the books published in Lithuania, their quality and publishers. The main feature of emendation marginalia and additional information – the aid to a reader. In the annexes is given a list of sources which indicates 279 books, and all marginalia have been selected from the presented books. It is important to mention that annexes include more interesting and informative examples of Ž. Mikšys marginalia as well.

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”Terrorism” is a term widely used today. It and its effects are portrayed and discussed innewspapers, in movies, on TV. Seeing as it seems to be present in most media, it appears quite inevitable that terrorism has also found its way into literature. Two examples of novels dealing with terrorism are the American novel Terrorist, written by John Updike in 2006 and Bernard MacLaverty's Northern Irish novel Cal, written in 1983. The novels have their similarities. They share terrorism as a major theme, and both of them have a young man as a protagonist. However, they differ in both time and place. Updike's novel is set in a post-9/11 New Jersey, while Cal takes place in a Northern Ireland divided by The Troubles. Furthermore, Updike's main character is a dedicated Muslim, while the main character of Cal is a not as dedicated Catholic. Indeed, the novels might seem similar at first, but the differences are significant.The perspective to be used in this essay is ethnic. Various theories on terrorism, manipulation and race will be used with said perspective in mind. The aim is to, with the help of relevant theories, examine and analyse the terrorism and its connection to religion and ethnicity in the two novels, in order to compare them and find out whether they portray these things in a different way or not. The question I will be asking, and thus the purpose of this essay, is whether the terrorismand its reasons, organisation – including influence by others – and connection to religion and ethnicity in the two novels mentioned above are similar or not. It is my belief that a comparative analysis of the novels will show that the terrorism and its connection to religion and ethnicity will not be the same in Cal as in Terrorist. One of the reasons for this is that they are set in environments that differ from each other not only geographically and chronologically, but also politically. Thus it seems likely that the reasons for and organisation of the terrorism will differ as well. Another reason is that the characters in Terrorist are more diverse than the ones in Cal, both in terms of religion and ethnicity. General theories dealing with reasons for terrorism, such as Kristopher K. Robison, Edward M. Crenshaw, and Craig J. Jenkins's theory on Islamist terrorism, according to which terrorism performed by Islamists is a reaction to the secular West (p. 2012), and Jeff Victoroff's rational choice theory, which suggests that terrorists are rational (p. 14), will be used to examine whether the characters of the two novels have different reasons for their terrorism or not.The next set of theories that will be used deal with influence, manipulation and brainwashing. Austin T. Turk suggests that a terrorist organisation often isolates its members inorder to ensure that they only have the required knowledge (p. 276), and since this can be used as a tool of manipulation, his theory will be used to examine, and compare, the level of influence and manipulation on the two protagonists. For similar reasons, I. E. Farber, Harry F. Harlow, Louis Jolyon West and Joel Rudinow's theories on manipulation, with and without deception, will be used in the comparative analysis. Finally, racial theories, like the theory of signs, which suggests that people have a tendency to divide others into categories based on their racial differences, along with theories on imperative patriotism and the Arab American stereotype will be used. According to Steven Salaita's imperative patriotism, only those who act and look American can be truly American (p. 154), and Jack G. Shaheen suggests that Arab Americans are, by many, thought to be violent Muslims (p. 23). Furthermore, analysts Mita Banerjee and Pamela Mansutti both suggest that there is in fact a connection between religion and race in Updike's novel (p. 16, p. 108). These theories and ideas will be used to analyse the connection between terrorism, ethnicity and religion, and then to compare the two novels, whereupon a conclusion will be drawn. I believe that this conclusion will indeed confirm my thesis.

Le décrochage scolaire affecte non seulement l’avenir économique et le statut social de l’individu, mais représente aussi un grave handicap pour sa famille, ses enfants et son pays. Dans cette étude nous comparons le décrochage scolaire en Inde et en France, deux pays très différents, mais concernés par le décrochage scolaire, à des degrés divers. Au ch. 1 nous comparons la structure, l’histoire et le fonctionnement des systèmes éducatifs de la France et de l’Inde, sur quelques facteurs significatifs comme le taux d’inscription des élèves, la compétence de lecture, le statut économique des familles. Nous faisons un bref rappel du développement psychologique de l’adolescent et de son impact sur l’apprentissage.Le ch. 2 est consacré à l’étude du décrochage. Nous examinons les variations de sa définition selon les pays, ses causes externes (pauvreté, analphabétisme parental, environnement culturel) et internes (redoublement, échec scolaire), ses conséquences (chômage, troubles sociaux) et ses remédiations (veille par enquêtes, formation d’adultes, politiques éducatives). Dans le ch. 3, nous présentons les enquêtes que nous avons menées dans le collège Leï Garrus(Var) et l’école Lakshmipur Shamidji Seva Sangha (Lakshmipur), sur des élèves de 15-16ans, en empruntant la méthodologie des enquêtes PISA. Nous faisons le bilan des similitudes (échec en mathématiques, désintérêt pour la langue) et des différences (causes externes du décrochage, suivi extra-scolaire, poursuite d’études envisagée). Enfin, nous insistons sur les limites mais aussi la nécessité de l’approche comparative, en nous prononçant pour une perspective interculturelle de la recherche en éducation. / In last few decades priority has been given to prevention of school dropout which not only affects the future economic and social status of individual but also presents a huge problem for his family, his children and his country. In this study, we compare school drop in two countries, India and France, very different, but concerned with drop-out at various degrees.In chap. 1, we compare structure, history and functioning of education system in France and India, using significant factors like students’ enrolment, reading ability, economic status of families and resort to private tuition. We conclude with a brief reminder of the psychological development of adolescents and its impact on learning.Chapter 2 is devoted to the dropping out study. We examine the variations of its definition according to countries, its causes, external (dwelling place, cultural environment, parents’ illiteracy) and internal (basic skills deficiency, grade repetition, teacher expectation), its consequences (unemployment, illiteracy, decline of GDP, social climate disturbance) and its remedies (regular educational surveys, adult education, educational strategies).In ch. 3 we present the surveys we have carried out in collège Leï Garrus (Var) and Lakshmipur Shamidji Seva Sangha High school (Lakshmipur) with 15-16 aged students, on the basis of PISA questionnaires regarding basic skills and teacher-student relationship. We underline resemblances (failing in language and mathematics) and differences (drop out external causes, extra-school tuition). Finally, we emphasize the limits but also the need of the comparative approach, defending an intercultural perspective of education research.

Jevgenija Adamová, Porovnávací analýza sémantických polí a významů barev na základě české, litevské a ruské frazeologie Abstract (in English): Presented dissertation concerns the topic of idioms contenting color(s) in Czech, Russian and Lithuanian languages. Dissertation pursues the categories of colours such as: white; black; pink; red; green; gray or grey; yellow; blue; light blue, azure or sky-blue; brown and colour; likewise two "shades", as we decided to call them, such as light and dark and their equivalents in researched languages. Primary language of dissertation is Czech. Theoretical section offers a short introduction to the issues dissertation deales with such as tradition of phraseological science in the Czech, Russian and Lithuanian languages and the traditions of the phraseography of those nations. It deals more in detail with Lithuanian phraseography since it was not as well researched in Czech dissertations, as other two were. The practical section of the thesis focuses on analysis of sematical fields of the categories of colours pursued. It analizes the corpora data (gathered from the national corpora of the three languages), which concerns the pursued categories. The dissertation is closed with conclusion and supplements. The supplement 1 is a Frequency glossary extracted from national...

abstract: For the death penalty to be justified, it must be reserved for the worst of the worst. In his 2011 study of Connecticut's death penalty system, however, John Donohue found that arbitrariness and discrimination are defining features. Donohue's finding that non-white defendants whose victims were white are six times more likely to receive the death penalty indicates that race is more a predictor of a death sentence than the egregiousness of the crime. An analysis of capital sentencing outcomes in Maricopa County, Arizona reveals that the race of the victim is not related to the likelihood of receiving a death sentence, but the race of the defendant is. Use of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), logistic regression, and an egregiousness calculation are employed to analyze capital sentencing trial outcomes in Maricopa County from 2009 through 2011. This triangulated approach is applied to test three theoretically-derived models - the Donohue model, the Illinois Commission model, and the Functional model. The findings indicate that during the given time period in Maricopa County, the race of the defendant was statistically significant in cases with low to mid-levels of egregiousness, but was no longer significant in the most egregious cases. The results also reveal that the most egregious cases, typically indicated by the presence of a prior conviction and multiple victims, are nearly five times more likely to result in an outcome of death. While the results of this study are suggestive only, because of the small sample size and the relatively brief duration of time studied, the conclusions presented aim to provoke further inquiry into states' death penalty systems to address Donohue's allegation of unconstitutional application nationwide. Through a drastic reduction of death-eligibility factors, implementation of a transparent plea bargaining protocol in which the presence of certain aggravating factors preempts the possibility of a plea, and equal funding for prosecutor and defense offices, the death penalty in this country could begin to target the worst of the worst. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.S. Justice Studies 2012

The thesis focuses on the textual analysis of discourse and its methods. The goal of this thesis is to carry out comparative analysis of selected presidential discourses of Nicolas Sarkozy and Václav Klaus pronounced from 2007 to 2010 and to deduce general rules for the structure of the discourses in question. The thesis is divided into a theoretical part, which defines the subject of study, methodology and individual approaches of textual analysis of discourse, and practical part including the analysis of presidential discourses focused especially on the sequential and argumentation structure, the function of connectors, the use of lexical connotations and on the hierarchy of speech acts.

The thesis presents a comparison of the neologisms found in selected works of two fantasy series, namely those from the books Last Continent and Jingo (both by Terry Pratchett, they belong to the Discworld series) and A Game of Thrones (by George R. R. Martin, an installment of the A Song of Ice and Fire series). The neologisms gathered from the three books are firstly dealt with separately and subcategorized according to the word-formation processes that were employed in their creation. Subsequently, the data from respective categories in each series are compared with attention paid equally to possible disparities on one hand as well as to significant similarities on the other hand. An attempt at interpreting thus obtained results has been made, mostly with respect to the subgenres of the books and the roles they might have played in the creation of the acquired neologisms. The comparison reveals both differences and similarities, some of them quite striking. The word-formation processes that demonstrate the most intriguing results are compounding and miscellaneous processes, which are utilized to vastly different degrees in each of the series. The other processes display mostly similarity of use or just slight differences. Key words: word-formation process, neologism, comparison